SUNDAY LONG RUN

It was a tough week. Training has been mentally and physically tiring as i start to pay attention to my pacing. 4:15/k pace over 42km is really not easy feat. I am not sure if i am ready to nail it this DEC. 6weeks to go. Ideally, i am only left of 4 weeks of quality training before i taper for the last 2weeks. I need to set my priority to session that is marathon specific.

Today's long run has been a pain in the ass. Not sure if it is due to the crab feast that i had yesterday night. I only ate 1 pincer and 1 leg and 2 mantou. I eat quite litte actually. but the smokers from other table are blowing like free.. They freakking 1 stick after the other, i really feel like stuffing 20 sticks into their mouth and light them up. Damn inconsiderate.

I am very sensitive to cigarette and i feel very heavy at my heart/lungs area. I think somehow affected my long run this morning. Part of the run was at marathon pace and i feel so tough. The sun was so hot and my heart and lung is burning. The final segment of the run was at fast pace over 7km which is the toughest. I struggle to complete.

I need to keep myself healthy and fresh so i can nail those quality session.. that boils down to nutrients , proper rest, and of cause time management. Most importantly stay injury free. Got to step back a few days to get my body right.

I am so tired now, and i decided to pang seh the team at coach place. Really feel drained...

GOOD NIGINT! in the monring .. going to snooze for a while before i head for lunch zzz

YES 933

19 OCT 2010, a very special day. Cause its' my birthday! hahaha celebrated with my parents last sunday at Thai Express, the avacado milk shake is really good, rich, yet smooth and so fragrant..

Oh so wats so special on 19 OCT? FIrstly, i am flooded with love from my friends on FB, poly's frens, UNi frens, Let'sTalk 2 Classmate, RUN LONG RUN STRONG runners, and many more. Then, i was selected to going on air on YES 933 to talk about the day's topic on bully. Everything was so coincident. Lucky i nvr review to DJ, KUN HUA that its my birthday.. else i will be very paiseh if they sing me a birthday song.. hahahha..

Since i am going down to cadecott, i decide to do a workout at CCAB. Initial plan was to do with Jason but was cancelled due to rain and also Sia got caught up in office with work, so i jus do a simple 30min farkletk to get in the leg speed that i lack due to marathon trainigng.. rewarded myself with 1x teh tarik and 1x teh halia.

Then head down to YESS933 with anticipation. hahhaa first time on air and its on my birthday day.. cool... Here's a pic of us :

SO FUN! Next time when people say i no life, everyday only study and run, i can tell them

" at least i got on TV and radio station before "

and if i manage to go under 3 hours this dec

" have u ever run a marathon in 3hours? i tink u only shake shake on the dance floor for 3hours and get drunk "

Everyone has their own intepretation of ' get a life ' , to some people, study is their life, for others maybe clubbing and drinking is their life and because of this, we have different kind of people int he society which is essential to make up the community.

Imagine if every one club and drink to get a life, wil there be professor? is education possible, if nobody make running their life, will PASSION RUN stil be possible, Stand chartered Marathon still be possible? We need different kind of people, so we need to appreciate them. (:

CHEERS!

2 MONTHS TO SINGAPORE MARATHON

2 months left to Singapore Marathon. Training has been good. Clocked a few solid long run and some speed work to get in the leg turn over. Motivation and anticipation level is high.

I remembered my very first marathon was in year 2007 when i only clocked a maximum of 10k during training. I was very daring to challenge the distance with such low milege under my belt. I crossed the line with a time of 4hour 25min.

Now with proper training and conditioning, i hope to do a good time. I feel that running is more exciting than studies. In school, result is expected. For example, circuit follows ohms law, voltage equals current * resistance. BUt in running, there is no formula to result. You have to trial and error with different training methods to find the suitable one.

Few more long runs before D-day. Hope everyone is doing well in training. Most importantly is to stay injury free and be healthy! Fitness come naturally with health. Remember when you train hard, your body needs to recover well. Get in proper nutrition and adequate amount of sleep. Be stress free and you never have to worry about performance. GOOD LUCK!

