Dec 20-21
Event: 100Km ExtremeWalk round island
Team:Slowpoke!
Members: CheeHau , Harrison , Aloy , Hong Hui , Yankai , Wenhan
Time start: 20th 0800
Time ended: 21th 1045
Time of completion: 26Hrs 40mins
Final standing : top 10th


7200 strides,28hrs.
An overnight, round-island endurance walk by Raleigh Society.
Total 907 participants,
228 in 10km JalanWalk, 380 in 50km PowerWalk and 299 in 100km ExtremeWalk

Final figures 99 finishers in 100km ExtremeWalk, 222 finishers in the 50km PowerWalk and 198 in the 10km JalanWalk.

Dropouts
100Km : 200
50km : 158
10km : 30

how it all started:

Ray : "hey there's a walk coming up organized by my society wanna join?"
wh : " what walk? "
Ray : "100km walk, for charity"
wh : "hmz sounds gd. will jio other people"
After some indepth discussion..
wh to cheehau/aloy/yankai/harrison : "oui people how there's a walk coming up wanna join?"
all of them : " what walk?"
wh : " 100km walk!! haha"
most of them : " siaO!"
wh : " can la.. see ah we've done single digit.. double digit.. now we do triple digit la!! "
After more noise making..
all : "okay la.."
and tada.!! team slowpoke! is formed.

Dec 20th 0800
100Km walk was flagged off.
Being the usual me. i printed everything from maps to checkpts to specific timings..
BUT i forgot to bring everything!!
therefore we had to follow behind other team. haha cuz all we had was a checkpt list..
Ten check points in total each indicating a 10km mark.
ckpt 1 : kent ridge park
ckpt 2 : Saab(NUS law school)
ckpt 3 : Bishan Stadium
ckpt 4 : Kampong Kembangan CC (i love this part)
ckpt 5 : Tampines Sports Hall
ckpt 6 : Pasir Park
ckpt 7 : Changi Village
ckpt 8 : ECP carkpark G
ckpt 9 : Big splash
ckpt 10: SMU!!!(FINISH!!)

It's truly a walk to remember.. and to be done once ONLY.
of 6.. 2 had knee problem/ 1 had ankle problem/ 1 had sever ligament stress/ 1 had shin fatigue/ 1 had no problem..

To start all with all of us had no training prior to this walk and the longest any of us slept the previous day was 4hrs..
this walk was totally a mental battle for any of us or rather anyone in the 100km cat.
weather was not forgiving either it's scorching hot for both the days. after 70km all of us was in the zombie state, both aloy and i actually sleep walk..
70km onwards was the killer portion cuz the route covers changi coastal road which is one very very long stretch of road al the way till ecp.
this walk is also a very expensive one cuz nearly every ckpt we went to buy a meal.. 5 main 3 small meals over 2 days.

Good job guys for making it that far it's really a plesure walking with you fellows.
something you could be proud of. woohraa!

28th NOV -1st DEC

Vietnam(HCMC)
//revised\\


yes.. another back to back holiday str8 after aust.. hoho am totally enjoying my self spending silly...

well cindy was totally nice to get her dad down to yishun to pick me up so early in the morning.
reach airport just awhile after the rest. after check in we had breakfast at han's..
budget airport.. is really budget.. sheesh
i think vietnam airport even better then our budget...

upon arrival we hop onto the pre arranged taxi service with bring us to our hotel..
can't remember the name.. but the street address stays deeply in my head..
195 bui vien street dist 1.. haha a results of too many taxi rides. =x

Day 1 (28/11/08)

went for lunch at lemongrass, then head down to Ben Thanh market. it's basically like our wet market.. just super size it and divide it into 2 different sectors outer and inners. For outer sectors it's mainly souvenirs for inner sectors it's further divided into 4 major sections namely handicraft/food/clothes/bags.
after walking ard buying stuffs like cashew nuts and coffee, we went back hotel for a rest..
before head back to Ben Thanh Night Market which is like our pasa malum and that's where you will find all the Addias and Nike shirts.
went Ngon for dinner(marche style.. just that you order and they serve str8 to your table)

