I'll be leaving for Phuket in less than 8 hours time...yippee...finally a holiday...LOB Similan :D
Will be away for 5 days...I'm so excited!!!
Just realized I'll be counting down to the new year in the middle of the sea!! Woohoo...
Gotta sleep soon...if I can...hehe :P
Have a great new year ahead!!! :D
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Monday, December 26, 2005
Workaholic anonymous
Am I a workaholic?
I worked on X'mas eve...
I worked on X'mas day...
and I went to school to do my work on Boxing day...
I worked on X'mas eve...
I worked on X'mas day...
and I went to school to do my work on Boxing day...
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Merry Christmas!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!
It's a really really wet christmas this year...and a pretty busy one for me ;)
I think I can officially call myself a workaholic liao...worked yesterday full shift and today :P
Anyway, yesterday was a really fun-filled day...
Woke up early in the morning to join the Trifam sleigh run at esplanade...
Arrived at 7am at the Merlion...where only a few ppl were present...from both trifam and sgrunners...sotong (could identify him from far), gentle, DiverRunner, DO, tanf and more...
As more ppl arrive...tanf started giving out santa's hats and bells to us...we r supposed to run with them!!! haha...
Wat do u think of a penguin in Santa's hat and shades...running with a bell? hehe
At 7.30am, we started running...it was so noisy with the bells...haha...and we greeted everyone along the way...such a great way to start the day!! :D
We ran along the park connector till we reached Kim Seng Rd then U-turned back..
After the 7.5km run...which felt pretty short...we gathered outside fullerton hotel and sang "we wish u a merry x'mas" to whoever was there...mainly the hotel concierge :P
Then we gathered back at the Merlion...had some drink...took photo...chit chat...and there was even an auction for a polar HRM...then I had to go liao...
Got a lift from Mythos to his club for a shower, then we (Mythos, Jennifer and I) went to GWC where we had bfast then I headed off to work ;P
Workload was quite ok there...except for the persistent telepharmacy call from HPT...so irritating...esp when I was on the phone settling something else with another customer...oh well...
After work, I headed down to Jon's place for a X'mas party...got there at 10 plus...where I found my housemate Mei2 who had bought a 5L Heineken beer barrel!!! She was supposed to bring tigger out to shop...instead...she went to buy beer :P
Raymond (our JC mate/hostelmate) was there too...how did he end up there...haha...he was alone so ended up there with Mei2 ;)
The others were mainly the Jon's Vietnam YEP team mates...whom I hanged out a lot with too...Angel, Howard (comes with a Cupid..haha) and his Hao brother, Joyce and boi boi (Danny), Adam and ger ger (can't rem her name :P), Faith...and later Mabel and boi boi...
We watched Ocean's Eleven, eat, drink, chat, play cards etc...the usual things u do in a party...except that Angel seem to cook a lot...haha...even at 10 plus!!!
At 11 plus...the christmas carollers from Jon's church came...Larry (ex-KentRidgean) was there too!! wow...wat a small world...
Since it was their last stop...we count down to X'mas together...
Thanx to Jon's clock which was slow...and tv which we din know how to use the remote controller...we counted down something like 5 times!!!
The final time was based on the teletext timing...hehe...
I left the place at abt 3am...w/o Mei2...cos Xuanhao and Jon are trying to have a "direct" nite with her...asking her direct questions...I think they are all drunk liao lah...
Anyway, dunno wat time she got back last nite...
Today I got up at 9am...skipped the MR ultra-marathon...initially thought of gg there to run one round one...anyway, it was raining heavily :P
Now I'm at work at HBF...hehe...really peaceful morning...
Tomorrow I'm gg back to school...gotta try out a reaction b4 I go off for my diving trip at Phuket this Thur...LOB Similan...yoohoo!!!
But I'm gg to miss a BBQ at my boss's place on New Year's Eve...oh well...
It's a really really wet christmas this year...and a pretty busy one for me ;)
I think I can officially call myself a workaholic liao...worked yesterday full shift and today :P
Anyway, yesterday was a really fun-filled day...
Woke up early in the morning to join the Trifam sleigh run at esplanade...
Arrived at 7am at the Merlion...where only a few ppl were present...from both trifam and sgrunners...sotong (could identify him from far), gentle, DiverRunner, DO, tanf and more...
As more ppl arrive...tanf started giving out santa's hats and bells to us...we r supposed to run with them!!! haha...
Wat do u think of a penguin in Santa's hat and shades...running with a bell? hehe
At 7.30am, we started running...it was so noisy with the bells...haha...and we greeted everyone along the way...such a great way to start the day!! :D
We ran along the park connector till we reached Kim Seng Rd then U-turned back..
After the 7.5km run...which felt pretty short...we gathered outside fullerton hotel and sang "we wish u a merry x'mas" to whoever was there...mainly the hotel concierge :P
Then we gathered back at the Merlion...had some drink...took photo...chit chat...and there was even an auction for a polar HRM...then I had to go liao...