Tuition Teacher

Nowaday , it is not easy to be a tuition teacher. Not only u need to be be creative and fun in your lesson, u also need to discipline your students.

Since parents paid for their kids to receive extra help , they should make sure that their kids are obedient so that more time can be spent on teaching rather than disciplining.

Recently a student feedback that the teacher(me ) cant discipline the class and wants to stop the class.

Really retribution lar, i remember last time i was noisy in class and always give trouble to teacher. Now i got 5 students who are creating lots of disturbance, so much that 1 student wants to leave.

I really dont feel like scolding them but i feel so helpless when they jus keep talking when i ask them to do their work ):

Pity their parents. All the money spend had gone down the drain.

I have no problem with my private 1 to 1 tuition and i really enjoyed teaching them more as i can give them more attention

Hopefully things will turn better this weeek... or maybe i will get fired ! hahha.... also not bad lar... i can get back my freedom on friday night .. (:

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Smoking

I find it very irritated when i see parents smoking in front of their kids in parks and some play ground. I am so full of opinion with regards to this sight. Kids' mind are like a sponge and they learn by mimicking what they observe from the environment.

When these kids grow up, they pick up smoking just like their parents and these parents get so worked up that they start reprimanding their kids. They are the one who show them "hey smoking is okay, no big deal " when they are yooung.

So, dont blame your kids when they smoke cause they are just doing what u taught them.
THE END GOOD NIGHT

Tuition Streak

On a tuition streak,

Friday : 730pm - 930pm
Sat : 10am - 1130 am
Sat : 1pm to 4pm
Sun: 730 pm to 9pm

8 hours worth of fun
What a weekend

Shag but enjoyable, beat up yet loving it
Satisfaction, Accomplishment, Amazingly shiok!

Slept for 10hours on sat night.. zzZZz

Somehow i love teaching, maybe i should consider that as a career.

Imaginations

" imagination is more than knowledge"

For knowledge is limited to all we now know an understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand..

without imaginations, there will be no airplane, u tink holiday trip is still possible?
without imaginations, there will be no iphone, u tink whatsapp is still possible?
without imaginations, there will be no facebook, u tink poking people is still possible?
Without imaginations, there will be no MacDonald, u tink student meal is still possible?
And without 'dirty' imaginations, there will be no affection, u tink making babies is still possible?

And imagination begins with day dreaming

So, next time when your teachers or your frens tell u not to day dream please enlighten them ..

Tell them you wan to " make babies"

Hello Peeps!

It has been sometime since i wrote something here, so i tink i should maintain a habit of blogging. Completed 2 runs, 1) Adidas King Of the Road 2) AHM (this morning).

Manage to clock a good time for both runs. A near 4min pace for both with the last few Ks at under 4.

Quite disappointed with the latter performance although i clock a PB. Not sure if it is due to overtraining, i felt a surge in anxiety towards the late part of the race and caused me to slow down to a walk. It happened to me in training twice, once in a long run and the other during a tempo run. Haiz~ . Luckily i manage to catch back some of the runners who overtook me during my recovery walk. ):

Well, got to move on, i am actually quite contented with the performance although i expect better time. Hopefully i can overcome this problem. " Pain is weakness leaving your body "

Cheers!

21 AUG Long Long RUN!

Like i always say, the best way to pull thru a workout is to sleep thru it! And yes! i slept for 2hour 48min this morning! LOL! I din expect myself to go so long. I tot i would just add 10mins to the amount i clock last sunday and i did more than expected. HAHA!

Due to some event, i shifted my tuition to sunday so i am unable to join TeamHundredAndEighty over at ECP. I went out to test a new run road; run to MR, 1loop and back. So i go by Yio Chu Kang Rd, Upper Thomson Rd, turn in to Island Club Rd to MR. Did a loop and return on the same Rd back to hougang. I was quite worried as 2hours has lapsed when i exit Island Club Rd during the return journey. I was thinking, ' Wah Siao, still got about 10k to run, HOw sia ' .

With the ' sleep thru' mentality, i managed to reach home safely. HAHA! I was so de-hydrated, that i finished a 1.5L bottle within seconds. It was an awesome 'sleep'. I dreamt about monkeys, reservoir , hills, and some irritating cyclist. HAHA!. I shall do this road once every month.

