09:29 + adrian gets his $400!!!

happy happy happy
had one of the worst "want to throw up" feeling i ever had during the 2.4run...
but it's all bloody worth it...
all the trng has paid off...
now for half marathon...
woopie
happy happy happy

9:44:42 + dinner at hing wa restaurant

had dinner with jeffrey, shirong, yongliang and weiming at hing wa...
its a nice chinese eatery along beach road...
dinner was also to celebrate shirong+me+weiming's birthdays over the months of mar+apr+may...
we had Hing Wa Fried MianXian, Fried Beancurd Skin With Kailan, Stewed Chicken With Chinese Herbs Soup, Fried Prawn Egg, duck with yam claypot, fried garoupa...fantastic stuff...
today's 2.4 run was extremely trying...constantly having that want to throw up feeling...
BUT...everything will all be worthwhile if i can reproduce this timing on sat...sigh
muay got discharged from nuh today...wishing her a speedy recovery so she can run, bike, swim and do whatever she pleases really soon

payday+interview+muay in hospital

got my pay from boss today...
attended an interview at prudential...was only notified abt it only last night...anyway waited quite long for the interviewer...almost 30min...end up the interview was quite short...hurhur...oh well...
visited muay at nuh after that...
bizarre bike accident at the bt timah trail in which brake lever stabbed into her left thigh after she took a bad fall from her bike...
ouch

fun run under th...fun run sunday

no sun today...so reduced to just "fun run sunday"...
home-tanglin-holland v-commonwealth-queenstown-delta-home-stairs
no more blisters this time le...yay
replacing the blisters are pulled calf muscles and a orh che kind of pain (without the orh che) at the top of my right foot...
better let my legs recover...
cus i have a date next sat
with ippt
4pm
maju camp
woopie

run adrian run

weather has been great these few days...so much so that i have been running running running...heh
mon ran, thurs ran, fri ran...if the weathers good this wkend i will go for my fun run under the sun...
woopie

9:44:78

hohohoho...
2.4 getting better...
brilliant weather today...
took my saucony out for another run+the new new balance socks ah muay got me...
after 2.4 i went for another 8km slow jog...took me 48:24:30...heh...
another fun run under the sun...
i love running...running loves me
ha
woopie

mr bean soya ice cream...mmmmmmm

finally got to taste the mr bean soya ice cream highly recommended by ah muay today...
all i can is that it is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!
not too sweet and the soya taste is so rich and yummy...
me and muay had a cone each and we both agreed biscuits+ice cream is a heavenly combination...
hohoho...

and just for your info...the ice cream is not available at all their outlets...in fact their menu differs from outlet to outlet i think...
so far i've been to the tiong bahru one-it has soyabean+papaya those kind of drinks, those red bean pancakes, tau huay, normal soya bean drink, no ice cream
the one at people's park food centre-got ice cream, tau huay, normal soyabean drink, no pancake snacks
other branches selling the ice cream-raffles place mrt(international plaza), 10mile junction and bt panjang plaza...

so after that light snack i made my way to grandma's place for a dinner feast...
hohohoho...
ma you ji, braised pork, prawns with chilli, dong gua soup, packet otah, fish...
for fruits we had grapes and mangoes....
hohohoho...

this morning followed dad to the tiong bahru fruit stall...to learn and also to help carry the fruits home...
we bought 3x honeydews, 4x pineapples, 1kg plums, 8x mangoes, 6x rose apples...
i learnt how to choose the honeydews and pineapples...haha...oooooh

toys of yesteryears:episode 1

as i was climbing the stairs after my run today, i saw some water guns(those that look very sud and got large water canisters that can store alot of water ammo) left on the floor by some kids on one of the storeys...

it kinda reminded me of when i was younger and the puny squirt gun i had...well technically it wasnt mine...i had to share it with my bro...it looked sthg like this...well more or less...

then there was a period of time when supersoakers were all the rage...and they looked sthg like this...well more or less...notice the significantly larger ammo storage compartment...

and look how these soakers have evolved over the years...oh my...have they grown or what...hurhur

and that brings us to the end of toys of yesteryears:episode 1-water guns
stay tuned for episode 2...

return of the "fun run under the sun"

polling day...rainy morning...my first time voting.
afternoon sun came out and went for my fun run...havent done that for many weeks le...
from home-delta-jiak hong chu route-tanglin mall-botanic gardens-holland v-commonwealth mrt-queenstown mrt-street with all the car showrooms-delta swimming complex-delta-home-stair climb...
took me 1hr 09min 42sec to complete the run...
legs were tired...very thirsty...stinked like crap...BUT hehhey!!!the feeling was great man heehee...

recent purchases...

