the food...pics courtesy of jianxiong...
soy honey glazed cod fish with mango mayo (4th pic)...most yummy dish of the night...2nd most yummy was the fat juicy prawns (3rd pic)...
our table...minus jianxiong...mak, wengkeong, gary, me, sia, pierre and angie
my lucky draw coupon...
didnt win anything in the lucky draw again this yr...door gift was a much needed thumbdrive to replace the one i lost a few months back...better than nothing...heh
bathed...ouch ouch ouch....
applied the iodine solution....ouch ouch ouch...
haha...shite...
didnt expect it to rain so heavily all of a sudden so i never expected to slip and fall also...hehe...
there was abit of thunder before i set off for my holland v route but the sky seemed ok to me...but it was dark clouds everywhere once i went past the british council...then rain started pouring once i reached holland V...
decided to take shelter at the hdb area but before i could even reach there, i took a tumble behind the alley where the restaurants were...the ground must have been slippery and i slipped and fell while making a left turn out from the pavement...
quickly got up and raced to the hdb estate and examined my wounds...my upper thigh near the left cheek of my butt was bloodied (heng it didnt turn out so bad as u can see from the 3rd photo above), my left leg had abrasions near the knee...my left shoulder also kenna orh cheh and scratches...my palms thankfully only kenna cut abit only...
the pain started kicking in...i was drenched(in a mixture of perspiration and rain water) and stuck in holland V...only wanted to reach home asap to clean up...i must have looked very the "lang bei"...hurhur
so once the rain quietened down, i tried standing up and walked ard and decided to quickly run back home rather than slowly walk back...
luckily the pain didnt bother me too much and i managed to complete my holland V route...once i stopped running...woo...the pain came back...
once i reached home, mum and edwin were like saying "see la, told u dont go running le la"....hehe...oh well...
these just came in the email from Zelin...our grandma's (paternal side) birthday lunch some months ago
all the grandchildren with grandma...for some reason my parents are inside as well....hehe
my uncles and aunts with grandma
woke up at 8 this morning so as to make full use of the day... cleared the laundry, floor mopping and grocery shopping quickly and seeing how the sun was so shiny today...it was off to the pool!
thing about swimming on a nice sunshiny day is NEVER to plan for it...if u actually "PLANNED" to go swimming on a particular day to get a tan, that particular day will have absolutely no sun or it bloody rains...
after the swim..came home for awhile before setting off for my run...as much as i wanted to clock another 1hr+ run, the black sky was thundering with some bouts of lightning...and so i only covered the tanglin route...my best timing ytd for this route....hoho...37.15!
evening time did weights, push ups, sit ups, chin ups...
never did so much training in one single day before wor...
A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really...”Do the stars gaze back?" Now *that's* a question.
my saturday night movie...not bad really...a very nicely written fairytale
took my own sweet time to complete this kit and it has been sitting on my desk for the longest time as well after completion...
finally decided it was time to clear it off my table and make room for it in my already very crowded display cabinet...
but before that...some photos...
was supposed to go ecp for an early jog with Thomas, his friend Eric (i think), Angie and Yeeling...the morning rain didnt let up and we ended up having "breakfast" at the hawker near parkway parade
was supposed to go kayaking after "the jog" with Mak, Wong, Eugene, Angie and Yeeling...the morning rain still didnt let up and we ended up cycling at ecp...but i think none of the kayak rentals were open for business...so too bad...
we then stopped for a snack at gelare and then had lunch at shinai hk cafe...
was supposed to go watch doraemon movie after "the kayak" but the seats available only left the front 2 rows...
so after lunch everyone went home...i stayed back to jog while Angie bladed...surprisingly i didnt merlion my lunch as i only rested for like 30min at most....and i forgot to warm up too...hoho...but not too bad wor...jogged for abt 90min liddat
anyways here are some of the photos taken that day...
Eugene, Wong, Yeeling, Angie, Mak and me at Bedok jetty
me, Mak, Angie, Yeeling and Wong...beside some flowery mini tree
attended my first vertical marathon...
the duration of the whole event must be the longest for a race of its distance...hurhur...
u had to turn up early to register and then wait for your category to flag off...and after the race you had to wait about an hour after the last person for your category finishes before you can collect your race cert...
anyways...it took me 11min 06s to complete the 73 storeys...very very slow...sianz
not the type of news one would like to hear...not now...not ever
before going for my jog on saturday evening, i received a call from someone asking if i was Kishore's friend...i said i was his army friend...the person said he was Kishore's uncle and that Kishore passed away that morning...
i was dumbfounded...went for my jog hoping that it was just a sick joke...
