The Real Run and GE Women's 10K

I had 2 Runs this month; Real Run 08 and GE Women's 10K 08.

Real Run 08

15KM WOMENSOPEN with 475 female participants


221 WO0809 JOYCE CHAN


Check pt1 00:27:07
Check pt2 00:58:17
Check pt3 01:28:09
Net time 01:55:01
Total Finish 01:55:35

The Sun was really HOT and BURNing here at the finishing 2 Km. I finished 3 mins earlier than my Passion Run record. When I went to get my finishing tee, the XS and XXS are all gone. So I got the XL instead for my Hubby. maybe I should run the 15 km so that I can get my XXS tee.

This is what REAL stands for Run Exercise Active Lifestyle.

Women's 10km

Rank 35 out of 75 Leading Ladies
1970 JOYCE CHAN WAI PENG
6.1km Gun Checkpt 00:44:12
6.1km Chip Checkpt 00:43:55
Gun Finish 01:10:43
Chip Finish 01:10:26

I improved by 7 mins this year compared to my last year's run. Not too bad... I wonder when I will reach 1 hour to finish my 10KM.

They had a free photo taking session for runners. And this photo is very well taken right? But I waited about 45 mins to get it. The system to distribute out photos not taken in any orders were quite chaotic. But since it was a free service, so everyone beared with it. And it was immediately taken and stored into my hubby's wallet after I showed to my kids.

Good thing about these kind of run is that I always get to bring many bananas home and my kids were so happy to have them. And I think this permed hair is very suitable such marathons, they are "pretty messy".

I hoped that next year my siblings can come and run with me. And in future, I will encourage my children to be active too.

My kids out of my room!

They are out and we have our beds to ourselves in September!!!!

We have planned for this for so long since May but did not have time to get on with it. And finally we had clean up the kids room and done up the bed frames. The rubber covers of the bed frames stands did not come with the double deck bed (when the beds are splited). And of course after 2 years since we last bought the bed, the furniture shop totally ignore our enquires. So there was a long hunt for the correct rubber caps around the whole of singapore.

I putted up the girly bedsheets that we bought from Ausino 2 years back, those with princess and boldly pinkish. Bliss loved it! And they gladly slept on those beds even when it not fully done. But the strong desire to sleep on their own is short lived...

Since they were shifted out, I took the chance to also totally wean Zest off. There were at least 3 nights of hour long crying, whinning, followed by very attention seeking behaviour whenever she comes home. Her Teacher also find that she was very moody that 2 weeks. Soon after a while, we trained her to drink milk powder whenever her craving comes. The milk powder starts to runs out fast, like every 2 weeks. Now it been about a month, Zest starts to sleep through every alternate night. Still I am still very exhuasted whenever she wakes up in the middle of the night crying. However, thank God that Zest is learning to sleep through and seems to get it faster than Bliss used to. So thankful for this, and hopefully she will be able to have better sleep from now on.

Bliss started well since she is already sleeping through, but she still requires one of us to sleep with her. She will crawl into our bed if she wakes up in the middle of the night. Well, she had us slepping with her for 5 years. So I believe some habits are hard to get rid of. She amused us at times. Her recent arguement is that since she should be sleeping alone on her own bed, she asked why my hubby needs me to sleep with him? Though it was annoying then, but it sounds logic doesn't it? Hubby was lost for words. Then to put forth her arguement, she asked me again and this time she said that we were much older then her.

Now Bliss will fall asleep soon as long as one of us sleeps with her. As for Zest, most of the times she is very active and refuse to go to sleep. Many a times, we have to discipline her at her bed time till wee hours.

I hope these teething problems will be over soon... I need to get back my peaceful sleep...