Thanks to Edwin of P&G, I had the opportunity to do an SKII skin consultation on Friday. It was the first time I've done a skin consultation, and it was pretty enlightening. I think I've been blessed with pretty decent skin *KNOCK ON WOOD I'LL GET A PIMPLE FOR SAYING THIS*, I credit this to the fact that I seldom wear make up, and good genes from my mum (my dad's skin's not fantastic :) ).

All that being said, I'm no longer in my 20s, and I believe that prevention is important, so the skin consultation helped me find out what I needed to work on.

The good thing about my skin - it's got great elasticity (read: padded cheeks). The not so good thing - low sebum/moisture on my cheeks, some fine laugh lines, and the thing that has been bugging me SUN SPOTS! Black spots on my face from all the time I spend under the sun. It's not super obvious cuz I'm tan, but still...it's visible (see picture below):

We had an early birthday dinner for Hua last night. Biyi, Hua, Char and I. I'm not sure if she knew it was her b'day dinner or if it was just a regular girlie dinner. Anyhow, we ordered loads of food at Sushi Tei and had funny convos about nudity etc.

After the food was cleared we surprise her with a b'day cake, which I added just for laughs, Jay Chou's name on, because 2 years ago at his concert, we realize they share the exact same birthday.

Hua (to Char): Do you know, we have the EXACT same birthday?

Birthday girl looking radiant in her Kelly Green top

Cracking up over...


....this

Great speech by NY Senator on Gay marriages.

Geekiest thing we heard on New Year's Day:

T: oh, it's 1am
A: oh yes, we've to wake up at 10am tomorrow to take out the turkey
B&me: ??? what turkey
A: oh, Tilden and I are playing cafe world, he's the chef i'm the waitress, we need to take the turkey out before it burns.
B&me: O_o? WTFOMGUGUYSRSUCHGEEKS?!!!

Some cute celeb Sesame Street video clips

I'm listening to Jason Mraz's verson of Etta Jame's At Last, one of my favorite old time classics. Now that Mraz has stopped touring and is recording his new album, he has the time to blog and tweet, which I appreciate. I sound like such a groupie, but you know, he's got such a great voice, and not only that, he writes well and supports great causes.

If you're a fan or like reading interesting blogs, check him out here. Well, at least the last 2 entries. B and I both did, and we have both resolved to a) start eating more natural/organic foods b) treat the Earth better. We're not gonna turn into crazy raw foods hippies overnight, I know for sure B will still crave for his cheap processed McD's fast food. Me, I'll have my own unhealthy weaknesses.

But, if you've read or watched documentaries such as Food Inc, you'll know just how harmful processed foods are and how we consume so much food that really aren't beneficial for us and may even cause cancer and other diseases. Not to mention the lack of energy. B and I are concern about that too and we think the step towards organic/natural foods is the way.

So we're starting with baby steps, organic food is expensive here, so it's hard to eat it all the time, but we're gonna make our breakfast an organic one. We both bought natural muesli/oats, and I'm going back to Pacific Soy milk (which I used to enjoy in NY). It's not gonna be as tasty as chwee kweh or fried noodles. But, whatever's good for the body. As for the other meals, we'll try our best to eat natural when we can. The other option will be healthy Japanese meals.

As for the Earth, come tomorrow, I'll start making it a point to recycle. It's not in my habit to do so, but i'll start 2010.

Onto more 'selfish' personal resolutions, many I'm sure are repeats from the start of 2009:

1) NO MORE HANGOVERS
2) NO more unnecessary fines/ late charges
3) Save more $
4) less whinging (I'm totally guilty of that)
5) Work A LOT harder
6)  Sleep earlier/wake up earlier

That's all for now. 8 simple resolutions for me to keep to. And with that, here's wishing everyone

Happy New Year's Eve and 2010!!!

xoxo

Brunch at Nic's and Gerald's


Fong & Linna's wedding at The White Rabbit

Your official pacers for the Singapore half and full marathons and I'm proud to be one of them!



I tell ya...last Sunday I woke up at 6am in the morning to attend my first pacer run (because I was training for the NY marathon before) and I thought to myself, OMG why am I doing this so soon after running a full marathon?!?!?! I'm running a 21km today, am I crazy?

