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Run Log

2008:
Saucony PAssion Run 10KM
Great Eastern Women 10KM
SAFRA Singapore Bay Run 10KM
New Balance REAL Run 15KM

2009:
Saucony PAssion Run 15KM
adidas Sundown Marathon 10KM
SAFRA Army Half Marathon 21KM

2010:
Mizuno Mt. Faber 10KM

2011:
Nike Goddess 5KM
New Balance Sundown Marathon 42KM
adidas King of The Road 16.8KM
SAFRA Army Half Marathon 21KM

2012:
SAFRA AVventura

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Art Sans Rulez:
Chocolarts
Avant Gart

Sites & Sounds:
浜崎あゆみオフィシャルサイト
ayu's Youtube Channel
Divine Ayu
FAIL Blog
FAIL Blog Wins
FMyLife

Coast to Coast:
0.5 Bizarre
RVNPs3'o7
RVNPs2'o8
RVCS
NUS X-Country

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Sharman
Tze Hui
Wei Kai
Wei Sheng
Wilson
Winnie
Yan Peng
Yee Jin
Ying Ting
Yujun
Zheng Yang
Zhi Yi

Thoughts

23rd December 2009
Reinvent yourself
a kilometre at a time.

24th December 2009
Handphone socks are the new Cool.

25th December 2009
My dress code reads:
Order from Chaos

28th December 2009
Before learning to sing,
one must learn to listen.

7th March 2010
There is only so thin a line between being distrustful and being possessive

12th March 2010
We're special in a different way
and similar in a special way

15th April 2010
Love offers sanctuary,
not immunity

5th May 2010
Examinations are taken en masse
But we're each of us fighting our own, lone battles

16th June 2010
A small wardrobe leaves room for creativity

8th Oct 2010
Falling down is fine. Not getting back up isn't.

19th Jan 2011
The virtual realms which our dreams sculpt are so real, they leave us in wonder at how powerful the subconscious mind could be

30th Jan 2011
You know it's a good book, when the emotions you experience overcome mental weariness, and you find yourself reading into the wee hours of morn!

15th Mar 2011
Don't just have something to look forward to. Have somebody.

23rd Aug 2011
You can lose your arguments,
but never lose your faith!

21st Sep 2011
Mind over mind, then mind over matter

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TWD1: Peace Out / Thursday, December 22, 2011

JN's Note: Press Ctrl + to zoom and be nice to your eyes! Thank you very much.

Day 1, 12 Dec 2011, 前往宜兰

We took Eva airlines for the first time. The in-flight entertainment system was average, because there weren't any Ayu or Jay Chou songs to listen to. I mostly listened to Taylor Swift, MJ and Simple Plan's latest albums.

The Eva air stewardesses woke me up from my flight-induced slumber several times with their sonorant chirpy voices. When the time came for food to be served, they even donned pink-and-white checkered aprons o_o. The 虾仁炒饭 that we ate was surprisingly tasty. (Interruption: Taiwan news just reported that tickets for Girls' Generation's Singapore concert were sold out in just 4 hours. 4 hours very short meh? I saw excerpts of their concert -they need to brainstorm for stuff other than the giant box act. I mean, who or what else could be inside the giant box on the middle of the stage than GG themselves...? Seriously, people who haven't watched Ayu's concert haven't seen anything at all! Yeah go ahead and be offended! Kthxbai =P)

After around 4 hours of flying in an angry silver bird, we took a coach to 台北车站. The ride took an hour or so and I fell asleep listening to Jay Chou songs. I haven't fallen asleep with the music still playing in a long, long time. This would happen many more times when we travel from one place to another during this trip =).

We had some food to fill our stomachs at the Breeze Mall in Taipei Main Station.

Beef noodles

Milk tea

Took another coach to 礁溪,宜兰, where our hotel is located. We're in the comforts of 冠翔世纪温泉会馆 Guan Xiang Century right now, surrounded by many places advertising their hot springs. Guan Xiang has a peaceful feel to it and I'm eager to sample the breakfast and pay a visit to the hotel's outdoor hot springs tomorrow!

Here are some pictures of the hotel!

We headed out to the streets for a while. Everyone took an umbrella from the rack outside the hotel as there was a light shower.

We had 油条 and 花生仁汤 from a roadside stall not far from the hotel for reasons unknown to me. The latter was fine, but the former might have been left out in the cold for some time as every portion broken off it caused a crunchy explosion of sorts. Felt like we were chomping on some fried cracker.

Then we returned to the hotel. I've just bathed!

After cleansing myself of microscopic grime, I went to soak myself in the trench! The warm water did not really relax my muscles or lift my spirits -I guess it wasn't hot enough. In fact, I felt lilliputianly light-headed.

Things took a turn for the better. Instead of just soaking myself meaninglessly in the water, I thought of brushing my teeth at the same time to see if I could hold the toothpaste within the confines of my mouth and prevent a fluoride spill in the water.

Then a natural instinct took over and flushed the previous idea out of my head. I flipped myself over and started freestyle kicking. Shortness has its advantages after all. Suddenly, the water became choppy and a mysterious sensation washed over me. I stood up from the trench, walked towards the mirror and saw in the reflection a green trident glowing and swivelling majestically above my head. Seeya all you kids of Hermes!

Didn't sleep well at all that night. My bro kept tossing and turning on the other side of the bed like he was a construction worker in his dreams and the sudden noises and movements got increasingly irritating. Sigh.

When morning came, I was rudely awoken by a cacophony of handphones vibrating madly against the the glass surface of a desk and blaring their tones all at once. From then on, my ears caught the sounds of footsteps, blankets shuffling, doors closing, the sharp crushing of plastic bags and so on.

Well that sure is a crappy way to start a new day. But what can I do my ears have become extra-sensitive so that I might hear better in water. Muahaha. (Non-readers of Percy Jackson I'm not sorry that the joke is lost on you ^^)

Labels: Jiaoxi, Taiwan, Travel, Yilan

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