20Aug : Let's talk Event At K-union

This afternoon, i will be attending the ' Let's Talk ' event held at cineleisure K-box. It is an highly anticipated event as it's an exclusive chance to catch episode 1 of the show. It was really a fun-filled event as we jiong-ers get together again. Wearing the name tag again makes me fill so much younger. HAHA!

I din really have the chance to mingle around with them during filming and also i din attend the last episode (because of tuition )which the atmosphere is maximum. So, this event really give me the opportunity to know more about them. And i cant believe that we are stuck with some 'meh meh game' for hours. LOL! we played from 'xing wang ' to somerset, to circle line then NEL den hougang. It reminds me of my poly life when i used to be so on in camps. Now, i am so on in running. HAHA! But at least, i am still a ' camper' within a runner . HAHA!

Being part of jiong really makes a difference in my life. It is the first time that i will see myself on TV. I can proudly boast to my grand son, great grand son, great great.. grand son that ' ah gong is on TV' HAHA. Well, guess there is always an end to everything, let's see when is the next time i will be wearing that name tag again! SO LONG!

Lasstly,

Calling out to all, 7 sept, 9pm ,remember to catch ' let's talk 2' on channel U !!!!

Well Said!

Do not pray for easy lives.
Pray to be stronger men.
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers.
Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Play nation + Graveyard tempo on nation day!

The Scape beside cine is really a good place to have fun especially PlayNation. Went there with melissa and wendy and we indulge ourselves in a game of Mario World! Can you imagine 3 players Mario World?

It was quite tough as any of ur action can cause your partner to die and if all 3 die at the same time, u have to start from the check point again. LOL! We cant even clear world 1. Den was the game Raving Rabbit , some epic game with no meaing but fun. hahah!

Went CCAB for a run at 530. I gotten help from a bus driver, a passenger, a policeman and a taxi driver and none of dem heard of CCAB. It is a centralised track in the middle of the city and none know of it. LOL!.

Actually the police officer directed me to the right direction but I ' Kay kiang ' go confirm the location with the taxi driver. He told me i was walking the opp direction. OMG! SO i ask him drive me there. Then, SIA called me and said it's the opp direction. I should have trusted the policeman.

The amazing thing was i showed the taxi driver the location on the directory and he can still go wrong way. LOL! Nevertheless, i still managed to reach CCAB.

The Graveyard is really a good place for some fast running. The environment is cooling and terrain is undulating which gives some challenge to the course. I shall go there again next week!

Special Torchlight

Smart Professer: Hey i invented this special torchlight! It works on solar energy.

Ordinary Student: COOL PROF! so how does it work.

Smart Professer: see this panel here? It confirm energy from the light to power up
the torch.

Ordinary Student: SO the torch can only be used in the day?
What happen when there is no light?

Smart Professer: Oh simple. When there is no light, u just have to use another torch
light and shine at it to provide the light source

Ordinary Student: WOW! That's the greatest invention of the century!


Borrowed from stephen chow movie 'ling ling qi'

7 AUG LONG RUN

Went down to ecp on my own this time and i managed to reach by 7am. Felt very bad to take SIA's car everytime. Like treating him as a driver. So, i decided to see if i can go down on my own, and YES I CAN!

HIt the wall at today's run during the last k. I jus follow the hard pace as far as i can until i empty my tank. LOL! Probably is the fatigue from yesterday IPPT. I sort of strained by lower right back during my SBJ. NOw i have limited range of motion but is better today. I can bend further down now. And also mainly due to the pace.

During the last k, my body feel fast but in reality, i was jogging. I have to stop to a walk to prevent myself from collapsing. When i walk, i still have the ' fast running ' feeling. Luckily there was a nearby water point from Tri-factor run. I pick up a isotonic and my heart rate went down. Finished off the last 4min of my run.

The moment i finished, i jus whack the soya milk and soyjoy bean curb. LOL! ANd also bananas. There were lots of leftovers so i took a loaf of bread and 1 bunch of bananas.

