Another highlight of the week has to be Jee Wong musical concert at Balestier church. It wasn’t as captivating as I would expect it to be when I first heard him going thru the rehearsal together with One Heart Ministries.

Then on the actual concert, I would have to agree that he is really an awesome, inspiring pianist. A truly gifted pianist….. simply MESMERIZING.

So needless to say, last week was a whole lot of agendas lining up with boss in town. Thankfully the carbo load session on Thursday was cancelled last minute, I managed to clock in some decent mileage.

Highlight of the week has to be the swim and bike session. Oh well….milestone for me, ‘easy easy’ for many…J After 4 laps of warm up, coach make me swim 5 x 300m with 20secs rest. As I would have expected, I lost a bit of a form and momentum at the end of the 5th sets. My arms are going to break anytime….:) Rested a while and thought I can OTOT cool down and call it a day.. Coach asked “rest enough already?” ^_____^ 10 x 50m faster pace but rest longer after each sets. So there I go, use up whatever remaining energy I have to complete the 10 laps. My arms must be soooo thankful to me…:)

On the bike, I wonder how on earth can someone maintained a 30-40~kph as a ‘normal’ speed. Their leg muscles must be so….’power’?? For the 1st time, I hit the digit 3 over the weekend and I can barely maintain that for…..5 minutes…hahahahaa…… And I think that happens when I was overtake by someone and I was trying to give a chase on him/her. I lost the motivation to chase when he/her make a u-turn and I decided to head straight up…:)

So....after Monday's gym session, I have this nice aching feeling on the quads the next day....

On Tuesday I indulged on Merchant Court super yumilicious durian paste with boss sitting next to me keep saying it smell awful and give me the weird look while I'm showing her how satisfied I was on every single sip of the durian. Simply heavenly. FULL STOP.

On Wednesday, of what supposedly to be a swim/run session, it turn into....YET another carbo loading session. Then...of what supposedly to be a simple meal turn out to be......a rather heavy meal &^%&^$#&^*&%*$%. Guilty strike....I squeeze in an hour run at quite an odd hours at night...

Today.... supposed to be another carbo load session.....which I think might be cancel **fingers toes crossed** I want that long long run and long long swim... "long" in my context by the way :)

In anticipation of this week's 2 carbo loading session and the likelihood of missing 2-3 days of workout, it was a good 2 hour session at gym yesterday. IF and only IF....compensation can work in such way :)

- 4.3k warmup on treddy
- 800m x 4
- 1 hour spin
- 1k cool down

Dead hungry after that....and couldn't sleep well....:(

Indulging on Mechant Court durian paste tonight......muahahahah........

Brick training is freaking tiring!! Ok..considering I'm not that seasoned at all, in addition to starting late with the heat right on me..... it was a bit of a struggle at the end but nevertheless, at least achiving what I have set it out to be.....

Coastal Road was full of cyclist in the morning and saw some familiar faces ninja-ing...probably ninja-ing for Desaru...

My verdict for the day.... fast cadence easy gear (actually not by choice cuz leg a bit sng in the morning) = fresher leg for the run.... :)

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Time of the quarter again....Boss in town....... more calories to be consumed.....................

I was being forwarded a link to a blog -> http://back2bbgs.blogspot.com/

I knew what to expect in this link but it gets a little emotional as I browse thru page after page.

If you have been KL and know where is Pavilion at Bukit Bintang, that is where I grew up, educated, that is where I spent my childhood days. Mon-Fri from Primary to Secondary school a total of 11 years. Whichever corner that you have stepped on at Pavilion could be my classroom, toilet, netball field :)

Another building developing next to it ( I think) was also my childhood ground...There's where church is from day 1 since my dad brought me to church until I leave the country when I step into the work force....


Facing the main road of Jalan Bukit Bintang, is our main wing.....

It has now vanished and become this......

BBGS – Bukit Bintang Girls School was a well known, premier girls school at that time with its superb location within the Golden Triangle vicinity. Browsing thru the blog, I'm seeing how my ex-headmistress and ex-teachers looks like when they are smiling at the camera yet they are always serious, fierce during those days.... I see how some students dressed in blue school uniform like not too long ago, now an adult in their 30s and 40s.........including yours truly me :)

School songs, school motto, chorus speaking, netball, class & toilet cleanliness shield, flower arrangement shield....all suddenly flashes across my mind. It amazed me how my then seniors can recall what class they were in. Honestly, I've forgotten the name of my class... A4 or A3 I think. Now come to think of it, not keeping the school album may be one of my regrets....:P I can't even rmbr if I still have those photos with me.....

I haven't got a chance to visit Pavilion yet during my last return. Dad just drove us around and orientate me and my sis in the car..... Next time......die die must go Pavilion...

