well, since my last post, i've managed to complete a 16.8km run/walk/jog in a little over 2 hours and 3 minutes. not too shabby for a first try. or at least, that's what i'm telling myself :P

it was quite an experience i must say. at some point, no matter what song you have blasting through your headphones to keep you going, all you hear are your own thoughts, asking repeatedly, "what the hell are you doing? what in the world were you thinking when you signed up for this??!"

the first thing i felt when i crossed the finish line was relief. as for the satisfaction of having completed it? well, that only came later. much later.

it's been a pretty interesting few weeks. tumultuous in many different ways, but equally enlightening too.

anyway, on other thoughts:

i've come to realise that one of the things i hate most are people who mask their annoyance and frustration under the guise of "diplomatic" remarks, because they don't have the balls to say exactly what they mean, but want to get their point across as well, without being seen as the "bad guy".

sorry lah, but it's not something that i'm gonna layan.

on a positive note, i had just paid for my coffee almond crunch ice-cream bar, when i sauntered over to sue's side of the haagen-dazs shop, where she was ordering a scoop. i said to her,"y'know, my favouritest flavour in the world is macadamia nut brittle, but they don't sell it anymore =( ." at that very moment, i looked down, and lo-and-behold! right below the tub of macadamia nut, was.....macadamia nut brittle!!! i was absolutely delighted! so yes, with one ice-cream bar in one hand, already half eaten, i walked out of haagen-dazs with another hand holding a scoop of macadamia nut brittle ice-cream, complete with waffle cone. =D =D =D

ah, greed you say? well. yes. but life's too short to deprive yourself of the simplest joys.

i <3 macadamia brittle ice-cream.

=)