2nd last day of 2006

the kitchen sink tap decided to ko itself last night...couldnt turn it off at all...so we had to collect water in buckets water rationing style for a night by turning on/off the main water supply outside the house...

but THANK GOODNESS this episode occured YESTERDAY so at least today i could get a new tap and all the what nots at motherland and get it fixed today...otherwise it would have been water rationing till next wednesday....omg...

above is photo of peili's wedding at the "primary sch classmate table"

opened up my maxfactory ignis and snapped a few shots of it...and my casio exlim's battery is still going strong!


brought forward my sunday run to this evening...my first mid-dist run since marathon...all was going well until 30min liddat when my right knee joint started to hurt...it had that joint want to pop out kind of feeling...managed to finish my tanglin route w/o slopes in 37.68min...

plan for this long wkend?
visit sunshine plaza again tmr to get the white spray can...saw it on offer yesterday but the shop was closed...
maybe i'll start another kit...
just got my hands on black lagoon ep1-23...will be clearing it these few days...
clear my huge backlog of movies i've accumulated...

an unexpected aquisition....hohohohoho

made a trip to sunshine plaza to order 2 MG strike freedoms(normal version) from HAG--price is too itrresitable--1 for me 1 for leonard...

made 1 round around sunshine plaza....noticed 1 new model kit shop--it has quite a collection of those really ancient bandai gundam kits...as for the prices there--not much to crow about though...

went into la-tendo and guess what i stumbled upon!

a maxfactory ignis figure!!! muahahaha...
most likely my last toy purchase for the year...and what a satisfying purchase it was...easily one of the highs for 2006's toy campaign...

my list of highs, lows and misses for 2006's haul
highs
MG strike freedom FULL BURST
MG strike IWSP
ignis pvc figures
1/100 infinite justice, legend
primus--hugest TF i ever own+nice robot mold
THS-02 convoy--just look at all the details for this little bugger!!...if only they made him in masterpiece scale...omg...

lows
the so-called "limited edition" primus w/ unicron head...i'm only pissed because it was not limited and the price was SLASHED so dramatically after it flooded the market
HG 1/144 saviour--why did they release the 1/100 version sooo late?!?!
1/72 0S battroid--pissed because of its yellowish white plastic

misses
alternator mirage--where art thou my ford GT?
BT rodimus--i hope they slash the price for this overpriced plastic ford GT
MP03 starscream--not exactly the color i want but the details are great man...for once i hope there is a repaint for a TF figure
classics rodimus, bumblebee, jetfire, grimlock--they better be in stock next year when the price drops

toys to look forward to in '07?
i pray/hope bandai will make a 1/100 akatsuki owashi+shiranui
i pray/hope bandai MG more of the seed kits
MP05 megatron--i hope takaratomy fatten up those skinny legs
alter revy pvc figure
alter/vice motoko kusanagi pvc figure
alternator ravage(jaguar mold), alternator rumble(honda civic mold)---only because i'm a sucker for new molds

MG strike freedom has arrived...hohohohohoho

the long awaited called from tfh came last night informing me of the arrival of my MG strike freedom FULL BURST...hohoho...highly sought after kit and is currently sold out EVERYWHERE...that's if the shops are able to get any stock in...thank goodness i preordered mine real early to avoid disappointment...hoho

it's been raining EVERYDAY...i hate that shoes wet socks wet feeling...i wonder isit the way i walk or sthg cus water just seem to pour into the front of my shoes whenever the floor is wet...my feet movement just flicks up loads of water and wets the front of my shoes and socks and eventually the whole shoe and sock is soaked...

trying to pick up run trng again...it's been tough to get back into it for some reason after the marathon...recent runs have left me panting like mad with some pain in my right knee...

think i will not jump straight back into long distance running...will start preparing for next yr's 2.4 instead with more sprints and intervals...maybe do just abit of slightly longer runs

Bishōjo figures

my first foray into "Bishōjo" pvc figures...a 1/8 Ignis by Alter...from what i found out online...this Ignis character is actually from a *ahem*hentai game called Jingai Makyo...heh...

for me it was always robots robots robots all the way until i started to frequent dannychoo's blog http://www.dannychoo.com/index/eng/ ...hurhur...and got exposed to these pvc figures...the figure that actually caught my eye and eventually led me to other areas of his blog (apart from the gundam section) was this-- http://www.dannychoo.com/blog_entry/eng/654/Igunis/ ...this one's by maxfactory and is currently sold out at most places...

these pvc figures cost just as much(if not more than)a full price MG kit...thankfully only a few are worth getting imo...otherwise my toy fund will be dealt with another blow...tf+gundam+figures...wooo

i'm hoping tfh can get the maxfactory one for me and also next jan's GIT's SAC motoko kusanagi...meanwhile the Alter one will have to suffice...a nice christmas prezzie for myself

Dune II

dont know what triggered it...but this game just came to mind for no reason when i was about to sleep last night...DUNE II

the very first RTS game i actually got hooked on and completed...and that was like way back when we were still using DOS man...wooo...seems so bloody ancient hor...

