千九百二十一： Crazy week

MBS all lighted up

Ok I'm feeling rather exhausted from the past week at work that I don't even have the energy to think of any good name for the week. Facing super tight deadlines with the pressure to deliver for a major project. I'm not saying I can't do it, but I do wish people would stop asking how I'm going to do it. If it comes to me having to work until 3am every night to complete it I will but I can't say that to you right? :( Of course I hope that won't happen, probably have to diligently put in a few hours today & tomorrow to clear it. After next week the nightmare will be over! Yesterday was probably the first friday in a long time that I actually was thinking TGIF when I woke up. Couldn't face more mails/ IMs coming from pple who are not supposed to be under my charge to keep asking for details details when it's things they can find out themselves. I actually was dithering / delaying opening my mailbox as much as I could.

Finally met up with the sixoneders 2 weeks ago. I must thank XQ for always organising a gathering when he comes back. I always think of them but if I organise something I have to have a place for them to go which I usually have no idea where. I'm still amazed at how time flies by and people are starting to bring wives / husbands to the gatherings. I think the next time there will really be kids too and it's really amazing how we are all still so close and the same old jokes just never fail to make all of us laugh despite the years and not having seen one another for years also. 1 thing we all agree on, no one has changed much. Not in looks (seriously all of us look the same as we were in JC except 1-2 pple have ballooned), not in behaviour, it's like we are all still stuck in JC days. How strange.

GE Run tomorrow.. hopefully I can do better, and not rush for the loo in the middle of it :p

I'm now hooked on Godfinger thanks to TY, but it's definitely much better on the Ipad then the phone, cos it's so small. hmm. But too many wants on the list, and have many weddings coming up so am getting a little broke. Have to get a tripod maybe, drybox back in JP since i have 4 lens now, some presents for upcoming birthday pple, wedding angbaos, and maybe some running wear for winter as I'm thinking of joining some runs in Kobe in January, will be a good experience to test out the running better in less humidity theory.

千九百二十： Nike City 10K Singapore

I completed my first race ever! :)

http://runkeeper.com/user/booboogal/activity/18875283

Joined the Nike City 10k with Julius / HW, and am happy that I managed to complete it with a personal best timing of about 59:28 (according to Runkeeper).

I think I probably could have done better if

- I didn't stop for a toilet break in between.
I was feeling super urgent around after 6km and was already contemplating going behind a banyan tree when I saw a indian temple coming up and I just decided that I had to be thick skinned because I just couldn't hold my bladder anymore and went up to ask if I could borrow the loo. Luckily, they were pretty kind and I managed to carry on w/o much mishaps after that.

- I can drink and run at the same time.
I finally decided that I should get a drink at the last water point, got a cup and managed to spill half of it on myself while trying to drink up something, and in the end I had to walk and drink.

But had a lot of fun anyway, kinda understand the adrenaline / the pushing your body to it's limits thing alot more now. And all i think about during the race was "overtake overtake", then towards the end it was just "finish finish" and the most focus comes about at the last km where you can't really think about anything because you are just trying to make your legs move.

Well, some lessons learnt for next run, hopefully next sunday i can improve my timing again at the GE Women's 10k run!

after the run .. all red and chubby....

千九百十九： Luck

can you find a 4 leaf clover?

Took this picture in a drain (camera reached into the drain but i didn't) and I realised that there are clovers like everywhere. Is it a weed?! But.. I couldn't find a 4-leaf clover, am now wondering how those pple find enough to make bookmarks and sell them.

so many babies born this week week. Today a colleague had her baby, the day before a junior from my sec sch, last thurs a friend's sister in law. Maybe the hot weather is driving the babies out from the tummies early :p

Very accident prone lately. walked into a glass wall when all my life i've been wondering how people do it. It's apparently quite easy to do that when you are in a hurry, feeling flustered or just not paying attention to where you are going. Luckily the glass didn't break despite the loud bang on the glass when I walked into it, everyone stared in shock, tears started streaming down my face uncontrollably (try hitting your nose and u'll get that effect) and I was super embarrassed. :(

Watched Eat Pray Love, a little draggy towards the end, but I liked the part when she was in Italy the most. Would I be able to just drop everything, go to a foreign land to experience life there for a few months and learn a new language and make friends so easily? I kinda agree with the finding yourself part. and I think it's very hard to do that w/o getting out of the comfort zone. Maybe that's something I should think about doing..

千九百十八： Happiness?

Are you happy?

Shoebag & jeans got stolen from Queenstown stadium yesterday. Thankful it wasn't more, no valuables missing, but very heartpain for my jeans as it was Ruehl 925 and the brand has been closed down by A&F. sighz. Only good thing was I went to buy a new pair of jeans today from Levis and realised with all the jogging i'm down to a size 24 (demi curve, skinny boot). Trying to get over the loss (very hard as i am very very careful with my stuff and very attached to most stuff i own, i can't sell them, can't give them away, can't throw away, typical hoarder..) Cursing the horrible thief made me feel better although i actually secretly hope that he /she will realise that it's only jeans and bring it back to the stadium and just put it back where they took it from. sighz.....

A question was stuck in my head from Belgariad. *Is a sound a sound if no one hears it?* Does this apply to human lives too? where no one ever *hears* the sound of you being alive, where u left no impression with anyone, were you really alive? It takes effort to maintain relationships and interest in other people's lives; maintaining any sort of relationship (friendship, watever ship) takes effort from both parties. If people realise that you have no intention of putting in effort and always only depend on others to keep contact, I think the relationship will probably just trail off and break down sooner or later. hmm. depressing.