What a sunday morning!

Simple things in life

It was a hot hot evening as i set my foot on the trail of TAMPINES ECO GREEN for a 'issit running?' It's just another way of saying ' easy running '. It is to exaggerate the pace; so slow that when haile gebrselassie run beside me , he will ask ' issit running? ' .

As i made my entrance, there was this group of primary school kids on excursion.

' eee naked... (laughing).. eee '

I smile at them and ran pass. Then i saw another group of pirmary kids on execursion and they keep laughing among themselves as i ran pass them.

On the 2nd loop, the kids who were supposed to take photos of the ecosystem, aimed their camera at me.

' yeah i got it... come see.. (laugh) '

I think i ran pass them like 4-5 time and they jus keep laughing.

Hmm...running naked really is a big deal. First, u prevent urself from getting heat injuries in this kind of tropical climate. Secondly, u save urself the trouble of washing a top. Thirdly, u brings happiness to kids!

SO WAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR. LETS start running topless! ( only for guys )

TOTAL OWNAGE!

Disclaimer: I am not the author of the message. I am just spreading the LOVE from the creater. Any similar cases are purely coincidental.

Woman asks: If I sleep with 3 men, everyone calls me a slut. But when a man sleeps with 8 girls, everyone calls him a real man. How come?

Confucius says: It’s very simple. When one lock can be opened by 3 different keys, it’s a bad lock. But when one key can open 8 different locks, we call it a master key.

Captain America The 1st Avenger (CATFA)

Watched CATFA at NEX with 'Stager Peh'. Was a good movie, with cool action scenes. If you watched IRONMAN and THOR, its a must to watch this film to complete the 3/4 of the MARVEL pictures. The last quarter will be out in 2012.

Technology is really amazing. I was shocked to see Chris Evans in that miniature body. "I'm just a kid from booklyn". Even thought he is small, he got a big heart! He got the guts the size of the universe! . A Super hero movie like this brings accross a simple yet powerful message 'Many a time in life its not about whether are you capable, rather do you have the courage to uphold it'.

Oh i really want to comment about his shield. I can feel the effect coming towards me on the cinema seat every single time he toss his shield. The feeling is so real as if you are going to get hit by it. And somehow i can feel the pain. HAHA! I think i am crazy...

Well a good movie! Really love the ' old-american-soldier-like' music played through the voice from the radio. Watch it to get wat i mean LOL!

Liang PUO PUO

Rounded up my sunday with Liang PUO PUO the movie on OKTO.. Huuu huuu huu..

I watched that show for like at least 10 time. I watch it everytime i go my cousin house overnight when i was in secondary school, really brings back lots of memories. I can recites all the lines and dictates the story even with my eyes closed.

A pity that all the dialect and vulgarities are replaced with chinese which really spoils the humour. I really see no purpose in doing so. Look at the young kids, they are even more pro in dialect. The more u restrict them, the more rebellious they will be. Why not show it to them, and educate them.

Jack Neo's movies never fail to make you laugh at the same time make you tear. Most importantly, he always addresses topics that are closely related to the society. It is not just an epic comedy but 1 with substance that leaves you pondering about issues that are often neglected.

SO, just forgive him , to err is human, as long as he is remorseful and willing to change for a better, lets give him a chance.

30th July LONG RUN: MACRITCHIE

Long run shifted to MR due to OSIM triathlon at ECP. It was a blessing actually cos i get to have that extra bit of sleep than the usual ECP run. I can wake up at 615am and reach MR by 7.

The run begins with a humble pace as jason bring us on a journey in search of the runners gait shop. We explore around so-chin-chow DR but was to no avail except that we climb this 156.678333333m slope that burns my quads just 15mins into the run. It has been sometime since i run along a hilly course, I tot i am sure going to die at the end when the pace builds up.

We went along upp thomson rd , broadwalk , old thomson rd up till seletar reservoir where we U-turn and hit back to MR. It was quite a scenic run along the stretch of the reservoir.

The pace build up as we hit back to MR. I tot its gonna be a solid long run if i hang on to the pace. I held on to it with mok motivating me at the back. I decided to drop off the pace as we turn in to Lornie rd and ease the last 5min to MR.

