Limping Marathon Runner

*Cough* ... I did a whopping 17.9km last night. Unintentional 17.9km. It was suppose to be a 10-12km. Some miscommunication and muscle pull incidents, some of us got separated. Here is the Field Report:
Left my workplace sharp to reach home early for my run with the "westerners". I dropped my bag, got changed and started my run back to my office area to meet Dreamrunner, Tiwazz, YankeeII and Bug. Bug ran from his office too. We started our run to the meeting point where the rest of the guys were waiting there at the old Provost. Who was there? Flip, Runalone, Freddy, Spectre, Whr, Kops21, Kops21's friend - Poh, Slacker and LaoKaYu. We headed towards the WC MacDonalds, where it was wet along the way. It rained moments ago. We stopped briefly at MacDonalds because Poh has a bad muscle strain. Eventually, he walked and Kops21 accompanied him, with Tiwazz. At this point, we were starting to lose distance with the main bulk of runners. YankeeII was with me where the runners ahead of us were almost like a speck of dust. They were moving fast. At one point, which I think we took a different turn from the rest, YankeeII and I headed back to the Provost. OOoops... I think the rest stopped at a different end point. I received comms call from Flip that they wanted to come over to Provost. I asked them to stay at the gym area.. .. but, not sure why they wanted to come over to Provost. In the end.. it was due to bad communication, they thought I did not know how to go to the end point, gym. I sort of "sabo-ed" the guys.. making them run a few extra km. We bade each other farewell, with YankeeII, Dreamrunner, Whr and myself heading towards the BV area. Whr headed home once he reached the BV start point.

The three of us washed up a little while waiting for Kops21 to drop Tiwazz at my office area before we headed for a late dinner, chatting quite a while before we head for home.

Something about work that I really want to laugh out EXTREMELY loud until my gastric juices find its way up my throat and onto the floor. One word to summarize it all.... ridiculous.

Already done with 3 assignments, with the last one, giving me some sense of accomplishment because I have help the customer a great deal. Famished. I went for MOS burger, ordering a hotdog. Hotdog reminds me of childhood days. Satisfied. Soon, I got a ring for a pool session. Timely! We started with arcade.... *gimme more.. need to relax* and then American Pool. Wow... getting quite a number of wins, which is not too bad. Several classic shots and I even tried trik shots! Yay!! Yes, I missed my train home and had to take a cab.

Now... Why and what about work? Email is enough. I feel like a heavy weight champion already. More and more products under my belt. Soon, it will be a matter of convenience of .. you-know-everything, hence-you-can-cover-all-angles-of-X-area-of-SSSSes. I am SOOOOO looking forward for that day.

It has to stop.. and will stop one day.

Not good. Work again. I really hope that this is a passing phase. Eating up too much of my time in some areas.

I bet the rest of the gang had run at the VM today!

Not able to do the VM, I ran around 6pm instead. I had this strong craving for a cold drink right I finished my run!

Just about a quarter left to re-vamp this blog. REALLY close to completion and there is this section of the CSS code that looks weird. I shall stop for the day. Give myself a break from coding.

Going to do a slow run later.

Vertical Marathon Race happens tomorrow!

Marathon is 29 days later? Are you running yet?
Ultra Marathon is on 25th Dec. Are you joining yet?

Moving away from a lousy feeling for the day, I was thinking.. I would be a great idea to call Kay for lunch since it is his birthday today. To my surprise, Taz and runrunrunaway are meeting Kay for lunch too! I joined them. Sorry, no camera to take pictures.

Right after our lunch, runrunrunaway left us and we headed to collect our Vertical Marathon race goodie pack. That was where I bumped into Siong. We chatted for a while. I heard from IronmanDreamer that his coporate Triathlon timing was really excellent. Good for him. We headed over to the ballroom for distribution of the race goodie packs. Fastlane was in front of us. Surprise! When we were done with the collection, Brokenrunner, Alvo2102 and Meteor... joined us for coffee!! We chatted for a really long time!! Topics like races, outings, forum and all!! Seeing ZhiMien there was total coincidence!! Any place with electronics.. you will see this guy appearing. He is on leave, spending his leave day to send his Treo for repair. LOL. Smart phone gives smart problems. What to do?!

We ended out coffee session and I headed for my own dinner. I will have to work at night. I have to eat something! I stopped by the arcade area.. and there is no need to guess who I saw!! ArcadeDT. I watched him play a few sets and I left the place, heading off for my assigned job.

Going bonkers soon. I have been dropping all my runs for endless PDFs, docs, ssh and https. Testing, testing, testing 123. *mumbles*

I missed the run with lots of people like Brokenrunner, Roger, Tiwazz, Sotong, Commando and many more!! Definitely not a good feeling ...

Can't live if I don't have exercises .....

Maybe go for bowling to brighten up my mood later, after this testing shite.

Last night, I was talking to a friend for quite sometime. I do not understand some stuff. Some people just have all the luck. Yes. Life is not totally fair. But, what can't kill me, makes me stronger.... *rarrrrr*

I went online to check out the Macross Pencil Sharpener (random package) that I saw at Lot1 the other night. Damn!! So excited! I shall make myself happier! I do not know why, but I am a pencil person. For whatever reasons its may be, I prefer to use pencil than pen. Hmm.. probably because pencils have more "life" than pens?

I turned up on time for my appointment today. Kinda nervous and excited to meet the person, face to face. I have not seen the person yet. But, there is so much heard about the character that I am about to meet today.

Approximately around our meeting time, Mr. Lim Nghee Huat, finisher of the 168km NTU run, turned up in a simple polo and pants. If it weren't for the publicity, he would have seem to be like one of your neighbor-next-door. Still.. .. I noticed that he is a simple person. Humble. Willing to share. We (a few of us) touched on the topics that we would be covering for the 3rd Run Together cum Running Experiences Sharing session with Mr. Lim. Covering on other things like logistics preparation and planning for the day to ensure that the event is smoother and more meaningful for everyone. Time flies fast when you are enjoying company. We got so carried away with him sharing with us some of this thoughts and experiences on the 168km as well as other events. He did a LSD of 85km to prepare for this 168km!!! Gosh! At around 6pm, we concluded our discussion and thanked him for meeting up with us. Yikes.... I have a flyer to make for this event.

I feel totally inspired by his achievements and advice. I am moved by his friendly and approachable personality too. I am sure that this Sunday's event will be beneficial to most.

Yikessss! Just 3km into my run... the lightning was getting threatening.... I had to call it quits before it gets too dangerous.

Holiday. One for today. One for Thursday. Doesn't seem like anything to me.

For a start, I got several more arrows before I can even finish swallow the previous few. Endlesstrail asked me to join him for a ride. But, I don't think I can finish the reading on time. Moreover, I have an appointment set at 4pm later today. Its reading, reading and more reading for me now. All these required for the meeting on Friday and next Monday.

Okay, enough talkin'
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Back to books.

An American pool skills sharpening session yesterday. Hmm.. some minor improvements here and there. Kinda happy. American pool sessions are always for relaxation.

Movies... ahh... It has been ages since I last watched a movie. Pretty selective when it comes to movies. Awww man!! There are a few that I would want to watch that is coming soon. With so many crappy, trashy movies around.... I wouldn't have watched DOOM if I weren't a gamer. But, seriously, I don't really give a very high score for DOOM. I feel that the FPS (First Person Shooter) scene is totally unnecessary. Seems like movies are never too good when they are shot after a book or game has a successful sales record. I did not watch a midnight show for a really long time too. I hurried home. Suppose to meet Tiwazz and guys for Vertical Marathon ninja Training this morning.

In morning, 8am .. or should I say 8.30a where I reach TPY. Tiwazz, Kops21, Brokenrunner and YankeeII were already waiting for me. Alamugg!! I miscalculated on the traveling time. From my place, I would need an hour of train ride. We did our stairs climb sets after our warm-ups. I did only 3 whereas the rest did 4. My sets averaged out to be 5min 15secs. Tiring!! I kept my hands away from walls... trying to avoid all form of "assistance" to balance or make me move up the stairs faster. *Ouch* *Pant* After our ninja training, we had a "sinful" brunch. The famous laksa

The laksa saga continues....

An intern ended his nightmare yesterday, finishing his internship. Well, I call it, tour-of-duty in 5 months. Taking roles, in marketing, boy-friday, usherer, mover, organiser and more! Our office bought him a BF2 keyboard set with mouse, perfect gift for a gamer. After work, we went for a wonderful dinner. Next ... drinking time! At least the intention is to get the intern drunk! We ended making him high on drinks. I did not enjoy that place much. Places like these makes me smell like I have been living in a 40 foot container of cigarettes, all my life. Music was not too exciting. We left the place around 2am. I got home dead tired, showered and headed to bed right away, at 3am. However, it still screwed my chances of going to SP for Interval Training with Cheow12, Tiwazz and Dong. I tried waking up at 6am. I felt totally crappy. I don't think I can even do a 8km. Needless to say that I will drop dead after doing Interval Training. I SMS-ed Tiwazz and continued searching for my Sleeping Beauty in dreamland.

No news is old news. Just got to know 2 more are taking the walk. Oh well.. .. that is life. People come, people go. You just have to take it. Best of luck to them, of course!

There is definitely something very wrong about the environment. But, nothing seems to be done to address it. Probably, they just want to let it rot and allow maggots to spawn.

Dumb news aside... check this out!! Hilarious rejected iPod engraving suggestions.

I had fun torturing my colleagues for a 2.4km run and later did a 10 over km run with the guys at SGR. First, I only managed to dragged 3 unwilling souls to run a 2.4km along the canal jogging track. Of course, it was more walking than running for them. But, it is a good start. I did a 2.8km, running to each of them to encourage them. This is only a warm-up before I meet the group.

