Category: La Vie Quotidien

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,…

2 min readFor the first time in 15 months, I’m spending a full month in Singapore without the prospect of clearing any automated gates or answering any bizarre questions from immigration officers in whichever nearby country I’m visiting. The last most notable one in Yogyakarta being “What’s your name?”. Yes that’s right I was just as baffled….