here we have the 3 houses which we could choose...house atreides, ordos and harkonen...
i can still remember how sud harkonen's house specific units were with the devastator tanks and it's palace's ICBM-deathhand...hohoho...atreides had the sonic tank which made funny noises when it fired a sonic boom...i think ordos had to lousiest special unit (in terms of damage wise) with the deviator tank...

hoho...look at the map man...look at the patch of spice...the extra red patch means got more spice there....hoho....so nostalgic siah...money to build structures and units came in the form of credits which had to be earned thru spice harvesting...everytime your harvester comes back to your refinery the credits meter will start to roll like a jackpot machine...

which brings to mind how slow the harvester units are...always a good target for sandworms...but somehow still fast enough to maneuver around to squish infantry units like bugs though...

got a sudden urge to play this game liao...anyone still got this classic?

rain...running nose...full of pee...

it's been raining like nobody's business for the past 3 days...

i'm down with abit of the flu...running nose and what nots...weather's been so extra cooling that it's making me make extra trips to the pee room...

pro-rated year end bonus is coming in tmr...heard it's the lowest TOS ever had in recent years...oh well...

christmas long wkend...快点来!!!

what a nice way to end the work week...

had a gathering with my pri sch friends together with our form teacher...dinner was at novena square's fish and co.
it was nice catching up...of course others did most of the talking...i listened...hehe...i only talked when i was probed...hurhur

one of my classmate even brought along our old 1989 and 1992 school magazine along and man was it nostalgic flipping through those pages...it's been like wat...13yrs since we left river valley! omg...

almost 8 hours of sleep and i'm still tired

was very tired last night and was in bed by 1030pm not knowing that i actually forgot to set my phone alarm...and so this morning instead of being awoken by my phone, i was awoken by my dad's voice instead asking me if i needed to go work today...

i quickly looked at my phone and wooh...6.51am...washed and changed up and got a cab to get to work...made it to office with time to spare...thank goodness mum helped me pack my protein shake cus i missed my morning coffee+oats breakfast...

but surprisingly i wasnt hungry at all during the whole morning...instead i was feeling tired as usual...but my head started throbbing in the afternoon...the sleep on the bus back cleared up the headache abit...after changing up at delta, i eventually decided to skip gym and did some workout at home instead...

have been feeling rather low for the past week...nothing seems to be going right...

did feel abit better last sunday after buying my digicam...retail therapy! heh...my next session should be somewhere next week...MG strike freedom coming in!

so it's me myself and my toys...sigh

marathon day+2

legs are almost recovered...i could climb the stairs yesterday...and lifting up my legs to wear my pants is becoming less arduous...

went to gym today instead cus meeting up with choo, tang and guorong tmr for dinner...arms are abit sore now...which is good...

marathon photos are out...those stuff are like frigging expensive if you actually buy from them...
so i just got the preview thumbnail pics from the site...

oh my aching legs...

aftermath of marathon...aches aches and more aches...my knees were hurting so bad yesterday...

was contemplating of taking mc today but i woke up feeling slightly better...i even gave myself an excuse that if i cant catch the company bus in time i would skip work today (cus i was walking really slow this morning with the pain at my ITB--i read it's somewhere at the sides of the knees) BUT i made it with 1min to spare...

mum keep telling me to skip gym for this week...i was thinking maybe postpone tmr's session to wed...OR i just do some light workout at home tmr and go for thur's session...i think that'll be better since i'm taking a week off running...unless of course my legs recover by sunday...then i'll do some light run...

race results are out...i clocked 4:01:36 & 4:00:52 for gun/chip time respectively...came in 69/1181 in my division, 416/5909 in male category, 469/6745 in entire field...not too bad i guess...for a first timer...

adrian's 5th race...and what a painful one it was...

did quite alot of stuff for the first time today...
my first 42km run...my first massage...my first taste of powergel...my first taste of leg cramps...

a run through of events for the day...

woke up at 420am...had an egg+protein whey+3 bananas...took 2 dumps...did my stretching...applied some deep heat...and took a slow jog to the start point...on my way there i had to stop at a toilet to take another dump though...heh

i managed to squeeze into the front pack near the start point...so i didnt have to face human traffic jams thru out the race...which was good of course...i managed to clear the first 21km in about 1hr 40min...which again was good as i managed to improve from the ahm timing...

upon entering ECP...everything went downhill unfotunately...the ball of my left foot started to hurt...then my knees...then my left quad started to cramp...so painful it overtook the pain from the foot and knees...then came my right quad...then both quads...then my left calf...then my right calf...then all 4 cramped together...my first time experiencing such a kind pain in my legs...so painful i had to stop and walk...thank goodness got pple supplying deep heat along the way...i took a total of 2 squeezes...once at ecp and another time at national stadium...but the pain bugged me on and off all the way till nearing the finishing stretch...

the powergel were...hmm...how to say...well you cant have it without water thats for sure...but it did help keep my hunger pang away so in a sense it did help i guess...

the cramps made the run very very unbearable...it made the 1km intervals all seem so damn far away...i had to slow down and walk at almost every water point from ecp onwards...of course giving up was never an option...it's just that my timing was affected with all the walking and seeing so many runners overtake me was so demoralising...i couldnt hit my target of 3.5hrs...and came in at 4:01:sthg sthg i think...lucky at the last stretch leading into city hall i got a burst of energy and ran pretty fast...

