Ferrari 1-3 for qualifying

This weekend's French GP which will be the last at the Magny-Cours circuit will see the red scarlets on p1 and p3 with Massa on pole and Raikkonen in third. Mclaren's Hamilton is on p2 which is no surprise as we seen his superb performance in the previous races. Alonso sustained gearbox problems and will only be on P10. Both Reanults appear to be good but then again, this is their home ground so perhaps they had to show something. Both BMWs are in the top 10 and the Hondas are still struggling to get it right. It sure will be an exciting weekend.

Long weekend ahead

Since Monday is Youth Day, we have a long weekend. However, I would be doing my lesson plans, spending time with the family and of course doing some running. Hopefully the weather will be favourable. Just 1 week to go for the Saucony Passion Run. Will be meeting YS tomorrow and then heading to Velocity at Novena to collect the race pack.

It might rain tonight so no prizes for guessing whether I washed my car. Since I had the snow wash coupon, I went for a wash as the car was spotted with the pollen while parking in school. It still did not come off. Perhaps I may have to use some polish to get rid of them. What makes it worse is that the car is black therefore it is even more obvious.

No time to watch TV serials

During the holidays, I practically watched TV every weekday from 1730hrs till 2230hrs! Well that's because I did not catch the first telecast of the previous show at 1730hrs when it was aired 3 years ago. Since it was on a re-run, why not? After that I will catch the early evening news followed by the drama serial at 1900hrs. Thereafter at 2000hrs, it is either some variety show or the game show "Deal or no Deal". The 2100hrs show comes up next and I will round up my TV watching spree at about 2230 with either the chinese or CNA news.

Now that school has begun, I decided to forgo watching these serials as they can get pretty addictive. However, I try to catch the game or variety shows during dinner time since they are pretty entertaining.

LPS Open House Cum I & E Day

LPS will have their Open House cum I & E Celebration on Saturday 7th Jul 2007 from 1000hrs till 1500hrs.

Fixed my car horn

Was driving home on Sunday night along the KJE when there was this goods van hogging the extreme right lane at 60km/h. I wanted to tap the horn once to alert him to move over but found out that there was no sound. Many more vehicles were forming up behind me and there were also other vehicles overtaking from the left due to this road hogger. So I high beamed him once to alert him. However, this driver just kept on his slow speed on the extreme right lane until many others behind high beamed and honked did he move over. So after school yesterday, I drove to a nearby electrical shop to get it fixed. In fact, I already knew that it was due to a loose wire which resulted in a 'soundless' horn. Now that it is done, my loud horn is working again. Haha, I simply love the sound! Not that I enjoy honking at others but it sounds really loud and it is effective!

First day of school: Back to LPS for my practical attachment

I am back at LPS for my practicum attachment for a period of 5 weeks. It is nice to be back and see many familiar staff and students. The P3 class that I am taking have many of my previous P2 Topaz and 2M6 from the class of 2006. As for the P5 class, I have not taught them before but have seen them around the campus.

So I guess I have to re-tune my running schedule for the time being. Either I get up a little earlier to do a pre-dawn run (between 4-5.30am) or I could do an evening run (between 4-6pm).

Annoying lifft users

To all lift users: Please press only the desired direction which you are heading and not both. If you think it makes the lift arrive faster, no it does not. On the contrary it slows it down. Being in the lift and if the door opens, it is very annoying to know that the person wants to go the opposite direction as you are headed.

Pressing both buttons does not display street smartness but it shows the opposite.

Hit-and-run

I was reading some posts in a car forum and there was a recent post couple of hours ago regarding a hit-and-run accident in the wee hours of this morning. It involved 2 cars and a 3rd was involved as there were 2 of them having an illegal street race which ended up with one 'racer' colliding with an innocent other party. Lastest news is that one of the injured is in very critical condition and could go anytime due to excess loss of blood.

This is not something new as hit-and-run accidents have been in the headlines of late. A very good example is that of a certain celebrity from Mediacorp who hit a motorcyclist due to his ( i stress his) drunkedness. No names mentioned and he has paid the price by being put away in Queestown Remand Prison. I feel that such incidents are very unecessary as it reflects a sheer lack of responsibility. A very simple logic of not drinking and driving should be adhered too. If the unthinkable happens where one is involved in an accident, irreespective of whether there are any injuries, particulars should be exchanged and the last thing to do is to just flee the scene.

