Not long ago I was commenting to someone that there’s nothing for me to look forward to and every workout just seems to be a norm procedure of keeping fit. The next challenge is almost like half a year down the road. Too far away…..

It’s coming to end Jan now and without realizing, that half a year is only 4 months away!!! Adding on to the anxiety, I now have 3 races, possibly 4 leading up to end May. That is on average once a month! And what have I done to prepare??? Ha..ha.haha…..

Anyway, not entirely new to me BUT it is still as hard since Day 1. Splitting a 4km into 5 x 800m on track is freakingly tough! Ya..I was supposedly to do more sets but I punctured at the 5th set… Nevermind….try harder next time……

So...next week seems to be feasting week...I wonder how much mileage I can clock in or if there will EVER be one..... I've just requested Dad to bring me to one of the famous hilly place that's popular among runners....But then..things doesn't take place as expected sometimes....:) So we shall see.......

Lunching in at the office now, and being Friday, that should mean R&R if no hiccups.

Staring at my bowl of Salad from a newly opened shop called Garden Salad, felt so refreshing and healthy simply by looking at it! Haha..Too bad....I only thought of taking the pics after I've finish half a bowl. Don't assume it's salad and it's not filling. Here's what I have:

romaine lettuce
carrot
cabbage
beetroot
raddish
corn
olive
cucumber
tomato
eggs
onion
raisin
peanuts
celery
capsicum
tuna
kidney beans
couscus (whatever spelling)
pasta (abt the quantity of 2 table spoon)

All this mixing in homemade honey and soy sauce. Simply Delicious!!!!!!!!!!

I must have been a bit overly ambitious wanting to do too many things at one go at a wrong time wrong place. My mind is itchi for a swim and my legs wanted more from the previous sessions.


Can't decide which one to go for and brought two sets of gears to work. Up until I knock off, I still can't decide. I go for both. At least it ease off my mind a bit although I don't know what's the outcome would be like.


So there I go and put all my stuff ready in the gym before I head out for a run. Pack and arrange everything so that once I'm back I can just grab and go for the swim..Talking about smooth transition here?? The run......Oh man!! Lots and lots of construction along the way. Wasn't that enjoyable and I cut short the timing, make a u-turn back to the gym. Now the transition, hmmm.... rather troublesome. I need to walk several hundred meters, take escalator before I reach the pool side. That's not the main problem. The water is freaking freezing cold!!! It has been windy in the last couple of days and cloudy but never have I expect it to be that cold. The ang moh lady next to me ask me to dip in to the water and get moving to get myself warm up and so I did. Still.......it is way to cold for my comfort. I think I did about 20 laps (25m length) and call it a day. Finger is numb........:(

Weather for the night - cooling and windy

It was another therapeutic, in fact once in a blue moon run where I feel that I can go on and on. With the right beat on 93.3, strong wind, not-so-weak legs, the endorphin kick in pretty quickly this time round.

2 x 12 mins tempo and a couple of 200-300m (forgotten how many) before I call it a day. It's getting late and I have tonnes of household chores to settle. Short one but real sweet session :)

IF only I can be more sporty with sea sports........

WANTED: Caretaker for islands on Great Barrier Reef.

SALARY: A$150,000 (S$155,355) for six months.

JOB SCOPE: You scuba dive, snorkel, sail and go bush walking. Meet and talk to the locals and tourists. Give media interviews, post a weekly blog, photo diaries and video updates. Feed the fish, clean the pool and collect the mail.
TOURISM Queensland (TQ) is offering A$150,000 for a once-in-a-lifetime job to a lucky hunk or babe in search of a living.

Sounds like it's too good to be true? There's more. You'll work flexi-hours and stay in a fully-furnished three-bedroom home with great views on the luxurious Hamilton Island of the Great Barrier Reef. The package includes return airfare, travel insurance and free use of a computer, digital video, digital camera and Internet access.

"This is the first time something of this style and magnitude has been undertaken by Tourism Queensland on a global level," says Mr Anthony Hayes, Tourism Queensland's chief executive officer, commenting on the A$1.7 million marketing campaign.
TQ hopes to "achieve cut through in what is an increasingly cluttered travel market", create greater awareness and excitement over the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef as a fantastic and unique tourism destination, and have a flow-on effect to other destinations in Queensland, he adds.

Finally, my first post for 2009. Shall not go over the usual review on 2008 nor resolution for 2009. But a couple of incidents in the last couple of months did trigger some thoughts in me. We never know what's gonna happen tomorrow. So do not procrastinate on things that you wanted to do, do not take things for granted, spent more quality time with family and friends.

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Brick training is tough!! Strangely in comparison with run/bike, a bike/run gives a totally different feeling on that pair of legs. Felt like tau-huay....:)