at certain stretches the cheers from the crowd were great morale boosters...i think i ran especially fast at the sheares bridge and at the last stretch all thanks to the cheers from the crowd...heh...

after the run and the collection of the medal and t-shirt and 2 cans of 100+, i queued up for the massage...and omg was it good or what...my first time having a massage too...and thank goodness 2 cute girls were doing the massage for me...hiakhiak...they did a very good job too!...especially when they dug into my legs using their fists...woho...hurt so much but so shiok...one of them ask me if i was ok anot as she found that my hamstring and ITV (dunno what's that though) were tight...and true enuf i havent stretched my hamstrings...

after the shiok massage i grabbed 2 bananas and a bottle of water and hobbled my way home...

so apart from that ordeal in ecp and all the muscle cramps...it felt pretty good to complete the race...at least i've done it once in my life...not exactly the best timing i hoped for as i'm pretty sure i could have done better...and weather was sooooo damn good too!!

hopefully i'll be much more better prepared next year...ooh...next year...hoho...next year then say ba...

"the five people you meet in heaven"

finally made a trip to the library and got myself some books to read...2 of them in fact...well actually 1...cus the dilbert comic doesnt exactly count...

guorong recommended me a few titles but only "the five people you meet in heaven" was not on loan...book is by this author called mitch albom...should be a good read...if not i still have dilbert to fall back on...hehe

tuas 2nd link run results are out...the 50th runner actually had a timing of 40.37...i kinda remember me coming in at 40.20+ leh...basket...pretty sore at not getting a medal....heh...oh well...better luck next yr...provided i'm able to maintain my timing of course...

destiny gundam kit is done...time for some READING!! but first let me watch this week's episode of survivor...hoho

tos dnd'06 photo of my table

deliciously droolsome duck soup

came home from gym to find a pot of duck soup cooked by dad...hohohohoho...it's so unbefrigginlievable good...

small whole duck+sichuan vege+some ginger slices+some black pepper+whole tomatoes...omg...

muscle development updates...still look scrawny...biceps got a little definition...weights at gym has increased bit by bit...weight has hit 57kg from a 53kg back in july...

have been constantly awoken in the middle of the night by my grumbling stomach for the past few weeks...recently the quick gulps of water from my bottle hasnt been able to drive the hunger pang away...so last night i decided to put snacks at my bedside as well...peanut butter m&ms....hohoho...yumz...lucky thing we have the fun packs at home...

and true enough my tummy woke me up again in the middle of my sleep last night...and sleepily i opened the m&ms...gobbled down a few...drank some water...plopped back down to sleep...thank goodness it chased the hunger pang away till the alarm went off...*phew*

looking forward to sunday's run...mentally prepared to suffer through the 42km...i hope my body is prepared for it though...hehe

tong shui cafe

impromptu celebration for dad's birthday today(well actually his birthday is on thurs, hehe)...we dined out at tong shui cafe which was very near our place...

here's a list of what we had...







we also had sesame+almond paste...pu er tea...ice milk tea with chin chow...sweet and sour chicken with rice...no pics for these dishes though...anyways for more of their "zao pai cai" you can visit http://www.tongshuicafe.com/index.html

their menu boasts of 300+ items...if really cant decide on what to have, you cant go wrong with their "zao pai cai" that's for sure

6 more days to stan chart!

did my last run trng today...holland v route w/ slopes...1:08:37...no more running till next sunday...

collected the race pack on friday evening...M size singlet was too big ...dang it!...the arm hole is like huge man...either that or i too skinny...ya la..maybe i too skinny...hehe...will take size S next yr then...

got oasis's stop the clocks on friday too...yes...even though i have ALL the songs in there i still bought it...it's those "it's one for the collection" things i always put myself through...but hey it's got a BONUS dvd!...ooooh...

just started on my destiny gundam kit...maybe after this i'll start visiting the library...have been putting it off for the longest time...there are some titles which guorong has recommended me and i seriously need to get back to some reading...

~drool~

drooled on the bus home again today...heh...and once again the amazing subconcious mind nudges me awake to slurp up the dripping drool...unfortunately i've already made a wet patch on my polo-t le...

been really bothered by this internal audit shite lately...i'm in this so-called EHS internal audit...in which i'm supposed to be assigned an audit each month...kaoz...just received a new hydrogen system checklist from QA yesterday and the frigging email also stated report is due next monday...wow...

i wonder how thorough they actually check the reports...cus if they seriously want the internal auditors to follow the checklist strictly and audit on every single friggin item in the checklist, all i can say that it will unearth a hell lot of shite...all the nonsense findings which will then translate into ACTION ITEMS which further translate into MORE work to do in order close up the dumb audit...geez....

anyways here's a very matrix-ish video from gundam evolve episode 8..featuring one of my fav mecha-strike gundam...enjoy

food glorious food

had a weekend of good food...

saturday night was tos dnd at raffles city convention centre...didnt win any lucky draw prizes unfotunately...heh

sunday afternoon me and ah yee visited maxwell road food centre...we had chicken rice (tian tian hainanese chicken rice), peanut soup, and the 7 for $1 hum chim peng which u had to fry yourself...then we went to get egg tarts from tong heng-diamond shaped and sweeter-which tang had told me about...after that its another pastry shop which sold another type of egg tarts-circular and less sweet...think the tong heng one better imho...

