It's My Life

Tri Factor - First Olympic Distance Triathlon

2011-08-30T17:28:00.003+08:00

28th August nailed the day where I did my first OD tri. Have been training for it for a couple of month and the race day put all my effort into result.. Had a super bad experience booking cab.. advance cab somemore.. spent like an hour booking it via iphone app.. what the point of being so high tech but lousy service... finally gave up and try my luck calling the sliver cab company... and guess what.. 5min! to get a cab...

Race day itself, i plan to reach at least an hour before my race flag off time.. got all my stuff ready, layout my stuffs and get everything ready and guess what.. DAMN i place it at wrong area! thought tri-factor is like tribob.. first time first serve.. whoever come early can chose their good spot to layout the stuff.. shift my stuff to my suppose area and damn it.. bad spot.. oh well.. no choice..

Before the race start.. jumped in to have a taste of the sea water and when i came up, saw qiwen holding his camera and helping me to take photo for my race!

Swim leg:
was nervous and stuff.... when it's my flag off. I get my mind ready and because I'm swimming using breaststroke, I went to the back of the pack so as not to kick anyone when doing my swim... Didn't rush in the water as not to crash with the other in front.. Pace myself well for the first few min and after that, it's about chasing up.. first lap was good... 16min plus for my first 750m.. second lap, i try to pace myself well and i slow the pace down as i want to feel good after my swim leg... done with swim after a big fight in the water.. everyone smashing each other.. u grab my leg i grab your arm and also kicking each other.. damn scary.. but most of the time.. i kick other! up from swim, 33min.. off i went for my bike leg... grabbing a cup of water as i run in..

Bike leg:
In the last lap of my swim, i start thinking through what i should do after i get up the water make me ready for the bike leg.. putting on my stuff for the bike leg and grabbing some water to wash my mouth from all those salty water.. before i went off.. i wish the guy beside me good luck and went off for my bike leg.. 6 lap of 6.66km.. got to really pace myself well.. during the bike leg.. i feel pain and soreness on my thigh.. bad bike form i guess... during the race.. I feel that having a better bike can make some different too.. a good stiff bike allow the bike to glide through the air and using lesser effort to ride at faster pace... My alu bike can't do that.. i must generate more power for faster pace... Non drafting race so i didn't catch any wheel for draft.. saw a group of 4 drafting but i rather do slower than cheating..

Run Leg:
Getting down from my bike, i feel better as compare to the tribob sprint tri... But the soreness from my bad bike form stop me from moving fast.. more like pain than sore i would say.. manage to run a good pace for the first 2km and for the next few km.. my pace drop.. manage to keep myself moving.. first lap done and one more lap to go.. this time my mind keep thinking.. At what distance i should bring up my pace.. don't want to bring up the pace too soon.. at the 8km mark.. i start to bring up my pace a little tiny bit.. push on.. last one km.. bring up a little bit more and when i can see the finishing line, I give in my 100% push.. 2hr 55min.. and that it for my first OD tri..

Conclusion:
I fought in the swim, scolded one HP tri team (loud out that i'm overtaking on his right side and he cut in my lane, got to sudden brake and loud at him before he apologise), Run was.. good.. haha.. overtook more people in this race compare to last race... and also.. a big thank to supporter Ling er, qi wen and alvin for dropping by...

fews photo from photographer Mr Lu

Preparing for race

2011-08-27T16:10:00.003+08:00

Election day today and it's also the eve of my Tri-factor... Not planning to go anywhere today.. Just want to stay at home and prepare all my stuffs and also to rest my leg.. Only went out to collect my AHM race kit and that all for the day... One nice dinner later and off i go.. Bed time! got to book cab before i sleep.. Got to really check all my stuffs before tomorrow race.. lot of thing to pack and also to get my mind ready for the race.. Not going to wait for the election result.. just pray that it's someone that we can trust and hope to be..

Training is on!

2011-08-06T20:19:00.002+08:00

been really a long while since i update.. been really busy with work and training.. 8 training session per week on top of work.. work isn't that stressful just that the job scope and management cannot make it which is the stressful part.. one order from top.. and we tech suffer.. but well.. just got to get use to it... Where there's will, there's a way.. kind of like this phase... 28th august is "d" day.. one of the most important race that i'm looking forward to.. first ever Olympic distance triathlon.. oh well.. kind of getting use to the training and work load.. though it's tired but guess.. i enjoy it pretty much..

first race and first tri!

2011-05-03T22:28:00.002+08:00

1st May mark my sport career for triathlon, did my first short distance triathlon. Woke up early for my race but spent like 15 to 20 over min to book a cab... So hard to book one when i need it... Forever like that, hate taking cab. Every time when i need one. Sure cannot flag down one.

Reached the race area like 30min early.. Planned to reach an hour early but wasted lot of time waiting for cab. Manage to setup my transition early and head off to drop off my bag and get my body marking done. A bit rush though.. If reach an hour before hand will be good.. next time i got to book a cab in advance..

Manage to do some warmup at the sea for a while.. Water was warm... Damn shiok.. First wave kick off.. Was at the starting area waiting, was kind of nervous when waiting for my wave to start.. My wave about to start, got myself ready.. Goggles check, swim cap on and off i go getting my mind ready.. Wave started and i try to start at the right hand side behind the group as i'm doing breast stroke and is better that i start at the back.. Manage to get myself to the middle of the group. First tri race and i can say.. Not a very good start, wasted a lot of energy just at the swim leg.. was kind of out of breath when i'm only at the half of the swim leg.

Bike leg also suffer.. haha.. was going at 38 to 40km/h at the first 2km plus which i suppose to go easy right after my swim before pushing the pace.. bike leg was good.. Only 2 rider passed me.. 1 elite and 1 swimming trunk guy with disc wheel! bike leg was good, just that the U-Turn point is a bit narrow..

Run leg is the worst! haha.. Jelly leg!!! Was trying so hard not to stop even when i wanted to have a drink.. They provide us with plastic cup which is so difficult to drink from... Unlike Stand chart and AHM, they gave us paper cup whereby we can fold the cup and run and drink at the same time.. Overall was a good head start for me with so many mistakes i made.. From breakfast (one bread) to control pacing throughout the whole race.. Next tri race will be better!!!

long time since i blog

2011-04-07T21:36:00.003+08:00

Wanted to blog on my laptop but somehow got some problem and i'm just too lazy to solve my own laptop problems.. Whole week helping users with their computer issues till i don't really want to solve my own problem.

This few months been only work and training.. Work hard and of cos train hard too.. Going over to new job soon.. After every clearance is settle.. But.. I'm already too use to work at banyan tree.. Ppl there arr great.. When i get to know and understand other, it's also time to say goodbye.. Too bad my department not hiring..

Also been kind of looking forward for the new job.. Still waiting for the clearance, take like damn long.. Can't get jobless.. Got a loy of things to pay for.. Bike, sch fee and also lot of stuffs..

Oh well.. Just got to wait and see how things go.. Hopefully my new job ppl are as fun as the folks at banyan tree..

Chinese New Year

2011-02-07T08:17:00.001+08:00

Chinese New Year is always the same as the past.. Just that this year is a bit different. Longer hoilday and also more training session.. Chinese New Year eve was as usual, steamboat at home. Didn't really want to go anywhere this year as most places will be close and chinatown will be just too pack..

Head start day 1 with trail run at mac, shoe got dirtly and stuff jiu to the bad weather the past few days. Overall still a good run though, got home and got to get ready for visiting.. Was kind of tired, manage to get a 15min power nap before contining the visiting.. Got home before 7pm.. Just nice for the show i wanted to watch..

Day 2 was kind of boring as no visiting but. Waiting for guests, instead of heading to road, i spinned at home due to my calf pain.. At nite, head out for dinner and that it for the day.

Day 3 happen to be on Saturday, so daily routine continue. Long ride then headed for swim and end with bbq with AC staffs.. Was a super long day.. Everything ended 10pm plus and by the time i got home is already quite late.. Now really nt use to sleeping late.. Body alarm change.

Day 4, as usual. A long run follow by swim at sp... Dinner at bugis after swim and got myself a nice shower gel from bodyshop.. Head home and got ready for work..

Oh well i guess it's kind of nt enough but within the few days. Kind of feel fat from all the junk foods.. Training. Back to normal.. More plan ahead.

Rabbit year and just nice my pet rabbit stole the highlight

Weekend is love

2011-01-16T21:42:00.002+08:00

Ever since attachment start, i have been enjoying my weekend.. Though most of the time is spent training but still i enjoy it. Compare to last time whereby i nees to head to work after my training and needless to say i got to rush to work with my tired body. Now i only working on saturday but soon i will have both my saturday and sunday free i hope.. Want to get a 5 day work week job and when i start to have income. Things will be bettet off for me. Can't wait to get a good job! I need stable income to support my expensive hobby!!!! Everyone in office is saying biking is expensive even mtb.. I want to earn my own money for my own stuff.. Hobby wait for me for another.. Hmm.. Few week!!! Way to go!!!

A nice green tea from starbuck! First mobile picture blog!!!

First long ride of the year!

2011-01-08T15:41:00.002+08:00

Today is the first long ride for this season. Back to ride with go green or rather operation smile group.. Been a long time since riding witg them, like riding with the group... Best part os always the after ride starbuck.. Will hang around tanglin starbuck for a good drink.. Tough yet fun ride.. Lot of pushing and chasing and of cos drafting.. It's weekend! Training day!

First week of 2011!

2011-01-07T22:56:00.003+08:00

Finally back in office after one week of break. Missed office life, maybe i just too use to the working hour. Knock off 6.30pm then still got time to head home and do someworkout.

First day back in office was so so so flooded! With email, 660 of it but thanks goodness none of it i need to follow up. Was so into my iphone that i keep plqying with it during office hour! Shit.. Was assign to setup new desktop and laptop for the user at angsana buliding so i went over and help and the new staff was a young and pretty lady, very rare!!! More of the new staff are like so old.. She remind me of my first day of work.. Know noting but sit there looking around.. When i was setting up her desktop and email, she was like looking at the step that i did.. So.. Well.. A bit pressure and don't like it.. Went back to help her before and after lunch.. Saw her when i was on my way back to office and she was friendly enough to smile at me and ask abt her desktop.. Most user will jut like walk past me without saying anything.

Second day started to get a little busy.. this time a user got problem with her desktop too.. Just happen that she is the gal that i saw her i. The same bus as me sometime.. Went over and she was rather shock to saw me.. Maybe she didn't knowi'm working at tge same co pany as her.. Can't blame.. 1 company, 2 office and 2 building.. Help her with her stuff and also and person tat stare straight at what i do.. Being new to iphone, i keep typing wrongly as i wanted to key in the error message from her com to search for solution and just happen that she was looking at how slow and badly i type...

This week i think i been serving gal.. Today all problem came from gals.. Nt tat i pick user to help but rather being called by them abd being assign... Best is the assign task, suppose to help only one user to transfer her files to new laptop but i ended up having to reformat a laptop and also helped them to backup files from the resign staffs.. Think i like spend close to one hour walking around this 3 gals helping them up.. But lucky none of them gave me problem that is hard to solve.. HR ppl always gave task that is so... Hard to solve and need me to find solution for 1 to 2 days...

Ended my weekdays with run.. From office back home.. Bad run.. Full and pain stomach.. 11.71km in 60min.. wanted to do 5min per km for training but i guess there's always next week to improve.. All i need is nt eating oily food few hour before run.. Weekend coming and all packed up for good and solid training..

X'mes!!!

2010-12-26T23:07:00.003+08:00

This year had a simple celebration. First celebration was at office, DJ for the event.. Second was at Lady boss house.. then on the day itself was with cousins.. a simple celebration though.. at least it's something new this year.. almost every year go town, either for movie or just mix with the people there to have fun.. some how i only want to have a simple celebration... maybe been living a very busy life and now i just want to have a simple relax celebration..

Over the years, it's been stressful and stuffs... Been burning my weekend.. part time job and study since ITE.. now is so much better.. i only work for extra cash but not like last time, work for my expenses.. i guess not many ppl can understand how the feeling is like.. so stress and tiring.. last sem was the worst.. fyp, personal issue and work.. so stress!

Also been a long while since i buy myself something nice.. money always go to training gears and stuff.. never really buy myself any clothes unless is those formal wear which i have no choice..

Just now went to TYR warehouse, bought myself a new bag and pant.. can even buy a gift.. This month i earn quite a lot so ya.. can afford to spend a bit more without touching those sum i saved..

Next week just going to work the whole week to earn my tribol race fee and maybe colthes for CNY..

Seriously can't wait to head start my career! get a good job, get my car license and start saving! hopefully i can had a good start in r/s.. been too busy to think about it.. sometime i don't even have enough time for myself and also not enough cash at time.. a couple of sweet thing crash on me but also fail on me.. i know it's not easy for me.. got to study, work, train for 3 events.. some ppl just don't understand.. well at least i had some sweet moment in my poly life.. though it's a short one..

2011 is coming! hopefully will have more good stuffs for me! good career, more money, new bike, new friends, tattoo and hopefully got spark some where.. haha.. and also.. i want to be career high flyer! always my goal to prove ppl wrong.. a diploma holder can do better than more other ppl around! i believe i can..

Office x'mes partly!!

2010-12-16T22:40:00.002+08:00

Well.. my attachment is getting fun, was assigned to help HR in the partly as a IT support but some how i become the DJ of the partly.. sometime that i never done before though it's just a small little task like playing music and sound effects..

The troublesome part is actually finding musics and sound effects. X'mes sound are just far too boring if you got to bring out those "normal" kind. So i went to download a couple of nice x'mes songs sang by Lady gaga, Mariah Carey and even from Glee. At least something special.

Partly started, manage to rent a super advance speaker and microphone set. When the microphone is use, the music will auto stop. I tried explaining to the "MC" of the day but somehow, she don't understand the meaning of Microphone use, music stop. Keep asking me to play background music.. dumb woman! hate the way she stop and give the stupid look. Such a high ego woman! when she talk to me, first time i feel like asking her go away.. the way she talk really as if she damn good, damn smart and damn high class.

Not just me that feel that, complain to my manager and he just told me she's like that and can't be help.. helpless i guess.. Third level is so scary thanks to her... she better not log any ticket for IT help i will sure reformat her whole damn computer and make her do OT for all her unfinished work.. Working with HR people seem fun.. they never pressure me to do things though i finished finding all those stuff within a few days and best of all. They are so thankful to the things i do! keep saying thank you to me and stuffs.. shiok! even help me to packet buffet foods back and left it on my desk..

Things run smoothly.. i think.. just that a lot of the sound effect i find didn't get to use.. sian.. waste my time.. but well.. i guess can't be help either.. saw quite a few of them enjoying the pop and x'mes music i found.. well.. back stage people don't really get the credit.. all the credit go to HR but i think they really put in a lot of effort to make the partly fun. they setup the things and also clear up all the stuffs.. of cos i also help to clear up some stuffs.. those cleaners also helped up alot..

