Category: La Vie Quotidien

3 min readI’ve been home, staying at my grandmother’s, for the past week. My almost ten-year-old nephew sleeps on a mat on the floor of her bedroom, while I take my spot on the daybed placed perpendicular to her bed. Three generations sharing one room in a simple two-bedroom farmhouse built over twenty years ago. The house…

2 min readI turned 35 today. Frankly, I feel indifferent about my age these days. Sometimes I need a minute or two to remember how old I am, giving the adage “age doesn’t matter” a rather altered meaning. I feel young—except when my back creaks from a mistimed bend, or when I reach for the appropriate strength…

2 min readI am, as of this writing, binge-watching the popular TV series. I never watched the show when it originally aired, so I am only catching up now that Netflix is streaming it. Sometimes, I am glued to the story as if I, too, am lost in the island’s mystery. Other times, I just let it…

2 min readPlans are taking shape. Friends are making the necessary arrangements to come and support me. In that regard, I am very lucky. I have somebodies who are willing to back, if not match, my freak. There’s a tiny bit of anxiety building up inside me. I have tried to follow my training plan as religiously…

3 min readSix weeks into my marathon training program, I am still feeling pumped up and mentally agile which I reckon is a good sign that things are going as well as they should. My legs however are starting to feel a bit tighter and more fatigued from the increased mileage. Most training programs including Hal Higdon’s…

2 min readHaving had run two half marathons last year, signing up for the full seemed like the logical next step. Largely inspired by my race experience in Turin, I chose another overseas venue for my marathon goal. I’ve commissioned a few friends to join me in Lisbon in October to either race with me or wait…

2 min readNot long after I decided it’s time to move on from this apartment at Lor 32 Geylang I’ve called home for the past six years, I found my new place. It’s a stone’s throw away from East Coast Park and stands adjacent to the newly built Katong Park MRT opening in June. It will take…

3 min readMy company’s Step Challenge commenced yesterday. The goal is to beat last year’s record of walking 61 millions steps collectively in the next three weeks. I thought I was off to a good start, running 14km yesterday afternoon and walking extra kilometers around the neighbourhood. When I refreshed the app at end of day, I…

< 1 min readThis afternoon, my boss sent me a photo that made me ruminate for a second – a name card from what seems like a lifetime ago. Eight years since I left Halifax for Hong Kong, I’m reminded of how far I’ve come. So much has already happened in between then and now. So many stories…

2 min readCome on, keep going, one more kilometer. You’ve done it before, you can do it again. Said my inner voice when I felt like giving up and walking the rest of my ten kilometer run this evening. But as dark clouds overhead threatened torrential downpour, I sprinted through the last kilometer to avoid being drenched,…