Was a solid run , and a solid chicken rice brunch with popiah and KOI at BISHAN and a good tok cok session with SIA and kenneth at YA KUN even tot we order nothing LOL!

Looking forward to next week!

RUNNING

"One of the things that's difficult in our sport is that it doesn't look like Lebron James windmill dunking from the foul line. It looks like a guy running down the street until you try to do it for 200 meters on your own and you say 'oh that's real hard'" --Announcer @ the 2007 Olympic Marathon Trials

24 July, The Long Run

I was so lazy that i slept in on a nice sunday morning. Did my long run in the evening along park connectors. Nothing beats ending the week with a long long run. It really test the limt of our mind and body. It leaves a sense of satisfaction and tiredness which really gives the body a good toxin flush. If i have only 1 choice of workout, definitely it's going to be the long run.

You need not be a elite runners to do long run or even speed work. Recreation runners can also go longer or do a pace change to make running more fun. Try exploring your neighbourhood or run to other places through the park connectors and side road. Unknowingly, you completed your 20k long run or even 30k long run.

Still, it is best to do in the morning when the air is so fresh. Need to stop procrastinating and wake up early! That means i need to sleep earlier.

GOOD NIGHT

COLD STONE ICE CREAM

It was sharon's bithday, so we catch WU XIA at GV plaza den dinner at BLUE MOUNTAIN CAFE and den COLD STONE ICE CREAM.

WU XIA ok lar.. just read the review, hahaha BLUE MOUNTAIN also quite good, just that they serve only fries as the side dish, maybe they should consider baked potatoes or maybe some garden veggies instead. Healthier mah and special, wan eat fries i might as well go kopitiam, 1 packet about $2.

The tortilla wrap i ordered was green in color. I think they added spinach which adds some nutritional value to the dish except for the fries . Once a while ok lar ! HAHA Last friday i also ate prata, 1 egg 1 kosong. Once in a while is good, so your body can distinguish junks and healthy food.


Next is the COLD STONE ICE CREAM at Orchard Center. Really very similar to COLD ROCK. The only different is the staff is super enthu. They will sing songs according to your orders and they will toss the ice cream high in the air.

You can create your ice cream (1 scoop + 2 mix-in) or choose from the menu.

I feel like getting something that is nutty, but isn't in the menu so i choose to 'create my own'. I chose pistachio with peacans and roasted almond.

It was my first time and my advice is do it at your own risk because the chef will ask you to catch your own ice cream LOL! It's a must for those who choose to create your own. I was stunned because i was unaware of it and everyone is watching you and the staff really creates all the attentions.

It leaves me no choice but to do it. WAH lucky, the ice cream din drop. hahha.. next time if i go again, i will ask my fren to help me order instead haha

WU XIA REVIEW

Watched WU XIA at GV plaza, 真的有够 'XIA' !

First about the characters:

Tang Long (Donnie Yen)
- As cool as ever, really made for martial art movies.
- His fighting stance resemble 'wing chun', just like in ' chen zhen ' . A very strong identity.

Xu bai jiu (Takeshi Kaneshiro )
- really humorous and cute character
- always lighten the atmosphere

Ayu (Tang wei)
- 1 word ' chio '
- 2 words ' really chio '
- 3 words ' really really chio '

NExt, the storyline
Storyline is alright, nothing special. However, the movie is of certain depth. A discussion of whether should we give a second chance to those who was once a deviant to turn over a new leaf. Well, most story has a happy ending , and without a doubt WU XIA too, however with a little bit of sadness. I shall not reveal it so as to keep the readers in suspense.

Up till now seems to be quite a good movie so what is so ' XIA ' about it? Find it out yourself after the movie. HAHA! or check FB for any complains.

