a RACE in the night!

It was indeed a new experience for me to run the race at night!

Having to run along the road where you get a glimpse of the runway track of changi airport, listening to the planes flying off, looking up at the sky with stars and running with a group of ladies. This is the Adidas Sundown Marathon !

Like any other race, I participated together with my running kakis but this time, they are running the relay which is 42km with 4 members in a group while I ran the 10km woman run. I was pretty excited waiting for this day to come. (I have actually registered somewhere in Feb)

On 29 May 10, here I am; at Changi waiting for the race to start! It's different from other races which start in the early morning where I have to wake up at 6am in the morning, battling ZZzzz monster and running under the scotching sun!

This time, there was no scotching sun but only the sunset which awaits you while you are getting ready at the starting point. There are thousands of ladies who had taken part in this event. Young and old, we were here for one objective;- A race in the night!

It was extremely torturing for the last 1 to 2km. I was pacing myself quite well along the way where I thought I could finished the race within my targeted time. But I did not managed to do so and was actually slower by 3 minutes than my usual timing but I am glad I finished the race!

The last part of journey was tough as you were already by then had used up all your energy during the race. No matter how near the finishing line was, It just seemed so far away!! I wanted to give up and walked but I told myself repeatedly I shouldn’t. I have to endure through.

Friends asked me " hey why you took part in such races, for the tees & medals?"

"of course not! " I told them..

To me,running is not about winning nor to compete with others. It is a race with myself.

Like what author Haruki Murakami wrote in his book,What I talk about when I talk about Running: "For a runner like me, what's really important is reaching the goal I set for myself, under my own power. I give it everything I have, endure what needs enduring, and am able, in my own way, to be satisfied."

That's me in every race.. (",)

dreamer

Today is Grey

all of a sudden today, I just feel like crying
don't ask me why,just give me a hug
that is what I need most


yvestown

= The Last Song =

昨天我终于做了我一直想做的事；那就是一个人去看电影!
我承认一个人看电影怪怪的但也是不错的感觉啦!

看了movie list 后，决定就看 "The Last Song" ， 不就是爱情电影嘛。。(我心想。。)

Synopsis: "Based on best selling novelist Nicholas Sparks (A Walk to Remember, The Notebook) latest novel, THE LAST SONG is set in a small Southern beach town where an estranged father gets a chance to spend the summer with his reluctant teenage daughter ,who rather be home in New York. He tries to reconnect with her through the only thing they have in common: music. Is a story of family, friendship, secrets and salvation, along with first loves and second chances. "

看着看着，其实并不完全是一部爱情电影。故事围绕着父亲对孩子的爱，尤其是女儿。
在看戏之前，我根本想不通， "The Last Song" 到底代表什么。
后来我终于明白: "The Last Song" 是那父亲写给女儿的最后一首歌。一首钢琴曲。

我也许比其他人更能投入电影中；- 电影里的钢琴曲，当女主角知道父亲得了癌症。。这一切是如此的贴切。

钢琴一直是我喜爱的。弹钢琴可以让我很轻松，当然我很喜欢沉浸在音乐里的感觉! 希望有一天我能在一次找回那种感觉。

我能明白故事里女儿知道父亲得了癌症的感觉，应为我曾经经历过。
看到这儿，我已经按捺不住情绪，泪水已经留下。。回忆毫不留情的回来。。

当然我无法说明整部电影的故事，但这电影告诉了我应该珍惜身边的人。。
From the movie:
" We are not perfect, every one of us.
We make mistake. We forgive. We move on."

The theme song : When I look at You

silly friends doing silly stuffs

done something really silly..
sometimes its good to find out that the friends who have done silly things with you the last time have done it again now, its just like the good old times.

I have three really good friends that I have known since my poly days. After all these years, I am glad that they are still around and they are still pretty much the same as before. Nothing changed. The only thing that have changed are probably that we are getting "bigger" haha...which is fat la...