Once we were done with the 2.4km, I headed home straight. Dumped my stuff on the ground and went out to join back the canal stretch at a different section (I am staying nearby). Penguin called me on my mobile while I was on my way out. It seems like she is late and none in the group knew that she was coming. I punched a few guys' numbers and none of them picked up the phone. I guess they must have started the run. When I reached the canal, I saw a big group of runners ahead. It must be them!!! Such a big of runners at this time, this place?! Too much of a coincidence. I sprinted ahead. "Tiwazz, Kops21, Carine!!" Finally, I caught their attention. Too bad, I disrupted the group's momentum. But, poor Penguin was stranded. I called her mobile and Kops21 got her to place her stuff in the gym and wait for us to return. She would probably join us for dinner instead. Alright! Enough talking! We got to carry on!

Running along the main road now, we hooked back in to join the canal around 1km later. That was when Ultraman did his guest appearance. I was behind the group running with Kops21. Everyone shouted, "Ultraman, Ultraman, Ultraman!!" Damn... probably it was a little too dark. I couldn't see a thing. Before I even knew it, the dust settled.... Ultraman was gone. Maybe there were some monsters out there wreaking havoc in the city. Ultraman went off to save the day!

We continued our route, while stopping at the traffic lights waiting to cross the junction. Once we crossed the junction, viola! We bumped into Penguin and IronmanDreamer. Hooray!! We are running back in a group. Too bad, we had to cut short Penguin and IronmanDreamer's distance, about 4km less. Ending at IBP, we took pictures again. I shook hands with new faces, increasing my face recognition database. Too bad I had to settle something. I headed home early, missing out a dinner with them. IronmanDreamer is going home too and he intends to jog home. Joining him, I had a good time chit-chatting all the way home, while he continued his journey.

It was great running with: IronmanDreamer, Penguin, Dreamrunner, Flip, Slacker, Runalone, Whr, Freddy, Spectre, Carine and Kops21. Ultraman did a guest appearance.

I vaguely recall a song that I heard last night while drifting off to sleep. I once looped this song to infinity.

Artist: Selena
Title: Dreaming Of You

Late at night when all the world is sleeping
I stay up late and think of you and I wish on a star
That somewhere you are thinking of me too

'Cause I'm dreaming of you tonight
'Til tomorrow I'll be holding you tight
And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Than here in my room dreaming about you and me

Wonder if you ever see me and I wonder if you
Know I'm there (Am I there)
If you looked in my eyes would you see what's inside
Would you even care

I just wanna hold you close but so far
All I have are dreams of you
So I wait for the day and the courage to say
How much I love you

I'll dreaming of you tonight

'Til tomorrow I'll be holding you tight
And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Than here in my room dreaming about you and me

Ahh-Ahh
I can't stop dreaming of you
I can't stop dreaming
I can't stop dreaming of you

Late at night when all the world is sleeping
I stay up and think of you
And I still can't believe that
You came up to me and said
I love you
I love you too

I'll be dreaming with you tonight
'Til tomorrow and for all of my life
And there's nowhere in the world l'd rather be
Than here in my room dreaming with you endlessly

(From http://lyrics.astraweb.com)

Pictures that I took before meeting up with a client. I was early. The trees and the skies reminded me of those days when I was in Raleigh, NC.

When it comes to shopping, girls always rule. Usually. Tonight, it was a guys night out. There are just a few things that draws guys, shopping together. Computers. Cars. Watches. This time, it was sports wear. I have yet to spend on New Balance, since I have the 40% discount voucher. Hence, YankeeII, Tiwazz, Taz and I went to New Balance Tech Centre. I wanted one of the models (trail shoes). Too bad. They don't have my size. I had to choose a different model. Basically, I wanted to buy another pair of Asics shoes, Cumulus.

Heading off to AV for dinner, we drafted out plans for next week's holidays (2 days, in fact). Might as well do a 20km in MR.

A tragic accident.

On the news and from those who went to the New Balance Corporate Triathlon event, an accident took place on Saturday. A swimmer doing the relay event, drown during his swim event. Sad to hear that he left behind 2 kids and a wife. Deepest condolence to his family.

" .... I want you!! Right here, right now. "
" Oh yeah! ...... "
" Is that all you've got? "
" Show me something..... "

*click*

What the ...? Bala was watching WWE on the T.V.. I was sufing net, downloading mails, MSN IM-ing in a conference, reading posts and blogs while it suddenly went pitch dark. Do not ask me why I'm still up in the middle of the night, when I should be in my bed, still recovering from sore throat and what-have-you. The only glow around was my laptop screen. Power trip! Second time in this month!? The authorities must do something about it. Thanks! I needed that in the middle of a MSN IM conference and mails downloading. *DUH* Must be that lightning seconds ago.

I cannot do anything else.... except generate reports for work. Okay... at least I made use of the time while waiting for....

• Some guy's pager to beep.
• He to walk to his car, take a ride down to my block's power mains.
• Flip some switches, punch some buttons.

.... before the power gets restored.

Finally(and about time too), power restored about just half an hour later. This is so much better the previous time, record high of 3 hours. Nothing harmed, except that the parties in the MSN IM conference thought I was pissed at something that they said. You guys!! It was a silly power trip. Good thing that the power came back fast. Or else... I'll have to finish off all the honeydews, ice creams and whatever valueable perishables in the fridge. NOT!

I got MSN IM from TLR and we briefly chatted before I headed for my bed. TLR is back from Pakistan's disaster zone, after much rescue work. Great job!

During noon time, yesterday, I can feel that my body telling me that I'm going to have a breakdown. True enough. By later afternoon, meeting a client halfway through, I had a sore throat. By night time, a slight fever came. I had to sleep early last night. Too many late nights for work, last week, have taken their toll on me. Probably too little time to sleep.

This morning, I am suppose to go to MR with Tiwazz. He ended up going there himself. My fever is gone. Sore throat stayed on. This cancels out the chance for tonight's makan session with flip and Philip organising too. Badminton at 1300-1500hrs later. Can't do that too. Tomorrow, TD walkers (because they don't even jog anymore, they just walk) are going to MR for a walk. That is out too.

Life is boring without sports.

Dammit!!! That brand of glucosamine....

Plus.. the other brand of energy gel.. twice the price of the usual brand.. are they made from uranium or what?

Home already... around 1800hrs plus.. KK came to pick up my digicam for her China trip. This kid is traveling away from home for the first time. It should be an eye opener for her.

Hmm.. I received an IM from Tiwazz asking me if I want to jog. Slow and easy run. He wanted to try running from BV to IBP via the park connector link way, beside the canal. So, I got my running stuff and out I went. We met and did the route, turning around at the IBP end. The route measured around 11km. We chatted while running, trying to train like Carine and BrokenRunner, chat while running. We stopped over near my place for dinner. It was a slow.. but enjoyable run for me. But, the place did remind me of my first dating spot. Well, that wasn't exactly the spot(the canal) we dated... we passed there.. on our way home.

Arrrrg.. I have been talking about this for ages. Now that I've actually started some coding *eyes roll*.. finally. Not too sure, when can we see the new layout. I need some other pictures. Will have to go get them.

Mission 2: Banquet Wedding Dinner

Okay, I'm shit face now. Back from Beng's wedding dinner. I helped him down a few hard liquors with egg, red wine, beers. I'm slight better.. probably just 80% high now... blog about the event (wedding) later.. before I have typo errors. Photos.. later... I need to catch some sleep.

Happy that my buddy is finally married!! I know I will get a massive headache later when I wake up. Over and out!



Updated at 1743hrs:
Going through the pics now.. and a re-cap of what has taken place in Mission 2. I took a quick nap before heading down to the ballroom at the hotel where Beng's wedding dinner is held. I had to be there early to make sure that the songs (for first and second march-in are perfect) and the Montage is able to play on the system at a comfortable volume. Running around, coordinating with the Function Manager. Soon, guests started pouring in. I readied the petals and party poppers for the first and second march-in too. Showing the guests to their seats and seeing to the guests' request on behalf of Beng, the host.

So many faces that I know and some faces I have not seen for a really long time. Gang4, OCS, ZhuiTeLun, myFTOgpx, Lambie, Mr. & Mrs. Fong + Fong Jr.1, ArcadeDT, etc. Out of the 7 tables (Beng's friends or colleagues), I know 6 tables of guests already. Makes my job, taking care of the guests easier. Both bride and groom's folks are okay too, since they have seen me before.

Around 2025hrs, we started the Montage and followed by the first march in with the couple heading up onto the stage for doing the R.O.M. ceremony with a JP. Photographer snapping away.... With the ceremony over and cutting of the cake, the first dish started when the couple returned to their seats.

Taking a some food, I went around socialising with my Poly mates, Beng's Army buddies, ex-colleagues and all, just to make sure everything is okay for them. Time's up!! Second march in for the couple, champagne popping and followed by the 3 cheers of Yum-Seng! The bride and groom expressed their thanks to the parents and those around them with rounds and rounds of applause.

RLEK and PolarBear helped to organise the tables for photograph taking, skipping those "unfriendly" (games and drinks trap) tables of guests. Drinks are left to the last, in order to be tackled. The bride and groom took most of the drinks that the guests wanted them to drink, through forfeits or games. For the remaining 3 tables, they probably had too much to drink and already looking a little dazed. I helped them down a few hard liquors with egg, red wine, beers. Woo hoo,... I have not drank liquor (in that kind of quantity) for years. Yeah, I would have a mug of beer or a glass of wine, once in a really blue moon. But, this night... *pfffttt*. Almost knocked out by the drinks. Missed by probably another few more glasses.

