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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.

Alright, this was supposed to be a post for yesterday. But i was too tired after the whole Leadership Seminar that u plopped into bed with fatigue without blogging about this wonderful experience.

Yes, as you might have guessed it, i had my blood donated in school yesterday. Its the Blood donation drive jointly organized by my school’s Red Cross Humanitarian Network with the HSA BloodBank to urge students like us to donate blood.

Well, it ain’t my first time donating blood, so since i’ve already been used to it, i should just continue it. Furthermore, its not like I have the time to get down to the blood bank every 3 months to donate my blood. Since the opportunity is just right in front of my doorstep, so i’ll hesitate no more.

At this point of time, you might be thinking. Why Give Blood?

The Bloodbank@HSA needs to collect at least 350 units of blood every day to meet the transfusion needs of patients at all the hospitals in Singapore. With an aging population and more sophisticated medical procedures, the need for donors is increasing.Actually, life’s really unpredictable. We never know when we’ll need blood from someone else. We never know if any mishaps would happen to us when we step out of our doorstep.

Like for instance, the old lady that was knocked down by a reversing lorry. It all happen just like a flash, no one could anticipated anything. You never know, the blood that you’ve donated could have saved a life.

Myths and facts of Blood Donation

• Many might complain that it takes up a lot of time to donate. However that fact is that it takes less than half an hour. The process is really quick and fast, and most importantly hassle free.
• “Ooooouchh” The needle looks so intimating!! It’s got to feel real pain. Trash that thought out of your mind. The pain that one feel is really minimal, the medical officers are rather professional and they apply adequate anesthetics to your skin which makes it feel almost painless.
  
• The whole process is definitely safe. All needles are carefully sterile and clean and disposed after use.
  

These are some of the of the thoughts that might discourage one from donating blood. Eliminate them with the good thoughts of helping others, only then you can feel a sense of joy.

Its not like everyone is capable of giving blood. there are some requirements as well.

Weight : At least 45 kg (100 Ibs.) for both males and females

Age : 16 to 60 years

Health : Generally good

Well Being : Feeling well that day.

Haemoglobin level: at least 12.5 g/dl

The list just goes on and on. There are also people who really wish to help, but have weak veins or some other physical problems in them.

I’m feeling really great and fortunate to be able to give blood. The sense of satisfactory is unmeasurable.

So if you meet the basic requirement, what are you waiting for. Give blood now!

Some pictures,

This is the cute blood drop ball that they give you to squeeze to pump your blood out quickly.
The certificate that acknowledge your donation

Your generosity by donating blood can certainly make a difference between life and death.

For more information, log on to http://www.hsa.gov.sg/html/consumer/ctm_how_to_be_a_donor.html

People I’m back. Though its just a short one 2 day break from using the comp, it certainly pains me when i can’t punch my fingers on those keys on the keyboard.

The feeling of being back here, once again, the same keys, BUT a different system. I upgraded to a new faster system. AMD Athlon 64 with a AMD2 Motherboard, new graphics and more powerful RAM of 1 GB.

I got to acknowledge this, THANKS A GAZILLION TO Tan Kian Hwee for putting everything together with his computing knowledge, and also Felix for his diagnostic. Before the former gets petty about things. Haha, just JOKING.

Alright, some daily stuffs before some of my readers stop visiting my blog for those boring controversy posts that I’ve written. Things been more than 20cents boring than it could be especially without my dear system, life just feels empty without it.

Also, went out to Marina Square to celebrate the July babies of my class’s guys. For the celebration we went to this Japanese buffet restaurant called “Yuki Yaki”. Pictures below for your own reference unless you want to visit it.

The buffet’s pretty much the same as those in Marina Bay, just that there’s slightly more and CLEANER varieties, theres this fabulous solution called drink which remains vacant unless paid for in Marina Bay. And most importantly, its air-conditioned, with proper seats and services. Overall, thumbs up for the environment. The extra 5 bucks would be well worth under my pile of thoughts, though the food tastes pretty much the same.

As usual, class outing would end up in some mischievous manner, look at the works of KH.

He literally dumped the whole fish head into the TomYam Soup which makes it look and taste bad.And look at the other table,

Look at the amount of soot accumulating on the pan, they seem to be still enjoying it.

Disclaimer: This is not my table, its Shao’s table. I don’t wish for cancer to strike me.

Here comes the most interesting part of the day. In this particular restaurant, you get to make your own ice-cream in a pan. Don’t ask me how, it just happens. Go experience it yourself. It pretty interesting i must admit. It’s not everyday you get such chances.

This is the ice-cream platform that we successfully made. With a stick of biscuit on top and abundance amount of rainbow rice as topping.

Thats about 20odds for a student price.
For old folks like me, catch it before your youth dies.Rhyme isn’t it, haha.

Imeen’s getting on my nerves for not being able to play my songs for the full length. Shall do something about it soon. In the meantime, bear with the 30secs sample and appreciate the essence out of it.

