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,

here's a few shot of the recent D&D.







Big Boss


Haz team


Opts team

link to recent flower festa

hmz.. july..
time whizz me by. yet another half a year gone.
Started work at K-line since july 1st. it's totally different from e previous jobs i've held. My first OFFICE job!! Seriously it's no joke just sitting there staring at your emails.

we've got a open concept cubicles.. plus my space it's just right next to a well worn-out path(e road to pantry and photocopier) means even more difficult to chao keng liao.. but never the less there's ways and means to keng(just like army har har)

Stoning and growing mushrooms is common a process, yet there's a different kinda of challenge. The kind with words, similarly portrayed in the movie "LAW by LAW"(izzit that movie name which epics office politics?) emails are the stones/arrows/missiles/SCUD/ICBM whatever you call it.. it's deadly.. but well *shurgs. otherwise work load so far is alright just abit of planning here and there.

Peeps ard are actually relatively fun bunch to be with, but again the tradition of the company over shadows the "i wanna make some noise mentality" resulting in a constant low decibels office. i could hear the whirling of the fan blades everyday.

so far overall experience has been interesting just need to be sharper and send less wrong emails haha.

National vertical marathon 2008.
venue: Republic Plaza
DTG: 1330 020308
number of steps: 1380
team:northviewers (260)
team members:chuan bao,nungky,yeeling,ben leong and me
tag no as in team name order: 8081 8082 8083 8084 8085
time: 12:19

reporting time was 1330. start time was 1430 argh.. 1 hr wait ahah
then came along. Aloysius! lolz then tian yu then samuel then someone else(can't remember the name)
but they're in a different cat. for them, they will have to wait till 1530 for e start up.
1426: "group 260 please gather at the holdng area" after the holding area we proceed to the start off place
it's another 15 mins wait. between each group there will be a 2 min interval.
finally it's our turn. at 1508 first thing cb said. "wah which way?" that got me laughing.
you'll be surprise there's actually water pt along the way up.
volunteers every 2 or 3 levels. but most of them is sleeping la abit demoralising so i decided to
wake them up as i went =P can't blame them for it anyway, they had been there since say 0700 in that confine space and humility
anyone is bound to proceed to lala land.
overall it has been a good experience. for those who think running up and running flat
is e same.. you're terribly wrong. both uses different muscle groups in the first place and
due to the confined space there's little air flow within e area.

click here for photos

FIR came to our church last week, super nice lah! rock on guys!

there's a slight change in my course of work, was transfered from RL to NFS simply cuz i itchy hand go put advanture sports in my resume.
so now i think i'm like stuck in North Face shop(suntec) so people looking for winter wear can pop by it's not going to be cheap though =)
this week has been really slow..maybe cuz of the flow within the shop.trickle is the word to describe the flow.
like that bo $$ liao lah..

IT fare is on for this week starting on thurs through sun. i went for a look on thurs boy oh boy you will be surpise by the
number of people there. i was like "eh. they all dun need to work one meh?"
bought a external hdd/thumb drive and a speaker.

been raining most of the days too, so basically not much runs sad.

finally complete my MIc class after like nearly 10 mths lolz. people take 2 weeks i took 10 mth. grrrr oh well =D
today God presence in the place was very tangible such a nice feeling. sigh..