Day 2 (29/11/08)

Cu Cui tunnel and cao dai here we come. bus ride was about 3hrs? we visited the temple first just in time to catch the afternoon prayers. the origin of cao dia was quite interesting.. i can't remember anything the guide was talking about so can't really give a detailed explanation. it's made up of 4 different religion chrisitian,taoist, 2 other i can't remember.. went for lunch which was hmz.. i would say it's quite nice.. i knoe my tour mates will totally disagree with me.. haha it's basically steam rice top with really colourful veggies and the main dishes will be served on other plates. like i mention.. out of 5.. 4 gave bad review..
still trust my taste? haha

After the "outstanding" lunch we took another half hour bus ride to Cu Cui tunnel
Cucui tunnel was basically a tunnel system dug entirely by hand throughout the viet nam war. it's not dug by south or north but rather by the villagers themselves.
the tunnel system is one of the most impressive underground system ever built by human. consisting of 3 different levels. 2-3m 5-7m 8-10m underground. each some areas are big enough to hold a meeting in there. others are simply just small tunnel about .9m high and .6m across. but the one open to public was widen to allow tourist to enter in.
each tunnel system had their own defense system. for gas, flood, etc
they even have a smoke-less kitchen where by smoke will get re-routed into a small hole several meters away from the kitchen with lot of small openings along the entire smoke tunnel. thus dispersing the smoke relative near to the ground in small amount.
kk prob dun touch on all this if not will be an essay liao..
went stella for dinner. pizza fiesta!


Day 3 (30/11/08)

Mekong delta! the life giver of HCMC.
2half hour on a mini bus to the jetty and a short boat ride to coconut island. where they made coconut candy and every other things out of coconut. the coconut candy when served hot is woohoo, super nice! but the cold harden version i won't comment on it..
transfer to a short bike trip down to another place for tea. mixed with honey. which is quite refreshing. my groupie had a chance to take photo with the local star.. a 2m long python! ha!
After the drink we transfer to a sampan along a small stretch of inlet there the locals use the oldest method known to man.. paddling to get us to the inlet opening where our boat was waiting for us, few of us got a chance to do the paddling.
went to Eagles' island which was in front of coconut island. there we had lunch which was erm.. 'nice' is hardly the word to use.They serve a fish call Mekong fish, they way they present is kinda hmz unique.. the fish was deep fried then made to stand the then help of 4 chopsticks.
There's hardly any eagles to see.. rather.. none.. boo
After lunch it's boat ride to another island for fruits.
like my friend phrase it.. "da chuan huan xiao chuan, xiao chuan huan da chuan"
this is really the case of swapping mode of transport to everyother place we visited.
and everyother places we visited we had something to munch on. it's liken to a food tasting trip
we had dinner at a corner shop(santa's corner i believe) totally a wrong choice bleahs. food not really that fantastic..

Day 4 (1/12/08)

Head out early to Notre Dame Cathedral. which looks like that actual Cathedral back in erm.. france?
Head to ngon for breakfast had a hard time explaining to the staff about our choice of food.
after breakfast we stroll over Reunification palace for some photos. decided against going in.
as it's not worth it to spend the money for half and hour..(they have a closing time and we are just half hour away form the closing time. the place i reckon would take about and hour or more the walk finish. )
went back to Ben Thanh market to do last min shopping. all of them are really putting in effort to spend the last of their Dongs.
not worth it to bring it back.. even though i would love to bring back some.. haha =\
Flight back to SG.

thanks to my wonderful groupie, consisting of cindy,verity,sherlyn and muyi.
who mange to hit a total shutter count of 2.2k of photos in a mere 4 day 3 night holiday.
for photos please refer to cindy's blog.. http://misscindylin.wordpress.com/

