ahhh!

i got blood in my sh*t..

its either i'm too heaty, or i got pulse. ahhh!

its quite fun having off day during the weekday. spent my day slacking, and finally got up to run 8 rds ard the trck, n swim 20 laps.

didnt feel so flabby aft tt.

christmas

i kinda like this yr's christmas coz it quietly came and went. i liked it especially coz of the peace and serenity

well this yr there was no christmas dinner at home, neither was there the christmas tree tt was previously always set up in gd order by my bro. perhaps there's no more reason/love in his life..

hence no more reason to go thru the trouble of all the preparations. (u can compare the difference by looking at the archive> see dec 2006.

tiz year my bro n i attended the christmas eve midnight mass at holy cross church. jio-ed twin to come along as well. melissa came too. the church was SUPER packed. caroling started at 1130pm, whilst mass started at 12. in e end, we had to sit upstairs coz it was fully occupied downstairs.

nonetheless it was juz a magical feeling ushering christmas day, the birth of Jesus (well Jesus is not born on 25th Dec btw..) and Him into our lives. Of all forms tt God cld choose for the preparation of the coming of Christ, God chose Jesus to come as a baby.

To signify helplessness. a baby signifies the nd for us to love, to welcome into our lives. God didnt choose a savior to come in the form of a Lion, or a fearful creature. The reason he chose Jesus to come as a baby, is God's gift to us. for us to love and embrace.

i guess twin also finally knew the fact tt lameness indeed run in family, and was horrified tt my bro is a much lamer version than me.
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went out to makan with the doubles ytd, excluding wt who's now happily in cambodia. its amusing to see threasa and edward bicker and i can so sense the tension when it comes to the topic of..dragonboat.

all angela n i cld do was juz look at them and laugh. the rife btn the guys n gals seeps into the lives. all i did was juz nod and laugh..i didnt take sides at all. all i know is tt differences do arise and differences doesnt necessarily mean it involves judgement.

plus its neither gd or bad.

its juz..different.

and i respect both sides for tt.

merry christmas to all.

shagged

if u cld put a count metre on me to keep track of the no. of times i said, 'walau i'm v shagg leh' ytd..

tt'll be like 943857219506 times.

i taut i took a trip to hell and back. no kidding..i'd nv felt so shagged for such a long time b4. even the team run to sheares bridge (a little further than tt), felt like my heart was abt to give way.

i believe my partner was a junior by the name of yuqing. occasionally, i managed to mouth an 'hey, u ok?' n she'd replied, 'yup i am. jiayou' i so wanted to say, 'u'r ok, but i'm not..' hahah but i didnt.

so were the 3 sets of 5 pull ups which were once easy peasy. basically, whilst i was doing, i was thinking, 'gravity doesnt exist, the earth really juz sucks..' thankfully there was ms interiorly-weird-gross-thing to push me up. yes, i use the word 'push me up' n not 'support me'.

heng somehow i was partnering rachael, who was really encouraging. guess it muz have been some really gd karma. she muz have saw the exasperated look plastered over my face n knew i was in a great deal of sheer agony.

but of course, we had jo n sheryl as our pacers. i felt i did little to help them..i'm quite terrible. being assigned as 2nd pair was a humbling experience n i had little expertise to contribute. 6 mths have been more than enough time for oxidation to take place n for me to turn rusty. i dunno to b happy or sad when joyce said, 'cindy ur timing is quite off frm jo's..but the whole boat is following ur timing'

hehe..opps ;p

anw here's a lame joke tt rach asked me during break time.

why is it tt the 3 wise men didnt drink any water when they were on their way to see the birth of Jesus?
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coz: Noel, Noel..Noel Noel (No Well)

Born is the King of Israel.

i guess it was worth trading my half day work to come for trg. in exchange for aches.

pushing

well well..it was a fun weekend!

slacked my sat off. there's an art to slacking really. its extremely theraputic! wanted to run but since it rained the whole day, there was absolutely no reason for me to step outta the house.

well today i finally kept my promise to twin n wala-ed with her. for all the many times i turned her down, for the many saturday nites where i had no choice but say, 'sorry twin..aft trg v shagged la.' today, i kept my promise. her persistence for 2 years in asking me to go wala, lol.

had dinner with zy, cheez n twin. drove to holland v, its a v liberating experience. reached wala at 830 n got really gd seats. whilst twin was away, zy cheez n i were discussing how many times we were dragged by twin to come down. hahah, for them its twice. for me, its my 1st time. but no la, i didnt feel obligated. shirlyn IS gd alright? vic n her fren joined ltr.

i do admit shirlyn has v strong n powerful vocals, the sound system at wala rox as well. juz tt i dun feel she's tt hot. hah i dun have such inclinations wahahaha ;p

bcoz i have to attend mass at 830 on a sunday morning we only stayed till 1230am, aft which 4 of us left, leaving vic n her friend behind.