evening was peili's wedding dinner at dragon gate restaurant at harbourfront centre...it was also sort of a primary sch gathering in a way...me, jeffrey, yongliang, weiming, shirong, royce, leonard, jianming, ellie, minyee, xiaotian, yuanshan, yili made up the primary sch frens section...

and in the tradition of all wedding dinners...the banquet started late...hurhur...think 8+ nearing 9...when the invite card stated 7...hoho...but anyways the ceremony went sthg like this:
-video of the morning proceedings...groom go bride's home collect bride...tea ceremony...etc
-bride groom enter...go stage cut cake and say stuff
-9 course dinner begins
-bride groom change gowns...go stage pour champagne on pyramid of glasses...and say more stuff
-yum seng x3 ...shirong was our primary sch representative to go on stage to yum seng
-bride groom go around tables to take photos with everyone (i hope we get to have a copy of the photos they took at our primary sch section table though)

our primary sch section also had a glass knock glass session-without the yum seng cus we thought it wld have been awkward to yum seng on our own when the bride and groom were not even there...

i downed just half a wine glass of red wine and my face started to burn...heh...

when it was time to leave...shirong, jeff and weiming brought the beer jug and glasses and wanted to make peili oh ta la with them...heh...hard to describe the whole scenario out in words...but it was really a funny moment...

yongliang sent me, jeff, shirong and weiming home in his red picanto...never a dull moment with these guys...it was way past my bedtime when i finally got into bed...a memorable evening in the company of my close friends...priceless

it's gonna be a busy weekend!

have to make my way down to jurong east after work tmr to get the samsung mp3 player exchanged...suay man...of all the sets to get i collected a faulty one...basket...

after jurong east is da ching to collect me new blue specs!

sat morning at motherland...evening is TOS dinner and dance

sun morning wash clothes...mop floor...hopefully can squeeze in a run in the afternoon...then evening is wedding dinner of one of my primary school's classmate...

missed my wed evening run cus i swapped my monday ot to wed (just to collect that faulty mp3 player...kaoz)...i was the LAST one to leave the office on wed...hoho...had to off all the lights aircon and lock all the doors...hoho...well there's always a first time for everything...

during lunch today i noticed the zipper on my quiksilver wallet has split open at one of the sides...argh...another thing to replace...or maybe ask mum see can repair anot...

adrian's 4th race!

took part in the tuas 2nd link run this morning with tang, david and mingjun...

completed this 10km race in about 40.20sthg...personal best timing for me this yr le...but still not fast enough to get top 50 placing today...and thus no medal...darn...i hope they post the official results online...i want to know how far i am behind the 50th runner...think the 2 upslopes slowed me down quite abit...

been raining raining these few days...dun even feel like jalan-ing in that kind of weather...but today's weather so good and yet i'm feeling lethargic after the run...got abit of headache too...argh...need to go recce digicam price leh...

visited the dentist and got a new pair of specs yesterday...so that's 2 items off my "to do list"...ooh...the thought of going back to work tmr...5 more days to wkend!

the attack of the lazy bug

it's back to the normal concussions on the tos bus these days...its the only exciting thing to look forward to from mon-fri...

rainy day today...when i woke up at bukit merah area on the bus with the usual "tired and how i wish i can sleep awhile more feeling" i had a sudden urge to skip gym today...when i alighted at tiong bahru plaza...still drizzling...the thought of going home to sleep was indeed very enticing...

gym today consisted of only arms...want to save my legs for sunday's 2nd link run...heh...

stuff on the "to get list" (apart from toys) recently...new pair of specs...new digicam...

gonna celebrate dad's birthday soon...havent decided on which restaurant yet though...also have to visit the dentist too! make use of the dental entitlement for this year...also need to redeem my starhub reward points...all these to be done hopefully within the next few wks...

attached....haha

no not me...adrian's is still single...heh

well it turns out ah yee is attached...to a msian bf...oh well...

anyways we went to maestro bistro at cineleisure on friday night...we had mozarella chicken + choc fondue (the choc was SUPERB) + multi flavored cakes...

i tried my best not to stone too much throughout the evening...tried to think of stuff to talk abt...after dinner we walked ard the orchard malls which she hasnt been to...after which i sent her home...

here are pics of the taka christmas tree...looks quite nice actually...now i understand wat the fuss is all abt every yr when i see so many pple standing in front of it to take photos...

