trail run at macritchie reservoir park

'twas august 18, i'm scheduled to run 16km for my full marathon training. i thought of running from ang mo kio to macritchie reservoir park.

running towards there was a bit of a challenge for me, as i've only been there once and i took a bus that time. but i was thankful i found my way with some traffic violations ;) 

upon reaching there i continued to run to the west direction along lornie road. after a while, i found myself running alone but once in a while one or two runner would pass me. later did i realized that i'm running on a trail. i only not saw few runners but there were few monkeys along the way, too.

wet & muddy trail

the trail was wet and muddy. it was a cool and challenging run, not knowing how long and when the trail would end. i was happy that by the time i came out of the trail i completed 16km. 

great & wonderful sunrise in the middle of red dot city

it was my first time to run on a trail :) i't s a great experience to blend with nature along the way.

credit 2

another credit from standard chartered marathon singapore :) few days ago, they left a comment on my instagram photo asking my permission if they can use it... and of course who am i to refuse that, hehehe... especially if it will inspire other runners as well ;)

they posted it on their facebook, twitter and instagram account... it feels so cool that they like it... feeling awesome here, hehehe....

credit

hahaha, my posted photo on instagram was shared by standard chartered marathon singapore on their facebook page... 

cool..! hehehe...

kuala lumpur, malaysia - may 2012

last may, laurence brought his parents on a trip here in singapore and kuala lumpur, malaysia. i joined them on their trip to kl... 

we left singapore saturday morning by bus, it's a 4-5 hours travel... but it's fine as the couch's seats were comfortable.

the petronas tower

we went around the city, shop a little, stroll along bintang walk and of course, not to miss the petronas towers...

fun at bintang walk

we went to batu caves and kl bird park...

giant statues at batu caves

kl bird park

we also took a few hours bus trip to genting highlands and took a ride on the cable car. it was a cool experience, seeing the nature from above and feel the cold...

nice and cold genting highlands

i had fun joining them, and lau's parents were so nice to let me join them...

with lau and his nanay & tatay...
happy faces :))

bishan-ang mo kio park

i woke up past 5 in the morning last sunday to have my long run for the week... and i decided to run towards bishan-ang mo kio park.

i ran along ang mo kio ave 10, it's not that far from my place... it's only around 2kms...

and i was so happy i decided to run towards the park. it's nice and beautiful out there. 

and one thing that catched my eyes is the presence of mcDonald's at the park, hehehe... i wish i had some bills with me and had my fave caramel frappe... but someone told me, it's not good for my running, huhuhu...

my new running track... i'll be back ;)

beautiful sunrise :))

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... 

fort canning park nature walk

last sabbath afternoon our church, chuan hoe seventh-day adventist chuch, went out for a nature walk at fort canning park. we had a nice and a great afternoon. 

we had the chance to see some of the heritage trees here in singapore but i haven't remember the names of those trees... 

some of the heritage trees around the park

hanging & tiny flowers

enjoying and having fun

i just enjoyed the nature and the fun we had. 

group picture :))
below is actually a successive 10-shot pose
(photo taken from frank)

towards the end of our walk, we sat for a while on the ground at one part of the park. lerie and pastor bayu started to show their skills on cartwheel and most of the youths wanted to learn. so they tried their very best as well to execute. i didn't try but i had so much fun watching them... 

left: simon trying to help pastor bayu find his balance
right: pastor bayu performed a cartwheel over me and lerie
(photo taken from frank)

'twas a fun-filled afternoon to be out in the nature...