last holiday-day 3 of 3

another rainy morning...run at macritchie had to be postponed again and for the 2nd day in a row i woke up at 930....

muay notified me abt the mizuno wave run...so i went rl to sign up and also got a pair of ultimax socks using muay's staff discount...

leonard came by to collect his sergeant keroro kits...after that i went to mizuno shop at paragon to see if i could make use of the 30% discount i got from the wave run registration...

got me 2 polo Ts (for work)...they were on promo so no discount...got me another 2 dri fit Ts (i just couldnt resist not using the 30% discount)~impulse buy~told you i'm a sucker for discounts...especially those greater than 20 one~hohoho

anyway...updates...

-another pair of saucony shoes
-a few more pairs of running socks
-a watch
-somemore clothes for work--polo-Ts-- cause tos no need shirt and pants for work woohoo!!
-a new backpack--cause my outdoor's zipper keep bursting open for no reason
-help mum get a new metal thermoflask
-a small fabric type wardrobe for room

think backpack purchase will push back somemore...thermoflask mum say wait for offer then get...wardrobe havent find time to go search...

gonna cut back on next month's spending after this month's trigger happy spending...but u gotta admit...buying stuff for yourself sure is fun!!

last holiday-day 2 of 3

awoken by my 6am phone alarm to give muay a morning call...she had planned to go for a run at macritchie if she could get out of bed by 6...but i guess she deserves a good sleep in after a tiring 2days of kids camp...weather was so shiok to sleep too...

so our 8am run at macrit was cancelled...i too plopped back to sleep and slept till 930...hoho...cant even remember the last time i slept past 9am...

breakfast was again the usual coffee+oats...i have yet to get tired of this menu...

wanted to go for 1 last long run before next wk's ict...but weather wasnt very nice...no sun...so i asked dad to trim my hair first~ict standard~now i have a gong gong look+gong gong hairdo...

after washing up i lazed ard...had a few bites of the pig intestines mum cooked last night...and lo and behold sun was back up!! fun run under the sun!!!

1hr 20 min of mileage...wanted to increase to 1hr 30min today one but i got really bored circling the alexandra park connector after finishing my long route...haiz...

stairs..bathe...milo peng...bananas...movies are up next!!

last holiday-day 1 of 3

woke up automatically at 815...breakfast included the usual coffee+oats...

after breakfast took out my army stuff for next wk's ict...field pack la..sbo la...boots la (man were they moldy...i even went thru the trouble of loosening the laces to kiwi the flap under the laces!!)...no.4 la...pt kit la...camo cream la...insect repellant la...oh ya..that reminds me-i havent pack mozzi coils...

vacuumed the house and took a few bites of the roast pork dad bought from sheng siong before i went for my sprints at 12...after sprints(1.27,1.24,1.32,1.23,1.24,1.23) jogged to the mini gym at alexandra park connector to do some static exercises...

came home had the steamed fishies which dad prepared...the great eastern agent was too busy to meet up today...so i went jalan instead...

got me a watch!! quite an impulse buy i think...i was planning to just look see first but i got tempted when a store at bras basah was selling timex watches at "promo prices"...still quite pricey for a digital watch i thought...in fact its the most i ever spent on a digital watch...my past few digital watches were cheapo casios whose plastic straps didnt last very long...

being so easily tempted by discounts and at the same time trying to find opportunties/excuses to pamper myself ...i decided to pick out a timex (with velcro straps!!) for myself (my excuse was that i havent bought myself a decent watch in YEARS...hohoho) -1 which wasnt too ex, design not too obiang, and 1 which wont look too humongous on my skinny arm...

after fiddling with it for a little longer i noticed the buckle in which the velcro goes thru is those soft plastic...shite...pleassssssssssssseeeeeeeee dont spoil so easily my overpriced digital watch.....pweetty pleasssssssssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeee

last day at motherland

actually wanted to stop yesterday cus there really wasnt much things left for me to do at the store and i felt bad abt doing nothing over there...and time crawls when you have nothing to do...

