9 dolphins...

we're supposed to be able see 9 dolphins in this picture...ha

Swissotel vertical marathon 2008...37th!

the following is the view at the top of swissotel...not that it's something we've never seen before...

Swissotel vertical marathon 2008

disappointing performance this year...

had retail therapy at saucony warehouse sale with choo and tang after that...now that was shiok...ha

awesomeness....Heng Kee Curry noodles

me and boss kevin had initially wanted to have bak kut teh at hong lim food centre...
but unlike our previous trip here, the long queue at heng kee indicated the stall was open!!!! and we decided to have this instead....hohohohohohoho


look at the queue man (and it was still there when we left)...we had to wait for 20min for our turn...by then they had run out of chicky drumsticks...

and it was finally in front of us after 20mins...

frigging superb curry gravy...the chicken was alright(was a little disappointed with the serving portion though)...plenty of tau-pok...a few slices of fishcake...plus 1 big chunk of potato......they had choices of $4/5/6....we took the $5...

we finished ALL of the gravy...cus it was so damn good...boss kevin said once u've tried this stall, you wouldnt want to have the one at the 2nd storey...

in any case if you're ever at hong lim food centre...make sure to queue up for this...it's well worth your wait...and if it's closed or sold out, you can make your way to the other end of level 1 and have a go at "morning bah kut teh"(yes they spelled it as "bah")...its the black type of bak kut teh....
see review here...http://mybearbrick.blogspot.com/2008/03/eatz-morning-bah-kut-tea.html

Salomon X trail run 2008...24th!!

official timing
1702 Teo Check Kuang Adrian 00:47:12.32 Men's Open

don't understand why the organizers persist in presenting the official timing results in race bib number order instead of finishing position...they did the same for wave run...geez...

awesomeness...MP Grimlock

most definitely on my "to get" list

Salomon X trail run 2008

refreshingly muddy...full of snaking slopes...together with the usual east side humidity...gives you an enormous sense of well-being upon completion that's for sure...

at the beginning you kept siam-ing the muddy parts of the route hoping to get as little mud on your shoes as possible but once into the "forest area", no escape le...siam here will land on mud...siam there will also land on mud...

at one point there was a sign saying "obstacle ahead"...i was like...hmmm...and then i saw a small muddy "pool"...you needed to jump onto the sole piece of dead wood in the middle of the "pool" so as to kenna as little muddy water as possible and after that go up a muddy step...

and as i went up my right shoe planted into the mud and out came my right foot...i was like...knn...as i turned back to retrieve my shoe...all the muddy stuff gushed into my shoe when i pulled it out from the mud...

and you know that squishy feeling when you put on a wet pair of shoes that got drenched in the rain? that was the exact feeling i got after putting my shoe back...except it's squishing with muddy water instead of rain water...

what followed next once out of the "forest area" was a slew of snaking climbs up and down the trail route slopes...it was FULL of slopes i tell you...FULL of frigging slopes...

came back in about 47min...both legs from knees down all muddied...shoes...no need to say le...heh...

next up...swisshotel vertical marathon! and no training done yet! woohoo...