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Friday, October 10, 2008

This event probably is the event of the year in a way cos it was our very first time running in a tunnel. What made it even more special was that it was also the opening day for the KPE tunnel, Singapore's longest underground tunnel. :)

The event was called Swing KPE, and it was also in collaboration with the annual President's Star Charity. All the signs around us read the same "welcome to swing KPE" instead of the usual road signs like say, "accident in lane 2. Avoid lane 2". So it was different in a way.

All of us woke up really early that morning, abt 5 plus am. It has been a really long while since I last woke up at 5. It kinda reminded me of my sec school days whereby I had to wake up tt early to catch the bus. So naturally, I was extremely sleepy that morning. But the bath did wonders to wake me up! We caught a shuttle at Tampines and coincidentally, we were in the first shuttle. So, we were amongst the first to be there actually. Look at sab! She's all ready to charge for her competitive event! The women's 10km run.

What a difference an hour makes. See the crowd that has started to form? There were loads of elderly from various RCs who took part in the event too. Mum proudly declared that she was the youngest elderly there. That's how shameless my mom can be. Haha!

It was a really long wait before we were flagged off. So we decided to snap a few shots of ourselves. I didn't have stable hands so this was actually the best shot of the 2 of us from the many others we took. Haha.. tt's how terrible a photographer I am. Our faces look extremely huge man! Haha! And yeah... we all hated our striking green shirts. It was only when we reached there tt we realised there were so many other colours we cld choose from. hahaha... oh wells, anyways, that's probably the first and last time we'd wear tt shirt out. It'd probably remain stashed somewhere in our cupboards or as a home shirt! :)

It was an extremely long wait, and I was bored... so I took a few more ridiculously boliao shots, like this one. Haha! Check my fat leg on the left out, with mom's on the right. Hehe! I thought her addidas shoe was kinda happening actually. Pink! Hehe!

There were 4 ppl on stilts to entertain all of us while we waited and waited almost impatiently to be flagged off. The crowd made the wait even more stuffy and hot, but our spirits were still kept high. Thank goodness the weather was great and not tt sunny, else we'd probably faint any moment! Hehe! These 4 stilt-walkers had on masks which looked pretty freaky to me too. ;)

While waiting, (yes, it was a pretty long wait in fact) we had another entertainer who swallowed balls of fire. The DJ on the right (can't recall her name... but I think she was from 95.8fm?) was almost shocked beyong words when he swallowed the fire right before her eyes! Haha!

Glenn Ong was shocked as well (i think). Haha!

And after a really long wait, we were finally released into the tunnel. haha! It felt almost like a hungry ghost fest, and we were the ghosts on the run, sorta! HAHA! There were so many ppl who participated in the event! I guess tt in a way, Singaporeans aren't tt boring after all! Haha! The first lap was kinda stuffy actually. There wasn't much wind in the tunnel and even though I wasn't really running that fast, I was perspiring like crazy! Haha!

There was a part of the tunnel that was really dark. And so, we all whipped out our lanterns in our attempt to break the world record currently held by the germans. The pic didn't turn out that well... but it was a pretty cool sight to see so many ppl holding small balls of red lights in total darkness, with pop music blasting in the background. The tunnel was converted into a disco actually! An underground disco! How cool's tt?

And finally... we completed the morning workout! The remaining lap back was shiok cos it was well ventilated with great blasts of wind! U cld hear many ppl saying "wah.. so shiok" as soon as we turned into the cooler tunnel from the previous 'heater'.

And finally.... at the end of the day, my sister's name's on the board! WOW! 10th in place! Check tt out! COOL!

Sab at the winner holding area while waiting for the prize giving ceremony to commence.

Are u able to spot our president and the ministers?

Sab with the LTA guy

So, next up shall be the standchart marathon in december. Oh man... kinda freaking out... cos i'm not even prepared for this! hahaha! I guess my stamina is zilch!

Just looking at the route is capable of making me feel queezy man! Haha!

I Draw @ 7:14 PM