The silly thing that we have done yesterday is that after visiting the marina bay sands, we decided to be adventurous to take the night rider home as it will save us some money we thought. TPL had never taken the ride before whereas NEO & I are trying to figure out where to take our night rider home. We sent TPL to take hers while NEO & I walked down to south bridge road to take ours. Half way through, I gave up! I told NEO that I will be sending her to the bus stop and I shall take a cab home from there..

haha I was the first to reach home , the last being NEO.
all of us complained that we shouldn't have gone ahead to take the night rider for we all don't think that we have saved any $$, instead we had waste alot of time! haha..

well, that is why I mentioned it was a SILLY THING that I have done!
NEO was complaining that indeed this is a memorable birthday event for her!

My Happiness! 。 我的快乐!

很快的，已进入45 days of my mini project “ Days of Happiness” !

Time flies! Its Day 45 for my happiness blog!

从开始这mini project 以来， 我就很兴奋, 很好奇到底我每一天的快乐会围绕着什么。到底ting 的快乐又是什么。

I am really excited about this mini project ,often wondering and curious about what is my happiness everyday and what is ting's happiness everyday.

那你是否想过你的快乐到底是什么呢? 你每一天都快乐吗?

What about you? Have you thought of what happiness means to you?

不论life遇到什么不愉快，不顺心，日子总要过。

No matter how tough life can be, we need to move on for time does not wait.

短短人生，就应该快乐的过。不是吗?

Life is short, we should embrace everyday with happiness!

其实快乐很简单，一点都不复杂。

and Happiness can be really simple.

有时真的快乐不起来，但换个角度，我也能苦中做乐。

I agree that I am not happy everyday, I have got my bad times as well. Who doesn't? But a change in perspective is all it takes to see things differently.

希望你也能和我一样，不论何时，任何地方，任何方式都能找到快乐。

希望我和ting的小小快乐也能感染你的每一天!

I hope that you will be able to seek happiness anytime, anywhere and allow ting and me to spread our daily happiness to you!

。跑步 跑步。

今天终于去跑步了! 好开心!
Finally I went for a jog!
过去好一段日子病了，所以停止了每个礼拜一天的运动。
今天我下定决心提早到家，换了衣服就去跑步!
It have been quite some time since I last jog due to me getting sick so often!
Today, I make an effort to reach home early,get changed and went for a jog..
当然跑的有点吃力，但我告诉自己一定要完成这小小的目标，也就这样我跑完了所设定的 distance..
Of course it was really tiring and tough on me since I have not been jogging for so long. But I told myself that no matter what, I will have to finish the run.
其实我不很喜欢跑步，但却喜欢那种什么都不去想而只是转注的往前跑的感觉。
Running makes me stay focus..
I don't really like jogging but I love the feeling of thinking nothing and just focus to run straight ahead.
我特别喜爱跑步后站在海边听着海浪声和看日落，这给我莫名平静的感觉。
After each run, I love to stand at the jetty to enjoy the sea breeze and watching the sunset. Somehow it calms me down.

想要就要争取

最近朋友对我说她对某某有好感。
我的第一个反应是 "好啊! 加油加油!"
她的回答竟是" 怎么办? 我该什么做呢?"

和她说了半天，我发现她对自己没信心，什么事都还没做，她就 已经 filled her mind with all the negative thoughts. She seemed to be able to "know" what will happen if she does this or if she does that. Haha.. seems like she can tell the future ah...

I can only do that much by encouraging her what she should do and to be more confident of herself. The rest of it will all depends on herself.

一个人如果对自己没信心，什么事都不会做的好。
对自己有信心已经是成功的一半了，不是吗?

希望她能争取她所要的幸福。 。

走走看看。吃喝玩乐 的日子

Now is the 5 Days Hong Kong trip! I managed to meet up with Ting, the girl who agreed with my idea to start the Happiness Blog! We have been chatting over msn for some time and we met earlier than we expected. I was initially worried that probably in person I will have nothing to talk to her but thank god there is nothing to worry about as she is indeed an easy going person. We chatted and she was pressuring me as she have snapped the Happiness photo for the day and I still have not idea what to take! Oh ya I have got to know her best friend Kelly too! She was also an easy going person. Both of them are great!

On the first day night we arrive in Hong Kong, it was already past 10pm and we check in at our little cute hostel and make our way to eat supper. The hostel was really small, the smallest place I live in so far. The bathroom is so small that I do not know where to stand in comfort while bathing. Haha..