Fortunately, the couple are still able to send the guests off. PolarBear and I hurried the couple back to their room and got room service to send a flask of warm water for Beng to flush the alcohol out of the system by taking more fluids (plain water). We left them when Beng seems to be a little more sober.

RLEK and PolarBear have been great help to Beng's wedding on this special night.

Mission 1: Dawn Attack

Me: Oooei. Good morning! Better wake up. Late already.
PolarBear: Uhhhh...mmm mm ..

Me: Hello!! Oooooooooeeeii!!
PolarBear: Okay okay...

*click* I hung up.

I woke my colleague, PolarBear, up because it Beng's wedding today and we have to be there at 0815hrs. Waking up and 0630hrs and getting ready for our battle mission briefing at his place. PolarBear and I dropped by a MacDonalds for breakfast before meeting up RLEK at Beng's place. An adequately sized force enough to take on the sisters and the bride, we had a groom and 3 brothers. Arriving a the bride's house, while... it was time to play fear factor. Not yet. We had to wake up the neighbors with our terrible singing. A lead vocal (groom) and 3 backup singers crooning an English and Chinese song each.

Its a set up!!! An entrapment!!! We were labeled as lousy singers. Not loud enough. What else? Not romantic. We were asked to drink a murky brown liquid in a mug. I can see sediments at the bottom layer... Not simple. I smell wasabi ... "You guys, we're in deep trouble.", I sounded the alarm. I took a few gulps, passing the mug around. Damn!!! This is a vile concoction, man!! I tasted coffee, soya sauce and wasabi. Bleh!!!! Don't get me wrong. I like wasabi and (in fact) lots of it when I am having sushi or sashimi. Have you tried drinking sweet, salty and spicy flavoured coffee? Hello?! Wasabi does not fit in here and it would never, okay? It sent shivers down my spine at that instant. I was already staring at blank space.. almost passing out. So, did RLEK. His face was pale. The second game was .. .. Q&A. Sorry, bro. ... we don't know your wife well enough as you do. "You're on your own brother!!". Beng had a few wrong questions.. took some other different funny colored drink and had to do a bottoms up before the door was opened. Of course, we chipped in a red packet too.

Level 1 is over... now to another obstacle. Level 2. The door leading to the bride's room. Another obstacle to be clear only by the groom. We cannot take over at this scene, kneeling on the floor to profess our love. It is Beng's show. Once that door has been cleared, the bride and groom too some pics before heading out to a nearby spot for a photo shoot session. Even tourists got excited and wanted to take a pic of the couple. I was "lucky"..... a bird relieved himself with his poo landing on my shoe.... Thanks. One more inch, it would have hit me on my head.

"C'mon... let's go!!". We headed back to Beng's place to tea ceremony, a quick buffet and family photo shoot. *Rush rush*... Okay, now back to the bride's place for tea ceremony and family photo shoot. We are pretty much done with the morning session and everyone went over to their new flat. Taking some rest, a breather, before we take on Mission 2: Banquet Wedding Dinner, at night.



I have some other really nice pictures.. Too bad. I'm not going to post them.

Got into the office really late today. Okay, I gave myself the excuse. Totally out on the mental side for today. But, it is a good thing that Beng's wedding Montage is okay now. I was rather reluctant about going to the Paintball game in the afternoon. In the end, with a full force turn out from our side, .. oh well.. I joined. We're fighting against our reseller for our products. The host/facilitator dressed up like Tomb Raider's Lara Croft and I think that was really cool. She did a run-through on covering safety, usage of arms, game play, layout and rules.

Divided into 4 teams. I had a great time. A few frags collected by me.. and I got shot a few rounds too. I had a close shot on me, with the round landing on my thumb.. damn!!! My thumb went numb for a good 15 mins. During the games, I heard someone squeezing off a mag of 20 rounds using Auto mode. *Ppttttt ppttttt ppttttt ppttttt ppttttt ppttttt ppttttt*, the sound of projectiles flying off that Carbine air gun. This guy just emptied one mag of 20 "slugs" onto his opponent.

LOLS!!! In the entire session, I was branded as the "Most Gung-ho Soldier"! That is because I was running all around the grounds. Even when I had to go back to our base (if you're dead or swapping mags), in order to "resurrect", I ran from point to point. For the rest, they walked.... totally out of breathe! Hehh hehh heh... The advantage of being a runner. When they learned that I am a runner, they all cursed and swore! "Whoa! Win already lor... ". It drizzled a little during our games. It definitely did not dampen our spirits. Great team building!!

When our games ended, we still have some rounds left in our mags. We were pitting our shooting skills against each other by shooting at balloons. There were only 4 balloons and soon it was over. I came out with the idea of shooting a empty soft drink can. Our guys were totally thrilled!! However, all missed. The only person who was able to hit the can was Becky!!! Only lady in our group! She really put the guys to shame!! hahha... Enjoyed ourselves trememdously.

There was a de-brief where everyone checked their "wounds". I had two gun shot wounds on my thighs and one on my right arm. MEDIC!!!!!!! It was already red and blue black. Ouch. IMHO, the grounds were a little too small. Oh well, beggers can't be choosers. I'm not complaining... just a note.

Tomorrow, I have to wake up early again. Big event. Beng's wedding.

Finished our set up late last night.. like .. sleeping only at 0230hrs, I woke up at 0530hrs today. Man... 3 hours of sleep only. I had to drag myself into the shower and head over to MacDonald (since now most branches are operating at 24hrs), I bought breakfast for my colleague, Polar Bear (before he picks me up and head for the event) and myself. While queuing, the radio was playing this ....

Artist: Daniel Bedingfield
Title: If You're Not The One
If you’re not the one then why does my soul feel glad today?
If you’re not the one then why does my hand fit yours this way?
If you are not mine then why does your heart return my call
If you are not mine would I have the strength to stand at all

I never know what the future brings
But I know you are here with me now
We’ll make it through
And I hope you are the one I share my life with

I don’t want to run away but I can’t take it, I don’t understand
If I’m not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am?
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?

If I don’t need you then why am I crying on my bed?
If I don’t need you then why does your name resound in my head?
If you’re not for me then why does this distance maim my life?
If you’re not for me then why do I dream of you as my wife?

I don’t know why you’re so far away
But I know that this much is true

We’ll make it through
And I hope you are the one I share my life with
And I wish that you could be the one I die with
And I pray in you’re the one I build my home with
I hope I love you all my life

I don’t want to run away but I can’t take it, I don’t understand
If I’m not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?

‘Cause I miss you, body and soul so strong that it takes my breath away
And I breathe you into my heart and pray for the strength to stand today
‘ Cause I love you, whether it’s wrong or right
And though I can’t be with you tonight
And know my heart is by your side

I don’t want to run away but I can’t take it, I don’t understand
If I’m not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?

(From http://lyrics.astraweb.com)

All of a sudden, I'm lost. No idea why. But, I truly am. Nevermind... I feel better because it was a nice song for the morning.. in a way, I'm tired but I can still work. My day started. An event went on for our company today. Thoughout the whole event, I was yakking and yakking away.. taking only occasional breaks. My lunch and tea breaks were all after everyone is done. During the event, my mobile phone was used for an SMS game. Several questions were thrown to the floor of paricipants and once they have the answer, they would sms to my mobile. Damn... have you ever seen a screen that says "100 messages" on your mobile screen? For me, at least today, I know my phone can take 100 messages. Event over... now... at Beng's place, finalising the Montage VCD. I'm already in the ABK mode - Already Bo-gao Koon.

Not sure if I can survive to go for the paintball session tomorrow.

Mad, crazy... every comes. Just back from setting up work stuff. Tomorrow waking up at 0530hrs. Correction. Should be today. Practically, I have just 3hrs of sleep.

Don't know why.. I was in the office at around 2100hrs, listening to Norah Jones CD, while trying to set up some stuff. I recalled watching the stars filled skies each time, I go for dive trips. I sure miss my nudibranches, soft corals, manta rays (not yet), whale sharks (wait longer), nemo (yeah, right... everyone's a nemo), butterfly fishes, etc... most of all, I miss bannerfishes, because they're usually in pairs.

What happens to my Thailand island hopping trip? On hold till I have leave for it then... sigh. KK ... next year... almost can't wait already. Can't think much now.. except for... bed.

No early sleep later tonight too, need to rush off some video stuff.... need AC's equipment. I don't have a choice. Die. ABK.

I have the strange feeling (or idea) again.. hmm.. nuts. Go away! *shooo shoo* (Don't waste time)

Suppose to have a company paintball event on this Fri. Would love to go and clock a few frags. But, not too sure if I still can survive till this Friday. Plus... Beng's full day event on this Saturday. Might need to perform some Fear Factor style, swallowing some concoction. Barge some doors and bang through some walls. Do one arm push ups. Wear some lip stick (sorry bro, .... we don't do lip stick, you're on your own, brother!), before Beng get to see his princess. That is probably just the morning session. Noon? Night? Whoa... I'm better off doing a LSD!! hhahh...

This week, madness visited us at work again. Stop. I shall just stop right here. At times, I am really speechless about what is happening.

But, it was fun, this afternoon, having lunch with several ex-colleagues. Talked about the old times.

Beng's wedding is around the corner. Pretty pressurising for me. Better don't screw up anything. Can take pics? Try to.

Yeah.. bought a shirt for Beng's wedding too. Anyway, I needed a new shirt. Ok...

Suppose to run tonight.. but. . .. tomorrow then. Not much updates. Head is empty. All filled with stuff at work.

It would be too boring to just document my running Zone on my HRM, my timing and distance.. so.. how about writing down today's run with 30 runners!!