Overall without thinking about the high ego woman, everything was fun.

oh.. my manager told me that some people from Angsana building was asking where i'm from, they asked him that BLACK guy with RED hair is it from japan! OMG.. now i know my hair is red and i'm from japan! Banyan level 3 got people call me suntan boy and sunny, now i get this! what next??? if haven't met a lot of people.. mostly is Banyan level 3 and Angsana level 4 where there are a lot of "regular customer" there!

Off season first weekend!!!

2010-12-12T23:13:00.003+08:00

This year off season is so different from last year. Change job and only working on Saturday from 10am to 3pm so i still have half a day for me and of cos a full Sunday free.

Saturday met up with my army friend "Milk". He's exam is over and met up with him on last min plan.. Had a good catching up session with him. We talk a lot of stuff from my training to how training is connect to life.

I learn something about marathon... Finishing a marathon isn't a "big thing" a lot of people finished be it walk or run. The "big thing" is actually the process of training, going step by step distance by distance. Just like study, will you rather to study topic by topic each day or when exam come then start studying like crazy and not having to able to do well in exam. That apply to daily life too.. When he ask me if i put my cert in my portfolio, i told them why not.. all those running cert and stuff do help you in my resume and testi.. to be able to run a good marathon, training and discipline play the part.

Sunday had a change in plan so went to meet those track long winded runners for BBQ instead, met some of them to help up in buying of foods and stuff and off we go to the pit. Though i'm disappointed in their training attitude but still they're someone i know for 2 year and we did have fun together. So not going to let those stuff bother me, i just want to have fun with them... These people are great to hang around with something..

Training should start tomorrow.. Back to Base training.. going slow since i'm still in off season period.. want to cut off some mass.. time to start planning for next year goals and training.. Will need some help in planning though..

off season!

2010-12-10T23:05:00.002+08:00

This week been in off season mood.. this year took me 3 days to recover and last year i took about 1 week i think.. this year with the help of my fit bar, i recover quite fast. haven't been eating as much this week.. breakfast was normal, light lunch and a slightly heavy dinner.. lunch time can't seem to eat a lot.. never snack like this full week..

I only plan to rest this week and next week on, got to start training a bit but of cos not those long run and stuff.. just want to do easy run and stuffs..

Attachment been better.. getting use to the ppl and place and everyone is just so friendly.. manage to handle thing on my own without always asking for help.. seem like IT helpdesk job isn't so bad.. paid also not bad but i don't know if banyan tree want to hired.. cos i really enjoy working with these ppl and of cos the place is full of foods.. can lunch at different place everytime..

Next big thing is to start looking for job.. next year May going oversea.. what worry me is that, can i take leave even if i just started working? i so want to go holiday.. and of cos i made promises to go help up.. sian.. so stress... first is to get a job, second is about the trip.. hai..

NO PB THIS YEAR!!!

2010-12-06T22:12:00.002+08:00

SHIT! come to think about it, this year i have hit any pb.. not even 21km pb... been a bad year.. first 4 month of this year down with injury.. after that trying hard to train back my fitness.. Swim and bike been doing fine.. just my run.. marathon training was not a solid good run also.. bad strained when doing the 35km training, rest one week with 16km run and off i went my marathon.. Didn't know the pain will still come back.. too painful to even jog.. that kind of feeling just not a good one..

If you think i going to hit the wall again, u're wrong.. i learn my mistake and i'm so going to focus on my training. Starting from base, starting from 10km. Not forgetting my bike and swim, everything got to improve next year.. good solid training.. so going to hit my 10km, 15km, 21km, 30km and 42.195km PB next year not forgetting 2.4km..

once my muscle recover, i'm so going to do ton of strengthening to build up my muscle.. endurance muscle in fact..

and also next year will be a challenge for me as i'm going to be coachless after leaving sp..

Last Race of 2010

2010-12-05T18:39:00.002+08:00

Standard Chart Marathon will mark the last race for me this year but it's also the fact that this year isn't a good year for me.. Marathon training was a torture with all the strain coming in during my 35km run. When the training hit over 30km, everything start to give way..

If i know my left knee haven't fully recover from the strain, i won't go for it.. but well it's already done.. with a bad timing of 4hr 50min.. last year first marathon did 4hr 18min.. super PW this year.. after feeling the strain, i decided not to make it worst so after 30km. I got to force myself to walk fast... covering 7 - 8km per hour.. to my surprise, going at that kind of speed allow me to over take some of the runner that is jogging!

i just refuse to give up and take my time and walk.. wanted to jog but the pain is just too painful.. can't even lift up my left knee to run so i keep telling myself, if i going to walk. I need to walk fast. real fast to manage to hit a sub 5hr timing which is bad enough.

Guess this year training serious not enough so next year on, i got to spend a bit longer time training for my marathon.. i want to do a comfortable race next year with no strain and cramp which mean to say, i got to clock more mileage..

Well with the end of the race... I"M GOING OFF SEASON!!!! like so finally.. training will start next year..

Not so bad..

2010-11-27T19:40:00.002+08:00

Well.. Attachment is still all right for me.. not so bad.. just that i'm not use to the office hour job... Having to travel to work with those super heavy and bad traffic but thanks goodness, there is always seat.. Now facebook isn't the web site i visit often.. It is google.com.. Without fail will have to use the web site to find solution for the computer problem.. Some problem is so... Don't even have solution to it so no choice, got to try an error... Now fixing a computer is not a problem for me.. All i need is google and my basic computer skills...

Had fun with the rest.. Had lunch together, work together and laugh together.. Now getting to know more people from our department, things just getting better.. but the fact is.. these thing going to end after attachment over.. Kind of can't wait to go AC to work.. can train and work at the same time with such a good lady boss.. i also know lady boss is quite fierce at time..

so happening!

2010-11-22T22:24:00.002+08:00

Last week was such a busy and BLUE week.. Wednesday was holiday so i did my own short ride pushing myself at least 75% heart rate.. rest a while, headed out for a hair cut then went to meet my ITE friend for a short 2.4km training. After run, had a nice dinner at Asian Kitchen at Vivo city.. great food! damn nice...

After a enjoyable day, next day got to headed back to office.. haiz.. blue.. not just me but the whole office people.. but well been getting well with them.. been doing good with the helpdesk job.. really learn a lot in troubleshooting.. from zero to something by only using google.com..

ran back home on friday.. thought will be around 16km but i'm wrong.. it's only 12km or a bit lesser.. didn't really push my pace as i thought it will be at least 16km.. but well.. training don't need to run too fast either.. did a 1hr 4min for maybe.. 11km plus.. shiok.. this friday going to push the pacing a little..

Weekend was super busy.. working at road show for AC.. damn good.. welfare to the max.. Lady boss bought us 3 meal per day! better than the dog shop.. didn't give anything.. time really fly when working there cos it's was rather busy.. keep pushing the sale, only spend like 5 min for lunch and dinner..

back to office today, was up early but was getting tired before lunch and after eating lunch was like.. omg.. sleepy! seriously need coffee...

hopefully weather is good tomorrow.. going for swim! weather been bad the past few weeks.. hopefully weather will be good..

Happening month!

2010-11-16T22:43:00.002+08:00

Been to 2 family chalet recently.. First is from my father side cousin chalet then follow by my mum side... always feel good to be able to keep in touch with them... somehow i enjoy mixing around with my cousins they all more.. well maybe they're like friends and family to me.. taking care of each other all the time..

Attachment been good.. ppl there are so nice.. just need time to know them better.. just quit my part time job at hush puppies.. seriously the company cannot make it.. asked me to fill exit form and i did... of cos i will write down all those unhappy stuff about this company and guess what.. they don't like it (of cos) and they told my supervisor off! wth.. that supervisor been taking care of me so much and they told him off because i stated the facts..

Not just me that say that, only me.. got the gut to tell him off.. if u don't like to see bad feedback, don't ask for feedback.. if i'm the person in-charge.. i will like bad feedback more!

spinning spinning spinning.. so going to spin everyday for at least half an hour!

Argh! Attachment spoil my training routine!!!

2010-11-10T22:36:00.003+08:00

I use to looking forward for attachment as i will have extra allowance and i can cut down on my weekend part time job BUT it is also a fact that i can't adapt to the office hour working hour.. Still can't get my training fix into my daily work.. I can't affect my work but i also don't wish to stop my training so i have been telling myself to sleep early nowadays.. use to sleep at around 12 to 1am but now i'm forcing myself to sleep before 11.30pm.. slowly i will cut down to 10pm.. i seriously need to sleep early so that i can wake up for my training.. seriously want to go back to my Monday to Sunday training routine and also extra mileage on my bike and run...

this year marathon i know that i didn't have the right mileage for it so instead of forcing myself to push the training, i choose to take it easy.. sad to say after so long.. now then i know i need hell lot of mileage for my run.. coach been telling me this but.. now then i understand.. hope it's not too late...

LIM SEE YONG!! NO MORE TRAINING IN THE EVENING! WAKE UP EARLY FOR TRAINING AND GO TO WORK!!! COME BACK FOR DINNER, ANOTHER 30MIN OF WORKOUT AND STRENGTHENING!!!

true friends or friend..

2010-11-03T22:06:00.002+08:00

If you think, u have a lot of friends. Think again, are all of them ur true friends? will all of them gibe u a helping hand when u need it? People that know me know that i'm picky in choosing friend, i just don't want any people to just come into my life and stir up my life.. Some people are rather a bastard in your life.. I need true friends not ton of friends.. i can be sticking around with the same group of friend but why not if they're my true friend.. I have a friend that i know since secondary but i can say.. he's just someone that i wish i never know at all..

sometime i ask myself.. why bother???

2010-11-01T22:18:00.002+08:00

For the past few weeks.. something have been bothering me.. i'm thinking.. why should i bother about those junior that isn't really to train and listen so much? like.. for what.. told them a couple of time don't be late for training and come at least 15min early.. is it really so hard.. during school days maybe they can come early but what about during the holiday?

I know what coach want and i tried to pass them the message but what do i get.. people that only think about themselves say why i get angry over such small thing.. in the first place.. i told them in a nice way not scolding.. just that i keep telling them whenever they never do it.. i might be wrong.. wrong in the sense.. bothering about them too much..

some of them just think that it's noting wrong to be rushing in when we're about to warm up and rushing in when we do warm up half way.. all they care is about themselves only.. have they think about how coach feel when seeing this? of cos a lot of things happen this few week. coach got upset, i myself feel upset too.. giving up on them.. as a senior and someone older than them, i feel the right to guide them well but seem like.. i'm just being too kapo..

from now on, i'm not going to bother about them, be it they change or not. It's no longer my problem.. my poly life going to end in less than 4 months time all i care is coach.. will i still be able to keep in touch with him and stuff..

he's my first coach or rather a mentor and a very good friend that willing to give advise and guide me to life.. no one will spend half an hour or more telling you something that is useless.. i don't understand why do people will to tell coach that he nag too much.. they're just not giving him the respect. I can't say thing between me and him flood smoothly.. of cos there is time where i think this and that but after i think over it... how wrong can he get...

Some people are just too selfish that they only think about themselves, did you put yourself in other people shoe and think? isn't it the right way to think that way.. everything take 2 hand to clap.. there is always a left and right.. everyone have the right to think this way and that.. is how willing are you going to sit down and think about it...

i guess.. it's time that i focus on my training till my mind is clear.. too many thing upsets me.. just too many.. sometime i might look ok but i'm not.. it's just that i don't chose to say or show it out..

First week of itp!!!

2010-10-29T21:52:00.002+08:00

This week is the start of my itp.. At first was quite nervous about it.. Reach early on the first day and was ask to sit inside while waiting for my supervisor... heard some of them talking about cycling and i was like.. wow got cyclist.. are they strong?? but guess what.. had a look over and they're like.. so... hmm.. both of them got beer belly liao.. haha... and the other one is a mountain biker..

when supervisor come, i started to help him with laptop stuff.. checking the laptop, checking the RAM and finding all the spare part.. first day already got stuff to do.. got to format a laptop and install all the stuff.. lunch time was good.. people there are so friendly!! call all the intern to have lunch with them.. so we went out in a big group.. at least 6 to 8 people..

the only thing i don't like is the traveling from office to home.. so slow due to the heavy traffic.. quite sian.. the next few days is about the same.. reach office, on laptop then login to email and system for help desk.. had lunch.. haha.. we can actually go to different place to eat! bukit timbah just got too many stuffs to eat...

best thing about this office is.. once the clock hit 6.30pm.. my supervisor will without fail ask me to go.. can start packing up 5 to 10min before hand.. Friday is always dress down day.. so today wore jean and polo tee to work... so shiok.. Monday and Friday is so slack.. noting much to do.. only waiting for time to past..

Next week got to add in all my training routine.. this week been sleeping early.. time to get back to normal training mode! i need coffee everyday next week!

Good bye my busy day!

2010-10-22T01:12:00.002+08:00

Finally attachment starting! part of me want it to start so i can have extra cash BUT part of me don't want it to start as my training routine will have to adjust.. i'm already very comfortable with my training over the holiday.. just got to see how thing go when attachment start...

During the poly life, i have been studying and training in the weekdays and working on my weekend of cos training in the weekend too.. Ever since i started poly, i haven't been meeting my friends that often.. Always been sticking around with my Track friends more.. Once in a while will meet some of them but it's kind of hard as most of them started working full time and the only time they're free in mostly the weekend but my weekend is the most important days for me to work and earn my allowance..

since my attachment starting with a.. quite good allowance, i have decided to work lesser on weekend and start catching up with my friends.. though we seldom meet, we still won't forget about each other.. true friend need not meet up that often but also not so.. ya.. haha.. think i only like met some of my friends once or twice a year! too focus on training.. but i'm sorry.. think training is one of the important thing in my list..

Next week on.. no more nice breakfast after swim.. got to rush to office after my swim and maybe have simple breakfast like bread and stuff.. hai.. now i got to get use to new training routine.. hopefully i can still stay focus.. this isn't the right time to slack off yet.. counting down to marathon! STRESS!!!

Hey friends! it's time to meet up!

My bike! My cycling shoe!

2010-10-17T22:16:00.003+08:00

First my bike head set bearing got problem then now i spoil my cycling shoe.. thank to over tightening it.. Saturday long ride with new bike position.. gear not going smoothly.. cleat spoil so can't stand up pedal.. almost fell when i tried to stand up and pedal.. Head home from ride.. took a nap and i'm gone.. muscle ache like mad.. new position seriously hurt! but i just got to get use to it.. didn't went for work as i really can't stand for too long.. just killing me if i work.. so i went down to "Bike and Bite" to get help for my cycling shoe.. sad to say.. the pair of shoe is gone.. i spoiled the cleat and screw.. can't use at all.. damn headache.. one pair of shoe cost like at least 100 over dollar.. lucky i still can borrow one for the time being..

