Dear ppz, will be away on a short trip. Woohoo!

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Finally! Roger wins French Open 2009. So happy for him. Exciting match.

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30 May 09, Sat, 8pm

On this fateful day, I experienced my first marathon of the year, Adidas Sundown Marathon 2009. Was replacing a friend of mine to run with the team, Red Dawn. It has since been about 4 years since I ran for such an event, the last being Poly 50 (yes, 50 rounds). Was quite nervous and excited as I have nv ever attempted a 10 kilometre run before. Anyway, I forced D.D. to run or walk with me till the end. He set a target of 1.5 hours to complete. The first 2 kilometres was ok and then, I just started to breath heavily through the mouth. So had to walk to regulate the breathing according to D.D. The first half of the run was torturous, no water point, only 1 during the way back. I am really grateful for D.D. accompanied me throughout even though I asked him to run off without me as I felt guilty dragging him along. Finally, the last 2 km, I decided to jog slowly to keep to the target of 1.5 hours. Saw D.D. standing at a junction waiting for me as he left earlier to run.
Walked and jogged abit till about 700 metres left where there were some of the ushers or watever you call them, shouting that we are near the finishing line that I started picking up pace and nv stopping till the end. Woohoo!

We kept to our target, 18 mins for 1 km. Not bad for a first timer for me. Next queued up for the finisher medal and a free cap. Drank the free 100 plus and went to collect our bags and met up with TF and Lynette whom were the 1st 2 to finish. Am really glad that I took up the challenge and hopefully will continue to join such events in the future. Yeah!!

Some of the pics:

The race tee & team no.



Totally happy after the run


Team Leader on the right


The takings


Counting down to 9 days:

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Met up with frenz for steamboat dinner at Liang Seah Street to celebrate Ah Lam's 24th Bday. Wat else to do when u just want to sit at the table for hours eating and chit-chatting, Its Steamboat! I think we ordered about 20 plates of beef in total excluding the other food items. Portions were quite small, so need to order more. Had fun over eating and joking of lame jokes courtesy of Tuck Ge. Haha.. We should just memorize them and use it for ice breaking next time. After that we headed to White Bar, Kurt's fav, for some drinks and after-party. Shared a bottle of Chivas among 7 people, quite reasonable for the price you pay. We drank the whole bottle just playing games like heart attack, dice and guessing games. Personally, I realised that I am used to the taste of Chivas already, having drank a couple of times already. Remembered that I vomited when I drank the first time and now, for an even substantial amt of alcohol, I am ok. All thanks to our dear fren trainer, Kurt. Hahaha... Overall had a blast yesterday. Some pics to share. The birthday gal is the one with Gold hair.





Me and other half.


Aiyo, stupid Ting Feng closed his eyes.




Counting down to 12 days! Woo cant wait!

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22 May 09- Mom's 50th Birthday @ Essential Brew

Booked almost the entire 2nd floor for the party. Mom invited about 30 ppl for a buffet spread. Ambience was ok lah, except tat those with knee problems had to slowly stand up after hours of sitting on the floor. Food was quite ok, good if they could provide more drinks rather have just 1. Was quite bored as my dearest D.D. was away listening to JK. Managed to spend the time tokking to my cousin and the rest of the guests were my mom's ex and present colleagues. Presents were plently, most of it were jewellery and flowers. Yes, Diamonds are girls best friends! Finally, after 2-3 hours of rotting, we sang the birthday song with a very cute cake. There was a Miss Piggy from Sesame Street on top with the numbers 50. Helped to take photos and lazed ard watching people tok and eat. Anyway, 50 years doesnt look scarey judging from my mom's bday celebrations. Haha..




Next, rented a car without the knowledge or approval of my dad. Initially, wanted to rent a small car, Hyundai Getz for easy parking and driving since I just got my license 1 month ago. But, the rental company "upgraded: from Getz to Matrix to a MAZDA 6. I was quite surprised as 1. its quite a big car, 2. A sports car? 3. Double the price of Getz. I just prayed that I will bring the car back safely the next day.
Both D.D. and I didnt plan where to go beforehand, so the schedule was decided as and when we liked.

11am- Army Market near Golden Mile for Lunch

Stress man, dun really noe the roads. In the end we got there safely with a few tries of parking in those narrow places before parking at some blocks away.

12.30pm- Dempsy Hil for Ben & Jerry Ice Cream

Had Belgium Wafflle with 2 scoops of Ice Cream. Was very hot in the car the whole time. Plus I was already feeling sick, so need to cool down. After much discussion, D.D. insisted that we go to Expo as he fren told him that was a book fair. How in the world do I noe how to go from Orchard to Expo? So, we just tried to find any expressway. We went past Thomson Road, Upper Thomson Road, Mach Reservior and drove past the Changi airport twice as we missed the Expo sign. In the end, there were no book fairs. So, we settled for Burger King to escape the heat from driving an hour plus.

3 pm- Heading to Jurong Point

Got lost again, went Woodlands, Yishun, Khatib and finally Bukit Timah where I recognised the way back. Am super tired as we drove the whole day. Funny thing is that D.D. told me that I was not confident while driving to the other places earlier but was very confident while driving on Bukit Timah. Haha. Reached at abt
5pm, had dinner and watched Angels & Demons. Thought that the movie would be difficult to understand like the 1st movie. But, surprising, it was ok, interesting and exciting with many climax. Reached home at about 10 plus. Exhausted from driving for prob 4-5 hours in total? But am happy that D.D. was able to experience my driving and he could experience being a King for 1 day.



Looking forward to 10th June.

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Just a simple question, Mafia Wars or Me?

Wat is so great about the former?

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