Nov 19-24
AUSTRALIA
Brisbane and Sydney

flew out to Brisbane on the 19th 2330.. flight was re-schedule from the original 2130hr..
totally nua over 2 hrs in the airport.
flight was 7hrs and 45mins.
touch down and clear Brisbane international airport at nearly 10am. 20th
where joanna was waiting for me. went for brunch near Mt cootha.went up Mt cootha for a view of Brisbane city nice place you could see all most the entire city from up there.
pop by UQ when jo needs to renew her student id. after a tour of the campus we went up to her place to drop my stuffs and change.nice placejust like your normal apartment. with her was simon and meiqi(dunno how to spell). Took city cat ( a river taxi service that run from city to UQ )
into the city which was supposed to be the faster way into city.
the entire river was muddy due to the recent thunderstorm in bris which i suppose was quite a bad one if the entire length of the river is mud colour. which reminds me of Brunei.. walk around bris city which was easily covered as it's quite small by measure..went to get a bubble tea...
the price was.. AUS$4!! sharks.. that could buy 3 bubble tea with extra bubbles in sg.
head to South bank for dinner. and caught james bond there..which was.. erm.. no really nice ahha
there's one thing about the cinema it's free seating!! so you just walk in and choose you own seat.. but being full hse.. everyone was told to move to e center and not to leave a space. it's so pack till some had to seat on the steps.
had turkey-styled dinner which was slurps gd. ha
it's poured again when we were halfway through the meal.
Lydia was kind enough to send us back home =) thanks Lydia!

21th
slept in jo's hse till 9. all of them went off early for morten island camp that morning.
after which walk over to carol's friend hse which was 2 streets away.
they stayed in a town hse which was abit older but alot more spacious.
there's lots of people there haha.. carol came over bris with 3 other friend namely : Ryan. Kenny. Andrew. where they bunk in with.. shenwee, June, Lydia,Lydia's bf, another couple visiting from sg on recee and one more fellow who got kick out from campus cuz he finished his deg. so total there was 11 people in the hse! partyyy ahha
well went down to surfer's paradise for that sunny day!!
surfing was.. terribly SHIOK! ohoh actually i didn't intent to touch water that day as i neber bring any thing there apart from my cams.. but what the heck since i'm in Gold Coast surfer's Paradise why not do what the local do! SURF.
woohoo neber regret it super shiok. manage to surfed a little after countless knocks tumbles and roll.
Had dinner at Norman's hotel. the food there was woohoo good!

22th

went down to New farm farmer's market to walk ard. it's a place where all e farmer's would bring their stuffs there for sale. quite a interesting place. there was this soft candy which you would find in candy stores. that thin strips of candy which comes in different colours, coated with sugar and taste abit sour.. it's selling there too... in XXXXXL size. one strip is about the length of your arm and prob 1 cm across. sheesh.
took a flight at bris domestic airport to Sydney with carol and gang.
the moment i step out of the airport.. whoosh. a gush of strong wind hit me straight was jolted wide awake.. ani't it suppose to be summer?! what crap.. i was in t-shirt and shorts..
temp was 13 deg with strong wind. brr..gabe claimed that i bought the thunderstorm down to syd.. bleahz. the rest of them was like "yesh so good to be back, cooling"
return to carol's hse to put our stuffs before heading out for dinner. their hse faces sunset.. had a big spacious bacony where you can sit and enjoy the sunset.
went up to the rocks for dinner where we had a view of Sydney opera hse and the bridge. nice!
Had gourmet pizza for dinner. kangaroo/seafood and roast duck. all of us agree that roast duck was the best. went for chocolate dessert next at max brener.. it's good.. i tell you.. thick rich chocolate slurps!

