Time for some updates!
First up, Nike human race!
Gosh, i can still feel the excitement lingering in me as i'm doing up this entry. It's like my first ever 10km run, and i actually complete it, without stopping, within target timing.
Heh.
Never thought i will wake up in the wee hours, before the sun rises, to engage myself in a marathon race.
Breakfast was a bite of muffin, half banana and a cup of water. LOL.
Went down to serangoon mrt to pick charlene up, and are on our way to braddel for crystal!
I was feeling so tired and was on my constant yawning mode. Back to singapore flyers again, for running.
My father is super on, fit and zai, the other day we were talking about New Balance Run and he told me he'd already registered for it and asked me along, which i didn't.
Anyway, that's not the point.
He won me in F1 track race, so this time round i thought i can put in slightly more effort and win him back, apparently.. i can't.
Sian. -.-
Orh! Guess who i saw over there.
He shocked me totally, i was sitting on the floor, waiting for Rich's grand arrival, then i saw this familiar face smiling back, and orh, here's Chuan Li for you!
It's been 2 long years since we last saw each other, ever since we graduated from teejay.
Reminds me of old times when we'll skip our 'leo' activities, and he'll somehow help us cover up so that we can still get some points for CCA.
Still as skinny, as smart, as nice and as lame. AhW.. HAH.
With crystal, one of the 'mastermind' who psycho-ed me in to this race.
Arhh, i should have brought my rubber band over, didn't tie my hand!
Rich, my jogging partner finally arrive after the long wait, she stay so far away from town and from me. LOL.
Look at the sun, and the good good weather.
Luckily it didn't pour or have a scorching sun out early in the morning, else i will be either soaked or cooked by the end of the day.
A group photo! We were thinking how cui we will be after the entire race.
My father is not in this photo cause he'd went off earlier for the first flagged off so that he can start earlier, time himself and conquer the race.
Orh and i like this group photo alot, would have clicked a 'Like' if there's a FB-alike 'Like' button located below the uploaded photo.
And make a comment, wahh, good weather and bunch of red pretty girls. HAH!
Speaking of which, the whole area was flooded with red that particular morning and it looks kind of hilarious and intimidating.
7 going 8k people gathered there, appearing in red shirt and sports shoe, forming ants like formation, scattered around here and there and we were one of those many ants out there trying to survive through the long run.
Missed the first flag off lia still want to pose for more photos. There was a live band performance carried out earlier on before the race start.
Apparently, we were so late that the band performers knocked off already, yet, we haven't even start the race.
Start! Jogged with rich and we both aimed to complete the race within an hour.
Look at the ants formation.
Taken when we just crossed the starting line, still got strength to smile so brightly and pose some stupid 'peace' sign.
Passed by some river bank i think.
This photo is damn damn hilarious. I looked at it and thought, 'damn it, i should have really brought my rubber band along!'
My hair was flying and jumping all over the place like nobody's business, having a party time on top of my head, making me look like a retarded in the photo.
Reaching Singapore Indoor Stadium!
It always tempt me to just cross over the barrier to another lane, so that i cut my route short by a few hundred metres or 1km and save myself from exhaustion.
In between the race, somewhere around 4-5km, i lost sight of rich, it was like i turned back and all i could see, was a sea of red.
Everyone look the same, just a matter of boy or girl, long hair or short hair. And i really can't find her.
Jogged around the area for awhile, hoping that my eyesight can do my proud and make her appear infront of me.
Apparently, my eyesight sucks. I couldn't and carried on jogging on my own.
It's quite emo to jog alone actually, since i didn't bring my mp3 along with me.
Thankfully, i saw her again, few metres down the road, we regained our partnership and combined forces again.
Then then, i saw joseph ong!
Saw him once before the race starts, didn't expect to see him again during the race.
He was already rehydrating himself by gulping drinks down at the rehydration station, then i shouted to him,' Eh not running already meh!!'
He replied,' Run what run, tired already larh!!'
LOL.
So then i continued, jogged past him, to my finishing line.
8 km, finally. It doesn't feel like 8km to me though.
We rehydrated ourselves by grabbing a cup of drink at the 8km hydration station, took a few sips, feet still jogging and threw the cup on the garbage dump.
Just when i was feeling rather energetic, refreshed and motivated after that few sips of water, thinking that i can chiong my last 2km, the nike run had to give me a mini gentle up slope route such that it killed my motivation instantly.
I felt like dying.
I returned back to my turtle pace and thought to myself how irritating gravity is, and was hoping that it don't exist at all.
Woohoo!! The last 500m.
Okay, didn't take photo of the finishing line but the feeling of speeding past the line was awesome.
Something to be proud of, i didn't stop throughout the whole journey! Kept myself running on a consistent pace and it was great. Heh. Damn proud of myself.
Yay, we completed the race! (:
The finisher band, i took two home, cause well, i'm quite a typical singaporean, and now i have got no idea on what to do with the 2 bands.
Here're the results of the run, i came in 577th position among the rest!!! HAH. There were like 7+k people running i think.