Sunday which is today is "Real Run".. woke up early.. the race location is damn far! lucky got one driver for the day! thanks goodness.. if not it will be hard to get over.. it's the first time i take part in "Real Run".. the route isn't like other.. got trail, sand and road.. start at trail which is bad enough.. worst is the beach.. damn uneven.. worst than the trail..

super long day today.. whole day outside from like 5am to 8pm plus.. damn tiring.. time for bed.. first thing to do tomorrow morning is... BIKE WASHING!!! nah.. breakfast first.. haha.. enjoy ppl! it's a brand new week tomorrow!

worst long run ever..

2010-10-04T23:40:00.002+08:00

As per normal.. Sunday was long run day.. 25km.. woke up at 4am and weather seem bad. when i was up at 5.30am, weather seem all right so i made my way out.. first thing i forgot is my running top.. but lucky i'm at the lift only.. when i'm on the first bus.. i found out i didn't brought my coin pouch out.. damn.. i need coin for the locker.. but it's not a big issue.. manage to get some coin and also boarded the bus.. damn.. found out i forgot my.. SOCK! gosh.. 25km without sock is torture but hack.. don't want to think about what going to happen to my feet... just run only.. was telling myself to wear watch BUT guess what.. i lock it in the locker and i don't have any more 1 dollar coin..

Suffer during run but still manage to finish 25km.. feet had 3 huge blister.. but i'm not going to do anything till i swim.. called BIKE CONNECT to ask for the price for my bike repair.. seem reasonable so i cycle down to put my bike with them.. can only collect it on Tuesday.. but i can't collect due to work so i got to collect it on Friday instead..

2.5km of swim.. stone a while after finishing it.. damn mental.. headed for dinner then went back home.. cut my blister.. as this way will cure faster.. feet was so pain after cutting it.. can't bother much.. went to bed after checking my result at 1.26am.. when my classmate msn me and woke me up..

feet still hurt when i went down to buy bunch.. time to go training.. brought extra plasters and extra sock.. today training seriously use a lot of plaster and also wore 2 pair of sock.. still hurt but still manage to endure it through.. feel so shiok after finishing the workout.. 1'48 per lap.. feel so good doing that pacing..

Coach asked if we're done with the strengthening and i told him we got one more to do.. one of them was like... why tell coach got one more.. was kind of pissed.. why complain about it.. this is what we have to do every training and doing strengthening help us in out running so why complain? for what? want to improve but don't want to work on it.. might as well don't train.. go do ur own run and u can decide what u want to do..

soreness and aching mean.. ur muscle grow which mean.. fitness level go up!

Disturbing mind of mine...

2010-10-01T23:01:00.003+08:00

This week really not a good week.. Run was ok, miss Thursday swim due to dog shop having stock take and i got to be in shop at 9am.. bike was worst.. my bike got problem.. damn.. Wednesday my mind was all about changing a new bike.. I just need a alu frame bike with 105 groupset.. i not going to spent too much on road bike but on a good time trial bike.. guess it's better to have 2 different kind of bike.. Guess i need at least 2k for the road bike... haiz.. all is money... headache.. maybe i should send my bike for repair then use it while i save for the road bike...

there are time where i think.. why my life is always going up and down.. at some time, i feel really happy and some time i fall like crazy... right now it's like.. at the bottom.. so many thing happen.. not just my bike that really upset me.. but also all other stuff that was still running in my mind.. i asked myself.. why this happen to me? everything come and go so fast.. at a moment i feel so lucky and happy another moment everything is gone..

What happening on this weekend??? Hell lot of fun!

2010-09-26T23:27:00.002+08:00

Well as usual... Weekend is the best time to train... Ride on Saturday, Long run and swim on Sunday..

Saturday ride is a bit different.. doing mostly bike time trial training.. got to brush on it.. bike time trial is to test how long and fast can you pull yourself.. My time trial can of sux.. been drafting too much.. time to train on this field.. doing half or full ironman is a non-drafting races so it's better to start training...

Saturday was kind of busy.. pack the whole day.. went home after ride to wash my bike before riding to AC to get my bike fix... well.. hang around AC till like 3pm before heading home.. planned to reach my "da gu" house around 4 plus and had inform my cousin about it but once i reached home, just feel like taking a short nap and slack a while. Phone rang, cousin called asking where am i, it's like 4.30pm already and i'm still at home.. haha.. well.. too tired.. instead of meeting them at the house, went to meet them at chinatown first.. both my cousin need to head back office and asked me along.. and again back to amoy street.. Enjoyed my free cup of "Koi" bubble tea and was likeing stoning at their office..

Seem like my most my cousin read the book "Have a little faith" and to my nightmare.. i missed out some point in the story and guess what, i got to re read the book again from the start.. great.. went back to the house and had dinner.. a grand dinner instead... lot of stuffs to eat.. kfc, pizzahut, satay, fried noodle and rice, chicken wings and also different kind of mooncake.. haven't been like seeing my cousins for a long time so had a fun session catching up with them.. always like to meet up with them but sometime i just too busy so no choice.. Last event of the night.. LANTERN! haha.. well.. those paper and candle type.. was kind of saying next year we should get those battery type instead..

Today mac was so happening.. there's a race there but doesn't affect us as we always ran out from mac.. did 24km with the MR-runners... everything was good, leg was doing good and i still can bring myself to increase my pace for the last 2-3km of the run.. just that the weather was.. HOT! everyone was complaining.. so.. next Sunday long run will start at 6.30am instead of 7am..

As usual, headed back home after buying my breakfast. Had a good rest before going to sp for my swim.. long swim 2.2km in total.. guess i got to start learning freestyle instead.. Had dinner at west mall.. shop around a while then head back home to slack...

First step to good training is to get enough rest and recovery well.. sleeping early is the key.. i got to adjust my body to it!

afterall.. a wrong decision..

2010-09-24T23:15:00.002+08:00

getting into Track committee this year is really a wrong choice.. with fyp and training pouring in, it's seem like i'm getting into more trouble instead.. not just that YOG is affecting the training but also a bit of here and there.. committee backstab each other, complain this and that not knowing anything.. committee not doing their job well..

I myself also missing from training at the early part of the year due to injury.. everything doesn't seem smooth even though most stuff are settle.. clearing clubhouse, send runner for track meets.. of cos with the help of some of them, i can run thing pretty well.. not very good but still all right...

This year my focus is really training.. training at least 6 to 7 time per week... start of the year is seriously lose focus on track stuffs until a wake up scold come to me.. now that i try my best to settle those stuff... another thing happen.. Monday got to face the music.. hopefully not a bad one..

Marathon 2010 here i come!

2010-09-20T22:58:00.002+08:00

As Marathon is coming, long run distance got to increase.. after AHM 2010, it's time to set focus on Marathon.. I planned my Sunday long run already.. just nice to peak 2 week before marathon.. instead of doing one set of 36km, this year i plan to do 2 or maybe longer distance like maybe 38km.. well.. got to see how thing flow..

Last weekend was good.. good ride and good run though the pace for the long run is slower yet tiring.. but overall still a very good training.. Sunday run was kind of.. only a few MR runner ran.. a few of them doing 16km and some of us did 22km.. weather was hot to the max.. after the run i'm like losing lot of water.. force myself to drink the whole 1500ml bottles of 100 plus..

was damn tired and cramped after the run.. slept 2 hour plus and head to sp for swim.. 2 training session on Sunday.. Love doing this on weekend.. instead of shopping or working, i do something i like and save money too!

never do time trial today as i know my leg won't perform and i need to relax my tight muscle.. saw someone i didn't like.. seriously hate him.. a USE TO BE sp coach.. he insulted me a couple of time just because i don't want to train under him for long jump.. what kind of coach is him.. look down on me and say i won't be able to even finish 25 lap around track.. what is 25 lap if i have done 50 lap.. still.. he said i will just walk when running half marathon.. BUT still i finish the full marathon with a average timing.. really feel like throwing all my AHM and standard chart finisher medal at him..

Marathon is coming.. if u sign up for it, good for those that make effort training. if u sign up but never train, don't ever say anything about long run in front of me. cause i hate ppl that sign up for the seek of the finisher tee, medal and of cos.. showing off.. just hate this kind of ppl...

No more crave!

2010-09-17T22:59:00.003+08:00

Holiday had started... but seem to be ending like.. soon.. sian.. Tuesday, Thursday and some Saturday am working but still.. doesn't stop me from training everyday...

Went for a hair cut before training just now.. first thing i step into the saloon.. i saw one gal dyeing hair.. PINK! omg.. look so.. well.. seem like she want some attention.. she was with her 2 friends and was making a lot of noise there.. oh well... lucky my hairstylist attend to me fast.. cut and wash my hair and also bought a bottle of wax from the shop... kind of expensive.. $22 for it but with 20% off... bottle seem rather big.. can use for a least 4 month i guess....

today training is really like training... 1'50 per lap for 4km.. feeling damn shiok.. love the distance and pace.. use to doing this pace for 25 lap.. wonder if i still can go faster or maintain the pace throughout..

after training, went to maxwell to buy dinner.. craving for the congee there... a lot of ppl buying and this uncle actually skip my turn for ordering and went to the next guy.. was there waiting to order and this lady came forward and ask to take her oder.. damn.. guess the uncle skip mine and her turn that why.. can't bother waiting so i told them i had been waiting at the front for so long but never take my order instead took the order from the guy behind.. a bit.. oh well was kind of pissed but think about it.. not worth getting angry over it...

prepare all my training stuff... ready for tomorrow ride! time to push and last! that what endurance is.. 9 month of training.. all i need is a race to become a tri-athletic... not rushing.. i want to be more well train in all the 3 field..

Know ur limit..

2010-09-15T23:20:00.002+08:00

Finally cleared my ippt yesterday.. Army ippt is harder than school nafa test. Standard much higher and the machine they use is harder to score.. i guess.. haha.. now that exams and ippt are over it's time to get back to training.. time to make full use of my trainer..

Today wanted to do my bike time trial training but seriously don't know why i can't sleep last nite.. keep waking up.. Slept till 10am plus then went to wash my bike.. like so finally.. so dirty.. after washing, mount it on trainer and spin for 1 hour.. went off for lunch then headed to off for training.. weather was hot just now but still manage to endure through..

oh well.. had dinner before heading home.. got craving for maxwell congee seriously.. been a long while since i ate that... craving craving craving...

Army Half Marathon 2010

2010-09-14T12:53:00.002+08:00

This year AHM was a bit different from the past few year, this year race on Sept instead of August.. then there's a little change in the running route too..

Reached one hour before race start.. this year start at 5.15am instead of 5.30am.. put my bag then headed to toilet.. slow jog over to starting point and warm up a little.. this year not going to push my ahm timing as the date is too near to standard chart marathon.. don't want to get myself injure.. Marathon still the main goal this year..

Well.. during the run, i saw a lot of runner doing their best not stopping even when they're doing like 2hr plus timing or slower and of cos without fail, there are ppl that go there without training and plan to walk the whole race..

Going for a race trained but can't run fast is still all right but going for a race just because want to get finisher medal or want to show off just too.. seriously hate this kind of ppl.. wasting the slot and blocking ppl way..

after the race, wash up and headed for breakfast at coffee bean.. want to try something new.. instead of eating mac breakfast or what.. coffee bean food was quite nice instead... refillable coffee or tea when purchase their sandwich..

This year after race still feel good.. no aching no sore.. still can afford to do workout on Monday...

can u.. take ur order without saying anything extra!

2010-09-10T00:01:00.002+08:00

headed start today with 2.3km swim then headed off for coffee before going to work.. was ordering a toast set and a ice milo dinosaur and this auntie was like asking.. morning drink cold drink already? then say like cannot drink like that.. come on la.. Mac serve breakfast with ice milo and some people drink what ever juice for breakfast too! So just what is the problem with that! sick man.. the first time is this auntie, i have to repeat myself so many time then my order is right.. i have to like shout at her ear la.. ass man.. what is wrong with these people working at that cafe..

swim training

2010-09-03T00:56:00.003+08:00

Head start my day with swim training.. headed to Bukit Batok swimming complex to swim as it open at 6.30am.. was last for 5min as i'm stuck in toilet and missed the train..

did a 2km swim.. the pool is always so pack in the morning with lot of different swimming style of breaststroke people.. one is like diving herself deep into the pool and some is like spreading their love around by opening their arm so big..

still love to swim in sp pool but i guess, got to get use to it.. ITP start i got to swim at that place and that timing..

after swimming headed for a coffee and off i go for work... opening shop today which mean.. i'm the bigger in the shop! shiok.. reached there half a hour early and the other staff was already there.. did my paper works and do the stuffs that was being told and the rest of the day was stoning session..

sale was bad at there.. so really no many people came in.. was totally standing at the counter stoning.. can't read my note as it's not allowed to.. well was kind of counting down..

when it's near to closing time.. this couple came in.. and we're closing! even when i pull down the door, they still take their time to decide.. oh man.. don't u know we being standing since morning.. and i been awake since 5.50am.. damn tired leh..

after doing all the closing stuff, i trained back home.. on my way back.. i saw this woman with thick and long leg hair! so gosh lor.. wat lau.. as a woman, shouldn't u be shaving it off.. even men cyclist and swimmers got their hair off so do i.. as i'm both haha.. just got to shave it like once every 2 to 3 days.. isn't that easy???

A day without thinking..

Last weekend..

2010-08-30T14:20:00.002+08:00

Last weekend had a long day out.. Fri was MX bday and was the 2.4km time trial as the stadium is opened and we can use the track.. did a personal worst for my time trial.. 9'44 and i was like planning to do a sub 9'30.. seem like i need to get use to the pacing.. had dinner with the track junior then headed back home to prepare my ride the next day..

Wasn't able to sleep well.. thoughts were running through my mind and stuff.. seem like i shouldn't just let go that easy.. mind was being bother by all the stuffs.. all the stuffs those make me happy and also disappointed me.. still.. i manage to get some sleep then headed off to long house.. reached 5min late and i thought everyone went off without me.. join the other group instead of "go green".. was doing good till petrol station.. my chain got stuck and no one waited for me and headed off.. i was stuck at the traffic light so i won't be able to join them back that fast so i decided to stick with the anza road terror first.. manage to catch up then off i went for the ride..

got home and was planning to go for light breakfast before heading to bike and bites but i fall totally asleep and was woke up by sms.. headed down to have a look at the bike shop and stuff.. got myself SIS too.. after that headed down to lido for movie! step up 3 in 3d.. damn nice!

after movie, headed to zach house.. one of the "go green" rider.. hang around his house for a couple of drink and headed out for dinner.. we're dining at one French Restaurant.. Food there are pretty ex.. well thank to zach we got a set meal offer @ $40.. one soup and main course.. not a bad deal as the food is really nice.. Waited very long for the food to come and well.. got home late too.. next day still got to go for long run..

