had a nice dinner with sin hui n cheryl last night. n a nice time visiting the night festival.
fell aslp close to 1, so wasnt too unexpected when i overslept.
must have been the nice weather cos jinx dennis vania also overslept!
went to do 2x mandai alone. quite boring and too slow,but was nice to get the legs up and turning.
i highly recommend listening to rev wee's sermon today. am quite glad i didnt decide to go to brmc today instead.=)
on a side note..i was thinking of a rather interesting analogy- that relationships are like stocks.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
rest
it rained this morning.
no wait. rain was an understatement.
it was a thunderstorm that poured cats dogs and elephants.
the upside ? i got to sleep till 10.blissful rest.
the downside of course was that morning run was cancelled.
so im stuck doing a 3k swim n a long run on my own this afternoon.
boohoo.meeting sinhui,cheryl n mabel tonight so looking forward to that.
hopefully the rain stays away tomw morning so we can ride long n consistent as planned.
havent touch bike in 1 wk! sigh must be more consistent with wkly rides.but lately have been too tired to make it out at 5am.
n no the trainer is no fun at all
no wait. rain was an understatement.
it was a thunderstorm that poured cats dogs and elephants.
the upside ? i got to sleep till 10.blissful rest.
the downside of course was that morning run was cancelled.
so im stuck doing a 3k swim n a long run on my own this afternoon.
boohoo.meeting sinhui,cheryl n mabel tonight so looking forward to that.
hopefully the rain stays away tomw morning so we can ride long n consistent as planned.
havent touch bike in 1 wk! sigh must be more consistent with wkly rides.but lately have been too tired to make it out at 5am.
n no the trainer is no fun at all
Sunday, July 4, 2010
wet weekend
rain rain go away come again another day...
yesterday's run ended up being only me n kenneth.cos lionel didnt wake up n jb was on reservice.
weather was cool cos of the rain the night before n the ominous clouds.
did the full route, though was alil slower n not as hard as past wks.
managed to get my errands done by lunch=) yay my new card coming soon.
went shopping (n walked too much) wif mummy in the afternoon.
was super tired by 9pm, didnt last long enough to see either the prologue or end of the germ-arg game.
was royally pissed off by a msg i got. to the sender - am disgusted !
maybe its jus the pms, but as an athlete- the 2nd sentence was totally distasteful.
perhaps im reading it wrongly, but it would have sufficed to inform that the prologue was on, whatever followed was what i intepreted to be an insult to the beautiful game.
u've just pissed off one of the last few dinos who have no issues with u.
well forgive n forget- but my respect for u has jus dropped a few notches.(not that it wasnt already v low)
this mornings ride was rather lazy.. lester was testing his new wheels =) haha but yes it was wet n no fun. too short (50k) so i came back to do a 15 min brick.
made it to church on time - paid extra $2 to the cabby cos he shortchanged me. see it as extra charge for my lack of small change (igave him a $50).
came home to nap after exchanging books with ur very persistent brother. yawn was a nice 2 hr nap. swam later so feel much better now.
can u pls call ur grandparents! i feel so bad tt u call me n then u nv call them. she dan xin ni !
bon nuit mon amour. je taime
yesterday's run ended up being only me n kenneth.cos lionel didnt wake up n jb was on reservice.
weather was cool cos of the rain the night before n the ominous clouds.
did the full route, though was alil slower n not as hard as past wks.
managed to get my errands done by lunch=) yay my new card coming soon.
went shopping (n walked too much) wif mummy in the afternoon.
was super tired by 9pm, didnt last long enough to see either the prologue or end of the germ-arg game.
was royally pissed off by a msg i got. to the sender - am disgusted !
maybe its jus the pms, but as an athlete- the 2nd sentence was totally distasteful.
perhaps im reading it wrongly, but it would have sufficed to inform that the prologue was on, whatever followed was what i intepreted to be an insult to the beautiful game.
u've just pissed off one of the last few dinos who have no issues with u.
well forgive n forget- but my respect for u has jus dropped a few notches.(not that it wasnt already v low)
this mornings ride was rather lazy.. lester was testing his new wheels =) haha but yes it was wet n no fun. too short (50k) so i came back to do a 15 min brick.
made it to church on time - paid extra $2 to the cabby cos he shortchanged me. see it as extra charge for my lack of small change (igave him a $50).
came home to nap after exchanging books with ur very persistent brother. yawn was a nice 2 hr nap. swam later so feel much better now.
can u pls call ur grandparents! i feel so bad tt u call me n then u nv call them. she dan xin ni !
bon nuit mon amour. je taime
Saturday, June 26, 2010
i.am.scared.of.heights
my wkend started at 620am tdae, as i had to be out of the house by 1030.
grateful to the guys for agreeing to run 30mins earlier!
took a different route today as suggested by uncle jb. so instead of heading left to the ranger station, we explored 'la ruta de montana' tt heads to pierce.
the last time i ran this was when i was coaching my bro's batch of the ac x team.
doing the hills was a not so pleasant reminder of the fact that im not that young anymore!
so its been a long time since any of us did the route, and some things have changed.
