Tuesday, June 28, 2011

rain in june!

today it rained.  now normally this isn't news, especially in singapore with all the floods.  but apparently this was the first time in 20 years!  maybe a slight exaggeration, but i gather that it has been a long time since anyone could remember when it last rained in the month of june.

and the other news was that it snowed in tahoe!  or yosemite.  well one of them at least.  the weather here can be unpredictable.  they have micro-climates, in which you get wildly varying weather conditions at different locations that are not far away from each other.  some guys played golf at monterrey bay on saturday and it was 12 degrees!  something to do with it being near the coast and the geography of the place.





no more blue skies today.  what a difference huh?



i woke up late this morning.  for some reason i did not hear the alarm at all and i suddenly woke at 7 and then remembered we had to assemble at the dining room to get to the place where we were taking a class photo.  thankfully it wasn't raining yet.  so i rushed to the dining room and had this very light breakfast of a scone and egg and some carrot juice.

so i was reasonably hungry by the time lunch rolled around, and yay!  plain rice!  today was chinese.  springroll on the left, kung pao chicken, mongolian beef (one south american chap complained it was spicy) and vegetables.  i enjoyed it today.




dessert was this funny half egg-tart and coconut pudding.  i guess the recommended serving is half?:)  but they were both good. (gabe - wipe your chin now!:))




dinner was also interesting.  a huge rib (or rather the bone was huge)  and jumbo shrimp in some peppery sauce.  vegetables and pasta make up the rest.





mango crumble with ice cream is always a winning combination!   after all that food, i am definitely going to have to run again tomorrow.  took a break today after a late night gym session yesterday.   if i am going to run the san francisco marathon, i am going to have to get back into shape.  thankfully the sundown marathon was just a month ago so i still am in reasonably good shape.

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