Upon reaching the C2 carpark(in cheow12's car), we spotted Brokenrunner from far. Alvo2102, Metero and Dreamrunner were already there. Soon, Kay walked into the carpark. We met new faces like aliciab and Judith. In a matter of minutes, Sotong and mrs. Sotong, YankeeII, kops21, Tiwazz, TLR, Fd and Bee. Dreamrunner talked about his visit to Asics and with his new catch, Asics Cumulus.

Yikes! Reaching 7.30am soon!! We walked towards the designated starting/gathering point. I saw a few more new faces, mingled around to say hello hi. Since I'm the contact person to meet for this run.. ha!! Everyone went, "Ohh... so you're Balasing!". Okay, time to go.. I ran with them for a 200 - 300 metres and counting the number of runners (just in case). Afterwhich I turned around to run back to the starting point, waiting for Eunice, Renohtaram, Cyberkinetic and skyvers1810. After a while, only Eunice, Renohtaram and his friends appeared... I went with them to catch up the the main group. Funny!! While chatting with Eunice, I spotted someone turning around. So fast? Ehm... mrs. Sotong, I mean, she is probably doing a shorter distance. No worries! All of a sudden, I notice a huge mass.. almost like a platoon of runners coming towards us. Unbelievable. We looked like a army platoon. I had to turn at Fort Road, can't cheat. On my way back.... I spotted Joggers!! I waved out to him. Damn!! I'm having so much fun already. What surprised me was... I saw an old friend, Hanseng. We waved and smiled at each other say, hello! Oh.. saw TLR near the start point, he left the group with maybe Do or Dreamrunner to lead the way/pace. So, TLR joined Eunice, Renohtaram and I to chase the main group. Haaha.. no chase, anyway. Just running at our own pace. bselby0 turned back, saying that he needs to leave. Around the Bedok jetty area, I bumped into an ex-colleague, Francis. What coincidence. Hey! We saw Judith and aliciab when Eunice decided to turn into Bedok Jetty before heading back. The sky looked like... .. its going to rain. It did drizzle, and the weather was cooling for a good long run. Slowly, I started to see smaller groups like Bee with YankeeII and Osama with Slacker. YankeeII was pacing Bee, I guess. Finally, I saw the last group consisting Brokenrunner, Dreamrunner, skyvers1810, Cheow12 and Cyberkinetic. I joined them, heading back. Hence, I think my mileage clocked should be around 16km on the conservative side of calculation.

I did my warm down while kidding with the guys about yojanjan being the Chi running master and Carine doing her ninja training in MR.

Oh my... a big group we had today.. seats.. a little difficult to get seats in MacDonalds. We had to take our breakfast in batches. More photo takings before we all went home. In overall, it was fun meeting such a big group.

More new faces today and I'm lovin it!!
New faces (at least to me):
aliciab (with friend, Judith): Amazing woman!! Documenting the trails! Great work
Fatty: Finished running before we started!
Slacker, Osama: Three amigos with Bug
True_Atlantean: Ahh.. new face!
Clive: Ahh.. finally meeting him.
LaoKaYu: Ahhh... another that I want to meet for a long time.
mythos: Want to meet for longest time... want to read his report.

Attendance:
Runners fall in!!
kops21, cheow12, violet, mythos (mrs. mythos), TLR, Fd, Tiwazz, Brokenrunner, Eunice, Alvo2102, Meteor, YankeeII, Bee, DO, Dreamrunner, aliciab (with friend, Judith), bselby0, Sotong (mrs. Sotong), Gentle (mrs. Gentle & Gentle Jr.), Fatty, skyvers1810, Cyberkinetic & friends, True_Atlantean, LaoKaYu, Bug, Osama (relax .. just a nick he chose), Slacker, Joggers, Clive & mrs. Clive - Joanne, Kay, Taz, Dasher, Seow Woon (Kay, Taz and Dasher's friend) and Renotaram & friends.

Runners did not get to meet:
Wildcat and Tekko

Runners suppose to come, could not make it last minute:
Sanji182, Ironmandreamer, whr and flip



That was just the morning running session. Since, I am discussing Beng's wedding and going over to Beach Road, Tiwazz joined me. I hurried off after our discussion and dropped by Beach Road to check out some stuff. How about Running Labs? Oh yeah... since we had nothing on, we went over to the shop too. Drop dead tired (at least I am), we headed off home. I had a smashing great time! Did you?

7am to meet at SP stadium, it wasn't too early to meet at all. Basically, I was the first to arrive. Waiting for Cheow12 and Tiwazz to arrive, I performed some stretching. Arrrg... I know the sun will be shining...soon to be real hot. The guys arrive and we did a 2.4km warm up slow jog at drop dead slow speed(for warm up). Following that, Cheow12 did his 6 x 400m training for IPPT. Tiwazz had some ninja training.. *secret* .. while I did a MaxHR test. Hmm... result is the same as that showing on my HRM. Probably, the readings are for longer distance, I guess. I did another 4 rounds in the stadium track for warm-down. Stretches for warm-down? Definitely. We talked about each fellow forum guys, their stuff and all while waiting for Cheow12 to do a set of pull-ups.

During some chit chat.. and what a small world. Cheow12 actually knows my Secondary School classmate, Christopher. *Grrrowl* Okay. Getting hungry.. we went to Ghim Moh for breakfast. This place is quite a good spot for traditional, classic breakfast. Tiwazz saw me having "zhui kueh" .. guess he couldn't take it anymore and order some after finishing his first helping of breakfast. Cheow12 packed a packet for his wife too. Power of "zhui kueh"!!! Do not resist!

East Coast tomorrow. It'll be fun... hope we can have pics. *fingers, toes already crossed*

I just got back from TTSH Sanji182's ward. DO, Tiwazz, Sotong, Balasing and kop21(last man) was there. kops21 really last man, he arrived last. Sanji182 was a little surprise seeing us there, he was napping. With a stroke it was tea time for him too. A nurse came by with Milo (why not iced?) and biscuits. We chatted with Sanji182 about his condition. He is nursing a dislocated shoulder and still under observation. If he is okay, he will be discharged tomorrow. Much of it is muscle aches from the bad fall. We brought him a little gift. Did a briefing on what is happening on the forum lately like "rearrange your face", etc. Who are some of the new members, etc.

We teased Tiwazz about the tailgating.. Sotong from being tall (don't hit the fan in the ward), Balasing (for his ever so many new nicks), DO for his always in running caps attire and kops21 (always the last man). Ermm.. we stayed past the visiting hours. Whoa.. Tiwazz is a nice guy (any single ladies out here?). He helped another patient who spilled milo on his bed. You can consider him. Back to Sanji182... we left him to rest... but before that, Sotong whipped out his... digicam from his pocket!! OMG.. this fella is solid!! We took a couple of pics.. Will be posting soon.. Meanwhile, Sanji182 ... speedy recovery okay?!!

Damn!! Just got the news that our most improved rookie, Sanji182 has been knocked down by a car while he was cycling (training for the triathlon). Damn..... drivers. Fortunately, he seems to be okay. Probably in a state of shock and sent to the hospital. I hope this boy gets well soon!! Good for him that he has his helmet on. It is the most important thing.

Sanji182 boy!!! We're waiting for you to go to Ironman with us!!! Get well soon.

I was totally tired from a series of events. Too tired to blog it out last night... Okay, let me recall. I was at training yesterday, after days of loading from work. Hey!! I saw ickleOriental!! Surprise. I wanted to call out to her. But, ooops... her business associate was waiting for her at the lobby. Such a small world. I'm at the tallest storey in that building and .. I bump into her. So, I continued with my training.

When it was over, I found I still have some time before Philip knocks off from work. I decided to drop by. I waved frantically when I was just outside the shop. Honestly, I never notice that the shop was there and it was just beside Spinelli. I order a cake with tea and chatted with him till his shift was over. Practically, there wasn't anyone else there. We had a great time talking about running stuff. We walked over to another spot where I had to pass the Tshirts to am_klutz's boyfriend. We had a brief chat on Triathlon and runs. I mentioned that we are going to have a run on this coming Sunday too. But, I think they would be having church. Kinda difficult.

Okay, next stop.... dinner with ZhuiTeLun and JapBoy, followed by American pool. Let me tell you... we had more laughs than anything. ZhuiTeLun just started playing (learning) and he gives us all the surprises.. doing the impossible stunts!! We were laughing at his shots.. all plain lucky and no skills involved. I sure do hope to play again soon... always good for laughs. I reached home.. too tired for a run.. heh hehe... moreover.. a friend told me.. "Wow.. almost midnight.. still going to run? Don't..". Okay .. I'm just going to take a break.

Today, settling some stuff at work, I was finally able to leave my work place. I met up with Beng and Kitty for dinner and cuppa. Lambie could not join us.. since she is down with flu. Lamb flu? You tell me. While having drinks.. we were into the topic of which song to use for Beng's wedding march-in. We short-listed a few .. .. pending for review by Beng's partner. An idea struck me.. we went over to HMV to take a look and listed down a few more songs.. here I am... a day's worth of work. I have yet to finish up the montage for Beng. But, it should be out by this Saturday or Sunday.

Yeah, Lambie!! We miss you, you silly lamb!!

A little busy.. so.. .slow on updates. First, Karloong is back, on Sunday!! She brought back an Oakley for me. So, $$ on that...

Second toy ... today, a Polar RS200... more $$... flowing out. But, I brought my new toy out.. for a test.. Hmm.. I know I can do fast than the readings... somehow it was showing that I was already on Zone 5. .. so, I slowed down into Zone 4. Misconfiguration? No idea. But, the heart rate is correct. Hmm.

