1113. sitex

Rant of the day: Long weekend over... *sigh*

It wasn't much hype for me nowadays to all the IT fairs and stuff. Prolly going broke.... That's why... So, didn't buy much this year at SITEX. Just a Norton Internet Security 2011 'cause my current is gonna expire in 18 days time. And I won a 4GB thumbdrive... Not bad...

And a new set of speakers from SonicGear. It's Tattoo 303Xb, comes with a sub-woofer and it's only $19.90!!! So cheap!!! Must buy right?

So, gave my current speakers to my mum since she will need one to watch her dramas on her laptop. Also, got her a laptop cooler fan at only $5. Cheap...

And yes, Diary Queen serves the BEST soft ice-cream! Creamy and thick. Not even those in restaurants serves equal standards... Boo~~~

1112. night cycling

Rant of the day: The new Hotmail SUCKS!!!

Ya know what, night cycling is seriously TORTUROUS but I'm not sure why I'm joining every year even though my butt will sore like crap after that. Maybe I like to be tortured? Erm... Maybe not... Hahahaha... It's having the company to enjoy the painful ass cycling trip together I guess.

The way it was organised this year was pretty much different too. Instead of all participants cluster together and move out in one large group, it was now split into 5 smaller teams and along the way, each team is to complete some tasks. Pretty fun actually and when our team was led by my brother and his colleague, Rachel.

Lazy to put up all the photos so prolly just the group photos. Here's our group: Kim Chin, Rex, Fang Ying, Thiam Yeong, Grace and me.

And the team lead: Rachel and my brother, Jeric. Photo not very clear...

The rest of the photos are in my Facebook but you can only view if I have added you as "friend". Hahaha...

1111. scm

Rant of the day: Should I sign up for Adidas Sundown?

Post number 1111... HUAT AH!!! This is my first time really going for the Standard Chartered Marathon (SCM) but due to the injury and lack of real training, ain't going for the full marathon. Just a comfortable 10km should be fine... I hope (keeping fingers crossed).

So, collected my race pack on Friday. Curious what's inside?

The official race singlet by Asics. Ugly colour but the dri-fit fabric is good!!! Bad thing is, the SCM logo makes the ugly singlet even uglier. And super poor quality print!!! ROAR!!!

Muscle ach patches by Tiger Balm. Will come in handy... But I'm only doing the 10km. Will I ach that much?

Mini Silk Bath shower gel by Silk Pro. Hmmmmmmm... Good but I don't think I'm using it after the SCM. Where got place to bathe sia? Prolly use it when I go swimming or overseas.

My number tag of course. There's actually a small device inside that sort of capture my timing and personal info. Cool. Human ERP in the making...

Fruit bar by Nature Valley. For breakfast? Not enough. After run? Not enough either. For us to sample and buy in loads...

CEPAS to take MRT home? Is it even pre-loaded with some cash? I've got a feeling... NO...

A sample multi-vitamin packet by Ocean Health. Ok, so do I take it before or after the run?

A pre-run questionnaire (not knowing yourself enough and need to pre-evaluate with a piece of paper) and traffic advisory (this is really useful especially for drivers).

"Useful" coupons. But I really like the Ben & Jerry's coupons!!! The others... will I use them or is it going into my rubbish bin?

And not forgetting the loads and loads of brochures and pamphlets. Spams...

As I knew my own ankle condition, I decided not to risk further injuries. After the recent jogging, realised that my ankle began to hurt like crap. So, I bought this fully adjustable ankle guard to play safe. Got it for $12 but I ain't sure what's the market rate. Just buy lah in case I forgot.

Also, I don't wanna wear my regular army attire for the run. So finally bought my first FBT running singlet and shorts. Like the red top and it's really comfortable. But the short... not so nice on the colour but it got a small back pocket for CEPAS cards and keys!!! Really comes in handy.

Anyway, just hope nothing goes wrong after the run... especially my ankle. Don't wanna make things worse. I must remember to get my mp3 player fully charged before the event. And from now till the run, I must carry on with my own training. No slacking Eric!!! NO SLACKING!!!

1110. you are the only exception

Rant of the day: Tired... Very very very tired...

You know what? I had made the arrangement for the bridal photo shoot in 2012... Unbelievable? I know but this day will be here soon.

So I've confirmed my flat earlier. Now, bridal photo shoot confirmed. What's outstanding? Hahaha...

Because my dear is the only exception for me,

I'll make myself the only exception for her as well...

1109. learning but not mastering

Rant of the day: Playing guitar is seriously tough and painful...

I just remembered that for 2010, I made only 3 new year resolutions on 06 April! This was what I wrote:
1) Learn inline skating

2) Do a long distance run event
3) Change a job to something I like (but of course should pay me enough as well)

Unfortunately, the inline skating thingy gave me a hairline fracture in my right ankle but I think I can at least stand up while in skates. Haha... Gonna do my first 10km run in coming December. Hope I survive it. As for a new job, sadly it didn't happen and I wish it did.

In just a couple of months time, it will be 2011. Suddenly, I've got this weird feeling. Scared of the unknown? Perhaps. But probably time just going on too fast. But maybe I need to really spend some time to think about my next resolution for 2011. And definitely, I need a new and better job.

Since I can't do inline skating, shall do the guitar. At least I learn something new bah. But it's another painful process. I'd just done some practises and my fingers are all numb!!! I can't feel my finger tips on the left hand!!! Still, have to thanks Kevin for giving me free guitar lessons. Gawd, I'm so over-whelmed by his musical talents lah. Plays drum. Plays guitar. Plays with those totally chimalogic photography stuff.

And all I have is just that stupid voice that couldn't even hold notes and keys properly!!!

*envy*

Well, we can't choose our talents can we? No doubt we can learn, but surely without the god-gift, we just can't master "talents". So I'll just keep the guitar lessons thingy purely for learning on interest basis. If I can't do it good and steady, nevermind... At least  had been there done that.

Actually, I had done quite a few of these "talent developing" stuff but succeed in none. Here goes some of the stuff that I can still remember:
- Taekwondo... Failed my black belt not once but TWICE and I'm not planning on the third.
- Hip-hop... Too expensive to pursue and seriously, I felt that I'm always the oldest in class.
- Inline skating... My injured ankle proves too much for me to carry on but perhaps in the future, leisurely and slowly.
- Radio DJ-ing... Went a few lessons, competitions and auditions but nothing futile.

And I believe the list will go on. But hey, at least I tried right? No regrets.

Hmmmmmmm... Come to think about it, I'm always surrounded with musically talented peeps like Hansel, Xuan'an and now, Kevin. But why am I just sooooooo normal? I wonder what are my talents besides eating? Hahaha... Ok, include slacking and snacking in my list of talents too. =P