sunday morning spent in church. seems like every sun its a rush affair n it repeats itself like clockwork week aft week. tts coz we all know we gotta leave earlier but we juz dun do it. into the 3rd sunday of Advent..2 weeks to christmas. we are called to have faith n not turn to doubt, in the wait for the coming of Jesus.

went to gym aft tt. did sprints at the track today coz i realised its been quite a while since i made my heart overwork. i dun wanna forget tt feeling of being outta breath, heart-in-ur-mouth kinda breathlessness. i like the feeling of being so shagged u feel like u r on the verge of collapsing aft completion of 1 rd on the track, coz u noe you have pushed urself to the limit. did 4x 400m sprints.

needless to say, my timing now is horrible. hahaha but same old breathless feeling. anw..today is the 1st time i kena a summon! i'm so pissed..

thanx to my bro n my dad, who have taught me how to 'cheat'. n 'cheat' did i, only to get caught. put coupon for an hr and i was back 15 min ltr than stipulated, only to be greeted by tt dreaded white slip!

walau, kena $6 fine. heng they quite lenient. if you dun put coupon at all, tt'll be a $30 fine. but seriously, they super on-the-ball le! i have always put coupon when i'm at jurong west sports complex, this time rd i realised how on-the-ball they really are. 3 watchful car park attendant gg on their rounds n merticulously checking every car to make sure they had placed coupons, n covered sufficiently also.

wtf.

well apart frm tt, i really had fun pushing myself today.

in e midst of finding my groove (my old self) back

i found this..

double 5 double 6 in the house yo~
hahahaha boy i love e days where i brought the camera almost every day n snapped pics of pple doing silly/crazy things.

shd 1 day this quartet becomes famous..hahaha. actually i dun rmb if it was me who took this pic or was it someone else. nonetheless till find it extremely amusing. lol

weddings

i attended my cousin's wedding ytd nite. she's hmm.. 27 this year. When i was in Laos in July, my cousin (same age as me) got married. And she's pregnant now. In 3 mths time i'd be an aunt.

Like omg rite?

i'm not even in a r/s right now. hahaha

well, i was nv an 'aww' kinda person n marriage had nv crossed my mind, ok it did but hardly. Once in a blue blue moon. but it's pretty sweet. there was a short footage of what went on during the morning where they bullied the groom n didnt let him in, while my cousin was in the room waiting anxiously for her groom. the jie mei r seriously v evil..esp with all tt 'tests' which involved forfeit of which 1 was to eat bread tt was spread with a thick layer of wasabi.

it was pretty 'awww' when my cousin hugged my aunt coz as u noe, a woman marries out and no longer stays with the parents.

aft attending ytd's wedding, i realised this is probably only the 2nd wedding i've attended so far. the 1st was when i was quite young, at abt pri 3 or so. as a family, we were all invited to attend my uncle's (yes the tcs actor..) wedding. i rmb being tt young little girl forced to wear a dress, but was oh-too-happy taking pictures with some of the actors and actresses. li nanxing, pan lingling..eh etc. still got the photos n i gaffaw when i look at them coz i look like hillarious with tt mushroom-head hairstyle.

i think i nd to find back my groove again..

the marathoner: Pain crazy or plain crazy?

been reading the papers..there's this interesting article which i cld so relate to. esp so, aft surviving the full marathon. Some excerpts frm The Straits Times, Sat 011207

"maybe we are abit," he (Rob de castella, who set a world record in the marathon in 1981 and won the marathon at 1983 World Athletics Championships) chuckled. "But then u have to b crazy to do anything brilliantly, to push urself to the edge"

Furthermore,feet go numb with e the pounding n, just to illustrate the point, he says it's a bit like "hitting ur finger repeatedly with a hammer" (I totally agree..)

Because what the marathoner does is he endures. He breaks thru invisible walls of exhaustion. he goes forward, somehow, even though his right leg cramps while running and left leg cramps while walking.

He finds a way to finish what he started.

"The human body can do so much, then the heart and spirit must take over"

"Pain, is outweighed by a deep sense of pride and satisfaction and achievement. The only reason we do it is tt the enjoyment significantly outweighs the pain" -Sohn Kee Chung, winner of 1936 Olympic marathon

Commentarty Article By Rohit Brijnath

pain

juz completed a full marathon today.

feeling so much agony and pain frm waist down, n i cant walk properly. i'm limping my way frm 1 pt to another. my back, my knees, my ankles, my pelvis..everywhere.

throughout e run, i held on to 1 thought: 'Quitting is not an option'.

today's quote of the day is so apt, sometimes i feel like God is kinda cheeky:

With the last step of the race u cross the finishing line