mmds putrajaya - completed. akin to last year, the bike leg was the killer. encountered a major hiccup during 1st lap of bike. couldn't understand why everyone was zooming pass me..i thought my legs were dead or something.. i was snail-ing away.. really a vast difference from the last time i did the same course in sept 05. 2/3 through the course, i finally couldn't stand it anymore and stopped at the side of the expressway. peered over my handlebar and found the right side of the brake pad against the rim. shit. my brake calipers were misaligned.. no wonder i was like a snail and my legs felt like a tonne. quickly adjusted it and pinched my rear wheel. the psi in there is definitely lesser than 120. thanks to the floor pump that didn't work. it released more air in my tyre than added on.
after the pause.. i was rushing to make up for the lost time. thank goodness i caught up with some mtbs.
the climbs felt never ending. up and down up and down. run was great. flat. dead flat. and really thank God for good weather. it became really cloudy towards the end of the race. the 2nd run was made alot alot alot easier. last yr's 10km run was a killer for me.
aug9 : desaru ride vs working at rl, i picked the former. woohoo.. it'll be fun riding with grace and the other people from trifam. =) i'm giving up work at rl for a fun day at desaru..hehehe
signed up for desaru him despite knowing it clashes with working sat. i'm bent to go for it since i missed it last year.
2 more days to major change in my life.
time to leave for swim training. riding up with my market bike. it's going to take a long time to get to queenstown pool! =
Monday, July 31, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
i have a new love(again?!?!)
发花痴-ing again..
read about my new love: Li Yundi
Yundi Li was born in Chongquing in central China. As with many musicians, his penchant for music became apparent in early childhood. One day, when he was three years old, he was so fascinated by a man playing an accordion in a shopping mall that he refused to leave the mall.
At the age of four, he started learning to play the accordion. When he was seven, he asked his parents to let him have piano lessons. At the age of twelve, Li gave the best performance in a fiercely competitive selection process and thus earned himself a place at the top music school in Sichuan province.
About a year later, when Li's teacher decided to take up a post at the School of Arts in Shenzhen, southern China, Li's family moved in order to allow the young prodigy to continue his studies in Shenzhen. The tuition at this school was expensive, and Li's mother had already given up her job in order to supervise the boy's education. However, Li had won numerous scholarships and awards which enabled him to afford the fees.
At thirteen, Li won the Stravinsky Competition in the United States. He went on to take First Prize at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in the United States and Third Prize at the Franz Liszt Piano Competition in the Netherlands, as well as being a major winner in the Second China International Piano Competition in Beijing.
At just eighteen, Yundi Li won the first prize at the Frederic Chopin Competition held in Warsaw in October 2000.
He has recently announced that he will never compete again. He is currently on the roster of Deutsche Grammophon (DG). His first recording for DG was an all-Chopin recital album, released in early 2002. Meanwhile, he continues his musical studies in Germany
read about my new love: Li Yundi
Yundi Li was born in Chongquing in central China. As with many musicians, his penchant for music became apparent in early childhood. One day, when he was three years old, he was so fascinated by a man playing an accordion in a shopping mall that he refused to leave the mall.
At the age of four, he started learning to play the accordion. When he was seven, he asked his parents to let him have piano lessons. At the age of twelve, Li gave the best performance in a fiercely competitive selection process and thus earned himself a place at the top music school in Sichuan province.
About a year later, when Li's teacher decided to take up a post at the School of Arts in Shenzhen, southern China, Li's family moved in order to allow the young prodigy to continue his studies in Shenzhen. The tuition at this school was expensive, and Li's mother had already given up her job in order to supervise the boy's education. However, Li had won numerous scholarships and awards which enabled him to afford the fees.
At thirteen, Li won the Stravinsky Competition in the United States. He went on to take First Prize at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in the United States and Third Prize at the Franz Liszt Piano Competition in the Netherlands, as well as being a major winner in the Second China International Piano Competition in Beijing.
At just eighteen, Yundi Li won the first prize at the Frederic Chopin Competition held in Warsaw in October 2000.
