Lukla...Nepal...

they are cousins...lovely...

 

28 Aug 2005...

last year this time...i was at lukla, everest region...was stucked at lukla for one more night due to bad weather...the plane cannot fly into lukla as landing would be a problem...so we stayed one more night at lukla....how i miss those times...one of the best times of my life... 

busy busy busy...

i feel that i have many things at the back of my head but never really get down to complete them...better start on my 3000 words assignment soon....due on 9 sept and i haven written one word....shit...

more photos of real run...

thanks to xinhui's camera phone...we had such great pictures after the run...hehehe...above picture was taken during the trial run on 6 August...
after the real run today...
cynthia said that we must change position...so we did...hahahaha

the goodie bag this yr was quite good i feel...i like the arm pouch epecially...been looking for one for a long time....worth it...
made few new frenz by joining the real run this year...all of them from the old folks's home which cynthia is volunteering...worth worth it...

 

new balance real run 2006

my 3rd real run...missed the real run last year...the previous 2 real runs were nike real runs...first real run i did not sign up so i din get the dri fit nike tee...2nd real run i signed up but the not-so dri fit nike tee was too big...so i sent to sean who was already on his cycling trip...glad that he made full use of the nike shirt and even survived a fall in that shirt...

after the real run todae...all of us were in uniform...and even the food and drinks we ordered at seah im hawker centre were in uniform too...hehehee....group photo before we buried our faces into our lor mee...cynthia was commenting that sometimes it is good to have guys around...hehee...cos the gentlemen helped us ordered the food and we dun have to move our butts at all....hehhehe....i totally agree!!!!the kind gesture was especially important to us then as we were tired and dun wan to move anymore...hehehehe...appreciate that....thanks to the kind gentlemen!!!!

 

final group photo...

after the BBQ...i am very sure my face was oily....hahahaha....and the wind was very strong...new faces in the picture are cynthia and deyu...

 

BBQ...faces...

i am not sure if they their faces are oily...haha...
clockwise from left : ah teck..winston...yaling and jason...lishan...

 

s3a BBQ at east coast park...

had our debut s3a BBQ at east coast park on 12 aug at area C pit 12...which is not very near to the MacDonalds' area...had to walk quite far...and cynthia kanna suan-ed the whole nite for booking pit no 12 instead of 13...as pit 13 is 300 meters nearer to MacDonalds as compared to pit 12....hahaha...it was small affair i would say...less than 10 of us....yixin, yaling, jason, winston, lishan, ah teck and me...cynthia and deyu joined us later...it was a good gathering...with good food...hehehehe....hope next time more can join...

it has been a long time since i last had a BBQ...missed those chao da carbon coated food a bit....and the caterer which we catered our food from did not provide hotdogs...hotdogs have always been my fav staple food during BBQs....especially hotdogs with blisters...hahhaha....

yixin, yaling, winston, lishan and ah teck were starting the fire when i arrived...they got their hands all dirty...and ah teck had so much fun playing with the solid fuel...hahahaha....

yaling busy cooking the chicken wings...

after brushing their teeth...

they proudly showcased their darklie smile for photograph...though no darklie toothpaste available in nepal...only colgate toothpaste they are using...
i find them very cute...do u think so too?

 

brushing teeth lesson...

for some...it was the first time they brushed their teeth since a few months...

 

toothbrush...

just one toothbrush for each child...and they were so happy...

sunrise...

at stong...2004...

waited for long before mr sun woke up from beneath the cloud...he was snoozing under blanket cloud...almost wanted to turn back to return to campsite before mr sun appeared...but glad that i did not turn back...instead i waited...
good things needs waiting...patience pays...

