the pencil runs

5km in the setting sun, a slight breeze, rippling water... what more can a girl ask for? ;) The 5km boardwalk route at MacRitchie was practically deserted. We figured it was either because folks were out walking hand-in-hand at Orchard Road, or they were at home eating tubs of ice-cream and belting sad love songs. It was a great day for a sunset jog. :)

It was a slow, laborious jog, considering our fitness level and the extra weight we're carrying since the half-marathon this past December. We stopped somewhere in the middle to practice our kick-boxing moves, facing the setting sun and rippling water. Good thing the boardwalk held up. :)

Just before we reached the fitness area, we saw an owl swoop down and land 10 metres from where we were. We stared at her and she stared back with her large eyes, framed with white feathers and pointy ears. Owls do have a certain intelligient look about them. This is the first time I'm seeing an owl in the wild, so I wanted to see her head go all the way around. It almost did, too! But she soon got tired of us and flew away.

Well, the public holiday has come and gone, leaving me rather shell-shocked.

If anything, one of the better things that came out of this new year period, apart from the money collected, is that I've started running again. I woke up early Monday morning with a craving to lie in the sun and feel the sand between my toes, so I gulped down some coffee and Jacob's breakfast biscuits, and ran to Sentosa.



It was tiring, typically, considering I am so out of shape, but the route was lovely, especially the view of the south coast of Singapore from the "Mythology cycling trail". The Mythology trail is one of the truly awful stretches in Sentosa though. It is full of "artefacts" put along the trail in the early 90s. How much more artificial can it get?

At the last red dot at the bottom of the map, I took off my running shoes, dug my toes in the warm sand, and read 9 chapters of Matthew. I practically had the beach to myself. What a lovely start to the day. Am seriously considering becoming an islander and making this a habit.

It was only 8km but it is a start.

Well, the public holiday has come and gone, leaving me rather shell-shocked.

If anything, one of the better things that came out of this new year period, apart from the money collected, is that I've started running again. I woke up early Monday morning with a craving to lie in the sun and feel the sand between my toes, so I gulped down some coffee and Jacob's breakfast biscuits, and ran to Sentosa.



It was tiring, typically, considering I am so out of shape, but the route was lovely, especially the view of the south coast of Singapore from the "Mythology cycling trail". The Mythology trail is one of the truly awful stretches in Sentosa though. It is full of "artefacts" put along the trail in the early 90s. How much more artificial can it get?

At the last red dot at the bottom of the map, I took off my running shoes, dug my toes in the warm sand, and read 9 chapters of Matthew. I practically had the beach to myself. What a lovely start to the day. Am seriously considering becoming an islander and making this a habit.

It was only 8km but it is a start.