FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CLOSE TO 4 YEARS...

I RAN.

Bingo! That's right.

I ran.
Wo pao bu.
J'ai couru.

*beams*
Am feeling so immensely proud of myself right now.

I mean, when the only times you've ran for the past 4 years are those of which you chase after the bus, it sure boasts your ego when you find yourself suddenly running out of the blue for the sake of good health.

Running has never been in my blood (honestly, I so prefer to stroll!), but I do make a somewhat decent runner in my secondary school days.
Today, however, I feel like an aged and wizened ah ma.

Where have all my stamina and muscles gone?
Must have been wasted through muscle dystrophy.
)=

To make things worse, I experienced a rather sharp pain in my chest (the sternum area, not the heart, thank goodness). It really makes me wonder what this pain, which presence has been nonexistant until today, is due to.
Perhaps it's because I've only had 2 slices of wholemeal bread and 1 Black Pepper Chicken Puff for the whole of today. Maybe the problem lies with my low blood pressure or iron level. Or maybe it's simply because it's been ages since I've last put my flabby thighs to work.
So, for the benefits of my health, I hereby make a solemn promise to adhere to these following consecration (to the best of my ability, as an afterthought):

1. totally stop consumption of pork,
2. abnegation from biscuits,
3. abstain from fried food,
4. cut down coffee intake to at most 2 cups per day,
5. drink at least 1 cup of water per day,
6. eat at least 3 servings of fruit per week,
7. run at least 2 times per week (to be substitued with "indoor" exercising if my schedule does not allow it), and
8. cut down my Taiwan sausage comsumption to at most 2 sticks per week (pohlin, don't laugh).

All in all, the bottom line is:
WO YAO JIAN FEI!!!!

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Went for Spelling Bee today.
Got kicked out of Finals.
There goes my dream of being Miss. Princess Bee.
)=

Let's see what I've put up with for the past few months:
Prelimary round - 500 words
Quaterfinals - addition of 300 new words
Semifinals - addition of 700 new words

A total of 1500 freaking words!!!
Only to get kicked out when I've come so close to the Finals.

... )=

Somebody throw me a knife.
)=


But then again, looking on the bright side, at least the memorizing torture has ended for me, albeit it's a tad too premature for my liking.


Let's see.
I don't really envy the Finalists, because...

Finals - addition of 1000 new words
TSK TSK TSK!!!

And Spelling Bee competition is scheduled to be held on 04th June 2006.
This means that they only have 10 days to learn 1000 new words and, on top of that, to recap on the grand total of 2500 words.

Good gracious!
I feel so lucky and loved all of a sudden.
Hah!


I heard you, dear reader.
Sour grapes? Whatever.
Even so, let the grapes remain sour then.