The day is drawing nearer . 

Here i am at Singapore Expo hall Q-ing to collect my race pack for my colleagues and mine .Luckily i come earlier , there is no Q yet . When i reach the counter , after they pass me the race pack , the volunteer ask me to proceed to VIP counter to collect my Bid Number and they just ask me walk straight down . I walk down also didn't manage to spot a VIP store and i went to ask the volunteer and he ask me you already got the race pack and you come here for ? I was kind of pissed off . At least , you can check the race pack and see what is missing and see what you can help from there . I was saying : i should be the one asking you instead of you asking me and i told them the volunteer ask me to come over to collect the bid . 

A while later , after someone came to assist me and at the end i got my bid . I think next time please put someone who are able to help in the VIP section . Don't let people wait and hang down there don't know what to do . 

After i have collect my race pack , i went to walk around and see what i can get . Back of my mind , i already planned to get Gel and also running tights !For Gel , i have not tried any brands yet , therefore i just walk around to see see which one have a better promotion . At the end , i saw my DOAL mate working at Running Lab and they also selling Gel , therefore i went to approach him and he introduce me the Gel. He also share with me what is the differences and also at what stage , i need to take what kind of Gel .

At the end , i bought two Gel from him and it cost $2.50 each . Actually i saw other store having better deals , but since my friend working at Running Lab , i must as well just support him ! 

Sometimes is not about the price , but the friendship ! HAHA ! 

Did not manage to get running tights ! Maybe next year i will get a full running tights for now i just wear the short tights that i have recently get at IMM sports outlet store ! 

The race packet is quite disappointing ! My colleague told me that the race pack was quite bad , i did not believe him until i saw it at my own eyes ! Most stuff inside are promotion things only. At least the running top is nice : D 

The night before i sleep , i do tapping on my knee and also doing stretching. If you are wondering why i do tap the day before , is because i don't want to wake up 45 minutes earlier ! 

Tapping does not have the immediate effect on the support , it only activate it after 45 minutes. 

If you are wondering why am i using two colors is because i have two different brands to try out and lets see , which one can last longer . For the red color is from Acti-Tape which i purchase it at $20 per roll and the pink color is a free gift !I hope such a combination color will not attract too much attention :)  

I will be wearing this new pair of running shoes to run my 2nd ever full marathon ! 

Thanks to Mizuno for choosing me as one of the winner for the photo contest ! 

They have already launched this batch of running shoes , if you are interested to see their collection , head down to Marine Bay Sand mall basement to check out the blue and the pink one. For me personally , i think that the white is super nice and unique . I have not yet seen any brands out there have such a colorful running shoes yet ! If i am not wrong , they are selling at $199. 

I am totally in love with this pair of running shoes ! : ) 

The day have finally arrived ! Wake up @ 2 am , total madness ! I wonder how i did wake up successfully ? Supposed to meet my friend at 4am @ MRT station but i was late . Did not expect the train move so slow as usual timing , sorry to keep you waiting . After depositing our bag, we head off to the starting point ! 

From the picture itself , you can see so many BLUE BLUE humans @ Orchard ! 

I think everyone is feeling excited and can't wait to kick start the race 

Don't know what i will be expecting for this race because this is my first time running 42km in the morning . Hopefully the sun will not kill me ! I am going to do my best and the most important thing is that what i have started , i am going to finish it : )

Before the race starts , let's take a photo together first :) 

Jiayou for your run , Clement ! 

Photo credit to Running Shots 

Photo credit to Running Shots 

Photo credit to Marathon-photos 

My SAYS 

I bet my picture speaks a thousand word. I don't need to mention anything , by the picture can tell that running under the hot sun is not easy at all , especially the distance is 42km ! I wonder how those people can run 100km , they must be really mad ( Ops , i should not say that , maybe they are stronger in the physical and also their mind) . At the beginning of the run, i was feeling quite comfortable on the pace i am going , i was suprised that at the first 10km , i did not stop to rest or even stop to drink water even though it is super tempting . If i am thirsty , i will just drink bit by bit from my water bottle ! I run non stop till 23 km , i can feel the kick coming in on my knee especially ! I motivate myself to tahan the pain by looking forward to the next drinking station but after a while , really CMI , i started walking. Through my experience , once i started walking , there will be a lot of temptation to make me keep walking instead of running ! I kind of regret walking instead of jogging .

