Army Half Marathon..

Went for the Army Half Marathon today. Well, didn't do the Half Marathon but rather the Sheares' Bridge Run, which was 12km.. Still quite shag. Haven't ran more than 3km for about a month already. And it always feels good after the run, but NOT during the run.. Haha.. The down part was having to book in on a Saturday night, when I could have easily been watching football at home.. -.-"

The run was enjoyable. Ran with my men.. Groaned together alot. The shag part was when the scout PC passed me the company flag. It was only 3-4 km into the run but it was the climbing up Sheares' Bridge part, moreover, in any run, that distance covered is the part when u feel the most shag one. Well, so he passed me the company flag. The thing is, alot of pple damn cui already, so walking like grandfathers.. Super bo liao. And when I run pass, everyone will take a look and go. "WA! Guards leh!!" Sibei jia lat. This means.. I CANNOT STOP!!! And I'm not bull shitting. It's really like every mother's son that I overtook went, "Guards!!".. Sian!! And holding the flag meant I couldn't swing one of my arms and I lost some momentum and my men pulled away from me slowly. So, I decided to just chiong, catch up with them, and hand the flag to them! Wahahaha!! The feedback after the run was the same, my men told me everywhere they go with the flag, people will start whaoing.. -.-" And so, they also lan lan cannot stop, have to carry on running till they find the next 'victim'. Haha..

Some nice looking girls along the way to make the event even more worthwhile. There's something bothering me, that is.. When we reached the finishing line, there was this bunch of teenage girls behind the railing cheering for us and reached their hands out for high 5. But sadly, none of my batallion guys actually returned the encouragement. I mean, speaking from a purely sporting point of view, return the high 5 la!! Never return make them look like kuku!! And from another point, u get some perk too right?! Stupid army men. I would have high 5 with them, if I had not been filtered all the way to the other side of the road. =p

And so, we're now all left to nurse our sore muscles. Those who ran the half marathon would feel the pain even more. Hopefully they'd be alright. Thinking of going for Stan Chart.. But burning a Sunday morning like this is quite dumb.. Anyone wanna go?!

shall we eat?

Eh gang... I seriously think we should go get some good food to pamper ourselves soon. Heh.. Shall we?

Erm, anyone else who's game to dine with me just gimme a ring! =)

Frustration..

Went for a follow up on my ankle. It's damn frustrating because I couldn't get much physio done and the condition is more or less status quo. Which means, the doc could only ask me to try out physio again, and gave me yet another 3 months period. Sigh..

It is very frustrating. I had hoped that the doc could do more for me. But I guess he was as clueless as I was to what could be done. Physio seems the right way out, if not for the nature of my 'occupation' now, it would be clear cut. Already, I'm finding it hard to get proper rest, let alone doing physio. It may sound like excuses, but being in a batallion gearing for operational status is not fun.

I seriously felt damn down and helpless after I saw him. It's kind of inexplicable. But I know that chances are 3 months down the road, it will be the same old story, simply because the schedule in camp shows no letting up. Unless I really get the blessings from my superiors to go for intensive physio sessions, I'm really just doing alot of "henta-keki".. Marching on the spot, no progress and slowly but surely damaging my ankle further.

Sigh.

6A gathering..

Today was the day we chose to commemorate 10 years of graduation from Pei Chun. Hmm, turn out was poorer than last year's.. I guess some people lose some interest, when the gathering loses some sense of novelty.. Shrug.. Or people are just too busy.. Chatted a bit with those we rarely see.. But a conversation is hard to sustain. It's alot of finding how and what people are doing now. And I get a kind of satisfaction looking at the shocked faces of guys who got to know that I am in Guards now. Lol. I think I'm going mad.

Thereafter, went to Mel's place to see her granny. Had an uneasy time trying to shake off the people who aren't from the Gang. Quite awkward. But managed to do so in the end. Heng ah.. But we told them the truth that we're going to visit. So I guess they found it awkward to follow also.

Anyway, it's really quite drastic how life changes in 3 months. I last saw granny when the EPL season was going to end, back in April; today is the kick off of the new season...

I guess nothing much I can do, except to be there physically and mentally, for Mel and her family. Eh, Mel.. Don't worry ah. You know you'll always have the bunch of us! =) Please take care and work hard Down Under.. 加油！！

Finally, rest..

It's been quite a while since I have been able to rest peacefully at home.. The last weekend was spent at demolition range. Along with my other pioneer commanders, we are the Subject Matter Experts when it comes to demolition. Haha, the very "big" names SAF slaps onto people who are a little more trained in certain fields than others..

Really felt the effect of not having a day off or what.. Monday this week and I was already feeling damn jaded, physically and mentally. Luckily National Day is here and we get a short week. And to top it off, get an off-in-lieu today for the Saturday burnt 2 weeks ago. So it's a super long weekend.

NDP.. Watched the full telecast. But somehow, as it always has been, the segment that truly engages me is still the parade. The mass displays sometimes seems like just, mess(y) displays.. Needless to say, fireworks engages anybody. And I plan to go see fireworks at Marina soon.. =)