Nike We Run 2013

On 3 November 2013, I set yet another personal best for a 10km run event. I crossed the finishing line at 58mins 5secs. For awhile now, I had a goal of completing a 10km run in under an hour, and I finally did it! I achieved a 59mins unofficial 10km during my own training before, but this is the first time for an official run event! I cannot explain how accomplished I felt as I was nearing the finishing line and saw that I was under an hour. =)

A few days before the race, the boy and I were in town so we popped by Orchard Central to look at the feature wall that Nike created the words "OUR RACE OUR RULES" using all the participants' names. Within 3 minutes, the boyfriend found my name which was smacked right in the middle of C in the word 'race'!




My customized event tee, thanks to the fiance!

Before the race.
With the help of J and the boy, we found a few pictures of ourselves from various photographers, and here are some pictures of me which I like.




I must say that the weather was pretty good that morning, not too hot.


Post-run with my favourite run event partner, D.

And of course, my beloved. =)

SWEET SUCCESS!

Productive Sunday

Sunday is usually the day where most people take it slow, preparing themselves for the upcoming battle with the "Monday Blues". The last Sunday of August was probably one of the most productive Sundays in my life. The boyfriend and I woke up bright dark and early on Sunday morning at 4am and dragged ourselves to Punggol to partake in the Straits Times Run In The Park event. We signed up for the 15km event, so our flag off timing was at 6.45am.



Caught somebody yawning!



Because the boyfriend paced me, I stopped for a break to walk only at around the 11th km mark, which would otherwise have been earlier if I was running myself. And with that, we crossed the finish line at exactly 1h 39mins, which makes this by far my fastest 15km official run event!


Came in at 28th place in my Division (F 20-29), which is not too bad by my own yardstick. It is an achievement to me at least. =)

We went back, washed up, and took a nice long nap to energize ourselves for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA musical at MBS!!! Thank you, Love, for surprising me with this about a month back!

Go-Kart Experience

Was invited by D to join her friends for a JB go-kart and shopping day out and obviously, the boyfriend and I jumped at the opportunity and agreed to go!

Out of 10 pax, 8 of us have never tried go-kart before, so we were all very excited about it.

When we arrived at the go-kart destination, it began to drizzle, followed by a crazy storm and that really dampened our moods because it almost felt like the rain would not let up, and we would miss the chance to try that activity. Thank God we stuck around and the rain finally lifted. And off we went!



RM35 for 10 minutes of adrenaline rush was so worth it! Because the ground was still wet from the downpour, a few of us skidded but recovered quickly. I personally skidded twice and spun 360 degrees both times. To be honest, the both times I skidded, I silently chanted, "Don't crash, don't crash, don't crash." It was pretty scary because I had almost no control of the wheel when the kart was spinning. So after dashing through the circuit for the first round and after skidding twice, I went slower and slower in the subsequent rounds until my 10 minutes was up.

When we all returned and line the karts up, I realized that the kart I was assigned to was relatively smaller than the ones the others used (the blue kart on the left was what I used, while the others used the kart the size of the one in the foreground as per the picture). I suspect I was assigned a kid's go-kart instead of the standard adult-sized one. Am I really that small? =( But my kart had a lot of power nonetheless, and it was indeed an awesome go-karting experience!

1/4 Of A Century Old

My 25th birthday on 25th May was superb, and it was my joy who made everything possible. On the eve of my birthday, I was already pleasantly surprised with so many surprises the instant I knocked off from work.

My joy came by to get me in a car borrowed from a very awesome man who trusted a young adult with his car, just like that.


And then it was off to dinner at Privé!



It was a pity that the joy's plan did not flow as initially planned, and so we missed the breakfast menu which was available only till 5pm. But our order of Ramly Burger and fries with truffle dip we shared were so so so good!


The plan after dinner really caught me off-guard. Sure, my joy told me to pack some clothes and that we would be spending the night out but I never expected that a room at Sentosa Siloso Beach Resort to be booked! It was also when my birthday cake (cupcakes rather), a super lovingly handmade card and an awesome gift were presented to me!




The handmade card was beautiful and very creatively made! Seriously, I would never have been able to do something like that, because I was never an arty farty person, and I doubt I can ever be creative. Love the card to the max! And the cupcakes were so pretty that I felt bad digging into them. But they were really YUMMY!

On the actual day of my birthday, my joy brought me to Universal Studios Singapore, and we had Tim & Evo there with us! With that, I'll just let the pictures roll...



Happy like bird only!



The many faces of a crazy birthday girl

The many US at USS!



And the best multi-shots that were taken for that day was with Charlie Chaplin!


And the story behind these shots went like that:

Charlie was so engrossed with the joy's DSLR and totally did not pay me any attention. And then Evo shouted, "It's her birthday today!" Ahh, that got me some attention from Charlie and he extended his arm out to me.

With a very smug and contented look on my face for winning Charlie over, the boyfriend felt a little left out and decided to close in, but Charlie shunned away. I didn't know that Charlie was leaning in on me because he was "getting away" from the boyfriend. At that point in time, I thought Charlie was being annoying and was just trying to push me. So, the little fighter in me fought back by pushing Charlie in return. And that's how the push fest started.

After which, Charlie pulled me away and ran off with me, with my hand still in the crook of his arm! And it was a "HAH! I stole your girlfriend, dude" moment! Seriously, these shots are priceless!

The night ended with dinner at Spruce, followed by Pirates of the Caribbean at IMAX, which I slept through almost the entire show and got so mad at myself for that. I hate being sick. =( Anyway... DINNER!




Thank you love, for making my 25th such a memorable one. Thank you for everything that you've done for me so far. Thank you for being being you. And thank you for loving me. I can never ever be more grateful to have met you.

It's Been Awhile...

Attended service with M & A today and for the first time ever, I saw my joy suited up!


Looking good in a suit! =)))
Afterwhich, we went for food at Waraku! Dinner for me, but it was my joy's breakfast, lunch AND dinner altogether at 6pm. So unhealthy. =(

So as we were waiting for our food to arrive, the switch to our retarded mode automatically flipped on and it really cracked us up.


Right before our food came, we attempted a proper picture together before nom-noming!



It's been awhile since I last had a long night walk, looking at the skyline of Singapore, and enjoying the night breeze in my face. And it was something that my joy had always wanted to do but never got the chance to.

I guess I felt a little too hyper that I couldn't stop with the madness at Waraku, and so...


HAHAHAHAHAH!

It's all about timing. ♥

Simplicity

We find joy in having a cheap deal dinner, followed by aimlessly walking through town, and ending the night off with a cheap deal dessert. I love deals so much that I think I'm secretly addicted to buying them. And the awesome fact is that at a pittance cost, it made 2 people very happy.



May Never Ends With K.

Journey To The East

Because somebody randomly wanted to have Ikea meatballs, we made our way down to Ikea Tampines for some meatball-loving.


Food for 2 pax. OMG!
The cheesecake he recommended me to eat was WAHHH I WANT MORE! I've never tasted such awesome cheesecake before, and the base of the cake was uber delicious! It actually looked really normal, like it was nothing fantastic. But this is a serious case of "never judge a book by its cover". I'm sold.

And then, like kids, we walked through Ikea and did the stupidest things ever. We laughed at and laughed with one another, did things that were not planned, and simply be comfortably silly together.

Because he managed to reach Strike 10 (or 11) within days, I "chopped" his head off.


But I can't stay mean for long (unlike somebody @#$%^), so we got a proper shot.


It's been awhile since I last had so much fun. Thank you. =)))