#lesson 1: never trust jb when he suggests a new route.
jb, tu 'esquina' es muy larga!'
always check when he's last run the route. u a) either holan, b) end up having extra adventures on ur morning run
#lesson 2: i am afraid of heights.
the next time lionel, jb or kenneth ask me if im ok with something - i will not be so gungho to try.
it was embarassing n frightening at the same time.
cant say what happened here beebs..check ur email!
uber paiseh la.
so after our little adventure getting to the toilet at pierce reservoir; we did the long n uphill run back out to casuarina. was really happy to turn off n go home while the guys accompanied kenneth back to mac.
managed to finish stretching n planks n showered by 1015. ate tau sa zhang, yoghurt n mango cheesecake with starbucks coffee for breakfast =)
left house a lil later than desired at 1040, thought i would be late given the scarcity of buses heading to bishan..(really terrible how they come so infrequently on wkends).
got to cathay just in time for the trailers.
caught the expendables one...its really good and packed solid with all the big names!
u have to watch it; tho as lionel says its a movie u should watch wif guys.
knight and day was not too bad, i'd give it 7/10. abit predictable after awhile.
few hilarious moments. cruise n diaz are pretty gd.
had lunch at pomo jap fdcourt wif my colleagues , n teh bing after =)
was nice company on a sat aftn.
decided to pop by the lib on the way home to pick up some reading.
allowed myself 1 trashy novel out of the cycling books + yell for cadel tt i picked up (which is kinda disappointing btw)
#lesson 3: reading about infidelity is a waste of brain space.
am totally serious. any of the trashy novels about unsuccessful relationships would have been alot better than this. heck, i should have re-read paullina simons novels.
so the wrong choice was a book called lost hearts in italy.
the protagonists are a expatriate middle class american couple in their mid 20s, harvard grads.
what makes their relationship unique is that she's black and he's white; this is set in 80s/90s/2000s.
so the story really begins when he gets posted to roma and she gets flown out to him on first class. an italian (twice her age) is the only other passenger in first class, and he happens to be (i assume owner of PEZ) a very rich man.
so he's attracted to this bella who has a very nice behind?!!? and asks for her number which she naively gives.
she n her husband are madly in love, but she happens to meet this italian whenever he calls her in italy, tho with her husbands full knowledge. he wines and dines her , and the first cracks start when he takes her to his private yacht. nothing happens , and they dont see each other again for a while.
in the interim, she and her husband have a girl.
ffwd two yrs later, when the italiano dude calls her again, and this time, she meets him n start their rendezvous.
things cool btw her husband n her, and eventually she confesses, he kicks her out, they divorce.
he gets posted back to london (ibanker), she stays in italy with their daughter.
she gets pregnant with the italiano dude's kid (wow. surprise.did she have an abortion? dunno n cant be botherd). anyhow, they both remarry n have kids wif their respective spouses. n mr-italiano still calls her occasionally. but they don't see each other anymore. (or so i gather)
so the story is told in retrospect in 3rd person. alternating betw female, male protagonist n mr italiano (baddie!) while the story is set in italy, where it seems to be that extra-marital relationships are the norm and not exception, the author seems to allude to the broader globalised world.
she's at fault. but so is mr-italiano for pursuing a married woman. then again. he divorced his first wife (n made italian history when divorces were first made legal in catholic italy) ,fathered a son through an illegitimate union, and continued to have casual relationships with other women when he was seeing this bella too.
it reminded me of the article last wk on how divorce rates are rising; and more women are initiating divorce. its just very sad how the institution of marriage has become cheapened.
i was jus very disturbed after reading it, should have picked up something else for brainless reading. this provoked even more thought then necessary!
=(
grateful to the guys for agreeing to run 30mins earlier!
took a different route today as suggested by uncle jb. so instead of heading left to the ranger station, we explored 'la ruta de montana' tt heads to pierce.
the last time i ran this was when i was coaching my bro's batch of the ac x team.
doing the hills was a not so pleasant reminder of the fact that im not that young anymore!
so its been a long time since any of us did the route, and some things have changed.