Got a lift from Mythos to his club for a shower, then we (Mythos, Jennifer and I) went to GWC where we had bfast then I headed off to work ;P
Workload was quite ok there...except for the persistent telepharmacy call from HPT...so irritating...esp when I was on the phone settling something else with another customer...oh well...
After work, I headed down to Jon's place for a X'mas party...got there at 10 plus...where I found my housemate Mei2 who had bought a 5L Heineken beer barrel!!! She was supposed to bring tigger out to shop...instead...she went to buy beer :P
Raymond (our JC mate/hostelmate) was there too...how did he end up there...haha...he was alone so ended up there with Mei2 ;)
The others were mainly the Jon's Vietnam YEP team mates...whom I hanged out a lot with too...Angel, Howard (comes with a Cupid..haha) and his Hao brother, Joyce and boi boi (Danny), Adam and ger ger (can't rem her name :P), Faith...and later Mabel and boi boi...
We watched Ocean's Eleven, eat, drink, chat, play cards etc...the usual things u do in a party...except that Angel seem to cook a lot...haha...even at 10 plus!!!
At 11 plus...the christmas carollers from Jon's church came...Larry (ex-KentRidgean) was there too!! wow...wat a small world...
Since it was their last stop...we count down to X'mas together...
Thanx to Jon's clock which was slow...and tv which we din know how to use the remote controller...we counted down something like 5 times!!!
The final time was based on the teletext timing...hehe...
I left the place at abt 3am...w/o Mei2...cos Xuanhao and Jon are trying to have a "direct" nite with her...asking her direct questions...I think they are all drunk liao lah...
Anyway, dunno wat time she got back last nite...
Today I got up at 9am...skipped the MR ultra-marathon...initially thought of gg there to run one round one...anyway, it was raining heavily :P
Now I'm at work at HBF...hehe...really peaceful morning...
Tomorrow I'm gg back to school...gotta try out a reaction b4 I go off for my diving trip at Phuket this Thur...LOB Similan...yoohoo!!!
But I'm gg to miss a BBQ at my boss's place on New Year's Eve...oh well...
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Weekly update? or fortnightly update?
Haha...Oyster mentioned i seem to be posting weekly updates nowadays...but now it's more than 10 days since i last blogged!!!
Been too busy in school lah...I have finally begun synthesizing my compounds which eventually will be sent for testing to see their potential anticancer properties...
Been breathing in a lot of solvents lately...damn jialat...
Anyway, other than school...haven't really done much else
Exercise for the past 10 days?
Joined the trifam swimming training on Mon at SMU/old NIE...
Went for tennis training...with the guys...on Wed at NUS
That's all!!!....of course there's a lot of walking here and there :P
Nvm...more to come...this sat will go for Trifam's 7km sleigh run...then sun...maybe go kaypoh and run one round at MacRitchie b4 gg work?
Work?
Plenty...
TPY2...last Tue and Thur
TMA...last Fri
GWC...last Sat
AMK...Mon
More to come...tomorrow (TPY2), sat (GWC), sun/x'mas day!!! (HBF)
Funny thing happened last Thur...I arrived at toa payoh early...decided to go visit Yanting at her new shop...TP3...hmmm...she's not there...chatted with the PAs there for a while then headed down to TP1 (her old shop) where Yanting was settling some paperwork...
Then this poor customer came in to TP1 looking Difflam...she's just been to TPY2 and the pharmacist was not there (hehe...it's me...but I'm not due for work yet :P and the one b4 went off duty liao)...so TPY2 asked her to go TP3...where the pharmacist was not there too!! (hehe...it's Yanting)...so she ended up at TP1...but guess wat?? there are 2 pharmacists there but no Difflam...been moved to TP3 liao :P
Haha...in the end I brought her back to TPY2...get her Difflam...then go off for dinner...b4 starting work...can't believe she actually run ard toa payoh just to get that Difflam!!!
Others
Last fri was the most happening day of my week....
Went for pharmacist training at GWC in the morning...then headed down to donate blood at HSA at Outram campus...
After that, went to SGH to meet up with some ex-colleagues...
Found out Ting Ting just gave birth the night b4...wah so heng...din managed to see the baby...but got her to take some photos to show us...hehe :)
At night went to work...haha
Not really that happening lah hor...but it's the most happening day of my week leh :P
Sun...one of the rare few weekends I din work for this month...din do much except went for SGrunners committee meeting at renohtaram's place...had a super long discussion there...phew...
Yesterday...must be my happening day for this week...went to sch in the morning...did some work...then lunch time went to GWC to meet oyster...he was there to meet up with the Unity ppl 'cos they had management meeting!!...hehe...after that, dragged him along to NUS...met up with some of the lecturers/staff...but some are on leave...like A/Prof Chan Sui Yung, Napsiah...hehe...he'll have to come back again :P
Then we went to Engine to meet Jon...who just arrived and doesn't really know why he's in school...haha...in the end after hanging out at McDonald's for a chat...he left school with Oyster...alamak...he had free ride both ways...so it's not too bad...haha
That evening...I met up with my SOC gang from SGH...Lai Kuan, Pui Ling, Germaine, Fee Jean and Huifen...finally managed to catch up with them...everyone with their funny/interesting stories abt their current work place...Lai Kuan, Germaine and I are in Unity, Pui Ling still in SGH, Fee Jean in TTSH and Huifen in IMH :D
Been too busy in school lah...I have finally begun synthesizing my compounds which eventually will be sent for testing to see their potential anticancer properties...
