Cape Town...the living paradise on earth

I must say that I am very impressed with Cape Town...not a place for retire cos I still prefer Singapore with my loved ones and friends. Cape Town came across to mi as a place that is hardly imaginable....is there really such a place on earth? Can I stay on the Table mountains(1086m) if global warming continues and melt down the ice caps?

I am still tryin to get used to my Canon EOS400D. And most of the better taken pic are snapped at the Table Mountains.

Let my pic do the talking for mi.

Cape Town, I will be back....Table mountain, Robben Island, vineyards, V and A waterfront, 2 ocean aquarium, sun flea market, signal hill, cape of good hope...















Is that a Boeing 777 approaching the cape town airport?














The chosen one















Dusk














Gathering inspiration from Mother Nature












Eer....you are looking at?













Who the *&^&%^& is that crawling out?













Cape point, the most south western tip of South Africa














Where is Mr Whale coming to the town of Springbok?













Good view from the top of the Table Mountains













Frodo Baggins in the making?



:)
Aliying
back in SIN

Rome

There are alot of things to offer in Rome,other than pizza and spagatti, I must say.















Taking a short break














1st and 3rd generation
















blue blue sky
















drinks, anyone?














Bravo!















Er..who is this roman chap?















Yeah! Chill out!

:)
aliying

Why do I run?

there is alot of reasons why i run

1. lose wt
2. keep fit
3. eat power gel for the first time
4. run with a reason
5. sweat it out
6. feeling stronger
7. sucker for pain and agony
8. refer to reason #4

:)
aliying

There is a sense of happiness within mi + Project "finish my first marathon"

Actually , I had been feeling very tired recently..However, i am very happy recently as i felt useful to be of help to "others"...It is all so worth it...

No doubt i was absolutely stoned when i woke up(you can check with Alimin and Ah Frey how extremely difficult it is to wake mi up...I can really sleep at times), but my (tangible) daily dosage of straits time and kopi satu susu sekit kept mi going...my (intangible) goal is to work hard for what I was given to me.. I am so happy abt it...


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Project "finish my first marathon"

Yes, I had signed up for the standard chartered marathon this year...This is an unfinished project that had spanned more than 3 years alreadi..Yes, i know that i am damn slow in achieving my target, but it is really due to unforeseen circumstances that i could not make it

2005 : working on that day
2006 : Total drunk and heavy hangover the night b4 due to my wedding
2007 : I took leave and afterwhich to attend my friend s' (April and Hanrong) wedding dinner

No more excuse,2007 will be the year that I will finish my first marathon. At the sametime, I know that i must listen to my body cues. Got to take care, still got many many years to come as the govt forecast that I have approx 50% chance that I will live beyond 85.

My formula for the marathon is simple
Oct : hit 15km/run
Nov : hit 20km/run
Dec : marathon!
routing : NUS roller coaster(for strengthening), east coast(for distance coverage) IPPT(for huffing and puffing),
May explore : bedok reservoir, pandan reservoir, gym (don't like to run on the trackmill, really saving it for rainy days)

gtg now...need to run the NUS roller coaster now..

:)
aliying