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Saturday, October 31, 2009
The beginning
Baggage flot firmly in hand, she suddenly felt the weight of his absence leaden her chest as she turned to face the welcoming smiles on the other side of the glass.She thought it strange that she felt it only then, and not when they had pecked chastely goodbye just before she entered the core-tubes, or when she had settled into her seat, or when she had her irises scanned for immigration. Not even once during the 47 Rio-Tokyo journey did she fell anything amiss. Putting the unease tempoarily out of her mind, she swiveled her head as she walked past the glass partition, until she saw the tell-tale purple puff of yarn weaving through the crowds. "Ethel!" she crowed, even though she needn't have said a word as the butler-bot had already registered her arrival.
The beginning
Baggage flot firmly in hand, she suddenly felt the weight of his absence leaden her chest as she turned to face the welcoming smiles on the other side of the glass.She thought it strange that she felt it only then, and not when they had pecked chastely goodbye just before she entered the core-tubes, or when she had settled into her seat, or when she had her irises scanned for immigration. Not even once during the 47 Rio-Tokyo journey did she fell anything amiss. Putting the unease tempoarily out of her mind, she swiveled her head as she walked past the glass partition, until she saw the tell-tale purple puff of yarn weaving through the crowds. "Ethel!" she crowed, even though she needn't have said a word as the butler-bot had already registered her arrival.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Motivation
"Live for something bigger than just yourself. People spend so much time becoming good at things, but they never remember they carry the wishes of all those who they beat to get where they are." -Friend's Facebook status update
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Statuses
Is John Gore
At Mr. Big concert?
I'm not here right now, I'm trying to find
A quarter of the marmalade skies mid
Term Season! Take a breath.
Before you hit the water you'll need a damn good massage.
And dumplings.I hope to own this someday, I just wanna be
Not here.
Wine and beer!
Oh my mojitos!
So full.Monday, 11:02am
At Mr. Big concert?
I'm not here right now, I'm trying to find
A quarter of the marmalade skies mid
Term Season! Take a breath.
Before you hit the water you'll need a damn good massage.
And dumplings.I hope to own this someday, I just wanna be
Not here.
Wine and beer!
Oh my mojitos!
So full.Monday, 11:02am
Sometimes it pays to listen during mass
"To a person who's hungry, the good news is food. To a person who's
thirsty, clean water. To a person who's sick, the good news is health
and nutrition. To a person who's lonely, the good news is
companionship. The good news is concrete and real; it is much more
than just a book." Said by the visiting missionary priest based in Kenya at mass yesterday evening.
thirsty, clean water. To a person who's sick, the good news is health
and nutrition. To a person who's lonely, the good news is
companionship. The good news is concrete and real; it is much more
than just a book." Said by the visiting missionary priest based in Kenya at mass yesterday evening.
To ponder on when you're eating chicken
"A man will sometimes waste his whole life on the development of one
part of his body - the wishbone." -Robert Frost
part of his body - the wishbone." -Robert Frost
Saturday, October 17, 2009
On walking when your legs feel like jelly, and other post-marathon-ing delights
from 1 Jun 09, post-running
The first emotion that hit me after I finished my very first marathon was anger.It galled me that I still had to walk after I had subjected my legs to 42km of asphalt, concrete, sand, hills, and fake promises of "just 1km more", that I couldn't simply collapse on the road in the blessed space right after the final gantry. Admittedly, I was only kinda miffed at having travel the 20m distance from the finish line to collect the finisher's medal and t-shirt. However, the thought that I had to drag my sorry pairs of calves and thighs and knees uphill to the Changi Village Subway from the finishers area in an inhuman half hour was nothing short of incendiary. All thoughts of meeting up with my friends at the predetermined time of 7:30 flung heatedly out of my mind, I had the presence of mind to ask permission from another similarly exhausted lady to share her cardboard seat. After punishing my body for 7 hours, I couldn't allow myself to sit on the sand and make my shorts grubby. So I'm not totally destroyed, but no amount of tentative sips of sports drink or changing my seating position brings my body any iota of respite for now - I'll count this as being as exhausted as I ever want to be.
The first emotion that hit me after I finished my very first marathon was anger.It galled me that I still had to walk after I had subjected my legs to 42km of asphalt, concrete, sand, hills, and fake promises of "just 1km more", that I couldn't simply collapse on the road in the blessed space right after the final gantry. Admittedly, I was only kinda miffed at having travel the 20m distance from the finish line to collect the finisher's medal and t-shirt. However, the thought that I had to drag my sorry pairs of calves and thighs and knees uphill to the Changi Village Subway from the finishers area in an inhuman half hour was nothing short of incendiary. All thoughts of meeting up with my friends at the predetermined time of 7:30 flung heatedly out of my mind, I had the presence of mind to ask permission from another similarly exhausted lady to share her cardboard seat. After punishing my body for 7 hours, I couldn't allow myself to sit on the sand and make my shorts grubby. So I'm not totally destroyed, but no amount of tentative sips of sports drink or changing my seating position brings my body any iota of respite for now - I'll count this as being as exhausted as I ever want to be.
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