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The breakfast that my brother prepares for me for my morning races - overnight oats! Doesn't look the most appetizing but it actually tastes pretty good.


He walked me out again to catch the shuttle bus! Super thankful for him. Preparing my breakfast and then this. :-)


The long-awaited bus ride lolol. I actually love the bus ride to the races a lot because it just gives me this sense of peace and tranquility. Sad that I couldn't get the window seat this time though lol but it was a very good ride there still!!


Arrived at the Kallang race track! Shocked to see so many people there, but I totally understood why at the end of the race!


Before flag-off. We were in the 3rd wave! I think there were more. :-O


So crazily packed! Couldn't even see the starting point.


& finally.. the finishing point!!!

The route for this race was super scenic and smooth! Or maybe minus the fact that there were quite a few slopes. I really hate slopes so much, especially at the later half when I already feel like dying. I guess if I've to point out another drawback about this race would be the timing. It started a little too late so we had to run in the scorching sun at the back, which obviously didn't help with anything. Other than that, I think this is one of the better races (overall) that I've been to out of the 4! The welfare was pretty good, with ample hydration points during and at the end of the race. Route was pretty spacious as well. We didn't have to squeeze with the crowd despite the large turnout. The distance markers were pretty accurate too, but I have no idea why the race still continued for 1km+ after the 10km mark. Didn't train as much as compared to my previous races because of work + me falling sick for a week before that so I didn't do as well/better than before. :-( Actually quite disappointed in my performance. :-/


At the finishing point yayyyyy.



Went around to take pictures after that (as usual) heheh.


Super nice (and heavy) medal!


Went to the hydration point like so many times hahaha.


With our finisher tees! And our tiny eyes because of the scorching sun.



Went off for breakfast together after at Kith Cafe! Heard good reviews about it so we went to give it a try. :-)

The breakfast that came out totally different from our expectations lol. Taste was pretty unique but still decent! Had a really tough time cutting the bread though lol.. I really can never eat such bread with proper cutlery hahaha.

Been so busy so I hardly have time for an update. Back to what happened approximately one month ago?


Had a short meet up for dinner with these girls before Debbi flew to China! The last time I saw her before that meet up was probably some History consultation in school lol. How time flies!


Met up with these girls for dinner on a Saturday too! Just like the good o' times. :-)


And....... I finally ended work on 30th June after working there for almost 7 months!!! I'm in disbelief that I actually stayed there for so long. I started with the mentality that I was going to only work for a month (because I had another job offer then) but eventually I decided to stay on and yeah.

Although I always complain about how boring the job is on my Dayre, but I'm still really thankful for this opportunity during this break. It allowed me to have a super flexible schedule despite the nature of the job. Also, it's rather near to my house heheh. Can't deny that I also learnt a little from the job too! It has helped me to get rid of my fear of answering phone calls from random people hahaha.


Something I wouldn't miss - always rushing to get on the lifts. The building is 28 stories high so the lifts always took a really long time to come!


Something that I miss - the homely Tom Yam ramen from downstairs!!! Doesn't look the most appetizing but the taste is just fantastic.


Goodbye for good!!!


The next day, I had a medical check-up with Songen for school! We headed out after for a really good meal here.


What a spread! Green tea and ice-cream were served too! A meal that's super worthwhile. We felt so happy eating it lolol.


Went around to take pictures after & to digest our food. Took so many pictures and embarrassed ourselves so badly but it was so much fun! Really thank God for the cloudy weather too!!! Super relaxing to just chill and walk around aimlessly after a filling meal.


Decided that we prefer the candid shots after taking 1001 photos lol. Was really so sweaty after that and ended off the "photoshoot" with this crazy looking (actually just me) photo.


Went to visit Grandma after so long too! Finally had the time to after work ended. This was me with my favourite drink on the road that I walked so frequently at when I was a kid to Gramps's!! Felt really good to be able to spend half a day with Grandma like the times when I was younger! Had to leave for work in the late afternoon if not I'd spend the whole day there. :-(


Attended another POP again! This time for Tze Hou and Benny!