Been breathing in a lot of solvents lately...damn jialat...
Anyway, other than school...haven't really done much else
Exercise for the past 10 days?
Joined the trifam swimming training on Mon at SMU/old NIE...
Went for tennis training...with the guys...on Wed at NUS
That's all!!!....of course there's a lot of walking here and there :P
Nvm...more to come...this sat will go for Trifam's 7km sleigh run...then sun...maybe go kaypoh and run one round at MacRitchie b4 gg work?
Work?
Plenty...
TPY2...last Tue and Thur
TMA...last Fri
GWC...last Sat
AMK...Mon
More to come...tomorrow (TPY2), sat (GWC), sun/x'mas day!!! (HBF)
Funny thing happened last Thur...I arrived at toa payoh early...decided to go visit Yanting at her new shop...TP3...hmmm...she's not there...chatted with the PAs there for a while then headed down to TP1 (her old shop) where Yanting was settling some paperwork...
Then this poor customer came in to TP1 looking Difflam...she's just been to TPY2 and the pharmacist was not there (hehe...it's me...but I'm not due for work yet :P and the one b4 went off duty liao)...so TPY2 asked her to go TP3...where the pharmacist was not there too!! (hehe...it's Yanting)...so she ended up at TP1...but guess wat?? there are 2 pharmacists there but no Difflam...been moved to TP3 liao :P
Haha...in the end I brought her back to TPY2...get her Difflam...then go off for dinner...b4 starting work...can't believe she actually run ard toa payoh just to get that Difflam!!!
Others
Last fri was the most happening day of my week....
Went for pharmacist training at GWC in the morning...then headed down to donate blood at HSA at Outram campus...
After that, went to SGH to meet up with some ex-colleagues...
Found out Ting Ting just gave birth the night b4...wah so heng...din managed to see the baby...but got her to take some photos to show us...hehe :)
At night went to work...haha
Not really that happening lah hor...but it's the most happening day of my week leh :P
Sun...one of the rare few weekends I din work for this month...din do much except went for SGrunners committee meeting at renohtaram's place...had a super long discussion there...phew...
Yesterday...must be my happening day for this week...went to sch in the morning...did some work...then lunch time went to GWC to meet oyster...he was there to meet up with the Unity ppl 'cos they had management meeting!!...hehe...after that, dragged him along to NUS...met up with some of the lecturers/staff...but some are on leave...like A/Prof Chan Sui Yung, Napsiah...hehe...he'll have to come back again :P
Then we went to Engine to meet Jon...who just arrived and doesn't really know why he's in school...haha...in the end after hanging out at McDonald's for a chat...he left school with Oyster...alamak...he had free ride both ways...so it's not too bad...haha
That evening...I met up with my SOC gang from SGH...Lai Kuan, Pui Ling, Germaine, Fee Jean and Huifen...finally managed to catch up with them...everyone with their funny/interesting stories abt their current work place...Lai Kuan, Germaine and I are in Unity, Pui Ling still in SGH, Fee Jean in TTSH and Huifen in IMH :D
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Action-packed weekend
Phew...wat a busy weekend I had...
It all started with a pretty boring week though :P
Mon was staying home all day with aches all over the legs and strain on both feet...oh ya...forgot abt work at TBR in the evening :P
Tue was wasting time in school...oh...and dinner with Angel at Cafe Cartel...yummy
Wed was my BIRTYHDAY!!! but guess wat I did...waste time again in school then went for tennis training in the evening :P
At night, had a surprised mini celebration with my housemates...with a mini log cake...and the most mini tigger I now own...now I got 3 tiggers ;)
Thanx, housemates :D
Thur...finally did some work at home...then went for the S'pore International Chemistry Conference at Shangri-La Hotel for a short while...then met up with the Sgrunners for a post-marathon gathering at Esplanade...it was a great gathering with abt 30 ppl turning up!!!
Thanx to DO for the mini birthday cake, DreamRunner for the yummy Venezuala Bitter choc, tiwazz for the laksa (all the way from IMM!!), meteor and alvo for that cute little penguin (hmm...wat shall i name it? penguin jr jr??!!) and last but definitely not least...ultraman for the yummy main course of satay and sotong!! :D
Then the start of the action-packed weekend...
Went for the Waterfront tournament at S'pore American School (SAS)...all the way at Woodlands on Fri...but...wow...it's a really big school...damn cool place too...they have a Subway in there...and ppl there are really friendly :D
It rained when we arrived...so we all went for bfast at their cafeteria...met this chemistry teacher that actually invited us to attend his class if we were bored since we had to wait for the rain to stop...haha...damn funny :D
Anyway, we played against NTU in the morning...and SAS in the afternoon...I partnered Chen Mei for both match...hehe...Ms Liaw and Ms Leow :D
Overall we won both ties...
