night cycling was absolutely amazing. however, at this point in time i'm not sure if i want to do it ever again, read: aching muscles and i think my hair's slightly drier today. well okay my muscles don't hurt THAT much, my knees just feel a little sore. and i'm kinda smashed (paul's described night cycling with me lester and joel as "suicidal" on his msn nickname). don't think i'll be able to run until late this week earliest, or next week even. i don't even want to look at a bike now, but maybe when i've recovered i'll be all raring to go again. except for the danger of thunder thighs, ugh. no more skirts for me, think i'll have to wear pants and jeans for life. oh dear but i've bought a chinese new year dress. ah well.
but it was fantastic. going down the tpe at 4 something a.m. in the morning, the wind blowing in your face - you just feel so alive! and insignificant, and thankful that God created all these beautiful things for you to enjoy. i'm slightly worried the police will come and catch me for cycling on the expressway so i didn't want to blog about it but lester says they won't.
i realised this morning that if we flagged off at 2200 (last night) and stopped cycling at 0700 (this morning), that means we cycled for NINE HOURS. lester's gotta go plot the route so we can see how far we went. east coast to town to sengkang/hougang, down the tpe to changi village (a mistake which cost us the race) and back to east coast again. we were also at novena and newton for a bit.
i will remember eating kit kat chunky at 0315 at the junction 8 seven eleven, the first bar of chocolate i've eaten in about 2 years without going on some kind of major guilt trip after that. i will remember singing through all my favourite praise songs/hymns to keep awake, to express my gratefulness and awe for God's creation, and, well, just because i felt like singing. the triumph we felt when we FINALLY found marina south pier. it's quite a pretty place. the smile lester gave me at 0359 under some flyover at ang mo kio avenue one, and the one i probably gave him back, the kind of smile you just understand; we were just so pleased to be doing something as crazily extreme as that together, and thankful for our friendship.
the entire experience actually felt pretty surreal, somehow.
i think it taught me alot about friendship too, and sticking up and holding out for each other. i never expected to actually make good friends in law school.
i had a hotcakes happy meal for breakfast, haha (: the toy was some pokemon pen, of all things.
it was good fun, and i'm glad i chose to go. thanks to paul, joel and lester who took such good care of me and plotted our route and everything because i'm terrible at that sort of thing. it was worth it, the friendship and nonsense and feeling alive again.
i had to play for children's ministry today, and i actually managed to get to church at 9 - thank God derek was playing today because him and i have mo qi and worship went quite well.
but it was fantastic. going down the tpe at 4 something a.m. in the morning, the wind blowing in your face - you just feel so alive! and insignificant, and thankful that God created all these beautiful things for you to enjoy. i'm slightly worried the police will come and catch me for cycling on the expressway so i didn't want to blog about it but lester says they won't.
i realised this morning that if we flagged off at 2200 (last night) and stopped cycling at 0700 (this morning), that means we cycled for NINE HOURS. lester's gotta go plot the route so we can see how far we went. east coast to town to sengkang/hougang, down the tpe to changi village (a mistake which cost us the race) and back to east coast again. we were also at novena and newton for a bit.
i will remember eating kit kat chunky at 0315 at the junction 8 seven eleven, the first bar of chocolate i've eaten in about 2 years without going on some kind of major guilt trip after that. i will remember singing through all my favourite praise songs/hymns to keep awake, to express my gratefulness and awe for God's creation, and, well, just because i felt like singing. the triumph we felt when we FINALLY found marina south pier. it's quite a pretty place. the smile lester gave me at 0359 under some flyover at ang mo kio avenue one, and the one i probably gave him back, the kind of smile you just understand; we were just so pleased to be doing something as crazily extreme as that together, and thankful for our friendship.
the entire experience actually felt pretty surreal, somehow.
i think it taught me alot about friendship too, and sticking up and holding out for each other. i never expected to actually make good friends in law school.
i had a hotcakes happy meal for breakfast, haha (: the toy was some pokemon pen, of all things.
it was good fun, and i'm glad i chose to go. thanks to paul, joel and lester who took such good care of me and plotted our route and everything because i'm terrible at that sort of thing. it was worth it, the friendship and nonsense and feeling alive again.
i had to play for children's ministry today, and i actually managed to get to church at 9 - thank God derek was playing today because him and i have mo qi and worship went quite well.
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