New Year, New Clothes
Chinese New Year is around the corner... Delicious thoughts of cookies, reunion dinner, handing out angpows by the dozen (uurrgghh), firecrackers and new clothes fill the mind....
Clothes... hai.. I remember the times when we were kids.. I'd look forward to every CNY with hopes of having a new set of clothes, matching tees and pants in reddish hues.. Tradition dictates that we clothe ourselves with new garments to usher in the New Year... Reason? I dunno... probably to signify a new beginning, enough money to buy new clothes, etc, etc...
I guess its ingrained in us... this need for buying new clothes for CNY... Just the other day, my mom was asking us whether we had already bought our clothes, my colleagues were lamenting that they haven't had the time to shop for new wear, and walking around shopping malls you'll see throngs of people surrounding the clothes aisles and waiting with lug-loads at the cashiers...
Yours truly on the other hand did not buy any new t's, nor pants, nor shirts, nor underwear this CNY... Yours truly is going against the norm... Yours truly WANTS to wear worn clothes for CNY... and yours truly can look good doin so..
All it takes is some mix and match, and people won't know (or won't notice) that you've worn that shirt umpteen times, or that pair of jeans has a stain from last year's yee sang sauce...
So, for this CNY, I dug out some of my clothes and laid them out on the sofa to see what I could pair with what... Its simple really, all you need to do is put some thought into it... and the outcome?
Maybe pair my wedding shirt and tie with my micro-mini running shorts?
Very retro and invigorating I say...Or maybe a polo-T and tie with board shorts?
Goody-goody boy with some freedom surfer attitude? Hmm...I could run down the stairs on CNY morning, wearing my running singlet and jeans..
A good running start to the year perhaps?Or if push comes to shove and my mum INSISTS I wear something
red... I guess I could..
Be Superman.HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!
Shot By A Bird
Last weekend I was supposed to take part in the Great Eastern Pacesetters 20k run and treat that as a practice run ahead of the KLIM Half in March.... However, it coincided with J's mum's birthday and we went back to TI to celebrate, along with my bro's 21st birthday.. And you know about birthday celebrations, loads of food, loads of food and loads of food... I didn't even want to wake up to run on Sunday morning...
So, today being a holiday, I decide to make it up by doin my own personal 20k this morning and I hit the streets just as it was about to light up at about 7..
Everything was goin well until the 8th km when, while I was running under some trees, I felt something drop on my sideburn next to my right ear.. Thinking it was a leaf and without breaking stride, I nonchalantly brushed it with my palm... and the horror of all mother horrors...
My palms were full of shit!!!! Shitty, yellow brown goo.... Bird poo to be more exact..!!
Luckily, I had a half full bottle of water-isotonic mix with me and I practically spent every remaining drop washing off my hands and face... Face was sticky with sweat and it became worse with 100 Plus as facewash.. Uuurrgghh...
And as if that wasn't bad enough, my right-sided ipod earpiece died on me... most probably becos of the washing of my face, I got water into the earpiece...
But what the heck, whats a little setback right? I proceeded to finish my 20k run in 2:12, and first thing I did when I got back home?....
I got J to kiss me on the cheek..... muahahahahhaa!!!!
So there... another hazard to add to my list of running outdoors... and although the possibility is not high, like running into a monitor lizard with a body as big as my thigh (this happened last month), its another thing to look out for, along with wayward motorists and uneven pavements.
What's next? Being peed on by a cat?
Bweeding Bwunny...
Remember my sinus problem in my previous post...? Now I'm spewing blood pulak....
Ouch... ouch... ouch..
Its gross.... I know... But this blog speaks the truth...Somebody save me!!!
Huff n Puff n Blow Your Lungs Out
Sniffle cough cough... Cough ackk..ackk.. sniffle...
Hai.. still recovering from a bout of the flu and a particularly nasty sinus problem.. Note to self and to readers: Never never get on a plane when you have a sinus problem, during the descent when the air pressure changes abruptly, your sinus cavity (which is blocked) expands and you'll feel like your head is gonna explode.. serious. It is excruciating.... with a capital E.X.C.R.U... I'm just too lazy to spell it. My flight to Miri and back on a business trip yesterday was pure torturous. Urrrggghhhh... Unga unga uuurrggghhhh....
Anyways, with the flu whacking me upside down over the weekend, and the rushed trip to Miri, I was hankering for a run after a 3 day hiatus... tho with a half-recovered nose and throat congestion, I was still feeling pretty under the weather...
I think its becoming some sort of obsession, this running thingy.. I feel funny if I go more than a couple of days without lacing up my runners.. so even with some viral war going on inside of me, I told myself to go out and do an easy 8km (at least) after work today.
...... I now know that a half-functioning set of lungs and crazy amounts of carbon monoxide (that's the cons of running on the road in KL) don't go well together... 3.5km into the run I was already starting to huff and puff. 1 km later, my heart started to 'cramp' up and I could feel my lungs tighten... At 5km I had to stop and walk. There goes the 8km plan... What a letdown.
On a brighter note tho, I received my 12-Hour walk certificate in the mail today...
This is motivation to do more..I also sent in my registration form for the Menara KL International Towerthon 2008, to be held on 3rd Feb. That will be my first race for 2008... and hoping for the start of numerous more..
Flippin' Em Patties....
Move Over Carl's Jr!! The new Big-Ass Burger is here!!!
Oh yea.... Due to it being a public holiday today, I had some spare time on my hands.
Woke up early for my customary run (did 9kms saja today cos got breakfast app) then met up with Des and Chris for dim sum breakfast, together with J in Puchong. After a not so sumptuous brekkie, we went off to Giant and Mydin for some grocery shopping. CNY is also around the corner, so we came back with cart-fulls of stuff...
I had decided to make burgers for dinner, so we bought some minced meat, burger buns and greens to make our home-made BK burgers (not burger king, mind you..)...
Meat patties consist of minced meat, garlic, onions, mushrooms, dollop of honey, tablespoon of apple sauce, 2 swigs of brandy, a dash of sesame oil, soy sauce, pepper and marinated with lots of love...
The real naked chef...
Egg omelettes for extra volume..
Honey glazed patties with lettuce.. They look burnt, but they're actually not. Honest.
Sauces and condiments...And voila! The final result...
I call it The Big Kahuna... ala carte goes for RM5.95
And after a couple of mouthfuls... damn chiak-lat full alredi..
It is THAT filling... no kidding...
I'm not having anymore burgers for a long long time....Now I gotta go run another 9kms....