10.07, 10.07, 10.07...woooh

was quite pissed when i clocked 10.07 for my first set of 2.4 intervals today...normally can hit sub 10 one...for the 1st set at least...

so i told myself in order to make up for the crap 1st set, i must try to maintain 10.07 for the next 2 sets...hoho...was quite apprehensive abt actually accomplishing that timing...

but when i came back 10.07 for the 2nd set...hoho...and then 3rd set also...hoho...felt darn good man...

finally gathered enough balls and asked ah yee out today...she had to ask her elder sis for permission though but permission was given!! and her birthday's tmr too!! omgomg...how ah how ah...i'm all pumped for this wkend!!!woooooh

instant laosaification

dad brought home cartons of brownes drink and plentiful tubs of fresh & fruity yoghurt...
i had 1 carton of chilled mocha and 1/2 carton of choc...next thing you know all the stinko farts started...

farting continued till the point you know you need to control the fart release pressure to avoid making a brown spot on your undies...hurhur...

so it was off to the toilet and had quite a good detox session...all watery fartery chocolaty...wooooh

adrian's one happy camper..for the wkend

saturday at motherland...got to see ah yee again...but didnt chance to make any small talk...only got chance for work talk...while running today (1:01:29 holland v route) i decided i must summon all the balls i have and ask her out next wkend...hoho...if not i will procrastinate and procrastinate and end up never getting round to doing anything...

wonder if i'm doing things right anot...wonder if she's attached anot...wonder if she's free next wk anot...wonder if she's willing to go out with me anot...

picked up the following kits at tfh after work on saturday-Roy gave pretty good prices too!

very pleased with the 2 gundam purchases...not very pleased with the 0S though...the plastic was not molded in white!!-it came in vanilla-ish creamy white with a tinge of yellowing liddat...wth!! now i'll have to get a can of white spray paint-and i've never done any spray painting before...how la...basket...dont even know can panel line over the paint anot...dunno shld get matt or gloss also...argh...

finished my MG strike...snapped a few pics with my benq as the canon is broken...no autofocus mind you...

the wingspan of MG strike is WAY bigger then the normal 1/100 one...proportions are WAY better...my pics of course dont do any justice for the kit...
a must have for all strike fans...now abit gian to get the PG le...hohoho...

and we have clear skies...

have been ordering lotsa toys lately...but when was the last time i bought a toy anyway...hmmm

my list of preorders
-MG strike w/ IWSP
-MG strike freedom
-1/7 motoko kusanagi figure
-alternator ravage
-alternator rumble
-hasegawa VF0S battroid

my list of wants
-TF classics hot rod
-TF classics bumblebee
-TF classics optimus prime
-alternator camshaft
-alternator mirage
-1/100 saviour gundam

and then there were clear skies...part 3

went ahead with my wed run...completed tanglin route w/o slopes in 37.55...teenie weenie improvement...heh

pratt boss steve finger coming to TOS for a visit tmr...

friday is holiday in lieu...will be going to m'sian tourism board in the morning to register for the tuas 2nd link run...after that will be working at motherland...

plans for this wkend...start another gundam kit...run...maybe include a swim or wts at home..or maybe open up another tf...hohoho

ooxxooXoXXx

boss kevin employed a new gal at motherland...her name's waiyee...and she's cute too haha...

hazy wkend meant no wkend runs...so i did wts at home instead...and watched a couple of shows..
first up was "nacho libre"...hilarious stuff...

watched "the family man" this afternoon...followed by jackass 2 in the evening which was another classic...hohoho

sword impulse's almost completed...gundam backlog gonna be down to 11...

and then there were clear skies...part 2

had to give wed's run a miss due to the lousy haze...but i made up for it just now with 3x2.4km intervals...9.48, 10.13, 10.21...quite pleased with myself for actually completing all 3 sets cus i was really really very very tired after the 1st set and given the state of fatigue i was in, i must say the timings arent that bad either...hohoho

attended this geometric dimensioning & tolerance course from wed-fri...in-house...fugz...was struggling to stay awake...tried various ways to keep make myself wake up...took those head face down naps of a few seconds hoping to become more awake once i wake up...ate sweets...went to the washroom to wash my face...tried lifting myself up on the chair with my arms while seated...and when all else failed today i tried clipping myself with the ring binder hoping that some pain will make me awake...

it's back to motherland tmr yay!!! the extra cash will come in handy no doubt...then i wont feel that bad for buying the upcoming gundam releases straight from tfh...hohoho...got MG strike w/ IWSP in oct...MG strike freedom (special edition) in dec...dunno shld just get 1/100 saviour from falcon as well or just wait...and my VF-0S also arriving soon...

just finished my lunamaria gunner zaku warrior...just started on sword impulse...my gundam backlog is now down to 12 kits...hohoho

and then there were clear skies...

after 3 days of terrible haze, the sky finally cleared up...no haze...no smoky chao da smell...
and just abt time too! if today also haze i wldnt have been able to go for my sunday run...

did tanglin route with slopes in 43.47...run was quite lethargic run leh...timing also didnt improve...basket...and i've noticed my quads tire out very fast...

saturday couldnt work at motherland cus morning had to go for TOStrike-some bowling competition organised by TOS...my performance that day? plenty of drain-washing, a few spares, no strikes...score? 45-80sthg-99...by the end of the 2nd game i finally figured out how to throw in order not to longkang too many times...

i noticed how all my throws end up swaying to the right...so i just stood to the very left side and land my throws at the very left of the lane to offset the inevitable swaying to the right side...

cooped myself at home on friday night and saturday afternoon since the air outside was so lousy...started on my 1/100 gunner zaku warrior(lunamaria custom)...watched "the break up" which stars vince vaughn and jennifer aniston

not the usual lovey dovey romantic comedy with the usual expected happy ending...but i guess the moral of the movie or the msg it wanted to bring across (imho) is that no matter how solid a couple's relationship is, it's always nice to do sthg for your partner...sthg spontaneous...to show him/her how much u appreciate him/her..to say a simple thank you...to do stuff or go somewhere together with your partner even if it's sthg that is not of your interest...

