That Stress Off My Mind

The presentation didn't go that badly. I got good feedback, and the crowd was receptive.
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Before I did my presentation, I went for lunch. As I was entering the building, I heard some chirping, and this feeling someone was following me. Turns out that someone was a duckling. I was going to run late and there were other people around, so I thought the duckling would leave me and follow them. Apparently, though, I seemed to be it's Mommy. Maybe because I petted it? I dunno, but I was sad to leave the duckling. I had to.

Then when I left the building a couple of hours later, I went to look for it. Couldn't find it. But I did see a duck with a bunch of ducklings following it. I hope that duckling that was following me was with that pack.

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Met my student I'm mentoring (tormentoring?) for the summer. She seems nice, hopefully it won't be like that debacle from last year.

Update:

So I got the results back from the race:

-2005 official time: 53:34.7

-2006 official time: 53:47.2

-2005 chip time: 52:12.1

-2006 chip time: 53:13.6

Still pretty good considering I didn't really train this year. Lessons learned?

1. Train

2. Don't waste time trying to wash off gatorade that spilled on your shirt while you ran

3. Don't stop and drink water

4. Don't "carbo-load" too much before a race

5. Lose weight

6. A-heh-a-heh-a-hem....nevermind

7. Don't break your arm while trying to train

8. Don't slow down near the end thinking about how you are going to pose at the finish line

Looks like the feeling I have right now is that I'll do it next year again. Hopefully that feeling won't go away, because maybe, just maybe, I may try to beat that 50 minute mark. Arvin is already at the 49 minute mark which is just insane to me. Oh yeah, and Ian and Patrick also beat me, but I'd like to think I just let them.

Nice Meeting You...Restaurant

Pretty catchy name for the dimsum restaurant we went to for Mother's Day. My Dad is funny...when the bill came, I gave him $40. He put it in his wallet. Then he proceeded to take out the money from his wallet and pay the bill. You know, as if he paid for it, and my Mom fell for it. Not wanting him to steal my thunder, I told my Mom, "this was my Mother's Day gift to you, I gave $40." So I pretty much busted my Dad. (Oh yeah, the bill came out to like $35.78. I told my Dad just to put in the $40. He thought it was too much tip. Classic)

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I am pretty sore. Ugly sore, in fact.

Unbefrikinleevabull!

How is it that this year, when I hardly train at all, end up with almost the same time as last year? Crazy!

Also crazy was that I had one of those psychic feelings that I would be seeing my old religion teacher Bob Ryan again. So today, I was running beside this guy from I think kilometre 3 to the end. We encouraged ourself at the end (saying things like, "there's the end, let's go!"), and when we saw each other at the finish line, I said, "hey! Mr. Ryan! I was in your religion class in high school!" Who knows, but I kept pace with him almost the entire race. Oh, and I ended up chickening out on posing at the end, but I did stop on the mat and smiled. Hopefully the pictures this year won't be as bad as my pregnant wet t-shirt looking poses from last year.

So does this mean I'll do it again next year? Let's see in a couple of months from now...

In About Four And One Half Hours From Now...

I will be running my second Mississauga Marathon 10km Remmington Run in about as many years. I have not trained that much (hardly, if any), and I am currently loaded up with a bountyful amount of carbs (Arvin and I ate pasta at an Italian/Portugese joint). I am only confident in one thing: I will not do as well as last year. I will, however, finish this race and I will have to contemplate if I am going to do it again next year (it was supposed to be a yearly tradition).

So The 10km Run Is Tomorrow

I guess that's all I can really say about that. Good luck to me. I need all of it as much as I can.

Picked up my race pack today. It sort of started to get me pumped again about running, just like talking to one of the PHIs today about how he runs 10km almost everyday.

And then I realized what running involves. Physical exertion. Tiredness. Pain in joints.

I like to live so seesawish.

Yackety Sax

Otherwise known as the great Benny Hill song. I've been playing it over and over. Such a classic and great song. I think I will go and squeeze girls behinds now (that joke only works with people who know about Benny Hill).

Dealing With Conflict

Not that I am right now. I took yet another course today on it. I doubt I'll ever really use it because I found out today I am a collaborator, which apparently is a good thing.

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I'm hungry. I also have to run on Saturday. Now those are two of the most random statements I could think of that don't really have a relationship to each other. I dunno.

Yes, I Watch Gilmore Girls

And what an episode it was last night. I'm usually a Rory kind of guy, but boy oh boy did Lorelai's storyline certainly take a turn. Somehow I can't wait for the next season.
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Gotta take the computer in again. Hopefully all will be well.

4 Days Left?!?!?

What happened to that countdown to my marathon where it was going to get me extremely worried so I would have to train a lot? Now it's only 4 more days to it, and I still don't really have motivation. I guess the plan of: "train as minimilistically as possible and try your hardest during the run" is panning out afterall.

Such a shame because today is such a beautiful day and I should be out there running. A shame indeed.

