Ipoh + Penang = Shiok

Wow! Juz got back from the land of good hor fun and laksa! Gained calories that topped all that i lost during the sundown marathon. It was a good experience doing the exhilirating white-water rafting. From then on it was food..food and more food... haha.. Until Jamin and Fred had stomach upset.. Alrighty.. Let the pics do the talking...Super Cheap and Good Dim-SumThe infamous bun that fred wanted it to be divided into 4 equally.Start of the rafting session..


Famous tauge Chicken! The tauge is commando one.. super huge..

Penang..

Durian Plantation..

Two very fresh durians(one sweet and one bitter)

Enjoying the ultra-creamy fruit!




Penang char kway tiao, ngoh hiang and prawn mee.. shiok-a-nathan!


This looks so uncannily like Australia right?!

We tried to have jump-shots ala SMU campaign ads..


Dinner at Gurney Drive.. By this time fred and jam was down already.. with stomachache that is..
Guess who's soldiering on in this makan battle! the King!

Took a ferry back.. Cool..



Super sweet Beef noodle soup! Full of herbs and radish natural sweetness..

Good trip. Great Food and Great Company.

MESRC Adventure Challenge 2008

After a lacklustre week where i completed my netball OTC, did footscan for Adidas and bought myself a new wallet from Braun Buffel.. I finally did something interesting! The MESRC Adventure Challenge! The team: Alan, Alfiyan,Isnarti and Alex

We had to check-in the night before on friday at 9pm for the briefing and they gave us the event shirts and lodging. Went through the event briefing(albeit a quite funny one) coz everyone was asking kinda juvenile questions.. teachers trying to be funny with the organiser which was Camelot Pte Ltd. One of the outdoor camp providers...

Couldnt sleep coz there was this guy who snores so badly like a locomotive! Goodness..

Finally woke up and had breakfast, did some warm-up and then got ready for the race.

THE RACE:
1. It was a sea start; we launched our kayaks and started heading for SparkC and then did an about turn to head back to MOE CCAC. A couple of boats capsized here and there. It was quite a cool place to kayak early in the morning at 7am as the scenery was great.

2. Reached back CCAC, Alfiyan and Isnarti did the abseil and after that all four of us picked up our bikes and headed for bedok jetty. Isnarti's bike was faulty and i took over her bike. Gears and seat both not working.. Was really having a frustrating time riding such a lousy bicycle. Its name is "Qianghao" omigosh. Not in a million years would i want to see that brand again. Did a loop and headed back to CCAC from bedok jetty.

3. This time me and alan had to to the challenge rope course; the confidence jump where we had to climb the pole and jump to catch the handle/trapeze. I went up, got really scare and took a jump and went for it. To my amazement, i caught it! haha.. Alan did so as well..

4. Then we headed off for our 15km hike/run: On the park connectors all the way till changi exhibition centre then we headed into the forested areas.. Lotsa low lying trees.. by this time it started to pour like crazy.. It reminded me of korbu/pulau ubin Expedition3.. Heavy downpour and i had no windscreen.. haha.. But thank God for the rain. I wouldnt want to have it any other way. It was so shiok and cooling that i felt that my body was in same osmotic gradient with the rain.. We had to push is all the way coz she was stopping to walk most of the time..

5. then did a loop to head back to CCAC.. last pit stop was to do a river crossing..across this canal.. Quite cool and fun.. But by this time we were all shivering coz it was SUPER cold.. But once we got into the "river" we just whack.. it was cool. Then finally the home run of about 1km back to CCAC.

Alan had to catch a flight so he left first. This is us with our finisher medals and we ended in 5th place! And we had a prize as well.. Cool Stuff.. This race has been good ah.. everything was free.. no need to pay for registration, food.. Got medal,prize and event shirt.. Shiok! =)

Adidas Sundown Marathon 2008

The hard-earned Finisher shirt! Just completed the first marathon of my life with a time of 5:32hrs. Not too shabby i guess.. It wasnt the easiest of routes for a marathon. We had to cross 4 overhead bridges and go through trail at bedok reservoir and then so many uphills at changi from the 34km mark. It was sheer TORTURE. Maybe because we had the advantage of having a cool night run hence the organisers whack us with a tough route!

But in all, Thank God that i finished in one-piece.. though kena abrasion at the most unlikely of places...

Praise God for he is faithful and good

Praise God!! Really.

This is the best thing to happen to me in 2008.

Today I got an email from the MOE stating that my application for the BA/Bsc(Edn) has been successful! Yay!! I fell facedown and praised God.. went down on my knees and dedicated this degree programme unto the Lord as this degree is a gift from him.

It has both been frustrating and a roller-coaster ride dated back all the way to April 16th.
I've trying to apply since 2005 man! Thank God that finally he has allowed and given this course to me. I MUST do well and give Glory to God.

The story....and timeline:

April 16th: MOE RU sends interview letter to my house stating that im shortlisted for the Degree programme.

April 17th: MOE RU calls my handphone to say that im not required to attend the interview as ive gone through one round of interview last yr as i applied for the Dip programme.
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.May 22nd: MOE sends TTA letter(aka the Bond) to Evg and my evg admin staff misplaced the letter.

May27th: Got awoken in bed by Jo from evg stating that they have records of my letter at ten am. then went down to evg at 4.30pm after they found the letter. Called MOE and they told me to sign the TTA for the Dip 1st. Then wait for Bsc result. If successful, then sign again.

May28th: MOE RU finally emails me to say that my application has been successful and that i dont have to go and sign the TTA for the Dip and wait for the Bsc letter to come and sign the TTA for the Bsc another day.

Thank God so much.. It means alot to me. In financial terms and all.. also special mention to friends like Glen, the king and the metro for being around through this tough time.

Making up for lost time

Birthday celebrations at Greenwood with Rachel and JaminClass Reunion when Dionne came back... With yiling over here..And Amy..All five of us.. yes yes i know im the thorn..Collected my Adidas Sundown Marathon Oakley Radar Night Shades with persimmon lenses. As Oakley is one of the sponsors, they offered 20 lucky people to try out the new radar range.. I got the Chrome white frame with persimmon lenses. Cool Stuff.. Below are some pics.. that are quite narcissistic... i know.. but i think it looks nice! I dont do that often. But realise taking pics can be quite fun.. feels like a photoshoot..

Hope to do a good run and Sub-5hr timing!

June Holidays!

Finally the June Hols are here!!

Really back to posting after a long hiatus from my computer. This hols im gonna really use it well for a good and deserved break!

Sundown Marathon this Saturday on the 31st (Im getting free Oakley Radar for trial wear during the marathon) Hope to complete the marathon in sub 5-hr.

Looking out for Adventure Races but seems like there is none out there in June. Anyone knows please keep me in the loop!!

Went Rugby Orientation Coaching Workshop by CCAB and SRU yesterday.. it was good to play and know more about Rugby!
Will be taking Orientation to Coaching in Netball(Those of you who are raising your eyebrows now!) im taking this coz i find this sport rather interesting lately and its not because its played mainly by girls but because its ebbed by free-flowing passing as the mandate of the Game.

Going to Ipoh and Penang on 9th-12th June! Look out for the pics here!!

Till then... Im gonna collect my Oakley Radar NOW!~! Yay~~