My bff

this is probably the fairest person and most unsporty out of all the people i have met in my whole life. no idea how i actually manage to click with her. but i did. i have found a poem online that perfectly summarise our friendship hahah i went to search for friendship poem then i changed my search to best friends poem LOL. its been a good almost 2years of knowing you (how time flies) and also a good 10mths of working with you. youre the reason why i drag myself out of bed everyday. to know that youre in the office suffering with me hehe and knowing that lunch ill always have you. seeing you stressed all the time over stupid never ending invoices and stupid idiots hounding you for the smallest things. i hope that i have in a way made your working life here slightly better. i know i always bully you and am all crazy when with you and frankly i have no idea how you tolerate me. but please know that through it all, i appreciate you alot and i love you so much :D i really hope the new place treats you better. youre one of the most patient (dont let it involve teaching, maybe teaching kids can) friend that i have. i dont think youve ever gotten angry with me before. thank you for always having been here for me. appreciate you sooooooo much even though i dont always say so. MUCH LOVES :D :D for now and always. till we grow old and have saggy boobs hehe

I still remember the first day we met
We were too shy to say much at all
It's funny to think back to that time
Because now we're having a ball!

They say that true friendship is rare
An adage that I believe to be true
Genuine friendship is something that I cherish
I am so lucky to have met you.

Our bond is extremely special
It is unique in it's own way
We have something irreplaceable
I love you more and more each day.

We've been through so much together
In so little time we've shared
I will never forget all the moments
that you've shown me how much you cared.

Friends are forever
Especially the bond that you and I possess
I love your fun-filled personality
Somehow you never fail to impress.

The world could use more people like you
it would certainly be a better place
I love everything about you
You are someone I could never replace.

You are always there for me
When my spirits need a little lift
I cannot thank you enough for that
You are truly an extraordinary gift.

You are everything to me and more
I could never express that enough
Life is such a treacherous journey, and
Without you it would be even more tough.

Our story will continue to grow
With each passing day
Because I trust that with you by my side
Everything will always be Okay.

You are so dear to me
You know I will love you until the end
I will always be there for you, and
You will always (and forever) be my best friend.

last official lunch with weiling

went to a ramen place with weiling and some other colleagues for lunch today. these are some of the ramens that we ate. hahaha the reddish broths are spicy. and the whitish one is cheese based i think? nubbad luh. this is the 2nd time i have been there and i have been eating the same thing harhar cant live without spice.

push / pull

only you know what it is.

spendthrift

so i got myself a pandora bracelet. yes i hopped onto this bandwagon (which is leading me to brokeness) hahaha i know, imma noob but whatever lah, better late than never right.

Smelly's bday

Squid Ink Pizza

The Elegant Black Pepper Prawn Linguine

Squid Ink Paella

Spaghetti Aglio Oglio

Truffle Fries, Sweet Potato Nibblets, Seared Brie Cheese

Celebrated sMelly's birthday recently and the few of us went to skinny pizza hahaha pardon the blurred pictures. i didnt realise that i moved the camera too fast after it snapped therefore it wasnt clear / focused hehe sorry. mini gathering of the scoops, dan + hamster + smelly herself + pin for a little while (cause she stupidly went to put shift) + meself hahaha. was fussing over what to get for mel cause she probably already has everything and her bf was getting her a wallet so i went to ask her. she said she needed name card holder. hahahah supposed to meet dan at 6 to buy from robinsons. lol braun buffel stuck in my mind cause i know alot of people use that and its pretty hardy.. so we decided on a brown mini wallet look alike. which mel simply adored so its good enough. hahahahaha okay abrupt end cause its lunch time again (omg how many times i end like this already?)

Tea

Wagyu Burger

Eggs Benedict

Teabreak at TWG just the other day. HAHAH eggs benedict - a must try for me at every other place i go LOL i have this crazy relationship with eggs HAHAHA i love egg yolks! they had a choice of either smoked salmon or ham (i think) and being an orange person, of course i went with the smoked salmon! hahaha i dislike fishes in general and i wont choose to eat fishes if i had a choice, i only like salmon cause its orange. lame i know but yea, i am being very serious here.

the fries that came with the wagyu burger was absolutely awesome and the container(??? holder??) that it came in was edible omg lol i was so surprised. okay fine i sound damn noob HAHAHA. the beef was done medium rare, it tasted heavenly hehehe beef / meat is man food. yumyuminmytumtum

The sun sets a little differently everyday.

