What's up?

What's up?

So I'm having holidays now. Started my assignment yesterday and it was a rather productive day, coming home at 10.30 at night. Today, I'm just feeling lazy.

Anyway, I've decided on something to do. There has been a lot things in my mind lately, I chose to keep it to myself and not to pour it out. This is the last time I'm gonna mention it and then that's it. Whether it will be sorted or not, I'll leave it up to time. No more emo emo, no more feelings.

And so ... I've came up with a plan to take my mind off it. I'm gonna work on my Post-Bersatu Road Trip 2008!! It's gonna be hard to recall it all as it's been over a year but I'm gonna do it!! Watch me!

The plan is... no more posting about other stuff apart from the post-bersatu post from now. Hehehe...

So before that, here's what I'm up to the next few weeks.

Today - 5th October
bumming and assignment-ing. And a hopeful trip to Fish Market on Wednesday before assignment-ing :p

6th October-30th October
4 more study weeks to go. A lot of peoples' birthday in October. I shall allow myself to birthday shoutout posts for October because there's special peoples birthday in October. Hehehe... There's also going to be a Physio Ball but I'm not going. It's actually pretty good deal. 80 bucks and unlimited alcohol and food. But since I'm not a huge drinker, I rather save the 80 bucks for my November spendings. Besides, I made a silly deal to myself which is not to attend any ball this year...

Can't believe it's only 4 more study weeks and then it's exams!! Time flies so fast I'm telling you.

31st October-8th November
Exam study week. Preparation for the final war of the year begins.

9th -20th November
The battle begins!! Exams!!

And after that, I'll be back to normal blogging or I may be to busy entertaining my two favourite people. My other half and significant other. Hehehehe... Provided they come!!

28th November
Auckland here I come. Summer in Auckland and then heading to Msia on the 19th of Jan for one month. I'm gonna eat my heart out then. the other night, I had a dream where I only had two days left in Msia and I still have a long long list of food to go. I started to panic and became all so worried. It was like... How am I going to eat all these in two days?? Hahaha!! I shall have to start writing up a list of things to eat and make sure I tackle them wisely.

One important thing to do is... Shop before the eating frenzy begins. Because if I shop after I put on weight, when I come back to Sydney, i'm gonna lose all those weight and then... baju dah tak boleh pakai!! haha!!

One week break

Yay!!

One week break ahead :)

Two assignments due in after the break.

I've already finished one. Have never finished an assignment so early before.

I am not looking forward to my second assignment. It is BRUTAL!!

But for now, I am taking this weekend off .... doing NOTHING!!

WOOooOOHhOOOooOO!!!!

At times I am just so tired of all these, I wish for it to end. Coz I'm just tired. Smile, just keep smiling. For that's what masks are for :)

sydney's freak dust storm

Sydney's freak dust storm

My body clock woke me up at 6 this morning. As I opened my eyes, all I see was red. My room was reddish due to the reflection from outside and I thought to myself... am I dreaming? I stood up, looked out my window. The wind was nuts and everything was all red. It was as if I was Cyclops with the ruby red glasses. My vision was all red. It was not just the sky, it was EVERYTHING. I had a small thought that I slept throughout the day and it's evening and it's just the sunset. I must've been real exhausted eh? I looked at my watch and it read 6.07 am. It is morning.

I closed my window and then went back to sleep with million thoughts rushing in my head. Am I going crazy? Have my vision gone bad in just a night? Is my mind playing tricks on me? Ohh gosh! I hope when I wake up, all of this will disappear. I woke up at 10 and my room was in its normal colour. I looked out the window and the wind was still going nuts. But it wasn't red, it was just a slight orangey colour. So I thought to myself, maybe my sleepiness just exagerrated everything at 6am in the morning.

I looked up the news.

Ok, so I am still sane, I am still normal. Phew!!

It's just Sydney's weather being a freak. Pretty cool eh?

Thank goodness I didn't have to go to class today, orelse I'd be a walking Orange Guy!

body + soul 9km run

Blackmores Sydney Running Festival - Body + Soul 9km Bridge Run

A few weeks ago, I met up with my primary school friend who is very into music and goes to gigs and concerts. There's one in October by Joshua Radin, I love his songs, but it's 50 bucks and I would not pay. I said it's too expensive.During that time, I was also contemplating whether I should run today because it is the weekend right after my mid terms. I won't have time to train and I'd be exhausted. I was also choosing between the 9km or the 21km run. And then she said... "You would pay 50 bucks to run for like less than an hour rather than 50 bucks to be entertained and all you have to do is enjoy even longer." She had a point. Why would I be so silly to do that when I can actually run for free? I myself do not understand. I chose the 9km instead because I know I will regret with 21km and it is an extra 30 bucks.