At around 24 km , instead of walking i try to slow jog but i guess i am way too tired and even though running , it is only very short distance . I keep doing that until i reach 30km , i started walking all the way to the finishing line ! The 11 km was really screwing my mind ,because my body was so tired even walking also so difficult , my body giving me signal to sit down and rest . To be honest , during the running i seen a lot of people sit down one side to rest , i am really tempted to sit down too , but i tell myself , NO ! Onces i sit down , i am sure i will keep sitting down because in this way my body will feel more comfortable ! I struggle through and i have no clue where is the finishing line and i have to what's app my friend to ask ! Another lesson to learn , always know where is the finishing line , so that i will know where to look forward to ! 

When i left 2 km to go , i keep looking out for the finishing line ! When i was the finishing line , i was so motivated and i started running towards it ! I was so happy that i made it , tears almost come out . That kind of feeling , no one will understand until you been through that 42km ! 

These are the things i take away from my 42 km run 

1. Train at least 30 km so that you can comfortably complete 42 km 

- The reason why i say so because i only train up to 14 km for this #SCMS2014 and during the actual race , i actually keep running non stop for 23 km . Normal training don't need to run 42 km , unless you want to train to hit your own best timing . 

2. Drink water bit by bit 

- The weather so hot , so i decided to grab a cup of 100 plus to drink ! One shot drink one cup and my stomach feel super heavy and super uncomfortable to run . If possible , drink bit by bit . 

3. Always know you finishing line 

I hope all these can help me do better for the next upcoming marathons ! 

I am glad that i manage to finish 42km : D 

After the run , i slowly walk back to the baggage area to collect my bag ! 

Once i collected , i just find one corner to seat down and relax for a while , supposed to meet my friend after that but then his phone low battery . So i just slack there a while , my knee aching like no one business ! I rest about 20 minutes , then change to my finisher tee . I don't want later i board the bus , everyone in the bus will smell my 'perfume' ! To me walking from one place to one place is not a problem but on that day , from F1 building walk to Marine Square is a super big problem man ! But no matter what , i have to endure it all out till i reach home . 

If you were to ask me if i will be back for Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon 

2015 - 42 km , my answer to your question is YES ! 

I WILL BE BACK TO HAVE A BETTER TIMING - 6 hour 48 minutes 

Something to confess ! 

Last week i was here for the O.T Ghost Overtime Movie Preview with my colleagues and when we reach Suntec City Golden Village then i realize why don't have people at the booth and i went to check my phone again and realize is on 9 Dec instead. Feel so bad because my colleague is rather excited for this movie ! 

Lesson learnt : Got to double double check !

n remind myself that the fb invites will prompt me and also there will be email from Cloverfilms ! 

But sadly , the actual day of the movie preview she can't make it :( 

Last few weeks i just watch one of the Thailand horror movie and now i am watching another Thailand movie ! For those who love working O.T , should watch this movie. I started working for about 5 months now already and in office there will be a few of them who will always OT to clear their work , i believe every company such got this group of OT Cliques ! Why not tomorrow , ask your OT Cliques to watch this movie together ? OT in the cinema ! 

While i am heading up the escalator to collect the ticket , i got shocked by the 'Ghost'. 

First time watch horror movie they have character out there to welcome their guests ! 

Impressed by their make up and their expression . 

Grab a photo with the 'Ghost' . 

Before starting to read my movie preview , check out their trailer :

My review for O.T Ghost Overtime 

When the movie started , they were showing the previous horror movie in the office which caused these two colleagues who die after pranking each other like no tomorrow and i was shocked ! Are they going to show this or another one because previous one i watch it somewhere else as Singapore don't have that movie . HENG AH ! Not repeating the movie i have watch. But is somehow like the Part 2 ! 

I will say that this movie is a mind screw, is in a good way , not bad way ! This is one of the movie that able to catch my attention to focus on the movie instead of divert my attention to another things . So focus thinking why like this and why like that . And HUH ?! They have some Under 18 scene , quite funny and disgusting . The reaction from the audience was funny because everyone react the same . 

Overall , i would give 8/10 . Worth watching if you like those horror movie that have humor . Even though i say humor , when it come to scary part , it can be really scary . Ok la i confessed i did jump up for some part : ) 

The movie will be out 11 Dec 2014 ! 

Hurry go grab your ticket and watch with your friends : ) 

This is my first time joining Vertical Marathon ! 