The sky was candy luminous

last week of work (with weiling)

today is the start of the last week of work i have with my good friend. idk how to survive without her here. she's pivotal to my happiness in this office. i dread days without her. every monday is probably gonna be filled with monday blues. totally not looking forward to this at all.

little pancakes

mich's and mine

big fan of all day breakfast (mich's)

ham and cheesy (mine)

random dinner date with mich and we decided to go to little pancakes at upper thomson hahah i know i have been eating pretty well recently and its starting to show on the numbers on the weighing scale and i cant fit into my shorts anymore hehe i have a big fat butt. quite a good catch up and discussion session harhar and we're usually so caught up with trng that we dont even have time to meet for dinner.. this is the second time i have met her for food appt. lol previously was when she ended exams and she came down to raffles place for lunch. okay abrupt end to the post. cause its lunch time now!

BOOMARANG

Boomerang Benedict/Eggs Florentine

Buttermilk Pancakes

Meat Loaf

brunched at this place at Robertson Quay called 'Boomarang' on Vesak day. Researched a little on places to go and we decided on this. Epicurious was in one of our choices but we decided it was too far haha lazy like that. woke up early in the morning for some kayaking. okay using the word 'some' is definitely an understatement. hahaha managed to clock ten k before the rain came down and soaked us all. in and out of the house in two hours. went back to bed and caught a nap before finally heading out for brunch at the above mentioned place. spent about 75 in total for three dishes and two drinks and wj was being a difficult customer haha he requested for a change in his eggs benny cause the yolk was overcooked/ not runny. well they changed it but i wont be surprised it someone spat in it. the pancakes were so fluffy omg haha i couldnt finish so the rubbish bin helped me eat it. loved my mango smoothie and also wj's vanilla milkshake. not a bad experience and would love to go back there again. the environment was pretty relaxing hehe and there were many aussies around. they call this an aussie cafe but idk how aussie food is like. my tummy was kept happy and thats good enough.

people are so practical

did i just witness some back stabbing going on there? to save and to cover your own ass. you conveniently left out some truths. didnt think it'd be you of all people. disappointed. and maybe a little disgusted.

it's a crazy weather out there with the sun determined to show its might to any creature or object that gets in the way of its rays. caged indoors, pounding furiously on the treadmill is yours truly. pouring buckets of sweat and soaking wet, nobody in their right mind would want to come near me. i wouldnt want to go near myself either. but they always say (and i always read on fitblrs), if you still look cute at the end of your workout, you didnt train hard enough. i can think of people who are naturally cute that even when they look like they didnt bathe for ten days, they're still cute. well, life is unfair like that.

dinner on a monday (OFF DAY!!!!) with MM and we went to the new and uplifted PS :D this was at Ambush and we ordered like loadsa stuff hahaha but i only took picture of our two mains and i didnt upload the other one cause i didnt know how to rotate it! why does blogger have html codes? i cant do the javascripting shit man i cant read it. anyway we paid 72+ for like my sesame crusted salmon, MM's half a pork knuckle, a bowl/pot of mussels and calms stuff in some bacon broth and also rosti :D whooopwhooop love potato. ok just an obligatory post cause i am hungry now

seeing things you dwna see almost feels like getting punched (real hard) in the stomach. the moment you find what you thought you were searching for, when you finally exhale after holding your breath for what seemed like an eternity. you see it but you dont believe. but you see it, you have to believe your eyes. seeing is believing, they said.

Keke testing this post with my first picture thru the blogger app on me phone

the increase in views is making me feel paranoid

trng has resumed!!!

it is now officially the start of a new (short) season of trng hehe and its gna last all the way till after macau. which is 3 weeks away. nteam is prolly not gna take part in sdbf (lest we get blasted again) so the next race after macau might be seagames which also means trials are nearing again D: sigh pie. needta train harder.

weather was horrid during dbs therefore many girlzies fell sick, resulting in the lack of humans during trng but still, am contented that we managed to fill up one big boat. coxswain and drummer have been chosen for macau. i wonder how it feels going for a race that you know you wont be rowing for. oh, what am i talking about.... i went for dbs as team manager. i should know. but at least theyll be involved haha i was merely an onshore helper hehe not that i am resenting it. but i feel its nice to play different roles in the team too and to help in every way we can. better than some others who dont even come down to support. do you even view us as your teammates.

