Moving...moving,....moving...

Yep...it's that time of the year again.. time for me to pack up and move.. nope.. not the emo baggage thing, did that last year. It's really time for me to pack up and move home again.. sigh... Since I stepped into Singapore, moving from one place to another has become almost a yearly thing. sometimes even up to 2-3 times a year. It all started with the first big move here, followed by the "I got kicked out of NUS" move 2 yrs later. Then, moved out with JY in yr 3, and back again into NUS Old Kent Ridge Hostel (mind you, moved 3 times before finally settling down in a room in the hostel). Lucky thing though, was heavily into mountaineering then. Finally, kicked out again in final year, and that was also the year I started staying in HV - First in blk 2, then blk 11 and finally, moving out again this year.

Moving out is not fun to do.. there's a few phases to it.. the throwing out junk phase, the finding the boxes phase, the real packing phase, the where should I stuff this phase.. and so on. It can be done fast, but one needs to have a hard heart to throw things away. Some things brings a lot of memories, like soft toys, cards, that you dont really need, while others are really just junk. Funnily, while going through some of the old stuff, I found a whole bunch of unopened angpows... with close to RM500 in it. So, some stuff are really worth keeping, after all.

Found some interesting pics too... my pics from the Europe tour, where I went rafting in Austria.. haha.. barely can see me in the pics.. :) forgot I even had them. Then some mountaineering souvenirs that disappeared when I wanted to distribute them... Moving places really makes all this stuff reappear again.. Going through all this brings back old memories, some best left hidden, and some nice little surprises too :) It usually takes me a loooong time to go through all this, and thus, moving becomes somewhat quite emo to me after a while.

Think its time I grew up too. So all da soft toys.. say good bye ...bwahahhahaha...

Some really old CD's.. say good bye too.. MP3's practically killed the need for CD's already..

Old books... go burn!!! bwahaha..

I'm really evil at times..

But seriously, I'm gonna miss this old place that I stayed for 2 yrs. Its the place where I did and learnt so many things. Its the place where Post calls - I had amazing afternoon naps. It's the place, I lost my ...ahem ahem...







Tag Hauer larr.. what were you thinking of... hehe... but, really.. it's the place where 365x2 (no olympics ma, so no leap year) days of my was spent. I'll miss this place, and all the dear memories of it. But now, its time to look forward,to a new place, a new life, and a new me ....

Trudge on

The weekend...

Okay..since i'll be in a looooong meeting today... time to do sth more important then..

The weekend came and go again. Had a full weekend last weekend.. but was mainly filled with myalgia. Saturday started off okay, sorry guys, couldn't go for the bikini shoot (fyi: it was a tie btw the black and blue one). Had a swimming clinic by tribob that day.. more like 2 clinics. The morning session started at 9am.. and I was all powered up for that one. There were many there.. and so we spilt into 2 grps after a trialswim. I was in the slower swimmer grp... on purpose... the instructor was an "angmoh".. named ?Mathey?... he was charming, cheeky.. and KAWAII!!! I was so enamoured.. mmm...can still remember him well now. shoulda flirted with him more.... mmmmmm... but anyways.. open water swim is DIFFICULT!! its not as easy as I thought it would be.. and sighting gives me a bad neckpain.. ouch.. the clinic ended at 12.. and I went for a quick lunch. unfortunately.. around that time.. I started to have bad bad bad muscle pain... I wonder why.... took a cab back anyway.. and rested in the afternoon... ouch..

Night came,and I went for a run..bad move.. the muscle pain got worse after that.. .hmm.. by then I remembered... the culprits at work who passed me the virus.. arggh...damn damn damn.. oh well.. will just live with it.

Sunday started out painful, again. Took a cup of coffee and dragged myself out of bed.. suppose to meet up with CT today.. who came from KL on Friday. Then, it rained.. heavily.. with muscles still aching, managed to changed and head out for Orchard. hmm..rain stopped when I arrive there. Went up to Kino - bought a book for Ironman training... darn, won't be as easy as I thought it would be. Met up with CT about a while later, and went for lunch. The next few hours was tagging along, showing him good places for him to take (prac taking pics) of his cousin and his GF.. well.. not a good place Orc that day.. construction was going on and Orc was not as pretty. After that.. .went to have a haircut.. with the cutie Alan.. he's a real cute and nice guy ..think i'm more interested in him than his haircuts.. hehehe..well, there was one point where we were flirting with each other.. ;)

Rested at night after..decided to forego training for that night as needed time to recover. Slept early yesterday, and woke up early today.. the weekend came and go again... but it was an interesting weekend, in some sense.

Bikini Poll

Okies, head's up... I need to choose , and quick (by this Friday actually) ... http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/jonie81/BikiniPoll ....either the blu-ish or the black-ish bikini.. so let the polls begin...

New name...

Yes... the title sez it all..I have a new name.. by accident.. it happened so quick, that before I knew it, my last 27 yrs, known as Jonie, has changed. The culprit : BG...