I really hope the authorities can relook at the penalties of hit-and -run and drink driving cases. Perhaps a fine and ban from driving with the possibility of a jail term should be increased. The fine I feel is just too light a punishment as money can be earned back. Increasing the jail term might serve as a deterrent to potential offenders. As for those caught street racing illegally, I think their cars should be inpounded, licenses revoked and if any damage is caused to others, the culprits should be made to pay for them.

In a nutshell, Drive safe and stay alive. If you drink don't drive & if you drive, don't drink.

Had a good lunch

I went to Adam Rd FC for lunch earlier. Despite the crowd, I had a wonderful Nasi Lemak from the second stall which was said to have been partonised by the Sultan of Brunei. Judging the queue, no prizes for guessing the quality and popularity. Even the adjacent stall pales in comparison. In my opinion, this has got to be the best Nasi Lemak in that part of the island. Another good nasi lemak stall can be found at Chong Pang which is just opposite the Khatib Camp along Sembawang Rd. Some may find that there is also good nasi lemak at the eastern part of Singapore but I humbly beg to differ.

Holidays ending, term starting, half a year gone by...

4 days to school reopening. 6 weeks to the start of a new term in NIE. 6 months to the end of 2007. I noticed that this year seemed to pass much faster than last. I am sure my fellow coursemates sure feel the same. This time last year we were lamenting on the june holidays ending soon but we were elated that all of us will meet up on campus sometime in mid-July. Fast forward 12 months and all of us are busy gearing up for practicum which will start in 4 days. I look forward to receiving your emails on our school experiences. As we are 'semi-trained' as compared to when we first started our untrained stint, things will be different to a certain extent I suppose. We shall see.............

Weird weather

It was raining in the wee hours of the morning and needless to say, that was the perfect receipe to mediate horizontally for a slightly longer time. However, I had my daily stuff to do so I had to forgo my slumber. But it was only at around noon when the blazing sun shone mercilessly and since my car was parked in the sun, it was somewhat like getting into a furnance. Wanted to have a short cat nap but we needed to pick Esther from the baby care centre. We initially had planned to walk there from here just to get a feel but the skies looked really threatening therefore we drove there instead. It sure looks overcast now and I wonder if it will rain this evening. I really hope it does so we can really have a good sleep.

Esther went for her jab today

We brought Esther for her first 5-in-1 jab as stipulated by the Child Immunisation Schedule. Angela recalled that when she first went for the heel prick test shortly after she was discharged, Esther did not cry that much. She only let out a short howl when the needle pricked her and that's it. I must say that her threshold of pain is pretty high. When they pricked her, as usual she let out a short howl then it was peaceful again. We need to monitor her temperature throughout the night in case she develops a fever.

US GP....Mclarens still the ones to beat

Adopted from the F1 website.
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Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest lap of the US Grand Prix, which was a source of encouragement for Ferrari. But it was the McLarens which finished first and second and the red cars that could not better third and fourth, some 13 seconds adrift.

Given their past record of six victories from the seven races held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Ferrari came here full of confidence that they would be closer to McLaren than they were in Montreal. And they were, but at the vital stages of the race the silver arrows had the edge and that proved crucial.

Raikkonen’s fastest lap, 1m 13.117s, was set on the 49th lap as he chased after team mate Felipe Massa while he was running on Bridgestone’s softer tyre and the Brazilian was doing his final stint on the harder compound. Massa’s best lap was 1m 13.380s, set on lap 50. By contrast the McLarens did their quick times - 1m 13.222s for race winner Lewis Hamilton on lap 20 and 1m 13.257s for Alonso on lap 21 - on soft tyres just before their respective first pit stops. Had it been necessary, it is likely that each could have gone faster later. It was not.

Ferrari proved that their reliability is back to what it used to be, but need to find a little more of everything, whereas McLaren have their car operating right in its sweetest spot. And it is beginning to tell in the chase for the constructors’ world championship. McLaren have 106 points, Ferrari 71.

Renault led a race for the first time in 2007, courtesy of Heikki Kovalainen’s stint between laps 22 and 26, and the fact that he did not refuel until lap 27 put his sixth-place qualifying performance into even better perspective. The Finn rued being stuck behind Nick Heidfeld after his stop and thought he should have been more aggressive, but on a day when team mate Giancarlo Fisichella marred his homework with his spin on lap two, and also when BMW Sauber netted only one point, the four that he brought home were important. “The result is the maximum we can achieve at the moment. We cannot beat McLaren and we cannot beat Ferrari, but I think we can fight with BMW,” he said, and that about summed it up.