23th

woke up early to attend service at hillsong church with carol which was a short bus ride away.service was great but abit short boo..
had lunch in chinatown and walk ard the weekend market nearby where we met up with ryan
after which we went to darling harbour and walk around thier cbd area for awhile. bought darrll lee's chocolate which was good and ex.. went back to collect my stuffs and met up with gabe who live 10 mins away from carol's hse. went shopping ard at their supermarket for stuffs.
return back to gabe's hse to paly guitar hero! he got the entire set.. from drum set.. 2x guitar and even a mic! omg so fun haha play till darn tired kept missing the beats snorts. maybe i'm just not good with music stuffs ahah.

24th
went out early to fish market for breakfast.. really have to walk for the food.. it's about 15mins walk from city. but the seafood there was superb. seafood booze slacking at the jetty side. sigh.. good life. went bondi beach after that it's a cresent shaped beach and good waves for surfing.
flight back landed sg 2230. 3hrs younger. haha!

5days 2 cities 2 beaches 4 stayover places
and lots of new friends.
many thanks for you guys whom made this trip possible.
if not i'll be sleeping in the streets everynight.!

hey.. here's the wedding photos from my cousin and friend's wedding.
abit late but yup. there you go enjoys.

11 OCT 08
Starting point: Ngee Ann poly.
Teams :34
Total personals :102 runners
Command & Logistic : volunteers
Event : AAC ( Ace Adventure Challenge )

Challenges Faced:
40-55km race route(bike/run)
Rope ladder ascend
Abseiling
Team Bia (5km)
Tyre drag (900m)
Fish catching
Valley challenge
High rope element
Low wall
night navigation

Team check in : 190011
Time start : 000012
First team back : 045712
Last team back : 071512

this being a adventure race, route was only being issued out at 2315/11
teams pour over the maps, don their equipments, last mins check, waterproofing their maps etc.
De-brief was carried out at 2330/11. questions upon questions were asked and each dutifully answered by the organiser.
0000/12 was the push off timing for men's and women's team.
0030/12 was the push off for mixed team.

starts with a run from ngee ann till dairy farm road, where they reach the first obstacle namely rope ascend.
upon reaching the top it's another short run to their bike transition area.
cycling through Bt timah they face with the abseiling, due to the rain there's only one lane opened hence holding up most of the teams. climbing up to that point wasn't a piece of cake either.
after this they proceed towards zhenghua park for their team bia, covering 5k in total only 1 biker allowed and the other 2 will be running (switch are allowed)
after making a round loop at the park connector, they made their way towards mandai
via track 15. where they will arrive at checkpt 5 for the 900m tyre drag, up till this point only a few groups made it through easily as the rest went to visit Holland in mandai area. First team arrived back in End pt
after cp 5 they will proceed with a run via kranji dam to pick up their bike once again for the final bike ride to Lim chu kang(scout camp)
once they arrive a LCK, each team make their own way to cp 9 for fish catching where by they are given 3 colours and each has to catch a guppy of the indicated colour.
upon success, their will make their way back to scout camp for the next 3 checkpts within the camp compound.
the final checkpt 13 lies just a few km south of the camp.
the the final chop on their passport each team will make their way back to scout camp to conclude the event with a rest and hot breakfast.
for some.. it's a long ride home..

using flash for the first time was.. not really great but it's a good learn experience. my 50mm is stuck on my cam!! i think the len's threading got dented where i drop it last shoot...and now it refuse to detach
=( service center here i come..


link to photos

This weekend was kinda of flyby. everything happened so fast.
Fri
It all started with Eric's msg, on the slow friday afternoon "bro need help with shoot urgent" so i had to apply for a five min early release to fly down city hall for the shoot.
kinda of daunting for me cuz first time have to do a actual shoot ahha! He asked me so many things! -_-
so now i know there's actually alot of factors to take note of if conducting a portrait shot of someone eg, clothes/places/theme/time of day/mode of execution etc etc. so after several tries and crossing the traffic lights, finally there's a good enough shot to be send off. after which we had fun doing shots of each other using the lighting system.(darn lot of work) but the photos are really nice. one thing i concluded.. nikon system dun like canon user! i totally had trouble firing the strobes.. while Eric's just kept coming! argh!!!
here's a couple of shots and a vid to his credit.



