Time seemed to slow down during the weekend. it was pure bliss just lazing at home, cooking meals, eating together and taking time to study/do our work. we didn’t need fanciful meals at posh restaurants, good thing dearie mind my no-class cooking, and we didn’t have to be a speck in the orchard road crowd because we have most if not all that we need.

Despite the downpour on both days, we managed to do some training! Saturday morning we biked down to spe for runfanatics training but found ourselves being chased by rain along bt timah road. Hurriedly, we made the decision to turn off near sixth avenue and then scrambled in the fastest speed I could make my legs move, heading home. Dearie had to pull me from the front because the headwind was strong and as I haven’t biked in eons, I could not go fast as much as I wished to. The gloomy rain clouds hovered over our heads and drizzled through the way. lucky, we must proclaim, because we escaped the heavy downpour by the minute. The moment we stepped into home, we heard the torrential rain fall from the sky. Gulps!

We rested at home and had some noodles and fried fillet for lunch before leaving for gym in the evening. We gymed 1.5hrs to burn some fats, and then came home for dinner. menu for the night: macaroni tuna salad. It was quite a mess of stuff but I think it filled our tummies fine.

Sunday morning we dragged ourselves to MR and did about 14km down to air-con road and back. we started slightly late as we had much problem getting inertia to move..however I’m glad we got there and ran the distance. I struggled badly through the distance but I held through. (yay!) Seriously need to get more mileage into my weeks because I found my stamina has deteriorated substantially.

After the grueling training (for me), we went to Queensway for a nice lunch before heading to shop around for dearie’s speckies. We found a really nice pair of oakley’s dicota 4.0 but the price tag was one that made swallowing hard. i got to try a pair of women’s Oakley coto 4.0 and I now understand why oakleys cost so much. the comfort of wearing it surpasses the current pair I have.

Yet, I simply can’t bear to spend on a pair because it’s $425 for the frame alone!?!? O_o

Therefore, I have decided to dangle this as a carrot for donkey-tricia. If I can clear all 4 modules in this year, I will reward myself with it. something way off my budget but pricey enough as a reward for the good work. if I don’t pass all 4 papers, then I’ve got to kiss my coto goodbye! okok, i'm hitting the books now. it's accounting exam this sat. gambatte tricia!! =)