BMW Sauber showed strong potential again and Nick Heidfeld was sure they could have competed for a podium finish after getting ahead of Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari at the start. But he lost ground on lap 21 just before his pit stop, when he ran wide and lost a place to Kovalainen, and later retired when a hydraulic problem progressively affected the power steering, gearshift and then throttle. Courtesy of rookie Sebastian Vettel the team maintained their record of scoring at each race, but he lost four places in the first corner that he was unable to recover fully, and inevitably the second car did not realise the potential it might have in Robert Kubica’s hands. Nevertheless, Vettel made a good impression and was generally four- to five-tenths of a second off Heidfeld in his first real Formula One run. BMW Sauber have 39 points, while Renault now have 25.

Having lost Ralf Schumacher on the opening lap Toyota had to rely totally on Jarno Trulli, and the Italian did them proud with a strong run to a sixth place that he had trouble believing. His scrap with Mark Webber’s Red Bull was a feature of the closing stages of the race, and three points helped to close the gap to Williams, who failed to score. That was a shame for the British team, as Nico Rosberg was a strong contender for points all afternoon after another aggressive performance in the FW29. With six laps to run disaster struck when an oil leak started a fire at the rear of the car, and the visibly disappointed German pulled off just beyond the pit lane. With Alex Wurz unable to find a way past Tonio Liuzzi’s low-downforce Toro Rosso for the first 36 laps, Rosberg was their only realistic hope for points. They still have 13 for fifth overall, but Toyota are now only four adrift in sixth.

Webber’s feisty run to seventh brought Red Bull two more welcome points on a day when David Coulthard was savaged from behind and forced into retirement after a lap. The Australian called for “more downforce, more reliability, more speed,” but at least they moved ahead of Super Aguri and into seventh overall.

This time there was no magic from Takuma Sato, who spun his Super Aguri into retirement in the Turn Four gravel after 13 laps, but after getting delayed in the first corner debacle Anthony Davidson had the satisfaction of catching and passing Jenson Button’s Honda, and overtaking several other cars, on his recovery to an eventual 11th place finish. Encouragingly, the Briton’s fastest lap - 1m 14.066s - put him firmly in Red Bull, Renault, Williams and Toyota territory.

Honda had a tough time, losing Rubens Barrichello in the first lap melee, and then having Button delayed by a fuel rig malfunction during his pit stop. In that incident too much fuel - between 15 and 20 kilos too much - was put into the tank, not only losing him pit stop time but subsequently hampering the RA107 further out on the track. The best the Englishman could do was 12th.

For a while, when Liuzzi was running ahead of Wurz in 11th place for the first 28 laps, Toro Rosso looked as if they might be up for points, even when Fisichella subsequently found a way past his fellow countryman on lap 29. But then Liuzzi had a disastrous stop on lap 37 when his refuelling rig malfunctioned, and dropped behind team mate Scott Speed. Whereas the American made it home, Liuzzi retired in the pits with five laps to go when the telemetry said his water temperature had reached the danger zone. Both drivers found that their low-downforce set-ups were a real handful on a slippery track, and the lap times were very slow.

Spyker finished both cars, and for a while Adrian Sutil ran as high as 13th after the first corner kerfuffle, but inevitably he slipped back as faster cars recovered. Nevertheless, the German described it as a “perfect race.” Team mate Christijan Albers, who was on a single-stop strategy compared with Sutil’s two-stop, blamed leader traffic for upsetting his chances of beating the German.

Final Week of the sch hols

This is the last week of the school vacation. I suppose many of my fellow coursemates are getting ready for the upcoming mid-year staff meetings, inductions and other administration things to be done prior to the start of term. For myself, I got my induction on Wed, staff meeting on Thu this week. So I will be making full use of the remaining couple of days to get ready for school and also to work our schedule to be in sync with Esther as well. It will be an exciting couple of weeks to come!

Hamilton is on pole again for the US GP. In fact I am beginning to have a preference towards him as compared to his Spanish double world champion. I find that Hamilton's progress in F1 is so brilliant that even two-time world champion Alonso seems to pale in comparison. I just hope the Englishman will win the championship this season!!!