Woke up for run.. was planning to do a 20km before tapering.. so headed to mac for the run.. was planning to do the normal flat route till this runner from the group i normally ran with asked me if i wanted to do the "air con" route.. well since everyone doing i might as well join them and do the scary route with lot of slope.. the route was pretty tough with those rolling hill.. heartrate shoot up to 90% even when i doing a constant long run pace..

after run was the most SIAN moment... got to head to work.. i hate weekend when i got to work after training.. so freaking tired but well.. i don't have any choice.. next week on.. no more work on Sunday! i had adjust all my plan and work so sunday i can at least rest..

Back to routine week!

2010-08-24T20:32:00.003+08:00

I'm back! in action.. last week been a tiring week for me.. keep feeling tired everyday.. the fact that i didn't slept early and having to totally shag out from the previous week training.. overloaded big time..

Monday headed start with 2.3km swim then went for track training and did 8.8km.. was feeling good after the run.. didn't really feel that tired this week..

Rest day today as i plan to go airport.. went there early and found that Terminal 1 was noting.. no where to eat and no place to study.. after finding places to study for so long, finally took the skytrain to Terminal 2 instead.. hang around mac to study for a while and got to head back to Terminal 1 to wait for lingz flight to come..

Was there waiting and looking inside for someone that carry huge box and well.. actually quite a lot ppl carry big boxes around.. haha..

Had lunch at Terminal 2 SO we took the skytrain back there again.. had a long lunch and chat before we headed back..

Headed back to Terminal 1 again as to help to load up the stuff.. THEN we took skytrain BACK ti Terminal 2 again.. quite "FUN".. haha.. been going through and fro Terminal 1 and 2 for so many time.. now we know how to go around airport without getting lost..

I GOT THE LIVESTRONG BIKE JERSEY!!!!!!! i was looking for 2010 model on ebay but quite ex but lingz help me to get it at only $20!!! but got to be careful when washing it.. cos.. the printing like.. very easy can come off... super tight fitting and it's quarter zip.. a bit hard to take off...

Being honest

2010-08-22T00:36:00.002+08:00

This week my training really damn slack.. only trained like 3 times.. 2 run and 1 swim.. no bike at all.. shit.. this whole week just feel damn tired.. totally shag out from last week mad training.. overload big time..

Still can rem one of the talk i went for.. The speaker was talking about networking in social life and business.. One of the point i remember deeply. Being honest, not just be honest to yourself but to everything. You can tell everyone that how good you are and how perfect you are, if all those saying is lie. Are you going to lie forever? using more lie to cover it up?

well i guess i just hate it... having to lie non stop.. What wrong with being honest? at least what you say is true and honest. no one is perfect so no one can blame you for not being able to do it or what. What really important is facing the facts and knowing your mistakes.

I made a mistake and this mistake happen to hurt me a lot.. guess i just need time to get over it.. everything may look fine but i'm not.. having to act as though noting happen and laugh my way through but the real fact. i'm still hurt and pain..

overload

2010-08-17T00:09:00.002+08:00

Last weekend was seriously madness.. Saturday 75km ride follow by republic 10km race.. the 10km race was already so tiring but i went ahead for a 16km run on Sunday..

Waking up this morning, i feel the soreness and aching.. it was a bad one and of cos feeling damn tired... head off for itp interview, a informal one.. well more or less should be getting in the company.. itp working hour is from 9am to 6.30pm.. which mean.. i won't be able to join sp track for training.. hmm.. just got to see how things go..

Spoke to coach about workout just now and without fail, he somehow enlighten me.. my body seriously need to adapt to the training.. 2nd half of the year is always very busy for me.. cos marathon training have started.. this year i have planned my marathon pace and i just got to work toward it.. but of cos training it safe and right..

dinner at clementi with Alfred and gang.. hardly got chance to dinner with them so even if i got to bring my bike there, i still will.. well.. just hope to really enjoy those training days with them before i go itp and then head out to work life..

Republic Run 2010

2010-08-16T00:23:00.002+08:00

My 2nd 10km race!!! First was newton run and Second is republic run.. seriously hate this distance.. need to go fast and long.. i rather run 21km..

Before the race, in the morning i still headed off for my long ride.. as usual, did the same route then slack a while and headed home to rest..

Got myself ready for the race, reach the start line early.. even have time to play around with Ayie and gang.. Race started and i told myself i got to do below 50min.. route wasn't flat.. a couple of gentle climb and crashes with those 5km runner or rather walker.. they kind of blocking the way but well.. just got to go left and right to get through them.. reached the finishing line at 48'39.. wasn't by best.. but i guess after resting for so long from injury, this should be all right.. waited for the rest and found out that most of them hit pw.. personal worst..

had bad abrasion.. seriously regret never put vaseline.. headed out for dinner.. strengthening and went to bed..

woke up for long run feeling the sore.. but still went ahead for the run.. before run, saw mei yi and gang.. been a long while since i saw them.. seriously missed those time when SIM and SP distance runners train together.. so much fun..

did 16km.. good pacing throughout... when resting.. qi wen was telling me.. why my jersey got blood strain then i found out that.. the abrasion bleed and cause my jersey to be strain.. and it's not like a little.. but quite a big one.. it's only one small abrasion though..

went to work after run.. seriously tired... really don't want to work after long run.. i got to adjust and plan my working days next month.. no work on Sunday but add in work on weekdays.. i rather spend lesser than suffer after long run on Sunday.. Sunday i still can go swim..

ITP interview!!! so scary.. i never prepare! shit..

Sport Massage!

2010-08-13T23:28:00.002+08:00

Today had a sport massage session with auntie rosa.. before i went over, i went to bread talk to get her some bread.. feel bad for canceling another half an hour session.. lucky she still manage to get customer.. if not really...

Every massage session is so different.. getting painful each time.. maybe i need to visit her often to loosen up those tight muscle from all the workout.. Told her that my lower back hurt when swimming, then when she worked on it... somehow i feel she's going to break my spine!!! pressed on my lower so hard that i can't even scream out.. when she worked on my back.. it's really painful.. seem like my muscle seriously need a good massage.. she found out that my right thigh is very tight, that why my back hurt..

after massage i got to go settle those document needed for itp interview on Monday.. printed all the needed stuffs, had lunch and went to get breakfast for tomorrow then went back home to slack..

only manage to study a while then went to spin and do strengthening... watched Tour De France stage 1 while spinning..

Banyan Tree! interview on Monday!

watched some mv just now and found this.. kind of..

Worst day ever!

2010-08-11T22:48:00.002+08:00

suppose to take ippt today... in the morning, i just feel like skipping the pt lunch and just slack at home till ippt start.. but ended up.. i think it's still better to attend.. at first going to eat aston but we went to seoul garden instead..

Had a super full lunch.. shit.. i got to take ippt in another few hours time.. headed back home as i forgot to bring watch then head to maju camp...

waiting time was so long.. fell asleep there while waiting.. when it's time to start.. i take my time to clear the station.. sbj was my fear.. ended up failed by 4cm.. damn.. shuttle run was best.. FAILED!!! my shoe slip when i make turn till the PTI there suggest i go borrow a shoe then retake the station.. well guess i also need to train a bit before taking.. i only jump a few time then go took the test.. 2.4km was the worst.. maju camp running route was the vehicle shred.. didn't know how to pace myself the whole run... the distance marking is wrong too.. there this guy running behind me cheering me.. haha.. can make friend even when running... did one of my worst 2.4km run.. 10'26... shit man.. impossible.. 2.2km i did 9'02 and this i did 10'26.. damn shit.. during the run still got stitches here and there but still manage to endure the pain and move on..

i swear this pti is the 4rd person that told my my thigh is huge.. or should i say.. the 4rd GUY to tell me that.. please lor.. feel very gay leh.. one guy come up to u and tell u ur thigh is very huge! gosh.. i just don't like it.. guess it's time to start training my ippt.. haven't been doing anything about it but just go take the test..

Rotting Tuesday

2010-08-10T23:54:00.002+08:00

Suppose to swim today but everything don't seem good.. delta swimming complex is on half day every Tuesday and open only at 2.30pm.. was there at 7am looking badly for a clean toilet but just doesn't seem to have one.. So i went for breakfast and headed back home.. guess i'm tired from all the weekend and holiday training.. been very tired the moment i woke up.. so i guess i just got to rest today instead..

Was slacking at home whole day.. no plan today.. so i decided to rot... had a sudden text from xiao pang, suppose to meet her today for dinner but at first but she postpone it and just now asked if today can still meet.. got myself ready and slowly take my time to walk to redhill mrt to meet her..

From far can see it's her already.. really look like a OL to me.. haha.. travel to suntec and had aston for dinner... first time eating it and guess what.. we placed order for our dinner before we got our seat.. first time like that.. i always like to slowly look through the menu and slowly decide but this time.. it's easy.. cos don't have a look of choices either..

haven't seem xiao pang for one sem.. so a little catch up.. but ok la.. more like me disturbing her as usual.. dinner was late.. so when finished.. there isn't any places to shop... so just walk around.. was a nice meet up but always like so long then meet once.. so far the only poly classmate that can really chat..

Finally shopping time!

2010-08-09T22:58:00.002+08:00

Over the weekend really a lot of time happen... Saturday ride was so happening, Anza group was so selfish on the road. They thought road is their and doesn't allow ppl to go in front of them. Car mirror broke by one of the "Go Green" rider cos of the way that stupid driver drove... had a chat at starbuck and headed to work.

Sunday long run, 16km.. ran alone.. good pacing but not as good as last time.. not working on sunday so take my time to do my stuff before collecting the republic run race kit. After collecting, went to vivo city for shopping! been a long while since i do shopping on weekend.. always working on weekend if not is becuase got some stuff on that why never work on weekend..

Monday, headed start the day with holiday ride.. east loop today.. great ride but my leg never performed.. was drop on flat course! gosh.. FLAT COURSE!!! i hate it.. flat course is my favorite and yet i'm being drop.. Headed back to wash my bike.. spent like 2 hr doing tat.. didn't have any rest then headed out for lunch then movie.. movie was great.. 3d "The Last Air Bender".. seriously lido cinema for 3d is great! they using different kind of system and spec for 3d and it's way better than gv.. had dinner then headed home to rest.. so tired.. been up since so early..

8 days of training.. still counting.. the only time to stop myself from thinking is only when i training.. trying to numb myself..

What is happening???

2010-08-07T00:11:00.002+08:00

been a little not so myself this few days.. mind not with my me.. keep thinking of stuff even when doing training... well i told myself.. time to go easy on my mind.. got to go easy before i go mad..

finally it's holiday! just got all my notes printed and it's really very thick... time to be hardworking.. let see... i shall start studying soon.. exam date was like... so far apart.. first paper at 1st sept and 2nd paper at 14 sept.. isn't that kind of torture!

guess during holiday i should just work just enough to spent for the month.. i really need to clear my mind from all those rubbish.. shall i go for a short and cheap holiday? maybe backpacking.. seriously need my army friends to do that with me.. haha.. next year! backpack! and also, it's time to start calling all my friends.. been a long time since i met them out for la kopi session...

let see.. i shall meet my ITE classmates, Army friends, Sec sch friends and not forgetting all my cousins!!! got to meet them before they start complaining that i never fork out time to gather with them.. lot of catch up to do during holiday.. time to STOP buying training gears and start buying some clothes.. been a long time since i went shopping.. let me go grab money from IPPT first... haha..

goals for this year.. cut weight to 70kg and convert my mass muscle to endurance muscles and it's time to peak for my season..

One step out of SP!!!

2010-08-06T00:28:00.002+08:00

Today had assignment interview.. kind of having a hard time at the interview but everything seem to turn up all right..

Headed to running lab before going for movie.. bought myself a new slipper.. my 3 other slipper cannot make it liao.. going to get another one when get pay... need more than 1 slipper so won't spoil so fast..

wanted to watch "Street Dance" in 3d but marina square don't have so no choice.. catch the normal one instead.. found out that step out 3 will be out 19th August! so going to watch it in cinema.. step out 2 was awesome.. had voucher for "just acia" 1 for 1 deal.. so today dinner no need to crack our brain thinking wat to eat.. only paid $6 for the dinner which include free flow of drink and ice cream.. drank a lot of hot drink and one round of ice cream before heading over for movie..

after movie, had a little walk outside shopping mall and headed back home..

seem like i been too overly focus on my training stuffs.. shouldn't have bring training stuff to most of my life.. blog also training, talk also training and maybe dream also will think of it.. gosh.. sound boring.. shit.. what have i done.. seem like i need to balance my life..

This band only have one album but their songs is great

I hate weekend!!!

2010-08-02T00:37:00.002+08:00

Maybe many of you may look forward to weekend but not me.. the only thing i enjoy doing in the weekend is training, long ride on Saturday and long run on Sunday.. that the only time i enjoy myself with the "Go Green" riding group and MR runners.

Work today suck to the max..

First thing i reached shop, found out that it's last day of renovation sale which mean.. it will be super busy and after work got to pack up those stuffs.. they should have inform me.. i'm having lesson the next day yet they expect me to help till very late..

Second thing, those full time staff are just too much which also include the executive sale manager.. all of them went for 1 hr break.. total got 4 full time staff, first one went to break at 1.30pm and the in-charge told me i got to go last as i work at 11am. So be it.. never expect all of them to take 1 hr break.. already told her i'm kind of hungry at 3 plus and yet they still can go for long break and the freaking shop is so pack with customer.. I worked in great word city outlet for the whole renovation sale but i never ate my lunch so late before and the sale was way better.. in-charge there take control of their staff by not allowing them to go for full 1hr break when the rest haven't eat but this in-charge at imm never even bother.. she herself also went for 1 hr break.. this is the first time i feel damn ill.. feel dizzy due to hunger.. guess what.. i had my lunch at 5.41pm and maybe some of you might even be getting ready for dinner.. Before i went for my break, my executive sale manager said want to talk to me then i just told her can i go for my freaking lunch first before anything. Never bother to buy back to eat, i just eat there and take my time to rest.. went back and my executive asked me what happen, i was so hungry, tired and pissed that i never smile, never talk and never bother to say anything to any of the staffs there.. i told her, they're too much taking 1 hr break each and also indirectly saying her also cos she went off with one of the staff to have lunch.. you see, if each staff only take half an hour break. i only need to wait for 2 hr for my turn to take my lunch break but i waited like 4 hr plus just to go eat my lunch..

Third thing, my executive always like to tell me that she dote me a lot.. keep keying commission to me. Please la.. some of the in-charge also did that but they never even say it out. She always like to keep repeating the same old stuff again and again.. always keep saying she help me to get free leather shoe and always give me all the working days i want and send me to big outlet to work... And also always say dote me the most.. bullshit.. she can even told me she's didn't know i never had my lunch break yet.. do you call that dote? what crap is that... you don't need to say that you dote on someone, they will know if you really do that..