Well, didn't manage to run below 1 hour but at least, 1.09.08 is below my original target timing.
No la, i didn't came in as the 577th position, my actual positon is 3345th among the rest. LOL
577th is generated when i filter as girls only. Which means, i'm the 577th girl and 3345th among the rest.
What a drastic difference.
So i went to check my father's result and can't help to really admire his stamina. *gasp*
1276th position, and.. he actually ran below 1 hour, 58.20 minutes.
Zai or what.
Orh, didn't manage to catch JH on that day, cause we can't see each other. =/
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Went home after the race to get changed and headed down to Vivo for a mini catch up with tai and turtle.
Woah, luckily turtle was free to come down after project discussion else i'll be arguing forever with tai about what food to order and share and walk out of the restaurant starving cause we will never come to a conclusion.
Hello tai, one huge picture of you.
His hair is really, lol, reminds me of how he kept styling his hair during lesson last time.
Anyway, i sincerely thinks that we're just a 'filler' for him.
Well, he kept denying but i'll explain and you guys can decide.
He had gym earlier on at Vivo, so he suggested Vivo for meet up and he had to leave at 530pm for tuition, so he suggested leaving at 530pm.
Isn't it like so carefully planned, that he wants somebody to accompany him for lunch between 230pm to 530pm so that he won't feel lonely for that 3 hours?
Tsk.
We went to White Dog Cafe and i continued to be amused by their glass bottle container. So nice and elegant!
Tai and i had a mini debating session on what to order and have for lunch, cause we were simiply so so indecisive.
We looked through the appetiser menu, attempted to order a few, dropped the idea, hopped over to main dish menu, attempted to order a few, dropped the idea, went over to their dessert menu, attempted to order a few and dropped the idea again and ordered caser salad so that we can wait for turtle to come and decide for us. -.-
But hey, their food are really nice! Was thinking whether is it cause of
exhaustion that made me think that their food is nice, but this time round, in a conscience mind, i really think that their food are nice and comes in a big serving too.
The bread cubes on top of the salad are toasted garlic bread cubes, and they have baked bacon bits in it which added more flavour to the whole dish. Woo, nice.
Anyway, we were arguing about carbo intake.
Tai wanted to order some deep fried finger food and i don't want cause i just burnt some calories in the morning! And i'll be adding everything back if i'm having fried food.
So i suggested baked rice and he don't want, claiming that it's hardcore carbo.
LOL! Omg, wth is hardcore carbo. Carbo is carbo, still got hardcore or softcore one meh!
Also, he just finished gym, he don't want to add the calories back by ordering cheesy baked rice. But point is, is the same if he orders fried food what.
Omg, i really think that we got communication breakdown and generation gap.
Turtle came, and we ended up ordering what we wanted initially. -.-
The white dog platter. Orh, their calamari rings are damn good! Fat and succulent, unlike most restuarants out there which serve it dry and tough.
Basically, everything is nice. And i'm particularly into wedges lately. It kept appearing inside my diet.
LOL, the baked rice.
Been long since i last took photo with her cause we were always cui looking when we go out together, not like it's any better that day, but well, still, enough to go on camera i guess.
More of us. Hah.
Group photo, no idea why i looked so hmm, un-describable gong plus happy plus blur? Okay, a mixture of face.
A very off angle shot.
Shopped around Vivo to digest our food, went in to River Island cause it says,' SALES' out loud.
Tried on a pair of heels beside the sales section and i'm so in love with it.
Flipped over to check the price tag, to find out that it's priced at a riddiculous and absurd price.
SGD$250. Siao one.
Told turtle that pricey heels are really much more comfortable than those normal ones, and she replied,' You only tried on for less than 5 minutes, how you know its good leh?'
Omg, she makes so much sense that i can't even rebutt her at all. =/
Saw this book and it says 'Inside the mind of the Turtles'. Posted it up cause it has such an amusing title and for me to think of turtle.
Called it a day with them in an abrupt manner and went down to AMK hub for dinner with neko and father.
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Amk hub is always so cold! Can't they adjust it to room temperature or something? It'll save tonnes of money for them and be environmental friendly at the same time.
The rain is pouring like mad and crazy outside as i'm doing up this entry. Sky's so dark that i had to on both my room light and table lamp to see better.
Forgot the name, but i think is cooked salmon roll.
I love this!! Baked cheese mentai hotate! I'm so in love with mentai, mentai, more mentaiiii! Hah.
It's salty, cheesy and mentai-ish - if you get my meaning.
Neko's unagi set with tofu.
Unagi hot rice bowl.
Crispy lobster salad.
Must be not really fantastic, cause i forgot the name.
My father face so blur here.
A clear picture of the top runner for the day. He was quite proud of it arhh, saying,' He still feel competent among the youngsters.'
Good for him, wait till i win him one day. Wait for me!!
205's assignment finally over but i don't feel any sense of relievement. Left with 204 quiz, 201 report, 102 report, abstract and presentation.
Damn it, i'm having a presentation on monday.
Arhhhhh.
