went for the TreeTop walk last thursday with Koon Heng, Yeeling, Mak, Koh, Sharry, Angie, Chiew Buay+Lee and their baby girl Jieying, and the IA student from tool engineering...i think his name is Mervin...
the rain delayed and cut short our trek which was supposed to start at around 9-10am from bishan park. we ended up driving straight to the venus carpark at the TreeTop walk area and started the trek at 1130.
anyways, here are some of the photos courtesy of Mak
pics of toys from the upcoming transformers animated series...looks pretty good considering that they managed to maintain the animated look and not compromise on the alternate modes/poseability...
slated for a late june release next year...should be in my "to get" list for toys next year =)
my very first xmas gift exchange with meimei yesterday...and our "last" meetup before she flies off for her china trip...12 days wo...
we went to cathay to catch "the heartbreak kid"...the usual ben stiller funny stuff which is always entertaining...
went to tao's restaurant after the show for dinner...
meimei's atlantic flounder with cheese
my slow cooked pork back ribs
pumpkin soup...nice and sweet
tried the peppermint tea with grass jelly...so-so only...
rose tea with apple...much better
creme brulee...
green tea ice cream
meimei's lin didi which i got for her...
my presents which meimei got for me!
and look what's inside...bite size loacker wafers! meimei say its for my hunger pangs in the middle of the night =)
meimei also gave me this...if you havent tried it before, you really should...frigging excellent
of all the presents i received yesterday...the best one has got to be the 1.55m, sometimes 1.52m one...hehe...
sthg i found at dannychoo's blog...heh
in other news...my ancient pair of converse sandals decided to call it a day...
me and boss kevin were walking back to his car after lunch today when the sandal cover came loose rendering it un-wearable...i had to walk barefoot for my right leg...my first time walking on the street in public without shoes wo...hurhur...
from sec sch till now wo...amazing that i've had this pair for so long...hehe
the day started off with a field trip with meimei to qian hu fish farm at cck...i brought along dad's terrapin too...the idea was to bring him/her there to determine his/her sex and get him/her a partner...lol...
the little bugger kept scrambling around his tank during the trip...like chuah sai liddat...and thus he/she was named chuah sai for the time being...
as for the determination of the sex of terrapins, we learnt that if they have a depression at their belly area, they are supposed to be males. no depression=females.
the guy at the fish farm said chuah sai is a male...but it will not be easy to find a female in their tray of "for-sale terrapins" cus females are supposedly filtered out already...so in the end after touching a number of small terrapins (the guy said smaller ones got higher chance of being a female) in search of one with a flat belly, we decided to get xiao qing...
xiao qing on meimei's hand...we are still not 100% convinced for sure that xiao qing is a male/female though...hurhur...his/her belly like have/dont have depression liddat leh...
anyways we also learnt that terappins can only mate when they are bigger...so if chuah sai and xiao qing are indeed male and female respectively, they might be able to produce mini versions of themselves in the future. if xiao qing really turns out to be a male...hurhur...oh well...at least there is some good brotherly love for chuah sai...lol
lunch was at Essential Brew at holland V. a very nice cosy setting whereby there was an area for customers to sit on beanbags on the floor to makan...
we ordered honey mustard chicken which was splendid...sweet and juicy...yumyum...soup of the day was some vege soup which had some slices of carrots and celery...the berry flavored tea we had wasnt that amazing though...abit siap siap and sourish one...hurhur...the smell very very berry-ish though...but the taste didnt do it any justice unfortunately...
our dessert---apple crumble with green tea ice-cream...yum
as the sky kept pouring and pouring...we ended up spending our next 3hrs+ or so at the eating place...thank goodness we got the best floor seats...can lean back one...hehe
apart from the mini horoscope books, we completed meimei's first robot "model kit" too!
and we did a photoshoot for the 2 little green buddies
chuah sai and xiao qing in their tank...their water got dirty really fast for some reason...
chuah sai and xiao qing out of tank
xiao qing measuring at about 3.25cm as of 10/12/07
chuah sai measuring at about 4.5cm as of 10/12/07
walked around holland V (for my very first time) before making our way to tanjong pagar railway station for dinner...and guess where? Bambai food catering!! and no need to guess what i was craving for...
the ever so-delectable RAMLY burger...mmmmmmmmm...yum
and roti-john...fyi...it tastes just as wonderful as it looks...
dinner was completed with teh tarik and those 3 for $1.20 malay snacks which included goreng pisang and something flour-ish lapped with some excellent chilli sauce
a very very fun and memorable day indeed...
oh ya...i even got to try the fatty cheong char siew rice at abc market (sthg which i've been wanting to go eat for the longest time) with boss kevin on saturday...then sunday got to satisfy my RAMLY craving...hohoho...woohoo!
it's good to know what you are getting yourself into...last year's virgin marathon was a very very painful experience....
so with last year's pain in mind, i thought this year i should be better prepared...
i brought along a pack of powergel to fight the hunger that would arrive once nearing the ecp...and i rubbed loads of deep heat before leaving home...
during the run, i rubbed loads of deep heat once i saw pple handing out deep heat and kept myself hydrated...
so for the 1st 21km, i did pretty well...abt 1hr 42min...personal best 21km timing i think...
but once again...the dreaded ecp portion slowed down my pace by alot...could not maintain my less than 5min per km speed...all i wanted to do was to get the hell out of the park...and by the time i left the park...i was 2km behind my planned speed...sianz
bumped into familiar faces in ecp..for some reason i just looked at the right place at the right time...i saw tricia and waved...i saw thomas and waved...its nice to see familiar faces during races =)
another nice thing to mention is all the nice people cheering you on along the way...all the people whom you don't even know...but there they are smiling and clapping their hands...saying words of encouragement...
in the end i got back in 4hrs 1min thereabouts...slower by 1min compared to last year...argh...really thought i could improve at least by a little...but alas...could only hit my target of maintaining the 4hrs...technically i didn't also...exceeded by 1min wor...
but the best part of whole event (apart from actually finishing all that 42.195km of running) was after the collection of the medal and finisher T...i saw a familiar face waiting for me at the exit there...
nothing beats a familiar face flashing a warm smile at you after a 4hr run=)
