last august, i ran my first 6k race. i'm proud to say i finished at under 45 minutes. i told one of my managers about it the next day, and he said that's actually an impressive time for a beginner. all i got to show for was this certificate and a shirt. but that's ok, it was all for the experience of running with other people and the sense of accomplishment going through that finish line.

encouraged by that first run, i signed up for another race. this time, it's a 10k, so technically, i'm in competition with other runners. at $65 sgd, i got a lot more. freebies! i love freebies.


i haven't been training hard (er, not training at all!), because of work (yep, there's always an excuse). i still have two more weeks to catch up on the training. let's hope that''ll be enough for me to finish at a respectable time. i don't expect to finish at under an hour, but i'll do my best.

i have been working very hard these past couple of months. hopefully, the things i'm working on will be over. ok, to be realistic, they won't be over, but hopefully, they'll slow down a bit.

i've set a prize for myself and ahem, to celebrate a special occasion, i am scoping out places to visit. i have to consider : a) i'm going with someone who doesn't like long travel times, b) the trip shouldn't be too pricey c)i've got to learn something new, culture-wise, and e) i want to go somewhere that has a lower temperature than singapore.

and so it's gone down to these choices:

re-visit where this building is located (you know i love this place!). and we can even do a day trip to it's neighboring city (the one with all the casinos). besides, there's always something to discover here.

not much on the culture front here, but it's a new place to visit. anyone ever been here, let me know what to do/see. i believe they have cheap massages here too.

we checked out the new mall in bugis a couple of weeks ago. ito ang mall na nakakahilo at nakakalula sa taas at sa laki. hindi namin sya type. the stores in there are more for teenagers, medyo inspired by Japanese fashion, not a style you want when you're in your 30s (ehem, early thirties).

here's a picture of the ceiling

di ba, nakakahilo? also, it's weird how they constructed the elevators. it skips one floor, like from the first level, iaakyat ka agad sa third level, which is not a good thing for the stores on the second floor, right?

anyway, i did find this cute warhol-esque store cover.

last month, chilli a took me to the new orchard central mall in the city for afternoon tea. while it's not really part of the pinoy culture to have afternoon tea, this simply means that: a) we've really gotten ourselves adjusted to the singapore culture and b) we're just plain getting old. hehe.

anyway, the star of our afternoon "date" is not the tea, but the yummy fruit tarts they serve. it was so good that i had to take another friend for a "date" here.

strawberry tart with chocolate mint pudding (don't you just love how yummy it sounds!)

i don't know what this one's name is, but it looked so good that my date took a bite before i got to take a picture

it's worth a visit, definitely. and they're opening another branch at the basement of raffles city, so it's much nearer our office. yey!

the pictures were taken using the iphone. i wanted to edit it a bit to brighten up the picture, but since my laptop got rebuilt recently, i havent gotten the time to re-install photoshop. it'll be better, promise!

i brought my camera to work and showed it to jede, proudly saying i will be taking one picture per day. and then i got swamped with work, so i forgot to take a single shot. buti na lang, nagtest shot si jede.

here's his desktop.ngayon ko lang napansin, isa lang pala monitor nya. hindi ko na yata kaya magwork ng isang monitor lang.

anyway, jede takes great pictures (ayan, ha. "great" na.) check it here.