Sick in the stomach

August 30, 2008

This happens every single time, the night before a big race, I start to regret not training enough for it. I just wish i started ‘regretting’ weeks earlier. Now I’m all nerves for tomorrow’s Krankin @ Kent Ridge. I wish I would for once, feel READY for a race. But then again, it’s like an exam, no matter how much you study, you’re ‘never ready!’.

I went for a practice run this morning, and i couldn’t clear all the climbs…. and I was completely out of breath after one round… shit, I’m screwed.

Oh wells, just finish the damn thing Angela. For the love of the sport and to support my good friends at DirTraction.

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Krankin@Kent Ridge 2008 THIS SUNDAY!

August 29, 2008

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Waynetta Meme

August 28, 2008

1. He’s sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
EPL Soccer
Mountain Bike DVDs
Channel 72 Discovery Realtime i.e. Biker Buildoff, American Chopper, Overhaulin’

2. You’re out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
Doesn’t usually eat salad. But if forced it’s thousand Island, Italian, Oh but he likes Japanese salad dressing.

3. What’s one food he doesn’t like?
Greens

4. You go out to the bar. What does he order?
Stella

5. Where did he go to high school?
Chai Chee Secondary School

6. What size shoe does he wear?
Hmmmmmm… 9.5? Am I right love?

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be?
Bicycles and Shoes!

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?
Ham and Cheese (coz Nan makes an awesome Ham and Cheese)

9. What would this person eat every day if he could?
Meat! Steaks! Roasts!

10. What is his favourite cereal?
He doesn’t like eating breakfast, unless it’s Nan’s Ham and cheese

11. What would he never wear?
G-string?

12. What is his favourite sports team?
Man United….. KIDDING!!! You’ll never walk alone - Liverpool FC
individuals: Cedric Garcia and Sam Hill

13. Who will he vote for?
Obama

14. Who is his best friend?
He says I am, Leon and Joshua next.

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn’t do?
When I make everything a lesson to learn

16. How many cities/countries has he lived in?
Singapore, Perth

17. What is his heritage?
ROJAK! Aww come on, this is a tough one: Portuguese, Dutch, and something else they aren’t sure of (adopted child somewhere in the mix), they think it might be Thai.

18. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake?
Chocolatey Choc fudge with chocolate icing, chocolate sprinkles, chocolate cake.

19. Did he play sports in high school?
Softball and soccer

20. What could he spend hours doing?
Reading MTB Magazines
Watching MTB videos over and over and over again
Researching on bike parts, then changing the parts on our bikes

How did I do love?

I’d like to see what you answer to these questions. Sweetie, copy and paste in the comments and fill it out. Let’s see how well you know me.

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Feisty Puppy Scares Off 3 Bears In NJ Back Yard

August 26, 2008

Feisty Puppy Scares Off 3 Bears In NJ Back Yard
By The Associated Press

WYCKOFF, N.J. (AP) — If only Goldilocks had a cockapoo.

A 15-pound cocker spaniel-poodle mix named Pawlee scared off a mother bear and her two cubs Sunday morning after they strayed into his owners’ back yard.

Whether his bark was worse than his bite, Pawlee’s tactic worked just fine. These three bears got the hint and took off.

“We had just let him out for the morning and he ran into the yard and started barking his head off,” owner Fran Osiason said.

Osiason said her 9-year-old son, Jacob, went outside to see what the commotion was about and came running back in to report there were bears in the yard.

She was worried that the mother would come after Pawlee to protect her cubs, but the pugnacious pup, just 8 months old, had other plans.

His barking drove the two cubs up a tree, and they eventually climbed down and hopped over a fence with their mother and retreated into the woods.

Osiason said she, her son, husband Andrew and daughter Eden, 6, have had Pawlee since he was about 8 weeks old. She marveled at his fearlessness.

“He’s a little fur ball,” she said.

Northern New Jersey seems to breed feisty pets: In 2006, a tabby cat named Jack chased a bear up a tree in his West Milford yard.

Bears are not uncommon in Wyckoff, but Osiason said her family has lived there for about 10 years and had not seen any until Sunday.

With Pawlee on guard, they might not see another one anytime soon.

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Wookieepedia

August 26, 2008

For you Star Wars geeks, check out Wookieepedia, your one stop shop to find out anything about Star Wars!

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Let’s owl be friends

August 22, 2008

Let’s owl be friends
By VINCE SOODIN
Published: 20 Aug 2008

A GREYHOUND and an owl have formed a bizarre friendship at an animal centre.

Six-month-old pup Torque adopted tiny baby owl Shrek when she was taken from her mother for her own protection aged just three days.

Keepers feared Shrek’s mum would eat her first offspring if she became stressed.

Adoptive dad Torque is now guarding the rare long-eared owl at the home of head falconer John Picton.

They even spend their evenings together watching EastEnders and Coronation Street.

Shrek is free to roam the lounge as she strengthens her legs and often snuggles up to Torque on the sofa.

John said: “Their relationship is so unusual but also rather sweet.

