u run 2013

i'm happy 'cos i think i did pretty good ;) on my 15 km run for u run 2013 yesterday. i finished after 1 hour and 43 mins even if i haven't train for the past three weeks. the last time i run for adidas kotr 2012, i finished my 16.8km in 2 hours 3 mins. it's quite an improvement :)

it was a fun experience as it is my first time to be on the first few rows at start point. i was able to start at 0:00:00 gun time.

i was with fritz but she run for 10km...

coming up is 21 km for 2xu compression run 2013 on 31 march... see you fellow runners!

u run 2013

sarangani highlands garden

it was so nice of anne to asked me and lm to have dinner together when we came home last week...

we went to sarangani highlands garden with nanay, te vian, jm, jay ar and dab... the place is quiet, has a nice view of the sarangani bay and has a great landsape. it's only few meters away from national highway towards gensan fish port...

this place was also featured on kris tv that week for kris' birthday celebration... the food was good but a bit expensive...

anne, thank u :) i had a great time...

*photo grabbed from jay ar's fb page

binignit

i've been craving for nanay's binignit two weeks before i went home for chinese new year holiday...

and i'm so happy that she cooked binignit for me when i was home... friends who came to visit liked it also...

it is a local dessert with finely ground sticky rice in small circles (bilo-bilo), sweet potato, jackfruit, sago and coconut milk...

thank you so much, nanay :)) missing you and your delicious dishes... 

valentines day

every day is a day of love...

but today is full of love and lots of love :)) today, i'm surprised by a bouquet of roses from my baby, a hug me heart-shaped pillow and a sweet valentine card...

baby ko, you never fail to make me feel so special, you never fail to shower me with so much love... and i'm always left speechless by your surprises...

happy valentines baby ko :)) iLoveyou...

gift

i feel so happy and grateful every time i receive gift(s)...

but this time, it's my turn to give myself something... i've been thinking of rewarding myself of something after completing half marathon for standard chartered marathon 2012... 

finally, i got myself something :)) it's an all-in-one gift for myself :)) sometimes we deserve something good for our self...

thai mango salad

yesterday, while heavy rain poured heavily, fritz and me had a lunch date at thai express in paragon... i asked her if she would like to try thai mango salad as it's a yummy side dish...

last time, me and brad also had a thai mango salad and we both loved it that we left not a single slice. but yesterday, i was surprised when they served it with lots of tiny red chili... and fritz is not a fan of hot & spicy food...

but still we managed to eat everything with teary eyes along the way, hehehe... next time, i will surely let them know that i don't want a chili on my thai mango salad...

thai mango salad (before & after) :))

dessert

last tuesday, lerie asked me to bring dessert as it's our turn to prepare for church's lunch...

i was wondering what to bring... and decided to prepare a fruit salad...

it's a mixture of chilled fruit cocktail, tiny skinned apple slices, cheese, raisins, cream, mayo and condensed milk... easy to prepare and one of my fave ;) 

and i'm so happy that everyone loved it :)) not a tiny bit was left...

yes..! it's yummy :))

hamper (no more)...

this is my fourth chinese new year at work... 

every year they will give more than a hundred dollar worth of hamper to every employee. on my first year, i didn't get any as you can only have one if you worked for at least one year...

the next two years, i was able to have a hamper... but i can't eat most of it. and so, i sold it to my colleague but bought it at a very cheap price, less than a hundred dollar... got no choice...

but this year, the company break the tradition... and i'm so happy as it favored me, hehehe... this year they gave us a hundred and fifty dollar worth of gift voucher. 

my $150 gift voucher :))
ready to roam around ntuc...

registered...!

yeah...! i already registered for two running events this year... 15km for u run 2013 and 21km for 2xu compression run 2013... 

already been training for these... and not only that, fritz will also be running with me on 10km category on both events.

a bit excited and looking forward for more runs this year... hoping to run a full marathon this year...