X-Shooting from Eric Leong on Vimeo.

Sat
Had to drag myself out of bed for the TNF 100 Endurance Race. where 300 teams of two would have to complete 50Km(each team member) off road for a spot in TNF Endurance race in Beijing + 5k cash money(hope i remember the prize correctly haha). arrived at the planned shooting point with the main bulk of people still a long way behind. Had fun throughout the shoot i would say it's worth it. apart from the mozzie filled start. >_<
some photos below for TNF 100 are credited to Laysh,

The runner's line




The tired





The happy


Misc



Need some help?




Left shortly after noon, next up was 45th Faocc gathering @ ECP chalet
Attendance was 56/89 which was quite good in any measure,
there was plenty of drinks/food but no party.. only talk cock sessions.

Sharing an exciting story


pockets of groups everywhere



FIRE man


Porn movie in making


The interview of Retro man




Sun
Woke up early to shoot the "run for Hope" event. just so happen i was in that area haha pop by and shot.
it's a 4/10km run for a charity cause organised by ascis. there's not very good comments about the race organizing though. went service after that. was nodding throughout (not in agreement.. but in erm.. ya)

Water anyone?


Hand in hand


the family runs




Friend in need



that's it. weekend burnt!
next week will be covering a overnight advanture race no thanks to my cousin..

TODAY I’M LEAVING ALL MY TROUBLES BEHIND
I’M LETTING GO I’LL FOLLOW THE LINE
I’M HOLDING ON WITH ALL OF MY LIFE
I SEE A RISING SUN
WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN

TODAY I’M WALKING TO THE BEAT OF YOUR HEART
YOU TAKE ME ALL THE WAY TO THE START
STRETCH YOUR HANDS STRAIGHTEN THE PATH
I’M FOUND IN OPEN SKIES
YOUR HEART IT LIVES IN MINE
TODAY...TODAY...TODAY...

TODAY I’M FINDING MY FIRST LOVE AGAIN
I’M LEARNING HOW TO LET YOU IN
I’M TRUSTING YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM
THE SHADOWS FADE AWAY
IT’S YOU THAT CLEARS THE DAY

NO MORE RUNNING WILD
I’M YOURS FOR LIFE
WELL YOU GOT ME HERE
WELL YOU GOT ME

I HEAR YOUR CALL TONIGHT
YOUR HEART IS MINE
WELL YOU GOT ME HERE
WELL YOU GOT ME

WHOA...

YOU DREW ME OUT OF THE DEEPEST SEA (WHOA)
YOU GAVE MY SOUL A SONG TO SING (WHOA)
YOU TOOK ME UP ON THE MOUNTAINS HIGH (WHOA)

I SEE MY LIFE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT WHOA...YEAH!

1 day 2 weddings + 1hr sleep
= totally stoned.

1st wedding was held by my cousin, it's a simple affair with wedding lunch @ Hilton.
there was a miscom with the makeup artist part, therefore i arrived.. 4am at her place, was wondering how come her makeup artist requested so early.. only to find out upon arrival the 4am slot is for her jie mei! argH.. her's only start at 0630 gosh. so help them out in the "sabo" preparation, had the suan tian ku la thing.
suan being lemon and lime mixed ice cubes
tian being gummy bears
ku being ku gua + pepper + salt + something i can recall
la being wasabi spread bread(this is horrible i can vouch its a whole tube spread over 4 bread.. that's how thick it was)
(i forsee my self eating all this stuffs in dec argh!)

so the groom arrives at 0730 does the usual of gate crashing and tio sabo process
after which they eventually come in to yet another challenge, wading up the stairs and answering some questions, sing song etc.

proceed with tea at groom's place
*fast forward
arrives at Hilton hotel for ROM and wedding lunch.
everything ended around 1600hr.

