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the end of the week officially starts..... tuesday??yeah... actually it kinda started on Tuesday.. Monday off plus Friday Team building day at work... so technically 3 days of work, then of those 3 days, 2 out in the shops all day... so all in all, id its a pretty shitty week... yes, and I even sqeezed in some yoga classes. Quite a few to be honest... but oh well... today was really cool. We splashed PAINT!! onto the windows of the NIke shops.. haha. not everyday do you get to do that =p but i love the outcome - S and A are wonderful =) Eurochamps fever has OFFICIALLY hit the stores!!!
I wan Germany to win!!!
I always do. Can't help it
 I wish Nike wld sponsor them... or that they wld even consider Nike as their sponsors...
maybe then i wld feel some kind of connection to Soccer... or Football.. or wateva its called..
But zhe GERmannssss will always be true to their stripes..
sad...
But yeah.. I met this girl today - C. Hope you sign up!! You won't regret it!!
So, tmw will be the last day of wasting my time...@ Fort Canning Park. Apparantly they have this thing called The Legends and thats where we're gonna waste the morning. After that we're gonna run around somewhere. At least something good... Running around is always good..
 sighhhhhhBut yeah.. I got some really really happy news from D today =) So happy for him =)=) Happiness doesn't come any better than that D =)
Anyway.. Sportygeek... I will bring u for a session during ur hols =) see if u like it as much as i did. Best-est EVA Yoga class!!!!Dear Ms. G***
Yesterday I attended your Power Class @ Pacific Plaza and I have to tell you - it was one of the best classes I eva attended!! I don't know what it was, but i came out feeling re-energized, strong and calm in my mind. I found the inner peace and enjoyment in sports that i had lost for a very long time. I have been doing Yoga now for about 4 months and I think thanks to E who intro-ed me to it at the beginning of the year, I can say, i have found the will to exercise again. And the most important thing is - I have found the will to exercise because I WANT TO and I enjoy it. Not because I signed up for this event, or because I want to win something... Just because I like it =) Yesterday after your class I came to this realisation and I want to thank you. Although you will nvr read this, I am very greatful for your class and I will def try to come again. Thanks!!
Thanks
Vicky the kid or the MANNNNN!!!!This season's American Idol is like... FWAHHH... worth watching again. I remember all seaons since the one with Carrie Underwood were kinda.. so so only.. not worth rushing home to watch... but this season is like.. FWAHHH.. and my favourite is Mr David Cooke!!!! or Cook.. or wateva.. but the day he sang Chris Cornell's Billie Jean, i fell in love with him!!! I wld DEF buy his record...
His HELLO song is nice alsooo...
and this one!!!!!!
So now he's in the final up against the KID... i totally dun feel that boy.. now its like.. MAN vs. kid... I'm def a MANNN person...
I mean... come on??? he's a bit scruffy and hairy... but hey.. he's a MANNNNNN!!!!!!!
I WAN DAVID COOK WIN!!!!!!!
*If he doesn't... ill think ill cry..  SUBWAY@ Tampines ran out of bread today
WHAT THE F**K????????????????????????????????????
and...I really didnt do it on purpose... i really did not...
And I'm really sorri...
payback...It has to be me ... im the bottleneck coz it seems that I truely suffer from Monday blues every Monday morning and let it out on others. It seems that whenever I have an interesting 'Journey-to-work' story to tell, it is a Monday. But boy, it feels damn good... today was the ULTIMATE payback day. Payback to all AUNTIES out there who feel that they are for some reason or the other a 'more superior being' on this speck we call Singapore. Those that for some reason beleive that all kids MUST stand up for them to sit on the train/bus, those that believe it is OK to push to the front of the queue's at Hawker stalls due to their old age, for those that believe that it is OK to lean against the ENTIRE pole in the trains or buses coz some brat wld not stand up for them.. for those that believe they SHLD be allowed to board the bus or lifts FIRST before all other mortals on this little island. Today... I got my ULTIMATE payback.
And before I describe the incident, I would like to apologize to my mother and her mother and all my aunties.. My mother did bring me up with good manners and I do always mind my P's and Q's (thats Please and Thank you's) to every Human Being on this planet (whether deserved or not), but today... it jus didnt come out!! i dont know why...