#lesson 1: never trust jb when he suggests a new route.
jb, tu 'esquina' es muy larga!'
always check when he's last run the route. u a) either holan, b) end up having extra adventures on ur morning run
#lesson 2: i am afraid of heights.
the next time lionel, jb or kenneth ask me if im ok with something - i will not be so gungho to try.
it was embarassing n frightening at the same time.
cant say what happened here beebs..check ur email!
uber paiseh la.
so after our little adventure getting to the toilet at pierce reservoir; we did the long n uphill run back out to casuarina. was really happy to turn off n go home while the guys accompanied kenneth back to mac.
managed to finish stretching n planks n showered by 1015. ate tau sa zhang, yoghurt n mango cheesecake with starbucks coffee for breakfast =)
left house a lil later than desired at 1040, thought i would be late given the scarcity of buses heading to bishan..(really terrible how they come so infrequently on wkends).
got to cathay just in time for the trailers.
caught the expendables one...its really good and packed solid with all the big names!
u have to watch it; tho as lionel says its a movie u should watch wif guys.
knight and day was not too bad, i'd give it 7/10. abit predictable after awhile.
few hilarious moments. cruise n diaz are pretty gd.
had lunch at pomo jap fdcourt wif my colleagues , n teh bing after =)
was nice company on a sat aftn.
decided to pop by the lib on the way home to pick up some reading.
allowed myself 1 trashy novel out of the cycling books + yell for cadel tt i picked up (which is kinda disappointing btw)
#lesson 3: reading about infidelity is a waste of brain space.
am totally serious. any of the trashy novels about unsuccessful relationships would have been alot better than this. heck, i should have re-read paullina simons novels.
so the wrong choice was a book called lost hearts in italy.
the protagonists are a expatriate middle class american couple in their mid 20s, harvard grads.
what makes their relationship unique is that she's black and he's white; this is set in 80s/90s/2000s.
so the story really begins when he gets posted to roma and she gets flown out to him on first class. an italian (twice her age) is the only other passenger in first class, and he happens to be (i assume owner of PEZ) a very rich man.
so he's attracted to this bella who has a very nice behind?!!? and asks for her number which she naively gives.
she n her husband are madly in love, but she happens to meet this italian whenever he calls her in italy, tho with her husbands full knowledge. he wines and dines her , and the first cracks start when he takes her to his private yacht. nothing happens , and they dont see each other again for a while.
in the interim, she and her husband have a girl.
ffwd two yrs later, when the italiano dude calls her again, and this time, she meets him n start their rendezvous.
things cool btw her husband n her, and eventually she confesses, he kicks her out, they divorce.
he gets posted back to london (ibanker), she stays in italy with their daughter.
she gets pregnant with the italiano dude's kid (wow. surprise.did she have an abortion? dunno n cant be botherd). anyhow, they both remarry n have kids wif their respective spouses. n mr-italiano still calls her occasionally. but they don't see each other anymore. (or so i gather)
so the story is told in retrospect in 3rd person. alternating betw female, male protagonist n mr italiano (baddie!) while the story is set in italy, where it seems to be that extra-marital relationships are the norm and not exception, the author seems to allude to the broader globalised world.
she's at fault. but so is mr-italiano for pursuing a married woman. then again. he divorced his first wife (n made italian history when divorces were first made legal in catholic italy) ,fathered a son through an illegitimate union, and continued to have casual relationships with other women when he was seeing this bella too.
it reminded me of the article last wk on how divorce rates are rising; and more women are initiating divorce. its just very sad how the institution of marriage has become cheapened.
i was jus very disturbed after reading it, should have picked up something else for brainless reading. this provoked even more thought then necessary!
=(
Monday, June 21, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
painful wkend
this weekend was extremely painful.
it started out with intermittent 6 hr slp, being attacked by the killer mosquitoes.
then it was a painful 2hr run with lionel n kenneth at macritchie.
weather was nice, not too hot but rather humid.
my poor knees =(
managed to get swimsuits from tyr at $20 each =) total damage for sat was $66 - including 2 pairs of earrings + gift for colleague.
popped into queensway for some tutu kueh. honey no nice liao. it was warm but not freshly made =(
came home for a swim n then took my parents to margaret drive for dinner.
parallel parking !!! my gosh...haha..thankfully there was ample space in front of the furniture/seafood place- but still.. went head in n was still too far from kerb.
sigh. practice !
