I RAN!!

Having done absolutely nothing at home for the past few days since the GCA, yesterday, I finally managed to convince myself to start running daily (or at least on a regular basis). Yup! After all the procrastination, I got my lazy lethargic ass out of that couch, turned off the T.V and laptop. (that are perceptually on, almost every second that I'm not asleep).

Okay, so yesterday, after having not ran in a long time, I decided to run a lap in Bishan Park 1 [Total 3.2km]. Unfortunately, I over-estimated my abilities, and only made it to just after then 2.2km mark. After which I terrible head ache prevented me from running any further, so I walked the remaining kilometer to the 'finish point'. A bit disappointing, but I had to be realistic, its been a while...

Today, I ran again, and thanks to two 'unofficial pacers' running ahead of me, I managed to complete the full 3.2km run without stopping or slowing down. I ran at a constant pace that was to my satisfaction (way better than yesterday!), but since I only had my mp3 player with me, the only way I could get my timing was by counting the time lapsed in the songs that were played, and this added up to about 21minutes... Way better than I expected!

Okay, so from now on, I shall run the 3.2km everyday that I intend to stay at home, and aim to increase that to the full Bishan Park 1 & 2 loop (almost 6+km?) each day by the end of the school holidays.

Games Convention Asia 2008

Day 1:

Kelgene playing a game on the 360



Wow, it WCG... oh wait, no! Its WGT!

Imbah Gaming Machines

EA- The largest Exhibitor

PS3

Would you dare to advertise your game like this?

WALL-E

Tah-DAH! The NYP F1 Marina Bay Circuit Simulator!

SP's booth...

(I have no idea what this is..)

Not too many people on the first day

(Again, IDK what this is...)

How often do you get to see your teacher being interviewed!

Xun videoing it down..

The REAL camera man

Close up..

Our last 'customers' for the day...

Shut Down...
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Day2:

The crowds grew larger.. so we introduced a numbered ticketing system..

Utt hosted the Rock Show Challenge thing... [NYP's booth was right next to the stage! XD]

The day was quite un-eventful and before i knew it, it was closing time..

Jay being annoying as we went down to escalator

After Day 2 ended, we walked to the Pan Pacific Hotel's Ballroom for Exhibitor's Night for A DINNER BUFFET!!!

The desert table... (I was so busy eating, I forgot to photograph the buffet selections!)

Eating and drinking

Doesn't that look so much like how Rachel will pose for every photo!

Deserts..

Miki sipping his glass of White Wine (Yes, there was a free flow of alcohol too!)


What we left behind...
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Day 3:

Early in the morning, before anyone was allowed in..

Turning on the simulator's computers...

Some of the other booths didn't even have anyone setting up yet...

DRIVE

'Testing' the simulator (more like playing!)

Mr Roberto filming us...

We had some (make that, alot) of time before opening, so we went down for breakfast...

Jay, despite knowing he has an acute lack of tolerance for anything spicy, decided to torture himself by ordering curry chicken noodles for breakfast.

After breakfast, we went to the 3rd floor to openGL for awhile, and saw a series of porshes...

and Team Singapore Hippo buses!

The last day was REALLY crowded...

People swarmed our booth! (you don't see that at the other school's booths!)

One of the myriad of cosplayers...

Before long, it was 7.45pm... Our final few 'customers' in the ticketing backlog

packing up...

Velcro anyone?

Dismantling...

15 minutes after closing, and most of the booths are beyond recognition!

Everyone...

Professional Movers bubble-wraping our $30,000 chairs...

Loading 'em up!

Just how many potted plants can you squeue in there!

We hitched a ride on the back of the movers truck!

Movie @ Dempsy Hill

House @ Dempsy Hill organises free moview screenings at their premises every tuesday.

Dinner at B1 Far East with Jay, Miki & Ms Jamie

There was this English Take-Away place... filling, but not really to my liking.
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After dinner, we paid $1.40 each for the free shuttle to Dempsy Hill. (Yeah..)

Nice Atmosphere!

Movie room

Free Curry Popcorn was given... I felt the curry powder was too strong though.

The seats..

We were looking for the toilets but could not find your usual toilet signs... They were 'creative', to say the least, in marking their loos...

Need i say more?

The ceiling..

The exterior of the building

A helium powered balloon with its 'logo'

BLK 8D DEMPSY RD

Look Ma! Tripod-less night photography with high ISO and low noise!

At the estate's entrance

GRID

A interesting looking church

Group shot at the bus stop!
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All photos were taken without tripods or flash (expect for group shot) in low lighting! XD

NYPPC Outing

'No Parking'

The Old Singapore

Lock Up

Hot

Tired [ain't the cat just sooo cute?]

Postal Code

The Important Message
[*This picture was not photoshoped! Its the power of aperture.]

Flat

Shock and Awe

Color Scheme

Raya De Concourse

What you Dont see

Believe

3 Guys

Coming of Age

Beads

Laugh

Play

Talk

Read

Green

Smoke

Holes I

Patriotism

Dare to Defy

Holes II

La Selle Campus

PAY [At every turn, you see yet another dreaded ERP. Its unavoidable]

[Jay playing with my HP...]

The Day Before Today

EastCoast Skate + YEP Prep

3rd Sept - Went to ECP with Xun n Jay for skating... its been a long time (last time i skated was Runway skating!)

At the west end of East Coast, where the path ends, the 'extention' toward the city will open 20th Sept... but since it wasn't really blocked out, we decided to go in for a look...

up...


We had subway after that. Subway meals at ECP cost only $5.50! (only 1 cookie though)
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4th Sept - Preparations for YEP (OCIP) to Chiang Rai at school...

Team Building

Sadly, the next day, the trip was officially cancelled due to the political unrest in Thailand... :(