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...