It was a dark and not-stormy night.. the sun just set, the wind blowing strong (well, it was in singapore anyway) I just got back from a swimming session, all wet and aching at the time.. the room was dark, and quiet.. I went in.. the laptop was just sitting on my bed, ready to be activated. The screen turn brigth as i started it.. and the connection came on. "Internet connected," it says.. and Messenger auto-connects.. seconds turn into minutes turn into more minutes.. and Beat came on... Man, havent seen her in a while. Wonder how she was... With the sensitive touchpad... i double clicked her nick on the screen... and typed... casually... with no fear....

"yo beat's"......

more quiet seconds ensued...

the sweat now lining my fore head....




"yo joets....." she replied.....

with that... and ringing in my ears...

I got a new name..

Joets....

Baldy Jones...

Yummy, just had Botak Jones for lunch. Had the cheez Jones Burger.. and it was great.. for more info... www.botakjones.com.

mmm... can still taste the tasty patty...

On The Fast Lane..

Phew.. the week came by and disappeared in an instant... can't believe its Saturday already, and this has gotta be one of the most happening week so far... recap from Sunday:

Sunday
Started out Sunday with running... literally. The run started at 8.30pm the night before, but did not have a good start as my Left runner's knee was already in pain, causing my left calf to cramp up. Met a great new running buddy tho.. Mohan.. who's a member of the Malaysian PaceSetters... did a good ?10 km with him... managed to run 54 km before calling it quits at the drinks station. Knee was already swollen by then.. time was 6hrs.. hmm.. now too bad.. my first foray into ultra endurance events :) anyways, picked up by the organisers car and headed back to the finishing line. Had a massage there, and saw sports boss who did a 42km in 3:30 hrs... fast timing.. waited up till BK finished... was really happy for my friend.. CH who came in 2nd for the 84 km... his form was superb that day.. shoulda handed him my bib ... hehe... somehow my racing bib was 0002 (no idea how i got it.. and no, i am not an elite runner)...

Went home... and CRASHED on the bed... for 4 hrs.. haha.. woke up, had Cha Soba at Sushi Tei for lunch.. but no quail's egg. ...:(... then CRASHED at the foot massage place... and CRASHED again at home before meeting up with BK at Amici for dinner and YY for icecream at Haagen Daz.. and CRASHED again at home after that.. Sunday was a day of running and crashing ( Crashing in this entry = Sleeping)


Monday
My legs were still in DOMS (delayed-onset muscle soreness)... and it hurts a lot. Was walking with a weird gait.. left leg shuffling and right leg waddling.. in heels.. haha... but still manage to walk... skipped training today.. had a meeting that lasted well into 8.30pm at night.. sleepy sleepy by then.. buuuuut... once i reached home YY was: let's go to Wala Wala... and I as usual... (being a wala wala-ian) said YES!! fantastic.. The uneXpected was on!!! Brandon was super cool as usual... but I thought the replacement bassist (watever his name was) was cuter.. Anyway, YY had eyes only for Brandon.. so.. small argument there. I would be a groupie for Brandon too.. with that huge biceps and hunky looks he had.. hehehe.. just that on that night, the bassist was just tooo darn cute.. :)

Tuesday
Okies, all I can remember was that it started out with a meeting at SGH SoN.. yes, sg is full of acronyms.. :) and ended with me swimming.. can't remember what happened in between... so dun ask...

Wednesday
Initially wanted to attend some classes at the gym with colleague DL, haha... but in the end both of us got lazy and decided to do it the next day instead. Had another late meeting in the evening till 8.30 pm again.. but managed to squeeze in a short afternoon workout before that.. hey hey.. can't be too lazy, right..

Thursday
Okay..joined the body combat class... but left knee still not the best.. so left halfway through to do more rehab exercises for my left knee. DL commented with a mocking drooling face later that all the old aunties were staring at the trainer's well sculpted body.. haha.. I hope I wont be like that in the future.. hahah. Had a meeting in the afternoon with the nurses about how computers will impact their work in the hospital... phew... will need more work on that next week. oh yarr... think i did the most stupid thing ever too, - signed up for next yr's Ironman Langkawi... darn...

Friday
Meeting at CGH in the afternoon, followed by a super uber long workout at the gym... 1hr stairmaster, 1 hr body pump, 1 hr spin class, 30mins weight... after which me and YY had drinks at Harry's.. think i'll forgo Harry's from now on.. the cocktails weren't impressive..

Saturday (today)
Raining raining raining... and it started at 10am. Went for another foot massage.. and came out, the whole Holland Village was flooded, knee high. Saw some ang moh lady pulling up her dress to prevent it from getting wet. 2 cars got stuck at the road.. thus some policeman was called to push the cars away as they were causing a traffic jam. hehe.... As for me, after the massage, came back and had fried meehoon for lunch.. then MSN-ed YP fer awhile.. and here I am.. updating my blog.... might head to the gym today for more workouts... but hehe...... LAZY!!! this weather is only good for one thing only... and that is for sleeping.. (or if u wanna include sex as well, that'll be two things.. ) :p..

That's a super short summary of lala's life in a week.. din even notice that it went by sooooo fast... will start to pick up training pace again, as have been slacking (not doing enough swimming and cycling) the past 1-2weeks. So, to all, have a good weekend and trudge on.... Life is short, but live it well, as the saying (not in verbatim) goes from KungFu Panda (great show, btw, for those who have yet to catch it) :

Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow's a mystery,
But Today is the greatest gift of all,
That's why it's called the Present....

signing out...