ONE FULL CYCLE

It all started out as a preparation for the real thing.
i wasnt very fit to begin with, hence with that in mind, i told myself that i would train up and do a full marathon, one year later.

I started off with sundown marathon as alvin and zj both went fer the 42km, and as i wasnt confident and dont wanna waste money not completing, i went fer the 10km instead. In fact, this 10km is the only run that i really put in effort to train, as i was in army, and still very free to do some light run and stuffs.
though i didnt do it in an awesome timing, im glad that i finished it as at that time, i still find it quite hard.

But still, i beat the sunrise!

Then, the time came where i need to sign up for my next marathon, and naturally, the half marathon is within reach. i signed up for Standard Charted Marathon half marathon(21km) and started light training, as it is supposed to be in december, which means i have a lot of time.

Suddenly, ty called to ask if we wanna join addidas king of the road run (kotr). I signed up immediately, and sl also did so. however, the rest didnt follow as they are lazy to run and ty, as usual, ps us.
kotr was hell. i didnt train much other than lifesaving training with sch, hectic school life just started, things are all haywire, and i injured my knee just a few weeks before the run.

completed it nonetheles,, with some difficulty and pain, and of course, crap timing.

The long awaited half marathon came, and im suprised that im given such an awesome route to run! Sentosa and into RWS and also inside USS!! the run is a feast to the eyes as i get to see the then very new transformer display inside USS. i did this as a solo run as no one else joined me. as the start and end points are different place, the baggages are being transported from one place to another. thus the logistic to check in our bags are cocked up, and some runners have to run with their bags!! i started one whole hour late, but im definitely not alone, as many of us are stucked at the baggage area. this run is damn early in the morning, and as times go, it gets hotter and hotter. its hard to run as i started to feel the heat and have a headache halfway thru the run. As i was running, i felt like giving up as the cramps kept acting up and i was quite convinced that i couldnt complete the full marathon i expect to complete as even the half marathon is already killing me. Then, an old man ran past me and asked, if im okay. he even spurred me to continue as given his age, he is doing the full marathon and still going strong at 30+km. that is when i decided, even if i take full 8 hrs, i must complete the full marathon @sundown.

anyway, if i didnt remember wrongly, SCMS was on 5 dec, which is on my dad's birthday. and again, timing wasnt very important to me, as completion is already an amazing feat for me. run for a reason? to prepare fer Sundown 2012

The Singapore Zoo Run was a joke. i forgot who brought it up, but in the end, only me, zj and alvin signed up for it. sl who always wanted to go to zoo didnt join us as he CLAIMED that he forgot about it and didnt sign up before it closed. it was a 12km run inside zoo for 2 rounds, and it commences very early in the morning. we were damn afraid zj would oversleep as he always does it. this wasnt even a run for us, as all 3 of us were happily touring the zoo, taking photos and talking cock. we walked finish the entire 12km, being the very very last few to complete the run. Nonetheless, the zoo touring and awesomely designed medal made the run to commemorate the passing of Singapore's iconic Orang Utan, Ah Meng, worthwhile.

though this is definitely nth to be proud of and shldnt really be considered sth tt i have completed, its fun to share about this!!

Lastly, after mentally preparing for 1 full year, the Sundown Marathon 2012 Light Up The City came. this time, 42km, with half in town, the other half down ecp and back. the route itself is already awesome enuff to deter people who didnt train at all to attempt it. i did it with 1 day after a binge eating and binge alcohol trip from taiwan, attended chiobu91 birthday party 2 hours before the run, and of course, with plans already planned fer sunday night(simin bday) and today(bbq) and ultimately, national vertical marathon days away.

As if it wasnt stressful and taxing enough, it rained the whole damn bloody night. heavy winds, heavy rain all the way, and im at ecp, which is beside the sea. all i was wearing is a singlet and my shoes insoles kept coming out as it is all soaking wet. 

this is the first time i completed it, though with fucked timing, it was damn awesome experience.

woohoo.. now i shall wear my finisher tee to bbq!!

i think i will not attempt anymore 42km after this..

Appearance

Often, we would hear people say that they do not bother about how their friends look like, nor they care about how their partner look like.
My question to you, just how true is that?

I would just point out a simple example.
Cockroaches. Many girls would squeak their lungs out when they see one.
But then again, why are they afraid of cockroaches?
The harmful effect of cockroach is that they carry germs that might cause food poisoning due to the places they travel. Now, if it is the dirtiness they are worried about, wouldn't they be also afraid of their computer keyboards, which is said to carry 5 times more bacteria compared to a toilet seat?

Truth is, even though they are completely harmless (other than being dirty and maybe smelly) and they don't bite, people still do not like them. WHY?
Let's face it. It is because they are ugly and horrendous looking.
So much for not bothering about looks.

Fun facts about cockroaches:
Crushed cockroaches are pain relievers.
They are currently being researched for medicinal values
People do eat them for nourishment.
They eats bedbugs
They DO NOT bite.
They do not have any disease, but due to the places they stay in, which is dirty, makes their body dirty.
(they are like stray animals, if given a good "bath", they will be clean)
They are good adapters of environment. (literally stays anywhere other than super cold places)
They are not picky about food.
They survived for 400million years, same era as dinosaurs.
Might be the first flying animal on earth
Some species can digest wood lika termite!
They can survive 1 month without their head
They can hold their breath for 40 minutes
They can run up to 3km/hr
They sleep for about 75% of the day.


So, there are so many stuffs we human should learn from a cockroach, so, why hate them?
But the sad truth, we are all superficial.

