ytd, for the first time ever i ran in a distance running event ~ the 100plus saucony passion run. and it was quite an experience i got to say.

although it was only 15km, and i clocked a disappointingly lousy timing of 1hr 39 mins for such a short distance, the feeling of finally finishing was still quite great. well, at least i finally ran in some sort of running event. hah.

anyway, to start off, we got there late. cos of fatass la..tell him to meet 0615 to take cab there since our wave flag off at 7am sharp..he fucking wake up at 0615 and take his own sweet time showering and changing, coming down only at 635. heng wei jian's father drove us there. if not we would not even be able to reach by the time our wave flag off. worse thing is, fatass still thinks he did nothing wrong. wtf..

when we finally got to ecp carpark e2, we decided to slow jog over to the start line..and just then.. we heard the counting down followed by the blast of the horn signalling the start of the race. well, kan cheong now as we were, we just cheonged over to the baggage deposit area and dumped our stuff and started running towards the start line..and by then it had ald started for 3 mins liao.

so well, after we settled into our individual comfortable pace, we just started running as per normal, treating it like a normal training run, just with a hell lot more ppl involved. haha. at first, i was running quite briskly, overtaking alot of ppl, until i saw the 3km sign board..i was like, WTF??!! i've been running for quite a while now and its only 3km?!! after which, the signboard for every kilometre seem to come slower and slower, and i got so sian i just slowed down and ran slowly, taking in the sights and sounds rather than concentrating on finishing with my initial aim of 1 hr 20 mins. by the time i hit 10km..i was abt 7 to 8 mins slower than my usual 10km timing... and at this point..i started feeling even more sian for some strange reason..and thus..needless to say..i finished with my lousy timing of 1 hr 39 min in the end.

finished the run, collected the finisher medal and goody bag (more like trash bag!) since it contained nth but stupid flyers and pamphlets from those companies involved in the organization of the race..commercial crap telling u to go buy this product/ service or the other.. a sport visor and no finisher tee.. unlike what was stated on the race kit package and website. and when we enquired abt it the information desk, the bloody woman had the cheek to be quai lan to us by saying, " what u expect for 18 dollars?" certainly not this bag of trash that i got with me right now! i wanted to retort back, but decided not to argue since we were both tired.

fatass wanted to wait and see whether we would tio the lucky draw, but end up we didn't and wasted 2 hrs at the tentage just being bored and tired. i had only slept an hr on saturday night, before i got up for the run on sunday.. and thus it was even more tiring.

by the time they finally got to the first prize and we realized we were not getting any..we got up and started another 1hr route march to the end of ecp, to where the former big splash was..got there even more tired, what else..but it was totally worth it..had carl's junior until we were filled to the brim..finished lunch and finally we got on a cab to home sweet home.

although ytd's run was quite a disappointment..it was still a good experience i think. personally, i realized my lousy performance was due to lack of trg and sufficient rest.. since i hadn't been slping well the entire week and was also lazy to train in the 3 weeks preceding the event. but not anymore.. for the next event, the army half marathon.. im gg to make sure i train sufficiently and slp well the previous night, so that i might achieve my goal of finishing it in under 2hrs.

ttz all for now.

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cant really think of a title for this entry, so i think i'll just stick with an 'update' haha.

anyway, even thou i said earlier on that i would upload pictures of my thailand trip last month, my nua-ness has managed to get the better of me and i just kept putting it off until i finally decided not to do it since there weren't so many pictures to start with anyway.

well, 3 weeks has past since i came back to singapore, and in that time, some changes have occurred at work. firstly, i no longer sit back at the logistics section of my office; i've officially moved up to the front office to a workstation that is right opposite my boss, of all people!

and i now no longer deal solely with logistics/ inventory and the occasional technical issue that may come up..i am starting to learn the ropes of sales and running the local market from my senior colleagues.

