SUNDOWN MARATHON

it was a long night.

the organisation of the marathon was pretty bad cause there were massive traffic jams for those trying to get to the route to start off their race.

ex-buddy, GAY, said she had to walk 3km just to get to the starting point.

thank goodness me & addy decided to reach there late, say 1ish in the morning. by then,the traffic jams had already died down. we didn't wana end up waiting too long. the only bad part about reaching late was missing out on local band GOODFELLAS :(

oh well, we decided to entertain ourselves with free candy floss (god knows how long i've eaten this) and HTHT.

by the time my minute hand was inching towards 2.48am, addy was urging me to call wp to ask where the heck he was...lol. felt kinda bad for having to rush him, so i decided to send a short text "Heys, hurry up, sleep can't wait. lol. Are you almost done? Haha.quick quick!"

15 mins crept by and we were dozing off from the Uefa match on the big screen...no offense but we had zilch interest for anything soccer or football...actually what's the difference? :S i hope that's not a bimbotic question cause i kinda don't really know.

Addy was  halfway in dreamland already cause she was wayyy past her bed time, i was a tad sleepy but not so much cause i'm practically nocturnal...anyway, so then we called him like 5-6 times and finally managed to get him on the phone.

"Where are you?"

"1km from the finishing line"

that was when we quickly rushed to the finishing line.

on hindsight, think we kinda pressured him into dashing to the finishing line with our impatience. lol.

with our free candy floss.

there were tons of people, the atmosphere was great. felt so inspired to run...

the winning guy ran a guntime of 2hr 50+ mins...freaking fast, it was just crazy.

saw yuan kang there too, his second time running full marathon!

me,wp & addy.

the slogan for the night "SLEEP CAN WAIT"

yar right.

after getting a light breakfast at Geylang (some famous tau huay place), i immediately dozed off the moment i got home.

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"How's my sundown remix (playlist of songs for running)?"

"Very good!"

" Hmm,there's a lot of vulgarities in the songs hor? paiseh, the only fast songs i have are hip hop songs..."

"haha, ya lar, all the sex explicits...you want me to think of sex while running issit??"

LOL.

>.<

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and because i felt so inspired to run...

i forced persuaded vicki into joining Shape Run (10km) with me. haha.

she suggested trying for 21km initially but there was no way i was going to agree to running 21km.

i'm the student who used to have difficulty passing 2.4km in school, always wanted to strangle the teacher for making us run during PE sessions and declared running to be the most disgusting sports ever invented...

it's a miracle that now i actually run out of my own free will in the gym...

10km will be a good enough challenge for me.

hopefully i don't back out!

(i think i might now that i'm thinking more rationally)

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♥ 2ne1

 fave korean girl band.

omg. she is amazing.

SUNDOWN MARATHON!!! 42 KM!!! 

lol. kk, i'm not the one participating, i think i'd hafta write my will before i even attempt trying. just going down to support my gd friend.

but i may want to try a 5km marathon! =)

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just went to support my mami & daddy at their music performance.

was really reluctant to go initially....

but my dad sounded like he wanted us to be there for them...

"What time does it end?" me

"10+" dad

"what time does it start?" me

"7pm" dad

"Where is it?" me

"Bukit timah cc" dad

"Huh....where is that? how do i go??" me :(

"You can take cab there" dad

"wah, too much money hor...then are you giving me the cab fare?" me (lol, k, i know it sounded rude and all, but i was just trying to get out of going....hmm, k, v unufilial :S but! i did support them quite a number of times before this already!)

dad laughs. (my dad is used to me saying things like that, i can be very sarcastic sometimes, but he knows it's just a joke...sometimes not)

[took an afternoon nap and dad came into my room in the midst of my nap]

"i going off already k, here's the ticket, the concert starts at 7pm. here's 10 bucks, i cya later k" dad

that was when i realised he REALLY wanted me to go, even gave me cab fare! lol. that's when my conscience hit me and i decided to be the good daughter and attend their concert. so there i was alone, with a hall filled with elderly men and women and a handful of young people listening to oldies, met some of my parents' friends, made friends with a friendly old lady who does line dancing, singing, belly dancing (amazing huh?!)...there were some good performers, some bad, but i guess the singing just wasn't my era.

but i really do admire my parents' spirit for learning. they are an inspiration to me in terms of their constant desire to enrich themselves. my dad loves to sing and they are willing to spend a few days a week just to attend singing lessons. they are model examples for the chinese saying "huo dao lao, xue dao lao" (lifelong learning).


i'm proud of them :)

prawning with cell group

it was a great time spent with n109w365:) seems like the cell group people are getting more enthusiastic about organising outings nowadays, especially with people like Calvin Zhijian who ought to be given the official roles of cg event managers.

really enjoy such outings cause it's a time to bond and grow closer to the cg. many a time, we only see each other during cell group sessions and service and the relationship ends there, there's no real friendship forged except for a particular few. so it's heartwarming to see our cg ppl coming together as a family in Christ, laughing over games and simply having a good time over activities. i think there's a better synergy in our cell group now more than ever and i'm excited for the many more activites planned.

