For quite a while now, I have been wanting to change my email address for practical reasons among others. Honestly, a screen name you chose when you were barely 14 years old is not going to be taken seriously by anyone, including yourself, 6 years later.

Ironically, practicality is the very reason I have hesitated in making this switch for such a long time. An email address is as important as your physical address today. With a thousand and one things linked to this address, and you are bound to lose things with the migration.

Yet a new email address is just like a brand new house. You get a chance to set things right, an excuse to throw away things you no longer fancy and start with a clean fresh slate.

Alas, I have decided to take the plunge. Adding everyone again to msn is a pain, but it gave me the chance to weed out people I never talk to or decide not to talk to.

If you are important enough, I would have already added you. If not, I probably missed you out either carelessly or consciously.

I wanna go to Spain!





I wanna visit Barcelona!

I wanna walk down the famous Las Ramblas, to eat sleep breathe Spain. To drink from the Las Ramblas fountain.



I wanna see the Sagrada Familia, although it's still under construction after 100 years.



I wanna go to Camp Nou, to watch Barcelona FC play at home. Witness Thierry Henry work his magic.




I wanna visit Madrid!

I wanna sit in the Las Ventas and watch the bullfighting.



I wanna go the the El Rastro flea market.



I wanna meet the King of Spain at the Royal Palace of Madrid.



I wanna sit beside the Fountain of Cibeles at the Plaza de Cibeles.



I wanna watch the Champions League Final at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu!




I wanna visit Valencia!

I wanna soak in the atmosphere of the Las Fallas bonfires!



I wanna go backpacking in Spain after I ORD!

I wanna learn Spanish NOW!

Anybody wanna join me?

I finally ran the sundown 2 weekends ago. It was a fun experience, wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

I finished the race with a timing of 6:09:17.20, ranked 1781/3827

I would like to extend my appreciation to the following people:

CASPER! Thanks for signing up for the race with me and running with me (although I pangsei-ed you for like 3/4 of the race).

That 6hour pacer. Thanks for giving me the push I needed for the final 8km or so.

All the volunteers at the aid stations. Couldn't have survived without your water, 100plus banana and counterpain! Especially the guy who managed to squeeze out that little bit of counterpain from the empty tube. It really helpped me lots!

All the random people I met and talked to during the race. Be it when running or stretching at the road side or providing music from your speakers, you guys added some colour to the otherwise dull night run.

PHOTOS!

Grimace BEFORE the run.


That's me!


Finishers!

Next stop, Army Half Marathon! 16 August!

So, the adidas Sundown Marathon is only 1 week away! 1 word to effectively sum up my preparation and feelings towards the race.

SHIT.


Collected my race pack today.


Huge tote bag with just a shirt, race bib and lots of random phamplets and vouchers which I'll probably never get to use.


Official sundown marathon singlet.


Race bib. Race number's 751. That means I was one of the earliest to register. If I didn't, I'll probably never have registered.

Next week. Fuck!

Yes, I'm still alive.