on IT band

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crap, i think my IT band is abit strained... crap crap crap.
i hate being injured.

tmr is online-matriculation day. i cant wait to get my timetable and see how it's like. i hope the scheduling of classes will be good... pls pls pls let it be.. if not i'll dread school even more. sigh.

and yeah, bought a 2nd hand bike and an AKIRA 19-inch flat screen tv. this hostel staying is seriously costing the family a lot of money. sigh.

oh ya, met up with pw family sunday morning, minus joyce. BUT dear brother samuel had to oversleep and miss the gathering. but it was fun though only me, michelle and liseng were there. me and liseng had the breakfast buffet at delifrance. not bad la. michelle ordered a breakfast set. catch up on our lives and all. yup.

and im so fair now, it's disgusting.

on bloody rain

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rain rain go away, come again another day... (or when you are supposed to come in november and december)

bloody hell. cos of the rain, had to cancel my swim with aileen yesterday.. hopefully tmr's weather will be fine.. meeting zzz and maybe aileen for a run at mac reservoir. haiyo. the rain is making stuff so depressing... like me gg back to school. sian.

haiya, nth much la. he's coming to my place... reaching anytime soon...

on nth much

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dang, i just realise something bad. Stanchart is on 2 dec, but uni semester 1 revision and exam is from 11 to 30th nov. crap. this means seriously very good time management. ahh.. what the hell.

anyway, went sgh in the morning, then went to buy some miscellaneous stuff for hostel stay... still got many stuff to buy. hostel stay is really really expensive. i feel so bad spending their money. plus monthly expenses will be higher. sigh.

sun's gone these days. havent been going swimming. getting fairer. hopefully tmr's weather will be good. meeting aileen for a swim in the afternoon.

nth much these days. just trying to enjoy the last 1 and half weeks slacking at home. and ya, enjoying my mum's cooking. ha.

on yesterday

hello world.
he came to my place yesterday and bought a blackforest cake!
i shall let the pics do the talking.

on my birthday!

aloha world.

today is my birthday! haha. and my mum told me she couldnt buy my bday no in the 4D draw. ha. i suppose there are many other pple who are born on the same day as me?

anyway, watched harry potter ytd and went wah lok cantonese restaurant to eat ytd. food there is good! service was great. they distributed the food portions equally among us.. yup.

anyway, i wanna say i was very rude yesterday to him yesterday. made him very unhappy. so, yes, im gonna apologize again. so so so sorry...

then stayed out the whole night. and woah, i woke up at 9.50am today!!! ahaha. ok la, maybe cos slept at3/4 plus am ytd... ya.. but still. i feel so happy that for once, i woke up at 9.50am! yeah! (ha, im nuts, i know)

oh ya, received a delivery yesterday.yeah! took a photo of it, but havent uploaded yet. later.

thanks to all who wished me happy birthday!

on VIII(or shld i say VII) outing ytd

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had VIII outing yesterday at pizza hut at centrepoint. ha. this year is the thirdyear runnning that we have been going there. always in july. hoho. guess it's gna become a tradition huh?
sadly, qinwei and shimin didnt go.. boo.
anyhow, we met this waitress who has superb memory skills. she didnt need to take down our long and complicated orders on paper. she could remember them all. we were wowed by her. there was another waitress. we were fascinated by her name... 'nature'.. seriously, the place is very short-handed. anyhow, food was not bad. the cheese fondue pizza was good. and finally, i tasted pepperoni! ha. pathetic, i know. it tasted like luncheon meat.. ha.

anyway, went heeren after that to buy a wallet for debre's fren. fossil stuff are so nice, but the price also very nice. ha. then went to check out banana republic. and for the first time, i witness a size 00 jeans. very very smal indeed... then wanted to go far east, but rained heavily. so we slacked at paragon starbucks for a while... and had some fun with fana's 'atlas of human anatomy'. ha. i find the pictures very interesting sia... the human body and all.. but the rest find them disgusting. does that mean i have a future in medicine?! (HAHA. IM SURE LAH). then rained stopped and went far east to find the pair of shoes that fana wanted. but too bad dun have her size or smthing. in the end she and deb went the central, but out of stock again. suay sia.

all in all, ytd's gathering was good. laughed and caught up with them. they are still the best...

on dreading school

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went town today. checked out FOS first. sadly, nth really caught me eyes. then walked down to orchard and walked a bit. bought a mango top. legs were tired as had a long run in the morning.

anyway, saw many grps of youngsters running around. i was thinking to myself if they were the freshmen and having their orientations... then i surfed ard the net, reading pple's blogs, and i realised im right. yup. many of the ppl i know are away at camps, or have already had their camps.

boring and lazy me didnt bother to sign up for any camp. ha. initially, i wanted to go for the hall camp, but laziness simply overwhelmed me. ha. as those who are close to me would know, im a very routined people. i dont like changes. i just wanna stay at home and do what i always do. no camp for me pls. usually i would be excited about the camps, esp the sports camp. but due to me having hosp appt on one of the days of the sports camp, and pure laziness, i decided to skip it.
and those social nights? eww, pls, after a long and tiring camp, i dont think anybody in their right mind would want to dress up nicely, put on makeup, and go for it. bleah.