Last thing of the day, packing up.. we got to pack out some of the stuff as tomorrow need to get ready for renovation.. at first that executive (again is her) ask me to pack up those shoe that needed for opening then she asked me to pack another stuff and i haven't finish packing the first stuff and i told her.. she just told me to leave it one side first. Then when packing till half, she was asking. why i never pack those shoe that she asked me to pack first and i straight away told her off.. want me to do this then ask me to do that, what the hell does she really want.. she only sit on the sofa ordering people around.. what is that! already so busy and she didn't even bother to help but just sit there and order people around..

seriously damn pissed today.. but i feel that there isn't a need to tell anyone about it.. i just got to vent my anger on blogging.. whether got people read a not, writing it out still will help...

will i be able to......

Saturday happening long ride..

2010-08-01T01:02:00.002+08:00

As usual, woke up around 5am plus to travel out for long ride. Reach long house and waited for the rest to come. I told myself, i will follow the front pack of the group instead of staying at the back. And i did.. normally i will try to stay behind as i'm still new to group riding so it's will be safe for me and the rest if i be careful and stayed in the back but not today.. hate it when there is a break away and i have to chase back the distance alone..

When reached Lin Chu Kang, we drop the whole "Go green" group and left with a few of us.. As usual, i will try to lead out when doing the Lin Chu Kang runway there.. was pulling the group till i caught one of the rider and i just stayed behind him to get a good draft.. at tme i tried to took over to pull but he just don't allow me to do so.. when i look back, the rest of them are gone.. so i reduce the speed and waited and suddenly 2 of them zoom past, followed and headed out to petrol station for water break..

found out that one of the rider slowed down that why the 3 of them wouldn't behind my wheel.. had a little chat with that guy that pull me through and he was like.. wa ur thigh is at least 3 time of mine... LOL! the most only 2 time only.. we rested at the petrol station for a long while as one of the rider had a flat.. as we headed out again, can feel that i'm already cool down and my leg was so sour till i can't afford to ride fast so took our time to slowly spin to starbuck..

well.. as usual sat there to chat and found out that the group having gathering and they were kind enough to invite us over too..

Headed home, wash out and head to work.. work was fine.. i told my in-charge i wanted to leave a bit early but ended up i left the shop like 11pm.. but nvm i decided to cab over to meet them for a while but i waited for the cab for damn long.. damn pissed.. whenever i need a cab, there isn't any.. twice already.. first time was when i got a flat on my wheel and needed a cab so badly.. wait for at least 1 and a half hour for it.. in the rain somemore.. damn stupid cab driver..

a question without a answer.. hate the feeling to feel that way..

well guess i got to turn in.. 16km waiting for me...

Finally FYP is over!!!

2010-07-31T00:40:00.002+08:00

30th August mark the last day of FYP.. been doing fyp since the first day of the sem start and been doing it everyday till today...

Phase one, everyone was so into it.. just that most of them always come late whenever we meet up to do FYP..

Phase two, most of them come late also and i can't bother to reach early also.. been early all the while but seeing most of them late make me feel like nt reaching early.. some of us have slack off in phase two.. lot of stuffs to do which include those that we don't know also.. i admit.. i also slack off a little..

One more assignment report, presentation and 2 final paper. i will be half a step out of poly life.. SHIOK! ITP next sem.. which mean.. i might nt be able to train with those track ppl.. kind of... happy and sad.. happy that i can work lesser on my part time job.. sad is that i can't train with them if my ITP company is too far.. ARGH!!!

Did i make the right decision?

2010-07-27T00:32:00.002+08:00

At time did you ever think if you're on the right path, making the right decision? well.. i have.. been wondering if i make the right choice from what i have decide.. of cos i make decision with reason.. everything you do in life have reason be it good or bad...

FYP going to an end soon.. Friday is finally the deadline and of cos without fail a bomb drop on us.. we got to rush out a poster and a short video for our FYP.. damn.. have a little help with my task and now i only left with 2 simple task, screen shots and i can wrap up my part..

Headed to training... didn't feel my leg soreness till i was heading over for training.. Sunday 16km long run isn't fake.. Training was 2 set of 2.2km.. this few training all doing the 2.2km route.. tough route but just got to push hard... What is training without putting in effort and push yourself to the limit.. or rather beyond limit... but of cos safely should always come first...

Love this song to the max.. i will repeat this for a few time when i listen to it.. though it's quite a old song..

weekend training..

2010-07-25T00:15:00.003+08:00

had a good ride today even though been whacking like non stop.. whenever on flat and someone broke off, i will try my best to chase then get a good draft.

Lin Chu Kang runway - 38.5km/h

West Coast - 48km/h

Near tanglin - 51km/h

saw one of the bike i like.. fuji D6, one of the rider was riding it and i only saw it when we had our water break at one of the petrol station.. damn nice.. best of all.. he bought it at 5.5k! tat cheap lor.. with SRAM Red and the wheelset.. now i start thinking, should i setup up Fuji D6 or fuji SST1.0..

Long run tomorrow at mac!!!

fact of life, everything in life is both sided. One question can have 2 answer, right or wrong. In a committed friendship or r/s.. it's always 2 partly that keep thing move on..

Getting use to training..

2010-07-21T00:35:00.002+08:00

This sem have been very diff from the past few sem. Training days have increase, from 3 to 4 days to 6 days training per week.. sometime even trained 7 days... running, riding and swimming.. love riding the most..

Always been looking forward to Saturday ride with the go-green group, last stop will always be at tanglin starbuck. Having coffee with the group chatting can be such a good way to destress. They're just a group of cheerful ppl that will share their story and always never fail to make ppl laugh.

Track training been fun too.. though i still like the previous running group cos we always go out for dinner after training...

Time to get back to long run again! Been a long while since i ran with the MR runner at mac.. hopefully they still rem me.. haha.. they're just the group of runner that will give u confident and also cheer u up..

well.. swim training.. hmm.. most of the time i swam alone so ya.. quite boring.. haha.. my goals for next year.. 6.5km swimalthon!!! I WANT TO JOIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today workout... Tempo again!

2010-07-16T23:41:00.002+08:00

first thing to celebrate, Saturday no need work! ask for a day off as i really need some time off.. been studying and working so hard that i can hardly find time for myself.. few more weeks to assignment deadline, don't know if it's joy or worry.. joy is that, everything going to be over soon.. worry is that, will FYP be able to do finish? STRESS is the key word now..

Did tempo run today.. total of 6km.. 3 lap 2'10 pace 3 lap 2 flat pace then continue till hit 15 lap.. found out tat, i can't really control the 3 lap where i need to do 2'10.. keep doing around 2 flat pace.. which mean.. i didn't do the tempo run correctly.. damn.. but well still manage to finish the whole run @ 30'26...

got mt CRC order.. like so happy.. new bibs and tools.. looking forward for my bike trainer to come...

well time to start afresh.. some old memory must go and new story should start.. i hope thing will get better this time..

training plan was out.. if thing goes well, i will be peak by then.. long run, long ride and long swim.. hopefully no wall to bang.. tried before, nt a good feeling to hit it again..

Meeting the deadline..

2010-07-13T18:25:00.003+08:00

Things have been going stressful when term 2 start.. deadline for fyp is out.. 25th July... which is next week.. got 3 assignment deadline to rush.. most worrying is still the fyp deadline.. this term haven't been going smooth.. unlike last term when doing fyp, everyone is putting in effort to get thing done just that everyone like to be late when doing fyp... This term worst, on top of reaching late, some of us have slacked off... one task can keep editing. best is after editing the new detail, forget about the old changes that suppose to make. I have been trying hard to get things done fast but with the delay, i also got sick of doing.. somehow i no longer like last term, always reach sch on time when meeting for fyp. even when i'm going to be late, i won't be rushing out as i know the some of them is always late.. think back, there isn't once where everyone will reach on time. everytime also got late comer, if you late for 15min every time. isn't that worst..

just came back from school, after resting a while. got to start doing other assignment... stress..

Yesterday breakfast before swim

craving this for a long time, bought this back before continue doing assignment

Long Distance Races

2010-07-08T14:16:00.002+08:00

well.. Don't know what happen, seem like a lot of people are signing up for Marathon. One thing for sure, most of them just sign up for fun. As in getting the finisher tee and stuff like that. Seriously hate this.. Some of the runners train so hard for this distance to achieve their personal best and goals and still getting a finisher tee that those walker can get too..

Is this fair? i don't think so.. I know.. it's all about personal goals and stuff but having to see those people that wear the same tee and talking big over it just isn't cool..

Running distance like 42.195km isn't fun.. it's pain.. Rem last year when reached 36km, the pain kick in and it's just so painful but i know i cannot stopped too long.. i knew my training isn't enough, i only did 1 36km run but can u imagine those people that go there without knowing how bad the distance can get.

when i hear non runner say, it's ok can always run walk. i'm already like.. stupid.. waste people slot. When you hear runner say that, it's worst.. my mind will tell me.. what wrong with this people.. respect those people that train hard for it and also respect the distance be it 21km or 42km..

hit a little tempo!

2010-07-07T23:01:00.002+08:00

Went school early to open up the track letter box... oh man.. next Wed got CCA conference from 3pm to 9.15pm! freaking 6 hr 15min.. sian..

School being boring nowaday.. doing fyp, packing food to eat instead of eating there.. so boring, so stress and forever ton of things to do..

Went training late due to a stupid make up lesson.. the lecturer miss one lesson and kept us waiting in the class and yet she want a make up lesson.. only manage to run off at 5.30pm.. and training was at 4.30pm.. so more or less the rest were done with their workout.. so i just do a short workout..

First time doing tempo run.. been reading a lot about tempo run but never try it.. did 3km.. first and last km do 2'15 and mid doing 2 pace.. but think i kind of screw up the pacing.. lap 1km already do quite fast.. guess i need to get the pacing right before continue...

Busy weekend.. 24hr.. nt enough!

2010-07-05T01:01:00.002+08:00

As usual... woke up for my long ride.. well.. this time still join the "Go green" group.. Ride was fun.. always enjoy riding behind them and listen to what they say and joke about..

Always love doing flat course.. can feel that my fitness for bike have improve a little.. been manage to catch up with even sudden break away and stuffs.. On the way to starbuck at tanglin, this rider khing. while we waited for traffic to turn green, he was like making fun of a gal that was eating maggie in the car.. super disturb.. but well.. always good to have him around.. A little chat at the starbuck before heading back.. damn weather.. rained so heavily when i wanted to go home.. End up, got to ride back back in the heavy rain.. damn cold..

Wash up and headed to work.. super ultra busy today.. sale was 13k with only 5 staffs.. totally madness and tiring.. no time to go out to buy lunch so just eat mac.. planned to meet up to watch tour de france stage 1 so headed off to friend house to watch.. super nice! was quite expected for the stage one yellow jersey..

Stayed over and went out for morning run.. On the way back at the park.. I saw one tiny animal running at the path.. take a closer look.. gosh it's a hamster! so cute! But i was rather pissed too.. who the hell let this poor hamster running in the park? if don't want to keep animal, might as well don't buy them in the first place...

Had breakfast at KFC... first time eating the breakfast.. well.. food was good.. Headed to work.. reach early and saw the shop quite busy... so changed fast and start serving.. Asked my in-charge, how many staff we have and found out.. only 6 staffs.. Saturday sale was already so good and yet they don't find extra staff to help.. all i can say.. i hate work today... super tiring.. Seriously hate this freaking company.. forever lack of staff and staff benefit suck to the max.. We in the front line chiong like mad but got noting.. staff working at office get all the good stuff when company make profit.. HEY come on.. who the one doing the sale? is the poor retail staffs like us.. at 5pm.. i finally got time to head out for my lunch, only my in-charge and me haven't eat.. guess what.. they forgot that we didn't eat!

Customers seriously coming in non stop.. and it's crazy.. every staff serve at least 2 to 3 customers and was running in and out of the store.. seriously damn tired.. when i headed to toilet, i will start smsing and slowly take my time..

Closing hour was delay as the sale manager wanted to hit the figure she want.. everyone is so freaking tired already and she still want to close the shop late.. and we got to keep a lot of stuff as shop is going to have a big reno for 2 weeks.. totally drain out.. working 12 hr.. jate my job big time.. so what if i earn the most commission compare to the rest of the part timer. I need to suffer so much.. busy shop.. ton of customers.. ton of shoe laying around.. hate it..

Understand ur body

2010-07-01T23:09:00.003+08:00

How often do you train on a well rest body? And also a body that have enough sleep? I really find that, having enough sleep time and sleeping at correct hour is really important. Rem last Saturday, i only slept for an hour plus and i still headed out for ride.. though i still can manage the ride but i just get tired faster and needless to say i got to force myself to focus more.

Knowing that riding in Singapore is so dangerous, i tell myself. For every single ride, i just going to keep myself 110% focus not just on myself but also on the road with all the road terror driving around. Sg got too many cycling accidents.

When you feel tired and didn't have enough sleep, don't train. BUT if is muscle tired, DO GO TRAIN! Know your body limit.. push too much and you will find yourself needing more time to recover...

Train well, Train safe and Train smart... Recovery is also part of training...

Swim training

2010-06-29T22:43:00.002+08:00

Woke up super lazy today.. got morning call but still.. fall back asleep for another 10min.. while washing up, i still thinking.. should i swim morning or afternoon.. keep thinking but finally got myself out of the house..

Some how i know my fyp group mates will be late.. as usual.. so i didn't really rush but also never too over.. wanted to do 2km but that will take me 1 hr plus and i reach sp pool at around 9.08am i think..

Pool only have this group of 3 ppl.. 1 guy 2 gals.. got myself change and start swimming.. today swim was good.. damn shiok.. can actually do 2km swim easily.. but due to the time limit that i had. I can only do 1.5km... when i was doing my swim. that group of three went to the lane next to me and start playing and even block my lane and i got swim away from them.. that not the end.. when i was half way my workout, that guy dive under me.. ok fine as long never touched me, i don't care. when i make a turn.. one gal did the same.. dive under me and the other gal was swimming across my lane so slowly.. Guess wat, i got to stop my stroke and force myself to slow down to almost a stop.. this time round, i'm pissed. Didn't vent my anger straight away as i know my workout is much more important.. Got myself claim down and finished my swim..

good swim today.. easy long swim and finished under 40min.. as i walk up.. this guy was in the gym and was looking at me.. I know who is he.. That guy that dive below me and also saw the 2 gals.. they really need to know how to show respect to whoever using the pool and doing workout.. If i'm running and this thing happen, be sure to get some good scolding from me.. i can control my temper for everything but not when i'm doing my workout..

Bathed and head to meet my fyp group, guess wat.. only 2 of them reach and it's like 10.15am and we meeting 10am.. Not a single day everyone will be on time.. i so NOT going to reach early.. Maybe if i reach early, i go eat breakfast..

Today never eat lunch with my fyp group which mean no more fc6 foods! so sick of eating there liao.. Got ppl acc me eat.. or rather.. see me eat.. haha.. next time must eat together.. if nt feel very weird...