Went to Tiffany's 1st birthday

We attended Tiffany's first birthday earlier in the afternoon. It was crowded. Other than familiar faces from church, her relatives and other friends were there as well. I noticed that the demographics of the people at such functions have evolved. Previously, I used to attend functions like house-warming or bridal showers or gatherings and the crowd are mostly, single, attached, engaged or newly married. Today's crowd mainly consists of families with little ones ranging from a few months till a couple of years. This shows that those in my age group have upgraded to family status already.

Esther's settling in well

Today was Esther's second day at the infant care centre. Other then being a little grumpy during the bath time, she could assimilate in well. According to the staff, she was her usual wide-eyed self looking at the surroundings with great curiosity. Since term will begin soon, we decided to send her in slightly earlier to get her accustomed and should there be any adversities which we hope there will not be, there is time to make adjustments. When term begins in 10days, I will be sending her in pretty early in the morning before heading to school.

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Esther was so entertained this afternoon

2 of my coursemates came by to visit Esther earlier. Dora and Joanne had a wonderful time with Esther and needless to say, the little one was excited with having guests as always. Joanne especially bonded well with her and Esther seemed to enjoy her company. We had a nice time chatting and also talking about the new term that will be starting soon. Guess we will all be communicating via email and MSN when term starts. Either we will be exchanging lesson plans, ideas and other stuff or simply airing our frustrations! This is like the early part of 06 when our TPP group had that yahoo groups. Really miss those times when we talked, shared and encouraged one another via the yahoo groups. Hope to keep in touch with my coursemates even when we graduate next year which is not too far from now.

Got my new specs

After 4 years, my old specs (frame only) looked very faded. In fact I was looking to get a new frame some time back but just thought I could wait out for some time. Since it is the holidays, i thought I may as well get it done before term begins.

I went back to the same shop where I purchased this old frame and lenses. As the dimensions are a little unique (that frame was the in fashion back in 03), there were not many choices but I managed to get one that looks pretty decent and quite up-to-date.

The damage was $138 but it looks sturdier than the old one. The side arms are not metal but plastic which means I do not have to worry about corrosion due to my pespiration. Thankfully, my previous specs had the arms laminated to prevent corrosion. Hopefully this one can last at least another 2 or 3 years? Incidentally, the lenses are already slightly past a year but given that it is a good quality one, I reckon it can hold out for another 3 years with proper care.

Incident-filled Canadian GP

Although I did not manage to catch the Canadian GP, it was an incident-packed one. Needless to say, the horrific crash that happened to BMW-Sauber driver Kubica was the one which got many talking and there were even videos of that moment posted on YouTube. Miraculously, Kubica was not seriously hurt except for a broken ankle. Basically, what remained of the crashed car was the cabin and I think the fuel tank according to the video clip. Speaks volume of the safety of these cars despite their lightweight. Compared to when the late Arton Senna crashed and died in the San Marino GP in 1994, F1 cars have been much more rigid with the increase of horsepower and obviously, speed.

Moral of the story: F1 is exciting but only when limited to the track and done with much care, experience and with the right machinery. Some dumb folks just like to speed on public roads and end up dead, paralysed or causing hurt to other innocent roadusers.

Drive Safe. Stay Alive.

Canadian GP Qualifying

The article was taken from the F1 website.

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Lewis Hamilton is perfectly poised to score his first Grand Prix victory after taking pole position for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. At 22 years, five months and two days old, he is the second youngest polesitter after team mate Fernando Alonso.

The Englishman was the dominant runner in qualifying here in Montreal, lapping his McLaren in 1m 15.707s. Alonso was on a quicker lap in the first two sectors, but ultimately the lap did not improve on Hamilton’s and the world champion had to be content with 1m 16.163s for the other front row slot.

A dramatic final improvement for Nick Heidfeld put him ahead of the Ferraris, with 1m 16.266s for BMW Sauber, leaving Kimi Raikkonen fourth on 1m 16.411s and Felipe Massa fifth on 1m 16.570s. It may well be that the Ferraris are carrying more fuel, as they seem to perform better on the soft Bridgestone tyre rather than the super-softs on which the McLarens look so good. Time will tell.