The second day, we went to Macau to see see look look and my first time into casino and gamble! It took me some time to figure out how to gamble and humbly I won HKD 200. I must say gambling is addictive!

We went to the usual tourist spot,Ruins of St Paul's and ate the famous Macau 猪扒包. Yummy! (“,)

Then we accompany our dear friend to go “跳楼“

Haha its bungy jump from 233m high! I very much wanted to try BUT I still can’t bring myself to JUST DO IT!

I met up with Ting on sat noon where she brought me and friends to eat the 烧腊，egg tarts and nice dinner! With her around, we save lots of time to figure out our way. She also brought us to this interesting Starbucks where its is decorated in vintage style! Everything in the store is really cool and vintage. I LOVE it!

I have learnt that in Hong Kong, people eat a lot but you hardly see any fat or big size people on the streets. Their streets, MTR stations are usually filled with people, lots of them. I figure it out that they are still slim properly due to lots of walking from one place to another.; their daily dose of exercise

I Love the tram rides on the streets. You can take the time to see the view outside, enjoying the breeze. It just felt that I am in my own world.

In all, this trip is fun and enjoyable one. With the experience that I been through, the food I ate and the things I see will all be kept in my memories. Though my camera is not able to document each and every bit of the 8 days of fun but my eyes surely capture them and every moment of it.

Sun.Sea.Sand.Wind

Went for a 8 days holiday! Yippee!

Travel to me had always been a tiring event simply because everyday I will be waking up early so as not to waste time sleeping my time away but over here, I will be sleeping my time away during the weekends. Hmm… time for a change.

And also while overseas, I am not able to sleep really well in a place so foreign.

Went to Phuket for 4 days, took the earliest flight out where I woke up at 4.30am in the morning to prepare and have last minute check of my luggage and reach airport by 6.30am the latest to check in. Can you imagine how tired I am where I slept at almost 1am the day before doing my last minute packing! But thinking of the blue sky and sea and the white sands perks me up a little. (“,)

When we reached phuket, we were being brought to the agency where they promote the various activity packages. The prices are not cheap. There are so many to do and being first time there ( the rest of my company have been several times) I have the privilege to choose what activity to do. So I pick the island hopping to Pipi island where it is a must go place. The package includes snorkeling & few island hopping. The whole activity will start at 7am in the morning and back to hotel in the evening. Tired Tired!

First day was walking around the town, sitting around, relaxing and people watch. We are tanned as a result! The weather was so hot!

Second day, we start off taking a 1 hour speed boat ride to Pi Pi island. As there is no seats left inside the speed boat, we sat at the front of the speed boat. I thought “ whao the view must be good, feel the wind and sun! “ Hahaha.. I am totally wrong!! The ride is torturous! The boat was so bumpy, we sat in front experiencing being “thrown” up and down until our butt “cracked” ! and its for 1 hour!!

It is indeed an experience for all of us!

We were being dropped off Maya Bay first to walk around and toilet was 100m away and its looks so primitive. After which is Pi Pi island to snorkel. I don’t really like snorkeling as I have phobia being in the sea but I still went ahead. The water was not very clear. I only saw few types of fishes and a jelly fish. The last time I been to Redang, the water was much clearer and saw more fishes.

Well, I must say Pi Pi island is such a disappointment. People have told me that the island is so beautiful. To me the island is not at all captivating. And the mainland Pi Pi Don is so commercialised filled up with stalls selling stuffs to foreigners like us.

And finally we were brought to an island ( I can’t remember its name) to bake for 1 and half hour.. I took the chance to walk around to take some photos. It was a nice beach!

Finally home sweet home to resort where we proceed to massage for 2 hours! Shiok Shiok!

For the third and fourth day, I did nothing except lazing on the beach bench to bake myself a little as I was already burned from the island hopping trip. I manage to read a little and sleep a little. I guess this is the slow life we should indulge ourselves in every now and then to recharge our mind and body.

For all the beaches I went; Redang, Tioman, Bali and Phuket. I find Bali is with the best beach so far. (“,) Maldives will be the beach I very much wanted to go in time to come.