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I’m glad i went for the run early this morning. Though there was a heavily downpour all around Singapore then. Spirit was a little dampened by the rain and the fact that it was a solo trail, it improved a little upon seeing that there were other runners on the train as well.

There were already many people there already when i reached. The sky was still kinda dark when i reached, partial cloudy and drizzle. The starting location was at Tanjong Beach, quite a walk from beach station.

The run had successfully attracted more that 7000 people to come forward to join the race, to show their support to fund for the research for cancer, which was previously known as the “Terry Fox Run”

A whole lot of people were at the tent, sheltering themselves from the rain. Registering and getting the free perks from the run. Also to place their baggage properly.

The weather started to turn better as the run gets nearer. It finally flagged off at 8a.m.

That’s my timing for the 8KM race. it was quite a feat to run in the sand considering that its a little wet from the rain. The rest of the terrain were rather alright. Could say that it was quite a nice run, with the cool weather and the support from the volunteers.

And it ended finally.

The run certificate, which was only available to the first 1000 runners i think.

He’s Ezzy, he completed the 8KM race with the crutches. I bet his determination was burning furiously when he ran the race. My salutation to him.

Some “Run For Hope” Merchandise

T- Shirt

Wrist Band.

Headed home not long after the race, the wasn’t much sun to get tanned anyway.Having rested for a few days, its time to hit back the notes.

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Some facts about Terry Fox

Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada’s west coast. An active teenager involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg amputated 15 centimetres (six inches) above the knee in 1977.While in hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients, many of them young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.

He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope.

After 18 months and running over 5,000 kilometres (3,107 miles) to prepare, Terry started his run in St. John�s, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 with little fanfare. Although it was difficult to garner attention in the beginning, enthusiasm soon grew, and the money collected along his route began to mount. He ran 42 kilometres (26 miles) a day through Canada’s Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario.

It was a journey that Canadians never forgot.

However, on September 1st, after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles), Terry was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario because cancer had appeared in his lungs. An entire nation was stunned and saddened. Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at age 22.

The heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy was just beginning.

To date, more than $400 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry’s name through the annual Terry Fox Run, held across Canada and around the world.

 

 

 

 

 

“I’m not doing my run to become rich and famous. To me, being famous is not the idea of the run. the only important part is finding a cure for cancer. Don’t forget that. I’m no different from any of you – I’m no better, or worse. You are cheering and clapping for me but if you have given $1, then you are part of the Marathon of Hope. Even if i don’t finish, we need others to continue. It’s got to keep going without me.”

Terry Fox – July 11, 1980

Finally i brought my new Asics Gel-2120, which cost me 144bucks to Bishan Park for some test run. Haven’t been able to do that since the weather recently had been rather bad. I would say that the support and cushioning was pretty awesome.

Completed my first 3.3km in 17mins, but the subsequent rounds of timing wasn’t that fantastic, still able to complete 10K in 1 hour which was still alright i guess.

There’s the Run For Hope for cancer research(formerly known as Terry Fox Run) this Sunday at Sentosa.

Do sign up and soon. Registration is available here. If you are going, please drop me a call. I’ll be there for the 8K run. Hope to see you there.

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As promised earlier in my posts, i mentioned that i have a different take about the whole event about birthdays itself. Let me elaborate more.

Since young, its not a very tradition thing to do in my family to celebrate birthdays, to us it probably is just another day of your life. Hence, i have grown to take a different perception about birthdays altogether.

Kids shouldn’t pester their parents so much about getting birthday presents, well if you think of it, it should be the day one should feel most grateful to their parents.

What should we be grateful for?

• The pains that mummy have suffered for 9-10 months with me in her foetus. Not to mention the knocks and frequent kicks.
• The actual labour process itself, which was deemed as the highest threshold of pain human could ever endure.
• The part and parcel of growing up, care and concern, the anger, the disappointment, the stress.

Though young kids might be too young to understand this, hopefully they will when they grow up that birthday is not all about gifts and parties. Its the time to think of the years your parents had brought you into this year, nurturing and providing. The period for thanksgiving and appreciation.

Hence the very thing that i told my mum was:

“Thanks for taking care me for the the past 18 years.”

This was especially meaningful when this is my 18th Birthday where its the legal age for much stuffs. 18 years is a long period, and i am grateful for that.-

Alright, now acknowledge for people who have wished me happy birthday. To you guys, i want to say a BIG thank you for remembering and making an effort even if it was just a simple text message. It certainly made my day brighter.

