marina 21 2011

93rd placing!
all thanks to candacegarmin which kept me in tune with the distance and pace...route markers were up to 3km only...ha

mizuno mount faber run 2011 results

mizuno mount faber run 2011

50min 8sec clocked on candacegarmin for this one...very pleased with myself =)

sundown marathon 2011

4hr 56min...terribly disappointed...i had hoped to at least churn out a 4hr 30min with the lack of training due to US trip...but sadly...it was not to be...barely 21km into the run and my quads had started to hurt...it kind of just went downhill from there =(

it feels good to be home =)

had one the luckiest break so far in my career at TOS whereby i got to visit the U.S as part of a business trip!

a week at Connecticut for work...followed by another week at NY and DC for leisure. was most fortunate that Bryan had the itinerary all planned out for the 3 of us =)

being a very sight-seeing-ish itinerary, we were able to cover alot of ground...visited many of the memorials and museums. was most impressed by the architecture and the details of the buildings/memorials.

2 weeks away from home made me miss many things back here in sg...the food, potable tap water, the mrt and the buses, the warm weather (only when i was at liberty+ellis island - ha). And of course, i missed being with my sweetie and my family.

it's been almost a week since my return... this time last week i was still on the plane...struggling to get some shut-eye...wishing the baby a few rows in front would stop crying...praying that i will arrive safely back to my loved ones.

hello CAT Y1 !!!

a place called here

finally devoted some time to finish reading this novel...loved the last chapter...especially this bit...

"We all get lost once in a while, sometimes by choice, sometimes due to forces beyond out control. When we learn what it is our soul needs to learn, the path presents itself. Sometimes we see the way out but wander further and deeper despite ourselves; the fear, the anger or the sadness preventing us returning. Sometimes we prefer to be lost and wandering, sometimes it's easier. Sometimes we find our own way out. But regardless, always, we are found."

updates!

when i first started this blog back in Feb 2006, i never thought it would end up the way it is now...there were only 15 entries in 2010 and all except 4 were updates on my races...as compared to 149 entries in 2006.

yes, i've neglected this blog of mine...dwindling number of entries compounded with dwindling number of words per entry....

but i guess stuff like this happens when u prioritize...it's not a bad thing really... prioritizing...provided one does it correctly of course...

point is much has happened since my last attempt at a wordy blog entry (and i will tell you that entry was in Aug '09 titled "the art of getting rejected...")
- i've managed to find someone who adores me as much as i adore her
- i've cleared my msc course
- i've re-discovered my 4hr marathon form
- i've gotten more in touch with the Lord

end up squeezed out only 4 bullet points...ha....

and you might also wonder whatever happened to the "transformers-loving, gundam building adrian"? he is still around...no doubt more subdued and toned down...

and you might wonder whatever happened to the "i want to grow some muscles adrian"? he is still hanging around somewhere la...i hope he'll get more gym time in 2011...

with the msc course now out of the picture, there will be more time freed up for the many many other things waiting for me to do. the thought of having more time just excites me =)