I was walking along a small THIN alley and this aunty jus came out of the side lines. I was kinda in a hurry, so i was walking a bit faster than normal... So she saw me coming and i saw her coming. I was so obviously in a rush.. if my fast shoe clacking motions didnt say it, my shaking shirt SURELY made an impact on her... But no, the 'i'm-a-more-superior-being' look came and she in her snail pace joined into this narrow alley in front of me and i jus slammed into her. As luck wld have it... she was wearing flip flops and i was wearing my pointy clacking shoes. Yeah.. my pointy shoes hit her arch i suppose... she turn around and looked at me...
"AIYOHHHHHH" she shouted grabbing her foot..
but the 'I'm sorri' jus didnt come out. it jus didn't come out!!!
And it was not like i was listening to some angry music or wat.... (The Click 5 to be exact
) ... nor was it i was pissed off at the fact that i had hardly been outside for 5min and i was alredi breaking out into buckets of sweat and had to tie my up hair up... it jus nvr came out. So i jus looked at her.. she grabbed her foot... shouting AIYOH!! again.. and i jus looked at her... stopped and as soon as she started scolding i jus walked off. It only dawned on me once i had ordered my coffee a few shophouses further down what had jus happened. I kicked an aunty!!!!
I turned around to see if she was stil there... she had to be i figured... judging by her snail pace... but she was gone. So yeah.. i kicked an aunty. And for a second or two (or 5, or 60... or till i reached the office and bitched bout it with my collegues...).. it felt damn good =) But now... thinking back.. yeah, i was having the Monday blues and SOOO was not in the mood for work due to some things...
But since my mother did teach me to mind my P's and Q's... here it goes
Aunty - I'm sorri for kicking you and not apologizing.
I really am.
And to all the other aunties out there - pls mind the working class adults in the morning - i know that if not for your generation, my generation wld not be here... but if not for my generation now, you would not have taxpayers (like me) money and hence shitier health care system, lousier doctors, crappier houses, no lifts and DEF no nice new flip flops...
checking in on Yellowfishgood job!! Sharks in front!!!!!!!
Duane-o?? where r u km's!!!!
But this has really been one hell of a weekend...
Thurs i ran followed by a 2 hr gym session
Fri i did my yoga...
Sat i did a 4 hr gym session which included 2 hrs on the treadmill, 1 hr Pilates Class and 1 hr torture chamber with the PT... damn, i can still rem wat he said to me...
Me - "Err... The weights are really too heavy.. i dun think i can finish the set with this much weight..."
PT - "Nonsense!! you're jus weak.. no strength... come on!! Lift it!!"
Me -
 .... *damnnnn* !!!!But he had a point i guess.. i only did upper body work with him and not a shred of pain today.. guess i really do have no strength..
 And to finish off my healthy weekend.. Yoga again today. I have to admit, i have not been this tired for v v long.. normally i can complete the wall squat for one min without tumbling or crumbling to the floor... but today, my legs jus didnt have it in them... With an exclamation of pain... after 59sec (not even a min!!!) i jus plumitted to the floor...
damnnnn
Monday is DEF rest day...
(or maybe do a short run... later Yellowfish get ahead of the Sharks and gets funny ideas... )
...
Nike+ Challengeits called
KillerSharks vs. Yellowfish
me thinks the title says it all... Yellowfish looks something like this -
{awwww... so pretty}
The ZAmbezi Yellowfish - also known as the 'yellows'...
as defined by Wikipedia...
The Zambezi yellowfish, Labeobarbus codringtonii, is commonly found throughout the Zambezi and Okavango Rivers in Southern Africa. They prefer fast flowing water over cobble and rocky bottoms where they predominantly feed on aquatic insects and crustaceans.[1] Their exaggerated fins help them manoeuvre in the fast water and they are powerful swimmers. The Zambezi yellowfish is highly sought after by sport anglers and fly fishing is the preferred method of catching them.
Hmm... ok..
 Sharks are like this though...
Dun need to define...
hehehe... but dun worri fellow shark - its in the BAG!!! Lets get ourselves a fiest out there!!
good ol' mondayyyyyyeah... and as one wld expect...
daymmmnnnnnn....
and its alredi 2130.... sighh... time to shower and get settled into bed with my evening snack...
life really is back to normal...
One nice thing bout being away from the office for long periods of time is the surprises you MIGHT get when come back - things on your desk... when i came back, my VM allowances for May had come in over the last week =) i love new thingssss =)
some new shoessssss...
and some new tops too =)
the blue one is quite cool - two in one - one white singlet and a blue top on top.
still got somemore, but lazy to find the picture...
see mother?? if u were here, u cld BORROW these...