He has recently announced that he will never compete again. He is currently on the roster of Deutsche Grammophon (DG). His first recording for DG was an all-Chopin recital album, released in early 2002. Meanwhile, he continues his musical studies in Germany
Friday, July 21, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
i dream alot lately
bimo advised me against getting an slr unless i am ready to invest that amount of money into it. i kind of agree with what he said. gee..it's back to point and shoot cameras for me. why must there be such a huge leap from p&s to slrs? why must it cost soooooooo much to get a slr??
i ran to work this morning (with those idiot recoupe shoes) and i witnessed something really fun, which i wished i had a camera with me to capture.
a grandfather was riding a kiddy 4wheeler bike with his grandson behind, coming down the little slope towards the carpark. whenever the grandfather honked, the grandson would go "eeeeeeee!" and it was so amusing seeing and hearing the grandfather honking away and the grandson eeee-ing away. i wished i had a camera in my hand that very moment. i wished i had a SLR! i wished i had the ability to capture that scene. i can see the picture in my hand.. catch the photo in a slow shutter speed (is it slow ah?) ..then get the slight blurry effect...that gives that look of speed. i'll go find a photo to illustrate what i mean. but i can already see what i want to capture in my head, just that i didn't have a camera nor did i have the skills to.
the new thing i would like to pick up is photography. just some basic skills ..and like ivan said..the rest is practise, practise and more practise.
bimo said he'll let me play with his manual nikon. the one i fiddled which the aperture during our tomyam dinner. i can't wait to put a roll of film in it and start snapping. hoping all 36shots won't turn out all blurry.
talk about cameras, i haven't got to use my antique rangefinder as yet. i'm not too convinced if it really works or not. might just lug it along when i meet up with bimo and get him to try the camera.
this morning as i read the morning papers, i took a moment to sit back and just stared into the family portrait. he's finally leaving us. there's such a sense of relief for me. it feels like the release of a bondage or something. frankly, i feel if he wants to leave, leave for good. let us be able to start life all over again..he has already wasted so much of our precious time.
bro and sis in law are going to have a kid soon..they are a family unit now.
so it leaves just my mum and i who are going to watch over each other.
a nice side-track thought: won't it be nice to find a guy who can and will take care of my mummy and i?
dream on, tricia! haeheaheahaehae
i ran to work this morning (with those idiot recoupe shoes) and i witnessed something really fun, which i wished i had a camera with me to capture.
a grandfather was riding a kiddy 4wheeler bike with his grandson behind, coming down the little slope towards the carpark. whenever the grandfather honked, the grandson would go "eeeeeeee!" and it was so amusing seeing and hearing the grandfather honking away and the grandson eeee-ing away. i wished i had a camera in my hand that very moment. i wished i had a SLR! i wished i had the ability to capture that scene. i can see the picture in my hand.. catch the photo in a slow shutter speed (is it slow ah?) ..then get the slight blurry effect...that gives that look of speed. i'll go find a photo to illustrate what i mean. but i can already see what i want to capture in my head, just that i didn't have a camera nor did i have the skills to.
the new thing i would like to pick up is photography. just some basic skills ..and like ivan said..the rest is practise, practise and more practise.
bimo said he'll let me play with his manual nikon. the one i fiddled which the aperture during our tomyam dinner. i can't wait to put a roll of film in it and start snapping. hoping all 36shots won't turn out all blurry.
talk about cameras, i haven't got to use my antique rangefinder as yet. i'm not too convinced if it really works or not. might just lug it along when i meet up with bimo and get him to try the camera.
this morning as i read the morning papers, i took a moment to sit back and just stared into the family portrait. he's finally leaving us. there's such a sense of relief for me. it feels like the release of a bondage or something. frankly, i feel if he wants to leave, leave for good. let us be able to start life all over again..he has already wasted so much of our precious time.
bro and sis in law are going to have a kid soon..they are a family unit now.
so it leaves just my mum and i who are going to watch over each other.
a nice side-track thought: won't it be nice to find a guy who can and will take care of my mummy and i?
dream on, tricia! haeheaheahaehae
Monday, July 17, 2006
unhappiness is nauseating
i packed alot of unhappy things into one big jar and gently put the lid on.
looking away from it. there are other things worth my time.
unhappiness is nauseating.
when it all gets too much, i go for a run. let's see how far my legs can bring me.
looking away from it. there are other things worth my time.
unhappiness is nauseating.
when it all gets too much, i go for a run. let's see how far my legs can bring me.
let me go!
my morning didn't start out too good.. a L plated car brushed against na na this morning. heh. miscalculation of the overconfident L plate gal who tried to filter through the 2nd lane to the 1st at a relatively high speed, cutting the cyclist.
after brushing against my bike that caused her left mirror to be pushed inwards, she hurriedly stopped the car at the side. i just carried on my way, i wonder why did she stop anyway..chum said probably she might have gotten ticked off by the instructor.