Headed back to do my fyp.. today going to get new running shoe! seriously need to replace my newton shoe.. outsole starting to peel off le.. sian.. love the shoe to the max! first time put it on already so comfortable.. but i guess i get more cushion shoe instead.. tried very long.. gosh.. so not me.. i always buy thing very big de.. a bit pai seh..

well got it at special price.. a blue and white color shoe.. hmm.. maybe i too use to the red shoe then having diff color look so weird on me..

Headed up to try the wrap and headed back home... Seriously must try the wrap.. damn nice.. at square 2..

i enjoy what i have now.. holding on tight so that it's won't be gone.. i set my mind and i'm going for it..

26 June Long ride

2010-06-26T17:18:00.003+08:00

Did long ride with "go green". Well most of them are really friendly BUT somehow i don't know what should i talk to them.. haha.. Mix with anzar so is very huge group.. didn't manage to stick with the first group.. was stuck in the second group so i just wait for chance to move off.. Just before we head out to lin chu kang runway i chase up to the first group but they stopped and waited for the rest to join in.

After everyone join back, i lead out the group... when i turn back at the runway, there's only 2 more rider behind so i slow down a little and waited. While waiting, one rider asked how long i been cycling and was shock to find out i only started off a few months.. then he was saying, "how come ur thigh so huge! when u're riding only a few months". oh well before i can answer him, 2 rider pass us fast.. then i was like shit shit.. next thing he told me to give chase.. manage to chase them and was leading but i did something wrong when i didn't go straight but going side to side.. very dangerous..

when hit traffic.. the rider that talk to me was like telling other.. "he only ride a few months BUT look at he's thigh! tree trunk!" gosh.. what a way to say that haha.. we head off to do longer distance and met them at starbuck.

Guess what, the topic never end.. he start saying it again this time i told them about me training at gym for a couple of years and one of them was saying gym trainer very often have big upper body, small lower body and my reply was so thick skin. I told him see i'm perfect while showing the ok sign.. next thing he was laughing.. haha.. gosh.. damn fun when sitting at the starbuck talking to them... overall despite the not enough sleep, i still enjoy the ride..

when you want something to happen, they don't. But when it's happen, you wonder.. Is it for real? Life can be messy at time. well.. confuse mind.. i'm thankful.. all i need is a little more time..

Training Training Training

2010-06-21T22:59:00.003+08:00

Sometime i really feel like training full time.. don't even mind training the whole week.. at least i know.. when training, i won't feel stress... Right now i got to be busy with fyp and work.. Working on Saturday after long ride is just too tiring.. Lower body can ache like mad... can't wait for attachment to start.. at least i got extra expenses.. Maybe just work on Sunday for my part time job.. got to see how thing goes..

A lot of thing is happening in "dog" shop.. one of my close in-charge is falling sick more often thanks to the super long working hour at the new outlet.. Think the company really want to force staff to resign.. that kind of working hour is just too mad... well.. got to find time to visit him..

counting down to itp.. counting down to end of poly... counting down to buy a new bike.. counting down to getting full time job! too many counting to do..

Koi Bubble Tea!

2010-06-11T23:27:00.002+08:00

Had a long day today.. Morning went for sport massage and before i start my massage, a phone call shock me.. The food store from fc3 called me asking me if i'm going to place the deposit for the food for monday camp.. I already asked my dear "Coffee maker" to go make payment as money is with her. Guess wat.. she went wrong store... HAIZ!!!! how blur can she be.. i even text her the store name...

And best thing is she never brought the money out so no choice i got to fork out first and happen that i only will be able to get my money at 2pm.. what to do.. after lunch i got to hang around novena first then transfer her the money then go cut my hair..

Damn shiok today.. had a new hair cut.. now super areo even without helmet haha.. got my hair wash and massage by my hair stylist.. think for so many years, he only wash my hair twice and it's damn shiok..

Went to buy Koi bubble tea, got to wait for quite long for it... don't really know if it's worth waiting...

This week training..

2010-06-06T09:54:00.002+08:00

This week training have been good..

Monday - went down for track training. wanted to do light run but ended up doing workout with those year 1. Thought can't catch up with the 2 min pacing but i rather shocked that i can finish it..

Tuesday - Went for light run and head for swim.

Wednesday - Went for ride but got a flat.. damn.. waited 1 hr plus for a cab home with the heavy rain..

Thursday - Rest

Friday - Swim 1km and went straight for track training.. 1km swim follow by 5km run

Saturday - Long ride.. reach 60km and started pouring heavily..

Sunday - Easy ride.. 50km

Oh well.. heading off to work soon..

Messy mind of mine

2010-06-03T23:22:00.002+08:00

Should I or shouldn't i. This line have been running around my mind.. Just don't know what should i do.. Just can't seem to make a right decision.. Guess that just part of life...

Everyone changing phone! some Mother buy, Father buy and also some buy own-self. I'm just not in either one.. Still stuck to my Mio plan.. AND for now i would rather spend on training gear first.. What to do.. i'm just a poor student for another maybe.. few more month.. itp start mean got extra income.. guess i just got to continue working at Dog shop..

life just isn't getting any better... but well.. tomorrow will be a better day!

Fact of training

2010-05-26T23:25:00.004+08:00

After training for distance running for a couple of year, i find that my character have change.. from very bad temper to someone that will be able to control myself more.. Also learn some lesson about life and stuffs... thing happen, you think about it and learn from it.. making mistake isn't a bad thing, most important is that you learn from mistake.

I believe my life will get better if i put in effort to change it. People learn as growing up.. be it a hard way or a easy way... rem one lecturer was asking us what we going to do after poly and i told him i will be getting a job first. The next thing he said "so boring ar". Feel like telling him off.. not everyone life is the same, i wish i can continue studying also but i just can't.. if i continue studying, not just my mum will suffer.. i will too.. having to work part time and study.. poly is already hard enough.. uni will be worst.

when life got worst, i tell myself.. it's going to be over soon, bear with the suffering and things will turn out well.. how i wish i have..

Weekend training

2010-05-24T00:58:00.002+08:00

Friday was a final touch up and do up for my part for my fyp.. slept quite late... must got on bed around 11.30pm but i just can't finish my stuff and i got to sleep around 12 plus and got to wake up 5.15am for my ride..

Manage to get up on time, grab my gear, warm up and send a text before heading out.. meeting lingz half way to long house.. couple of thing happen. bottle fall off (my fault for not calling for a stop it's too dangerous to stop on fly over i think), didn't manage to meet with the "GO GREEN" group.

With lingz and her friend, we headed out for our ride. Everything was doing fine expect the heavy traffic before LCK..

One thing happen when on LCK, there this 2 dogs laying on the road, Was the last rider so i saw everything. When lingz passed the first dog, the second dog stood up and bark at her then lingz friend rode pass it on the right scaring the dog and cos it to move backward. While moving backward, i rode past on the left scaring the dog second time. guess the dog was too scare to even bark at us...

head to tuas before heading home from west coast.. was 15min late for work.. this weekend ride was far better.. leg nt that sore when working about but still a little tired...

reached home late from work and had a couple of thing to do and by the time i went to bed was quite late already... woke up in the morning at 4am.. feeling tired and nt enough sleep so i guess better not risk riding on my half asleep mind..

work was good.. cos i got enough sleep and manage to earn more commission.. top sale man for the day.. shiok!

focusing on training flat... still waiting for my tendon to recover.. there no way i'm going to stop riding as swimming alone will drop my fitness.. so i just got to go easy on ride so as not to stress my calf and tendon too much.. let my thigh and hamstring do the job..

A break from fyp

2010-05-14T09:51:00.002+08:00

While i'm still trying hard not to postpone my phone alarm again, a text message came saying lesson is cancel! well at first i'm thinking to ask my group mates to meet maybe a bit later but not at 10am. Then one of them suggest we do our own part at home since we normally meet up then also doing our own stuff.. which mean.. no sch for me today! just got to slack a bit today.. maybe going to public pool to swim later instead of school.. in the evening maybe can go cut my hair.. shiok.. of cos also got to do my fyp too.. my group been doing fyp everyday since school start so i guess having a break isn't that bad..

Busy Busy Busy!!!

2010-05-08T08:02:00.002+08:00

This Sem is so busy.. Doing Fyp almost everyday and guess this got to continue till everything done, not a bad thing i guess. At least not last min.. something i really hate..

Was home yesterday nite, am waiting for some track document so that i can assign task out to get it done by weekend. Need to inform those year one that we r meeting them on Wed so just got to inform them asap. Thought i will be able to get the document around 10plus but i'm wrong 11plus then i get the document. Was rushing to go to bed as i need to wake up early for my workout. finish all the emailing and assign tack and also keying the contact to my phone so as to be able to text those year one while working.

Guess i slept around 12 plus which is like so late already. Waking up feeling tired just not right but still i headed out. Was a bit i think but lucky traffic still nt so bad, when doing first loop. Still can a bit weird but after dropping to more areo position and change to faster gear everything seem right.. to draft a time trial bike, i must get into more areo position to get better draft.

one last thing before going home, a long but low climb back home.. feel better climbing it hopefully will feel even better after like few more weeks..

been off from run this week and just a short ride that i try nt to push so much, hopefully my tendon will recover soon with ton of stretching and some calf massage..

it's come true.. chasing game... dog chase cat

2010-04-29T22:48:00.002+08:00

had a long day today.. was in sch from 0930am till 5.30pm.. head start the day with fyp and a lesson after our fyp... our group been meeting up everyday to do the fyp... sometime early then wat they plan for us and of cos needless to say at time we stayed extra time to get thing done.. Been training and busy with fyp and kind of never spend time with my track committee and trackers... well i guess i got to do something about it.. nt because i'm injure and can't really run a lot then i never go down visit them... tomorrow got to show them some president love.. haha..

planned to meet ah muan for run today and he said that he got to intro new friends to me.. more like match making i guess.. haha cos very often i will tease him that his friend here (me) is still single.. then he will be like telling me he had bring some new friends for me to chose.. haha.. but very often i never care much.. when i reach AH i just change to my gear and off to for the run.

today lesson got a lot of cock up so i can't go off early and when i thought i caught the bus, on the way the traffic was heavy and i told them to go ahead and i will go find them... ah muan ask me if i know which route we're running and ask me to catch up and guess wat.. there at least 2 to 3 route we normally run and i was like.. WHICH ONE!!! reply and called him but never ans or reply so i guess is the shorter route. change fast and ran fast out of AH to look for them. Haven't see them throughout the route and when i'm about to finish running, i worry that they will go another route so off i went to starting from the end of the route and try my luck to see them but well no luck so ya headed back to AH and guess wat.. saw him walking back with his comfortable clothing...

had a little chat and found out that actually is the route that i ran but somemore didn't saw him.. guess they leave at least 10min faster that why i can't catch up with them... his match making fail today haha.. oh well he said to have another session soon after they're more free from some hosp event.. haha.. now then i know, i have a free match maker.. haha

and guess wat.. chasing game isn't fun..

Managing my time..

2010-04-28T23:11:00.002+08:00

Ever since sch start, thing haven't been very good.. fyp is stressing our group up. also the timetable for this sem seriously cannot make it.. got to stay in sch till very late... needless to say doing all my training.. can't do it in the evening so i got to wake up early for my run swim and of cos bike training.. sometime feel really tired but i just got to get use to it...

a couple of complain from track committee that i have gone missing.. all i can say is.. i'm too busy with my fyp right now.. got to give me some time to get back to track.. fyp isn't just me alone.. still got my group member so i can't just go settle my track stuff and nt going to do my fyp stuff... somemore i been trying hard to put in my swim training.. bike and run i can do in the morning but nt for swim... cos pool only open 9am.. then in the evening sp pool gpt other cca using so it's really very headache..

doing all i can to manage all my stuffs well.. just hope u ppl will understand...

bike training

2010-04-25T08:59:00.002+08:00

Just when i'm having a super good sweet dream, my alarm sound and it's time to wake up for my ride.. seriously must it be at that time...

got myself prepare and off i go.. today ride was far better than yesterday though it's the same route.. manage to get a draft on a group of rider at lin chu kang (i think i did draft). Was feeling so good during that group drafting.. rode pass the chicken farm and it's really damn smelly some more i bought the "Breathe right" yesterday and use it just now.. so during the ride pass the chicken farm, i guess i take in more smelly smell than the rest..

headed home when reach west coast and seriously today got a lot of rider.. wash up, wash my jersey and off i am.. lying on my bed blogging and going for a short nap...

Know ur friends..

2010-04-14T14:38:00.002+08:00

Went swimming just now, did 750m trial swim again.. this time did 20'14min.. getting close to my target but one very serious mistake.. when i did the swim, i was like anyhow swim and the only thing in my mind is to swim finish 750m and get a good timing and after the 750m, i can feel my back ache alot.. after resting i did a proper swim and timing wasn't that bad but all the stroke and pace was all right.. So i think, i got to do a lot of long swim to get all the stroke and pace right..

After swim and breakfast, headed back home and my mum was like looking at something under the sofa and that happen to be my pet rabbit.. my mum was cleaning his cage and didn't manage to strap him correctly and off he went. Running around the house.. seriously this rabbit can run fast and can change running direction fast too.. gosh.. when he ran under my sis bed i was like crawling under the bed getting hold on him but the bed was just too low for me to carry him out.. so no choice he ran off again.. after like 20 over min. i gave up, brought his cage to the floor with the door open and guess wat.. he went in himself.. my god.. should have done that early..

anyway, found out the new about the Jet ski incident. sports can be dangerous if one don't understand how dangerous thing can get and don't understand the safety well enough. One thing in my mind was, could it be his friend want to do some risky thing like going full speed at his friend and thought will be able to change the jet ski direction when his near? that what i think could happen..

That make me think of a friend of mine that really do risky thing like jumping from 2nd floor of the HDB flat to the first level and jumping in a cable car. He did a lot of risky thing and at time never think about how dangerous thing can get not just to himself but to the people around him too.. some may think it's very brave to do that but what i think is that it's just too childish and dangerous to ever think of doing it. it's not that i not dare to do it but is that why should i even do that for?

now that i know which group of friend to hang out with and what are thing to talk to them with.. having a friend that look down on me when i tell him my goal for this year was to do a tri.. seriously regret telling him and to get myself badly insulted for noting.. When i tell different friend, their response was so much diff.. they're so supportive and coming out with idea on improving my fitness. That the group of friends i want.. even if you don't understand the sport well, you can either don't say anything or just ask about it but not by saying something that is so insulting.. thinking of that make me don't even want to talk to him.. but i know him for close to 8 years.. a very long time and that make me try to forgive him but everytime i train for tri, he will make my blood boil!

750m beaststroke!!!