It has never cross my mind of joining until one of my Ex Dragon-boat Senior Haini actually ask me if i am interested to join her for this Marathon ? I did chit chat with her for a while to get more information before giving her the green light that i will be joining her ! 

If you are wondering , why i will join is because i have NEVER join an Vertical Marathon in my life before , since i got a chance now , why not just go for it ? 

Photo Credit to www.swissotelverticalmarathon.com

Last night , i did not manage to sleep early because i have wedding dinner to attend which is important because is family side . I told myself to stay away from beer because the next day , i will need to wake up early for Vertical Marathon , but at the end , i can't resist and went ahead to drink ! [ By the way , I am not encouraging you to drink the day before race ]. I drank about 3 cups and i stop , went back home and i have a good sleep ! Love that feeling of good sleep after drinking . Having good sleep after drinking does not mean that you will drink till drunk ! 

know your limit when drinking and if you are underage , don't drink . 

Before i enter into my LALAND , i went to tape my Knee so that  morning i will not need to wake up 45 minutes early tape it . If you are wondering , whether is Ok to tape the night before ? 

The answer is YES , YOU CAN ! Don't worry , is not i say one. Professional say one ! I attend the acti - tape workshop and manage to learn a lot of things :) 

This is how it looks like after tape , hope it does not look ugly HAHA ! 

For those who want to learn how to tape , but don't know how ? Don't worry , click onto the 

Youtube video below to learn how :) 

Thanks to Acti - Tape for sharing the video  : D 

The flag off time for Women 20 - 29 is 0945 and we got to report at 0905 . The timing is not too early and not too late . At least , got time in the morning to slack a bit before heading down to City Hall ! When we reach city hall , was kind of blur . There is no sign of where the participate should go until we ask the volunteer. When we reach there is so many people and the earlier batch of different group have slowly dispatch.  

After watching for a while , we head off to bag deposit area and pay that $ 2 . Before we report for our catergory , we head off to hotel toilet first : ) 

: ) 

While waiting for the women 20-29 catergory , i shall take some photo of myself with the nice background ! 

I am feeling excited and scare at the same time . As this is my first time and i don't know what i should expect . I just tell myself i got to finish it and enjoy the moment : D 

With my Ex Dragon-boat Senior - Haini 

Thanks for jio-ing me , if not maybe 100 years down the road then i will go join the Vertical Marathon ! 

Patiently waiting for our turn . 

While waiting , i saw someone familiar . Is my blogger friend . He came over to my side and help us take picture : ) 

Nice shot at the starting area . 

Mixed feeling and i am all already to plug in my ear piece ! All my kpop songs ! 

Say HELLO to my blogger friend : ) 

Thanks for the photo ! 

OH YEAH ! 

Finally i reach the TOP ! 

Level 73 ! WOOHOO ! 

Come , let me share my personal experience on climbing all the way UP to 73 ! 

when i first started to run up the stairs , everything seems fine until level 30 , i start to feel the kick on my breathe . My knee is still alright , never give me any problem . Even though i feel the kick ,i still keep myself going up slow and steady ! Sweat is dripping like waterfall and heart pumping like mad because is enclosed area. I climb till there is moment i feel like fainting , thank God my mind and body is strong enough to hold it there and go all the way to the finishing line.  I took a few break in between different levels and when i look up seeing is level 70 , i told myself 3 more to go and i just keep going and going . Haini was there waiting for me and we cross the finishing line together :) 

I thought there will be drinking point in the midst of running but there is none. So , i would advice those who are interested to join next year can consider bring your own water bottle ! 

I would rate my experience a 9 / 10 !! 😆😆😆😆

Time for some photos . 

When we reach the top , the first thing i say was YAY ! 

Second thing was : Wow , So hot ! And all i want is to sit down and rest like a boss . Didnt know we only have 5 minutes to spend up here taking picture and we need to leave the place after that because they are releasing the next batch soon . 

Marina Bay Sand aka MBS 

Everytime i see MBS , i will always think of Gabriel . 

If you don't know who he is , he is actually my DB team mate : )

After all the photo taking , we slowly walk down 1 level then we take lift down . Before we walkto collect our bags, we went to take some picture in-front of the hotel ! 

I totally enjoy myself and next year i will be back to do even better ! 

If you are interested to know my result :) I will aim for better the next year !