Running, Gymming and Caffeine solves most problems in life

Happy New Year! Spent the last 12 hours of 2008 with Ban and Sooty playing Game of Life, Scrabble and some other word games Sooty made up, which were so tough they gave me a headache. Involved putting random letters sie by side and naming words that contained those letters in order...

e.g. Round 1- E G

Round 2-E G D

Round 3 - E G D I

So you can say something like EaGle, ExxaGerateD, REGarIng. It was so challenging. I liked the game I invented, much easier on the brain and funny...Putting random letters and then forming sentences beginning with each of the letters. We had strange sentences like All lies or nothing, Ukrainian pigs are green... not the exact words, but stuff equally ludicrous. Sooty justy reminded me of some- Better heal our utopia, most lies yield no good outcomes, Ukranian Xylophones something-something-something...

Anyway, we spent ages trudging around the city hall area trying to decide where we wanted to go to countdown. Ended up squeezing with the Marina Bay Crowd to watch fireworks... not my choice, coz I hate crowds. Admittedly, it was much less crowded than I anticipated, but it was smelly. Nevertheless, Ban really wanted to watch fireworks, and its good enough that he enjoyed it. =) Some bits were really nice... though nothing bits Beijing Olympics 2008. 

Sooty looks like he wants to cry because I made him take a photo with me. 

Ban and Berry- best Emperor and Empress of Nuspe, haha. And our complexion colour looks the same here...

Today, on the 1st day of 2009, I gymmed for the first time in nearly three weeks. Ran about 5.5km, then spent 20 minutes at the gym. I can still lift the same weights, but my stamina with them has really deterioriated. Couldn't even do 15 incline situps properly. 

Nevertheless, it felt SO GOOD to be back in the gym. And I am on Day 5 of my resolution to run everyday for a whole week! It feels like running, gymming, and caffeine really solve all problems... I was really feeling quite miserable for awhile, and at the start of my run...but after sometime, endorphins took over. 

Time to get fit again.

And I am really into this taking care of myself resolution... haven't drunk coke light in a week. Today, I really wanted a cold drink and had iced lemon tea instead, which is an achievement in itself.