And i finally got my very own Sportsband =) courtsey of b
I guess the running will really start nowww =)
Another thing that was there was a gift from B, K and F =) So nice, they got me a Katze Tee whilst on their travels in HK.
Have alredi identified all my Katze's on this tee -
The fat one there is FrauKatze. Then that stoned looking one is HerrKatze. The the one stretching in the background is HundKatze coz she does that a lot also. =)
Thanks guys!!!!
Yeha.. good ol' Monday.. sigh.. back to work again tmw i suppose...
Happy Bday CAF!!its Sunday alredi.. and wat a week it has been.
Today is CAF's bday and in our usual bday style... we did nothing at all. I think he treated himself to some RC Car stuff.. saw him with a big bag of stuff from the RC Car shop after my Yoga class this afternoon. Think he is having a crisis of age.. he's only 27 yrs young, but he muttered the words "Im getting oldddd" at leat 3 or 4 times today. Im surprised he didnt go to play RC Car this morning, especially since it is his bday. Instead, he decided to lie in with me =) So i guess.. he does love me more than his boy-toys.
vs
I guess for today - I win =)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAF!!!
you still veli raaaaa (even tho ure 27)
 still in holiday mood...i think that when you lose track of time and days, you truely reliase that you are in true holiday mood. Yeah, im totally living the NOW, not Saturday, or Friday... dunno. I seem to have successfully enjoyed one week of my life. i also think i had a major moment in Phuket. I found the feeling that i had lost whilst balancing in a warrier 3 pose at the beach. how simple life's problems can be solved =)
in the meantime, i'm nursing a burned body... shit man, the medicated cream is so damn painful... after i apply it its 5 min of pure agonyyyyyy... man.. wer schoen sein will muss leiden... =(
but on the bright side... my face has finished peeling... =(
Phuket 2008Wahh... i cant believe i went on holiday!!! Last one was in May 2004 - so to be exact, its been 4 yrs.
CAF and i went to Phuket and it was truely a holiday to remember =)
Sunday morning we left, 9am flight. i cldnt sleep at all the day before.. went for yoga, gym, late dinner PLUS staying up late and i still cldnt sleep. So ended up heading to Phuket with bout 3hrs of sleep. But for some reason, that did not stop me from fully enjoying the entire Sunday!! We touched down at bout 10am local time. Came out of the airport and this guy came up to us -
"TAXII!!! WANNA RENT A CAR???"
the convo went something like this:
The guy shows us the brochure -
CAF: " U wanna rent a car??"
me - "u sure?? u know where to drive or not??"
CAF: "Jus drive la.. cant be that hard to drive around"
me - "
..hmm.. ok.. anything... "Guy at the Car rental - "U wan this car?? Toyota Vios!! 1200Baht a day!! Automatic!!"
CAF: "Got Manual??"
me - "errr...
- MANUAL???"Guy - "I have!! Cheap Sporty Carribean!! But veli old - i rent to you - 1000 Baht a day!! But veli old, take better Vios! or Honda Fit! Veli good carr!!"
CAF looking at me - "Cheap Sporty Carribian??"
me - "No idea man.."
Guy - "Cheap!! Cheap!! Cheap Sporty Carribian!!"
CAF - "
"So CAF bargains to a final price for the 4 days and tada!!! We had a Cheap Sport Carribian -
JEEP!!! JEEP!! JEEP!!!! not Cheap...
Ok.. so we got in and drove up to the hotel - We stayed at the Marriot Resort & Spa. And im sorri, but you can't beat an entrance like this:
Water and more water!! Plus there are ppl standing in the water and playing the local instruments!! Wat a greeting!!
The room was just as nice, but no pics =p
And the hotel was so nice!!! They had the nicest gym, Jacuzzi, 3 pools all facing the beach - 2 smaller ones and large one. Our room was closer to the beach, around the one of the smaller pools. The smaller pools were more cosy, private and quiet. Veli nice =) and there was so much greenery around the place, the air was jus so nice and fresh! Greeted with the sunniest of suns and most beautiful hotel =) I was all smiles when we got there.
So after we checked in, we hoped straight back into the our JEEP and drove all the way down to the Phuket TOwn.