but my supe asked me to work till today cus boss will only be back from ict tmr...so i went down today and i asked my supe for sthg to do so at least time did not crawl like yesterday...

really appreciate my boss for hiring me when i needed a part time job the most...there's never a dull moment when he's ard...and my supe is always so nice to me~i love the snack treats!!~

2 long stretches over a period of a yr (i worked there last june after my attachment+ict..this time its after my graduation+before ict)...i've learnt alot...it's been a wonderful experience for me...

yesterday tried out my cohesion...very cushiony...clocked 46min of mileage before stopping to try alexandra park's mini exercise stations...i noticed it during my walk back home from ikea and i wanted to try the stations out...its majiam like a mini gym...without the weights...

after run went to finexis to listen to a financial advisor...trying to keep myself more well-informed abt these insurance/investment thingys...abt time too cus i know the younger i start the better

nice feeling

during one of the many rests i had along the alexandra park connector benches today...i had one of those very nice feeling...

surroundings was very peaceful and quiet...sky was very pretty after a whole day of rain...i was just sitting there...not rushing to wait or waiting to rush...its like for a moment there i was "worry-free"...so nice...

anyways...an update on my things to get/look for
-another pair of saucony shoes
-a few more pairs of running socks
-a watch
-somemore clothes for work--polo-Ts-- cause tos no need shirt and pants for work woohoo!!
-a new backpack--cause my outdoor's zipper keep bursting open for no reason
-help mum get a new metal thermoflask
-a small fabric type wardrobe for room

the longest medical checkup ever

went to tos to sign my letter of appointment in the morning...afterwhich it was off to sata at jurong east for an xray..then to clementi for checkup...by the time the eyesight+hearing+blahblah test were over it was already 1230..the nurse told me to come back ard 230 when the doctor returns

so lunched and went to some void deck to stone...h10 went flat on me...today paper only burned 15min...so i slept...woke up 215...walked back to clinic...waited...waited...waited...waited...

330 then get to see doctor...so cold in the clinic somemore...brrrr

after that made my way to queensway...went past ikea...saw the herman chairs i always wanted to buy going for $19...usual price $22...so i decided to go in and take a look later...

went straight to the shop where i got my fastwitch and got myself a grid cohesion...

after that to ikea...and got me 2 herman chairs-1 green 1 black(they only had 3 colours-green/black/white)...strapped my shoes's bag onto my outdoor and i attempted to carry both chairs home...on foot...hohoho

at first still ok...after almost reaching redhill mrt i started to regret doing what i was doing (i've like stopped to rest my arms a few times le)...after that i walked somemore and decided to walk to the nearest bus stop...but upon reaching the bus stop i thought since almost there liao...just endure abit more la...so walked somemore...reached alexandra park connector...arms very suan le...thank goodness for the benches at the park...

walk until delta...i finally relented and called dad for help...so dad came down and helped me carry one herman for the last stretch

my green herman!! black one i give edwin

saucony grid cohesion

a very very pleasant week

found a job...
got my pay...
finally cleared the chee cheong fan+kfc off the "what edwin wants adrian to go buy" list
had a short gathering with some of my gess classmates on sat night...

runs this wk were great
just came back from by far one of the most satisfying fun run under the sun ever...
weather was great...pace was constant and comforatable...not too fast not too slow...left knee wasnt painful at all...not breathless...not as thirsty as other days...very very shiok...
after stair climb...bathe...had leftover kfc coleslaw+mash potatoes+mountain dew+root beer for lunch...yummy
going csc to see toys later =)

during the run along the commonwealth mrt area today i nearly ran into a lamp post...i was thinking abt how early i shld wake up to catch the company bus at tiong bahru when i suddenly instinctly siam-ed the lamp post...well almost siam-ed la--i ended up with 2 reddish orh chehs at my right shoulder/armpit/chest area...

other things on my mind during the run were things i've been wanting to get recently(since now got gss also)
-another pair of saucony shoes
-a few more pairs of running socks
-a watch
-somemore clothes for work
will go jalan to look see next wk before ict...

