On the last day of August 2008,
provider Zee and I were part of the horde of Crazy Singaporeans
who fought the insane crowd on buses, trains and even toilets,
to be part of this world's first event

The Nike Race 10K.

You can't believe the no. of people present.
It's like seeing never-ending clusters of red ants.
So that's what 10000 people look like.
Makes me feel like National Day all over again.
And if you happen to see news footages of people climbing over barricades
trying to get their way around the organizers,
and you happen to think you saw two familiar figures climbing very clumsily
over the barriers,
try to convince yourselves it's not us.
Thanks.

It's so easy to lose sight of each other.
Everyone looks virtually the same.
When that happens,
you gotta rely on something distinct to tell people apart.
For instance,
by VOICES.
I told you I have a really nice, unforgettable voice.
Why do you think I enjoy being in a call centre?


So we finished the run,
grabbed the freebies and drinks like some market aunties,
grimaced at the bands playing in the post-run concerts
and scrambled off in search of REAL food.


I think it's true,
when I looked at the mountains and mountains of food pics in my ph,
some of which I am too lazy to even publish,
that my friends and I eat a WHOLE DAMN LOT.
So much so that I begin to wonder if I am LOADED (which, of cos I am NOT).

Food is one thing that I really spend alot on,
without hesitation somemore.
Are we really spending too much on food?

The whole experience of eating makes me happy.
It's the process of having found a nice, clean, relatively quiet,
air-conditioned place to sit down,
and savour the good company of your dinner partner,
the roaring uncontrolled laughters
with the accompanying food
that makes me happy.
And with each and every little happiness,
there comes a price to pay of course.

In this case,
it's the holes in our pockets
and the lard in our tummies and butts.
But it doesn't matter cos,
fat can be burnt off,
money can be earned.

And at the end of the day,
you'll realise that it's that warm bubbly feeling called happiness
that stays,
that lingers on
that'll be there for you to remember and relish over and over again.