I already learnt about the ' XIA - ness ' of it from FB before the moive. So i was anticipating it to happen somewhere somehow. When it happened, i was quite shock lar.. cause it was too fast and too short. Words means nothing, so JUST CATCH IT YOURSELF AND BE XIA-ed

Lastly a lame riddles

1) What is Sadako surname?
ANS: TAN, because donnie Yen , 甄子丹 (zhen zi - TAN)

2) One day xiao ming wake up and ask , ' mum, what are you steaming ' . Guess what the mother answer
ANS: Bullet, also because doniee Yen, 甄子丹 (蒸子弹)

HAHAHA

LIVE STRONG

" Pain is temporary, it may last a minute or an hour, or a day or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its, If i quit, however it lasts forever " Lance Armstrong

" When someone say u cant, they are just jealous of u. They are afraid that you will make it big 1 day. So, why let their words drag u down, instead turn them into forces that propel u further " ME

One day right in their face, ' my better is better than your better ' NIKE

GOOOD NIGHT! HOPE YOU ARE MOTIVATED!

Harry Potter: It all ends well

Yea.. Watched HP last night, was a good 1, except that i find it too short. It was slightly less than 2 hours. It was quite rushing story part, not really well accounted .

The best part is the last 5mins. Cosmetic really do wonders. It can make ppl look super 'chio' , at the same time can make ppl look super old. LOL! Catch it yourself and u will know wat i meant.

On my way out of the cinema , i saw this poster, ' Kung Fu Rabbit ' , what are people thinking now a day. hahaha..

Yong Tau FOOL!

It's lunch time!

Fren#1: Hey , let's have yong tau fu for lunch.

Fren#2: COughh Couugghh.. Cool, i am having sore throat , Coughh coughh..

Fren#2: yong tau fu is easy on the throat and is healthy. Low calories somemore, can help me shed some weight.

Both placed their order... then...

Fren#1: Hey, i thought you are having sore throat, why do you choose fried wanton, fried ngo hiong , fried beancurd , why everything fried? and why is it dry with so much chili and sweet sauce?

Fren#2: OK WHAT.. Its yong tau fu after all....

Fren#1: The calories and unhealthy stuff are in the sauces, plus the oil retained in the fried pieces. I think you YONG TAU FOOL LAR!

Exploring Singapore

Overslept and missed the 跑的步(POWERFUL) ECP. Heng AR! the weather is still cool at 8am and decided to hit the road. Planning to do 5k loops but felt wasted , so decided to explore the place.

If you think singapore is small, think again.. haha. A 2 hour run brings me from hougang to punggol and to seletar. Exploring new places really make running interesting. Really amazed by how the park connectors and roads link. Really impressed by myself that i can travel to places without any transport.

Made a u-turn at the 1hour mark where i chant upon the seletar airport and head back home.

I went back to check the map and realised that if i continue for maybe 5-10 mins i will reach yishun. If i go further i will make a loop back to punggol via tampines. I think i can form my own
跑的步 ECP within hougang. COOL!

Note: The road is not opened yet. There is a road blockage nearer to the punggol site, so no cars only legs are welcomed!

TWO AND A HALF

Wah! IPPT is round the corner, just 2 weeks away, gotta work on SBJ and Pull up.

Went to the mini fitness corner in the neighbourhood and managed a '1 count' on my first attempt. LOL! What a joke! I think dragon boat girls can do better than me. I struggle here and there to complete 6 pull ups in total .

My aim was to do 3sets of 6 everyday so i can complete at least 100 in a week. After my first of 1+2+2+1=6 pull up, i rest for a min and continue on with a 2.5 +2.5+2.5 = 6 (rd down) pull up. Seriously i just cant round it up to 3, my chin just hover below the bar, and my muscle just cant function.

Then, my neighbour happened to past by and joined me on the bar. He did 12 in his 1st attempt. LOL! Well, i finished off with another 2.5+2.5+2.5=6 pull up and head back home.

With $400 at stake, i gotta work super duper hard, so hard that u cant even imagine it.

Alright gotta go watch AH-DI (devotion) on XINMSN.. good night!

武侠 or 五香

21 July Donnie Yen lastest action movie , 武侠 will be out! He is really made for chinese martial art, just like stephen chow is made to be a comedian.

Supported all this work from ip-man;我要打十个 to chen zhen;我不是东亚病夫 and now 五香 er,, i mean 武侠.. HAHAHA! Definitely going to catch it and of cause at weekday student rate. They should come up with this promotion " 看武侠, 吃五香, exchange your movie ticket for 1 roll of 五香, terms and condition apply " HAHA, interesting rite?