like wat was mentioned in the movie--"you have to want to want to do the dishes"...you cannot "i want to do the dishes" only after being asked if you could help to do the dishes...sthg along that line la...

alot of give and take...there are no "I" or "me" ...only "we" and "us"

hazy haze

stayed for my very first official ot today...lucky Chow was able to help me get a cab slot...

reached gym feeling extremely sleepy cus i missed my usual 1hr sleep on the company bus...came out of gym and fwah...the haze was so visible and smell-able...

anyway here are the gathering photos...and guess what we made after the meal...

moving on

had a good chat with guorong last sunday night...always nice to have a buddy to rant your troubles to...

we had a farewell dinner for edwina last friday at seoul garden marina sq, before that we had a game of bowling...man i sucked big time...hurhur...apart from the tyco strike on my first throw, i think i washed plenty of drains after that...will post pictures of the gathering once i get them...

met up with loy, tang, hw, kishore and tok after that...they were lazing at venezia in the sg art museum...a guy and a gal (hohoho....and what a hot gal she is....haha) were playing a live acoustic set over there...they were pretty good too!

fast forward to yesterday's gym session...my favourite leg extension machine was broken...bumped into ah kim too...

today's run trng is back to 3x2.4km intervals...prepare for the tuas-2nd link run...9.57,10.28,10.25...

everything's hunky dory again no?

slept early last night...woke up at 8 today and washed clothes, mopped floor...keeping myself busy kept my mind off unhappy stuff...

went to hougang to celebrate grandma's birthday, lunch was at this place called peng restaurant...got abit lost searching for it and had to call Roy for directions...the dishes were not too bad...the best was still the dessert--the ou ni paste was OMG...hohoho...superberlicious...but somehow the good stuff always come in small puny servings

reach home and went for my sunday run...pretty slow today...1:03:50 for holland v route...

saw the Singapore-Johor 2nd Link Bridge Run 2006 listing at the saa webby...12nov...10km for 10bucks...should be joining ba...

muscle development update...i have slowly increased the weights at gym and progress have been not too bad...measurements have increased bit by bit...increments are small but got improvement better than no improvement no? still looking very skinny though...weight is maintaining at 55...
plenty of room for plenty of improvement...gambatte adrian!

an immensely miserable feeling

what started off as a not too bad day took a turn for the worse in the late afternoon which then became nonsensically lousy during the evening...

was awoken by my considerate neighbour for the 2nd wkend straight at abt 7 with the blasting of the sermon again...was a little annoyed but at least i was abt to wake up for work le...

edwin still sleeping so he was well pissed, so after having my breakfast i thought i'd just pop by next door and tell her nicely to turn down the volume...i knocked but no answer...volume went down for a few minutes...then BOOOM-blasting resumed!!...hohoho...i was already awake and getting ready for work so it didnt really bother me...but edwin buay tahan and went next door to knock again...and i think this time she answered and lowered the volume...

work at motherland today was great...that feeling of knowing what to do, that feeling of being taken care of and looked after by boss kevin, yvonne and uncle tan...no matter how tired i am after 5 days at tos, it's always a joy to spend my saturdays at motherland...

then it all just went downhill after that...

that feeling of knowing that you're just not good enough is just downright depressing...to know that you are just part of the queue...and then try laughing it off by consoling yourself saying that your turn will come-you just have to be patient...

then in the evening edwin chosed a really bad time to tell mum abt this morning's incident and my parents just freaked out...for some reason all the pent up frustration against edwin from my parents just surfaced...everything he said didnt get through to them and everything just turned into a heated exchange of words...nothing came out right...everything just came out all wrong...

and it all started with a little bloody knock...wtf...

sprints!

feeling the strain from yesterday's gym...so i did 6x400m sprints instead today
1.23, 1.20, 1.22, 1.18, 1.26, 1.23 with 2.5min rest in between...after that did another 800m slow jog as warm down

upcoming events for the next few months...
grandma's birthday - lunch this sunday
TOS bowling competition next sat - i'll be going there to wash drains
GDT course - in-house course...nooooooooooooo
TOS D&D
dad's birthday - i'm planning to bring my parents out for a nice meal--any suggestions?
stan chart marathon

adrian's 2 day "vacation"

spent the past 2 days at holiday inn parkview hotel attending a iso14001+ohsas18001 internal auditor course...whole jasmine suite catered only for the 3 of us from TOS...hurhur

very very well fed during the course...hohoho...everyday they prepared 2 tea breaks and buffet lunch...hohohoho

and what did i learn from the course...
1. our plastic bags take 1000 yrs to disintegrate on its own
2. sg no longer uses landfills to dump its trash
3. statistics are like bikinis-what's revealed is suggestive, what's not revealed is vital
4. attending this course only qualifies me to be a "trained" internal auditor-not a competent internal auditor

it's back to tuas tmr le...haiz...for the first time in 3 mths i actually got to wake up on wkdays AFTER the sun is up AND i did not feel hungry THROUGHOUT the day...