But once I got there, I was greeted by familiar faces, ones I've gotten to know through numerous Nike runs. I was introduced to the 2 other 2hr30min 21km pacers and at 7am, together with our pacees, we set off. There weren't many pacees with us at the training run, just 3. But I tell ya...there's something about having to help another runner get through their race and achieve their target. With yourself, it's easy to just say 'ah, Ee-Lyn, let's slow down a little" but then being a pacer, I have to run at a constant pace no matter. 2hr30min finish time is the aim of the game! Not like 2hr30min is very fast at all. It's a comfy pace for me, so that's all good. But still, keeping it constant is not 100% easy.


At the end of the 21km training run Sally, whom Angela and I was helping pace came up to me and thanked me for helping her achieve her target time. It felt good. I'm sure come 6th December the feeling will be even more fulfilling with more pacees (hopefully) running with us.

Until then, call me sadistic, but I look forward to my 18km pacer run again this Saturday at 6.45pm :)

From youtube:


actors talk abt the play


phone incident

 

(and only $1.99 for a big bottle)


(and a reluctant looking model)


(can't get them back in S'pore)


(There's Kashi back home, but not Go lean crunch)

Spent a day in Dubai enroute to NYC. Ben and I really liked the city. Went to Wild Wadi Water Park which was really fun. Of course, it was like a kid in a candy shop for him. Me...I had fun too, especially body boarding on the wave rider thingy. The super long slide was a bit scary to begin cuz it starts off 50m above ground, and aside from the drops which made my stomach jump I had a fear of falling off the sides. But then once I was on it it was all a blur and I reached the bottom in no time. And then there was the uphill water ride which was really interesting, not the least bit scary, just enjoyable.

Seeing the Burj and the tallest building in the world was really awesome!

Here are some pictures I took:








The scary long slide


Highest structure in the world...from very far (the skinny one)






More to come on NYC!

Mum's latest hobby is painting, and she's getting pretty good at it. Our place looks like an art studio now. I think she should hold a charity auction someday.

Models getting ready


Yilin & I get some hair & makeup done too


Backstage before the madness started


Purtty flowers from Char and Char!

As promised, here you go mei n hua. Our many attempts to get a nice shot

A little sad sounding but I do like this song alot. Also hear the hiphop version by Jason DeRulo. Alot happier sounding!

Hello from Bali! :)

Last Sunday I completed the Army Half Marathon in 2hr15min. Not my best time, but decent, considering I felt strong at the end and felt no aches on my legs the next day. I need to learn how to pace myself properly - I blew up on my last 2 races (10km and 21km) because I ran too fast at the start, and this time around, I definitely had more energy left in the tank to go faster. Now to find some kind of middle ground.

Anyhow, that's a average 6.40min pace, and from how I felt at the end of it, I'm certain I could've held on for longer. Based on that, and allowing some fade, I think I shall target a 4hr45min marathon come November.

I have to say the AHM is the best local race I've taken part in to date. It was really well organized, there were drink stations located every 2km, and not just a small booth but long tables filled with water and isotonic drinks.

The parts that weren't lit along ECP were illuminated by light sticks. I imagine it looked a little trippy (imagine cuz I've never tripped) because all I could see were lightsticks and runners' heads bopping up and down, the sound of their shuffles audible despite my ipod.

And then there were the supporters, organized by different army units - Belly dancers! Transformer like robots! Drummers! Guys on stilts (a 50-something runner slapped the guys on stilts hands as like the pros do at the finish line and it made me laugh)! Men with tiger masks! (ok, this actually scared me a bit. Good thing the sun was out by then).

Speaking of sun - despite the unearthly wake up time of 3.30am, starting at 5.30am is great because you miss most of the sun's heat and enjoy running from dark to light. 

It's definitely a race I think I'll do again next year. And my cousin Felix will have to too (cuz of NS)! He WALKED 10km this year - took him 1hr57min. My uncle (who is an avid runner) and I gave him a hard time about that while the rest of the family scolded us for not being supportive. It's not that we aren't. We are! But we knew 1hr57min meant a slowww 10km walk!

Anyhow. The results:

NAME:	TANG EE LYN
EVENT:	Half Marathon
DATE:	Sunday, August 16, 2009
TIME:	2h:16m:56s (gun) / 2h:15m:25s (net)

Placed: 361/1947