Starting point: Milsons Point

As I crossed the finish line today, I started to understand. It is the thrill of being in a race. Not a race against other people but yourself. The people running around you are your helpers. They are your motivation. It's about beating your personal best. It is that personal satisfaction that I crave for. It is a craving only you can satisfy. You see, I had a target for this 9km run. A sub 50 target. My target all these while are set very low because I do not like to disappoint myself. Yeaa I know.. it's sort of lying to myself... hehehe... But this time, I decided to set my bar higher as it is only 9km. It's about time for a personal best. The last time I did a PB was way back last year in April where I averaged 5 min 35 sec per km. I was a wee bit disappointed with my city 2 surf run because it was perfect running condition that day to do a PB. And so, I set a sub 50 target, 49 min 30 sec to be exact, averaging 5 min 30 sec per km for this 9km run.

And off we go! The Harbour Bridge behind.

There wasn't much prep leading up to the run. I was busy preparing with mid terms and I was just exhausted after uni. I did four 5km run in the last one month. Lolx! Another reason why I wanted to run this 9km is so that it will keep me going, I need a reason to run. If I did not have this 9km run, I think I would have just been a bum and not exercise at all.

My race started at 8.30am. Sydney's weather has been pretty warm recently and it is no different today. I haven't ran in such hot weather before. I was thinking to myself ... maybe I should set my bar lower. The little voice in my head was alternating back and forth throughout my whole run. It was between "set it lower, set it lower, just do ur PB another time, it is too hot" and "you're gonna regret this if you do it! c'mon!". As I ran along the harbour bridge, it was blazing hot. The voice of the devil dominated and so ... I stopped. Of course I did not just stop stop. I had other reasons too. To snap some photos of the harbour bridge!! I haven't walk the harbour bridge ok!! And then I started running through the city and it was still so hot. When I reached the 5km mark, I looked at my watch and it was 27.5 min. It took me awhile to work out that I am meeting my target! It was when I started to run through the botanical garden. A tad cooler.

Snap snap... hehehe..crossing the harbour bridge

And so, I widened my stride. It was a slight downhill slope. Angel's voice dominated. Hehehehe... But we all know, when you go down, you are bound to come up eventually. At that point, I saw portable loos and I have been wanting to go to it since the start of the race but the line was too long. I quickly rushed in, did my business, came out....Devil's voice was about to come in but... EYE OF TIGER started to play in my mp3. Doosh doosh doosh.... Perfect timing :) And then When I Grow Up and then ... and to finish it off... Jai Ho!

I sprinted the last 100m. Crossed the line, looked at my watch ... 48:17. Sub 50 yo!!! Official time was 48:22. Still satisfied. Very satisfied. Average 5 min 22 sec per km! Woohoo!!! PB PB!! I did better than I wanted. Never would've thought I would make that time.

Finish point: Circular Quay with the Opera House in the background

So there you have it. A 50 min race but the satisfaction that's probably gonna last for more than a day. 50 bucks for that, I'm not complaining. Plus I ran the Sydney Harbour Bridge, I saw the Opera house, I saw the Botanical Gardens, I ended up at Circular Quay. I got a medal for souvenir and a squishy bottle. Another few things to add to my short list of places I've seen in Sydney :p

And then I start to wonder again ... with many IFs ... What if I actually trained all this while? What if I actually had more motivation? What if I am more disciplined?

Who knows?

Half marathon next year?

21 words

21 words

Swannie My Other Half. You my best friend who's always there for me. I appreciate it heaps! Love you long time <3

Happy 21st Birthday babe!!

I've got too much to say and you'll soon find out what. Hope you have a blast on this very special day/weekend. Wish I could be there coz then I can give you a major sabo. *sigh* and in hope to get you drunk too!

I am really blessed to have you as my friend and really appreciate everything you've done for me because no one can replace a friend like you. Thanks for stepping into my life and staying in it too!!

Good luck with the remainder of the semester and all the best with your job hunt. Don't give up!! I am looking forward to seeing you in November ya! Don't disappoint me and leave me broken hearted. I know you won't :p

Muakzz...
- your other half :D

Just to so many things right now...

Just to so many things right now...

All was expected. I saw them coming. So.... Just hang in there :)

On a side note, it was blazing 30 degrees yesterday!