out-house courses are fun!!!

can someone teach adrian how to swim freestyle?

awoken by my thoughtful neighbour who was blasting a sermon recording at 6+ in the morning...

got out of bed by 7.05 to go for an early swim at delta...pool opens at 8 so i thought i'd go look see how's the morning crowd like...

reached abt 8.15 and i can see 2 swim classes going on at the small pool...a number of uncles and aunties at the big pool...

so apart from trying to siam the afternoon crowd...the main reason for today's swim was to find out whether i can do freestyle anot..and hopefully not too many pple will see me making a fool out of myself....hehe

basically i have a bad coordination problem...must kick continously-left arm pull-face down-breathe out thru nose-right arm lift-face turn right and breathe thru mouth-kick continuously...argh...

after awhile i began to drink water...lost my breath and started to kalang kaboh...so after barely a combined distance of not more than 50m of attempted "freestyle swimming" and changing to froggy in between when i cannot take it anymore...i decided to just swim froggy...did 4 sets of 4x50m and decided to call it a day...the swim classes moved over to the big pool le and the pool was pretty filled up le...and it was only 9!!

reached home, drank protein whey (new bottle opened!!! cookies and cream..yum yummmm-champion is definitely better than optimum)washed clothes, cleaned up the shelf in the bathroom (the amount of dust collected there was amazing)...

did some wts, crunches, chinups, pushups...then went for short run...did tanglin route w/o slopes in 38.09...

going grocery shopping later...gonna continue my NG 1/144 m1 astray kit now...i cant believe it doesnt have any elbow and knee joints!...basket...the gundam wing series's NG 1/144 had lor...

ohoh and i preordered an MG 1/100 strike gundam w/ IWSP!!! akan datang in oct...woohoo

做工一条虫， 跑步就一条龙

i have succumbed to the fact that i can never get enough sleep on working days...

if i sleep earlier, it means i'll have less "personal" time...it'll make me feel like i havent done much for 1 day...work liao come back for awhile then sleep le...

so from 0530 till 1550 mon-fri i'm pretty much half awake...0600-0700 and 1600-1700 i'll be knocked out on the company bus...

then on run trng days i'll somehow be able to muster whatever 精神 i have left and become very awake for my runs...

today clocked 9.48, 10.32, 10.27...2nd set was quite a torture...quads were so tight and i could feel sthg wrapped around my heart/lungs area...must be that icky sticky piece of carrot cake i wolfed down just before the run doing some nonsense inside my system....

on the whole i just dont feel sick and tired of runs no matter how torturous they can become sometimes...but somehow i just cant say the same for work hor...haha

that plateau feeling

seems like ages since i've bought any new toys...
muscle development is crawling...
still looking very scrawny...
weight is persistently hovering at 53-54-55...
seems like whey and gym and creatine isnt gonna do any miracles any time soon...
problem lies with diet maybe? not enough meat intake? the only meat i seem to be getting these days is the small pathetic serving during lunch from the mixed vege stall...
woke up in the middle of the night with a growling stomach for the upteenth time this week...
and i cant even get rid of it with the usual gulp of water...
no choice but to get out of bed to pinch sthg from the fridge...
precious sleep is again affected...
tanglin route with slopes today-42.51
still have a mountain load of stuff to learn at work...
under-qualified "engineer"...this also dunno that also dunno...
that feeling of not being in control is just crappy

accumulated lack of sleep is a bad thing

so tired...even though today woke up at 730...also so tired...

was quite busy at motherland today cus yvonne was on mc...boss kevin said he was feeling happy and ordered canadian 2for1 pizza...hurhur...

made a quick trip to rl to grab muay's singlet for size exchange at queensway...lucky never rain when i was walking home from queensway cus sky was sooooooo black...

came back pooped and pampered myself with a 2 hr nap...

longest nap i've taken in donkey months i think

walk walking walked

slept before 11 last night...still woke up sooooooooo tired this morning
even napped twice after gym yesterday...once while i was doing my crunches (yes i fell asleep while lying on the floor in between sets) and another time at ard 9.45...

the company bus broke down on the way home today...was stuck near nus that area for abt 30min before the remaining pple who were still left on the bus decided to share cabs...8 of us so 2 cabs just nice...

i dropped at queensway to pick up muay's reward...then plugged in my h10 and walked home...45min walk...but got music so it's pretty ok...

by the time i reached home i was famished...luckily dad's friend alicia dropped by with some delectable munchies...after dinner i popped by queenstown pool to pass muay her reward..so it was another 2 sets of walking....hohoho...walk there walk back....with my h10 of course...

origami bird thingys

woke up today feeling soooooooooooooo tired...
woke up from the 2 sleeps on the company bus feeling soooooooooo tired...

interval timings for this evening 10.05, 10.57, 10.05... was so shaq and demoralised during and after the 2nd set...but i think the 5min rest helped and i told myself to just finish up the last set in sub11...