WOOHOO!!! Super advance JEEP!! haha
My hotel was located in the North at the Mai Khoa Beach. Quite far la, bout 30km away, but i think quite reasonable give the hotel!!!! But yeah, seemed like everything was closed in Phuket Town, Sunday and all. We managed to find an open restaurant somewhere and had some food. Mango Salad, Green Curry and some other noodle dishes =) YUMMMM
So we ended up jus walking/driving around the town and looked at the stores/shops and of course... Massage =)
So, since PHuket town was not that happening, we left soon after the massage and some shopping. THe plan was to head straight back to the hotel, but we kinda got lost and ended up in the hapenning place Patong Beach. Sin City... loadsa wrong wrong things down there... but kinda cool i guess. I felt like i was in a movie walking down there - all the things i saw there, u don't see in real life (at least not where i come from) =) So we jus stopped there for dinner as it was dark by the time we got there, so no beach to see or pictures. we figured we'd come back another day to take a look. So dinner was a juicy Crayfish dish (or Rock Lobster - didnt know they were called that too) and Pad Thai dish.
But driving to Patong Beach alone was quite a challenge. First of all, my trusty map -
yeah.. not very detailed... apparantly Phuket is about the same size as Singapore. HMMM
But yeah.. So Phuket was hit by the Tsunami a few yrs ago and u can see Evcuation signs everywhere. And with the hills there... i now can comprehend the pure size of the wave that must have hit there. You imagine a hill that my Jeep cant even go up (yeah, CAF really struggled getting the car up) and you get something like this:
WHen we stalled i paniced a bit... wat if we cant move up?? First gear jus wldnt have it!!! On a different day, i saw a lorry really stuck on that hill - the police had to put stones behind its wheels and divert the traffic as it was jus stuck on the slope!!!! Faint.. haha - I think the sign says it all...
ANyway, the drive back to the hotel was quite entertaining also.. coz my trusty map was so power.. - i was the navigator btw =) - i managed to land us on this damn farni rd - u cant even call it a road. the was so ridiculously bumpy, we starting to thank our luck stars we had the CHEAP SPORTY CARRIBIAN!!! i swear.. the bumpiest 500m i have eva experienced. we were so scared that the car wld jus fall apart!! haha
but yeah, we finally made i back to the hotel and enjoyed a early night and good night sleep =)
DAY TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So yeah, as i was saying, the hotel is like FWAH!!! They even have Morning yoga classes!!! And yes, of coures i went =) I even woke up to attend the class!! *Maybe there is hope for my mroning cycling sessions again =)* Yoga by the seaside... omg!! its really like in a brochure!! Yoga with the sun rising in the background! Only that it was right in front of my eyes!! And that woman doing the Treepose is me??? omg.. CAF really know how to spoil ppl!!!!!
After yoga, Breakfast. I guess hotel breakfast is the same everywhere, except that i have nvr had it looing at the sea!!!! But this morning was only great till i stepped into the Breakfast place and sat down on my beachfront seat - DARK CLOUDSSSS.... and yeah, it rained. But nvm, quite cooling. No Pool or/and Beach this morning then... So we jus stayed in the room and waited for the rain to pass over so that we cld go out. Sadly, it only cleared till bout 2pm, so not much of the day was left...
So Off to lunch =) And where?? Of course at the beach!!!!!
And of course the food =)
Mango Salad and Fried Rice =)
Dunno wat it is bout the rice here, but its jus nicer than at home.. I bet the Thai's keep all the good rice for themselves and ship the rest out =p yaa.. coz only here i actually wld rather eat a rice dish than a noodle dish. And of course the Papaya Salad. So spicy and sour at the same time!! The beans are not even cooked, but so good!!
Then we made our way to a waterfall. CAF and I like waterfalls. Last holiday we went to see them as well. This one was kinda small. Tucked away on some lil hill... hill again..
So after that HILL again... we arrived at the waterfall.
HIHI, first thing i saw when climbing up to the top of the waterfall =)
One dirty Katze =)
But yeah.. so that was the waterfall. Not so happening, but the water was nice and refreshing =) Some more happening pics now:
hihi... wet again =)
heading back to the hotel, there was thie Elephant treking place, but it was closed. Guess I knew wat we were going to do the next day =)
The rest of the day was a pure hunt for food. Phuket has like these Evening markets - you can buy all sorts of food there. Fruits, meat-Satay-Stick kinda things, Fungus and Squid Salad, Snacks, Tea, Other drinks.. The Thai Iced Tea!!! and so many other things. CAF bought a Durian and a coconut to enjoy at our room's patio kinda thing =p
So having stocked up on these things, we headed back to the hotel. A friendly warning from the Concierge not to eat the Durian in the room put a big 'told-you-so' smile on my face =) We didnt have a knife so I asked CAF to get room service to bring us one. But he had other plans -
CAF - NO la!!! Ill jus ask the Conceirge to open it for me!!
me - WAT???