2nd wedding was held in Grand coprthon waterfront
military style wedding. being the only 2 kuku he invited from our camp. we sit in the table of misc friends which we never got to knoe their name even till e end of dinner ha!
like any other military wedding, they were to be stop at each sword bearer and be issue a challenge. cutting short they were only stopped at the first and last.
this dinner coincide with F1 finals, my friend decided to screen F1 live! thus this became a military cum F1-ish wedding. haha all of us are focus on the race while eating, they only cut telecast during speech's, 2nd march in and the yam sheng portion. dinner start with the race and ended with the race. just nice haha

well wedding bliss for both my cousin and my friend.
i heard more wedding bells.
prob can compile a ten year series on how to survive gate crashing after being though so many.. haha just a thought..

F1 IS HERE!

being actually there is totally SHIOK. the rev of the engine, the "thumping" sound produced by the changing of gears, the "jet-like" decibels created by the aerodynamically designed vehicle as they zip pass. the squalling of brakes during each corners. woo totally blows you away.

manage to obtain a 1 day walkabout pass for a mere amount of $20!

when straight after work manage to catch their first practice session. taking shots with my limited skill and lens is totally challenging coupled with the cold steel fence and barriers there,s a limited to how nice you can pan a shot. unless one has those monster lens.

but after 1hr. it got kinda bored. mixed with heavy gears and growling stomach we decide to pack and go.
when we got out of the secured area(the entire F1 area was fenced up therefore only those with pass able to get in), there's throngs of people jam pack the area near city hall mrt, all trying to catch a glimpse of the F1 action. i was like woo.. how e heck them manage to actally see.. being at that position basically means you're seperated by 1 green fence, 1 human crowd(pass holders) , 1 silver steel fence. really is catch a glimpse..
shurgs

21 Sept 08

Cell group outing to malaysia kukup.
consisting of 3 cell groups, we gathering at IP on the early morning of 21st to take the bus in msia via 2nd linkway.

i realise that this is my first msia chop on my new passport. sheesh how long have i not go across the causeway.

anyways we arrived at our first stop for breakfast! yaYS! pop by a chocolate outlet near the coffeeshop. quite interesting they had a number of interesting favours like durian chocolate etc. more local mix i should say.

next stop ostrich farm.
had a brief introduction regarding the farm and the ostrich. it's meat is quite nice!! *slurps

pop by for lunch at some town.. where they serve mini lobster. nothing much in that town quite small prob can finish walking within half hour.

kota tinggi waterfalls was next.
i was expecting something more breathtaking, instead what greeted me was kinda erm..
nothing along the breathtaking line.. kinda dissapointed. some went ahead to have a dip in the refreshing water while the rest opt for dry land where games was held.

firefly attraction was next.
most of us(guys) was like.. huh.. firefly.. there's lots of them in tekong and gedong lor! but it's a new experience. usually we'll see a couple of them flying this time.. there's like literally hundreds of them around lighting up the trees along the bank like a christmas tree.

during the bus ride a paper was passed around whereby each of us had to write something on it to form a essay. basically you can write anything with or without logic in it. the end result it's like a totally mixed up but darn funny eassy. we were laughing so hard.



slideshow from my cg member cam.

and congrat to my cell member who also sliding down this slippery path with me. haha! no thanks to me -_-

Earth Day'08

31.08.08
WHERE WERE YOU!
yes you!
slacking at home? munching on snacks or went out shopping?
this day. 11k runners gathered for a 10K run organised by NIKE.
so called the Nike human race where 1M runner worldwide would be running on e same day.
The three supported charities were WWF , lance armstrong cancer foundation and lastly UNHRC. =)

this what i supported

As predicted the run route was not ideal as there's intersections and narrows paths.
but overall experience had been enjoyable.


the 11k claded in red nike shirt runners.