More on pictures for Oakley glasses and RS200 soon?

A couple of guys doing the 168km run around the island today! I hope everything is fine for them! I can't be there but you guys have my support!! Running just a few km or the entire 168km.... you guys are the greatest.

TLR, DO, Cheow12, Sotong, Vorx, Commando, Carine, Yojanjan, Tiwazz, BrokenRunner, Meteor, Alvo2102, YankeeII, Taz, DreamRunner, Kops21, Mythos, IronmanDreamer, Philip, Gentle and .... who else?

Looking for for up and coming badmintion sessions. One on Saturday, another on next Tuesday. Good to play some ball games.

Pretty good. Happy that I've achieved much today. Much to do tomorrow.

A good run of 8km... super! Feeling fantastic.

Haven't been too inspirational in writing lately. Maybe never was, yeah.. never.

Working isn't piling, but just overwhelming. Everyone needs you to get back to them. Oh well..

So, that can only mean one thing. Less run. With energy totally zapped out of my body, summoning strength to even blog.. that is just simply... a miracle. This noon, I was really tired and I slept at my desk during lunch time before heading for an appointment. I knew I couldn't take it and I had to set alarm on my mobile phone. I woke up 30mins later feeling a little more energized.

Have not been able to run much this week. Swearing that I would run tonight, while I was still in the office around 8pm, I did eventually run just now.

Satisfied.

Happy that I'll be meeting ZiMien tomorrow night for dinner. Let me take a breather.. go out.

I did not get myself a gift, which I really should. RS200? Plan put on hold. A better deal? Perhaps. I saw a web comics book. Yeah, I like to draw and doodle once in a while, for fun. Nothing too serious. While that book... hmm .. . contemplating

O-M-G ... Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit !!!!
Its coming to the movies! I have been a Wallace & Gromit fan since the day I saw its first show. Not giving this a miss, definitely.

Nothing out of the blue special..

Okay... going run.. *faint* clearing 99 mails from my inbox. How to run? Got reply mails and stuff. Think I can only run tomorrow early morning.

My day. Really, ... nothing out of the ordinary. On course.. today and tomorrow. Went out ... dinner with Beng and discussing his wedding montage stuff after that.. over coffee. Heh heh!! Out of the 7 tables... I already know those people in 6 tables of the wedding banquet!! Cool! While going through the pictures, I saw our younger days photo.. well.. tertiary studies days.... wahhhaha!! We look so.... funny!! Sorry guys.. can't show that here. I'll have to mask faces again and Beng will slaughter me. Think me will be busy helping him out. Got to get some nice clothes too.

Several well wishes SMSes from Renohtaram, 54Brownie and AGB. Thanks guys! My day is not ordinary anymore!

Early. Early. Early. I woke up at 0540hrs. Dragging my lazy bottom out of bed and on to meet the runners at MR for a 2-in-1 event. In fact, a 3-in-1!! I'll be distributing T-shirts (Santa Claus), doing a 10.5km run and a Japanese Shrine trek. Location (MR) set! Time (0645hrs) set! I reached there to find Kops21 waving as he spotted me. Carine, YankeeII, Cheow12 and Tiwazz were already there. Tiwazz is going for the shorter 4.8km with Fastlane who has yet to appear. Once BrokenRunner was here, we went off for a 10.5km.

I gave the SGRunners, who did the 10.5km route in MR, a good run today! Why? Good question.

We started the clockwise direction slow and easy. Talk about girl power. Let me tell you, they rule, okay? Carine and BrokenRunner were chatting all the way. Most of the guys were already silent around half way throught the run. YankeeII lagged a little behind once we were three quarter done with the route. I was behind checking if YankeeII was okay. Guess he was just tired.

Near finishing, I had to over take everyone to take a picture of them using my phone. When I passed BrokenRunner, I mumbled, "Run slowly, ok?" to her. Next thing, I sprinted at least a good 30metres ahead. But, I heard many foot steps picking up speed and I turned to see that the rest of the people (Kops21, Cheow12, Carine, Brokenrunner) sprinting behind me. When they found out that I ran ahead just to get ready to take a picture of them, they all shouted, "Sabo!!!". I almost collapse on the ground, die laughing.

Once we were back at the carpark, we saw the rest who are going for the Japanese Shrine. DO, DreamRunner and Lee (DreamRunner's friend). Bee was there too, whom I am meeting for the first time. Fastlane, Bee and Tiwazz came back from a 4.8km route. Menmoch had a late night and did not turn up. Bselby0, no where to be seen. DO left.. when the Japanese Shrine and Tree Top Walk started... Cheow12 too.

We started the route towards Japanese Shrine and Tree Top Walk. Within minutes in the trail, we saw Sotong. Seems like I was the only person who spotted Sotong when he was running towards us in the trail. I shouted, "Ooei, Sotong!!". I think Sotong saw us first.. he was waving madly with 6 tentacles. Next up, Bselby0 came running towards us too.. Too bad he couldn't join us for the walk. We reached the vegetation bashing entry point for the Japanese Shrine. We took some photos. I did not join them. Nah... I have my own fair share of being a basher. I get to do it every year. I waited for the gang.. but they came back empty handed without reaching the Shrine. Well.. not exactly empty handed... they took some photos while bashing.

Okay. Next stop, Tree Top Walk. We reached there in just a while because it was just around the corner. We thought that it would be a great idea to do the Tree Top Walk since a few of them did not try before. We took a couple of pictures there too before heading out and back to the carpark. By then, I was already totally drained... hungry!!! It was close to lunch. We went off to Adam Road hawker and I had a less than normal fish soup. *Bah*. Best thing!!! The run, walk and company!!!



In short, I did a cheater's LSD today!! 10.5km of run + 10.5km of walk! 21km.. half marathon.

I reached home and found a package sent to me by Karlooong too!!! *Muakz*
My present, a scuba bear figurine. A Charlie Brown card!!! Thanks Karlooong and Eug



Attendance for today's MR Run/Walk
Fall In!!!! :
Kops21, Cheow12, Carine, Brokenrunner, YankeeII, Fastlane, Bee, Tiwazz and DreamRunner

Somewhere in the parade square(MR):
Bselby0 and Sotong

Drop by the parade square(MR) to say Hello:
DO

M.I.A.:
Menmoch

Heart is willing but did not Fall In:
Eunice

Reassigned to another parade:
TLR and Fd

Interesting that someone I met today keep looking at my watch. *scratch head* What's wrong with mine? I paused and looked. Apart from being 7 minutes faster than the time on my handphone (reflecting the actual time), there weren't any other special settings. Nope. My watch don't show UTC / GMT. As a matter of fact, I peeped at his watch. Awww.... so that was why. Even from far, apparently, I could see that he has a Frank Muller watch on. The watch face design was a dead give-away. I love that million dollar face spelling out, "What brand is your watch?" look.

After my appointment, I stopped at a location for lunch. I saw SailorLee and we did lunch together. We are suppose to meet for SailorLee's baby boy first birthday.

1800hrs sharp. I went off. I have a tennis game with Taz today (with his colleagues). Reaching around the area around 1845hrs, I was looking around the area. I used to stay around there. It has changed a lot. Arriving at the tennis court, they have already started early. Wow! It has been.. maybe 6 months that I have not played tennis. It was a great game.. maybe my stamina dropped. Or.. trying to get my strokes back. I think I played real bad. Taz was getting his feel back, near to the end of the game. It was 2100hrs already and we decided to go off for dinner. Carine sms-ed me regarding this Saturday's run and guess what? Taz and I saw TLR and Fd a the food centre!! Taz spotted TLR in his SGRunners Dri-Fit T-shirt. We decided to leave the couple alone for some quality pak-tor time. I picked up the T-shirts from TLR to be distributed to the group on this Saturday's run. Not enough of meeting people I know yet? Willy from my previous office called out to me while I was reading a book on the train. Glad that he is still okay with work.

4 person that I bumped into today... all ... total coincidence. What a day!
No mileage clocked today.. but.. a good load of fun!

But, last night.. it wasn't THAT fun. Dead tired from work. Dreams that is shattering. Feels great when I was in the dream.. but, then .. once awake.. I feel shitty. Remembering dreams.... bad idea. Always a bad idea.

Zonked out. Stun. After a day's work, with an appointment ending at 1900hrs following by documents rushing (help out) till 2230hrs. I'll totally out .... no strength to keep my eyes open. Both eyes red. Let alone run my 8km. Can't ... resist ... the power of PILO. Tomorrow's morning appointment is early. I still have a game tomorrow after work. I need one.

Yay hey! 12 more days before Karloong's going to be back and that is really cool! First, I get my Oakley shades. Second, we wanted to surprise Bala. So, we're trying to contain the news and joy. I will try to get Karloong to jog once she's back. Time to get her fatty bom bom off the couch. Watching T.V. programmes and VCDs for 2 years... time to exercise.

I did my warm up at home. Take it that I'm afraid of the mozzies. Woo hoo.. finally.. can run... After a week plus of no exercise at all.. pigging out, I was finally able to run. Slow 5km. Slow? Its still 30secs faster than my normal run. I thought my stamina would degrade. Refreshed after a week's break. Maybe. Happily thinking about it. I wanted to do my warm down at home. Doing a warm down at my void deck would literally be sticking a notice on my back that says, "Bite Me, Mozzies!". I'm emitting heat and giving out CO2. Better to do warm down at home.

I was thrown into another realm totally once I stepped into home. I had to put on a yellow helmet, strap on my handy toolkit, grab a wrench and torch to fix a leaky tap. Didn't even get a chance to do warm down. Fix a tap quick (my warm down). Just a temporary fix. *Sigh* Too tired to feel anything. Can I have some leave in my hands first before things like this happen? Pissed? How to? I'm swallowing my piss...