funny thing, though i could have been knocked over..there was no adrenaline rush. i just went..oooo..titanium handlebar is good. maybe i've been through much worse accidents to let such a little brush seem to be of anything worth a hoo-haa about.
i was about to sign up for desaru tri until i realise it clashes head on with nl's working sat. what?!!?!?!?! i'm going to miss this 2nd year. last year it was also because of the working sat at nl that's why i had to disappointedly miss it. this year again?!?!!? i cannot believe it. i'm thinking of trying to feign ill, get an mc to cover me through.. coz i really really want to do the desaru tri badly.
race report. we did relatively well. according to the marshalls, we came in the top few teams in mixed open..but how true that is, let's wait for the results to release. we completed it in less than 5hrs 15mins..which is much shorter/faster a race compared to the ntu one.
it's pretty well organised and fun. the only rant i have about the entire race is the passport.. it's by far the WORSE and MOST LORK KORK passport i've ever come across. it's just basically an A5 piece of paper with 3 columns. not laminated.. how is it going to withstand 5hrs of race??? probably the organisers haven't done adventure races themselves.. it's crazy to race with a passport like that.
anyway the entire race had 9 check points and it went like this.
starting point was at bt batok nature reserve.
cp 1: bt timah visitor centre. from there we had to locate 2 huts within bt timah itself. remember the code printed on a sheet of paper, placed at the huts and run back to start. (feels like sac's first station too. but much shorter. sac we had to find 10 chkpts out of 14 given)
cp2: run to macrit. bt being chew's home ground, we took the bike route out to the exit where catchment path leads too. then from there we run/walk to macrit.
cp3: venus link (at exit of macrit, near thomson) ran through macrit in the huge cat 1 downpour. (yes, we heard the siren from the ranger station but we just continued running) the rain was good to cool us off..but abit too heavy though. i was intially worried if my first aid kit would be soaked through..and my ziplock holding cash and cards might not hold. but what the heck..during a race, we just keep going. where got time to find banana leave to use as umbrella? hehe.. venus link turned out to be the road far deep in that can be reached by taking the road beside the country club.
cp4: bike to bishan park. again chew took us through some hdb flat to bishan park. short cut!! unlike the given instructions by the marshalls to take the route within bishan park. justin was stationed at this cp. nice seeing him.. he looks more muscular liao. punching him on his arm left my fist a little sore. =P
cp5: bike to sajc. i like this chkpt. haha..fun!!
cp6: bike to kallang. kayaking chkpt. we had some hiccup here..but ok la..smart chew worked around that.
cp7: bike towards esplanade. dropped bike at marina promenade. another chkpt. this chkpt, xiao niu did it really well. we failed during our 1st attempt..but 2nd attempt, xiao niu got it really fast n good.
cp8: run to keppel towers. it didn't occur to me we were going to climbadventure. if i knew, we could have took a short cut. that long cut let 1 team over take us. shit. chew n xiao niu did the rock climb. i did the super super super short abseil down. (i seriously thought the abseil down was a waste of time.)
cp9: run to chinatown. end point.
well done, team 121, true north!
i'm thirsting for more adventure thrills. more more more!!!!!
i might be giving action asia singapore a miss. will save that us110 for action asia hong kong. if xiao niu can't go, i'll team up with isabel..
i want to experience as much as i can this year, in case i do get into army next year..it'll be very tough to do any races at all.
oh yes..after going through bt timah yest..i told myself i am going to go back there one of these days and explore ALL the possible routes in there.
if i didn't have to work on sat, i probably would drag dw and chum along to bt timah for a walk after run at macrit. u 2 heng ah! i got to work..haehaehae..u r spared! =D
perhentian getaway is cancelled. weijie has to work. nvm la.. i actually felt it coming already. maybe i should try to utilise the leave for desaru..see workable or not.. i desperately want to go desaru!..please let meeeeeeeeeeeeeee... -sad look-
after brushing against my bike that caused her left mirror to be pushed inwards, she hurriedly stopped the car at the side. i just carried on my way, i wonder why did she stop anyway..chum said probably she might have gotten ticked off by the instructor.
funny thing, though i could have been knocked over..there was no adrenaline rush. i just went..oooo..titanium handlebar is good. maybe i've been through much worse accidents to let such a little brush seem to be of anything worth a hoo-haa about.
i was about to sign up for desaru tri until i realise it clashes head on with nl's working sat. what?!!?!?!?! i'm going to miss this 2nd year. last year it was also because of the working sat at nl that's why i had to disappointedly miss it. this year again?!?!!? i cannot believe it. i'm thinking of trying to feign ill, get an mc to cover me through.. coz i really really want to do the desaru tri badly.