Happy 30th Anniversary To The Best Parents Ever

Of course they are my only parents, but that's besides the point.

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Took an effective presentations course today. I have to think of a presentation to do for next week. I learned today: I am very nervous when it comes to speaking in front of large groups. That's no surprise to me. I really have to get over this mental roadblock.

It's Impossible...

Damn this Kayne song is in my head. I keep playing it over and over, good beats, catchy hook.

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Long day today, punctuated by a lot of socializing:

-woke up, found out there was a blackout. A concerned Arvin called and said, "is there a blackout?" Following my affirmative reply, he goes, "okay, I gotta go, I'll talk to you later." My best guess is that his bank heist must've been foiled due to the power outage

-picked up my Portable DVD player. Thankfully everything was included and it works great

-picked up Karen in Toronto. Got a phone call from Mellie asking us to wait for her (she kept calling the wrong number thinking it was my cell phone number. This is typically Mellie. I mean, when I dropped her back, her eyeglasses were on top of her car, as she left it on top of there for hours...lol)

-went to Hamilton and met up with Nicole and Barbara. Wally and Ronnie were the only ones missing, so I was the pimp. Mentioned to them about my pending wedding, and a lot of the conversation was dominated about wedding talk. I did not tell Nicole that I used to want to hump her

-got back, and dropped off everyone. Then promptly went to bubble tea and met up with Dr. Sy and significant other, Murse BJ and Ives. Oh yeah, Happy Birthday guys. Jeff passed by as I was leaving , and I also ran into David Chu and Evelyn Kam. Told them we were engaged. Wasn't sure if I wasn't supposed to, but I did tell Dave, "no pressure!"

-picked up Sharon and Nina and went to the decorators house. It's all set. Only thing left is the photographer and DJ

-got gas (afterall that driving, damn I needed some), and finally went home

Phew!!!

That Was Some Expensive Shrimp

But that's okay because it is Dr. Sy and Murse BJ's birfdays. We ate at Chinadoll Restaurant, where the meal came to over $50/person. But the food was pretty alright; the calamari salad with lime-miso dressing was pretty awesome and shrimp wasn't half-bad.

Everyone ended up going to Fez Boutique, but seeing as how Sharon and I are an old married couple and really weren't into the clubbing thing, we ended up going home. I'm pretty sure they are drunk by now, so I can convince them that I was indeed there.

How Are Mongolians Not Obese?

Went to Mongolian Grill with Conrad and Corinna, who is visiting for the week from Washington State. Damn good food, I may have overate a tad bit too much, but that just means I most likely won't be eating a full dinner tonight. Ah well.

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I am the overly emotional one in my relationship. While that won't be a surprise to most people, sometimes it's hard for me not to be. Sigh.

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Good News: my internet is back at home.

Somewhat Bad News: it's damn slow. Damn slow.

Zeitgeber

I don't know what that is, but I think someone does. Now that that thought has crossed my mind, I am assuming someone may be upset and will from this point on either: a)will be even more cryptic with posts; b)not post anything anymore; c)change their address all together; d)blame me for liking zeitgeber's first in grade 5; or the most unlikely e)remain doing the status quo.

I hope e) is the answer because I've known about this for a while and I ain't saying anything to anybody about anything written there. It's not like I was looking for it, per se. It just happened to stumble my way. Honest!

Blah For Some Reason

Maybe it's work? I dunno. Or maybe because I bought a Portable DVD player on eBay for cheap, but I am not sure if it comes with a battery. Oops, I hope so.

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My parents 30th anniversary on Monday, so I have to find a gift. I can't believe they have been together for 30 years; it's a little scary thought to me. It'll be crazy when Sharon and I are at that point. But first things first...I suppose we should get married first.

Slow, Slow, Slow, BOOM

That's how my day at work went. Got some vague call yesterday about some skunks having rabies which culminated in me meeting my Director telling him everything I know (which wasn't much). Then working "feverishly." Yikes, I might get used to this working hard thing. Errrr...maybe not.

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What I want is not necessarily what I need, but I still want a portable DVD player. Just how much I'm willing to spend is a whole other discussion.

It's Back!!!

Yee-uh! My home internet is back! And also my back is...broken.

Well, not really, but after clearing out the side of my house, it's definitely had a workout. I don't mind though, because it's gonna be concreted in a couple of weeks. Too bad I'm only gonna enjoy it for a year or so (I'll be moving out by next year).

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This is what one of my fiances' opinions of her: "Sharon is a very bright, conscientious person with solid competencies in terms of scientific, analytical,communication and collaborative skills with a keen desire to contributeto the success of the team."

I couldn't agree more.

Still Crossing Fingers

Blogging at work. Meh. I want home internet already.

Crossing Fingers...

Internet working for now, although not in my room. Let's hope my Dad can fix this thing.

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Went for a 10km run today. I'm still in trouble. TWO WEEKS!!!