The run.

Hi everyone! I'm still alive and kicking (actually not so much of the kicking since my legs feel like lead.).

So about the run.

I woke up early that day, around 550am, and had froot loops with milk for breakfast. Everyone was very cheery in the car, and I was kinda pumped out too. The baby was adorable, and kept gargling. Jason and I dropped the half-marathoners off at their earlier start point, and went on to find parking near the start point. Sidenote about Jason: Jason and Lisa have an adorable baby named Adeline. They're both runners, and hence decided to take the baby on one of their marathon runs. Therefore, Jason was going to do the 5k run with me, pushing the stroller with baby Adeline in it. For the whole 5k. I felt kinda naked, since they wun allow me to bring my bag or wallet or camera, and hence no pictures. I keep checking the website for my finish line pictures, but as expected, they are taking their own sweet time. Meanos.

Anyways, back to the run. Jason and I parked the car, and as soon as we got off the car and loaded Adeline on the baby pram, he took off, yelling "Let's jog to the front line to warm up!". And I started jogging to keep up with him. And daym, was he fast, even with the pram. -_- By the time we reached the start line (which was 1k away), I was half-dead. And the gun went off. And I started running again.

And I ran, up and down the slopes, And I walked. And I ran. And I kept looking back to make sure I wasn't the last one. Hehe. I finished in 35 min, which wasn't bad, considering that I used up most of my energy in that "warm-up" 1K. But yes, Jason beat me. by 5 min. :/ Oh well.

The run was as bad as I thought it would be. But it was an experience, and it wasn't all bad. Just the running. I felt great after that though, although the euphoria lasted for only an hour, and I spent half of that time trying to find Jason. But the nap and shower after that felt sooooo good though... :)

Which after my legs felt like lead for the next two days, and I can only wobble from side to side to get from point A to B. Maybe by the time Nov comes around, I'll be ready for the next 5 k. Maaaaaybe?

La Jolla marathon

I've gone out of my mind and have signed up for the La Jolla 5K run. Eeeeps. The day before the run. I hope I don't hate myself in the morning at 5am tomorrow! Wish me luck.

Wow. It's been almost a month since my last entry. I've just been so busy with lab work. I know it's hard to believe, but it's true. Heh.

As the saying goes: When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. It has really been a couple of depressing months for me in lab, but I'm pushing on, just so that there's a hope of walking through all the grey clouds into the sunshine. And I think I'm getting there. Just maybe...

Life has been very stable, but very fulfilling for me. Nothing out of the ordinary, just simple pleasant living. The only blackmark was a speeding ticket last week, but oh well, someone's gotta pay the government for the retard cops they're hiring.

Vegas was really fun. Just party party party. I think imma stop hitting the clubs when I hit 30. I really want to remember the times in clubs where I feel attractive, and feel like I belong there. P.S: XS at the Encore hotel was super sweet, what with all the stripper poles all around the club. :)

Gonna head up to San Francisco in a couple of weeks to visit Wenqi. Jenn's gonna come too, so it'll be fun. I've been to SF a couple of times, but sadly not a memorable experience. Hopefully, it'll be better this time round.

I guess generally, I feel content in my life right now. I think contentment is very important. I've never actually realize it, but it's times like this that you thank all the awesome forces in the universe that might be influencing your life to make it well... amazing.