i want beef

shabuya shabu shabu ran a promotion over the weekends that allows its customers to eat a buffet spread for 90min @ $29.90++ - which also gave me unlimited supply of thinly sliced wagyu beef *slurp*. i went there with my uni gang and we had fun filling ourselves up. unfortunately, i was too busy eating and forgot to take pictures for this entry.

caught yanlin's dance performance at the heritagefest last friday. i am not very familiar with thai arts and culture but i believe she did a northern thai dance. the moves were cute and i could tell that she put in alot of effort for it. *thumbs up*

i have registered to walk 42km at december's standard chartered Singapore marathon. it was a gamble to register for the full distance because i was actually contemplating to do the 50km walk in kl the following week in an attempt to qualify for next year's commonwealth games. unfortunately, the secretary of saa failed to answer my queries on time which spurred me to go ahead with my initial plan and to take advantage of the early bird discount. luckily, the gamble paid off as i found out that the 50km walk will not be featured in the next games. however, i will still be banking on the racewalking world cup in mexico next year. i really want the national record.

walking training is picking up well. since last week, i average between 10-15km per training. i did a 5km walk (at 80% of my max heart rate) earlier and was happy with the 24:37min effort.

brother's convo will be on thursday and my mom is very excited over it. she keeps reminding me to take leave so that i can send her to ntu. oh well, mine is 3 months away!!!!

11/7

partied with my colleagues at pizza hut. it is the tradition of my team for out going staffs to give treats to everyone because it is considered a "good thing". after dinner, we went to the museum to watch performances at the night festival. although i couldn't understand some portions of it, the fireworks were great.

12/7

caught own time own target at the drama centre. the play depicts the lives of NS-men and the actors accurately portrayed the different personas of the saf soldiers. the first part was on a group of soldiers riding a tank along orchard road. it provided a comical enactment of what i went through in my active days - i was from amour then. you got the tank commander constantly breathing down the driver's neck while trying to command the other troopers in the tank.

the second part was on bmt - the transition for all guys out there. remembering all the blur faces, the physical tortures and the cxxx bxxs from our instructors trying to drill regimentation into us. no one understood why certain things was done until we became commanders ourselves. try saying "please do this" and i will guarantee that you will end up with "you mother-fxxking cxxx bxx can you all just move". after all, tough training is welfare in the saf.

i always tell my friends - "the one regret that i have in life, is not signing on with the army. the day i got my pink ic is the day i felt lost."

the run ends on jul 25, i will strongly recommend that you catch this hilarious show.

16/7

played my first 18 game at raffles country club. since my uncle is a member there, i got to play for free (thanks to a voucher from his club). as the club has 2 courses, i assumed that i would be playing on the easier one but my uncle decided to challenge me by putting me on the other course. being a green horn, i lost a total of 6 balls and hit alot of strokes. nevertheless, it was an enjoyable outing. oh yes, driving the buggy is definitely more fun than driving my own car.

17/7

took my itil certification test and i failed miserably. what to do? just retake la. haha

exams again

going to take my itil paper on friday. therefore i will not be updating my blog for the next few days.

see you all next weekend.

ndp cr (cont)

it's sealed. i will be "going home" from august. :)

i have not covered much mileage for my upcoming races due to strained shoulders from golf. i did probably a couple of 10km-s this week and hope to increase my mileage in the coming one.

i bought a nike putter (mallet head) from a carnival at the bishan driving range today. since i won't be getting a full set of golf clubs anytime soon, i think it's wiser to invest in a "personalised equipment".

went to minds cafe and helipad with my colleagues on friday. we cracked our brains over the train game and had a great time whacking and splashing each other at slamwich.

just as i thought that all was lost when i wasn't allocated any tickets for this year's ndp, my uncle managed to get my family some from camp. like i mentioned in my previous entry, this year's parade will is definitely the best. the show is divided into 10 chapters, depicting the different eras of Singapore. with comedians such as mark lee and gurmit singh as emcees, the respective segments are presented in a light and comical setting.

ndp 09 cr

my uncle got the family tickets to watch the combined rehearsal for ndp 09 and i had a great time at the floating platform.

till then, i will be back with more pictures and videos.