Long weekend.

I celebrated my 28th birthday over the weekend. Nothing fancy. Had a wonderful time with Jasmine and friends, then with my family and to cap it off, dinner at Resorts World Sentosa. No, I didn't get to go gambling over the weekend. It was nice to get some off time too since it was Hari Raya last friday too. Anyway, the year is almost over. Usually I plan some goals for myself every year, like doing the Standard Chartered Marathon or Army Half Marathon or Nike Run or the New Balance Run or the Sun Down Marathon or sometimes just do them all. Well for starters, my goal for this year has changed slightly. My biggest goal was the planning for my wedding. I didn't sign up for any runs because my knnes have been hurting and I planned to go to 2 places I've never visited by the end of the year. I will be going to Hong Kong and Penang. I've never been to either. However, the year is coming to a close and I need to start setting some goals for myself. Well, first goal is as usual, do well in my studies. Juggling a full time job and University Studies can be rather challenging. Second, I intend to take part in my first ever Triathlon. I know i can ride a bike and run well enough. Its the swimming that is going to be challenging. I can swim, its just that I'm not very fast. I know I don't have to be the fastest but I rather not be the last one out of the water and have to make up a lot of ground on the cycling and running phase. Oh well... training, here I come.

Its been really busy.

Wow, almost a month has passed I believe since I last blogged something in here. Its been a super busy month. National Day, House warming parties, long hours at work and the usual other stuff life school and family. There was even on week last month I hardly got to see my wife. I went to work almost everyday from 8am till 10pm at night. I've requested for a transfer out of my current office. I want something more stable. A desk bound job that lets me work like everyone else from 8am -5.30pm from Monday to Friday. No weekends, no longs hours, no shifts and no weekends. Its not that I am lazy and don't want to work but I would like to spend some time with my family too. My wife works too and I would like to see her for dinner, have a couple of days in the week to meet my parents for dinner as well as have dinner with my in-laws. At the rate I'm working, I hardly have time for myself let alone my wife and family. Oh well, I hope my transfer goes through and I get the posting that I'm hoping for. Praying really hard about it.
Need to choose my new courses for next semester at school. Looking forward to going back to school. I've also set myself a new goal for next year. For those who know me well, I usually set a few goals for the year when it comes to things like marathons and stuff. I usually run a few half marathons and full marathons a year. However, since I injured my knee, running long distances have become a really painful experience. So next year, I've decided to take part in my first triathlon. Swimming and cycling is easier on my knees plus the running distance is much shorter than marathons or half marathons. So, I'm going to train for my first OSIM Triathlon next year. I run and cycle regularly so thats not a big issue. Swimming however is going to be a big issue. Yes, I am an avid diver and consider myself a rather good swimmer however, I've not tried swimming at pace. I know I can cover the distance it's just how long am I going to take. I don't really want to be the last one out of the ocean you know. Well, I guess that means I need to start swimming more often now. Lots of sun block. Look out Sentosa!