on the cover of a magazine...

ha...that's just 2008 passionrun finisher certificate...last year's came in the form of a calendar...this year's in the form of a magazine cover...

Weiliang emailed an article called "Sometimes we need to rethink what it means to succeed" by John Bingham...thought these 2 paragraphs are worth mentioning and are definitely applicable to our lives...be it running or non-running

"Many of us put so much significance on one day in our running lives that we're almost guaranteed to be disappointed. We set goals, have expectations, make plans based on our egos. We convince ourselves that who we are will be based on what we accomplish that day.

When that day doesn't turn out as we expected, we often allow ourselves to be devastated. I've seen runners on the brink of a breakdown because they missed their self-imposed standard of performance. But a day is just a day. A race is just a race. It is our selfishness, our self-centeredness that creates the disappointments that we too often let define us."

ahm 2008 results

came in at 499th placing...9min slower than last year's chip time...wakaoz...sianz...

ahm 2008

wasn't expecting to improve on last year's timing (although i really wanted to) cus i had been sick on friday...some bloody throat infection...was just glad i could make it to the run and make it back without any trouble...

i had set myself a ceiling of 5min per km...and i was doing 4.5min/km at the very beginning...couldn't maintain the pace while coming out of ecp and it dropped to 5min/km and once into the new marina barrage route...i was struggling to keep up and it was down to
5+min/km already...

came back with a watch time of 1hr 50min...5min slower compared to last year...and with legs that ached more compared to last year...i shudder at the thought of year end's stan chart marathon...being in my worst long distance running form to date coupled with the drop in training due to studies, i'm convinced that it will be one hell of a torturous 42km for me...

of school lessons and of life lessons...

msc classes started this week...6 to 9pm every monday and thursday...

this week i finally got one of many life lessons etched into my head...about meaning what you said and saying what you mean...about bracing yourself for the worst possible outcome for those "if you never try you'll never know" situations...

disappointed? yes...but pointless now really...character building remember? lol...don't do unto others what you don't want others to do onto you...ha...oh well


in happier news...oasis will be releasing their 7th studio album "Dig out your soul" on the 6th Oct...woohoo!

leaving you with one of their classic b-sides..."whatever"

the cranberries

some more classics from the cranberries

mummy dearest

was doing my chores this morning and mum asked the question which i saw coming...i guess she figured something out since i've not been going out as often as before...

i didn't say much but she knew what was going on and she told me to take it as a learning experience...

after that she asked me about my friends...about ronald...linli...ian...i'm surprised she remembers them and what they were doing...she asked if ronald's kid is walking already? she asked if linli is back from his overseas studies? she asked if ian is back from australia already?

i updated her with whatever information i knew...after that we talked about my studies (which starts next week) and stuff at work...

mum's the only person at home whom i talk to about such stuff...and i guess she passes on these information to my dad...it's funny how most of us are all closer to our mums than our dads...heh

leaving you with Ode to my family by the cranberries...this song is already 14 years old can u believe it...

True Love Waits - Radiohead

the last decent song from the radiohead we once knew...

080808

080808...the day that never happened for me...

just so happen part 2

was at the central library returning "kite runner" and just so happen this copy of "my favourite wife" was not on loan...

if only i can be this lucky in other areas...hmmmm

sundial dreams - kevin kern

man how i wish i could play the piano...