had the chicken chop - lil disappointing. daddy had the hor fun n mummy had the nice charkwayteow.
sugar cane was BIG disappointment.
anyways - they will only be moving next year. so we still got time to go back n try more stuff!
our $1.50 cappucino =) not too bad for the price.
this morning's ride was PAINFUL.
ive never seen my speedo average stay above 30 ever.
they stared whacking almost immediately at mandai - according to jinx it wasnt tt bad yet.
lim chu kang was ok cept that i got dropped towards the end n almost got chased by a dog jus b4 the exit. thankfully he was all bark.
wind was strong today but managed to stick with them for quite a bit.
pit stop at shell was well deserved n needed rest.
pace was nice until they hit west coast - then no holds barred =(
was trying very hard to stick with pravin but the wind was strong + my legs jus wouldn cooperate.
hav not hurt so much since rfth !
somehow made it up n down faber. satisfied with the loong n hot ride (got a tan=( !) n glad i decided to sleep the extra 1hr instead of an extra mandai loop. wouldn hav made it home otherwise !
miss u loads pumpkin
it started out with intermittent 6 hr slp, being attacked by the killer mosquitoes.
then it was a painful 2hr run with lionel n kenneth at macritchie.
weather was nice, not too hot but rather humid.
my poor knees =(
managed to get swimsuits from tyr at $20 each =) total damage for sat was $66 - including 2 pairs of earrings + gift for colleague.
popped into queensway for some tutu kueh. honey no nice liao. it was warm but not freshly made =(
came home for a swim n then took my parents to margaret drive for dinner.
parallel parking !!! my gosh...haha..thankfully there was ample space in front of the furniture/seafood place- but still.. went head in n was still too far from kerb.
sigh. practice !
had the chicken chop - lil disappointing. daddy had the hor fun n mummy had the nice charkwayteow.
sugar cane was BIG disappointment.
anyways - they will only be moving next year. so we still got time to go back n try more stuff!
our $1.50 cappucino =) not too bad for the price.
this morning's ride was PAINFUL.
ive never seen my speedo average stay above 30 ever.
they stared whacking almost immediately at mandai - according to jinx it wasnt tt bad yet.
lim chu kang was ok cept that i got dropped towards the end n almost got chased by a dog jus b4 the exit. thankfully he was all bark.
wind was strong today but managed to stick with them for quite a bit.
pit stop at shell was well deserved n needed rest.
pace was nice until they hit west coast - then no holds barred =(
was trying very hard to stick with pravin but the wind was strong + my legs jus wouldn cooperate.
hav not hurt so much since rfth !
somehow made it up n down faber. satisfied with the loong n hot ride (got a tan=( !) n glad i decided to sleep the extra 1hr instead of an extra mandai loop. wouldn hav made it home otherwise !
miss u loads pumpkin
Sunday, June 6, 2010
to love, honor and OBEY
its funny how 'obey' has become such a word of contention, so much so that people actually take it out of their wedding vows.
here's an interesting take on what the vows mean in everyday life.
http://beyondjane.com/family/marriage/the-secret-gift-of-your-wedding-vows/
i learnt rather unpleasantly last night - the consequences of not obeying the one u've promised to love, honor and obey all the days of your life on earth together, even if u've not made that vow yet!
i really hate arguing/fighting with u when ur a million miles away.
the silence is the hardest part.
of not knowing when i'll get to hear ur voice again, or see ur smile.
im sorry for being stubborn , n for saying u had no right to insist on me resting
i know ur just being concerned for my health, for now and for longterm.
i hope by the time u read this, u can find room to forgive me.
it was nice to have dinner with ur family again today. havent seen hailey for so many wks n she's jus growing up so quickly. still cute as ever, but getting naughtier.
i miss u beebs. so very much.
here's an interesting take on what the vows mean in everyday life.
http://beyondjane.com/family/marriage/the-secret-gift-of-your-wedding-vows/
i learnt rather unpleasantly last night - the consequences of not obeying the one u've promised to love, honor and obey all the days of your life on earth together, even if u've not made that vow yet!
i really hate arguing/fighting with u when ur a million miles away.
the silence is the hardest part.
of not knowing when i'll get to hear ur voice again, or see ur smile.
im sorry for being stubborn , n for saying u had no right to insist on me resting
i know ur just being concerned for my health, for now and for longterm.
i hope by the time u read this, u can find room to forgive me.
it was nice to have dinner with ur family again today. havent seen hailey for so many wks n she's jus growing up so quickly. still cute as ever, but getting naughtier.
i miss u beebs. so very much.
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