race report. we did relatively well. according to the marshalls, we came in the top few teams in mixed open..but how true that is, let's wait for the results to release. we completed it in less than 5hrs 15mins..which is much shorter/faster a race compared to the ntu one.
it's pretty well organised and fun. the only rant i have about the entire race is the passport.. it's by far the WORSE and MOST LORK KORK passport i've ever come across. it's just basically an A5 piece of paper with 3 columns. not laminated.. how is it going to withstand 5hrs of race??? probably the organisers haven't done adventure races themselves.. it's crazy to race with a passport like that.
anyway the entire race had 9 check points and it went like this.
starting point was at bt batok nature reserve.
cp 1: bt timah visitor centre. from there we had to locate 2 huts within bt timah itself. remember the code printed on a sheet of paper, placed at the huts and run back to start. (feels like sac's first station too. but much shorter. sac we had to find 10 chkpts out of 14 given)
cp2: run to macrit. bt being chew's home ground, we took the bike route out to the exit where catchment path leads too. then from there we run/walk to macrit.
cp3: venus link (at exit of macrit, near thomson) ran through macrit in the huge cat 1 downpour. (yes, we heard the siren from the ranger station but we just continued running) the rain was good to cool us off..but abit too heavy though. i was intially worried if my first aid kit would be soaked through..and my ziplock holding cash and cards might not hold. but what the heck..during a race, we just keep going. where got time to find banana leave to use as umbrella? hehe.. venus link turned out to be the road far deep in that can be reached by taking the road beside the country club.
cp4: bike to bishan park. again chew took us through some hdb flat to bishan park. short cut!! unlike the given instructions by the marshalls to take the route within bishan park. justin was stationed at this cp. nice seeing him.. he looks more muscular liao. punching him on his arm left my fist a little sore. =P
cp5: bike to sajc. i like this chkpt. haha..fun!!
cp6: bike to kallang. kayaking chkpt. we had some hiccup here..but ok la..smart chew worked around that.
cp7: bike towards esplanade. dropped bike at marina promenade. another chkpt. this chkpt, xiao niu did it really well. we failed during our 1st attempt..but 2nd attempt, xiao niu got it really fast n good.
cp8: run to keppel towers. it didn't occur to me we were going to climbadventure. if i knew, we could have took a short cut. that long cut let 1 team over take us. shit. chew n xiao niu did the rock climb. i did the super super super short abseil down. (i seriously thought the abseil down was a waste of time.)
cp9: run to chinatown. end point.
well done, team 121, true north!
i'm thirsting for more adventure thrills. more more more!!!!!
i might be giving action asia singapore a miss. will save that us110 for action asia hong kong. if xiao niu can't go, i'll team up with isabel..
i want to experience as much as i can this year, in case i do get into army next year..it'll be very tough to do any races at all.
oh yes..after going through bt timah yest..i told myself i am going to go back there one of these days and explore ALL the possible routes in there.
if i didn't have to work on sat, i probably would drag dw and chum along to bt timah for a walk after run at macrit. u 2 heng ah! i got to work..haehaehae..u r spared! =D
perhentian getaway is cancelled. weijie has to work. nvm la.. i actually felt it coming already. maybe i should try to utilise the leave for desaru..see workable or not.. i desperately want to go desaru!..please let meeeeeeeeeeeeeee... -sad look-
Saturday, July 15, 2006
que sara sara
woohoo..i'm going to be an AUNTIE soon.. i hope i'll get a NIECE. i like gals.. hopefully my bro n sis-in-law would let me train her up to be the next young triathlete! wheeeeeeee!!
before they left, they asked me to get the new baby an uncle. -gulps-..sis in law said that the new baby wants to get some hong baos from me. -double gulps-
sis in law also added..you not young liao.
wa lao.
sometimes i guess it's not within my control.. i haven't exactly met someone whom i can have that sureness in my heart that he is the one. the only person who has ever made me feel that assurance of a life partner is not exactly here anymore. i wonder how he is getting on now. has the case settled? what is the outcome? does he still think of me sometimes?
anyway, that part of my life is over. i do ask these questions when i think of him. but those are answers i will never get.
a frequently asked question friends and family ask.."what kind of a guy are you looking for?"
searches the back of her mind.
the usual answer from tricia is, "eh....erm..i also don't know leh." o_o
to list it feels really tough.
i don't actually have a checklist. but i do know i will know when i meet him.
so i do know what kind of a guy i am looking for? nods rather unconvincingly. i probably do.
again i repeat to myself the same old song often hummed whenever this topic arises..
