yeah finally photos from the carbo loading dinner too... before NUS bi.. my team and me...and the past and present seniors and juniors... haha... its fun having all of them together again!

the senior team of 2007... ntu bi ...

michelle and me...

new year!

finally got the photos from yuko... but not all yet..new year with my family.. seldom get together... and finally gotten together... lets see some photos...

first day of new year.. in the bus on the way to the temple...
look freaking fierce in the above photo... but think it was nicely taken.. quite natural....

scary look on the both of them..

i think these are one of the nicest pictures we taken as sisters... haa... last time Yuko too skinny and i was too fat.. now all normal looking!

and the temple we first went to...

ntu bi gathering

gathering for NTU biathIOn team... past and present... and we managed to meet most peopIe up!!!!!! yeah... we went to have a great feast at IMM.... cafe carteI.. the usua NTU feast pIace....
and i managed to meet up with Rongyang... my usua QuarreI buddy... CIement.. my BF haha... Jason, the quiet one and many more!!!!

this is MicheIIE and Jingwei....! the nice coupIe...with rongyang!!!i Iook so ugIy the photo above... and then we took severaI ones... nice ones...

gathering for waterpoIo and swimming

ok finaIIy got the photos out... eh....this is the gathering for the waterpoIo and swimming gathering at HaII 3.... i grad Iast june...but stiII very much invoIved... we waited for XY and the guys who brought us great food for Iike aImost 1.5hours!!!!!!! but good food and drinks guys! too bad i dun drink aIcohoI...! Zy trying to pour some aIcohoI!!!! bought from Brewerks! and obviousIY photos of the 2 idiots... and with Wanshuang...and Iacking of IAo da....and some random photos...
and a speciaI guest... pretty Iady...and they waited for this guy ... bIack tee... the one hoIding the pIate... Iate for 3 hours!!!!!
ok wende.. my camera is reaIIy bad... you shouId have brought yours...
zhiyong and wanshuang... i even had to teach him how to take a nice photo!
and then whiIe they were taIking, i was snapping...
and wende... can we take a nicer photo next time.. aII the photos we took so UGIY!!!!!!!and u haven send me out photos from your com during the competition!

yes! home com is up and internet is finaIIy working.. but my Iabbie is spoiIt.. the keyboard is corrupted and some Ietters cannot be typed out.. so i either have to spend hundreds of doIIars to repair it or buy a PortabIe keyboard to type ... anyway today thanks to my schooY technicaI executive who speciaIIy went to JD house to fix his com and came to my house today to fix my com... It took very Iong and i have to apoIogise to Trixy for I keep having to Postpone our meeting... i know that it made her very unhappy and as she is aIso very busy... sorry darIng... ths whoIe repairing process ended very Iate... about 1Opm... sorry wiII treat u to BIG BIG dinner...

anyway My butt have stopped hurting much ady... now waiting for training to start tmr... Singapore PoIy... and then take a break on Fri and race on Sat and Sun... thanks to team guys... we managed to get UItrafueI at a cheap price because of Subash recommendation... thanks man!

Iooking forward to the training tomorrow and meeting Wenquan before that at NTU! thanks bro... has been amost 2-3 months ever since we Iast met...

nus biathlon

back in school after a long weekend... never really rested well.. brought back stuff to do and mark but realised that i din have the time to mark them though...

anyway I had several races last week... finished NUS bi... gotten quite good results.. surprised me with my run results... all this while since last year Oct.. i gave up swimming... totally din train at all.. i focussed on my run.. did lots of training with coach.. and ended up only running intervals and not long runs... my long runs never exceeded 12km... it was a rule set by coach.. and ironically when i saw my 10km results for the NUS bi.. i was totally shocked.. it was 41 mins plus plus... so much better then my usual 48mins.. maybe the route was not really accurate...

however, the race was did really well.. i planned my race really well...i swam a comfortable and easy swim.. fighting against the waves.. huge and undulating... all the way, i swam with Clarissa, a national triathlete...through the swim, i was hit by people... hit by fist and legs, punched and whacked.. and i literally pushed these people off... i could feel my championship chip nearly dropped off in the sea.. worried as i was.. i just managed to get out of the water 5th in the swim i guess...changed into my clothes.. din even bother to wear my top jersey and my socks as i usually would... and ran off... comfortably, i sped off using a comfortable pace.. overtook Clarissa and then headed off the chase a lady in front...

I was having fever for 5 days. .. and was disallowed to race initially by friends and JD... somebody said "if u were to collapse during the race, this will be your last race." but judging on my character, i merely controlled my pace.. throughout the run, i did feel the sense of dizzinesss... i wanted to stop and walk.. but somehow, a boost of strength telling me that I am a "No stopper"... yup... and then i continued.. taking into account that I MUST NOT FALL... must be strong... and i breezed my way through the first 5 km... at the u-turn mark, i spotted a female athlete in front.. i sped up and braved myself for the last 5km... i realised that my legs were not as tired as last time... the lactate acid in my legs were not acting up as they used to... it was really comfortable... and i overtook the lady... but at the 8 km mark, i could see a Japanese lady chasing me real hard from behind... she is a sub 3 plus marathon runner.. her speed was wow.!.... and i had to keep going.. constantly reminding myself that if i slowed down, i would be caught up...

and there i went.. towards the finishing line, i got 2nd.. won the Japanese lady..but lost to a Ang Moh whom i never seen in the race... after i looked at the results, i realised i was out of the swim behind the champion but my run was faster.. however due to the 3 mins slower in the swim, i could not catch up with her...

its ok... for me, it was really a good race... for me, this year is a marathon year... not a triathlon year... well when u race.. keep in mind that the race is for yourself.. and what your goal is, only then can we achieve to a level of satisfaction...

i really felt the joy when friends mentioned that my run had improved.. i din realis it myself, . and thanks to michelle for the photos.. i love it a lot..!

n shu!who braved the race with a diahhroea! gd job!

n our photos after the race!
and obviously my most supportive supporter.. who also did the race and came in top 50!

and then i was up on the stage with Dr Bervin Lee... haha seen him quite a few times on the stage.. he keeps saying "so when is the next race i am going to present prizes to you again?"