DNS - Did Not Start
Not Domain Name Service. I was already awake at 0520hrs. Bathed, changed and got my own breakfast ready. Not going to be a long run.. I made 2 sandwiches. Grabbed my stuff and got out of my house. As I closed the door, it poured! Raining heavily! It was just 0600hrs and I'm suppose to meet Tiwazz at 0630hrs.

So, I was at the void deck of my block, messaging Tiwazz and BrokenRunner while eating my sandwiches. Looking at the sky.. there were even lightning and sounds of thunder... By 0630hrs, the rain was still going strong. Didn't think that it will stop even at 0700hrs.

I went back home, dropped my stuff and slept!! Terry Fox Run 2005 DNS! No pics!

Maybe I'll jog tonight.... No more rain, please.

Well, what do you know. Call it, "A Woman's Instinct". Kitty messaged me, "Any incoming?". I replied, "Good thing, no.". I spoke too early. I received 2. One from Turtle, another from ... someone else. Gee ... is Kitty a psychic or what?

Fast. Time flies when you least notice it. Busy with stuff in the office, testing and all. Now, its weekend already. My foot is better now! So much better as compared to limping earlier this week. I figured out that it's due my clumsy steps while walking. Must have "sprained, stressed" my right foot's little toe. Tomorrow's Terry Fox Run, I'll still be turning up for attendance. To run or not, I'll decide later. If I don't I will take be the SGRunnersX photographer covering this event. Seems like DreamRunner is out too, suffering from ITB. Another group is going to Desaru for race. IronmanDreamer is going for a half marathon this weekend too. Several races happening everywhere.

One week of rest, without running, I feel like a total slacker. On the other hand, my knees feel "better"!? Seems like less pounding = less clicking sounds produced? Okay.. coverage on Terry Fox Run tomorrow...

Slight burnt out from my work week. Slacking for today. More work to be done tomorrow after TFR. Suppose to help Beng do this montage thingy for wedding today. But, last minute change, something came up. We had a change of plan.

Plus.... I'm actually looking forward to this coming week with a few events.
Plus plus .. . I saw a few items in Ikea catalogue that I want to get. A computer table and a decanter (cheap!!). Some items like table lamp.. maybe later.. my room is still in a total mess after the painting.

Moon Cake Festival tomorrow. Enjoy people. My favorite festival where I can make some tea and ROC (Relac One Corner).

Strange....
I walk with my laptop bag. *Ouch*
I walk without my laptop bag. *Mmm.. ooh*
I walk at home without my shoes (I wear to work) *ahhhhhhhhhh*

Seems like all these are pointing towards my black leather shoes. I have another totally different pair (different make). Let's see what happens tomorrow.

Oh... some trailer is showing on the T.V. .. Ha! Its "Kiss the girls". Oh... I remember this show. Such a long time ago. Our first movie together. A jinx? Maybe ... never watch horror or thriller movies on your first date.

YEP... you've read it right! My foot! My right foot actually. Weird. I did all my stretching after my 21km AHM. Everything is fine, went home, slept and all. It was only around lunch time, yesterday, that I felt a little weird on my right foot. I think its more of a muscle pull on my right foot (right side of my right foot). With my backpack, super notebook on.. it only gets worse.

So... effectively, I shall have to stop most form of exercises. Still trying to isolate the problem. No choice.. I have to lose some stamina... I rather not risk any further potential chances of me running. Hmm.. maybe, its no show for Terry Fox Run... *finger crossed*

Warning: Health Hazard. Very long post.



1st Pic: Balasing with Roger
2nd Pic: Fixed BrokenRunner posing at the finishing line
3rd Pic: Gentle holding onto a $10 note with TLR in the background

If it had not been my urge to pee... I would have been late. Probably not able to reach in time to do my 21km. Why? I accidentally fixed the alarm time at 4.40am. Lucky thing for me, it was just 3.20am. Nevermind, I should wake up anyway. Time to shower and freshen up. My dad thought I am crazy, asking me why would I run so early in the morning. 3hrs of sleep only... not a fun thing to do before a half marathon.

So, I flagged a cab, picking up Renohtaram along the way. I explained to him that Carine couldn't make it. She is suffering from stitch, muscle pull. We stopped over at Fullerton Hotel and walked over to the event grounds. The first person we saw .. .. DreamRunner. We could not locate the rest of the guys at the location that we're suppose to meet. After we did our bag deposits .... we saw Skyver1810 with his friends. Renohtaram and I went around a few more times before doing our warm ups near the Esplanade. Along the way, I saw Eric and Peter, familiar faces from MR. At around 5.30am, we made our way towards the Start line hoping to catch a glimpse of the guys. Nope. No luck. We did spot DreamRunner again, where he introduced CheeryRunner and Pre to us. For the first time too.. we stood so close to the start line. I prefer the back of the pack, actually.

The horn sounded off and with a wave of the flag, we're off! Renohtaram and I went slow pace at first, trying to watch the trend of the crowd, avoiding a fast burn out. Within minutes, we Skyver1810 dashing past us on our left, really fast. Not too long after, it was TLR who went past us on our right. We maintained speed... the Sheares Bridge's grade of ascend wasn't as bad as I thought. I didn't want to take water sips until around 10km, just afraid that I would get stitch. I saw Renohtaram taking a drink at the first water point, I slowed down a little for him to catch up. I didn't want to stop. I reached the ECP stretch.. I saw people having BBQ and others who just woke up from the tents. Probably got woken up by pounding footsteps of a few thousand runners. The sky is still quite dark. Barely around 6.30am or so. Still a little sleep, I was running in a semi-conscious state. Some folks who cheered us with drums (sort of... maybe there's a better name for that?). Almost at each water points, they had portable mini-compo playing songs with fast tempo beats. Good to distract joggers who are giving up. While turning around, I saw my NS PS Chang. I'm always like to spot familiar faces during runs. After 10km, I started to take drinks for hydration and to cool off. Okay. I was stopped once at a traffic junction by the Traffic Police, letting cars pass.

At the stretch just entering the Stadium MacDonalds area, I saw DO. DO?! You must be kidding. I don't think he is pushing at his racing pace. By this time, Commando ran past us. DO was running along my side until near the Nicoll Highway bridge where he took off. He must have gone off to chase after Commando. Minutes later, I caught sight of a runner closing in from my left at the corner of my eye. Someone was running really close to me. A familiar face popped up. BrokenRunner! She was smiling and grinning... I said, "Ehhh .. hello!! Go go!!". As swiftly as she came, moments later, she disappeared. Once I passed the bridge crossing Kallang River, some shouted from behind, "Balasing!!". It was IronmanDreamer. "Hey!! Go man.. I'm hungry already.", at that point.. I was really hungry. Looks like my 4 slices of bread with peanut butter jam lasted for only 10+ km. My stomach was growling. I took some Gatorade drinks along the way and I felt a little better, slightly more energized. From then, I didn't see anyone else till I reach the end point. A quick glance at the official time, I saw it showing 2hrs 2mins. Okay. I'm satisfied. I've not exactly timed myself in a half marathon before. Most of the time, just running the distance. So, is this a PB? No idea man.

I collected my goodie pack and the guy took my BIB... grrr... I wanted it for collection. I found our group and I was distributing T-shirts and chit chatting with all the people around. A few new faces that I've not seen before. Fantastic! We waited for most of the them to come back before taking a group photo and heading off for breakfast or.. brunch.

Post-race: Most guys did between 1hrs 45mins - 1hrs 55mins. I think Ah Chuan did exceptionally well. First time meet the real person, totally honored. IronmanDreamer went to do a 12km with his darling after his own 21km. Ultimate!! A great day to achieve PB and then spend time with darling. Lolz. Roger (BrokenRunner's brother) did well too. I got a shock when I saw Joggers bleeding, while I called out to him. Seems like he fell, even before the race started.. Oh my.. take care man! A cool finishing for Taz who has just recovered for illness too.

Runners attendance taken (sorry if I missed anyone):
TLR, Fd, BrokenRunner (and Roger), Lyn, Siong, Renohtaram, IronmanDreamer, Alvo2102, Meteor, CheeryRunner, Pre, DreamRunner, Kops21, Tiwazz, DO, Sotong (and Mrs.), Gentle, Skyver1810, Deathscythe99, Commando, Philip, Cheow12 (and Mrs.), Taz (and mei-meis), Joggers, Fastlane, KeepRunning, Penguin, Dong, Shortlegs, Sanji182, chPear, Dasher, Bug and bselby0.

Runners should be somewhere out there... but did not see you:
_phishy, ShaunZer, Flip, phonmooda and scarecrow (TLR saw him).

Runners whom we missed dearly already:
Carine, Menmoch, Eunice, Cyberkinetic, Kay, yojanjan, Jesslance and Sxuanjing.

Runners see you soon:
Bee and bariumoxide

What am I doing in the office since its Kitty's Wedding day?! Sigh.. . no choice. I left for the Suntec at around 4pm plus to 5pm. Pacing in and out of the New Balance shop, pondering if I should spend on a Polar S200. I walked over to Adidas and spotted an Adidas running vest with a SCSM 2005 logo embroided on it. I couldn't stay around to collect the T-shirt from TLR and I got to head towards Fullerton.

It's a rather small wedding dinner. But, I like this kind the best.. the couple will get to mingle with the guests more. We had some games which really got the guests laughing. Kitty, we've all waited for this special for a really long time. We're all happy for you.

It was around 12am plus when I touched my bed.... Oh dear... got to wake up at 3.40am. AHM run tomorrow today.

