Run for life!!
Was slacking on the couch having dinner and watching 'The Biggest Loser', suddenly there were 3 loud beeps and across the tv screen the words 'Tornado Watch' was flashing, after which they showed all the counties that was in danger of tornadoes and ours was one of them! John and I immediately started packing our important documents and put them all in our bags ready to leave. John shut down his laptop and prepared for takeoff.... Well, at this juncture after packing my stuff I went to surf a bit for more info and found out that a tornado watch is not as serious as a tornado warning. After a couple of minutes we kinda steadied ourselves and started laughing, to think we almost wanted to set up a detail for sentry duty! Knn, I wonder what would have happened if really got tornado warning, cb sure panic until peng one. So for those of you who are in singapore, count ur blessing that you have no natural disasters to worry about. Whatever it is, I think it's still scary to some extent a tornado 2 weeks back killed 23 in their sleep in southern indiana. I have to admit it's a little to close for comfort...
Back on the homefront grandpa's at home now and recovering fine from his recent hospital stay. I'm glad everything turned out just fine, it's a big relief. We were supposed to view a car last saturday but as it turned out the car got sold before we could make a move. I did remind john to call up the seller to reserve the car but unfortunately the cell phone number was wrong and the next day when we got in touch with her the car was sold! Damn it was a good deal for a minivan costing just 900 buckaroos and not in too bad shape. Oh well, we'll just look out for the next good deal that comes along....
Last weekend was out at a pub called 'That Place in Greenwood' in greenwood(bummer!) listening to some band called The Flying Toasters. They were pretty good except that I didn't know more than half the songs!! It was kinda surreal being there, we were sorta young there the mean age is like 40+. The scene was was one watches in american movies, and now we're part of the movie! I guess it was pretty cool to see those auntie uncle some even ah gong ah ma hit the dance floor and basically just have a good time. I certainly hope I can be like that when I'm older.
Saturday and sunday were spent bumming in front of the pc and tv, basically pa game and watch tv until luan. One of the tv programs that caught my attention was the Hawaii Ironman competition, the Hawaii Ironman does what the Boston marathon does for marathons, it is the Ironman to be at. For the uninitiated, an Ironman is an 'expanded' triatlon consisting of a 2.4-mile ocean swim, 112-mile bike race and 26.2-mile run. Obviously any one of those items alone would take the wind of us mere mortals. I'm still planning to do a half marathon and then a full one. Been slowly trying to increase my mileage weekly, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed I don't get injured or something.
The most stiking thing about the ironman was that they sort of featured 3 special athletes, the first one was afflicted with ALS, a disease which basically leaves him unable to use his left arm. The second featured athlete had a prostetic right foot, she didn't make the cutoff time for the marathon last year and it was heart wrenching to see her in tears and being heartbroken on tv during last year's race. Hold your breath cos the last guy featured is an 80 yr old grandfather! I think I really gotta hand it to these folks for the spirit and determination they've showed. When you see them cross the finishing line, it can bring a tear to your eye. On a side note, last year's man champion was really sway, he had not one but two flat tires during the cycling phase and lost a lot of time with the first flat. During the second flat, he lost it and broke down, saying 'it's over, i have no more power left'.... I guess one does need some luck to win a competition.
The internet connection's sort of unstable of late and I'm feeling lazy to update the blog anyways so I'll be putting up a link to John's blog, he uploads pictures more frequently and whatever he does I should be there too so dun really need to double post bah. Going off to the big apple and boston from 23rd to 28th so watch out for more updates.....
Back on the homefront grandpa's at home now and recovering fine from his recent hospital stay. I'm glad everything turned out just fine, it's a big relief. We were supposed to view a car last saturday but as it turned out the car got sold before we could make a move. I did remind john to call up the seller to reserve the car but unfortunately the cell phone number was wrong and the next day when we got in touch with her the car was sold! Damn it was a good deal for a minivan costing just 900 buckaroos and not in too bad shape. Oh well, we'll just look out for the next good deal that comes along....
Last weekend was out at a pub called 'That Place in Greenwood' in greenwood(bummer!) listening to some band called The Flying Toasters. They were pretty good except that I didn't know more than half the songs!! It was kinda surreal being there, we were sorta young there the mean age is like 40+. The scene was was one watches in american movies, and now we're part of the movie! I guess it was pretty cool to see those auntie uncle some even ah gong ah ma hit the dance floor and basically just have a good time. I certainly hope I can be like that when I'm older.
Saturday and sunday were spent bumming in front of the pc and tv, basically pa game and watch tv until luan. One of the tv programs that caught my attention was the Hawaii Ironman competition, the Hawaii Ironman does what the Boston marathon does for marathons, it is the Ironman to be at. For the uninitiated, an Ironman is an 'expanded' triatlon consisting of a 2.4-mile ocean swim, 112-mile bike race and 26.2-mile run. Obviously any one of those items alone would take the wind of us mere mortals. I'm still planning to do a half marathon and then a full one. Been slowly trying to increase my mileage weekly, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed I don't get injured or something.
The most stiking thing about the ironman was that they sort of featured 3 special athletes, the first one was afflicted with ALS, a disease which basically leaves him unable to use his left arm. The second featured athlete had a prostetic right foot, she didn't make the cutoff time for the marathon last year and it was heart wrenching to see her in tears and being heartbroken on tv during last year's race. Hold your breath cos the last guy featured is an 80 yr old grandfather! I think I really gotta hand it to these folks for the spirit and determination they've showed. When you see them cross the finishing line, it can bring a tear to your eye. On a side note, last year's man champion was really sway, he had not one but two flat tires during the cycling phase and lost a lot of time with the first flat. During the second flat, he lost it and broke down, saying 'it's over, i have no more power left'.... I guess one does need some luck to win a competition.
The internet connection's sort of unstable of late and I'm feeling lazy to update the blog anyways so I'll be putting up a link to John's blog, he uploads pictures more frequently and whatever he does I should be there too so dun really need to double post bah. Going off to the big apple and boston from 23rd to 28th so watch out for more updates.....
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