Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2014 #SCMS2014

This year's SCMS falls on 7th December 2014 and it is the first Sunday in Dec! Collected our race pack the day before at Expo! 

Collection was such a breeze that we got our packs within 5 minutes! Checked out our race route as well. :)

Morning swollen faces :/

Anyway runners were entitled to a 20% off any merchandise bought during the collection so the both of us got a new pair of running shoes each! Definitely not an impulsive purchase since our shoes were giving ways then. Such a good deal because it was less than $200 each after discount! 

My Boston Boost shoes which were so light and bouncy! And i super love the shade of green too :)

And dearie's Adios Boost shoes which are also light as well! Champion runners use this for their races so cannot beat this already! Call us the boost couple yo! Haha!

 A pre-race shot with our new shoes!

The following day was race day! Both of us woke up at 5.45am for a quick breakfast before heading down to Esplanade for our race! Taking some pre race shots before warming up! The boy was super love to volunteer to help me apply muscle rub on my thighs and calves that day which was great so I don't have greasy hands hehe.

#ootd that day :)

The boy looking like he is going to conquer the full 42.195km marathon when it's actually just 10km! Haha! But 10km is still considered admirable ok!

 What a good weather that day with fluffy white clouds! Thank god there's no thunderstorm as forecasted!

Shoes shot yo! Ready to hit the roads!

This was us when we hit the 5km mark and going strong! Yea half way more to go and it definitely is not as tiresome as I imagined!

Running shot which Dearie took for me heh 

Post race shot after loads of hydration and catching our breaths!

 With our hard earned medal!!

 

Yea first marathon with you checked off the list! :D

Our e-certificates! Was super proud that I can complete the race in 1hr15minutes? Super amazed with myself hehe!

First serious marathon ever! My first 10km with the colleagues at work was sort of like a treasure hunt so we ended up completing 10km after 3 hours and another marathon with Dearie was cancelled due to bad weather conditions so I'm really glad SCMS happened!!

 Was humbled by what I can do and am so so glad that I never stop except at water points to hydrate myself! Our pace was also consistent since the beginning. Couldn't be more thankful to the boy for always keeping tabs on me and running alongside me throughout the entire race, constantly encouraging me and being his silly self to motivate and spur me forward.

I couldn't have done this without you and I'm so glad to go for this marathon with you too.

A couple who runs together stays together. Love you loads baby!

More races to come perhaps? :)

Random updates!

Attended a relative's wedding a few weeks ago on behalf of my grandma! So I dragged the boy along to keep me company, anyway got free dinner since the ang bao is not from us. Hehe. And it's also our first time attending a wedding together!

Pretty ballroom at Orchard Hotel. Really quite a big setting with 40 odd tables! But I like that it's free from pillars so no blockage! Everybody can see the stage! Thumbs up for the simplicity too. The march in aisle is different, an L shaped instead of the usual I.

No photos of the newlyweds so here's us!

Dearie looking at the menu!

More photos of us again! 

And took a photo with the christmas decos after the dinner! Spot Olaf from Frozen! Hehe! It was a love-is-in-the-air kinda night. Really love attending wedding!

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So I have been toying with the idea of getting a curl since forever! People around me sure heard of me talking about it but my hair is always growing so slowly that I wonder if it ever will be of a suitable length to curl. So anyway my stylist very nicely did a temporary curl for me just to see how I will look like. I find it really wierd at first but I think I could get used to this! 

Yay or nay? Thank god my ends are still brown so I don't look too old or wierd with black curl hair! Permanent curls is gonna look similar so I still got time to think about it until CNY next yr! Money fly away again~

The curls slowly dying towards the end of the night haha

Next day, back to boring hair again! 

Anyway just spotted this really nice down jacket at Espirit and it cost $250! Same price as my down jacket la! Why didn't I see you earlier? Would have grab this although it's really heavy, but I really love the cream colour, fur hoodie and the cutting. MEH.

And pardon tired face after a long day of work!

Tata!

Oh December!

Woohoo! When tomorrow comes, it will officially be 2 more weeks till the long awaited trip! Everybody is going on holiday during this travel season and I absolutely can't wait for mine to come around too! (Rubbing my palms together in extreme anticipation hehe)

It's gonna be a really cold winter trip, my first time too and I hope I will have fun despite the bitter cold! I hope we get to see snow too! And by snow i mean falling snow! Just give me 1 day of falling snow will do yea? Else will be too cold to do outdoor exploration ba? hehe. And imagine just eating an ice cream in the cold? Would love to experience that! :D

To top it off, I will be working for 8 more days before my long leave of 2 weeks start! I think this is the longest leave I have ever taken since started working! Can you feel my excitement yet?

Time gonna pass very fast especially with the upcoming Standard Chartered Marathon this Sun! Very 1st 10km run with the boy and I hope the weather holds up for us! Gonna take time off after work tomorrow to have another round of practice run and to ensure that my body is able to take it.

December is gonna be so so so fun I can imagine it already! :D