it's in the mind

weeeeeeeeeeeee~ opportunity of a lifetime!! chew asked if i wanted to join him for atc. i was like "WOW! REALLY?!?!" i know he's been a competitive racer for the longest time..and he knows how slow i basically can run..and how cannot-make-it my mtbiking is.. but yet he asked. i was totally blown away. *grins* eng said all 3 of them would take turns to tow me.. haha

chew, eng and i formed the FRM gang yesterday.. after BT we headed to the coffee shop (coz i refused to join them for butterfly). all 3 of us are using the FRM escape frame.. eng's white (same as mine but his bike is better spec-ed) and chew rides a black frame. both of them are really experienced riders and i benefitted much just riding with them and learning from them how to tackle the trail and control my bike better. chew has always been a mentor to me and i really appreciate his friendship much.

keng found a 12th boater to join in the group and i found freddy. after checking with freddy, keng and isabel if it's ok that we formed 2 teams.. since chew's team is short of 1 gal and we have 3 guys+isabel, we can form 2 seperate teams. i'll move over to join chew and isabel will stay on with the 3 other guys. this is so cool.

my team would be chew, eng, xiao-nui and i.
bel's team would be isabel, keng, freddy and unknown 12th boater.

chew and eng are much more patient compared to my sabah team mate. though they are strong and fast, they do not complain waiting for me. i can even hear chew jamming his brakes to slow down during the downhill while riding behind me (shows how slow i am) though i know he would probably have just gone down the downhill without slowing down. i hope the race would go well for us and i really do have to train hard to better match up with 3 of them.

got my mum a new wallet for mother's day yesterday. costly, but she deserves the best.

had dinner with my parents yesterday at a thai eatery. it's been quite a while since we last sat together like that. somehow we had a great time. really. and there was forgiveness i felt. the dinner was in celebration of my parents' 30th wedding anniversary. 30years is a long time. my bro is now 29 and i'm 25. holding a marriage for 30years. wow.

wanted to make carrot wonton this morning but it seems that the wonton skin have been left in the fridge for way too long..even after dabbing water onto the corners of the skin, it can't stick together. hence i simply cooked the carrot and i'll just eat it as such for lunch later.

adrian chum came up with this brilliant reward system to help motivate me with my training. with the points earned, i can then use it to redeem for treats like strawberry yoghurt, soya ice cream and ah-pui bao. COOOL!!

i saw JJ lim while jogging to orchard yesterday. wayne, we used to know him as during sajc days. he's changeed ALOT since then. i would call him a xiao-beng now.. somehow i still prefer wayne from the former days. down to earth and his songs then were less complicated..only with his guitar and a nice voice, he would sing.

took a 2 hour run to orchard before stopping at tanglin mall to talk to chum over the phone. reached plaza sing and i started running down to dad's shop near clarke quay mrt before the rain started. it was a nice long run..haven't ran that long since i came back from sabah.. i thought i would succumb to flaging down a bus and just hopping onto it. isn't it such an easy way out? but i held on coz i know i am getting nearer to it already. if i can do a sabah race, what is running from cck to orchard..or in this case to clarke quay?

sometimes, it's all just in the mind. -smile-