Mark Webber was sixth with 1m 16.913s for Red Bull, narrowly beating Nico Rosberg’s 1m 16.919s for Williams. Robert Kubica probably has more fuel than Heidfeld, and was eighth for BMW Sauber on 1m 16.955s. The fifth row belongs to Giancarlo Fisichella on 1m 17.229s for Renault, and Jarno Trulli on 1m 17.747s for Toyota.

As Hamilton headed Alonso and Nick Heidfeld in Q2, Takuma Sato was the first runner to miss out on Q3 after lapping his Super Aguri in 1m 16.743s to head Toro Rosso’s Tonio Liuzzi (1m 16.760s), Honda’s Rubens Barrichello (1m 17.116s), Red Bull’s David Coulthard (1m 17.304s), Jenson Button in the second Honda (1m 17.541s) and Scott Speed for Toro Rosso (1m 17.571s).

The principal incident in the second session came when Heidfeld missed the last corner and had a time of 1m 16.519s disallowed by the stewards. He rectified that with a 1m 15.960s which left him third in Q2, but the price was a brush with the outside wall which necessitated inspection of his BMW Sauber prior to Q3.

The first session weeded out Super Aguri’s Anthony Davidson (1m 17.542s), Toyota’s Ralf Schumacher (1m 17.634s), the unfortunate Heikki Kovalainen for Renault (1m 17.806s), Alex Wurz in the Williams (1m 18.089s) and the two Spykers of Adrian Sutil (1m 18.536s) and Christijan Albers (1m 19.196s).

Kovalainen was in the wars yet again, sliding his Renault backwards into the wall on the exit to the back chicane. That wiped off its rear wing, but Renault’s mechanics worked wonders to get him going again as the session was red flagged temporarily while the debris was swept away. Kovalainen improved by almost two seconds on his previous time, but the midfield was so close that it wasn’t enough.

Feeling so lethargic......

I spent quite some time sleeping throughout the day as I was feeling so lethargic. Guess it must be due to the weather. However, if it rained, I think it might be possible to sleep right through! I always enjoy hibernating when it rains especially at night. It is so cooling and you feel so comfortable that you could just get by the whole day in bed. During my varsity days abroad, I enjoyed autumn, winter and spring as it was enjoyable to be nicely wrapped up inside my quilt with the heater set at a comfortable temperature. That was why it was always hard to get up for early morning classes during winter. If only Singapore's climate would be like Australia.

Another usual day......

I have been logging into the NIE portal to see when I should register for my next semester modules but they seem not to have gotten that in place. I think they ought to have a link on the results page so that after seeing our results (satisfactory or otherwise) we can immediately register for the next semester rather than having to wait again.

We went to IMM today after lunch to purchase Tiffany's birthday present. Her 1st birthday will be held next week and we are on the list of invited guests. Now that we have Esther, most of the birthday parties we attend are those of children. Christmas gathering with my cousins will be more of a get-together for the kids to have fun whilst the adults endulge in our converstions. We have upgraded.

Morning Run

After lazing around since saturday when I last ran, I decided to go for an early morning run. It certainly felt great to be able to have a good sweating session. Just another 5 weeks or so to the first running event of the year.

I also noticed that the New Balance Sentosa Trail is just 1 week before the Sheares Bridge Run according to last year's calendar. This will be somewhat like having 2 races back to back. Thankfully the former is just 10km although 40% of it will be on sand and cross-terrain. Would be fun eh?

I need to change my running shoes. Although I bought it only 6 months ago, due to my very heavy usage and also the way my feet are arched, the rear side walls tend to wear out faster. Have asked my brother to purchase a new pair for me. This time, I will be trying out Asics. Wonder how different is it from the 2 Sauconys that I have been wearing.

Less than 3 weeks before school reopens. I certainly am looking forward to that but this will mean less time spent with Esther.

Mediocre results

Sigh.......not even an A- this time round. I kind of expected a C+ as I took a very big gamble during the exam by planning a very out-of-the-blue lesson plan. However, there was one module which I was hoping to get an A- or at worst a B+ but it was not meant to be. Seems that my hopes of crossing over are fading. Perhaps I should start looking at SIM Uni......

Exciting 2 weekends ahead.....

The next 2 weekends will be exciting as there will be 2 back-to-back races. The Canadian GP will be this weekend whilst the US GP will be held a week later. Who will come out tops this time round?

