Genuine FEAR

I was walking with my godsis along a pavement when we saw something which we thought was a tree branch. I was a about to kick it & my godsis was about to grab & throw it off the pavement when we suddenly realized that the "tree branch" had a pair of eyes!!

*HORROR* It was a snake!!! We were barely 30cm from its head when we realized it was a snake!! I thought it would bite me & I would just die!! A bolt of cold shiver stuck me as we both walked away from the snake s-l-o-w-l-y..

Thank goodness I am still alive! For a long time I have not felt such genuine fear.

The snake we saw looked like this: (I did not take photo of it. This is a photo in the internet which I found to look most like the snake I saw)

My Love (Hi)Story [Part One]

Boy 1
Year: 1989
Place: Pri sch
Category: Crush/ Like

Those were the naive days.

Warning: Do NOT laugh.

I thought that if I simply LIKE someone, the someone would KNOW. I do NOT need to do or say anything. Dumb right? So I just like the guy lor. I never do or say anything. I just keep looking at him (with a silly smile on my face) when I have the chance. I thought the cupid would use the arrow & "shoot" the guy then he will start giving me flowers & stuff. Seriously, no kidding. Of course, NOTHING happened because I did not do anything other than having a liking feeling. Often I wonder if I will recognize him if I see him now. It has been 16 years!

Boy 2
Year: 1992
Place: Sec sch
Category: Crush/Secret admirer

So I know that nothing will happen if I do nothing. Yet I CHOOSE to do nothing because I had no confidence.

Boy 3, 4 & 5
Year: 1996~1997
Place: JC
Category: Crush/Secret admirer

Boy 3 was in the same ECA as me. Both Boy 4 & 5 were in the school canoe team. All 3 were good-looking. Boy 3 was academically smart & musically talented while Boy 4 & 5 were fit and sporty. Please refer to situation for "Boy 2" above. I did NOTHING and NOTHING happened but it was a happy feeling having someone to think about.

Boy 6
Year 1998
Place: Uni
Category: Crush/ Like

He was a committee member in the orientation camp I joined. Boyish looking with the "human touch" photography skills. Looks lovely when he smiles (who doesn't?). Tried to strike a conversation with him but somehow felt that he was not interested in me. Felt a little sad. I still have his name card...

Boy 7
Year: 1998
Place: Uni
Category: Like

After observing him for a few weeks, I decided to take action 'cos he never take any initiative. Just at the moment I met him in the canteen with his girlfriend! *Faint Cracking Sound* (1st heartache)They had knew each other since JC 1. Aiyoh, why for the few weeks he never say he got girlfriend when I was chatting with him?!

Boy 8
Year: 1999~2002
Place: Uni
Category: Like/ Secret admirer

My tutorial mate in year one uni. Handsome, smart & friendly but I found out that he had a girlfriend so I just admire from a distance lor... Kept in touch with him throughout my 2nd & 3rd years then one day he suddenly approached me...

"I tell you something, I like..."

My heart was beating extremely fast. When he finished his sentence, my heart stopped beating (for a few seconds).

He was interested in a girl in my study group. He noticed that I always had lunch with her & study together in the library with her. He asked if he could join us for lunch. Then I asked him about his girlfriend & he said they broke up already. He was a shy guy but when I said I will help him, he suddenly became talkative & asked about her character, her family, her hobbies, etc... *Faint Cracking Sound Again* (2nd heartache)

What to do? I guess this is Fate. I know both of them personally, suddenly I realize that they are very compatible. They would complement each other. I tried my best to "market" him to my study group gal but after a few meetings, she said that there was "no feel". She admits that he is handsome, smart & friendly but "no feel means no feel". Hiyah, I feel him but he no feel me. He feel her but she no feel him...

Boy 9
Year: 1999~2001
Place: Uni
Category: Like/ Secret admirer

Same ECA as me. See him at least once a week for ECA for 2 years. Liked his candid personality, talent in music & his "positive energy". You guessed it: he was already taken, so secretly admire lor.

Boy 10
Year: 1999~2002
Place: Uni
Category: Crush/ Secret admirer

Can be said to be "crush at first sight". Attends same lectures as me. I often talked about him with my study group gals & called him "Sunshine Boy". Drop dead good-looking with a sunshine smile that melts you... As I looked really nerdy then, I took no action & admire from far..

Boy 11
Year: 2001
Place: Uni
Category: Like

My project team member. Enjoy working with him. Had dinner with him on Valentine's Day. I gathered my courage and took action again. He immediately replied "Let's just be friends". *Stunned* (1st rejection) I felt sad. Well if you saw how I looked then... I don't blame him. It was a miracle I was not arrested by the Fashion Police!

To be continued...

Week 4 Quiz

Where in Singapore is this? Is it along:

1. AYE
2. BKE
3. CTE
4. ECP
5. KJE
6. PIE
7. SLE
8. TPE or
9. None of the above?

Along with your answer please suggest the prize you wish to receive =)

Quantity Matters?

Every Thursday is my swimming course. I went for the 4th lesson this week. The routine was to swim 2 laps of the standard 50 metres pool. I was breathless after just ONE lap. *SHOCK* 20+ laps was what I used to swim, every week (about 8 years ago). In disbelief, I continued to swim the 2nd lap and I almost did not pull through! Goodness! My fitness level is bad =(

Surprisingly after just 3 weeks, my fitness has improved. I suspect it is due to my weekly schedule packed with exercising activities. There are 7 days a week, I swim 4 times a week, go for yoga once and badminton once a week. That means I exercise 6 days a week!! I was not breathless after 2 laps at my 3rd lesson =)

Can I conclude that for exercising: quantity matters?

Where in Singapore is this? Is it along:
1. AYE
2. BKE
3. CTE
4. ECP
5. KJE
6. PIE
7. SLE
8. TPE or
9. None of the above?

Paris has Effiel Tower, Japan has Tokyo Tower... well, Singapore has her own tower too!

Weekly Log: October 1st Week

3 Oct 2005
Distance: 52.1 km
Time: 58 mins

4 Oct 2005
Distance: 52.1 km
Time: 117 mins (Traffic jam until I leg cramp)

7 Oct 2005
Distance: 52.2 km
Time: 49 mins

8 Oct 2005
Distance: 53 km
Time: 47 mins

October Week 1 Quiz

Where in Singapore is this? Is it along:
1. AYE
2. BKE
3. CTE
4. ECP
5. KJE
6. PIE
7. SLE
8. TPE or
9. None of the above?

Notice the Sun rays coming through the trees... beautiful!

Weekly Log: September Last Week

26 Sep
Distance: 51.8 km (TPE, SLE, BKE, KJE, PIE, AYE)
Time: 56 mins

27 Sep
Distance: 51.8 km (6 expressways route)
Time: 57 mins

28 Sep
Distance: 51.8 km
Time: 53 mins

1 Oct
Distance: 53.2 km (ECP, AYE)
Time: 43 mins