Last day of course (which is today), talking about old times, with an ex-colleague who is working at the training centre. Good times we had, bad times we've shared. All that aside. The last mile of sprint for me, a test from the course Part II. Results will only be out about a month later. Still thinking about pastas... I did a search online and it produced the following:

500 grams mushrooms
375 grams Fusili
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 large fresh chilli or 1 teaspoon chilli paste
2 tablespoon Italian parsley, finely chopped
150 millilitres cream
2 tablespoon parmesan cheese
freshly ground black pepper

1. Add pasta to a pot of boiling water with salt and a little oil to avoid the pasta sticking. Cook till al dente.
   
   
2. Place oil and butter in a pan. Once the butter is melted add the mushrooms and alloow them to saute over a medium heat for about 2 minutes. Remove from the pan.
   
   
3. To the pan, add chopped chilli, nutmeg (where the heck did this ingredient come from), cream, parmesan and pepper.
   
   
4. Once the pasta is cooked, drain and toss it into the sauce, add to the pan, the cooked mushrooms and parsley and mix well.
   
   
5. Place in a warm blowl and serve. You can add more nutmeg and cheese to taste if you wish.

Wine: Riesling or pinot noir.

Riesling... mmm ...woooo.... Pinot Noir.. cool.
sheeesh... hungry already.

Carbo-load ... shall we?

Update: 2330hrs
Damn... not a nice thing to hear this on the news.. but, ladies.. better be safe and keep a lookout. As if this world isn't in a mess already.

Stay away from dark places. Try not to be alone, if possible. Be alert. Be safe, okay?

*splatter splatter splatter*

Ahh... raining... so nice. Snuggling with my pillow in a SSLP ( Semi-Supine Lying Position ). But wait... I thought I am suppose to jog this morning?! Curses! It's 5 plus am. Damn... can't jog again. Better don't rain tonight. My shoes need to clock mileage and I need to hear the click-click in my knees. After sprawling in my bed till around 8am. I woke up, got ready and went off to attend my course for its Part II.

*Beep beep* more arrows coming in, *Beep beep* more appointments made for me ahead. No choice. This is work. This weekend will be crazy. Testing in the office in the morning till noon. Will be rushing over to Kitty's wedding. Sorry, babe! Can't offer much help in your wedding. I really wish I could. I wouldn't miss your big day for anything in this world! Then, its AHM/SBR on Sunday. Meeting up with everyone at around 5am. 21km is waiting for me. Okay, now on to embroidery of my running vest.



The shop couldn't actually do the cursive font that I passed to them. Anyway, I selected a different font from their list. Well, not too bad. Do say hi to me if you see someone wearing a Balasing vest running in AHM/SBR.

Later, at 2130hrs, I need to get out of my house and go for a run. Nothing near 10km. Let my legs rest a little.

Update: 2300hrs
Just when I was about to go out for my jog, Mr. & Mrs. Fong called me to tell me that they are just around my area. Oh yeah.. I miss little Samantha. So, I jogged over, looking for them and I spotted little Samantha in mummy's arms. I've not seen her since her first month celebration. Now, she's 7 months old already.

Mrs. Fong: "Look who's here? Uncle Balasing is here."
Samantha: "Bleh"

Balasing: "Hello...Samantha"
Samantha: "Bleh .. bleh"

Balasing: "Samantha...so pretty. So cute. Shopping with mummy and daddy today?"
Samantha: "Bleh"

Balasing: "Where's daddy?"
Samantha: ". .. .. ... bleh"
Mrs. Fong: "It's past her bed time already. She's having flu too."

After saying so, Mr. Fong appeared. He made a purchase for a pair of shoes. I walked them to the bus stop and sent them off. Mr. & Mrs. Fong boarded the bus with Samantha seeking attention. "Waaaaaaaa......"

Happy Birthday, Chini!!! Looks like 54Brownie is celebrating it for you! 54Brownie is kind enough to ask me to join them for dinner. Thanks.. but, no thanks. Shall not be a 500Watt head lamp.

Today, my office kinda screwed up my schedule.... since I'm suppose to meet up with the guys for a TI session, I was really happy last night. Last minute, I was informed that I need to get my butt back in the office for some testing. *Heavy sigh* Why? Always on Wednesday? I even had to postpone Lambie's appointment to pass her the graphics card. Now, a last minute again.. they cancelled order... whoa... you think restaurant? Change just like that..? Work.. that's how it is... So, I missed the TI session with the guys again. Don't fret... I shall do my own ninja underwater training tomorrow morning. Meanwhile... a short run, in a short while... after digesting dinner.

Well, anyway, right after my course, I went over to the Central library to look for some books. Couldn't find any good running books around. Happened to spot Xiaxue (The Blogging Diva) over there doing a recording for T.V. talk show. Loads of crowd around the perimeter. Nah.. not going to crowd around. I went over to Queensway to check out the embroidery. I got to pass them the design tonight. They promised that it can be done in just a day or two.

Update: 2347hrs
Oh dear.. played too much with the newly installed Google Earth, until its pass my jogging time. Looking at where Karloong is staying. Places I've been to like Waikiki. Can still locate the meteor impact site at Diamond Head. Looks like I have to wake up early tomorrow for run.

I went over to Funan for lunch today. Just want to take a look at some I.T. books. Alright!! I need some really boring books for bed time. I found my book store. I discovered another new shop too.. Seems like it is still setting up. Its "Running Lab" (not Labs. Its without the "s"). Browsing around, I saw the FuelBelt Terminator.. and some other interest stuff other than the usual jogging gear like shoes. I dropped by next door, going through the books and head headed for my lunch. Pastamania Al Funghi Spaghetti... Yummy!!

Life is full of nice little surprises. Isn't that wonderful? It really is.

Now, today (and for a stretch of 5 days), I'm attending a course in city area. Uncle Conan will definitely protest again, "What? On course again? Bloody good life." Sir.. it also translates.. you can handle the box already. Anyway, I don't particularly enjoy this round of training.. shall not elaborate why. Today is Taz birthday. Coincidentally, it is my cousin's wedding ceremony day as well. Years.... years so long that this fella (my cousin) has been single all the while. He's a nice chap. But, just probably didn't meet the right one. Now, my cousin-in-law (damn.. is there such a term?) is a nice lady. A great pair.

Making use of my lunch time, I thought I'll just sprint over to Registrar Of Marriages to witness my cousin's ceremony, which I did. It has already started.. I ran. After a while, his brother (yeah.. my cousin too.. isn't it obvious?) called me... I told him I was already outside.. Guess what.. the ceremony is at the hotel nearby.. Alamugg!!! Its either he forgot to tell me about it or I've taken it for granted that the usual ceremony would be held at Registrar Of Marriages. No more time to waste. I hopped on a cab and went over to the hotel, which in fact, is just across the street from my training course conducting centre. I shook hands with the couple and of course, with my aunt and uncle.

Uncle: "When is your turn, ahhhh?"
Aunt: "Go look for one girlfriend lah." (they had to make sure I'm not hiding any girlfriend in my pocket.)
Me: "Muhahhhha.... marriage.. not my game. Safety first." *silly grins*

They wanted me to stay for the buffet lunch. Told them that the training centre had catered lunch for us. I lied. Boy, I really got to rush back. Can't be late for the course due to specific political reasons. Guess what.. no time for lunch.. and a really bad idea.

After my training for the day, I went over to Orchard to get some books at the library and then dropped by at the bookstore. I found the Total Immersion book. Mmm.. I hesitated. I thought I might as well just pop by Borders too. But, let me check out the Mizuno 40% off at Paragon first. When I reached there.. drat!! The staff there told me that the 40% off was only till Mizuno Wave Run day (yesterday) .. duh! No choice.. I had to drag my feet.... head down, walking towards Borders. Maybe the timing was just lucky for me.. I met my Primary School friend, Shihao. Its nice to find out that he is finally attached. I still remember our Primary School days.. about his crush on this sweet little girl. Wait... if she doesn't flare up!! Anyway, we met her again during our Tertiary studies days.. and he still had a crush on her.. But, too bad, I think she was already attached then. Like I said, I'm glad that things are turning out fine for him. Looks like I'm going to get ready for more angbao events. Sorry... no more bestman events for me... looks like I got jinx-ed for helping out in too many bestman events.

Zzzz .. *Ringggggggggg* .. Gee.. time to wake up already. Wasn't it like 12am just 15mins ago? Rubbing my eyes and staring at my watch that says 0450hrs, I told myself, time to shower. IronmanDreamer will be on his way to pick me and then Renohtaram before heading towards Kovan. Once we reached Kovan, I guess a few of us are waiting at different locations. So, we didn't get to meet everyone before the race. I did happen to see several MR25 runners.

Time's up! We were ushered to the Starting Point and off we went... right at the start.. it was already chocking with people!! Some walked.. the path was narrow too. No problemo! Right at the start, I was pacing beside Taz since I have decided to go slow. My stamina can go faster.. but, my legs just wouldn't listen. See? Results of a workaholic. More time on work, less time on training. Well, we ran at a constant pace and when we saw the runners who were returning on the other side of the road, we were trying to spot SGRunners too. We saw TLR first followed by Skyver1810 with a 100 - 150m gap. DreamRunner wasn't too far behind too, followed by Commando and DO. Water points are already out of water when we did our U-Turn. This proves how slow we are. I picked up speed and left Taz behind. I finished around 57mins. Okay. I know I could have been faster. Carine won 10th position in the Women's Open. I bet _phishy would have too!!