"Que Sara, Sara. Whatever will be, will be."
before they left, they asked me to get the new baby an uncle. -gulps-..sis in law said that the new baby wants to get some hong baos from me. -double gulps-
sis in law also added..you not young liao.
wa lao.
sometimes i guess it's not within my control.. i haven't exactly met someone whom i can have that sureness in my heart that he is the one. the only person who has ever made me feel that assurance of a life partner is not exactly here anymore. i wonder how he is getting on now. has the case settled? what is the outcome? does he still think of me sometimes?
anyway, that part of my life is over. i do ask these questions when i think of him. but those are answers i will never get.
a frequently asked question friends and family ask.."what kind of a guy are you looking for?"
searches the back of her mind.
the usual answer from tricia is, "eh....erm..i also don't know leh." o_o
to list it feels really tough.
i don't actually have a checklist. but i do know i will know when i meet him.
so i do know what kind of a guy i am looking for? nods rather unconvincingly. i probably do.
again i repeat to myself the same old song often hummed whenever this topic arises..
"Que Sara, Sara. Whatever will be, will be."
another ordinary working sat
having my tang hoon lunch while typing in this. strange obsession with tang hoon recently. simply boil it with water..mix in ketchup, chilli and soy sauce..it's good enough to feed tricia for a meal.
i mixed in souk heng's left over tuna..yum yum..not bad at all!
tomorrow's nus ace adventura. gathering from yesterday's 15mins briefing..feels like a fun and easy race.. let's see how it goes..will report on the race again.
chum's new endeavour got me reading up a little on whey proteins and supplements.. might start to take protein shakes to aid my recovery as well..as i'm finding my recovery a little sluggish.. the muscle aches tell it all. on top of that, i'm not very much a meat person..i don't take alot of meat..so i doubt i intake suffice protein to build those muscles.
really ought to start going gym.. trying to piece it into my training schedule.. do have to start some where.. -determined look-
do want to bring neon out for a ride.. not sure if daniel is still in for a ride.
i went to the news stand a while ago to look for the latest copy of men's health..
aunty manning the store: 小妹。。来来。。要什么? teens? teenage?
tricia: 呃。。我看看。。 (browsed around for men's health..but don't seem to spot it)
aunty turned the row of teens/teenage/seventeen..: 这里这里。。要哪一个？
tricia thought for a moment if she should ask if she has men's health but later dropped the idea in case aunty starts to wonder why is a gal getting a men's mag.
tricia smiled and walked off hurriedly. $6 saved for the day.
1.5hrs more to knock off. after which i'll bike home as warm up. go thru a short relaxed circuit training. finish off the night with a niceeeeeeeee massage on isqueeze and the spinex.
slow jogging down to start point tomorrow. it's going to be a fun sunday!! =D
i mixed in souk heng's left over tuna..yum yum..not bad at all!
tomorrow's nus ace adventura. gathering from yesterday's 15mins briefing..feels like a fun and easy race.. let's see how it goes..will report on the race again.
chum's new endeavour got me reading up a little on whey proteins and supplements.. might start to take protein shakes to aid my recovery as well..as i'm finding my recovery a little sluggish.. the muscle aches tell it all. on top of that, i'm not very much a meat person..i don't take alot of meat..so i doubt i intake suffice protein to build those muscles.
really ought to start going gym.. trying to piece it into my training schedule.. do have to start some where.. -determined look-
do want to bring neon out for a ride.. not sure if daniel is still in for a ride.
i went to the news stand a while ago to look for the latest copy of men's health..
aunty manning the store: 小妹。。来来。。要什么? teens? teenage?
tricia: 呃。。我看看。。 (browsed around for men's health..but don't seem to spot it)
aunty turned the row of teens/teenage/seventeen..: 这里这里。。要哪一个？
tricia thought for a moment if she should ask if she has men's health but later dropped the idea in case aunty starts to wonder why is a gal getting a men's mag.
tricia smiled and walked off hurriedly. $6 saved for the day.