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Ferrari expecting more in Montreal

After a disappointing Monaco Grand Prix, Ferrari are looking forward to a return to form at this weekend’s Canadian race. The Italian team are certain that their heavy defeat in Monte Carlo was more down to luck than lack of pace, and are optimistic that in Montreal they will reduce McLaren’s 20-point lead in the championship.

“We believe we will have a strong package for this event,” Ferrari’s sporting director, Stefano Domenicali, told the team's official website. “There is no reason why we should not be able to fight for the win in Montreal after a weekend in Monaco where our performance did not accurately reflect our potential.”

Felipe Massa crossed the line in Monaco over a minute behind the McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, while Kimi Raikkonen’s weekend was scotched by a costly accident during qualifying. Relegated to 16th on the grid, the Finn spent his race fighting through traffic and scored just one point.

To make doubly sure of an improved showing in Canada, Ferrari have introduced a series of revisions to the F2007 to suit Montreal’s distinct requirements. New front and rear wings, which were evaluated during May’s test in Paul Ricard, will be used, alongside a variety of other, less noticeable, aerodynamic modifications. With the Canadian circuit notoriously tough on brakes, the team have also worked hard to improve the car’s brake system and cooling ducts.

One thing not in Ferrari’s favour, however, is the fact that both Raikkonen’s and Massa’s cars will be fitted with the same engines they ran in Monaco. The Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, with its long straights and quick corners, is a demanding track and Ferrari will be hoping the less strenuous Monaco race will have saved both V8s from being too overworked.

At last year’s Canadian Grand Prix, Massa finished fifth, three places behind team mate Michael Schumacher, who had been held off to the flag by a triumphant Fernando Alonso.

U pay peanuts, u get monkeys.....

If you all recall, I bought a brand new standing fan less than 2 months ago for $50 at Giant. It is some unknown brand but because it is cheap and it comes with remote control, I bought it. However, it broke down yesterday despite my numerous attempts to try to 'spin' it. Just to give a short description: the blade will not rotate and I have to leave it on the highest speed for more than 2 monutes before it showly starts moving! What's worse is that it is rotating so slowly that some smaller sized fans at low speed can generate more wind than it! It finally died last night so I brought it back to agent this morning. As it was still under warranty, they repaired it on-the-spot at no charge.

Apparently, the technicial said that the motor might have jammed up due to some serious internal problem. So he replaced a new unit for me. The blade was also changed as the original hard plastic 5 fin blade tended to consume more current whilst this 3 fin soft plastic one consumes less. This led to the fan being able to do what it is required to do except that at speeds 1, 2 or 3, it spins as if it is at full speed! Anyway, since it is working well and able to generate more than acceptable wind, I decided to just live with it.

Incidentally, I have a small box fan in the kitchen which is more than 20 years old and it is still running strong. The other standing fan in Esther's room by the brand Ph***ps is about 8 years and it obviously works very well.

So much for me being a cheapskate.

1st attempt

We are going to start to prolong Esther's night sleep. She has been able to sleep for at least 5hours from around 2330 till about 0400 the next morning before we have to feed her again. Not bad for an approaching 3 months old infant. Many whom we spoke to agreed that this is a huge bonus. For the past 2 days she managed to stretch it to beyond 6 hours!

After asking some other more experienced parents, they suggested that we can slowly and steadily prolong the night sleep by making sure that she has a really full feed just before she goes to bed and should she wake up in the middle of the night, give her water instead.

Just fed her and put her to bed. Prayfully she will be able to last till around 5 or 6am tomorrow. This is somewhat like fuelling the F1 car to the brim and then bringing the car home on just 1 pit stop!!! Oh dear, me and my F1 craze again.

Morning run at East Coast

After feeding Esther this morning at 5am (she slept from 9.30pm last night till 5am), I thought since I have not been to run at East Coast for some time, I decided to have my run there. Once I was changed, I drove to East Coast. The cool morning breeze was fantastic and I managed to clock in almost 80 minutes of continuous running. I ran from Fort Road all the way to Bedok Jetty. Despite the early hours, (it was 7pm when I arrived at East Coast) there were already quite a number of other joggers, cyclists, roller-bladers and senior citizens practising their TaiJi. Thankfully, I finished before it got warmer. It is scorching outside right now. Cannot imagine if I were to run later instead of this morning. Usually, I can clock in better timings if the weather is more cooling and less humid. But I do try to practise in harsher conditions so that it will come in helpful should there be changes.

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