but when smses started coming in from army mates...
almost the whole of our lightstrike 4 company turned up for Kishore's wake last night...some of the guys we never saw since ord...even the officers and specs...how i wished we were meeting up for a different reason...
the look of Kishore's mum calling out to his son when we were all gathered around his coffin was just heart wrenching...
they said Kishore passed away in his sleep...we dont know the exact cause though...
i read up online about dying in your sleep...it had something to do with either heart failure or sleep apnea or asphyxia...the thought of falling asleep and not waking up is just scary...
everything happened so suddenly...we just had our 4th ict together in September and now he's no longer with us anymore...we'll miss you Kishore...
needed to get a new pair of shoes to replace my very well worn saucony cohesion...popped by queensway on thurs evening expecting to get another pair of sauconys at the usual 30% discount...
had initially planned to get saucony trigon ride 5 actually...but after trying them out...didnt feel quite right...tried the lower end grid fusion...somehow the feel was better but i'm a sucker for nice designs and the grid fusion was somewhat of a obit-obiang design...so that was out too...
my next option was mizuno...was supposed to get cushioning shoes (either wave precision or wave rider) but i ended up with the wave elixir which is a supportive type kind of shoe...
only managed to get a 27% off...i think the norm at queensway has become 25% le...think next yr will have to make full use of the 30% voucher from the mizuno races le...then i'll get a pair of cushioning shoes...then can switch around more...then shoes wont wear out so fast...woohoo...
had my first session of stairs training...
made my way to the 30 storey high boon tiong road hdb flats...did 3 sets averaging 4min per set...
i can just imagine how the 72 storeys next sunday will be like...
reached home and did another 2 sets of 14 storeys...
my legs are gonna ache tmr....
wasnt exactly very well prepared for this one...the extra 5km and the sand portion and the sun...
was trying my best to maintain my 4.3min per km all along the road+trail portion...but once into the sand portion everything went kaput...
the sun was glaring right at me but thankfully this year's sand was not as bad as the one at sentosa last year...there was this "path" higher up the beach which we took which was less punishing and since there was still some sand there so technically we werent exactly cheating...hehe....anyways the road marshalls also didnt say anything...
once out of the sand, it was onto the "runway" portion which was also the last stretch before the finish line...
kaoz...road was hot...sun was hot...the last 1-2km seemed to take forever to complete...clocked in at 1hr 16min thereabouts...
next up...my first attempt at the swisshotel vertical marathon...gonna have to start climb stair trng liao
some of the stuff they did with ostrich egg shells at the gift shop
we got up close with ostriches and a host of other birds...pictures of which i think i'll post another time...
after the ostrich farm, it was a mad rush to some small kopi-tiam where we were supposed to relac and laaa-kopi...due to time contraint, we couldnt laaa very long and had to make it back to the customs before it closes at 4pm
leaving pengerang island...
my very first "trip" since i've started working! together with some colleagues from tos, we spent last saturday at pengerang, johor
too short to be a vacation but at least it was a good break from the weekly mundaneness...apart from the butt pain from all the cycling, i thoroughly enjoyed myself
our day began at changi village where we met for breakfast. afterwhich we made our way to changi jetty
you needed at least 12 passengers to book a bumboat which will then ferry us over to pengerang
all on board our bumboat
leaving singapore island...
captain of the bumboat
view of our beloved pulau tekong...
after crossing the m'sian customs, we had to hire cabs to get us to the bike rental place
all i can say is it isnt like those you normally see at east coast park...hehe
my ride for the day
stuff you get to see while cycling there
and after a tiring morning ride, we had a feast at this zhichar restaurant...
after lunch we visited this ostrich farm
where they did stuff with ostrich eggs...
and had many many ostriches...
finally got me grubby mitts on this beauty...
and the eye twitching continues...basket...
Eyelid Twitch.
The cause of minor eyelid twitching is unknown. A slight spasm of the lower eyelid or even both eyelids is common and of no concern.
been having eyelid twitch for the past dunno how many days...according to the definition above it's of no concern, but it sure is irritating the shit out of me...
scientifically it would only mean i'm probably stressed out and not having enough rest
based on chinese superstition, twitching on the right eyelid means sthg good is going to happen and the opposite for the left...
and it just so happens my LEFT eyelids are the ones doing all the twitching...isnt that great
last week wasnt a particularly good wk i guess...rough week at the office...to top it off i lost my thumbdrive for some reason...
saving grace for last week? i managed to find a new friend! and it's a she! hehe...not everyday adrian gets to befriend chabors you know...hehe