In order of appearance

Tiffany, Jiahao, Yu Qing, Xue Li, Shirley, Shahirah, Dickson, Yong De, Siew Cheng, Melissa Kong, Tommy, Gloria, Jessic, Daowei, Esther, Lizi, Mabel, Henrietta, Lee San, Beatrice, Wai Sze, Sharon, Jancy, Linda, Usha, James, Cheng Song, Elaine and Lester

Special mention to…

Tiffany- for remembering it as 9Sept, hence being the first, though its unofficial.Jiahao, Yuqing, Xueli- for making it right at the spot on 12am.

Tommy- for publicizing it on his blogg as well.

Jessic- for purposely waiting for the time 10:09<— 10/09 to send me the message, much effort. thanks! Esther, Lizi, Mabel, Beatrice- for the friendster comment

Wai Sze- for demanding a present from me on my Birthday.

Henrietta- though we haven’t talked for ages, other than the coincidence meeting in YCK Stadium

Linda- for the doughnuts from Munchy’s, i bet they cost you half an hour at least.

Usha- for sharing the same birthday as me. FYI, she’s my primary school form teacher.

Lester- for making it the last position

Also, happy birthday to Hanming and Chew ling, whom happen to share the same DOB as me, don’t if its a blessing for you or not?

These are the doughnuts from Munchy’s, don’t they look sinful. Guess its gonna be 3km for each of them.

Finally, the once in a year event has ended. Well, its just another 365 days before it comes all over again. Before that, please be reminded that i am of legal age of alcohol and M18 shows. So please do not leave me out of these treats.

Till then,
happy belated birthday to myself.
(its 12:28am 11Sept now)

Opps… its the 6th anniversary of the 911 attack.

World Peace.

The hundred post this shall be. For the running of the blog for almost 3 years.

Recently, i stumbled upon this wonderful video which i had known about but didn’t have the chance to really view it.

SUPER-SIZE ME

Super Size Me is an Academy Award-nominated 2004 documentary film, directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. It follows a 30-day time period (February 2003) during which Spurlock subsists exclusively on McDonald’s fast food and stops exercising regularly.The film documents this lifestyle’s drastic effects on Spurlock’s physical and psychological well-being and explores the fast food industry’s corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit. During the filming, Spurlock dined at McDonald’s restaurants three times per day, sampling every item on the chain’s menu at least once. He consumed an average of 5,000 calories (the equivalent of 9.26 Big Macs) per day during the experiment.-
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eriously, i think this film has drastically changed my perception about MacDonald’s food. The nutritional level of such food are close to null. I think you guys should really watch this film. It doesn’t matter if you are a big fan of McDonald’s or just a frequent visitor.Nutritionist have commented that one should never eat such food unless its in the time of a war, to the extent that there is absolutely no food available for survival.However, for the past few days, I’ve been visiting McDonald’s. Not for the food, but for the space there to study. No matter how hard it is for us to boycott McDonald’s, is somewhat a difficult task to do it.

1. Its the only fast food restaurant that opens 24hrs, for overnight muggers to camp in.
2. It ALL OVER THE island.
3. It’s easy identifiable as meeting place.

I was studying at one of them just now, i saw this China Dad, forcing his young child, around 4 years old, a McChicken. I took almost an hour and a half for that kid to finish the whole burger. It must have took him great pain to complete that difficult task.

Why does he want to choose to dine at McDonald’s albeit the fact that there is a proper food centre just beside it. Be it cost or nutritional, it would definitely be wise to choose the latter.

The fact that they actually place such a notice, it shows that the the influx of customers coming to McDonald’s is high, so high that students can’t study there. But the fact is no one actually cares about such notices, though i try real hard not to buy anything from there. If the circumstance do not really allow, a cup of green tea will do the job.

Nutritional Fact

Its funny how McDonald try to promote its food to increase the confidence of health conscious customers by placing nutritional facts about their food. Its funny that they only put the fact of the small size Coke drink on the nutritional fact sheet.

How quality fast food can be, when most of them were frozen food. They made it sound as if their food were really healthy. Balance diet? Active lifestyle?

The average calories a person take daily is 2000kcal. One normal Big Mac meal would cost about 1150 kcal, which is more than half that of the daily intake. So, imagine a McDonald meal 3 times a day.

“Awesome”

I would not be surprise if McDonald press some charges for this. But it is important that i make this clear to my friends around me the harm that such food would bring.

The video above shows how McDonald food decompose over time. You will see how the fries that they produce break down over time.

FYI, the faster the food break down, the easier will it for food to be digested. Just take a look, in case you thought that McDonald fries are similar to other substitutes.

Hence, avoid these food at all costs. It will benefit your own health and your pocket. Make the wise choice.

To watch the movie, press here.