Thursday, December 25, 2008
Xmas Celebrations-a case study
Xmas Celebrations was a blast yesterday. Managed to change our celebratory location to St James after a "given-off-pass" friend got us in..heh..
During the course of celebrations, I saw the interesting part of humanity. While partying, I noticed this sweet-looking and quiet girl sitting at the table in front of me. Her friends were busy partying away and yet there she was, sipping her wine. She looked so like, S. Maybe it was the effects of the Johnny Walker, but she exude a sense of elegance about her..and she also looked troubled..haha
It was natural that since our tables were next to each other that we soon hit it off with her friends. After a while, we just got her friends to drag the quiet girl down to the dance floor. One can see that she was pretty intoxicated until we had to get her friends to look after her. She was being surrounded by a pack of wolves, so it was an observation of sorts.
Her guardian angel in the form of a fiesty female friend charged through those wolves like cavalry and "grabbed" her to safety, fended off those wolves and bundled her to a cab home. Later we found out that she had just been ditched by her boyfriend, hence the heavy drinking.
Lesson learnt: Don't get intoxicated and leave yourself vulnerable to those wolves.
As for us, we carried on with our partying and got to know a teacher (a teacher who parties) and her cousin. When we queried what made them trust that we are not like those bunch of wolves, the teacher just said that she has seen all kinds of people before and fellows who are out for good clean fun are easy to tell. What a compliment...hehe
Ok..that's all for now, have a Merry and Joyous Xmas!!Labels: Random Thots
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Monday, December 08, 2008
Be careful while you are in Athens, babe..that's all I can say to you..I will be praying for your safety throughout. Hopefully I don't have to activate plan B.
朦胧的时间
我们溜了多远
也许时间是一种解药
也是我现在正服下的毒药
看不见你的笑我怎么睡得着
你的声音这么近我却抱不到
再给我两分钟
让我把记忆结成冰
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Finisher of StanChart Marathon
Well, for the second year in a row, I have submitted myself to a torturous 42.195km run at a ungodly Sunday morning.
The last time I did a long distance run was during the Sheares Bridge Run in August and in between a couple of 10 km runs, I have not been chalking up the miles required to run this marathon. Despite the lack of training, I was determined to complete this marathon as a challenge to myself.
And surprisingly, I managed to trudge past the 21km mark without a hinge of fatigue at a timing similar to that clocked during my Sheares Bridge Run. While the mind was keen on running, the legs were starting to exhibit symptoms of cramps and I had to stop often to stretch and apply muscle rubs to numb them. But it was pretty useless, for muscle rubs are similar to what morphine are used for patients; it just numbs out the pain.
After running for another 4 km or so, I finally ran out of steam and resigned myself to walking the rest of 18+ km. My mind never wavered about giving up this run, for having ran the race before, I was better prepared mentally on what to expect. As the run was along ECP, this was an added bonus as I had trained on the whole stretch before, thus allowing me to set mental checkpoints along prominent landmarks to push myself.
As the distance markers inched its way up to the 40km mark, my hopes soared as I could see the end was near. The last 1 km was a morale booster as people were lined up along the sides of the roads cheering all the runners. I completed the run under 6 hrs, which was a vast improvement compared to last year.
Why did I keep going back to run this race despite the aches on my body which will take at least 2 days to recover? The answer is simple, as it is for other people who participated in the race: To challenge myself, physically and mentally. To believe in myself that I can push myself, just like Kenyan Henry Wanyoike, the famous blind marathon runner.Labels: Random Thots
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Thursday, December 04, 2008
It has been a very hectic week, one that has left me almost breathless at times. This is the drawback of the organisation when you have to train new blood, take care of the old blood and generate new concepts to determine the way ahead organisation.
This whole week, I have been only in the office for a good of 2 days at most as most of the time I am out training the new blood, ensuring they meet the standards set out for them. It has been a tiring week for us instructors, as we drilled them continously, day and night, rain or shine. But I am glad to say that they came out being a better person than before.
With all these trainings, I don't even have the luxury to spend some quality time with the family. The Mother is complaining she has not seen the son for many days and with her going for her holiday this weekend, it's even worse. I have scored far too many yellow cards this time. If it was my girlfriend, I would be in deep shit.
I use to think what my girlfriend (if I do have one) would say if she can only see her boyfriend like once every 7-8 days or so. I am already feeling bad about not spending enough time with the family, so let alone spending one with my girlfriend.
Besides, after the recent terrorist episode where one of our finest ladies was killed, I have changed my perspective about life...time with the loved ones is the more important than sitting in the office worrying about my career. Besides, I also make sure that in my line of work, I put in extra effort to ensure that nobody's family has to cry for their loved ones.
Oh well, at least the week has passed by in a flash..the long weekend is here!!! More sack-time and time to go practice my photography!!Labels: Grumblings
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