yes, i know, im anti-social. seriously, i dont mind being an outcast. ahaha. but then i know i cant do that cos need to network in uni to survive. school's starting soon and im dreading it. i used to laugh at ppl who mug at mcdonald's on weekends. but soon, i'll be doing my tutorials and projects on weekends too. boohoo. and the process of having to make frens is so sian as well. im those type who prefer small grp of super close frens, then large grp of aquaintances. to me, it's like so superficial...

haiya, I DONT WANT UNI TO START. boohoo

on ytd, and running

good morning world.

it's sunday morning. and i have been awake since 5 plus am, even though i fell asleep at around midnight. can somebody please tell me what is bloody wrong with me? why cant i just wake up late? why cant i be like those sleepy heads who sleep till afternoon? it would be great if i can just wake up at 8am. gosh. im tired, but i cant sleep. this totally sucks. i totally admire those who can sleep through the day, wake up, eat, then sleep again, cos i can never, and have never ever done that.

anyway, went wild wild wet and escape with him yesterday cos his sis gave him free tickets. it has been a long while since ive been to wild wild wet. i could still remember the day i went with the netballers. the place had just been opened to the public and the queues were so bloody long. most of the time there was spent on queuing up la. but ytd was okay la. cos we went early, and the crowd has died down.

then went escape theme park. my first time there. ha, pathetic, i know. i must say the place is overrated. and gosh, the noise pollution level practically shot up exponentially after we went for this ride, i think it's called 'wet and wild'. yes, somebody got super wet and ended up complaining endlessly. plus the exhaustion was making him super high. i think i should just bring along a can of coffee whenever i go out with him. =P

then went back my hse to shower, cos yes, silly me didnt bring an exra set of clothes. then went to ps to watch die hard 4.0. and chey, i thought maggie q has a longer screen-time. all the hoo-ha abt her fighting with bruce willis and hurting him is so overrated. but overall, it was a good action-packed movie. then after tt went walk walk at istana park, and guess wad, we met debre and her family! ha. me and deb were walking towards each other. it was only when we were super close then we were like, "eh!" ha. her family was on their way to watch die hard 4.0 too. what a small world indeed.

ok, now, i shall just go lie in my bed again and attempt to fall asleep.

oh ya, in response to his entry of me running. to me, running is not just a sport, it's also a way of relieving unhappiness. i like the runner's high after the run due to release of endorphins, the feeling of accomplishment after i complete a run in the timing that i aimed for, the feeling of overtaking some ppl, the feeling of perspiration on my skin, the feeling of the heart beating fast, the feeling of 'cleanliness' that i'm persipiring, removing the toxic from my body, that im fit and healthy, that i have the ability to control something (ie, the speed, the duration, the distance i aim for). true, i may be able to accomplish these in some sports, but running is the most basic and easiest sport around. like what some people said, all a person needs is a good pair of running shoes and a place for the person to run. (but in reality, that is not so true. a good set of running apparel is important as well! =P), but still. it's not a just to make arrangements with other pple to run. just go run by myself la at own time own target. basically, i have the freedom to choose how i wanna train. yup.

on day 3

day 3: day to check out. didnt take many photos today cos was tired. overall it was an eye-opener trip. ate a lot. ahaha. i simply adore hotel breakfast buffets. ha. and 2nd night had buffet for dinner too- middle east food. yummy. talked to the locals too, esp the guys at the seasports club. they told us abt their lives there and learnt quite a bit of stuff. spent a lot, but i feel it's all worth it. yup.

oh ya, it rained today (day 3) too. too bad for those who are still staying there! ahaha.

on day 2

day 2 summary.
did archery, got a temporary tattoo, snorkelled, jet-skiied, kayaked, banana-boated. very great day, except the weather sucked. stormed in late morning. so it was cloudy the whole day. so sad. didnt get tan at all. the first few photos below on the beach were taken at 7am in the morning. basically, did a lot of things for the first time that day. highlight was the jet-ski. i guess im a sucker for high speed stuff. ha. i was so good the guy allowed me to jet ski alone. ahaha

on bintan- day 1

Hello world.
im back from bintan! shall load some pictures here. i lazy to type. heh
Day 1: after angela and me checked in, we proceeded to check out the place. i went for a traditional javanese massage. then played golf and had buffet for dinner after tt.

the ferry (exterior and interior)

the poolside

angela swinging

me swinging

on saucony passion run

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had the saucony passion run today. 10km. quite a good run, cos it's at east coast and so mostly flat ground and im familiar with the route. so i know approximately how many more kms to go, and thus when to start picking up my pace. felt good abt myself cos i wasnt tt tired and i overtook quite many ladies along the way. but i dunno wad's my position. definitely not top 10. haha. cant wait for the results to be posted online. and the individual shots! ahaha.

saw mr tan there, and some vj ppl giving out the funpacks and drinks. seriously, for a man of his age, his bod is really good. haha. oops.