CAF - YA... why not??
me - well, at least give them some la, the damn thing is so freaking big, you cant possibly eat that all by yourself??
(It was really really damn big...)
CAF - NO nEED!!!!!!!
And ya... he really ate the whole damn thing!! Shit...
Since the weather had not been too good, we tot we'd go check out the beach at night -
WE let the waves slam into us a bit, getting eva so slightly wet.. =p but was quite fun. We were praying for good weather tmw so that we cld actually go in and really enjoy those waves.
DAY THREEE!!!!!!!!
Of course - Yoga again during the early hours of the morning, watching the sun rise =) Today's place was in a small hut surrounded by plants and clean fresh air. Birds singing, sun rising thru the blinds of the lil hut... you don't need any music like they do here in the yoga studios - the birds singing, wind blowing and ocean waves is simply perfect!!
Then after a quick run on the treadmill and breakfast, Darryl and I threw ourselves into the pool!!! and the beach!! The sun was amazing!! The waves were so cool!! So fun! haha, we jus swam out, let the waves throw us around, and jus enjoy the sun =) In between a bit of suntanning at the pool and wat a morning =) I wish it didnt have to end!!!!
So we drove to the Elephant trekking place =)
We went for a 45min trek into some jungle. Quite a bumpy ride but still entertaining. The elephant spit and threw dirt on us!! haha. Took a pee during our trek and stopped for food too =) I like the way the guy wrote on the back of his hat -
"For my tips - 300Baht 200Baht Its up to you OK 500Baht"
hehehe - Then there was this lil fella:
This part of Phuket is so 'touristy', this particular palce had the Elephant treking, then also you cld do Go-karting, Buggy Car rides, Insect Farm, Butterfly farm... And its all jus ourside the Patong Beach.
We stood and watchd the Go-Karts for a while - watching the Ang Mo's whack the cars with their 'Thai gf's' at the side... hehe
So since it was our last nite... we jus did dinner at the beach again, rushed up to find a place along the beach to catch the sunset.
DAY FOUR!!!!!!!
So this was our last day =( This morning, no yoga.. i decided to jus have a lie in. Woke up to go for a gym session and breakfast again.. CAF went to 'play in the sea' again before we left.
And so it was goodbye beautiful hotel. =( We had 5 hrs to kill before our flight in the evening... so we went back to Patong Beach again to grab some pictures and a massage. We jus walked down the Phuket town and jus snapped at random:
So cool, those vans drive around promoting the Thai Boxing fights at night. Then there is a guy who stands on top and a guy walks the streets giving out flyers. The van has loudspeakers and you can hear them say - "TONIGHT!!! Muay Thai Boxing! Fight!! TONIGHT!!!"
Although all the happening places and things to do seem to be in or around Patong Beach, Im really glad i didnt stay anywhere near there. It kinda feels unsafe and a bit... sleesy. Everywhere you see the girls sitting around wearing very flattering things.. Topless Ang Mo's with Thai gf's, couples walking around the town in nothing but bikini and Board shorts, Bars lining the streets (more bars than food places or shops)... dunno.. i have concluded im old-fashioned and conservative coz i totally felt super uncomfortable seeing all that.
The beach was very nice though - jus as nice as mine i'd say... but yeah, jus that there were more ppl there. More things to do - Jetsking, Parasailing, on-beach-massage, boats.. jus so much more.
But yeah.. that was my sunny holiday. We made our way back to the airport and off back home -
But i loved every minute of it. I cant believe i can remember every single event that happened. But it was really something to remember.
And if i didnt remember the above.. at least i wld remember the sun for the next day or 2.. or 3.. everyday when i stare into the mirror =)
YAA!!! I'm so horribly burnt!!!! ALL OVER?!!!!!!
FAlling asleep at the poolside is SO NOT A GOOD IDEA!!!!!
Damn..
Thanks CAF for the most beautiful holiday!!
Back @ home - nice to see that everything is back to normal
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