But before that, HP2 will be the next reason i visit the cinema.

Alright a little bit on my running today, did some work at 3:45 - 3:42 /k pace this evening. Sometime really wonder if you really benefits from all the training that you do.

Well, to improve you have no choice but to train,on the other hand, you can train but result is not guaranteed

It the same in studies, to get good grades, you have to study, but if u study you might not guarantee good grades.

This is the best part, if u want to strike 4D, you must buy 4D, if u buy 4D , you might not strike 4D.

To sum up, life is a one-way ticket, effort is never proportional to result, there is always a X-factor within the system , so...... why tink so much just do loH, everyone also doing the same thing, every parent also the same, buy 4d / TOTO

What a Bread Bread Day..

Today is a crazy day !! I ate lots of bread for dont know wat reason..

Breakfast:
4 wholemeal bread
1 super thick (1.5cm) bread from some bakery at loyang point

Went TOA PAYOH with jiong2 people for some popiah and sun kuek tasting at LOR 7, BLK 22, KIM KEAT FOOD MARKET,hahaha. They are really good. They have original, yam, vegetarian and jiu cai kind of sun kuek. Other that, there are many other good food such as beef noodle, yong tau foo, lamb soup, and prawn noodle. I am definitely coming back again in the weekends.

Lunch:
1 curry potato bread from toa payoh bakery
1 curry chicken bread and 1 yam bread from Bread talk.

Oh ya, speaking of Bread talk, they are having their anniversary sales.
$1.1 for each and $10 for 10. It was a war man, between aunties and uncles, they really super 'gang jiong' to get their bread when there are so many of them on the tray.
Their speed is faster than when are crossing the road. The anniversary sale give them a chance for some aerobic exercise hahaha!

Bus down to TP to join the team in their swim session. It has been months since i swam. I was drafting behind some of them, just relaxing. Gotta start abit of swimming to get myself ready for SUNIG , at least to complete the swim with the least amount of energy and kick in on the run.
RUsh back home for AH DI! (HAHA)

Dinner:
3 small packs from the lengendary ' 6 packs bread ' (cheese topping)
And Finally , 1 super thick bread


SO total bread count : 12 (regardless of size)

Thanks for reading!! GOOD NIGHT

Being a teacher

WOA! relief a primary 6 tuition class from 430 to 6 follow by a primary 5 class till 730pm.

The primary 6 class really is crazy. Can you believe that all of them are girls?! and they really make lots of noise. HAHA! They talk mainly on media entertainment and the hot topics for the day are ' justin bieber' and popcorn?!?

I felt sorry for their parents as their money goes down the drain. The 1.5hours of tuition turns out to be gossip session.

But still, they are just kids and the best part about being a kid is to " waste money LOH " . I remembered how i wasted my parents money when they send me to tuition. So, it's just part and parcel of growing up.

Life is not about putting in hardwork , rather , its about putting in the correct work at the right moment, its about precision and accuracy. So, doing bad for primary level might not be a bad indication that the kid is not going to be successful. Who knows, he might strike 4D or TOTO and become billionaire over night, just like i say " correct work at the right moment " HAHA!JKING

Anyway, the primary 5 class is different. Although they are also noisy but they are much more innocent. They are just simple kids who just wans to have fun. They show effort in their work, and i realise kids like to play 'hangman'. Spent the last 10mins playing with them.

I rather be the teacher who teach less but can mingle around with the students than someone who is super 'pro' but cant even put a smile on their face. Tuitions are simply fun!

Transformer Dark Of The Moon

What a beautiful monday morning! Slept in today and went for work at 12pm.

Simple job, just distributing flyers at raffles place till 2pm and i will get $30.

