The Giordano girls? Eh? What's the Puma doing there?

World Harmony Run 2005

Went for the World Harmony Run on Saturday morning with ct. Met the usual faces we come to expect at MR. Sukaimi, Phillip, Alex, just to name a few, but where's David? Was so looking forward to run with him.

NMP Eunice 'Wheel of Fortune' Olsen was there as the Guest-of-Honor. She didn't run though, but her very beautiful and sporty mum did. She was running ahead of us almost throughout the whole trail part. We only managed to overtake her towards the end. Way to go Ma'am!

We didn't continue running the 2nd leg as ct was already wheezing. I think she started off too fast, not giving her body enough time to warm up.

We followed some of the organizers down to the Ceylon Sports Club to wait for the runners while having our breakfast. We then ran with them for a short distance(?) to the Civil Service Club(?). It was getting pretty hot already.

After lunch and some rest, I didn't join them for the next few legs cos I was feeling a bit sick and drowsy. Slept in the mini-bus instead.

We decided to follow Phillip's plan to join them for the final leg of about 10km instead. Starting from the Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple at East Coast Road, via Nicoll Highway, all the way down to the Merlion at Esplanade Drive.

It was 3plus in the afternoon and the blazing sun was beating down on us like hell. I've never ran in this kind of condition for a long time since my army daze. I felt like puking blood! But I managed to pull through by keeping my pace at a comfortable level, slow and steady. Although my right hamstring started to tighten towards the last 200 metres or so after a series of stairs up and down. But at least my knees held up well, thanks to the knee sleeves I had on, I suppose.

Before this run, I was seriously contemplating to take part in this year's marathon. But now, I think I have to reconsider. I don't think my skinny legs can take it anymore! Guess I'll have to train and run more and see how it goes.

Next, looking forward to the Milk Run and the Olympics day run or sumthing like that...

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kboxing day

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Had a fantastic session of chicken-slaughtering with 4 pretty nurses at kbox the other day... we sang our hearts out and it was all good, despite the insanely cold air-conditioning and the rashes appearing on my face due to a reaction to some medicine I took.

A day at the office, a day in my life

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Received an sms from my boss, asking me to go jogging with him and gang again tmr. I'd love to, and would have said yes. But I've already agreed to joining ct and her friends for yet another karaoke session, this time at Kbox. Hope I won't 丢脸，but, really, I've forgotten a long time ago what shy or embarassing means.

My boss, Ben, is a really strong runner. Last week, we were with CL, Lio, and Ben. We jogged at a rather good pace for around 5km. Ben's stride was shorter than mine, but he seemed to glide along effortlessly, even picking up the pace towards the end. I stepped up a gear, too, but couldn't really keep up cos I dun know how much further I was from the end point. I have this weird mental block whereby I can only sprint towards the finish line if I know how far away it is. (CT ran more than 10km from Yishun to Woodlands to join us. Frankly typing, I don't want to see her run too much cos she's losing too much weight!)

Next time, should we take the same route, I will fare better.

Today, me, my boss Ricky(yes, I have so many bosses above me, and no more men below me), LK, and Heng, were taking farewell pics with MP. It's a pity she's leaving us so soon cos she's really very goofy and cool at the same time. I've never seen her lose her cool or raise her voice, and she is always genuinely nice and friendly to everyone. Hope she'll move on to better things and that she'll stick to being her true self.

Sometimes, I feel so lost. One by one, those colleagues whom I also regard as friends had left or are leaving, moving on to greener pastures. Me? I'm still here in my "comfort zone", lacking the courage to break away from it.

But, looking on the bright side, at least I still enjoy the things I do at work and off. Running, going to ktv, catching movies, and even my struggles with part time studies, are adding much flavours to my life. I've never had so much fun since my school days, haven't been so sociable and talkative for quite a while now.

I know ct is having some trouble adjusting to all these changes. She's so used to seeing me shut myself indoor, facing the pc whole day, or go swimming alone, keeping to myself all the time, that she's understandably quite alarmed by the smses and the phone numbers of my new friends and classmates appearing in my mobile.

Tell me, how can I make her understand that she can never be replaced?