Sat we played against SMU and UWC...I wasn't there though...not sure how it went...but we probably won all the matches ;)
I left for work at AMK after the afternoon's match on Fri...wah...that branch is so out of the way from the bus-stop and MRT station...which happened to be great for me since I was pretty free the whole night...hehe...
Sat...woke up superbly early in the morning...AGAIN...how many times have I been doing that...wake up early on a weekend :P
This time it's to get to Changi Ferry Terminal...for the St Andrew Autism Center charity ride with the S'pore Women's Cycling Team....more on the ride here
I'll probably write more on the ride another day...but in summary...wat we did was...
Day 1 (Sat): cycled abt 160km...from Tg Belungkor Ferry Terminal to Sedili, then back to the Golden Beach Hotel at Desaru...with 2 makan break and 1 water break...and finally a yummy buffet bbq dinner and zzzz
Day 2 (Sun): slept late...had bfast at the hotel...had lunch at the golf club (yup it was just 2 hours apart)...zzz again...then cycled another 35km from the hotel to the ferry terminal...had Ramli burger...then it's back to S'pore
I din exactly cycled 160km on the first day though...but I was on the bike for 160km...hehe :P
Had a nice push from the boys on the support motorcycle a few times (totals up to at least 20-30km)...hehe...I went as fast as 5okm/h at times!!!
So for the 2 days I cycled at least 160km :D
Thanx to Nur and Jeannie for organizing such a great ride!!
Also special thanx to Nur for always riding with me even though I'm so SLOW :D Jeannie and Fida were also frequently there with me...thanx a million, gals!!!
And how can I forget the photographer (dun call hime cameraman, k :P)...Ryan for always there to take photo of us...and cheer us on ;)
Also gotta thank Athena and Raymond? (did I get the name right?) for helping me get a cab after we got to Changi Village :D
Finally...thanx to all for the company :D
It all started with a pretty boring week though :P
Mon was staying home all day with aches all over the legs and strain on both feet...oh ya...forgot abt work at TBR in the evening :P
Tue was wasting time in school...oh...and dinner with Angel at Cafe Cartel...yummy
Wed was my BIRTYHDAY!!! but guess wat I did...waste time again in school then went for tennis training in the evening :P
At night, had a surprised mini celebration with my housemates...with a mini log cake...and the most mini tigger I now own...now I got 3 tiggers ;)
Thanx, housemates :D
Big Tigger = Tigger, Medium Tigger = Mini-Me, Small Tigger = ???
Thur...finally did some work at home...then went for the S'pore International Chemistry Conference at Shangri-La Hotel for a short while...then met up with the Sgrunners for a post-marathon gathering at Esplanade...it was a great gathering with abt 30 ppl turning up!!!
Thanx to DO for the mini birthday cake, DreamRunner for the yummy Venezuala Bitter choc, tiwazz for the laksa (all the way from IMM!!), meteor and alvo for that cute little penguin (hmm...wat shall i name it? penguin jr jr??!!) and last but definitely not least...ultraman for the yummy main course of satay and sotong!! :D
Then the start of the action-packed weekend...
Went for the Waterfront tournament at S'pore American School (SAS)...all the way at Woodlands on Fri...but...wow...it's a really big school...damn cool place too...they have a Subway in there...and ppl there are really friendly :D
It rained when we arrived...so we all went for bfast at their cafeteria...met this chemistry teacher that actually invited us to attend his class if we were bored since we had to wait for the rain to stop...haha...damn funny :D
Anyway, we played against NTU in the morning...and SAS in the afternoon...I partnered Chen Mei for both match...hehe...Ms Liaw and Ms Leow :D
Overall we won both ties...
Sat we played against SMU and UWC...I wasn't there though...not sure how it went...but we probably won all the matches ;)
I left for work at AMK after the afternoon's match on Fri...wah...that branch is so out of the way from the bus-stop and MRT station...which happened to be great for me since I was pretty free the whole night...hehe...
Sat...woke up superbly early in the morning...AGAIN...how many times have I been doing that...wake up early on a weekend :P
This time it's to get to Changi Ferry Terminal...for the St Andrew Autism Center charity ride with the S'pore Women's Cycling Team....more on the ride here
I'll probably write more on the ride another day...but in summary...wat we did was...
Day 1 (Sat): cycled abt 160km...from Tg Belungkor Ferry Terminal to Sedili, then back to the Golden Beach Hotel at Desaru...with 2 makan break and 1 water break...and finally a yummy buffet bbq dinner and zzzz
Day 2 (Sun): slept late...had bfast at the hotel...had lunch at the golf club (yup it was just 2 hours apart)...zzz again...then cycled another 35km from the hotel to the ferry terminal...had Ramli burger...then it's back to S'pore
I din exactly cycled 160km on the first day though...but I was on the bike for 160km...hehe :P
Had a nice push from the boys on the support motorcycle a few times (totals up to at least 20-30km)...hehe...I went as fast as 5okm/h at times!!!
