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remember charles? we met again.

like the last time we met, he was calm and cool, very gentlemanly. and i keep forgetting that he is only 21.

we met for tea and then decided to catch a movie. he came to pick me up and we had a good time chatting on the way. we spoke about his leg injury, his running, his dancing, who he thought influenced him the most, his friends, the girl who asked to borrow $50 and he never spoke to eversince, the guy who asked to borrow $150 and he never intended to get it back from, his winnings, why he does not have a girlfriend now, what happened to his previous girlfriends, how he became smarter ...

i asked about his brother and charles said that he'll probably get around 15 points for his o levels and would most likely get into poly. i remarked that 15 is good and he said, "few years ago i would have thought that is good, but now i think if you put in 100%, you should achieve 100%.", his theory of success. then he added that he thinks his brother is going to do ok. i asked him why and he replied, "he is more sensible than i was at 16". and i said for him to say that, he is indeed a very sensible young man now.

before i got off the car, i thanked him for the evening and told him that i am very happy and proud of him.

i really am.

p/s the other sign of hope came from the little chat i had over sms and msn with mj. he also made me think that it is possible. thanks.

so what's up?

on thursday afternoon, i "invested" :) it wasn't really a planned thing. like most things, i just went along. (this kind of feels like when i went bungy-jumping in china...totally impromtu.) afterwards i thought, "why did i do that?"

i suspect that i may know part of the reason...

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when i was at the gym on friday, in between sets of bench press, i had this "i'm tired" feeling. and then the rest of the day i was just playing this "tired" card. the truth is that since the beginning of the school holidays, i've not yet had a day off, though i try not to stay beyond lunch time each day :)

and perhaps this is the first time i'm not going overseas during december school vacation. save $$$.

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saturday was blend. but at least i had a cup of good nespresso coffee in the morning. that sleek machine is probably my best buy of the year, followed closely by the new pair of blue asics.

***

today i played water gun with the kids at baywater. hilarious :)
now i'm going to eat durian ice cream.

later, when i gain back control of the tv, i'll continue to watch the korean (lawyer) drama series.

have a great week!

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Gun Start 5:29:53
Chip Start 5:32:27
CP10k 1:08:36
CP21k 2:22:19
CP30k 3:21:18
CP32.5k 3:38:44
Chip Finish 4:42:59
Finish 4:45:33

42.195..........again

i was a little worried at first because this time i really didn't prepare enough. thanks to hK, i did two long runs and that's about it, the rest are moslty 30 to 45min runs, unlike the previous time when hL was around. both she and her cousin were very disciplined runners. on many sunday mornings we woke up early and ran along ECP. and of course, i benefitted from that, a lot.

today's weather was superb. it wasn't sunny even when i crossed the finish line. the clock read 4'45 when i finished, so chip time should be a minute or two lesser. this is my best time so far, so i'm rather pleased.

i just ran and ran today. slowly running from a drink station to the next, from a distance marker to the next, counting down the KMs and counting my blessings. perhaps because i did not have too much expectation, i was running with much ease.

i drank at EVERY drink stop, ate 2 bananas, one packet of power gel and some raisins. those 2 girls were lovely. they stationed themselves somewhere before bedok jetty and were shouting "raisins! raisins!". i took a handful and munched, and smiled. it's really nice to be nice.