The inner mumbles of the Mumbly Panda

Busy Week

So..ive had a very busy week. Sam and Chris came and stayed for the weekdays and I was challenged by my dad and my uncle to run in a 7km charity run on Saturday.

Spendin time with the Ho sisters were a blast...and sometimes quite painful due to Chris' very-so-often punches towards my back and shoulders...well, i did start it...i called her a Oompah-kin...a hybrid between an Oompah Loompah and a Munchkin.

One of my good friends, Lik San hung out with us and he was hysterical...we were hanging out on Friday night near the coast on a boardwalk...the night was great...nice gentle breeze...surprisingly few mosquitoes...and we were remincisin bout the man we called "The Hulk" and the 'Tatoo of Walk: I use it sometimes'. Sam told me she has never heard me laugh like that before, i think she described it as 'girlish'.


What else...Islands...we went banana boating which was amazing...u sit on this huge banana shaped inflatable boat whilst attached to a speed boat...man, the driver...drivin with his right leg (its his more naturally abled foot) on the steerin wheel...he managed to overhaul off the banana boat at high speeds...and drive a lap of victory before pickin us up again with a wry smile.

White Water Rafting at Kulu River was good...the rapids werent as strong as the last time but it was fun to hear Christina scream at every turn...

Saturday: 7 Km charity run. Workin on 3 hours of sleep, an average of running for 1km a day only during my week of training,2 small hotdogs and an egg sandwich...i ran. gave it my best and i ran it in 48 minutes which i was really proud of.My family thought i wasnt goin to finish it! my grandmother gave me great encouragement before the race:
"How can u run this? uve sat here and played on ur playstation and never exercise...cheh!"
the first 20 minutes were horrible...sweatin loads, tryin to figure out why i said 'yes'...how come that old lady of 70 years old is beatin me...tryin to remember the last time i ran (the answer: I couldn't),concentratin on breathing (tactic: I inhale a huge volume of air then exhale quickly 3 times...thought to myself; "i can find this beat on Garageband!")..but after the 20 minutes, u jus get to the point where ur pass carin bout the pain...how wet and silly u look...and u jus trudge along...try and enjoy it...try not to lose to that grandma over there...and do it.bout 5.5km in, i looked up...and jus to add insult...there was a kid on a skateboard! @#$%^&*( ?!!!!!!!!
never mind.it was painful fun...mind over matter. sam suggested i do the 10km run when i get back to Brum...thats only if im still alive after this one. i think i might.

so yeah..day after..my thighs are killin me..they are also sun burned too...so there is a very delicate Panda here...
it's been the most active week ive ever had comin back here durin the summer...i guess its good to be busy...thats also cos my Playstation is on the blink and i need to get it fixed..otherwise u might see me do a triathalon. PAH! better go and get it fixed!

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I'm currently listening to: "How to save a life" by The Fray

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 09:24