So for the 2 days I cycled at least 160km :D
Thanx to Nur and Jeannie for organizing such a great ride!!
Also special thanx to Nur for always riding with me even though I'm so SLOW :D Jeannie and Fida were also frequently there with me...thanx a million, gals!!!
And how can I forget the photographer (dun call hime cameraman, k :P)...Ryan for always there to take photo of us...and cheer us on ;)
Also gotta thank Athena and Raymond? (did I get the name right?) for helping me get a cab after we got to Changi Village :D
Finally...thanx to all for the company :D
Monday, December 05, 2005
SCSM results
Sunday, December 04, 2005
I'm a 42.195km finisher
Alrite...I can now officially say I'm a 42.195km finisher...even got a very nice t-shirt..that fits me well too...to tell the world that...haha ;)
Finished the full marathon with a pretty good timing too...sub-5 hours...considering I dun really train much since I always think I can't afford to spend so much time running...and also I prefer to cross train doing other things like...swimming, cycling and playing tennis...and also partly because i'm a slacker...it was a damn GOOD timing ;)
Dun think I'll get any better though...haha...
So how much have I run since AHM? I pretty sure it's less than 100km...btw, kids, dun try this at home hor...I have been training a lot as a competitive tennis player since secondary school till ard JC time...always under the hot sun!!!
Even in uni I regularly trained a lot in IVP tennis, and various other sports in IHG :P
Anyway, I know a lot of ppl just dun think that's a smart thing to do...hehe...run so little...but I'm from this slacker grp of Evan, Jayce and Elaine...we all dun run that much...hehe
So wat happened today?
Woke up at 4am...after abt 5 hours sleep...had some porridge with those leftover steamed meat and mushroom in the fridge...and also a baked sweet potato...porridge and sweet potato prepared the night b4...yummy
Then at abt 4:45am I walked out to wait for kops21 to hijack me to Esplanade...thanx again kops21 ;)
When we reached there...I went to deposit my bags first...wah...my no. tag one got damn long queue...it was quite fast though...
After depositing the bags, went to toilet to pee first...did I mentioned I woke up so many times the night b4 'cos need to pee...so sleepy but the bladder kept waking me up :P
Wanted to go meet up with SGrunners after that...but they seem to have disappeared? I was past 5:45am liao lah...they shld be headed to starting line liao...so I just went there and kept walking towards the front...until finally I found Alvo...and someone else...totally can't recall who was it though :P
At 6am...the horn finally sounded...hmm...it was still at a standstill where we were...after a short while we finally started moving...I din really know who to pace or how fast to go initially...just follow ard and make sure my heart rate dun go too high ;)
After a while...I decided to pace according to my heart rate...maintain it at ard 160 beats per min...that was a good decision man!! I felt good all the way...even now...other than that achy legs...I feel great!!
The first 10km felt fast...din have that "when is the next distance marker coming up feeling"...can't rem wat was my timing for the first 10k...but it shld be 1hr-1hr10mins...'cos I kept checking my per km timings and it was bet 6min to 6min30sec...so dumb of me to forget to use the lap function...I was busy doing math in my head...maybe that's y that 10km felt fast...hehe
From 10km to 21km...it started to feel longer liao...my per km timings were 6min30sec to 7min...still din use the lap function...haha...did I used up too much brain cells today? Anyway, I started taking my hammergel from 10km onwards...just a bit at a time...took 10km to finish the whole pack...hehe ;)
Of course I always take my drink at all the water/isotonic drink points...i sure that helped a lot ;)
From 21km to 32km...all at ECP...I started to get sian...same thing...one pack of hammergel and plenty of water...but there was this Sgrunners 30km support grp ppl to look out for ;)
My per km timings were mostly ard 7min to 7min15sec...oh ya...this time I rem to use the lap function liao...but only used it every 2km 'cos keep forgetting...hehe...and btw, my heart rate has been kept at ard 160 all this while ;)
I took a powergel near the turning point..ard 26km?...carried all the way to 30km support grp...then passed to whr...said hi...then continued running liao...hmm...am i supposed to get something from them???
Anyway, thanx to the support grp ppl for cheering me on!! Can hear "PENGUIN" from far...hehe ;)
From 32km onwards...my timings were abt 7min15sec to 7min45sec all the way...except that last km...no idea how fast I went though...forgot to stop my stop-watch at the end...jialat hor me...anyway, I saw the clock was abt 4hr56mins...yoohoo...sub-5hrs!!!
Oh ya...there was another support grp at the 41.7km mark...hehe...thanx tiwazz for running along and cheering me on till the 42km mark!!!