this is mainly because while in thailand, my boss fired one of the guys there, and he decided not to hire any more thais to run the local office there as the previous ones in the past few years have all fucked up one way or another. thus, he is now sending my senior who is singaporean but half thai (he was born thai anyway) up to thailand fortnightly to manage the stuff up there. so, whenever he's not ard, i have to start taking charge of his business here in the singapore market/ i.e. liaise with his dealers, make presentations and stuff/ send biz quotations blah blah blah and basically just abt everything on his scope.

and thus, today started my new challenge of manning the fort when he's not ard since he just left for bangkok this morning and won't be back until saturday.

and well, i'll say it was quite challenging but still not that bad la..suddenly, phone calls started coming in directed to me!(seems like he had informed his local dealers to look for me during this week of his absence) and initially i had no grasp of what's happening..i jumped here and there looking for his files on pricelists and specs and what nots and kept referring to my product manuals in order to solve the enquiries coming in.

but hey, in the end, i managed just fine and i can say it was a good start to my baptism by fire, if i may even call it that.

i believe tmr and the days that follow will get even more challenging for me but thats ok cause with greater power, comes greater responsibility and now that im starting to be in the hot seat, it kind of feels right even though i am constantly being bombarded by calls and emails and enquiries and the like. i actually feel that i am doing something fulfilling ever since i joined geberit 1 year ago.

so keep them coming! the challenges i mean, and i will give my best to overcome everything in the way until i can one day be given the responsibility of handling a sales market/ region of my own. lol

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just got back from thailand late last nite, and i must say, its been a whirlwind 10 days.

got pretty pissed off at the airport when i got in and couldn't find my luggage at the conveyor belt. made a report but couldn't really do much else except go back home and twiddle my thumbs and wait. luckily they found it this morning and delivered it back home for me while i was at work. turns out it got stranded back in bangkok. hah.

haven't had the time to upload any pictures yet, but anyway, its only a few cos i didn't have any time for sightseeing since its a working trip. will try to post the few presentable ones up here once i have the time. and there's so much to talk abt my time in thailand tt i cant really rmbr everything but i hope to be able to give an accurate if not an interesting account of it once i've sorted out my stuff and have more time.

but right now, im just really tired and im gg to bed liao. nite ppl.

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greetings fr thailand. been here for the 7th day now. working. haven't had the chance to go shop or do anything else since i get back late to the hotel every nite tired like a dog, and go str to bed after showering. but really see many interesting things here.. like taxis in a variety of colors nt found elsewhere. and super hot girls, or ladyboys, i dunno la.. cant really tell. just hope i dont ons the wrong one, haha. otherwise, its been a good experience so far. cant really say more, gotta go back to work liao. pictures when i come back. ciao.

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bloody hell..i think my boss is out of his fucking mind. every bloody corporate event also want me to cosplay fucking phua chu kang..how bout pua chee bye instead? i feel like telling him..

it started with the 'geberit thank you event' at goodwood park hotel almost two months ago, where we organised a buffet of sorts to thank our dealers for their support in the past year. playing pck down there was alright..being singapore and all..and after all..its become quite a household name for the last decade and everyone knws him.

but what the fuck! fancy telling me to bring the fucking act all the way to thailand in my upcoming trip and even to kl again in july. who the hell cares abt bloody pck down there? i dont think they even knw who the fuck he is, much less give a rat's ass abt him.

and now, i've just been informed that i have to play the clown again at the singapore institute of architects dinner in may again. wtf??!! really..my boss may think its a novelty, fun idea to have me do sth so stupid. but the one who's being made a fool at all these events is ME!!! NOT HIM!!! even worse, everyone at the event will be properly dressed in blazers and shirts, while i have to play this sloppy clown in the huge yellow boots and even more disgusting afro wig and mole!

seriously, i cant understand why the fuck he came up with this idea. after all, pck has long since stop screening on local tv..even the original actor, gurmit singh, has stopped being tt disgusting contractor and gone into a clean cut look for years. so why the fuck am i still being put up to such stupid stunts!?

mayb my boss thinks its funny, but not me.. i think its downright disgusting, embarassing and fucked up! but what can i do? he's my boss after all, and he will always have the final say. ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!FUCK THIS!!!!!!!!!

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i'm quitting boozing as of today. no more heavy drinking for me.

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