The 5 Bands that supports the runners along the way.




side by side


Waterpoint


Usual sight at waterpoint


the take down crew


what i coined as "see people suffer while enjoying"


the thin red line


homerun


and if you thought i'm actually covering the event as a photographer..
you're wrong! i was in the run while covering the event! =) aka sports photographer! lol

27th Aug 05

spent out field with 49 other botaks.

E other 49 botaks from C coy

27th Aug 06

spend running AHM

21sa @ 3Div run in prep for AHM

27th Aug 07

spend onboard

oil spill on my bday =(

27th Aug 08

spend with a bunch of lovelies

Dinner at Astons


so here i'm nearly 1/4 century old, another phase of life had started.
gone were e days you mess ard without any care in life.
gone were e days of camping outfields
gone were e days of physical/ mental suffering
gone were e days of green
gone were e days of sun, sea and typhoons

In place came
everything also must ponder twice
everyday camp in office
everyday only doing finger exercise(typing emails reports and stuffs)
everyday different colours to wear
everyday see a panel of windows which indicates sunny or rainy

these 4 years has been really enjoyable,
thought mostly it's had been spent in green
it has no doubt been e most memorable part of my walk(i reckon any guys' walk)
days spent outfield,
days spent clubbing till wee hrs
days spent chao keng-ing
days spent tio takan
days spent tio sabo
days spent freezing in brunei and Nz
days spent sweating in Thailand
days spent eating sand/dust from Gedong
*every guy has a different experience*
days spent rolling/puking/fishing in the South China Sea.

this year is slightly different
i've got a couple of lovely ladies and a dear friend to celebrate with me.
thanks for the trouble and effort really appreciated it =)
Dinner was at Astons specialities(The Cathay)
got a couple of presents, and a nice rich chocolaty cake.
had some royce chocolates(champange nama which is nice!)
guess what's at home. another chocolate cake
it's a bad case of chocolate overdose!
but it had been fun =)


*above is based on actual day, not pre or post celebration.
many thanks for those pre and post celebrations! =)

Date : 24th Aug 2008
Time : 0630
Venue: Esplanade Bridge
Event: Army half marathon

came back within projected timing. not a fantastic one but e reasonable one.
haha it's a timing none ard me would believe.
didn't even intent to wake up and run.. but no choice friend waiting downstairs already =\
so as usual 3 of us aloy, yankai and me met up for e run. e prolonged drizzle yesterday really did some heavy damage to the fields of padang. it had become a giant mud pool, shoes were muddy even before the run. i never like singapore runs..
99.999% is over-crowded unless you're standing in front or run darn fast, the chances of you getting stuck in mid pack is confirm guaranteed.
there's a change of route this year, we turn off earlier before the lao pa sa junction, up Benjamin shears, a loop ard ECP, then a present from our very own combat engineers.(combat engineer trail) which i shall not comment on it..after that comes the marina barrage which is quite a sweet spot =). loop around marine south(which all the steamboat is no longer there) and final stretch back to padang.
as usual saw lots of people along the way had fun catching up with their lifes cuz normally we dun meet up.

all done after e run we decide to go collect our nike race pack which was a totally wrong choice. e que start central.. snaked all e way back to liang court. this had to be the longest goodie bag collection any of us ever had.
so we decided to go back and collect tml instead in view of we're late for lunch gathering.

Had lunch at shokudo(raffles) with e ajax gang.celebrated aloy and my bday at ben's and jerry.
me and aloy with our pint of B&J

here's a few shots of yesterday fireworks.
had to sit there since 7 in e drizzle. after e drizzle lifted for a few mins during the show.. then it came back somewhere in the middle of e show! argH!!
link to fireworks

Happy bday singapore.

here a few photos taken during last sat preview. not e actual day..


Fly past,










our LSTs,




Fireworks,