After I finished the race, immediately went to return championship chip, collect medals and finisher t-shirt...wow...they still have all the sizes...they even have XXS just for me ;)
Adidas should sponsor more frequently next time...their sizes are so much better!!! Not to mention the quality of the t-shirt are great too!!! *thumbs up*
From there I walked towards the baggage area...on the way detoured to Adidas booth where DO caught me..."wah after run still can go shopping ah...go collect ur stuff from the baggage area first lah...it's chaos there!!"...haha...I din want to walk back after collecting mah :P
Anyway, din buy anything...went on to baggage area...which was really in total chaos...they can't find anything!!!
I spent at least half an hour there making noise while waiting for them to find my bag...so irritating!!
After collecting my bag...I left for Harbourfront to meet some frens from Unity...it's Unity's Family and Friends Day...thought could get free lunch there...but reached there too late liao lah...all thanx to that lousy baggage retrieving :P
After that was thinking whether to go back and meet up with the Sgrunners...but was too lazy liao...came home instead...had lunch...watch some Friends...Season 9...until zzzzz...now I'm up...wonder how long my legs muscle will ache man :P
My feet were killing me just now...most likely my shoes are not very suitable for me...my archs are pretty high...can see it from my slippers...oh well...maybe go runners' lab one day and ask that guy ;)
Finished the full marathon with a pretty good timing too...sub-5 hours...considering I dun really train much since I always think I can't afford to spend so much time running...and also I prefer to cross train doing other things like...swimming, cycling and playing tennis...and also partly because i'm a slacker...it was a damn GOOD timing ;)
Dun think I'll get any better though...haha...
So how much have I run since AHM? I pretty sure it's less than 100km...btw, kids, dun try this at home hor...I have been training a lot as a competitive tennis player since secondary school till ard JC time...always under the hot sun!!!
Even in uni I regularly trained a lot in IVP tennis, and various other sports in IHG :P
Anyway, I know a lot of ppl just dun think that's a smart thing to do...hehe...run so little...but I'm from this slacker grp of Evan, Jayce and Elaine...we all dun run that much...hehe
So wat happened today?
Woke up at 4am...after abt 5 hours sleep...had some porridge with those leftover steamed meat and mushroom in the fridge...and also a baked sweet potato...porridge and sweet potato prepared the night b4...yummy
Then at abt 4:45am I walked out to wait for kops21 to hijack me to Esplanade...thanx again kops21 ;)
When we reached there...I went to deposit my bags first...wah...my no. tag one got damn long queue...it was quite fast though...
After depositing the bags, went to toilet to pee first...did I mentioned I woke up so many times the night b4 'cos need to pee...so sleepy but the bladder kept waking me up :P
Wanted to go meet up with SGrunners after that...but they seem to have disappeared? I was past 5:45am liao lah...they shld be headed to starting line liao...so I just went there and kept walking towards the front...until finally I found Alvo...and someone else...totally can't recall who was it though :P
At 6am...the horn finally sounded...hmm...it was still at a standstill where we were...after a short while we finally started moving...I din really know who to pace or how fast to go initially...just follow ard and make sure my heart rate dun go too high ;)
After a while...I decided to pace according to my heart rate...maintain it at ard 160 beats per min...that was a good decision man!! I felt good all the way...even now...other than that achy legs...I feel great!!
The first 10km felt fast...din have that "when is the next distance marker coming up feeling"...can't rem wat was my timing for the first 10k...but it shld be 1hr-1hr10mins...'cos I kept checking my per km timings and it was bet 6min to 6min30sec...so dumb of me to forget to use the lap function...I was busy doing math in my head...maybe that's y that 10km felt fast...hehe
From 10km to 21km...it started to feel longer liao...my per km timings were 6min30sec to 7min...still din use the lap function...haha...did I used up too much brain cells today? Anyway, I started taking my hammergel from 10km onwards...just a bit at a time...took 10km to finish the whole pack...hehe ;)
Of course I always take my drink at all the water/isotonic drink points...i sure that helped a lot ;)
From 21km to 32km...all at ECP...I started to get sian...same thing...one pack of hammergel and plenty of water...but there was this Sgrunners 30km support grp ppl to look out for ;)
My per km timings were mostly ard 7min to 7min15sec...oh ya...this time I rem to use the lap function liao...but only used it every 2km 'cos keep forgetting...hehe...and btw, my heart rate has been kept at ard 160 all this while ;)
I took a powergel near the turning point..ard 26km?...carried all the way to 30km support grp...then passed to whr...said hi...then continued running liao...hmm...am i supposed to get something from them???
Anyway, thanx to the support grp ppl for cheering me on!! Can hear "PENGUIN" from far...hehe ;)
From 32km onwards...my timings were abt 7min15sec to 7min45sec all the way...except that last km...no idea how fast I went though...forgot to stop my stop-watch at the end...jialat hor me...anyway, I saw the clock was abt 4hr56mins...yoohoo...sub-5hrs!!!
Oh ya...there was another support grp at the 41.7km mark...hehe...thanx tiwazz for running along and cheering me on till the 42km mark!!!
