standard chartered marathon singapore 2013

yey...! another milestone for me :) that was when i crossed the finish line.

yes! i was able to crossed the finish line of 42km after 6 hours 42 minutes. my first full marathon, standard chartered marathon singapore 2013 which was held last december 1. i really didn't expect to make it 'cos i haven't diligently followed my training schedule. but then, my friends encouraged me every time that i can do it. that i just have to be motivated. i haven't had run for the last two months before the event.

in the middle of the marathon i was craving for something to eat. but i wasn't able to buy anything 'cos i don't have cash with me and they will not accept my debit card if i will not purchase minimum of s$20 :(

with preggy lerie, she purposely waited
for me at the finish line

at 30km point, i was so excited to see bananas. i grabbed two and ate all of it... my tummy was so happy, hehehe...

with fritzie,she ran 10km 

i felt so great to cross the finish line and so touched to have friends waiting to congratulate me. lerie & fritz, thank you so much! it meant a lot to me :)) 

yey..! to finisher tee and medal

i hope that this will not be my last full marathon. another bucket list ticked off :D

fifty shades

the first time i've heard of fifty shades of grey is from a friend of a friend a year or two ago... then, few weeks ago, daryl posted on her facebook status that she is willing to give away ebooks. and out of curiosity, i asked her if she has fifty shades of grey...

and yes! she does ;) in two weeks time i finished reading the three books... 

by el james

it is an erotic romantic novel, "... trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, anastasia steele, and a young business magnate  christian grey..." (wikipedia)

thank you, da for sharing :) i had a great time reading it ;)

2XU compression run 2013

yey...! i thought i won't be able to make it to the finish line... but i wasn't only able to reach the finish line, i was able to beat the time of my two previous 21km run... i finished at 2hrs 47mins :)) as per my runkeeper app.

i planned to run with 2:30 pacers but i was left behind after 6km point... i was running side by side with them but was so worn out and started to walk... without so much training i am still motivated to finish the race...

unleashed! the me i never knew :) my first finisher tee

 

 

 

at almost 18km point, i received a text message from lerie :) cheering me that i can do it... lerie, it helped..! thank you so much :))

thank you also babe for having faith and believing in me...

again, i ran with fritz today but she was on 10km category...

10km & 21km finishers...

waiting for the official result this week...

de jesus couple

nanay's high school classmate were here in singapore on a short trip... they happened to be fritz' parents high school classmates as well...

fritz and me picked them up at their hotel after work. we had dinner at makan sutra at marina bay. i could say that they enjoyed and liked the dinner we had. it's a nice place with not so expensive food(s).

after dinner, we ushered them out at the bay. uncle romie and auntie nenet enjoyed the nice city view at night, especially marina bay sands.

i stayed for a while at their place at antipolo last time. they were so very nice and so kind to accommodate me while i was hunting for a job at manila...

hope to spend time with you again... 

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

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) :))

standard chartered marathon singapore 2012

december 2, 2012 the day when a total of 53,000 registered runners ran for a reason. i ran the half marathon to prove to myself that I can do it. and i was so happy i did it. with so much thanks from God above for the strength and endurance He gave me on that day... with encouragement from friends and of course from you, brad. 

a bit of pose at universal studios ;)

it was a great experience to be able to join the largest running event here in singapore :)) there were 10,000 registered runners for the half marathon and i am so amazed to know that i rank 1074 overall for the said category :)) my nett time was 2hrs 52mins 29.83secs beating my previous timing by almost 10mins. 

sweat on after the run...

i have so much respect for the full marathon finishers especially to lerie and frank. you did a great job guys!!! 

with fellow runners (full crazy, half crazy and almost crazy) hehehe

dinner

last night was a wonderful time over dinner with nice people... pastor bayu and lerie invited us for dinner last saturday, the few filipino member of chuan hoe sda church...

pastor bayu cooked malaysian chicken dish, so yummy :)) and fish soup. i ate a lot, i wanted to stop as im full but pastor bayu's chili was just so tempting, hehehe...

we agreed to visit them at least once a month.

guys, i had a great time...!

happy faces :)) over a yummy dinner...
(photos taken from kuya erwin's fb page)

isla jardin resort, glan, sarangani 2012 - anrio+anne wedding

i left singapore together with LM friday night. we arrived at general santos on saturday morning at around 11am and a van pick us up. we reached isla jardin resort at glan, sarangani few hours before the wedding ceremony will start. so it was a bit of a rush to fix ourselves but we were able to manage :)) 

6.9.12
paAn & maAnne

it was one of the june weddings of the year, on the 9th day of the month. my first time to attend a beach wedding and i'm so happy and honored to be one of the bride's maids… it was a solemn and wonderful ceremony. guests were so happy to witnessed the union of the couple, some also shed tears, tears of joy... 

top left: with raquel / top right: with te nene, bride's mom
bottom: with the rest of the entourage

it was followed by a dinner party, and some activities like fireworks, lighting and flying of the lantern, fire dance and dance party :) 

nanay and the beautiful bride 

i was also very happy to be with my mom even just for awhile as i have to fly back to singapore that sunday morning... it was the quickest and tiring trip i had but was so happy to be there to witness the wedding of maAnne and paAn :)) missin' you guys...

with my nanay :))

home - july 2011

i was home for 3 weeks last july 2011. i celebrated my birthday there along with the blessing/thanksgiving of my baby. 

sunrise

nadette & me...

nadette, a friend and a former colleague came all the way from cebu to visit me and spent few days there. we went to coco beach at gumasa, glan with the mariano family and had a good time at the sunny white beach...

view from above, the best shot i've got :)

one of the seven falls at lake sebu

laurence  & me, we're flying...

we also spent a day at lake sebu together with laurence. it was an unforgettable experience. it was my first time to zip line. it was just so amazing and the view of nature is so wonderful from above. it's the highest zip line in south east asia. 

lunch at the floating cottage

we had a wonderful time... 

a quick visit

nanal is a fun, sweet, bubbly friend. we've been room mates for quite a while during college days. there's never been a dull moment with her as she can always crack joke in any situation. 

nanal at sentosa island

i was so happy to pick her up at the airport when she had her transit here in singapore on her way back to dubai last december 2011. we had dinner and roamed shortly at sentosa island before we meet up with her other friend where she has to spend the night. 

nanal & me at changi airport

even if it was quick but i was so glad to see you nal after more than ten years. hope to see you again anytime soon...