tuas here i come!!

accepted the tos job this morning...
will be starting on 3rd july...the week right after ict
meantime its still mornings at motherland
went back to work this afternoon...the crazy canon printer is not working...AGAIN...
cant even print out the things i have done which boss wants me to print out and compile before i leave...
boss is away for ict next wk...he come back i go for my ict...hoho
after work went for sprints...not too bad...1.26,1.26,1.29,1.29,1.32,1.27
at night had a short "snacking" session with muay...muay said chocs and mr bean pancakes dont qualify as snacks...
heh...so next time it will be sweet chestnuts/binbin spicy rice crackers/colour twisties ok?

a day of outer space job offers

a few weeks ago i got really gan jiong when i found out a number of my friends have already secured jobs...
became worried and decided to step up my job search efforts...
what happened next was a frantic shooting of arrows all over the place and in the dark somemore...

not knowing what job i want doesnt help...not having any career objectives also doesnt help...

all i know was i needed a perm job..sthg i can handle...preferably not too far from home...a good working culture would be nice as well...

jobstreets was a total flop for me...didnt get any replies from all the applications i sent...
same thing happened with jobsfactory...

so i turned to the papers...interview at stk...got rejected...interview at sta...interview at tos...2nd interview at sta...job offer from tos...job offer from sta

so tos is at tuas...slightly further than sta which is at paya lebar...
tos working hrs 730-3+, sta is 8-530...

from what i gather from ronald who is working at esa-also another sister coy of pratt-tos seems to be a better choice as compared to sta...in terms of working culture...in terms of benefits...

working hrs have to learn to adapt...and as in any job we go to-our attitude towards the job has to be good...

so most likely i will take the tos job...have to start getting used to waking reeeaaaal early...
probably be lots of new things for me to learn and be exposed to...

now that there's more or less a closure to my job search...i feel a little relieved...
a brand new journey begins this july after reservist...
never tot i wld get an aerospace job-and as muay puts it-the outer space job-tuas is indeed at the outer spaces of sg...

woopie

rainy days are here to stay

rain rain rain
rain has been reducing my fun runs under the sun to just fun runs
yesterday did my sprints in the evening after the rain died down
this afternoon clocked 1hr 5min of mileage before the rain poured down
rain rain rain

"i'm not trying to cheat you, young man"

today a weird uncle came to the store trying to pull a stunt on me...

he brought in 2 sample long round headed screws...asked me if we sell those kinds of screw...

i told him we only sell those flat head countersunk screws and brought him to the area where the screws were to show him...

i took one of the sample he passed to me to compare against the countersunk version we had and i could only find one that was shorter but looked like having the same diameter...he took a look and asked if both were of the same size anot...

i told him i can check for him and he proceeded to act out his oscar performance....hohoho...

he asked me where was the short sample i took from him just now cus he wanted to compare it with the short countersunk one i showed him...i returned the long one to him and he kept insisting that wasnt the one...he kept checking his pocket and said he passed it to me liao...he said he had 1 long and 1 short one...he kept insisting that the long round headed screw was MINE and i had misplaced his SHORT round headed screw in the small compartment where the short countersunk screws were kept...

i tried to reason with him that we dont even sell the round headed screws and how can i produce a LONG screw from the compartment of SHORT screws...and he started to sound very disappointed saying i must have stared at the pc for too long le...how can i not remember that i took HIS short screw...

he then said chaaam la...went all the way to chinatown and bought wat sink thing and now he missing 1 SHORT screw...and kept saying "i not trying to cheat you young man"...

then he went on to say the short countersunk screw was his and placed the long screw inside the compartment of SHORT countersunk screws and kept insisting the LONG round headed screw was mine and i took it from the compartment of SHORT countersunk screws...

i decided i couldnt reason with this best actor so i said...ok sir...this SHORT countersunk screw that u brought...how many do you want...

he said 5

so i took out 5 for him

then my boss also came by and asked best actor can he help him...then he showed my boss the short countersunk screw and asked if it could fit in the sink thing...my boss say most prob cannot and took out one of those sink things for him to try...