after that stairs climb...no broad jumps and tugjumps cus i did them before the run...reached home and had 2 refreshing mugs of h2o and whey...bathed and had tau suan which mum prepared...shiok

then mum taught me how to make those origami bird thingys...
this was what i made and i taught her how to use the digicam and this pic was taken by her

so conclusion of yesterdays and today's photo taking--at night cannot take photo at home...use flash the pics come out overexposed...dont use flash the pics come out dark dark

my blue suede shoes

decided to forgo the NB classics and got myself a pair of adidas instead

ok the color's way off in this pic...low batt in digicam actually causes such problems...hmm...
well the shoe's supposed to look blue anyway...

chaos gundam...completed last week...

another wkend just flew by...

almost half a saturday spent at motherland...at night had a small gathering with my lsc frens over a sakura buffet dinner...

sunday morning washed clothes and mopped the floor...did abit of stuff i brought home from work...only did a little bit before i got tired and decided to take a nap...wanted to go for run when i woke up but it rained...so i napped somemore...woke up and the sun was up...just nice

completed holland v route in 1hr 26s...stairs...reached home had a h2o and choc whey, bathed and went to meet guorong to collect my policy...

we had a nice long chat and updated each other on what's been happening in our lives lately...after that jalaned abit at suntec and raffles city...

the NB concept stores didnt carry the design i wanted...but i did see a not too bad pair of sneakers from adidas though...cheaper than the NB classics and i think the soles can last longer too...

dropped by cold storage to get some groceries and after that had quite a miserable dinner (as compared to the feast i had at sakura--hohoho) eggs+veges+rice...

so there...another wkend gone...and it's back to work again tmr...haiz

drool drooling drooled

totally knocked out on the bus home today...so knocked out that i drooled all over myself...

i was awoken by my subconscious mind telling me that my drool was dripping dripping and i suddenly woke up--slurped up the dripping saliva--wiped my mouth...then i went back to sleep...hohoho...

when i got off the bus i noticed a wet patch on my shirt...hohoho...no need to guess where that came from...

decided to do intervals today...run was pretty good...i managed to push myself to finish all 3 sets properly with timings of 9.50, 10.07, 10.07...after that was stairs...broadjumps and tugjumps...

have been pondering on which shoes to get to replace my converse which already has a gaping hole at the soles...so i made a trip down to queensway to recce the NB classics sneakers i've been eyeing...

but to my disppointment, none of the shops carried the exact same model designs i found thru the NB sites...price was a little pricey too imo...129 retail price...kaoz...supposing they give 30% discount its still 90 over bucks...more ex than my sauconys...how can liddat...

so anyway maybe i'll drop by the NB concept store to see what other models they have and ponder...if i'm going to get a pair of pricey sneakers i jolly well get a pair which i like

"我能给的却又不是你想要拥有的..."

absolutely frigging mesmerised by 李圣杰's 最近...i totally feel for the song man...haha... haiz...

so anyway i slept early last night and woke up at 9 today...have been waking up early everyday for the past 2 consecutive weeks so i thought i better get some proper sleep replenishment and that meant no alarm clocks...

unfortunately i was awoken in the middle of the night-twice by my growling stomach and another time by mozzie bites-fugz...

did the holland V route in the afternoon today...struggled with left knee pain and heavy legs...finished the run in 1:04:07...

started on my chaos gundam kit in the evening...wkend just flashed right by...sipei fast sia...haiz...

shit run under the sun

havent been doing any fun run under sun for quite awhile...today's attempt was quite shitty

for starters i didnt hydrate myself enough before the run...i pulled my left butt muscles after doing my broad and tug jumps before the run...my legs felt very very heavy during the run...and i was feeling somewhat pretty unmotivated...so despite leaving out the slopes today, i took 42.38 to complete the tanglin route...

so excuses aside...tmr i will attempt to complete the holland V route if the weather permits...have to start clocking mileage for stan chart le...

last night weiming, shirong, yongliang, jeffrey and i had a short gathering to celebrate jeff's belated bday...we had dinner at this indian restaurant called "the banana leaf apolo"...it was packed and we had to queue to get seats...

we had fish head curry, masala prawns, tandoori chicken, gobi sthg sthg-a vege dish which tasted like carrot cake to me, mango lassi, free flow of indian keropok and the rice came with 2 side veges...

i liked the gobi vege dish alot...the fish head curry was great as well (while it was hot of course)...we wondered why our "large" fish head curry order was the same size as the "small" ordered by the indian uncle who sat beside us...hurhur...good thing was we were only charged for 1 glass of mango lassi (which tasted great but cost $4)...so i think it balanced out...hohoho

after a fulfilling dinner we went to kim seng bowl...the guys played number ball while i sat at the side to watch...was so tired that i fell asleep at the table...heh...

so i went home first at 12+...washed my face, brushed teeth, changed and went straight to bed without bathing...heh...then today 730 wake up to go motherland work...

tropical sunrise protein whey + fresh milk = heavenly heaven

tropical sunrise is even better than banana and chocolate...my goodness

ahm results are out...my timing would have earned me a 110+th placing if i used the 1hr45min i agar for myself with all the traffic stoppages...a 130+th placing if i used my watch's 1hr47min...a 202+th placing if i follow the official clock time...hohohoho

i came in 52nd!!!

real run results are out...i came in 52nd..with official timing of 43.15(net time) and 43.53(total time)...no idea why got 2 timings though