1.5hrs more to knock off. after which i'll bike home as warm up. go thru a short relaxed circuit training. finish off the night with a niceeeeeeeee massage on isqueeze and the spinex.
slow jogging down to start point tomorrow. it's going to be a fun sunday!! =D
Friday, July 07, 2006
making progress
ok..tricia didn't quite finish her circuit training yesterday.. her abs ached so badly from the sit ups.. that she had to stop at the 2nd set. mum was screaming away when tricia wheeled her bike out..coz tricia didn't eat anything and was training like a mad gal. so after to bike ride and bicep curls, she stopped there.
managed to pull herself out of the bed to go for a 4km run and did 3sets of 15 push ups. cycled tania to work only to find the right cleat stuck on the pedal.. it was not removable coz there was only 1 screw left on the cleat itself..and when tricia tried to twist it out, the entire cleat twisted along too. idiot cleat! in the end she had to remove her right shoe and walked into office with 1 shoe.
then it dawned upon her that with the stuck cleat..how is she going to bike to the pool later?? uh-ohhhhhhhhhhhhh.....o_O
option 1. find someone in bt panjang with allen key. borrow allen key, fix bike.
option 2. bike home later to get allen key during lunch.
option 3. buy a new allen key from rodalink during lunch. since i've been wanting to get one with a chain breaker too.
therefore, executing option 1, she quickly messaged david and mokhtar for help. unfortunately mokhtar was having swim lessons... so that's one hope down..
to her relief...david was at home..so she biked na na down to petir road, pick up the allen keys and came back to office. (ok..that's the good thing about leaving 1 extra bike in the office..hehehe..erm..it's no choice actually..mum doesn't allow 4 bikes at home =( sigh)
yayyyyyyyyy...david's allen key saved the day!! tricia transferred one of the 3 bolts from her left shoe to her right shoe. so she has 2 on each shoe. tightening them with all her might..this time it better DON'T come off again. grrrrr!!!
tricia is really the handy-gal for the day. after fixing her cleats.. she popped over the hardware shop to pick up 4 batteries and a pack of cable tie.
2 of her tail lights are battery-flat. task: replace batteries. not too tough.
she broke the rubber band on her topeak light. task: replace that with normal rubber band and fasten it with a cable tie. now that light is PERMENANTLY on tania..until the cable tie is cut off.
actually have to fix the 725 bike mount onto tania..but she left the bike mount at home..so..hmm.. that'll be done later tonight.
got to get the training programme sorted out later..download all the details into the watch and stuff... so.. after finishing her work for the day, tricia will proceed to do that.
good..tricia is making some progress already. gambatte!!!
managed to pull herself out of the bed to go for a 4km run and did 3sets of 15 push ups. cycled tania to work only to find the right cleat stuck on the pedal.. it was not removable coz there was only 1 screw left on the cleat itself..and when tricia tried to twist it out, the entire cleat twisted along too. idiot cleat! in the end she had to remove her right shoe and walked into office with 1 shoe.
then it dawned upon her that with the stuck cleat..how is she going to bike to the pool later?? uh-ohhhhhhhhhhhhh.....o_O
option 1. find someone in bt panjang with allen key. borrow allen key, fix bike.
option 2. bike home later to get allen key during lunch.
option 3. buy a new allen key from rodalink during lunch. since i've been wanting to get one with a chain breaker too.
therefore, executing option 1, she quickly messaged david and mokhtar for help. unfortunately mokhtar was having swim lessons... so that's one hope down..
to her relief...david was at home..so she biked na na down to petir road, pick up the allen keys and came back to office. (ok..that's the good thing about leaving 1 extra bike in the office..hehehe..erm..it's no choice actually..mum doesn't allow 4 bikes at home =( sigh)
yayyyyyyyyy...david's allen key saved the day!! tricia transferred one of the 3 bolts from her left shoe to her right shoe. so she has 2 on each shoe. tightening them with all her might..this time it better DON'T come off again. grrrrr!!!
tricia is really the handy-gal for the day. after fixing her cleats.. she popped over the hardware shop to pick up 4 batteries and a pack of cable tie.
2 of her tail lights are battery-flat. task: replace batteries. not too tough.
she broke the rubber band on her topeak light. task: replace that with normal rubber band and fasten it with a cable tie. now that light is PERMENANTLY on tania..until the cable tie is cut off.
actually have to fix the 725 bike mount onto tania..but she left the bike mount at home..so..hmm.. that'll be done later tonight.
got to get the training programme sorted out later..download all the details into the watch and stuff... so.. after finishing her work for the day, tricia will proceed to do that.
good..tricia is making some progress already. gambatte!!!