he tried and it cannot go in...then my boss said just buy another one of those sink thing la...

best actor pondered pondered and said hmm...the thread different hor...then he returned me the 5 countersunk screws which he "wanted to buy" and paid for the sink thing

and all through the sizzling performance, best actor did not raise his voice or become rowdy...he acted out his script nicely in gentlemanly english somemore....hohoho

"you are my sunshine"

another nice one...
tear jerker warning at the ending portion where eun-ha finally meets sook-joong...

fun run to bt timah!

i have always wanted to run from home to bt timah for the longest time and i finally did it today...
so instead of turning towards commonwealth at holland v, i followed the bus75 route-jelita-pandan valley-maju camp-sim-ngee ann poly-bt timah plaza...took me abt 1hr 10min

initially i tot of running till beauty world and take a short water break at the toilet...but i wanted to have a feel of running 2hrs non-stop...so i u-turned at bt timah plaza and headed home...

return trip was shiong...mainly becas my knees were nua nua already and i became SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO thirsty...i tried to push as far as i could to clock the 2hrs but i stopped short of 10min...

so after 1hr 50min, i started to walking home...how i yearned for a drink of water...

i tried to start running again at the british council cus the walk was like taking forever but i only lasted another 10min of snail speed jog before i resumed walking...WATERRRRRR...

walk walk walk all the way back to delta avenue...stopped by the spc toilet to quench my thirst before heading home..bathed and it was milo peng time...hohoho

thoroughly enjoyed the run...except for the dying of thirst part...
got chio bu to see also....hohoho
a few at sim and ngee ann bus stops...
a chio bu was jogging...
another chio bu was walking her dog...
hehe...runs sprinkled with some eye candy is always fun!

officially graduated...

2nd upper honors
went for an interview at stk today
having abit of a sore throat...all thanks to the pringles i've been snacking on during the movie marathons...

scorching fun run sunday

seeing how brilliant the weather is today...i decided to go for another run to make up for the shitty one i did yesterday...

almost didnt take the long route cus the pain in my left knee started to set in only after 400m into the delta area...but i carried on and slowly the pain went away...heng ah...

replaced the holt road slope with the alexandra park connector which led me to the jervois hill area slopes...pace was good all the way till the long stretch leading to holland v...that portion was trying...the knee pain came back once in awhile but it was bearable...

finished the run in 1hr 7min...slow stair climb...bathed and enjoyed a nice mug of milo-peng...yummy

opened up another toy this morning too-cybertron soundwave...to make myself happy...heh...
instead of wallowing in self pity i tot i'd better pick myself up and dust myself off...

exam results coming out next wk...gonna have to put in more effort in my job search after that...

adrian needs a laugh

today's fun run under the sun was like shit...pace was horrendously slow...
added a holt road slope and it took me like 1hr 12min to complete the long route...
felt so lethargic and crappy throughout the run...
i normally am able to put mind over matter...and push myself as much as i can...but today...haiz...

feeling ridiculously lousy for the past few days...
maybe i shldnt have watched those 2 depressing movies yesterday....nabeiz...
cant wait for sunday and monday...got 我猜 and 十字路口 (and maybe one piece and simpsons) to watch...

think i havent had a good laugh for quite some time...
adrian needs a laugh...
can someone make me laugh?

sad movies friday

took the day off to go for an interview this morning...came back...ran...too long never sprint le...made today's sprint interval very very exhausting...

finally finished up with my blue astray kit and it's sitting nicely in my display cabinet...

took a nap even though i wasnt feeling tired...tot i better catch up on some sleep since i have waking at 730 almost everyday...

then i began my movie marathon...

first up was "sad movie"...sad man...really really sad movie...despite having some light moments here and there...the ending part was a barrage of sadness...especially the part when hui-chan cried outside the hospital because he did not want his mum to hear...sigh...sad...very very sad...

next up is "the weather man"...not as sad...but depressing...sigh

what i need now is something funny to nullify this overwhelming feeling of sadness and depression...