天不作美

its already 509 but when i look out of the office window, i see town enveloped by a gray sheet. oh damn, its raining. what a bad start to the start of a short season of trng! D:

i wanna take charge of my life and change it. change how i look, for the better. imma start picking up running (run more often) and eating better. okay lets stay tuned for pictures of the sunset tmr hehe maybe i should download the blogger app on my phone and upload pictures from there. this blog is getting boring without pictures. and did i mention that my voice is almost gone zzzzz

post race syndrome

think its everywhere. this feeling of having something / some event come and go too quickly. hahaha kinda cant get over dbs and i keep wondering how it would have been like if i had gotten the chance to row instead. nevertheless, am pretty satisfied that i got round to just helping out with the team here and there and being the team manager. hahaha being TM means i just got to eat and rest without all the hardwork (like rowing) hehe. imma bummer, i know.

coach let us off yesterday so im certain today's gonna be a difficult gym session. made even more xiong by the fact that we haven't gymed as a team for so long alr cause he wanted to give us a break and have more rowing instead. havent ran in a few days haha i'll definitely suffer when i finally get my ass out on the roads. went crazy with sports bras and tights keke but mama always said so long its my own money, i can get anything i want. been a santa this month, lent the sissy money :/ HAHAH poor gurl, alws broke. ah well its drizzling now already (again) cross my fingers and pray for the weather to get better before we start gym later.

TT :D

really happy for the girlzies to have done so well. but as what i read everywhere, never let a win get to your head or a loss get to your heart.

dbs concluded on a good note. and the upcoming one in macau, we need to perform. we need to get onto podium too because we have done it before and we will do it again. pleasant surprises all around. congrats to bb's team for having done sooooo well hehe it was a good end to dbs. nuhneed to comfort a heartbroken boy hahaha happy boy makes my life less difficult LOL

let's pray that the sun will be forgiving and not be horrid to us this weekend lest we all get burnt. im peeling (in about a day or so) i cant feel my skin anymore ): it's like a dead layer above me. well at least it doesnt hurt like sunburn so i dwna complain too much haha this blog is slowly getting revived yay me. and the blog stats are also stealthily increasing. omg have yall been checking me out. ehehehe might gym tonight with jos whoohoo then we can take pictures while doing weights in prep for our fitness blog. hahahaha people love pull up pictures right. we also can have. pls say we're strong and that we're impressive also okay. we also deserve the recognition of our hardwork. kthxbye.

what a bitch post haha i know. i cannot get over it.

FEELING LIKKA BABY SLOTH

this morning's weather was more than perfect for a cuddle under the sheets. hiding under your blanket gives you an inexplicable warmth that radiates from your chest and spreads out till your toes.

hair's been annoying me lately. i get bouts of oily hair that comes at the most random timing. is it because am having menses soon? no idea. wish i can solve this problem once and for all.

this weekend is DBS omg it's finally here and the team's been trng rly hard for it. hoping with all my heart that they'll do well. they must do well.

last night's weather was horrible. it was drizzling right from the moment we start paddling. the downpour got heavier and there were flashes of lightning. thunder cracked and we were all drenched, soaking wet. can you imagine, a lone boat in the waters with no shelter. our lives were totally at risk. but it was a good experience. one we wont forget. how we ducked and screamed everytime a lightning flashed. how we were deafened when the thunder roared in our ears. abrupt end cause lunch is soon teehee :>

annoyed

so, some normal (fitter/better looking) girl can do pullups and every other normal (slobs who dont exercise) person is impressed by that? seriously? i mean, all of us are girls. and my whole team can do pull ups too so why isnt anyone impressed by us? has anyone ever thought of how hard we have to train in order to do that insane number of pull ups. pull everyday. pull after weights. pull in between weights.. not trying to say anyone is better than anyone here but. please. if people could just give us the recognition that we probably deserve. that'd be pretty nice. am not impressed cause i can do it too. we can do it too. but we aim to do more, pull more, pull heavier, pull higher. best versions of ourselves.

another spectacular sunset is on it's way

today probably marks the last few trngs before DBS regatta haha and its kinda also the first time i am not involved in a race with nteam D: cant describe how it feels but i guess there are always better people out there and that noone is ever irreplaceable. and i only want the team to do well. its glory, for the whole team. everyone in the team. from coach, to capts to vice to every single rower and all those back ups and coxswain. lets go!

