early in the morning run, with the atlantic ocean on my side

this morning was beautiful..we woke up,decided to go for a run to burn off some of the burgers and pizza we've been accumulating..it was spectacular. ever had the feeling of running on air? this is it. probably feels exceptionally gd cos this is the first time i'm running here..but every step i took felt lighter, breathing was easier and the view was really gr8. every part of the picture came together and fitted perfectly. traffic was mild, and comprised mainly of humans..friendly pple smiling at u,saying hi when u least expect it. i could start getting used to this culture.

Morientation was an experience yest. the concept of classroom teaching was unique. i suddenly understand why pple say western children are so much happier than sg students. their mode of teaching completely excludes criticism and shame, praises are lavished generously, people participate cos they want to, and it makes them feel gd. Of cos i;ve only been 2 one such lesson and this doesn;t empower me to base any assumptions, but hey in all my 20 + yrs in sg, i've never seen anything like this b4. it's just the culture and mindet of the people..down here everything is at a 'let go & i;m not afraid to make a stand' very useful...i think this is one of the gd pointers i'll try my best to pick up when i'm here.

An angel appeared yest..and fed us asian food.haha..yesh..we had cai4 fan4 yest for dinner,and i burped so happily as i wiped my mouth after dinner. yep i'm tlking abt moya and samantha..they came down n helped us do some solid cooking...and we r totally grateul for them. of cos being the nice guys we were, we offered our help in the kitchen (tho i can't guarantee we were very helpful at all times)














Yeah..here's some of the gang at work. Introducing from the left in orange, Naufir aka "No fear", the man fully engrossed in cutting carrots is my pal kok ming, next is the iron chef moya and in white, we have fan xiang.














What do you get for the toils and sweat in the kitchen? Presenting our first home cooked food in NJ. health content >>high. effort invested >> high. satisfaction>>limitless


Lips cracked pretty badly...woke up yest morning..took a moment to savour the lovely weather, stretched, yawned..and then screamed out in pain..as my lips split a little. it was really quite bad yest..could taste blood when i drank water..even the vietnamese student came up to me for no rhyme or reason and asked "yeozz..is dat lipstick u have on?" geeze..he might as well have asked me if i was gay directly?

tdy's a gd day..after the run in the morning..we just lazed ard in the apartment. right now most of the gang is sleeping. i'm up on my double decker bed..blogging away, listening to billy joel's uptown girl.breathing in the fresh air.bliss.what i need now is a grande latte..a smooth one. bliss.

right now as i;m typing this, my family and frenz in sg are all probably sleeping. chatting wif wen jie on msn now..making me miss sg..called back earlier n spoke to my dad..and things are all ok.thank god for that.

alrighty,need to get ready for some work trg program now.will be back tonite wif more pics(hopefully).


cheers