2010-04-09T18:26:00.002+08:00

Did a 750m swim trial today. Beaststroke instead of free style as i can only swim beaststroke now.. timing seem to be a bit off... clock like 2'57min per 100m and i can rem clocking around 2'46min last time when doing 500m.. But well manage to clock 21'20min and best of all, i manage to overlook one guy swimming beside me and he swimming free style and not just once. I caught up with him in one of the lap and he was quite in front of me.. damn shiok... got to thank him too.. because of him i can push myself faster...

After swim, went to have a hair cut at tpy... as usual my hair stylist cut back the same hair style as i never really tell him what i want. Wash my hair by another gal staff and again she wet my shirt at the back... gosh..

not much plan for today as i'm kind of tired too from the swim and stuff so had bunch then headed back for a short nap.. wanted to go for an hour run but just 15min out, the rain start coming in so no choice went back and do my core muscle exercise... working in the weekend sian.. but lucky the staff there was fun to work with so ya.. still not that bad... got to get busy tomorrow so better to sleep early

Forcing myself to go to bed at 2330hr!!!

Training..

2010-04-02T23:51:00.002+08:00

A brand new goal this year.. wanting to finish a small tri race this year and doing a marathon with better timing... having to train not just running but still not forgetting bike and swim... of all three, i swim the most.. having to cope with the new changes really very tired... sometime when i plan to wake up early, i might not be able to wake up and have to do it in the evening... guess i still need to discipline myself more like going to bed early and wake up when alarm sound..

this few days really damn mood spoiling.. first is my insurance then follow by my sis... my insurance agent didn't do her work to settle my policy before she resign and i have to fork out time to go out the way to the main building to settle it..

today my sis bought stuff back to cook for dinner and having to see that she did anything wrongly, i tell her nicely but she just don't bother and insist of following wat the book wrote and i can see that she's seriously doing it wrongly then when she's done, i went to the kitchen and had a nightmare.. the whole kitchen is so oily and the pans and plates is still so oily even when she wash it... worst is the toilet, so freaking oily also.. i can't stand to use a dirty toilet people that know me know that i don't shit in dirty toilet... gosh... scolded my sis and ya she's cried but i'm just saying the fact that after cooking she got to clean the kitchen well... worst is that after i scolded her, she went to waste those stuff and to my nightmare. I still got to wash it again...

seriously it's not just cooking only it's the washing up and stuff that is hard and someone like her didn't even bother to keep her room clean and don't even do housework. When well can she do in cooking and washing.. she's not like me, i still help in cooking and every now and then i will make dinner and stuff. I don't follow what the book say and i can come out a fine and nice dinner.

Thank God It's Friday..

2010-03-27T00:23:00.002+08:00

After so long, i finally go for sport massage and just nice it's auntie Rosa bday so before heading for my massage. Went breadtalk to buy a cake for her.. a mango cake in cup and it look damn nice.. Gave her the cake and she was so thankful for it and with that, i did 50min of massage with the price of half an hour..

Heard that the chicken rice at Novena is quite nice and it's happen to be just beside the massage building. Hmm.. the chicken rice was kind of above average standard with nice chili and stuff.. Headed down to suntec for the career fair and i never expect it to be so.. small and limited choices and the best thing is.. they told us to create account and resume but i find it useless as the flyer the company giving out inform interested partly to email them the resume and stuff then what the point of queuing up to create the resume and it's only basic stuffs.. only stayed there for about an hour i guess.. went for coffee and off to catch "When In Rome". The movie is seriously damn nice and funny! can laugh non stop from scene to scene..

Lastly had dinner then off to home.. working tomorrow.. sian.. better to wake up early for breakfast before going over... Nite everyone!

Aviva 70.3 Ironman

2010-03-23T22:43:00.002+08:00

Well I attend the biggest event in Singapore! BUT i didn't race it.. i went to watch the race... 1.9km of swim, 90.1km of bike and finally 21.1km of run... This race will show how a person push their limit off.. A lot of people join run event without training, some just go there and walk a marathon but if you're talking about Half Ironman. You're digging your own grave if you're not prepare enough. No matter how long the person take to finish the race, they still finish the distance without giving up.

Looking at them race, i tell myself. If people can do it, so do I.. Doing a marathon is a break though for me right now, i will train well in my swim and head forward for next year. If my fitness is ready for the half ironman, i will do it to prove to people and to myself that there's noting impossible without training and trying. What i need now is to have positive friends around to support me in training and encouraging me to do it instead of having some ASSHOLE friend that only know how to say those negative stuff that make people pissed...

Was kind of lucky to be able to watched Craig Alexander Transition from bike to run, this whole group of Elite came in and one of them block his way. He said "Give way please" in a gentle and polite way... Even if he's rushing to get his gear ready for run he still manage to be a gentlemen.

After the race, we had sushi buffet at Kuishin Bo and Monday i had a company steamboat buffet too.. gosh eat so much... This week got to train harder!

Sentosa trip...

2010-03-09T21:31:00.003+08:00

Had a long day today... woke up at 4am for my ride, before i left house. Had banana and the rabbit of mine was staring at me when i'm eating it so no choice got to share some to him...

Finished riding around 0630am and had a short nap before going to school for fyp briefing, actually suppose to finish early but the Cher of mine damn.. don't even know what we suppose to submit on Friday.

Was meeting my close friend Elthea to go Sentosa but thank to the fyp thingy, i'm late meeting her.. Had lunch at vivo city then headed to Sentosa, we hanged around Resort World and went around the area..

Was walking around Casino and all those hotel and HIGH CLASS shop.. haha really very high class. Went around the whole area and visited all the Hotels and the staff there was super friendly and some don't even know the place well.. haha the whole area isn't finish building so is kind of messy...

All the while was looking for Hard Rock Cafe but can't seem to find it... finally gave up looking for it and asked a staff about it and found out that Hard Rock Cafe is.. COMING SOON! gosh...

Decided to head to beach like after walking around that place for close to 2hr... At the beach we were just chatting all the way as the last time we met was like 5 months ago. Whenever we meet, this gal will always ask me when i'm starting rs and stuffs.. haha.. always worried i can't find any gf... chat a lot about last time work and stuff, kind of miss last time part timer... at least more normal.. haha..

had a bad dinner, haha food suck to the max... then after that headed to watch the "song of the sea" oh well.. story line cannot make it but the effect of everything is damn nice.. the whole place was freaking pack that we had to wait for a long time before we can leave the place...

well took quite a number of photo but got to wait for her to upload first..

member trip left with... 48 for the year!!! haha... which mean.. i still got 48 more trip to sentosa this year!

last paper also the last day of seeing half of classmates

2010-03-04T09:52:00.002+08:00

Tuesday was finally the last paper and i had a full day plan after the paper. Finished the paper quite fast then head off for a swim. later part of the day still got to meet my insurance agent and Hush Puppies friends for dinner..

Had Sake Shusi for dinner then off for movie.. Reach home around 12am, surf a while then head off to bed... didn't get enough sleep the past few days..

Wed had a short light run in the evening after like so many week from running... my newton shoe have been in my shoe bag for a long time.. well tendon still kind of hurt but short run won't make it worst i guess.. did 7 type of strengthening before heading back home for dinner...

slept kind of late... 12plus and i got to wake up at 4.15am for ride... going on new route and ya i little confuse here and there and thing isn't very smooth either... first thing, my rear wheel had problem and need to adjust when i'm entering west coast highway then when i'm near my house, my front tyres puncture and i can't unclip in time and had a good fall with no open wound... thank goodness it's near my house so i can like slowly push back my bike.. ride for only 27km and it's around 6.30am so can't continue the ride... so ya.. continue my sleep and heading out later...

swim + ride = shiok and tiring

2010-02-24T00:49:00.002+08:00

Tuesday 23th Feb

Swam 1km beast stroke just now.. kind of proud of myself haha.. first ever 1km swim but still got to brush up on stroke and stuff... slack a while and did my 40km ride on bike trainer.. 1 hr 07 min ride..

what next??? haha.. well hopefully will be able to get back to run... injury always stop me from running.. guess got to visit aunty rosa for a good massage..

can't wait to get out of studying life... quite sick and tired of studying and working.. i want my weekend!!! i want some social life!!!

oh well...

train well ppl

this year CNY

2010-02-18T00:50:00.003+08:00

hmm.. kind of don't like this year CNY... exam is just after CNY.. worst is i have 3 straight paper from wed to fri...

last year CNY eve, i was out after dinner all the way to next day morning then rest a few hours and headed out for run. This year after dinner, i went to my room and start studying for paper... boring right...

Day 1 of CNY:
was suppose to meet my working friends for steamboat buffet but due to the 3 papers, got to miss it. If i rem, last year i was out for movie...

Day 2 of CNY:
well... noting much today.. one visiting then wait for guest to come.. study a while in the day then at nite got a dinner at my friend house. At first planned to go back home after the dinner but all my friends going out after that and also to celebrate a friend belated bday so no choice just tag along with them... Went to fun fair at suntec that area, played sky rider and off we go for a short bday surprise... hanged around till 3am and we headed home.

Day 3 of CNY:
Noting much... was home the whole day studying...

gosh.. really can't wait for all the papers to end.. 2nd march is the day..

Chinese New Year!!!

2010-02-14T03:54:00.002+08:00

gosh.. i just finished copying my note... damn tired...

Was out in the morning for a swim... or rather a chit chat session haha.. got 2 uncle keep talking and the funny thing is.. they talking to us but both uncle say different topic... headed home after swim.. was pretty hungry but most place close.. sian.. get some bite then headed home to help up.. when setting up, both my house steamboat machine spoil.. sian.. so no choice got to use the oldest one.. which is charcoal version.. a little hard to set up that one but yup.. still manage to setup fast.. super full just now.. this year bought a lot of stuffs... after dinner, slack a bit then went to study.. sian.. got 3 papers after CNY then following 2 week got 2 paper then will mark the end of this sem..

Hard Rock Cafe here i come!!!

train well and safe guys
sylim

once again drained...

2010-02-09T00:23:00.002+08:00

Sunday work was tiring too... but today workout more tiring.. was kind of shock to see the workout.. 20km... been a long while tat i did 20km.. last year nov.. 20km seem all right.. but haven't been doing long workout so ya.. Decided to do the workout on track which mean.. 50 laps! gosh... kind of scary i think.. didn't want to do on road cos my tendon still kind of pain... during the workout, i must really thanks alfred.. whenever i ask for water, he will be like.. running toward my bottle... during the run, i still manage to pace my sec school junior for his 2.4km when he fighting hard to finish he's last 2 lap of 2.4km..

After finish the 50 lap, there is 2 guys that came up to me and ask how many lap i ran, how long i ran and what time i start running.. told them and they were like wow.. guess they still never know there are people tat do much longer distance than me.. and also.. they kind of ass also.. haha i just ran finish and was already quite shag yet they come and disturb me.. it's kind of tough for today but some how i'm quite happy.. cos i thought i won't be able to finish the 50 lap and i kind of like tat sore and tired feeling cos i know my fitness go up!

totally drained today

2010-02-06T23:42:00.002+08:00

haven't been working at great world city for a long time and today happen to be super good sale. Which mean.. commission was pretty good BUT also super tiring... was like doing the same thing over and over again. Serve customer, take stock, psycho there to buy, pack their shoe, cashier and put back stock.. Was like doing this again and again... some customer best... psycho them so long and they just say no and walk off...

when on my way home, i was super hungry and tired...

Damn sian la.. i really can't wait for ITP.. Just hate going to school on weekdays then weekend still got to work.. i haven't meet my ITE friends and Sec school friends for so long.. And not forgetting my cousins they all... But at least i know my ite friends they all understand how tough it is to study and work... cos the bunch of us had the nice family type and was doing the same thing i am doing now...

My sec school friends, i have given out on them.. i'm not going to tell them anything about my life and goals.. don't wish to get insult again and again.. kind of had enough of him.. saying those stuff that make me down and pissed... just had enough.. but i kind of enjoy hanging out with them but just not the insult..

I wish.. i can go out on weekend.. not having to think about this and that and of cos have some time for myself... one of my work friend told me this, whoever is your gf must prepare to see you only a few hours a week.. Tat sux right... but i do agree also... of cos i want to have a gf and stuff.. but i also know, i must get a understanding one.. at least accept what i have to go through now.. all i need is one more year..

just dare not think too much over it...

Tuesday 40km ride

2010-02-02T23:59:00.002+08:00

woke up at 4.15am today for my ride but as usual i sleep for extra 15min.. so ya i went out at 4.30am.. Plan to do 40km toward the east. Just nice my previous school (ITE MacPherson) is at east so i headed there.. forgot the way there by the small road as the whole place change alot.. seriously a lot.. so i headed a little off road and still manage to get back using the sign board instead of remembering the bus route. haven't been there for 4 to 5 years...

Today ride was i little more interesting, instead of just riding at constant speed. For every traffic light, i treated it as sprint point and sprint pass the traffic light. For one traffic light i didn't stop even it turn red as i was pedaling fast and couldn't stop in time even if i braked hard, i will still fall with the clip shoe on the pedal. Got back home at around 7am, bath and get some sleep. Woke up at 10.30am thinking if i should skip the lesson as i have already finish with my assignment and the lesson is for us to do the assignment only..

In the end i didn't go school today so can go swim early.. did quite a long kick today and i think... i still need time to practice on it.. got to force myself a bit more.. getting out of comfort zone.. some how today is damn tired.. before dinner almost fall asleep going back home also falling asleep BUT when i on my notebook.... i feel so alive.. damn.. guess i better go sleep now.. nite everyone

It's time to get out of comfort zone if i will improvement!

update on training and stuff

2010-01-31T00:03:00.002+08:00

Been swimming for a couple of weeks and i think got a little bit of improvement ba.. still have soreness after swim... Ever since school start, i have been focusing not just running but also swimming and riding... Still trying to get use to the soreness... i'm still doing my base riding, base running and not even a base swimming.. Hopefully i can reach my target for this year.. not forgetting Army Half Marathon and Standard Chart Marathon..

Been looking forward for attachment, when i'm doing my attachment. I can finally cut down my working day at dog shop.. the most only work a couple of days per month.. i'm just too tired.. really very tired of working on every weekend and busy on all my weekdays.. Worst is when it's exam and assignment deadline period.. i can go crazy! people can do their assignment and stuff on the weekend but i can't... Some classmates use to ask me why am i still working on this madness period. It's not that i want to work but i just can't afford to work one lesser day... i need at least 400 to 500 per month which include transport, meal (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and insurance. Kind of madness ar...

Sometime i feel like breaking down in no time... Sometime i think i talk to my close friends about it but most of the time they won't understand cos they're too selfish.. only think about themselves worst is that my friend can even say something that is seriously very hurting... when i say hurting, it's really VERY hurting... thank god i have good classmates and track friends, they didn't listen to all my trouble and stuff but they're really cheerful and positive that i can forget my trouble for a while..

i'm not going to say i can, i'm going to prove i can... noting is impossible and of cos impossible is noting.. i believe i can!

