changi tales

Think that over the past week I've become so used to waking up at fiveish that it's become almost second nature already (of course once i say this i know that tomorrow i'll end up waking up much later than fiveish) which is quite amazing, especially since i am able to hear my alarm clock every morning, since previously almost one out of every two times when i set the alarm i end up sleeping right through it (methinks that in my semi-awake state i turn off the alarm without realising it and going back to sleep again)

Well, today called for an early wake-up cos i had to get a lift from Sida to the airport to welcome the MEET Mongolia team back home at sixish in the morning. Good to see them back, since haven't seen them in close to two months already. I realised that i was at the airport to send off/ receive every single MEET team as was possible (i.e. when i was not away in Thailand) - that's what you get for living (relatively) near the airport...

After that we went down to ecp to run - quite pleased with myself, cos was able to cover longer than i have in recent memory, and actually managed to keep running for 55 minutes straight without tiring out or cramping halfway - think that this sets a new non-army-related running distance and time record for me heh - from the far end of costa sands to the sailing centre and back again... Once again by the end of it my shirt was so wet i looked as though i had fallen into the sea. Think that running shouldn't be a problem for ippt anymore - ironically, it's those dreaded pull ups that could pull me down...

Then we had breakfast [i had breakfast! - and i've actually been having breakfast for the past few days in school - somehow the moulding process makes me feel hungry - in fact yesterday in school i had two breakfasts (one bun and then one plate of spaghetti plus chicken chop) and one lunch (cai fan) within the span of three hours...] at killiney kopitiam - my first time eating there ever - not bad lah, but sooo much butter in the kaya toast (Eunice, sounds familiar? =p)

Slacked almost the whole rest of the morning and afternoon at home - got some much needed sleep (actually only an hour) since this whole week i've been averaging five hours a night - thankfully the whole module mapping process is nearing an end - the past few days (or at least the free time that i've had while in the staff room) have in large part been spent carefully crafting emails to the relevant people from both schools - it's quite a headache i must say... At least with some progress made, exchange becomes much more of something to tangibly look forward to...

And while we're on that topic in the evening made the trip back to the airport again (the second time this year i've been to the airport twice in a day btw - for the sake of totally useless trivia) to see Debs off - quite a number of people were there - basically summed up as lots of arts people, past and present, plus Damien =p Had fun, most of it at the expense of certain individuals who shall remain unnamed. I shall keep quiet as to who exactly =p. Debs, if and when you read this, have a blast...

Huh - so my turn is apparently next - it's actually in a very short while, though it stil seems like eons away thanks to the visa and mapping stuff that requires completion, as well as the travel plans finalization process - hopefully by once the dreaded ippt passes i'll be more excited - 18 days left and counting...