“Torque seems to have adopted Shrek as his daughter and is now very protective. He follows her around at home and keeps his eye on her.

“They play with each other in the evenings while I’m watching television and it is an opportunity for Shrek to wander and strengthen her legs.”

Outdoors at the Ringwood Raptor and Reptile Centre in Hampshire’s New Forest, they often sit together, with the greyhound guarding his feathered friend.

Their friendship started slowly as John introduced the unlikely pair gradually – first by feeding three-inch-high Shrek her meals of marsh rats and quail in the same room, and then holding them close so Torque could smell her.

Seems like it wasn’t such a bird-brained idea.

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A muffin is a bald cupcake!

August 22, 2008

Rox sent me this hilarious clip on youtube. Thanks dearie, right up my alley!

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More Made you think!s

August 21, 2008

Another round submitted by blog reader Shakir who so kindly sent it to me by email.

Corny but funny, here it goes:

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Preparing for Auntie-hood

August 18, 2008

I mentioned in a previous post that my nephew was here on holiday, so the next couple of posts would be all about our little escapades in Singapore.

This is really good practice, preparing me for fatherAuntie-hood in about 2 months time.

Here’s a couple of photos we took at the Tanglin Club two weekends ago.

Playing shopkeeper at the playground

Ethan gives his mummy a kiss through the mesh window.

Losing his balance down the slide

Narcissist shot, doing the KC.

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Happy Birthday Josh

August 17, 2008

Wayne’s best friend Joshua reluctantly celebrated his 30th last weekend.

Clockwise from top left: Josh & Jessica (Brother and sister, share the same birthday), Wayne being his kiddy self, Wayne being his adult self, Leon and Lynette.

The ladies were looking bright and colorful that evening, it warrants a picture. Carynn is Leon’s sister, Anisa Joshua’s girlfriend, Lynette Leon’s girlfriend.

Carynn, Angela, Anisa, Lynette

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Poker face

August 17, 2008

It was either Christmas or her Birthday that Penny got a poker box set, inclusive of the green casino mat, card shuffler and ‘real’ chips (the heavy ones).

Last weekend, i thought I’d join in for a game with the BG Boys. Vince was on webcam helping Penns play, just like virtual poker.

I’ve never played poker before, but I’ve have watched people play on the casino floor and on Vegas TV. So it came as a surprise when i wiped three of the players out. Felt so bad taking their chips, I was so consumed with guilt, maybe I’m just not cut out to be a gambler. Think I’ll buy them some snacks and drinks at the next game.

Talk about beginners luck!

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The mystery of the showering divers

August 15, 2008

The mystery of the showering divers
By Chris Chase

Over the last three nights, NBC has led its primetime Olympic coverage with synchronized diving. According to the stacks of letters that have poured into the Fourth-Place Medal Investigative Unit Headquarters, you’ve all been watching but are baffled by one facet of the competition. In that case, you’re in the right place. After successful forays into the cases of Cullen Jones’ disappearance and the identity of the hot Paraguayan, Fourth-Place Medal will today tackle the mystery of the showering divers.

After completing a dive, competitors swim to a ladder, climb out of the pool and head immediately to a bank of showers that sit adjacent to the diving boards. Then, in full view of the crowd and NBC cameras, they shower off. Divers keep their suits on, of course, usually appearing only to rinse off their hair and arms. Often times, the divers will receive their scores while still showering off. What’s the purpose of this?

Theories have ranged from ‘to get the chlorine off’ to ‘they want to have fun’ — seriously, that last one is a direct quote from NBC’s diving analyst, Cynthia Potter. Neither are the reason.

Divers shower in between each dive to keep their muscles warm after getting out of the pool. The temperature of the pool water and the air are usually different (the pool is usually around 80 degrees, with the air temperature between 68 and 72 degrees). This difference can cause muscle tightness. To combat this, divers warm up in either the showers or a hot tub.

Mystery: solved. (Although we’re still a bit unclear as to why the showers are out in the open.The water cube cost over $200 million to build. They couldn’t have put a privacy wall in?!)

Photo via Getty Images

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Octopuses have two legs and six arms

August 14, 2008

By David Thomas
Last Updated: 9:13PM BST 12 Aug 2008

To most of us it has always seemed obvious that an octopus has eight arms.
But experts have now revealed that this assumption is wrong - as two of their long tentacle-like limbs are in fact legs.

A study by scientists at Sea Life centres across Europe found that the invertebrates move across the sea bed using their two rearmost limbs, leaving the other six free for the important business of feeding.

Researchers who observed the creatures in action found they push off with the “legs” and then employ the other tentacles to pump themselves along.

The study, the largest of its type carried out, was designed to show if octopuses favoured one side or the other.

But it found that octopuses are ambidextrous, though many seem to favour their third arm from the front to eat with.

Octopuses either swim or crawl across the seabed.

If they need to move fast they can shoot a jet of water from an opening in their body.

Scientists from 20 centres across Europe analysed data from 2,000 observations of common octopuses to get the results.

Claire Little, a marine expert from the Weymouth Sea Life Centre in Dorset, said: “We’ve found that octopuses effectively have six arms and two legs.