From these 2hours, i realised that girls are more suited to the job as there is a higher chance that pass-by will take from them. Also, Singaporeans like to show me their palm when i approached them. Are they trying to tell me ' hey i wan 5 of them! ' or ' oh no thanks ', i suppose is the latter HAHA. JUST SOME IMAGINATION

Spent the earning on pepper lunch and transformer at LIDO with company from NTU (: Not bad i would say, though i din watch part 1 and 2. I heard the storyline was crapped so it doesnt matter as every episode is a new 1 . However, the ending was so sudden, i still expect more accouting of the characters .

End of the day, i am left with a mere $10. Not bad, i saved 33% of my salary.

End the day with a 10k tempo which was suppose to be a 15km on sunday with thow wee but i give it up as i woke up with some soreness that morning.

Thought the soreness still persist, i carry on with the run to see how it goes and it turn out well.

Started off with 1:40/lap and build up to 1:36/lap, and some 1:35 and end with 1:32. Pretty good effort, averaging 1:37/lap. Gotta ease of the soreness completely before hitting some good 10k effort.

CHICKEN AND EGG

Hmmm.. so a chicken hatched from an egg, means if u eat 1 egg, u freaking eat 1 chicken...

WOW! I ate a chicken for breakfast.. . This is so exciting!!!

HAVE YOU EVER WONDER....

HAVE YOU EVER WONDER how people look at you or how they think of u when u are running along the street or in a park?


" WOO, he got a smooth stride with a nice cadence"


" WOW, thats the lastest nike FREE ! COOL!"


" ZZZzZZzzzZZ....Siao eh, ZZZzzZ...why run, go home sleep lar..ZZzzzzz "


" What a strong pace, must be some pro"


" Need to run so fast anot, u catching train ar! "


" Woww, training hard, must be for some big race, KEEP THE LEGS MOVING DUDE!"



Just some lines that i can imagine when i look into faces of people whom i ran past.. especially those at the bus-stop. Feel free to comment!


OHH OHH!! this is wad's in my mind when i ran past a smoker..

From far i glance someone smoking,

' wahh! smoker! faster hold breathe '

ran past the smoker

' wahh! another smoker ! '

no more breathe to hold...

' OH PLZ! build more parks that are big enough, so i dont have to run past smokers at the busstop !! '

Workout At 10k pace

WOo! Did some work at 10k effort which is about 3:45/k pace and a couple of minutes at what is felt like race effort.

Felt great after the run, and i think i need to work on speed over shorter distance on my next workout.

Next few days is going to be easy with some accelerations over 100-150m.

Sunday run will be a good training; a 15km paced run with THOW WEE, looking forward to it.

GOOD NIGHT!

HANOI, HALONG BAY

Photos are up in facebook. Search for ' lim lu kai' and can view them.. hahaha ENJOY!

SUN ECP LONG RUN

A 24km long run down the stretch of ECP with Dev and Evan.

It was suppose to be a easy effort however, the pace average to be 4:20/k.

My impression of easy is around 4:40/k pace. It was a moderate run to me probably due to the workload on sat morning.

Went up 10k with them, took a toilet break at the U-turn point, and solo back .

Took some refreshment from the army, and went for another 20min.

Round up workout with 'ming jiang quek' from 2pdf.

Vietnam, HANOI, HALONG BAY

Hi ALL,

just got back from vietnam.
Went for a 4days 3 nights tour,
Really Eye-open-er,

Hanoi air is polluted, the traffic rule is 'no rule' , as long as i dont hit you, i can turn, overtake and drive any direction i want. The 'beep, beep' rate is 10000..000 beep/s . Honking is everywhere. The trick to cross the road is ' be brave and just walk' , the vichicles will 'siam' you.

The best part about the trip was my mother, my aunt and myself were the only group in the tour. LOL! We had a private tour guide, a private driver, and even a private cruise over at Halong bay.

They serve buffet quantity, every meals and you will definitely see kang kong and lemon grass. There was even instance where we are the only people in the restaurant. It's as if we booked the place.

Photos up soon

OHAIYO~

Hi ALL!

After registering for Standard Chartered Marathon 2011 , i decided to start blogging , so i can

1) keep track of my training,
2) welcome others to join in my journey to get back my money from standard chart (:
and 3) for motivation and destress-ing

Welcome all to comment on my trainings and some 'tok cok -ing' on small little things in life...