Finally.. Snoopz (+ Julie) reunion! The last time was like results day in March sobz. Really miss hanging out with them so muchhhhhhhh. :-( Anyway, really happy for Jin! Julie is a really nice and friendly girl! Although we couldn't really communicate but she was still so chirpy despite the rain and all! Good choice!! *thumbs up*


One with Benny who lost like 20kg............... We were in total disbelief when we saw him. Really glad for him though!! :-)


I really love churros! It's quite easy to get sick of though, so I can't have too much at one go! Super good after-work snack/lunch though! Just really chilled there with her and chatted for a few hours about the random stuff which I can't remember anymore lol.

I guess this is about it for now. Nothing much 'happening' but I'm very contended and happy with how I'm spending my time - with those who really matter! Very thankful for the people that God has placed in my life. Not forgetting Phileo as well. Always looking forward to Wednesday nights for another session of learning more about His word. :-)

Will update soon again!

First day with the Week C kids. Didn't take much pictures on Day 1 as usual. Was feeling the effect from the accumulated fatigue from the previous week and I think I was not that enthusiastic in approaching the kids.


Was unable to remember their names by the end of Day 1. I could for the previous class! I guess it's because it's a bigger class, and that I couldn't get use to the new personalities. Was feeling the Week B-withdrawals so badly and I just felt rather down that I couldn't mix in well with the kids like before.



Moving on to Day 2, the frog farm visit again!

This time, more of them dared to take pictures with the frogs on their head! But there were some who were so scared and were on the verge of tears lol.


Brave Evan!


Scared Rumi (evidently lol) but still went forward for a picture!


Brave Chiarra as well!


Hahaha their scared faces are so hilarious but they still had the bravery to step forward for a picture!


Them at the frog farm. Compared to the previous bunch, they were much naughtier! Running around by themselves and not listening to the guide. Thankfully they were still quite manageable despite that.


Day 3! I realized that I don't take that many pictures during the days where we stay in school for the whole day. This was the only picture I had of them that day, which was taken during the games after the long day of experiments.


Day 4, trip to Gardens by The Bay again!


& off to the Sun Pavilion! They were so amazed by the sizes of the cactus like the kids last week!


Play time at Children's Garden. They were all complaining of the heat before that but when they saw the play area, I think they forgot about the heat and ran around so much lol.


Jumping up and down on this kiddy bridge. They're small but given the amount of energy they had, I feared that the bridge will break. Thankfully it didn't lol.


More adventurous kids!


Back to school for more experiments!


Managed to complete the experiments quite early and had time to rehearse for their concert item. Ended off day 4 like so.


Day 5. We asked them to dress in their best attire for the concert and they really did! All with their dresses and their favourite shirts etc. Also, we ended the experiments so much earlier compared to last week so we had more time to rehearse.


Adorbzzzz.


Rehearsing for one final time before the actual concert.


Concert time! The time passed so fast that day despite us completing the required work earlier. Proud of the 22 of them as well for carrying out that performance so beautifully, but I didn't tear up lol opps. Probably because I'm not as attached to them but they're still very lovely kids!

One final picture with all of them. Week C wasn't as smooth-sailing as the previous week initially, but thankfully it became much better towards the end. We had more injuries to tend to (while for Week B it was zero) and the kids are harder to manage. I guess we were really lucky with Week B to get a class of rather sensible and well-behaved kids. But this class has its own charm with the unique personalities in the class! Like before, I hope that they'll all grow to be successful and happy individuals!

This week gave me a really perfect closure to this job. I can't imagine if I ended with the Week B kids.. I'll probably be weeping for weeks before getting over them lol. Just so thankful to Him for granting me this opportunity to work with the two different groups of kids! It really made my June so much more fulfilling. I hope that I'll have the opportunity to do this again in the near future! :-)