My heart rate during the race
After I finished the race, immediately went to return championship chip, collect medals and finisher t-shirt...wow...they still have all the sizes...they even have XXS just for me ;)
Adidas should sponsor more frequently next time...their sizes are so much better!!! Not to mention the quality of the t-shirt are great too!!! *thumbs up*
From there I walked towards the baggage area...on the way detoured to Adidas booth where DO caught me..."wah after run still can go shopping ah...go collect ur stuff from the baggage area first lah...it's chaos there!!"...haha...I din want to walk back after collecting mah :P
Anyway, din buy anything...went on to baggage area...which was really in total chaos...they can't find anything!!!
I spent at least half an hour there making noise while waiting for them to find my bag...so irritating!!
After collecting my bag...I left for Harbourfront to meet some frens from Unity...it's Unity's Family and Friends Day...thought could get free lunch there...but reached there too late liao lah...all thanx to that lousy baggage retrieving :P
After that was thinking whether to go back and meet up with the Sgrunners...but was too lazy liao...came home instead...had lunch...watch some Friends...Season 9...until zzzzz...now I'm up...wonder how long my legs muscle will ache man :P
My feet were killing me just now...most likely my shoes are not very suitable for me...my archs are pretty high...can see it from my slippers...oh well...maybe go runners' lab one day and ask that guy ;)
Saturday, December 03, 2005
SCSM tomorrow
So wat funny things did I do this week?
27 Nov, Sun
Worked at HBF...pretty quiet day...hehe ;)
Sgrunners went for a run at botanic gardens in the morning...i'm just wanted to sleep late :P
After work I went to Plaza Sing to get some stuff and dinner...got a baby pooh from carrefour to complete my baby pooh and frens collection...haha...all this while I had 2 tiggers (1 giant, 1 small), an eeyore and a piglet...no pooh!!! how ironic...haha :P
Check out their photo...oops tigger is eating penguin again ;P
Back: Tigger, Penguin (in tigger's mouth and not from the Pooh family :P)
28 Nov, Mon
Nothing interesting...go school...do work...waste time..
Evening went for tennis training...Waterfront tournament coming next fri and sat...hehe...haven't played for a few weeks :P
Played doubles with Michelle, Chen Mei and Prem...
29 Nov, Tue
Another boring day? yup...supposed to run with Jayce at Sentosa in the morning...but it rained when we arrived at harbourfront...had bfast at Seah Im instead...haha :P
30 Nov, Wed
Did my work at home...
In the evening...ran to Toa Payoh to do some grocery shopping...not sure how far I ran..probably ard 5km?
At night, Nur came by to let me try out her mountain bike which I'll be using for next weekends cycling trip to Desaru ;)
1 Dec, Thur
Race pack collection day...for me it's not at the Sports expo though...I just went there to kaypoh...and also to learn from Mrs Nair how to use the telepharmacy since I'm working at TBR later...
Forgot that it's stock take day...oops...she was busy in the morning...
Went to meet up with the Sgrunners at suntec first...saw DO, tiwazz, YankeeII first...then later also saw Dreamrunner, BrokenRunner n kids (finally met her 2 monkeys...hehe...they r so cute), Wildcat, Ultraman, Meteor...they took an hour to collect their race packs man!!! But we had ice cream while waiting...thanx to wildcat n ultra...i think...hehe
This year's event singlet is damn nice!! hehe...fits me well too ;)
Carine n sis came quite late and were stuck in a very long queue...in the end they decided that they couldn't wait and left...Carine had to go buy a new pair of slippers 'cos hers broke on the way to the expo!! haha :P
After collecting the race packs...we went for lunch...ultra heard we gg to eat laksa....so quickly get a place in Sizzler's and got us all there...haha...
Had a yummy lunch...then I went back to RFC to look for Mrs Nair again...luckily she wasn't too busy then...but still gotta do all those calculation after stock take...need to upgrade their system man ;P ...manual calculation is shack...i'm sure using something simple like an excel spreadsheet would save them a lot of time!!!
AFter that decided to head home instead of gg school...skip tennis training :P
In the evening, I cycled back to City Hall to meet my fren, Siok Ying, to collect my race pack...finally got my event singlet...so nice and soft :D
In the evening...got an SMS from my tennis capt..."those who din turn up for training gotta make up on fri"....oh well :P
2 Dec, Fri
Another boring day in school...
Attended seminar by my boss...it's the part of the MCP (medicinal chemistry program) seminar series...wah she talk a lot man...haha
Evening went for tennis training...not a smart thing to do hor...2 days b4 a marathon go tennis training...but i'm siao...dun care...i have done other siao things b4...like...
Go sailing the day b4 my first S'pore biathlon...arm aching the day of the biathlon...hehe...
Then i also went for a sea sports camp on a wed, thur and fri...went sailing, wakeboarding and wind-surfing...hehe...then that Sun went for adventure race :P
I have done such crazy things before!!!
Anywy, I hit with Sharon...then played mixed doubles with the guys...partnered Dion against Sharon and Ray :D
After that, had a quick dinner at home...porridge with steamed meat and mushrooms (prepared the night b4)...yummy...make sure all my stuff are more or less prepared for the marathon...then zzzzz...
