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I was an unpaid chef on Good Friday, at Wang Dae Bak, BBQ-ing the meat for the carnivores. Having Redbull feeding me a few mouths of the luncheon meat stew and 1-2 pieces of meat, I sat there concentrating on the task of being an unpaid chef. On a tight budget and with a filled stomach, I had to curb on my weekends spending. Nonetheless, I didn't choose to wallow in self-pity and instead I was happily cooking the meat for them. 

Had 2 bowls of the soup and this big bowl of heaven is worth every cent of $35. The portion is definitely sufficient for sharing. It turned out to be more than enough for the 5 of them, 6 if you ask me, with Redbull having the appetite for 2. 

Wanted to do an 'oscar selfie' but ended up with Redbull approaching someone to take this shot for us. 

Afterwards, guess what? My fav place for waffles! CREAMIER. This time round, I chose orange with (another fruit) mixed with vodka ice-cream. My preference for alcoholic ice-cream has never failed me once. No thanks for the usual classic flavors like choc or vanilla or strawberry. Again, the waffles I'm addicted to~

Burning off calories session the next morning with these kakis. 

It wasn't our first cycling moment. I still remembered back in our secondary school days when renting chalets were the 'in' thing, something every secondary school kids did. I don't know if this is still as common among the secondary school kids nowadays. But anyway, we would go for (mid)night cycling till our legs went sore, till we couldn't even feel our butts. Those were such carefree days. 

Saturday was our cycling date, in hope of getting him involved in my exercising lifestyle as often as possible and it was a success because he enjoys it. A good start. 

He led the way, with every turn made according to his wishes. It felt good that we had no destination in mind, just going with the flow, not hectically racing against time. 

When we decide to be spontaneous and make the best out of an entire day, we'll have an extraordinary outing to somewhere we don't usually frequent. In this instance, trekking at Macritchie. 

We had a close to 20 minutes 'warm up' session because the bus driver ignored the BUS STOPPING sign and continued to drive for another 2 bus stops before finally stopping. Plus, we realized we were walking in the wrong direction cause there was no way for us to cross to the opposite side of the road. 

Well, just treat that as a warm up.

One of the entrances. 

Alice in the Wonderland? And why is my siz glowing? Vampire in disguise!

Picking the best sturdy branch.

Came out of the woods to a breathtaking view. 

*inhale, exhale, repeat the same motion*

There're always signs at every junction, ensuring that we get to where we want to. Best for direction idiots like me. Throw me a map & compass, I'll probably just die in the jungles. 

Ran up the green slope which is supposedly within the area of private property. Just a golf course. Sat on the patch of damp grass munching on snacks while overlooking the reservoir. 

Two sleepy faces

Continued on The Journey to Treetop and spotted this bird that is totally unafraid of us. We were squatting in front of it and all it did was to continue looking for food. 

Then came the steep slope to the Treetop where the gang of monkeys are. Every encounter with monkeys always makes me realize their uncanny resemblance to human beings. There was one mischievous monkey sitting face to face with another friend of his/her and nonchalantly plucking his/her friend's chest furs!

Never look back in life.
Imagine halfway through the bridge, there's a grizzly bear charging right at you but you can't turn back cause this sign says so! 

Finally!

Trekked for around 2-3hours for a walk across a bridge that lasted less than 15 minutes. But, the view and company can never be measured against time. 

Down we go

 I don't know if I've overworked my muscles or I've 'underworked' them due to a month of rest and now they're physically complaining to me they need time to adapt. Very sore. Especially my hamstrings. I'm limping cause of the ache. That's how bad it is. 

Rest day today so I can afford to workout tomorrow. Otherwise, I'll definitely be lying paralyzed on the bed.  Ps: Was supposed to go for a swim now but since that lazy guy isn't waking up after my countless attempts, I gave it a miss since this swim was meant to be for him more than it's for me cause I've definitely had my share of exercising. 

And now I'm wondering the hazard my legs are gonna bring to me today since I'm crossing over the borders for my monthly facial trip (which also means my monthly dose of bubble tea!). My legs are gonna suffer more. 

BUT, rather be sore than sorry. 

"Suck it up so you don't have to suck it in later."

I've a tendency to want to pen down whatever thoughts that have visited my mind, be it welcome or unwelcome thoughts but tasks on hand forbid me to do so. So here's what on my wish list. I wish there's this brilliant device that's able to read my mind, instantly interpret them better than I'm able to and jot them down in concrete word form so all I've to do is to click 'Publish'. I believe in the progress of our technology. I'll wait. 

Finally, my back has recovered which means I can slowly get back to my exercising routine. It feels awful having to put a halt to all the exercising for a month, I can't even stop for a week. No, I'm not trying to sound like the fit athlete. I'm nowhere near my demonic (in a good way) idol, let alone my idol's idol. Not idol, perhaps more of an inspirational icon. I enjoy pushing myself and seeing the progress my body is making every single day. It amazes me what I can achieve when my mind conquers my body. This is one area I feel a sense of accomplishment and confidence in. Not because I feel like I'm good enough, but because I know how far I've came and how far I'm able to go from here so long as I work hard for it. 

I've discovered a love for this and definitely sticking to it, working slowly towards my goal. Wait, there should be no goal because attaining a goal means you stop but in relation to this, there should be no stop.

All these quotes, I'll live by. 

(from google)