“Observations showed that they use the rearmost two to get around over rocks and the seabed.

“They also use these two legs to push off when they wish to swim, and then other tentacles are used to propel them.”

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Made you think…

August 12, 2008

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Ouwwee

August 10, 2008

A weekend ago, we all went over to the Tampines trail for a couple of rounds, a trail which we’ve all gone round plenty of times. But not too long ago, PLing had a pretty bad spill on a gnarly section near the bridge.

So on the first round, Rebecca, thinking she should go slow and easy, still had a pretty bad spill down the rocks and got her shin pretty badly chewed up.

On the second round, it was my turn. I was going too slow too and the bike was taking me down the left into the water. But luckily I managed to throw the bike away from me and grabbed on to the bridge. But the fall didn’t come without injuries.

As my nephew would say it, I got an Ouwweee! The bruise was there for a week! Which meant no skirt or dresses for a week! That part now is almost un-ridable due to the weeks rain and erosion.

Here’s adidas Wayne, i say that because he actually took time this morning to match his shirt with his shorts with his socks with his shoes!

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Friends that stand the test of time

August 10, 2008

Had a surprise call from an old friend and neighbour last week, and a catch up session was definitely in order. Jeevan came by for dinner with Grandma’s curry in hand! OMG how I missed her rendang. We’ve been neighbours and friends since we were kids, and I was probably 5yrs old when we started hanging out together.

Above: Ren, Jeevan, Georgina, Angela

We headed out to P.S. Cafe at Dempsey for coffee and dessert, reminiscing the good old days of Playground sports like:

Badminton - a line was drawn in the sand to represent the net
Cops & Robbers - I was always too young to play, so i stayed at the robbers end making sand nasi lemak with the leaves around me.
Sand Traps - we used to dig a hole in the sand, place a newspaper on top, pack the edges and sprinkled sand on top disguising the hole. Then we’ll wait for a friend to come by and walk right into the trap!

We have not seen each other in about 10 years and, and it felt like we’ve never been apart!

We’ve caught up with one brother, now for the next one, Dharan, in about a months time.

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I wuvvv stationery

August 8, 2008

I really get excited when it comes to stationery, I’ve got two pen holders at work filled with all the colours of the rainbow, in different thickness and types (rollerball, felt, fountain, ballpoint). My favourite is 0.7 rollerball for scribbles and a 0.5 for work. 2B lead mechanicals, and I hate using the rubbers on the pencil unless it’s an emergency. Correction tape as opposed to liquid (tipex), Glu stick instead of glue gum.

Anyway, my favourite client gave us a cutter & buck pen yesterday morning. Unscrew the cap and it reveals a 1GB USB stick. Neat.

Am such a nerd.

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Singfest 2008 - debrief pt2

August 6, 2008

Work has been hectic, so I haven’t had the time to sit down and write about Singfest. To date, it’s the best concert I’ve been to.

I’ve been listening to Jamie Scott & The Town for quite a while now, and surprisingly, he doesn’t have a huge following here in Singapore. Every time I mention his name, I get the “Who is he? What does he do?” answer. But judging by the crowd’s response on Sunday arvo, I’m sure he has scored himself a few more fans from Singapore.

I’m just so glad I got to listen to him live! … At times he sounds like a combination one of my other fav singer Ray LaMontagne and Paolo Nutini.

Nick the amazing cellist

I think the only down side was the heat! It was scorching hot, and we were all trying to keep cool with the ONE electric fan i brought. I reckon the organisers should have at least put a few industrial sized fans to cool us down. The crowd was ok, although it did get a bit rowdy when Jason Mraz came on.

Here are a couple more of my favourite photos of the night.

Panic at the Disco

One Republic

Mr A to Z

Mr Mraz, Toca and their fantastic horn section

Jason Mraz

More pictures can be found in my gallery HERE

Sorry there isn’t any pussycat dolls, rick Astley photos. I was a bit busy then.

So will i go to Singfest again? Well if the line up is going to be as good as this year, hell yeah!

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Singfest 2008 debrief

August 4, 2008

I’m such a lucky girl. I got to meet both Jamie Scott & band and Jason Mraz & Toca Rivera at Singfest.

With Jason Mraz

With Toca

Jamie Scott & The Town
I just wished i didn’t look so disheveled. But then again after jumping around for four hours in the sun and the crowd, it was a bit hard to look fresh!

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Brazil vs Singapore

August 2, 2008

It was a spur of the moment decision. On Monday, Wayne decided he wanted to go watch the Brazil Singapore International friendly match at the Singapore Stadium.

If you asked me I think it was a real waste of $60. The game was sloppy and the stadium was in an embarrassing state. It’s time to tear down that place already, what’s taking the government so long!

The only consolation was the company. Chi, Max, Ling, Leon and Lynette made the night entertaining, especially chi with his sudden outbursts during the match. “Oei, $60 can buy me alot of nasi lemak, and right now the nasi lemak is looking alot more attractive!”.

Final Score: Brazil 3 - Singapore 0

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