Round Island

11th January 2008, decided to go for a ride with the L&T team. Meet the rest of the group at Tampines. After a short briefing, we head up to the north.

Our first pit-stop was at Seletar, Yishun dam. Ben (new rider) from Bishan joined the group. I saw a group of runners running towards Seletar Country Club and that reminds me of tonight Prata Run organised by Sgrunners. Rode over to greed them. I introduced myself to them and they seems to acknowledge me.Hehehe.

Next destination was Woodlands Checkpoint. We went over to one of the coffee shop for some night snack. Since it is quite late (11.30pm), most of the stalls are already closed. Given no choice, I have a bowl of Mee Soto to fill my stomach.

After our meal, a final briefing was made by emilhan. We have changed the route to a Round Island ride. Hehehe. Sounds interesting. Here are the route we took.

Woodlands--->Kranji dam--->Neo Tian---> Lim Chu Kang--->Jln Boon Lay--->West Coast Highway--->Keppel Road--->Shenton Way--->Nicoll Highway--->East Coast--->Upper East Coast Road. Total 110km.

Back to Normal

The first working day of the year, have to wake up early again. Before I could step out of the house, my maid told me, "Today everything is back to normal." Yea! Back to normal time table liao. No more nau-ing on the bed before going to work.

It seems like everyone in the office have a 'cold start.' Maybe its due to those merry time they had over those festive mood. Infact, we only need to work just 3 days this week, then its weekend. I think most of the 'engines' need more time to warm up. Hehehe..

Ended my first day of work with a 8km run.

To me, the festive sessions is all over, but wait a minute, we still have a Chinese New Year to come by.

New Year 2008

Well, to begain with, I end my year 2007 with a short 9 days tour. For straight 3 weeks after SCM 2007, I did not make any effort to run. During Christmas Eve, we had a small gathering at home with friends. It was here where the 'makan' session begain since then.

But I did managed to run a 7 km on 27/12/2007 together with my wife. We put our pair of 'rusty' legs into run mode again, it was so painful to start after all those rest.

We ashered the New Year at the Marina Bay countdown party. Started to 'camp' along the bay at 5.00pm. By 8.00pm, the whole bay was full of cheers. The fireworks display was fantastic even it is only for 8 minutes. By the time we gat home it was already 2.00am.

Started the brand new year with a short training programme. Cycle for 60km and went for a 20 laps swim in the pool. Evening, we went to Plaza Singapura for a simple dinner at Thai Express and do a little shopping. By 10pm, I was so tired and slept a dead log till this morning.

As for Year 2008, there are so many race to choose and pick from, but because of the high registration fee, I have to be purdent on my spending. Last but not least, I hope that I can swim better this year and conquer the fear of open sea swim.