This song is always my all time favorite

Getting ready for tri

2010-01-27T01:33:00.002+08:00

I have decided to take on tri race this year.. maybe going for tri-factor this year which is oct.. from now till then, i got to faster learn swimming and bike... this few week have been learning swimming on Tuesday and Friday.. still got to do my bike and run millage... plan was

Mon - Run

Tue - Ride and Swim

Wed - Run

Thur - Ride

Fri - Run and swim

Sat - Long ride

Sun - Long Run

got to slowly increase my training days... not rushing to do it too fast.. this time i really want to prove people wrong.. My close friend say i can't do it, i will prove him wrong.. have already plan to do tri but only plan to do it but for now... I'M GOING TO DO IT!!!

tiring month

2010-01-25T01:30:00.002+08:00

don't know what really happen.. but the whole of this month, every time feel damn tired. Guess is because of work and swimming.. Every weekend working at IMM and sale there quite madness... One day i can sell 20 over pair of shoe and the yesterday, i sold 34 pair of shoe.. good thing is.. my commission is about $148 for 5 days of work there and $20 over at other outlet... bad thing is.. every time i got home, i will feel damn tired but still i got to do my assignment...

This term is always the madness term also.. assignment deadline and exams... now only MPRG is pressuring me as i'm doing this assignment alone... damn stress!!!

Starting to learn swimming, hopefully will be able to swim well by this year so that next year i will be ready to prove my friend wrong! still can remember what he told me.. damn!!! i'm not going to finish a short tri races BUT i'm aiming for long race...

And once again someone say that i can't do it... first coach paul now my close friend... What next?

MPRG ASSIGNMENT!!!!

Monday Blue

2010-01-11T14:49:00.002+08:00

Oh well.. just as i blog about pampered.. I worked with a pampered attachment staff from oversea yesterday.. a super pampered one.. don't even know how to do simple housework.. gosh.. yesterday sale wasn't that great.. only sold 19 regular shoe and 2 sale item.. which mean $19.60 commission. Last week is like $29.60 commission..

Today lesson damn early.. 8am till 5pm.. and i'm here blogging cos the lesson is kind of waste of time.. the software never seem to work.. damn boring and tired... well training later.. for today.. i'll go off after training.. not going to stay at stadium till very late..

I want i want to be pamper!! for a month also happy

2010-01-10T00:13:00.002+08:00

don't know why.. but while working today (Saturday), i been thinking.. some people are really having a good life as in being pampered by parent.. i know some may say i'm already 23 this year, but i have been earning my own expenses since 16 years old while some people are still getting money from parent.. Some still getting money from parent and they're older than me.. omg.. wat they want, they have it.. i can still rem the stuff i request from my mum... since i start working even in holiday, i been buying my own stuff that i want.. being a bit pamper is all right.. but some are just overly pampered.. what they want, they have it..

oh well... this term going to end soon.. can't wait to finish this term and next sem will be more relax.. only fyp to stress and after that is attachment... which mean.. weekend i will be once again be free!!! actually i enjoy working life than study and working.. my friend keep saying studying life is the most enjoyable but for me.. it's the worst.. study weekday and work weekend.. even some full timer from dog shop also say.. actually we part timer is much worst than them as they still have 2 days off.. and we got to go 7 days straight..

nagging a bit for my life now.. a little nag here and there some time will make me feel a bit better.. i know in this world there's always people having a much worst life than me.. but just nag it out..

Life is depend on your hand, how you want it to be is how hardworking and how much effort you willing to put in.. i believe in effort.. effort bring result

2010 aim

2010-01-04T00:10:00.006+08:00

it's a new year and i suppose i need to have new aim.. aim for this year pretty simple..

1) want to run faster for my half and full marathon
2) start training on my bike and swim
3) no more super broke days
4) get my wanted list

hmm.. think i need some guardian angle for my training... If i can have

Michael Phelps to guide me in swimming

Lance Armstrong to guide in riding AND

A Kenya runner that can speak English to guide me in running

Actually... one cannot be too greedy so i just want Craig Alexander, chrissie wellington and Chris McCormack to guide me!!!

it's late and ya.. i'm dreaming

It's 2010 guys!!!

2010-01-01T01:54:00.002+08:00

headed home from work, knock off quite late as the staff there did stuffs quite slow.. when i about to reach home, friend called. Both my sec school friends was around my house so no choice got to acc them.. had a little chat before going back.. AND one of there said something that i feel like smacking him..

I told him i'm aiming to do tri after enough training and the next thing he said is that.. "You cannot one la.. it's so tough, i fitter than you and i can't finish it you sure cannot one" wa.. damn him sia.. as he fitter than me like that.. last time he might be fitter than me but not now.. He never even finish a half marathon still dare to talk so much.. the time the effort i take to train for my marathon isn't fake.. Every Sunday i woke up so early to so long run isn't fake either... seriously.. i never knew he the first person to offend me in 2010.. he really never think before he talk... disappointed...

Goal for 2010
train my run, bike and swim well.. i want to win him in run, bike and swim. got to let him know i'm much fitter than him! damn it la.. last time is coach paul, this time round is my close friend.. wat a friend of mine..

Madness week

2009-12-30T23:10:00.002+08:00

This week was kind of good and bad..

Monday
Company partly. good is that i won 100 dollar cash bad is that out of the 100 dollar, 70 dollar got to return to my friend no choice when i borrow from him he like.. a bit don't scare i won't return so got to return him first. Worst is... i heard Great World came stock.. 450 pair then they didn't pack yet as they got to rush here for partly.. damn..

Tuesday
Worst working day... Packed stocks from open shop to nearly close shop.. wa.. damn tired.. had my lucnh at only 5pm and for only 20min.. After work.. met my friends for supper!!! super fun.. doreen came back from oversea for Chinese new year and we had a little fun at nite talking and eating..

Wednesday
feel super tired.. past 2 days slept at 2am plus.. headed out early today too.. guess today i got to sleep early...

X'mes eve outing

2009-12-25T21:18:00.002+08:00

was out since 11am.. suppose to have a big celebration but end up only a dine out. partly was cancel few days back. Had dinner at iluma, ate mini burger at the Empire state.. We order a huge burger just like new york new york yankee burger but i guess it's smaller than yankee, had black pasta haha first time eating it.. the pasta was made using sotong ink.. that what the menu wrote.. salad and chicken wing and ya.. that all for dinner.. walk around bugis then at first was planning to go mount faber but my feet hurt suddenly. Before heading to chen house, we went raffles city to get some stuff.. cai bought himself a gambling chip for his own x'mes present, this guy rich until spent his money on useless like like the chip and gambling oh well can't say much.. his money... headed to chen house as i asked him to help me draft out a sample tattoo on my leg. making use of the gambling chip, we played poker card. well this x'mes is pretty simple.. just stayed at chen house the whole nite..

had breakfast the next day then i was home resting the whole day.. lazy to call people out.. too tired.. oh well took some photo..

Figure 1

Figure 2

Which is nicer??? Figure 1 or 2???

"Mini" Burger

The black pasta

Back to work..

2009-12-23T01:04:00.004+08:00

Damn.. Sunday is today.. oh.. should be yesterday working at Jurong point... Found out a very bad news.. i'm broke!!! once again.. this is one of the worst.. friend advice to freeze my insurance account for 1 year and after thinking it through.. i called my agent but no news from her yet.. damn..

yesterday work was so damn.. come stock at 8.20pm.. almost knocking off.. we got to check the list, check the shoe box by box and check both side of the shoe then finally pack to the storeroom.. thank goodness we manage to finish doing it by 9.08pm..

after this few days, i found that friend with common interested can get along better.. though some people say it's ok not to have common interest but i think it's better to have than don't have cos some of them can talk nonsense over something they don't even know..

Push toy from "DOG" shop

day out with ITE friends

2009-12-20T00:51:00.002+08:00

Suppose to go east coast today but the weather spoiled it.. so we plan to go town and walk around.. instead of 4 of us going out, only 3 of us meet up. One of her bad mood and only want to hang out around AMK and Hougang only and it's like far from my place.. lucky one of my friend tell her off and saying it's selfish to always hang out near their area.. all of them live hougang that area expect me..

Got noting much to do so just walk around town, both my friends bought stuffs. Well this month quite broke so didn't want to spend. had dinner at suki shusi at Cinelesisure.. no choice my friends wanted to go and i don't wish to spoil their mood so i just got to plan my money well for the rest of the month.

when heading down, we saw another two of our classmates from ITE. Been a long while since i see them.. use to be very close with one of them but due to study, never really contact him.

Was lucky today haha.. Got 2 pretty Santarinas came up to me asking me to take photo with them as Cinelesisure Facebook photo.. wonder when will the photo be up.. haha.. i took the photo alone with them while my friends stood one side looking at me..

When bad day turn good

2009-12-19T01:04:00.002+08:00

haven't been training for a long time.. got to let my injure feet and tendon rest. Still can feel the pain from the sport massage.. lucky my tendon never feel any pain. Think when i get back to track, i will ask not to do speed workout as i don't want the pain to come back right after the recovery...

well woke up early today, going for movie. Morning woke up and think about yesterday thing and i felt badly hurt and insulted (save the detail don't wish to think about it again). Way to panjang just kept me thinking about it.. But i manage to claim myself and kept my emotion control, it's not good to show it out when it's something bad..

anyway had lunch then went to Vivo City for coffee then to movie.. watched Bodyguards and assassins and it's really a great show.. was so focus on the show even when there something lame being said i was too busy watching it instead.. damn nice.. will watch again online..

had dinner at vivo city, ate something new and it's taste nice.. so ya.. it's won't be the last time eating there..

tomorrow meeting my ITE friends for cycling at east coast.. well my road bike can't really ride far as all my gears haven't reach yet.. argh.. can't wait to get back to running and start ridding!!! if not next year half marathon someone won't wait for me!!!

Long ride..

2009-12-12T01:49:00.002+08:00

today did my longest ride... never ride so long before.. started riding around 10am and reach panjang around 11am.. an hour ride for 20km.. a little lost here and there but still manage to get to place... had a bike wash.. haha a gentle one.. my bike was very dirty as the last owner like didn't even wash it.. after washing it's like new! but after a while.. the black stain is still there.. well got to wash it a couple more time before the bike become as clean as new condition.

rode back at nite and it's kind of... haha lost and "FUN".. nearly rode straight into BKE and i was almost in the main road of BKE before i U-turn go back as i think something is not right.. got to use the shoulder road to slowly push my bike out of the entrance of the expressway.. next time i so going to ride it without getting lost..

anyway i sort of finally know what to get for a tattoo.. been thinking of getting one for a few years back.. did a couple research for design too.. but just don't know what i want.. use to think of getting a symbol one but it's no meaning at all..

just now as i browse, i start to think of getting "discipline" word in Chinese. reason being, discipline to train for my sport career of cos not just sports. It can related to life too.. To sport person, discipline is very important and i want the word to remind me of tat.. is not that i put because people putting it also.. it's a life time so ya.. got to put something that got meaning..

oh well.. still thinking about it.. plan is to put on tendon there.. hopefully i won't use another few years to decide it..

One day after marathon..

2009-12-08T01:47:00.006+08:00

MY LEFT FEET HURT!!!

Woke up with soreness on lower body.. worst is my left feet.. can't walk normally today.. was walking very slowly... headed to school for test.. and it's like.. shit.. confident can pass but don't think can score well..

While waiting for test to start, saw someone from buddy class that wore a marathon finisher tee.. took a look at his timing and it like.. omg... i was already home resting when he finished!

Just don't like seeing these kind of people.. walk a marathon and got the cheek to wear the finisher tee out.. a tee of 4hr18min compare to a tee of 7hr43min...

not being an ass but we train so hard for the race and yet people that didn't train at all chose to walk the race and wore the tee out as if he did a very good run...

Runners that read this, don't you agree with what i say?

First Painful Marathon..

2009-12-06T18:18:00.003+08:00

I DID IT!!! Too bad that coach paul is gone.. if not i going to show him my Marathon Cert.. That asshole look down on me.. saying i can't do run distance and if i go Marathon, i sure to walk a Marathon..

Anyway, it's my first Marathon and i hope my timing is good for first marathon.. 4hr18min.. kind of sad for this timing.. i could have done better..

Did 5'50 per km for my first 20km then next 10km is doing at 6min per km.. got extra 5min for my whole run.. but when hit 35km.. cramp hit in.. a really bad one.. some more both calf no choice i got to stop and stretch both my calf.. for the next 7km is all walking and running.. push 2km, walk a while.. then push again.. damn painful..

Well like what my coach told me.. there will always be a chance to do a better one.. next year.. i want to train more and longer distance and of cos try all way to avoid cramp..

Race was kind of happening.. saw a couple of MR runners when running.. they were like waving at me when i was opp of them.. Saw the stranger uncle that ran with me at mac and he was calling me so loudly "HEY YOUNG MAN".. he was like at the opp route so it's pretty a loud call.. and he manage to catch up with me.. damn.. he was a distance away from me and he manage to catch up with me..

saw Tan at 35km also.. he couldn't continue running as a pacer as he wasn't that well condition after 4 weeks of rest.. Further up i saw billy.. was shock to see him walking.. show he the sign "why" then know that he's having pain too.. got to walk the rest of it.. there is this water point where i stop to drink water and when i about to go off, there someone saying "GO SEE YONG" and i was like huh who said that.. oh well having name at number tag is a little too.. haha

Well everything coming to a end when reach the last 2km.. pick up speed and i felt that my left feet getting numb but cannot bother with it.. went off fast, post at the finishing line (hopefully the photo is taken) and i saw the stranger uncle just in front of me.. we did 4hr18min.. same timing..

next year.. i got to train harder and do a much better timing.. hmm.. 4hr flat haha.. Oh.. someone going to break PB next year.. kenya timing.. haha right?

getting ready..

2009-12-05T21:36:00.003+08:00

Sunday is the day.. My first Marathon and i'm sure it won't be the last.. planning to get 10 finisher tee for marathon.. got all my stuff ready on Saturday.. brought out my gears and place them nicely on the chair.. few more hours to my greatest event of the year.. been training for it.. tomorrow is the day where i know if the training is enough.. got to imagine the race and a which point i got to eat my power gel and wat are the thing i need to do.. Mind game... already 9.40pm.. got to sleep.. waking up at 2.30am..

Count down..

2009-12-02T01:21:00.003+08:00

Standard Chart Marathon is coming! so nervous.. this whole week got to rest well and drink well.. finally manage to get my new training gear.. A road bike.. second hand bike but look quite new.. my mum still thought i bought it first hand.. didn't tell her the price as not to shock her over it.. did a couple of ride with it.. but got to wait for all the gears to come before i really go out for long ride.. got to be safe.. nearly got knock down on first time riding back.. too long didn't ride on road.. got to slowly get use to it..

spend 2hr plus to shift my room in order to put my bike in my room... now my room seem a little bigger.. haha