1st Pic: Mini group photo
2nd Pic: Balasing distributing stickers
3rd Pic: Collecting SGRunners T-shirts fund

We hanged around the area.. and more new faces came by to say hi!! It's great to see you guys. I'm sorry if I missed out your names (for those who went for the run):
_phishy, Carine, BrokenRunner, sxuanjing, Lyn, Siong, TLR, Renohtaram, IronmanDreamer, DreamRunner, Kops21, Tiwazz, DO, Skyver1810, Deathscythe99, YankeeII, Philip, Cheow12, Taz, Cyberkinetic, Joggers, Fastlane, KeepRunning, Commando, Sanji182 and chPear.

Did not run, but there as pom-pom girls and boys:
Penguin, Kay

Suppose to be there, however did not see, or I might have missed:
Dong, Trisucculent, Seal and Toto.

Next, week at AHM/SBR, more SGRunners will definitely gather! More pictures!

What a crazy day! I seem to have gotten out of bed, on the wrong side. A few hiccups happened. But, I wasn't exactly pissed. With things happening at work for this week, it was pressurizing enough already. Less time on training spent. So, on with the Aquathlon.....

I got to Sentosa earlier than most and was suppose to look for a very tall "Sotong". Well, at least, a person by the nick of Sotong. While queuing for my race pack, Commando was just behind me. But, after grabbing my race pack and I saw Kops21. What a pleasant surprise! Just behind him, its IronmanDreamer and he called out to me. Finally, meeting IronmanDreamer. We proceeded to mark our race numbers on our bodies before looking out for Sotong at the designated gathering area. We did find him eventually. It is really embarrassing to ask someone, "Hello, are you Sotong?". Luck thing, we got the right guy without receiving a punch in the face. One by one, SGRunners started to arrive. Those who joined us today are generally doing relay or multisports people. So, I whipped out my camera for picture taking.. damn.... I saw the "No memory card" displayed on the screen... silly me.. I was transferring pics last night. I must have forgotten to check.

We shifted location, nearer to the end point. Some of us, the race has already started depending on individual's wave number. For us, Menmoch, IronmanDreamer and me, waited for our turn since we're in the Men's Open Long Distance. We saw Kops21 starting his run after his swim. We cheered him. "Ooei! Faster!! You damn slow!". However, swiftly as it came, a heavy downpour that actually headed towards us like a bullet. It came really fast! A few of us were moving the bags back to the sheltered area.. suddenly IronmanDreamer and I discovered that while saving the bags, our shoes are out in the transition area. Curses... they are collecting water like pots and pans in the open. It was too late.. my Landreth got drenched. Heart ache. Hence, we decided to leave them there. Okay, the rain stopped around half and hour later and they had to re-start the race... poor people like _phishy had to redo the swim. What's worse.. most of us are already hungry since it is already 1pm plus. No choice, can't eat now. The Emcee announced for the Men's Open Long Distance to start. We did a wet start, treading water before the horn going off. According to Menmoch, he got out of the water fast, approximately 31mins. With IronmanDreamer on his tail, followed by me. On the running course, I saw a few more of them. But, IronmanDreamer overtook Menmoch. But, I went slow. Wasn't exactly going all out. Worried that my wet shoes would give blisters. I still have a Mizuno run, tomorrow. It was fantastic, _phishy got 10th placing for Women's Open. Cool! Dong received a prize for Mixed Relay first position.

So, those who went for the Aquathlon today:
Commando, Kops21, IronmanDreamer, slowandeasy, Dong, TLR, Menmoch, sxuanjing, Jesslance, Eunice, Trisucculent, Gentle, Sotong, CyberKinetic and Penguin.

Menmoch had a good race today, performing a PB. TLR's car achieved a PB too! We performed a stress test on it. He show us the power of TI Training. At AHM race pack collection, we met cheow12. AHM is using RFID, new technology. Interesting. But, what a day! Fancy meeting new faces of people from SGRunners.

Wasn't exactly satisfied with my timing.. I know I can go faster.. though my timing looks quite like my old timing = no improvement.

Asics shoe, wet wet
Don't believe, come and check



Swim: 41mins 54secs
Run: 56mins 23secs
Total: 1hr 38mins 17secs

Consequences of insufficient training clocked.

Time to burn some rubber? Let's go! We're going on a date tomorrow and day after tomorrow too.

Registered
03 Sept - New Balance Aquathlon (after jio-ed by Cyberkinetic)
04 Sept - Mizuno Wave Run
11 Sept - Sheares Bridge Run and Army Half Marathon
18 Sept - Terry Fox Run
06 Nov - Vertical Marathon
04 Dec - Standard Chartered Marathon

Registration not out yet
25 Dec - MR Ultramarathon

Race completed
28 Aug - New Balance Real Run

Missed
14 Aug - NUS triathlon (got to work)
So many races, so little time.

Fire drill at work place today... Someone was here to demonstrate on how to use extinguishers. Yeah.. I know all of them. The different types. However, a little joke from our company clown of the week.

Fire Extinguisher Guy: "Before someone volunteers to try extinguishing the fire, can anyone guess what is the content in this black colored extinguisher?"

WL: *Shouts* "Oxygen" *Threw me a cocky look, thinking it was a correct answer*
Me: "WTH?! Are you trying to blow up someone's ass? Were you ever in Secondary School studying something called Chemistry before? Dumb ass." (She just triggered the laughter of our entire company staff, the "educational" fire drill didn't seem boring anymore)

WL: *Sheepish grin* "Wahhhahah.... "

Right after work, I joined Beng and PolarBear for dinner and chit-chat. I saw Meteor. But, too late to call out to her. What a surprise! I saw EndlessTrail and PlainSunset too. I have not seen these 2 guys for a long time. What a night...

On the news today.... the two little girls who ran away from home, is finally reunited with their family. Said to be running away from home, after leaving a note to their parents. Kinda reminds me of my own experience. Not that I ran away from home. But, when I was twelve, I was planning to run away from home. Run away from it all. Planned what are the places that I can go. What I can do (jobs) to see me through my secondary school studies. But, I figured out that I can't get far. I would be traced or tracked down. Its not like I am in the States. I can cross to another state or county. Finally, I shelved the idea... aside.. in one corner of my head. I might just have to do it one day.

Anyway, its a good thing that the girls are finally back home! Safe and sound.

A busy, yet, fruitful day for me. Morning talks weren't as what I expected. But, what took place in the noon till early evening gave me some better insights on mail routing. I just need more tests on my own. But..... you win some, you lose some. I missed my run. So, will have to make use of tomorrow morning.. for the run. See if I can meet some runners for TI swim session tomorrow night.

Ouch! Humans just like to shoot themselves in the foot. Fancy watching Korean drama after last night's probe. Haaahaaha. Now ... I need to cruise in chlorinated water to keep me in total tranquility.

I took a bus to the HarbourFront with a winner today. Carine, that is!! Wow! Girl Power! She came in 13th place for the Women Open Category. She was just mentioning in the morning that she was feeling tired! Well, I guess she could have gotten a better timing if she's feeling tiptop. Good for her!

Anyway, we reach our meeting point to gather with all the runners for a warm up session. At approximately 0840hrs, we headed towards the starting line. Already spotting a few friends along the way, we're ready to go! TLR and Carine went nearer to the starting line. I think most of us stayed at the mid or rear of the crowd. The first stretch of road run was okay. Hills posed a slight problem, but manageable. As always.. the sand run on the beach is always the killer. I think I'm better off walking.. but I still insisted to jog slow. My right knee was still holding up pretty well. Probably because I was going slow. After the sand, it was trail (not much of a trail, maybe artificial) and I saw Renohtaram. We completed the run at almost the same pace, with Kops21 just behind. Aww... my timing wasn't really fantastic. I enjoyed the run anyway.

We gathered for photo taking... everyone was lazing around, chit chatting.. It has been really fun meeting all. TLR, Fd, Carine, Taz, Kay, Penguin, Renohtaram, Tiwazz, Skyvers1810, BrokenRunner, Kops21, JessLance, Yojanjan, DreamRunner, Menmoch, Cyberkinetic, DO, Commando, Meteor, Alvo2102, Philip, Lyn, Yysiong and Eunice. Renohtaram mentioned that YankeeII was there.. but, sorry man... maybe I missed you out during the meeting up session?
Claim a cup of coffee from me the next time if I missed those names in the forum. But, there were a few non-forum joggers who joined us too. A few of those who mentioned that will meeting us, didn't appear too. I bet they went for the run too. Maybe didn't spot us. There's always a next run. In fact, just next weekend. Anyone feel like winning next weekend?



I stole this pic from Kops21. Pai sey, friend! But, your shot was really well taken.
Note: Can you spot the stuff toy penguin for the top photo?



Some pics from Fd too. I'm still scouting around for more good pics. Anyone?
Note: Who's that clown? The guy who is sheltering from the sun with his hands (top photo)? Yeah... its Babasing Balasing.

After the run, we're suppose to gather for some munch before heading home. But, ahhhah.. I think a few of us got separated. So, Renohtaram, Skyvers1810, Skyvers1810's friend (Barry?) and me (Babasing Balasing) went for carbo-loading recovery at Pastamania. Burrrp!

Update: 2230hrs
Incoming again? They take turns, huh? Are they all in cahoots? Guess there isn't a good or bad timing for this.

Much reading up, I need. I need to focus on other areas. Mail routing, anyone? Any expert out there? I know of one. But, it is not nice to ask.... due to conflict of interest in work, even though we're friends.

For the past few days, I feel like I am in a pressure cooker. Enough said.

But, tomorrow is Real Run Day! A good way to destress. Runs. Food. Photo-takings. Looking forward to meeting more runners that I've not seen before.

Talk about something else....
I happen to see a note that is taped to the monitor of a PC stating the following friendly message:
"For security purposes, please login (username) without password"
A hacker friendly message.