Block Leave...
Good:
a. Finally a long break i'm always looking forward to. Really needed the rest alot alot alot.
b. To catch up with my friends
c. To catch up with my ministry planning
d. To pack my super super messed up room
e. For re-collection of the events in this whole year and set my new year resolutions
f. Holiday with my family. For the first time in 26 years (yes, my 26th year is ending soon.. *hint*) i'm going on a holiday with my whole family. I'm really looking forward to this. We are going to Hong Kong and visiting Disneyland there. Papa, mama, ling, hui, zhen, keane, jaden.. ^^
g. Christmas is here! My favorite festival after CNY!
Bad:
a. Work will pile up over the next two weeks
b. To mitigate the piling of work, we are rushing like mad to complete our reports and costing before 23rd comes.
c. We are in the mercy of other consultants and contractor, so even when we wanna rush our work, we need the coorperation of these pple... but not everyone is coorperative. (they dun owe it to us anyway)
d. I will start my 2009 with a deficit of -1.5 days of leave. BECAUSE I DUN HAVE ENOUGH LEAVE LEFT FOR THE BLOCK LEAVE!!! T_T
e. My boss is expecting me to cancel my leave to come back to work!!! YES! She hinted so many times already... sigh... Y??? Should I?? Cos if i cant back, my leave can be reinstated to me... but I need the break badly..
So is it a blessing to have block leave?? what do you think? Another one coming up during the CNY, however that will be a shorter one.. only 2 days more added to the 2 public holidays.
I'm seriously very stressed and tired recently.. spiritually dry, physically worn out, mentally bored down by some issues.. hmm...
I'm keeping my eyes fixed on God, for He has began a good work in me and He will carry it on to completion. Jesus, I need your daily sustainance and joy in my heart. Help me to make sense of all these that are happening.
*though i walk through valley low, i will fear no evil*
Friday, December 19, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
The Singapore Marathon 2008
Last weekend was the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. 7th year in its running. I had particiapated in it for 3 times. First time in 2005, ran the half marathon; 2nd time in 2006, ran the full marathon; and again this year (last sunday), ran the half marathon again.
It was quite siong, with absolutely no training at all. When i ran, i still have the mud that was left on my shoes since the Army Half Marathon in August earlier this year. I must be crazy.
As usual, some of us gathered to pray and start off (late) together. We ran, walk, jog, and joke along the way. There were ZZ, Jes, Carrie, Ven, Junyao, Jo, Yizhong, Minchen, weiling, Tingqiang, me (hope i din missed out anyone in the group. ) Our first stop wasnt the water point, it was the TOILET! less than a KM from our start point! hahaha.. going to toilet has never been so happening before!
Later we broke off in our run.
I broke off after the 8km mark. I tried to enjoy the jog together with God. Wanted to make the time more fruitful, i started to pray in the spirit to get my focus with God. I took the time to pray for a few pple in my CG. It was good. It takes my mind away from the lactic acid that is building up in my body and i felt refreshed in the spirit as well.
I finished the run in the end, with cramps and pain, but it was good. Tho i'm tired, and dead tired after that.
We went back to the gathering point and took several photos. Initially wanted to wait for the full marathon runners to be back and have lunch together. but the heat of the noon day sun is starting to get a little unbearable. Sorry guys, dun mean to pang sei you. But we tried our best to cheer u guys man.. hahah.. rem our dian hua nian xiang? haha
hmm... there are a few things i dun like about this year's run. It's too boring. There isnt much cheering along the way, road marshalls are sleeping!!! (YES ! I SAW THEM SITTING DOWN AND SLEEP WITH THEIR FLAGS! ) My goodness! Are you soooo tired?? why come and do road marshalling?? dun understand. Another thing is that, there is too many turnings in the run, the route is too boring. I tot we would run across the marina barrage! it'll be exciting to go on top of it and against the wide open sea, in the cool of the morning! but nope... we are on the boring nicoll highway, instead, turning and turning. I wonder is my $55 bucks worth it at all. The goodie bag is terrible. Only a few sheets of discount vouchers for places we dun normally go to, two running booklet for instructions, and our bid tag and champion chip. THAT IS ALL! *faint* Is economy that bad? yeah i agree it was and still is and will be BAD for at least the next 1 to 1.5 years if the market picks up. BUT we signed up and paid for the run way before the credit crunch set in! sigh... one word, disappointed.
okay enough of complaining. Thank God for this spiritual family that we can run and fellowship together. I have left the uni grp for some time, and it was a familiar feeling to be jogging with the bro and sis in uni. This is what i look forward for and i had gotten what i desire. Dear Father, thank you for this family.
=)
*i will look for photos and post them up*
It was quite siong, with absolutely no training at all. When i ran, i still have the mud that was left on my shoes since the Army Half Marathon in August earlier this year. I must be crazy.
As usual, some of us gathered to pray and start off (late) together. We ran, walk, jog, and joke along the way. There were ZZ, Jes, Carrie, Ven, Junyao, Jo, Yizhong, Minchen, weiling, Tingqiang, me (hope i din missed out anyone in the group. ) Our first stop wasnt the water point, it was the TOILET! less than a KM from our start point! hahaha.. going to toilet has never been so happening before!
Later we broke off in our run.
I broke off after the 8km mark. I tried to enjoy the jog together with God. Wanted to make the time more fruitful, i started to pray in the spirit to get my focus with God. I took the time to pray for a few pple in my CG. It was good. It takes my mind away from the lactic acid that is building up in my body and i felt refreshed in the spirit as well.
I finished the run in the end, with cramps and pain, but it was good. Tho i'm tired, and dead tired after that.
We went back to the gathering point and took several photos. Initially wanted to wait for the full marathon runners to be back and have lunch together. but the heat of the noon day sun is starting to get a little unbearable. Sorry guys, dun mean to pang sei you. But we tried our best to cheer u guys man.. hahah.. rem our dian hua nian xiang? haha
hmm... there are a few things i dun like about this year's run. It's too boring. There isnt much cheering along the way, road marshalls are sleeping!!! (YES ! I SAW THEM SITTING DOWN AND SLEEP WITH THEIR FLAGS! ) My goodness! Are you soooo tired?? why come and do road marshalling?? dun understand. Another thing is that, there is too many turnings in the run, the route is too boring. I tot we would run across the marina barrage! it'll be exciting to go on top of it and against the wide open sea, in the cool of the morning! but nope... we are on the boring nicoll highway, instead, turning and turning. I wonder is my $55 bucks worth it at all. The goodie bag is terrible. Only a few sheets of discount vouchers for places we dun normally go to, two running booklet for instructions, and our bid tag and champion chip. THAT IS ALL! *faint* Is economy that bad? yeah i agree it was and still is and will be BAD for at least the next 1 to 1.5 years if the market picks up. BUT we signed up and paid for the run way before the credit crunch set in! sigh... one word, disappointed.
okay enough of complaining. Thank God for this spiritual family that we can run and fellowship together. I have left the uni grp for some time, and it was a familiar feeling to be jogging with the bro and sis in uni. This is what i look forward for and i had gotten what i desire. Dear Father, thank you for this family.
=)
*i will look for photos and post them up*
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