Thursday, July 06, 2006
i am picking myself up
i slept. bleah. hahaha..but with alot of restedness..and comfort.. because i spoke to my Father. the peace that washed me through from head to toe was refreshing.
jannah msned me just now. thanks gal.. glad you are having fun at the science centre.
the youths never stop to bless my heart. somehow moving away from this job would be seemingly tougher than i thought. but i told God, i'm ready to move on. if it is His will, i pray for His providence to open doors ahead of me.
exchanged a couple of emails with amy yesterday. i can never explain why i am so drawn to her..but sharing with her always put me so at ease. she's just someone i can be just myself with.
restarting my whole training regime starting this evening. nus race adventura is just a stone away.. next sunday..following that would be mizuno wave run and mmds II. time is short and i really got to start pulling my socks up. to get it all started, i'll be trying out a circuit training programme which i found on the papers 2 weeks ago. i am just aiming to complete all the items on the list which including the warm up and cool down would take me 5hours. i will finish my night off with a good massage.. tomorrow morning i have planned to hit it right with bike and run training..then the usual life saving at night. if i'm able to pull it all off and complete it well, my pact with chum will fall through.
1/2 CADBURY HAZELNUT FAMILY BLOCK!!!! (yea..only 1/2...i will share 1/2 the sin with chum..since i think he can afford to put on the flabs)
henceforth..tricia my dear..please don't let me down.. i want my chocies!!!!
feel like biking down to queenstown pool..but can i do it with tania?? maybe bike down with david perhaps? xiaojie needs servicing badly..with its front wheel untrue and all the noise its making whenever i crank hard.. i feel like a slug on it. got to find a day to bring it to rollite for servicing.
i got a new project at hand. not another bike, worry not. it's something i want to do for myself..time to start saving for it.
biking is still such a lonely activity to do. i really got to start getting serious with working with my 725.. and get the training programme working.
finally starting to find a smile on her face once again.. picking up the pieces, tricia, she's ready to journey forth once more. =)
jannah msned me just now. thanks gal.. glad you are having fun at the science centre.
the youths never stop to bless my heart. somehow moving away from this job would be seemingly tougher than i thought. but i told God, i'm ready to move on. if it is His will, i pray for His providence to open doors ahead of me.
exchanged a couple of emails with amy yesterday. i can never explain why i am so drawn to her..but sharing with her always put me so at ease. she's just someone i can be just myself with.
restarting my whole training regime starting this evening. nus race adventura is just a stone away.. next sunday..following that would be mizuno wave run and mmds II. time is short and i really got to start pulling my socks up. to get it all started, i'll be trying out a circuit training programme which i found on the papers 2 weeks ago. i am just aiming to complete all the items on the list which including the warm up and cool down would take me 5hours. i will finish my night off with a good massage.. tomorrow morning i have planned to hit it right with bike and run training..then the usual life saving at night. if i'm able to pull it all off and complete it well, my pact with chum will fall through.
1/2 CADBURY HAZELNUT FAMILY BLOCK!!!! (yea..only 1/2...i will share 1/2 the sin with chum..since i think he can afford to put on the flabs)
henceforth..tricia my dear..please don't let me down.. i want my chocies!!!!
feel like biking down to queenstown pool..but can i do it with tania?? maybe bike down with david perhaps? xiaojie needs servicing badly..with its front wheel untrue and all the noise its making whenever i crank hard.. i feel like a slug on it. got to find a day to bring it to rollite for servicing.
i got a new project at hand. not another bike, worry not. it's something i want to do for myself..time to start saving for it.
biking is still such a lonely activity to do. i really got to start getting serious with working with my 725.. and get the training programme working.
finally starting to find a smile on her face once again.. picking up the pieces, tricia, she's ready to journey forth once more. =)
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
i am so sad i don't want to sleep
it's not helping. sleeping is not helping at all.
i do need a holiday.
i wanted my pia with LOTUS PASTE..idiot tricia..why did u take the KOSONG one. it sucks..sucks big time.
i don't want to sleep tonight.
wait and see. i am not going to sleep tonight.
i do need a holiday.
i wanted my pia with LOTUS PASTE..idiot tricia..why did u take the KOSONG one. it sucks..sucks big time.
i don't want to sleep tonight.
wait and see. i am not going to sleep tonight.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
i am sad so i sleep
felt real lousy the entire day. there wasn't a single thing that could put a smile on my face at all.
somehow the commencement of job search created some anxiety within me. as i pored through the papers everyday, the same question kept bugging me, " what kind of a job am i looking for?"
honestly, i'm not too sure either.
christin brought the cut out of the obs instructor advert and showed it to me. i reached into my pouch and pulled out the exact same advert which i had earlier cut out too.