Last week I was given a task by coach to do this:

6 x 50m -> slowly targeting to stretch and pull
10 x 100m -> not too fast until cannot last the distance and not too slow till I’m out of form. 20sec rest in between.

Amazingly such a simple instruction do makes a difference. Logically you would have agree that go slow last longer, go fast pant like mad. Silly me always wondering what went wrong, why am I panting like a dog after every lap when I’m on my own at the pool, gotta switch to BS to calm myself down…… It is indeed…..my stupidity…. Brainless creature....

The results of not having lunch till almost 3pm got me and JC starving like crazy. Famous for roast duck, he ordered half a duck before I got a chance to question if we can ever finish that. So we ended up having half a duck, 1 bowl of peanut lotus root soup and fish slice with kailan & rice of course.... A bit of over indulgence I think, yet we bought another packet of grapes and munch on the way back.... That in all, lasted me till bed time...

This morning, a die die must get up and meet the rest at MR. Had a lot of chit chat and walk break in between. All in all about a 2 hours walk/jog/run for xxkm... Can't remember when was the last time I visited MR. Maybe it's last year, maybe is early this year. My legs and lungs seems to have a bit of a shock from the terrain. Almost falling asleep while having breakfast...I'm totally switched off for a good 2 hours......

I came across this FB entries from Boon that says ""it's better to go to a funeral than a party, because it can help you understand the brevity of life and have some self-introspection"

Very true indeed. At least to me, funeral was probably one occasion that remind me to live life to fullest, treasure people around us andddd again have some self-introspection. Not that I like to attend funeral in the first place.

Another Jurong youth passed away suddenly, news from JC this morning. Sudden death - definitely not something that you can accept, what's more if he/she is in such young age - 20s, full of potential.... This is the time where we need to believe that God has a will and His way is the best.......

Swim 22 laps in this Olympic size pool having 2 lane by myself!!!! Wohoo….Ok..it wasn’t a continuous swim..there are a few seconds rest here and there. And then it was chit chatting under the moon….then another lap or two before we adventure out to find food!! The 3 of us, finding food from Adam Food Center (closed) to Commonwealth market (missed out the u-turn – almost ended up at AYE) and FINALLY we managed to get real food at ABC market. Input > Output. I still couldn’t understand the logic behind why can I eat so much after swim but I can’t get myself to swallow food after run??

I set my alarm at 4.30am, it did went off. But what's new.....the moment I'm awake it's 6am. Bohoo!!! Too late to join the crazy one at mandai... I slacked underneath the blanket, struggling to get myself up and do what was initially intended.

Should I drive there or bike from home. I reckon that since I'm not rushing for time,I should practice loading up the bike to the car and see if it can be done with/without taking off one wheel and how much effort is required. Pretty impressed with myself indeed....from preparation to fully loaded in, it take me no more than 10mins...No need to detach wheel at all...Cool!!!!

And so, I started off at Changi CP2. Nice weather, min traffic, cyclist more than cars along the whole stretch. Nice.... Just slightly less than 2 hrs of riding session, happy that I did have a few breakthrough.... Really..nothing can beat putting theory into practice. I finally have a slightly better understanding on how each gear combination works. In actual fact, how I felt in each combination.

Then, while I was playing around with the gear, I'm playing with speed and cadence as well. Warm up, get into rhythm, speed up and spin, repeat and repeat....Covering close to 40km...very cheapthrill I know..In a way, good thing I didn't join the mandai gang for 50km hilly route. My legs may have gone 'dead' by the end of that. And I juz knew that they extended to 70+km...PHEWwwwwwwww!!!!! The best of all, I have no sore shoulders and saddle, no numb palm and thumb! LT & Jodan tips helps!!!! :)

If you are driving a white car, having such a ‘great’ driving/parking skill, bump into this blue Fit and not having the courtesy to even apologize and continue to act blur, you are such a hypocrite!!! *****hmph******


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It was 2 weeks consecutive that me and WC did the NUS run. I was kind of irritated and a little stress at work. A bit drained off after work and was dragging myself to the run actually. On the other hand, I reckon that I really need the workout to ‘detox’ the irritation. I know cuz I experienced it before. Just too tired physically and mentally, dun even need to talk about workout. But once you drag yourself out there, 5-10mins down the road, u’ll be totally recharge when the endorphin start to kick in. Of course, there are days that it just doesn’t turn out that way :)

So anyway, we started off few mins b4 7. Maybe, most likely is all this frustration, I’m into my own ‘mode’ not long after. Not thinking anything, just run...Humming along Liu Li Yang’s song in “The Ultimatum”, the tempo was perfect for me to get into rhythm. The song keep repeating and repeating by itself as I surge thru hills after hills.



Detox session over around 8.30pm. Has to be one of those good run that I've had. Satisfying evening.........