Anyway, cant wait for the bintan trip next week! woot. time for some R and R man...

on today

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the result of milk run is out. not bad.. 15th out of more than 200 plus participants in the women's open category. timing wise, like i mentioned before, was within my expectation.. good.

cant wait for this sunday's saucony run.

went queensway shopping ctr to buy sports bras today. so many shops there, but none has a fitting room.that is super dumb can? if there is no fitting room, how can they expect pple to purchase their clothing? i mean, fine, most ppl go there to buy shoes, but there r ppl like me whose purpose is to buy apparel! sheesh. fine, if i have known earlier, i would try the designs at some outlet first before heading there. wasted my time, energy and money travelling there.

in the end, i bought two at sportslink bedok outlet, cost abt $100 in total. yeah. sis buying that for me as an early birthday present. thanks loads. ha.

it's high time for me to get new ones, cos the abrasions on my chest are really bad. i can run until the wound starts bleeding and stains my clothes. ha. then i would suppress my scream in the shower room when water touches the wound. i remembered in jc, i actually used plasters to cover the abrasions. lots of plasters cos they dont stick due to my perspiration! ha. and i would be super conscious of any plaster dropping out of my shirt. hoho. how stupid i was last time man...

and now i have a new abrasion site. my back, where the tag of the shorts is. haiyo. guess have to apply my NEAT 3B Action Cream there too. ha.

bought cheesecake ingredients again! making it again tmr morn with sis, that is if she wakes up in time. then transformers in the evening with him. heard great stuff abt it from ppl who have watched it. interesting...

on egoistic men and other stuff

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I went to the tamp gym today. saw fana and weel there.

I wonder if other gym-goers face this before, but i always get this. whenever i run on the treadmill, and there is a guy beside me, that guy will always look at what speed im running at, then increase his speed to match mine. im not saying im a very good and fast runner, but just that i find this so irritating. and it's always guys who do this. and when i increase my speed, the guy will quickly glance at my speed, and increase his too. he will be aware of any changes i make in my incline or speed and will get all worked up if i increase my incline or speed. please, like it's a shame to be running slower than a lady or smthing. this happens frequently at bedok reservoir too. often, after i overtake a guy, or am going to do so, the guy will pick up his speed. i mean, fine, go ahead and run faster, im not interested in over-taking you.

seriously! guys and their egos...

anyway, had a great feel-good run at the gym today. 12.8km on the treadmill! i simply prefer the tamp gym treadmill to my hse one. it's quieter and i feel more bouncy on that treadmill. ha. it's like, i dont feel tired running on it, as compared to my hse one. i guess quality does matter huh. maybe that tamp gym treadmill has some sort of shock-absorbent surface tt makes the runner feel lighter? ha.

then hit the pool after that. overall, had a great workout today. so i treated myself to subway sandwich and cookies! ha. i seriously need to have my weekly dose of subway sandwiches. though the sandwiches are seriously over-priced, i simply cant live without them. ha.

hopefully my legs will recover fully from the lactic acid cos i ran at mac reservoir ytd too. tmr will be a light workout for me, cos sunday got race again! im imagining the race at east coast, and i can already see myself dying from boredom. ha. cos the route is super sian.. it's part of the 10km route that i used to run... O_o

senior minister goh chok tong is the special guest of the event! how cool is that? ha, cos i never see him in person before.. so it's quite a big deal for me, ha. provided i do see him... ho. most prob will leave the place after i run and collect my fun pack. I wont be staying for the lucky draw, cos i have NEVER EVER win any lucky draw before. not even the lousiest prize. so, nah, im not gonna waste my time waiting for my number to be called. i didnt stay for the lucky draw segment during last week's milk run too. oh wells.

on milk run

the milk run was okay. saw lionel lewis. he's so hot in person!!! haha. too bad i didnt have my camera phone with me. it was in my bag which i deposited at the counter. dang. but he was nice. there was this guy standing next to me who asked to take a photo of him and he smiled shyly. haha.

anyway, the run was rather terrible. there was so much lactic acid in my legs ah, cos there were quite many slopes. in the end my timing met my expectations, which was okay la. shant complain much. next week still got saucony 10km run!

oh ya, there was this small boy, around primary 1 or 2 i believe, who ran the 8.4km route too. 3 guys were running with him. they were really pushing him to run. the boy was really fast for his age. i believe he is gonne be a super-duper great long distance runner in the years to come. he ran faster than me la!

dang. my ez link card has expired. spent 15 bucks on a new adult card. so sad can. and my old card was retained. sad.

on milk run later

hello world.

the cheesecake tasted pretty okay! haha. not bad for a first-timer la huh. tsk tsk.

anyway, great news to share. I was trying on Levi's jeans ytd, and i dropped two jeans sizes! woot! very happy abt that! hoho.

went to collect the Milk run and Saucony Passionrun race pack yesterday.

Milk run later in the afternoon. super hot weather today. i havent run in the afternoon for a long long time. 8.4km in the city.. and there will be many kids... sianz. but oh wells. just run la. burn some calories and get the goodie bag. hoho. Hopefully i can reach my target timing!