Folk’s good luck in receiving back your results in a couple of days time. Though the destiny is pretty much sealed.

Cheers!

Hmm.. Today’s the start of the MID-YEAR EXAMINATION!

Didn’t proceed the day as expected, was supposed to wake up early, much early to revise and look through my notes and other stuffs like ironing my clothes and having a nice bathe. BUT… Ended up, waking up late because the handphone has failed to ring that alarm. Maybe because of that, things did not go that well for my Maths paper…

AAAaaaooooo…. EXCUSES MR. DARYL LIM

Haha. Alright, i admit. I haven’t been practising much. But the truth, wasn’t feeling very well during the paper. Though i think its much better and manageable then the block test one.Tomorrow’s the ultimate. The Physical Geog paper. Where are my hints??

Alright i found them… But do they actually look friendly enough to be called “tips”?

Hmm.. Let me clear some pictures and stories.
During the June Vacation, I was a Kota Tinggi and Kuantan, Malaysia for my Geography field trip . Though it was a short 3D2N trip, it was rather enriching as we Geog students get to see and touch what we have always been mugging on the notes.
The feeling of seeing the “real” thing makes you have the feeling

Hmmmm… So Its truee..

We can also get to revise some of the geological concepts and at the same time have some fun..
Let me post some of the seeing, at the same time revise my physical geog.Lets get down to some pictures, dun get to envied.

First Pit stop, even before proceeding to the resort is the Kota Tinggi Waterfall. I have been longing so see one for so long as i’ve never seen one before. Other than the man- made one at Jurong Bird Park which looks so fake.

Ok then, we had to climb all the way up the hill, as there are more magnificent ones at the top of the “hill” i suppose. Sad to say, we were all not in loose costume to get ourselves submerge in the water to feel the gushing of the water. I think it would definitely feel super refreshing and its hydraulic action which generates great force would make the experience better than jacuzzi.

You might think that the gradient of this place we are standing is so low, but the force of the water is rather great and people might fall if without a good foothold.

A Pretty Nice Group Photo of 0603 + huiyen

This is the end of the waterfall, it looks so muddy and cloudy because of it slow speed and it has high suspension load as the water from all the way high up the hill picks up other debris that has followed through due to erosive power of the Waterfall.

We saw this monkey at the lounge area where people have their picnics, there was this smart monkey which stole a whole bottle of Pringles and climbed up the tree where he consumed it himself.

However, not soon after he dropped the whole can. Attracting other of his own species to fight for it.

Next, we proceeded to the resort and then went for Tor Studies. For non-geog students out there. You might wonder what is a Tor. A Tor is a granitic landform. Where it is made up of minerals such as feldspar and biotite which undergo hydrolysis that chemically weakens the rock. It is formed mainly due to Deep Chemical Weathering and Exhumation, a.k.a Stripping of regolith. The process goes like this..

1. Deep chemical weathering
2. Stripping of Regolith
3. Spheroidal Weathering

Yada yada… Take a look for yourself. There are also vegetations which has emerged on teh Tor itself.

Other than that, at the bottom of the Tor, we also saw something.. The “Earth Pillars”

Aren’t they adorable, uprooted soil with a rock cap.

Sidetrack a bit a beautiful butterfly caught our attention…

The next morning, we went for River studies. The feeling of submerging your legs in the River is uber “shiok”. Where under the scorching sun, you experience coolness on your feet.

The river is actually very clean and clear if you look at it closely.At the river, we measured the river’s velocity, its wetted perimeter, distance and many other variables. We used the simplified version of
Speed=Distance x Time
where we use a pingpong ball and a stopwatch with a large measuring tape.

Watch us hard at work.

Then we headed for Kuantan, the bus journey was like 4-5 hours. As usual, we spent the time through our favourite pastime. SLEEPING. Though its a bit of chore to sleep while sleeping. But we are trained during lecture to do that, so its NO FEAT for us. Marvelous ain’t it?We arrived at Kuantan and we went to the beach

The beautiful scenery which is no where close to Singapore’s East Coast Park. The waters are much much cleaner too. I felt so ashamed. We had beach soccer and went for dinner at some Seafood Restaurant.

The next day….

We went to the limestone which was known as Gua Charas.

This was a tree that grows from clutching itself onto the limestone itself.
Look at those roots, they are hanging on mid-air.

These are known as Stalactites. They hang on limestone caverns where it is form when water is mixed with calcium carbonate

This is the picture of the smaller limestone cave at the top of the limestone. The Bigger one was too dark for me to take any photos.

Alright, a final group photo before we head to Kuantan Mall for shopping and then back to Singapore. The bus ride was horrendous. Super long journey. In the end we didn’t stop at Yong Peng hence spent very little.

Thats all i guess, for the Malaysia Field Trip. Hopefully i has revised some of my Geographical Concepts. Time to Sleep… ZzzZzzz. Good luck for my Physical Geog paper tomorrow, and all others taking Midyears now.