Runspiration...

Nike+
Training shoes - $129

Nike+

Sensor + Wrist watch - $99.90

Nike

Dri-Fit socks - $14.90 per pair

Timex watch

+ - $178

Heart Rate Monitor sensor

Oakley Flak-Jacket Shades - $380

Nike Dri-Fit waist pouch - $44.90

Nathan 5 oz. hydration bottle

+ - $23

clip holder

Salomon hydration back-pack (1.7 L) - $159

Crossing the finishing line at the end of the gruelling 42.125km Full Marathon in one piece...

Priceless!!!

Rewarding yourself with gears and gadgets once in a while and be able to use it during training and actual race motivates myself to go the distance... a "feel-good" motivation.

All the best, LG!!!

It's not goodbye, but rather a "see-ya later"...


It's been great to have known you as a friend, colleague and co-worker...

All the best for your next career!

樂樂@Henderson Wave Bridge

Had a swelling good time taking a walk with "little one" (nephew 樂樂) with mum, dad and wifey.

Jazz@Central, with my nephew 樂樂!

A week of in-camp training, time really pass fast! But it was a good 1 week, caught up with my fellow camp mates, joked and whined about work life, fellow camp mates... etc.

Went dinner with the family (minus dad and sis - dad had his 中元理事dinner gathering, whereas my dear sis is thousands of miles away, in another side of the globe, mugging in her books, studying for her Masters..). Below are the excerpts...

Bob (sis's hubby) suggested Jap food at Central in town. "Not a bad idea, but ma leh? She wan or not?" I asked.

"Can, can... 我隨便...", mum replied. "Ok lor, onz... err... 誰請huh?" I asked... long silence....

"Bob 下禮拜birthday leh..." Mum said. "Ok lor, 我做莊lor... 今晚過來" I said.

We end up having Billy Bombers there, cos all the Jap restaurants packed with diners... but it's quite ok, cos dinner was good, we had ribs, lamb chops, chicken, fish and chips.... wah, meat galore man!

Then after dinner, went jalan jalan a little by the river... very nice ambience... then caught a short performance by 3 musicians, playing jazz using cello, guitar and sax... lovely! Bob and lele danced to the music, the little one was initially tired and grouchy... but was mesmerized by the tune and went quiet.. hahaha... worked like a charm!

Dinner @ Bar Bar Black Sheep/ Smoking Frogz Kitchen.

Real nice food there man!

We had our foreign Apps support in town for a few weeks to help out on work and project sort of completed. So it's time for them to return.

We had a appreciation dinner at this cool place suggested by one of the colleagues - Bar Bar Black Sheep/Smoking Frogz Kitchen, off Bukit Timah Road, near Tan Cheong Motors show room. It serves Western, Indian and Thai food, beers and drinks. There's mostly open-space seatings, but there's indoor seating too. Real cool place to chill out with friends and colleagues after work.

我的第一次。。。当婚礼司仪。

堂弟结婚啦！身为堂哥的我，当然得“帮头帮尾”。。。开新娘花车咯！我们堂兄姐弟们说好来个特别，难忘的婚礼，都穿上褐色的服饰，戴上帅帅的墨镜，一路陪着堂弟迎新娘去！

晚宴是在乌节路某家饭店的ballroom里，主题为浪漫的婚礼，我们也为了配合当晚的主题，盛装出席。身为当晚晚宴司的我和堂姐，也为了晚宴的对白，不停的排练，为了是不要说错话，免得给主人家丢脸。。。:P

还好，一切顺利。 恭喜老爷，贺喜夫人！

Full range of photos available at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bubba_gump_dinner/?donelayout=1

My running gears...

My recent acquisition of running shoes... Asics DS Trainer. Cool color rite?

Socks that I wear... Nike ones, wrapped around your foot, very comfy...

Running pouch I bought to hold some spare cash, keys and ID during run... of course, my cell phone too...

Suppose to hold iPod Nano or mP3 players...

蓝色星期一... Monday blues...

I dread Mondays and tuesdays, cos ever since i took on additional roles at work, these 2 days are always my busiest days of the week.

Mondays are filled with meetings in office and pre-meetings for tuesday's customer meetings... etc. Then there's these product updates by the various RPMs... we're all invited to attend (but... where do I find the extra time to go if I can't even finish my tasks on hand.... and even if I do attend, I'll be half-hearted, typing away on my laptop while pretending to listen... then will kenah highlighted by boss again - but he's also doing the same!!! 呵！五十步笑百步。。。).

I can seems to get much work done on Mondays in office, cos time is just not on my side.... haiz...

but I do look forward to Monday evenings... cos then I could get together with a few of my colleagues and kakis for short run at stadium, then maybe dinner. We would chit chat and joke about work, people around us... anything... This is when I can feel more relax, more true...

Sigh, life is like a series of short film.. everyone is wearing a mask, hiding behind the mask maybe a different person that you think you see and know everyday...

Like this evening, we had a running coach to share and show us proper running techniques and warm-up, so light running and tips on how to do better....

then 5 of us (including me) went for dinner nearby... my colleague ordered a snail dish, which was quite tasty.... slurp slurp.... it was very relaxing...

oh well, just hope that the week goes smoothly... cos looking forward to weekend... another run day and then... some shopping...!!! hahaha...:)

Running... my passion for the last 2 years...

Dunno since when, I've taken up this sport as a passion - running...

Ah... now I remember... Standard Chartered Marathon 2006! That time only took part in 10km run... tongue almost touched the floor when reached end point...;P

From then on, found a group of kakis in company who also nothing much to do on Sat and dun mind waking up very early in the morning to break some sweat... and it all started from there...

I got so involved tat I started to look forward to Sat mornings... initially not so much on the running, rather on the breakfast session after that, and the chit chat session with those kakis... haha... even started thinking of where and what to eat before run starts... :D

As time passed by, found greater passion and started going for distance... 10km, 12km, 15km, 21km...!!! Took part in SCM 2007 and ran my 2nd half marathon in my miserable life!!! (first one done during NS, with a M16 pointing at my back and beckoning me to run...haha).

This year, took my very first step out of the comfort zone... took up the challenge to do a Full Marathon... yes, yes... 42km!!! Dunno whether I'm stupid or crazy (more like stupid, why fall for the trap when boss asked you to join him??!!!)... but what's done cannot be undone... 所谓“君子一言九鼎， 四马难追”. (OS: 到时可别五马分尸哦！）

Need to get myself ready... have been training so hard for the past 2 years... gotta do it... 加油！

Just created my 1st Blog!!!

Wow... this is cool... forgive me for being 山龟, but this is my 1st time blogging man!!
Friends and cousins have blog, only me this old timer still behind time and technology...haha..

Ok ok... have to start thinking of wat to write....zzzzz....