One of Singapore's local running icons - SG Blade Runner (Mohd Shariff Abdullah) - was at Boston yesterday. He was supposed to be the first mobility-impaired athlete from Asia to compete in the full 42km. When he didn't answer any messages for several hours, I watched my Facebook feed fill up with concerned posts to his account. Thankfully, 4 hours ( Read more... )

On some Sundays, the Hollandse Club (the local Dutch club) conducts hockey clinics and practice for children at the pitch at CCAB. So when I go for my Sunday morning swim, the corridors will be jammed with children wearing orange jerseys, with their parents. There'll be cones and markers on the astroturf and trainers playing dribbling games with ( Read more... )

In the quiet moments of doing-nothing, I have Sunday's sermon on my mind. In small flashes of extremely bright slips, things connect like gravity ( Read more... )

"Truth is, I stand for this:
it's passion perfected fashion neglected,
a natural infection of all we've seen."
- 'Tonight we feel alive (on a Saturday)', by Four Year Strong

After quite a long night for partying and celebrating, I will keep this post short.

If you live in Singapore, you'll probably know the results of the by-election. Mr Png Eng Huat of ( Read more... )

"When the camera’s not watching, when the newspapers are not there, we work very hard at what we do. It’s not easy… there are so many obstacles as distance runners that we face… When the opportunities come, you take them… If you believe and work hard and do the right thing, (then) God has a plan for you."
- Meb Keflezighi

Today during YF I watched ( Read more... )

Ucapan takziah dan semoga Tuhan mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh Allahyarham.

She did not like the fuss that would come with a funeral, mostly because she was a private person. She was a cat-lover, a passionate reader, and a chain-smoker. She passed away on Friday from emphysema at 66. She had the condition since 2006 but never told anyone but her ( Read more... )

"It is 10 years since Sept. 11 today. The so-called 'war on terror' has already lasted almost thrice as long as America's involvement in WW2. What has it got to show for all the blood and treasure it has spilled over the last decade." - Janadas Devan, ST, 11/09/2011

"It will be easy enough to summon answers for the matter-of-fact questions - Because ( Read more... )