new shoes new toys....
thank goodness boss at motherland is letting me work part-time again...
think i spent alot in april...many many birthday presents for myself...heehee

the thing that adrian does after every exam

spring cleaning...its a ritual for me...
during mugging period when i start day dreaming and look ard my room...i see things/areas i want to clear up or move things here and there...
so right after exam...i spring clean
so last night and this morning i spring cleaned...
in the midst of spring cleaning this morning...my area's mp Dr Lily Neo came by my block for a walkabout...and i got to shake her hand...hehe

during my spring cleaning (that is like the 5th time i used the words "spring cleaning"...now its 6th) i came across this scrap of paper i kept many years back...
its called "friends forever" and it goes sthg like this:

friendships need continuing dialogue, from banter to heart-to-hearts.
they need trips to the movies, cups of coffee, dinners in and dinners out.
if that's not possible, then at least they need frequent telephone conversations.

most friendships are in desperate need of a whole lot more spontaneous, purposeless fun.
never rely on momentum.
and never forget that friendships wither from lack of attention

(and for the very last time i hope...) please stop writing...

last paper...haha...warao...power packed...
1st qn was such a morale booster...until i reached the 2nd qn 2nd part...i thought 6+7marks can skip first...
then 3rd qn 1st part...not so bad...2nd part...basket...
then came the bomb at the 4th qn...sigh...
with abt 1 hr to spare but with no idea how to solve the remaning qns...
banking on moderation and ca to pull me through le...not exactly the way i wanted to end (hopefully) my last paper in ntu...
fyp presentation next wed...
can almost see the finishing point le...
woopie

9:57:76

2.4 never improve...had quite abit of those wanna throw up feelings during the run...made the run very unbearable...
last paper tmr...
fyp presentation next wed...
almost there liao...
woopie

happy 25th birthday adrian

officially a CAT Y reservist...
woopie

9:55:94 vs sucky 474 paper

2.4 timing getting better...little by little...
474 paper sucked ... tried my best liao ... and i hope my best was good enough...

trail walk+new shoes!!!

trail walked at bt timah-macritchie with ah muay today...
my antique asics gel-lyte decided to call it a day after much reglue-ing of the soles administered time and again by its owner who is so 舍不得 to let it die...
got myself a new pair of shoes-saucony fastwitch!!! yay!!!
gonna try them out for sprints...tmr maybe?

09:59:77

latest 2.4 timing...(23/100) of a second differentiating a silver from a gold...
never hit below 10 ever since nsf days...
only thing is to repeat this performance on the ACTUAL ippt day AFTER the static stations...
woopie

buckeroo ah muay

ah muay returned from her sabah race today...
go there with 1 big orh che...came back with bruises aplenty...+ a buckaroo award!
i saw one of her route maps...reminded me of the army training maps showing some contour shapes representing the 0.5xxetc knolls and stuff...except hers were all over the place on the map...
ah muay is a real trooper *adrian is full of admiration*

timings last last wk
2.4-10.21
6x400 sprint 1.30,1.28,1.29,1.30,1.30,1.29
timings last wk
2.4-10.10~yay! got improvement!
6x400 sprint 1.28,1.32,1.30,1.30,1.29,1.33

qa paper on thurs
3 more papers to go
woopie

a night of dahfa fish snack, sudoku, bejewelled, snoring symphonies and irritating mozzies

saw ah muay off for her sabah adventure race at senai airport...
spent the night at senai arport...
didnt really sleep much even with the cushioned seats for us to lie down on all thanks to the snorers and the mozzies...
so end up chatting and listening to each other's mp3 players...
when checking in her luggage ah muay had to pay RM180 for excess weight...
bike+backpack=29kg=15kg overweight--RM12 per excess kg--fierce siah...
an equally unforgetable event took place when i left senai
wanted to visit little boy's room...cleaning in progress...0700..another 45min to burn before shuttle bus arrives...
saw the maju bus...decided to kek the pee and took that bus instead...
torturous 45min journey all the way to larkin...bladder went from 50% full to the almost going to burst limit...
never thought i would be so happy to see the word TANDAS when i reached larkin...
think it was the longest time i ever spent in a toilet cubicle peeing...
it was something like that scene where austin powers was peeing after being defrosted...

10 more days to exams...

rounded up 3rd week of fun runs...
mon's 2.4 timing = 10.23=no improvement..slowed down instead...
thurs 6x400 sprint = 1.32,1.35,1.35,1.37,1.37,1.38...
sat's long run still clocking abt 54min for jiakhongchu+liang court route...still feeling absolutely pooped after it...
1 more quiz on tues...
psychometric test at cmpb this fri for dxo job application...
might be activated to help ah muay carry bike this sat...
the army better not activate amber alert the following wkend man...
probably be blogging lesser over the next mth...
mugging has begun...
cannot get complacent...
woopie