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we headed down to astons steakhouse for lunch and the guys were all engrossed in the iphone game apps. some table hockey application and cube runner app.

quite fun actually except for cube runner(!!)...couldn't get past a score of 33 (high score was 256). they said i have psychomotor problem :( not the first time someone said that...i must be really terrible at coordination.

greedy lilian hogging over 6 plates of food

Zhijian and Daniel were teasing me about my prawning outfit. said i was wearing too atas for a prawning trip :S (this was my virgin prawning trip, how would i have known how to dress for it!)

"You need servants to help fan ya and keep ya cool?" Dan &Zhijian

"Yar, you guys can be my servants then" ;) 

and Lilian volunteered to be my water girl, haha.

my servants frantically fanning away...

and my water girl to fetch me my bottle of water. haha.

cherie...guess how old is she?

she's looks really mature for her age!

12 years old.

no kidding.

i'm exactly twice her age!

my gosh, i felt really old all of a sudden.

she's really sweet and chatty, always offering me water/potato chips while we were prawning. and she talks like non-stop radio, lol, very energetic and boisterous. a wonderful lil' sister in Christ :)

finally caught my first prawn...and well, it also happens to be the only prawn i caught that night. :S

pardon the pained expression, was freaking out initially but towards the end of the day, i was enjoying the sadistic act of plucking out their claws.

 i'm terrible, i know.

Daniel with his first catch of the day too

Calvin strangely looks like a prawn here, haha

Lilian with her first and only catch of the day too :) not that we're lousy, we just chose to let the rest use the fishing rod longer. :p

yay! posing with our catch for the day!

and this was what became of it!

CEREAL PRAWNS.

yums. haha.

there! i'm occupied with my new found hobby - plucking live prawns :P

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have been working late nights this past few days...but strangely, i actually kinda enjoy it cause there's this rush of adrenaline to complete the job at hand and the sense of accomplishment that comes once i've handed in the piece of work is something money can't buy (well...k, not really, lol).

anyway, that is not the point...today we received a rather strange newsflash in office...

it cracked me up...nearly teared from it...realised i laugh at anything nowadays (maybe it's an indication of how bored i am at work).

the heading of the newsflash was...

"Julie (our resident company counsellor), i'm falling in love!"

basically, it was about this employee who wrote in to Julie asking for advice on what she should do cause one of her male colleagues was being very nice to her and she was falling for him. Hence, she wanted to seek advice on what she should do in this type of office relationship, should she pursue it or not?

LOL.

this is mean but i couldn't control myself, who in the world would write a letter like that to a counsellor in her own firm -_-" and you know how people want to keep their anonymity in this sorta situation...this lady named herself "confused"...

we were guessing that Julie probably wrote it to herself. haha.

this video has a surreal feel to it.

dreamlike and tranquil.


(the photographer managed to capture a series of photos, combining them to form a movie. think this was what wp meant by capturing the starscape by turning on the camera shutter for long periods on end in the night. hence capturing what the naked eye can't see, the glittery stars and even the milky way. it is brilliant work.)

feeling a bit emo all of a sudden...

maybe it's the music.

the past keeps creeping back...

hidden wounds, feelings of insecurity, self doubt

need to take a breather and regain back my clear headed mind.

i don't like the feeling of not being in control of myself.

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went out with bestie & her gf and vien & her new bf. yups. was the lightbulb in the group :S felt so outta place for once in my own clique! but anyway, that's beside the point, i'm happy for vien (and yes, you too, bestie, but yours is ol' news le) ! For years she's been in lesbian relationships, and finally for the first time in a long, long while, she decided to accept a new man into her life. it really is a breakthrough for her and i'm glad she's found a guy who is able to meet up to her expectations. for years, somehow i always felt that she would ultimately still end up with a man, i'm very happy that has finally happened (that does not mean i am homophobic). theirs was a whirlwind romance. pretty amazing. think this is by far the most surprising and wonderful news for the year.

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celebrating joanne's birthday :) love this gal and her straight, in your fac e way of talking. haha.

and it's nice to see the grad trip gang gathering back once more :)

joanne with her delicious oreo, durian cake from Goodwood Park Hotel.*licks lips* i am still salivating at the thought of it.