 

missing them...

children of nepal

 

after 5 hours of non-stop singing...

we all looked like this...

very super stars...

ktv kings and queens
all have wat it takes to be a superstar

 

ktv from 10pm to 3.15am..

after the fireworks..had a crazy ktv session for 5 hrs at marina square k-box...just shows how ktv-deprived were we...hahahaha... 

fireworks @ esplanade...

was there to chop space physically with my butt and 2 ponchos at 6.50pm...there were a lot of people already but madelyn and i managed to get a decent space at the grass patch by the breakwater...madelyn went suntec and i was there alone guarding the space while waiting for rest to come...monica was first to find me after much searching...she told it was my white spectacles which gave me away...hahhaa...found lishan, madelyn and zhonghui at the same time...near the ice cream man...hahhaa....the ice cream man was a good landmark...it was 8 plus already and it was dark and crowded...luckily i was working near city hall and did not have to mangle with crowd to get to where i was...the network was very busy too...the greeting for every phone call to me was "where are you?"....the rest din manage to find us...they were somewhere in the crowd watching the fireworks together though...for those whom make it to the poncho in time...the view was good...the fireworks fired right in front of our faces...at 9pm when the fireworks already started...henry called to ask where were we..told him to stay wherever he was to enjoy the fireworks at that moment...

after the fireworks...sean and his mama appeared...followed by henry and xinhui...found heyu too..huiqing also found us...hahhahaaa....and we gathered at the poncho...after that, henry, xinhui, huiqing, lishan, heyu, sean and i headed for marina K-Box for KTV....hehehehe.....

 

stefan and andreas share the same birthday!!!

andreas (left) and stefan (right) cutting their birthday cake from bengawan solo together...stefan met andreas who is from switzerland while cycling...and during one of their conversations in their journey...they realized that they share the same birthday...on 11 july...

they enjoyed the pandan flavour cake very much.... anita...keeping the candles for stefan's birthday muffin in australia...
all of us

anita, stefan and andreas checked in minutes later...missing them already...hope to see them again...someday...somewhere...haf a safe journey!!!

checking in...

anita and stefan and their tandem bicycle...some wondered wat was inside...is it a boat??? qantas airways was very kind to waive the excess baggage charge for anita and stefan...they did not have much problems....and there was a special belt for the odd size luggage...it was rolled down via a big opening...i wish i can roll down the same path too...direct to brisbane...hahhaha....they hand carried their guitar as it would be too fragile...
andreas was not so lucky...thai airways gave him some problems....he wanted to check in most of his luggage and he had 30 kg extra...thai airways wanted him to pay S$70 for each extra kg...dat would easily amount to S$2000...piang....can get another air tic with dat amount....in the end he could only checked in his bicycle and he had to hand carry rest of his panniers....he is travelling alone w many hand carry....but he can do it....finallie group photo after everything was settled...phew....

sending anita, stefan and andreas off on 9 jul...

activated uncle ten's lorry to transport anita's, stefan's and andreas's luggage from their guesthouse in little india to the airport...it was the first time i sat at the back of an open lorry in the rain...that's me braving the rain at travelling speed of 80km per hour along ECP towards the airport...and i was aunty enuff to use plastic bag to cover my head...though there were many cars along the highway...hahhaa...but i dun care....together w me at the back of the lorry were stefan, andreas and sean...in the end..i shifted to sit beside sean to shield from the bitterly cold wind...cosy!!! anita and stefan haf a tandem bicycle and a luggage trolley which they tied to the back of their tandem bicycle when they cycle...they had packed their tandem bicycle and trolley into 2 boxes...on top of their luggage they oso have a guitar...incredible!!!....they were praying hard that qantas airways would waive their extra baggage charge as their combined weight limit was only 50 kg....and they have odd size luggage some more...must pray v hard...

trying to use 2 trolleys to transport the tandem bicycles to the check it counter...but it proved to be v challenging...and in the end they gave up on the trolley and hand carried the tandem bicycle in the box to the check in counter instead...a lot of tandem required here...sean folding the groundsheets after unloading...the groundsheets were wet....so were we...but it was fun la!!!...hahaha.....