i remember trying for the same job some years ago but never got it. faced with the same questionnaire once again, i find myself crippled with the same incapability to answer it.
as i pedalled home, i really wanted to talk to amy. she has always been a kindred spirit to me.
flu buggy has finally left me.. i'm just left with a slightly phlegmy throat.. energy level isn't fully back as yet..but i hope to fully recuperate by tomorrow. i've dropped my run so that i can rest more. sleeping early tonight again.
yea. going into slumber does keep unhappiness at bay.
somehow the commencement of job search created some anxiety within me. as i pored through the papers everyday, the same question kept bugging me, " what kind of a job am i looking for?"
honestly, i'm not too sure either.
christin brought the cut out of the obs instructor advert and showed it to me. i reached into my pouch and pulled out the exact same advert which i had earlier cut out too.
i remember trying for the same job some years ago but never got it. faced with the same questionnaire once again, i find myself crippled with the same incapability to answer it.
as i pedalled home, i really wanted to talk to amy. she has always been a kindred spirit to me.
flu buggy has finally left me.. i'm just left with a slightly phlegmy throat.. energy level isn't fully back as yet..but i hope to fully recuperate by tomorrow. i've dropped my run so that i can rest more. sleeping early tonight again.
yea. going into slumber does keep unhappiness at bay.
Monday, July 03, 2006
neon adventure
i've been down with the flu buggy since thursday night. it was so bad that i had to give osim a miss. elvia kindly gave me her slot at no cost, but i was just too sick to go.
friday i collected neon..got to bike boutique feeling totally crappy. runny nose, coughing non stop. knowing that riding neon back would be quite a task i had intended to get some help from friends to help me with transporting neon back. however, it seemed that no one was able to lend me a hand. it was just untimely coz adrian chum was in camp serving his reservist..else i know he would definitely help me out with it. he is one reliable friend whom is always helping me do crazy things.. (eg..moving na na up and down buses from woodlands all the way to senai airport).
anyway, i decided to push myself to ride neon home, when i got to spottiswoode park, some ting ting ting sound made me stop and give lynten a call. he asked me to ride back so that he could do a check..which i did. after arriving back at bike boutique, lynten checked n confirmed it was just the front d rubbing against the chain. not an issue..i just had to push the shifters a little to eliminate the friction. phew. nothing serious, that's good to know.
on the other hand, the flu bug was getting the better of me. i was literally lying on the couch like a dead fish.. on final resort, with no other means to get home, i headed down to dad's shop to look for mummy.
i must have looked pretty bad..coz the moment i got to the shop, my mum asked, "u are not feeling well ah?"... she made a hot flu remedy drink for me...got me hot porridge to eat..and just let me rest my head against her.
we took a cab back later that night..and i just dropped dead after fumbling with the horizontal dropout thingie. (heng bin zai gave me some instructions which i didn't know how i made out of it.. and by just pushing it here n there, i got the rear wheel back in again.)
lesson learnt: adrian is number 1 chum . mummy is the best. having flu sucks.
friday i collected neon..got to bike boutique feeling totally crappy. runny nose, coughing non stop. knowing that riding neon back would be quite a task i had intended to get some help from friends to help me with transporting neon back. however, it seemed that no one was able to lend me a hand. it was just untimely coz adrian chum was in camp serving his reservist..else i know he would definitely help me out with it. he is one reliable friend whom is always helping me do crazy things.. (eg..moving na na up and down buses from woodlands all the way to senai airport).
anyway, i decided to push myself to ride neon home, when i got to spottiswoode park, some ting ting ting sound made me stop and give lynten a call. he asked me to ride back so that he could do a check..which i did. after arriving back at bike boutique, lynten checked n confirmed it was just the front d rubbing against the chain. not an issue..i just had to push the shifters a little to eliminate the friction. phew. nothing serious, that's good to know.
on the other hand, the flu bug was getting the better of me. i was literally lying on the couch like a dead fish.. on final resort, with no other means to get home, i headed down to dad's shop to look for mummy.
i must have looked pretty bad..coz the moment i got to the shop, my mum asked, "u are not feeling well ah?"... she made a hot flu remedy drink for me...got me hot porridge to eat..and just let me rest my head against her.
we took a cab back later that night..and i just dropped dead after fumbling with the horizontal dropout thingie. (heng bin zai gave me some instructions which i didn't know how i made out of it.. and by just pushing it here n there, i got the rear wheel back in again.)
lesson learnt: adrian is number 1 chum . mummy is the best. having flu sucks.
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