Got another chance to write out an entry, so might as well finish up and submit the post before i get too lazy to write again. And so, before i start dragging my legs and hands in this entry, just wanna talk about the 25KM run i just completed last Saturday.
Booked out from camp around 12pm, though it was supposed to be around 930am, but due to several unforeseen circumstances, we got delayed, but i have got no choice but to wait till the green light to go off. Reach back home at around 12.40PM sharing cab with Kenneth, Wilfred and Nic. Met up with baby at home, take away beef hor fun for lunch, rested for about 30 short minutes before heading out to Bedok Mrt to meet up with Adrian, Dehui and Aifred. . . . >>
>>. . . Reached East Coast Park after avoid a huge jam, caught up with Fu, Chee Swee, Toh Wee & Mervyn and head off to the starting line of the race. We planned to set off at Wave 2 at 1630hrs, 10 minutes after the elite Wave 1 since we are just trying to complete the race and not competing for any position. But seems like there are just too many runners to squeeze out from the starting line so we had to wait till the final Wave at 1640hrs before we could flag off the start of the 'torturing' 25KM i've signed up for!!
Initially, all of us ran together but it didn't take too long to find out that all of us are actually of different pacing and thus, we kinda broke contact just after 2KM i think?! And of course, knowing myself having to go through this 25KM, i will be running at such a slower pace den usual just in case I CANNOT MAKE IT halfway through!! LOLx
Well, i shall not be telling the whole story of my journey in this 25KM race, but i will be summarizing it to a shorter version to share my experience with every reader who might or might not even read this entry!! And thus, I was trying my best to maintain running throughout the whole journey but seems like my mental strength isn't as strong as i thought it would be, so after the 15KM mark, i died-ed!! although it may just seem to be 10KM more to go, and after running for 15KM, what's another 10 more... but i was so wrong!! The fatigue, strain on my ankle, calf, thighs, back and even the joints are screaming for help, though i wasn't the only one having such problem, it shouldn't be an excuse since i didn't really put in too much effort in training for it anyways=( Guilty but i somehow managed to scrap through to complete the 25KM in 3Hrs 30Mins ??Secs. I don't think its such a fantastic timing but at least its an achievement for someone like me who doesn't even like running to complete this 25KM milestone!
Just a little short note from what Adrian asked me after the race, was what i like and hate most about this race. And this is what i said,
LIKE!
1) The cool breeze, fresh air coming from the sea!
2) The 100Plus water point there is everywhere for me to hydrate.
3) The number of passionate runners in Singapore even though they don't look fit for the 25KM!
HATE!!
1) The so many runners that kept walking that is making my mind weaker each KM as the further i get, the more runners i see walking!! =p
2) The KM marking which seems forever before its the next mark!!
3) The running route which is just within East Coast, that keeps going up and down the track which can be quite mind-f@&*ing at times..
4) The first runner which completed the 25KM at around an hours plus, when i just finally made it to the 12KM mark!!!! D=
Well, AHM's 21KM shouldn't be much of a problem for me to complete it as well. But maybe, just maybe i might want to try and complete the Standard Charted 42.125KM as the final milestone i would want to hit in my lifetime bah!! The 84KM route is almost impossible for someone like me who doesn't have the passion! Alright, gotta go off and sleep before my medical checkup in the morning at the AeroMedical Center!!
Ciaoz and have a good night readers!
Finally decided to blog an entry, if not the first but surely the first standard post of the year in my blog bah! Not that i have too much of time left before lights off after a whole day of weapon training, i will try to write out and update as much as possible so pardon my language as there is just too little time to complete everything out.
Actually, in short most of the time in my weekly life is spent in the army, serving my national service for the past 11 months already. Now currently going through operational conversion training, where after a year of hard work I'm finally going to get my coveted red beret after a gruesome 72KM route march that will happen somewhere after June period when im back from Brunei training!
For the past few months, I've been cross training with the other vocation, since i'm signal trained, so being the best soldier in the country, we must be able to take up each others job in any case of casualty. In order to make my time in camp spent more worthwhile, i also took up SAF Lifeguard course, and spending two weeks in camp swimming and learning a lot of survival techniques and passed out from the course, fully qualified as lifeguard to cover for my company to work on water obstacles if necessary.
Time is running out as i type this entry out, so the best way to make it up to everyone who might even read this post after 6 months of inactivity of my blog, here's some fantastic pictures taken during my grandmother's birthday just two weeks back=D Enjoy!!
Let's us start off with a picture of my baby♥, 
First Dish: Man Tou
Vegetarian Noodles for my Eldest Aunt
Prawn Platter
Soon Hock Fish for dinner, yummy!!
Whole Chicken with the head being in focus here!!
Famous Yam Ring~
Veggie!! Kai Lan isit?!
Final Dish: Chilli Crab for the win!!
Now, while those really looks yummy and seems more like an introduction to food, making it like a food blog, let's get back to my own life and celebration...
Birthday Cake: Oreo
Birthday Girl w/Cake
That's me and baby with my grandmother
And this is my nephew, Russell~
Ain't he a cutie!! Awww....
Another nephew of mine, Raphael with baby<3!! 
That's baby<3 ^^.!!!!!!
Finally a picture of both of us=) been a while since i taken picture after that freak accident i got earlier this year=X
And, finally not to miss, the usual dessert at the end, Longan w/almond.
Hopefully this post is good enough for all readers out there who still even bothers to visit my dusty little blog after 6 months being dead!! With my phone a little faulty, and the computers in camp being conquered half the time, i would really hope to have the time to keep up with more entries, and hopefully time will allow me to do so=D Hope everyone is doing fine as well eh! Ciaoz~~
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