of sunsets and late night trainings

then sun was merciless yesterday. it looked like 3pm in the afternoon when the watch told me it was already 6. if this weather continues, imma be burnt badly. having a late sunset meant that when i finally stepped foot into kallang, i witnessed the magical sunset. every evening, the colours are different, the clouds are different and sometimes even the air smells different. immediately i knew, yesterday's sunset was going to be breathtaking.

slowly was i walked towards the riverside, the skies changed colour. sunlight was escaping from behind the fluffy clouds. rays of sunlight reflected off the water. the colours were changing every minute. not long after, the sky was a bright mix of orange with swirls of pink in between. the water was calm and the reflection of the trees, buildings and skies rendered me speechless. i couldnt find it in myself to believe that this place i called home (for the past 10 years already) could be so beautiful. swear i aint see anything like that before. as beautiful things come and go, the pink turned purple and soon after, it was dark. i captured pictures of the sight with my phone but am sure it cant do justice to what i witnessed with my own eyes.

must. not. fit. into. the. norm.

anyway, nikesheruns 2013 was a major disappointment. yes route wise it was great, scenic, breathtaking even. (for those who dont train there like 6 days a week x 10 trng hahaha) having said that, it was a different perspective to be running along gardens by the bay instead of rowing in it. how running 1k to the barrage bridge is nothing compared to rowing with teammies. rowing the dboat makes running feel like a breeze. i love doing both but i think i love rowing more cause of the awesome teammies i have. was having a crazy idea with Jos and we wanted to set up a fitness blog. pretty sure we dont look anything like what fitness models do (we're not muscular enoughh (okay fine I AM NOT muscular enough) but i think Jos fits the bill quite well.) tell me what dyou think about it. we can share workouts, runs, food, fashion, beauty and other normal cliche stuff hahaha okay nvm i dont think many people are interested in that. bleah looks like an idea going down the drain itsokayyy.

back to the run. it was crowded and we missed the vip tent sigh by the time i started, people were already finishing. came back with an abysmal timing of <27. kill me now pls i am so ashamed. initially wanted to hit 25 below but then the crowds made it so difficult. i only reached the 1k mark at like 6plus mins, battling all the people, i wanted to scream and just elbow/shove everyone out of the way. i know i cant expect everyone to be fit and all. but hello? its nikerun leh, sheruns, not nikejog nikewalk or shewalks shejogs. wanna walk jog then join the newpaper big walk lah. plus its only 5k cmon. if its 42.195 then okay fine i got nth to say. its so ridiculous how when i reached the barrage, everyone was clamouring to get drinks at the water point-.- 1+ k nia please omggggg (dont kill me for judging) hahahaha but that was the point where jos and i sprinted past all the runners and managed to steal some time. seriously-.- -.- -.- anyway it was crowded throughout and i got so annoyed. it's probably a test of my dodging skills instead of running ): shall not complain.

didnt get to see any friends there though sigh pie. imma loner. thai food for dinner which resulted in a quarrel again. whyyyyy do we always quarrel? its so tiring okay over and out.

run

its been a long while since i last ran outside on my own. fighting the wind on the way back to FF was definitely a challenge. but it was a good run. got to see kallang at 1230pm. the sun was merciless. there were stares all around. probably thinking what an idiot i am to be running at that time but i dont think the sun was that hot. i wasn't perspiring much. it must be because i wasnt running fast enough. in the blink of an eye, its been ten years since i set foot into kallang. alot has changed. cosy bay used to be around and there would be people dining there. now the suspension bridge is just a bridge. who remembers the old pull up bars at sdba itself. bane of our lives when we were still young and weak. how we would marvel at the np ladies doing pull ups, wondering when would be our turn to be able to fly like them. also, there used to be nosignboard seafood restaurant in the waters. hahaha now they're torn down. the most memorable building at kallang would definitely be the national stadium. how sports hub was planned and the tearing down of the stadium delayed due to $$$ BLAHBLAH. sigh now the sports hub is on its way up, another icon of this little city. how there didnt use to be a marina barrage and it was possible to row all the way to ecp haha. how we saw the flyer being built, week by week, we saw the progress. mbs, included. from nothing to three buildings, including a boat right at the top. how we saw the art science (lotus) museum built. how we saw the gardens by the bay built, both cloud dome and flower dome. so much has changed yet nothing has changed. dyou dyou dyou remember?