3 Dec, Sat
Wah...i drank so much water on fri...I kept waking up to pee...haha
Today working at BMC from 10am-2.30pm...then TBR from 3-9.30pm...
Am I supposed to aim to pee every hour today to hydrate myself?? haha...later the staff think I have some bladder problem...somemore I have not work at TBR before...hehe
Tomorrow is THE DAY liao...am I ready? probably not...but who cares...I'm a slacker...just run lah...after that if got time maybe go kaypoh at Unity's Friends and Family Day at Sentosa...hehe ;P
27 Nov, Sun
Worked at HBF...pretty quiet day...hehe ;)
Sgrunners went for a run at botanic gardens in the morning...i'm just wanted to sleep late :P
After work I went to Plaza Sing to get some stuff and dinner...got a baby pooh from carrefour to complete my baby pooh and frens collection...haha...all this while I had 2 tiggers (1 giant, 1 small), an eeyore and a piglet...no pooh!!! how ironic...haha :P
Check out their photo...oops tigger is eating penguin again ;P
Back: Tigger, Penguin (in tigger's mouth and not from the Pooh family :P)
Front: from left to right..Pooh, Piglet, Mini-Me (can't have 2 toys with the same name rite?), Eeyore
28 Nov, Mon
Nothing interesting...go school...do work...waste time..
Evening went for tennis training...Waterfront tournament coming next fri and sat...hehe...haven't played for a few weeks :P
Played doubles with Michelle, Chen Mei and Prem...
29 Nov, Tue
Another boring day? yup...supposed to run with Jayce at Sentosa in the morning...but it rained when we arrived at harbourfront...had bfast at Seah Im instead...haha :P
30 Nov, Wed
Did my work at home...
In the evening...ran to Toa Payoh to do some grocery shopping...not sure how far I ran..probably ard 5km?
At night, Nur came by to let me try out her mountain bike which I'll be using for next weekends cycling trip to Desaru ;)
1 Dec, Thur
Race pack collection day...for me it's not at the Sports expo though...I just went there to kaypoh...and also to learn from Mrs Nair how to use the telepharmacy since I'm working at TBR later...
Forgot that it's stock take day...oops...she was busy in the morning...
Went to meet up with the Sgrunners at suntec first...saw DO, tiwazz, YankeeII first...then later also saw Dreamrunner, BrokenRunner n kids (finally met her 2 monkeys...hehe...they r so cute), Wildcat, Ultraman, Meteor...they took an hour to collect their race packs man!!! But we had ice cream while waiting...thanx to wildcat n ultra...i think...hehe
This year's event singlet is damn nice!! hehe...fits me well too ;)
Carine n sis came quite late and were stuck in a very long queue...in the end they decided that they couldn't wait and left...Carine had to go buy a new pair of slippers 'cos hers broke on the way to the expo!! haha :P
After collecting the race packs...we went for lunch...ultra heard we gg to eat laksa....so quickly get a place in Sizzler's and got us all there...haha...
Had a yummy lunch...then I went back to RFC to look for Mrs Nair again...luckily she wasn't too busy then...but still gotta do all those calculation after stock take...need to upgrade their system man ;P ...manual calculation is shack...i'm sure using something simple like an excel spreadsheet would save them a lot of time!!!
AFter that decided to head home instead of gg school...skip tennis training :P
In the evening, I cycled back to City Hall to meet my fren, Siok Ying, to collect my race pack...finally got my event singlet...so nice and soft :D
In the evening...got an SMS from my tennis capt..."those who din turn up for training gotta make up on fri"....oh well :P
2 Dec, Fri
Another boring day in school...
Attended seminar by my boss...it's the part of the MCP (medicinal chemistry program) seminar series...wah she talk a lot man...haha
Evening went for tennis training...not a smart thing to do hor...2 days b4 a marathon go tennis training...but i'm siao...dun care...i have done other siao things b4...like...
Go sailing the day b4 my first S'pore biathlon...arm aching the day of the biathlon...hehe...
Then i also went for a sea sports camp on a wed, thur and fri...went sailing, wakeboarding and wind-surfing...hehe...then that Sun went for adventure race :P
I have done such crazy things before!!!
Anywy, I hit with Sharon...then played mixed doubles with the guys...partnered Dion against Sharon and Ray :D
After that, had a quick dinner at home...porridge with steamed meat and mushrooms (prepared the night b4)...yummy...make sure all my stuff are more or less prepared for the marathon...then zzzzz...
3 Dec, Sat
Wah...i drank so much water on fri...I kept waking up to pee...haha
Today working at BMC from 10am-2.30pm...then TBR from 3-9.30pm...
Am I supposed to aim to pee every hour today to hydrate myself?? haha...later the staff think I have some bladder problem...somemore I have not work at TBR before...hehe
Tomorrow is THE DAY liao...am I ready? probably not...but who cares...I'm a slacker...just run lah...after that if got time maybe go kaypoh at Unity's Friends and Family Day at Sentosa...hehe ;P
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