This little example explains it all.


http://www.internet4classrooms.com/susan/cockroach_factpage.htm
http://www.planetcockroach.com/roach-bite.html
http://www.funfacts.com.au/cockroach-facts/

tried too hard again

im trying to care.. but i ended up nagging...
im trying to love.. but i ended up hurting...
im trying to improve.. but whatever i improved was not significant to you.

i think i just tried too hard again.
-EvErywh3r3

i met u first.
but that does not give me an advantage over him.

seeing u hurt and sad over him, i cannot but wonder if we were instead together, what would happen.

will i hurt you,
will i make you sad.
will i leave u alone, when what you wanted is me so bad.
will i be nice and sweet, like how everyone is when it first begin.
or will i be a changed person when time goes by, just like him.
will i make empty promises that i know i cant keep.

but then again, i was not chosen.
how can i be better?

maybe im more of a jerk than he really is.
maybe because im not him, that i say its entireely his fault.

i only blame myself when i see u hurt
i blame myself for not being better.
i blame myself for not trying hard.
i blame myself for having the headstart and still lose out.
i blame myself for not being able to convince you that im the one.

and all i can do when i see you getting hurt by him, is to blame myself for not being the better man.

the demon is out.
i feel so much better now.

Change

i asked around, and i realised, it is normal for guys to be possessive, to be jealous when their girlfriend goes out with another group of guys, even if its a group, not alone.

and therefore, i have this thinking.

Change.
boy meets girl.
boy likes girl "just the way you are"
girl "cant help fallin in love with" boy
boy and girl blissful couple.

here comes the problem.
girl has lots of male friends due to her outgoing personality.
boy is jealous, forces girl to not go.
CHANGE 1: girl start to lose contact slowly by slowly with male friends.
no longer that free spirited anymore.

girl starts to get busy.
girl have less time for boy.
girl wants a lady nights out.
but that would mean sacrificing time with boy, which is already not a lot.
boy forces girl to stay by his side.
girl instead invite boy along.
boy gets awkward in an all girl situation.
quarrel ensued.
Change 2: bit by bit, freedom becomes history.

boy gets to know some female friends.
girl gets paranoid.
girl who was once outgoing and friendly person, now objects boy to go out with his female friend.
boy says girl is unreasonable.
girl says boy does the same.
boy says he did so to protect her.
and boy accuse girl for doing so to imprison him.
Change 3: relationship soured. girl changed, becoming paranoid, irritating and jealous.

boy finds changes in girl
boy feels that girl is no longer the girl he once loved so much.
as she is not the cheerful, friendly and outgoing persona she once was.
instead, she became easily jealous, over reliance, and dull.
boy loses interest in girl.
boy breaks girl.
girl has no one to depend on anymore, and no friends to confide in anymore, as she had "frozen" her friends to keep the relationship with boy.
Change 4: girl lost touch with the "real her" and the road to recovery is a long one..

Fault: dominance, possessive, lack of trust, aiming for perfection.

and its coz of imperfections that makes you perfect.

MORAL of the story
you change her, in short term,
u will think she is perfect.
but as time goes by, you will find her morphed into someone whom you no longer know.
and thats when the relationship will go haywire anytime or both are still together because they are used to each other, not LOVE

Featured Video of my Blog: NS for singaporean

awesome music
nice depiction
how true
and lastly,
it will change my perception of being lucky to be a citizen

now,
election is coming...

lightning(People Action Party)



arrow(Singapore Democratic Party)


Sun(National Solidarity Party)



hammer(Worker Party) or


star???(Singapore Democratic Alliance)



Reference:
http://politicalbeans.wordpress.com/singapores-political-parties/

flarhare's history

flarehare.bs.com was previously known as mystoriesmylife.bs.com back in 2008.

however, many are emo posts about me liking some girls and some interesting stories i wrote when im feeling very down and out. i didnt really let many people know about my blog address. i deserted the blog after only having a few entries and left it there to rot.

in 2009, the emoness strikes again i feel like i need an outlet to vent my rant out. and when i log in using my email address, i realised that mystoriesmylife is still there and i read thru it. i realised how dumb is it to blog about my failed love life as if i was hoping to gain sympathy from someone.

So i deleted those useless and meaningless posts, while keeping those interesting stories that i wrote as i think when years pass and when i read it back, i will know how much have my english improved(sadly, i dont notice a difference as it still suck equally)

i renamed it flarehare, meaning a rabbit on fire.
rabbits are known to be good natured, and i hope to be a as good natured as a hare.
however, given my hot temperness, i added the flare to the hare, making me a flaming rabbit.
another reason is my affirnity with rabbit. i once blogged about naming this blog after my beloved pet rabbit. and also, my sis is born in the year of rabbit, my mum is also born in the year of rabbit.. my late grandfather is also born in rabbit year..

i hope people would read my blog, not because i want them to know whats going on in my life.( i dun usually blog about my daily shits)
i want them to give me feedbacks and help me improve as a person.
i want advices that could help me get pass my difficulties.
i want to spread my knowledge of things to people who need it, as well as getting back feedbacks on things i typed wrong.
i want to share my preference of music and articles to people who are like minded, and hope that they enjoy it as much a i do.

i hope to learn more and spend some excess time on some writing.

why i dont have fancy blogskins and songs for my blog??
simplicity is beauty.
okay, thats bull shit.
im just pure lazy.
like how im lazy to dress up despite knowing that i need to during certain occasion.


so now is 2011, flarehare is already 3yrs old!
though his exact birthday shld be in nov.
ahaha..

nonetheless,
after so long, still no one read my blog.
guess blogging aint sth fer guys

online survey is bullshit?

okay, let me say something...
i always thought online survey are bullshit and are scams.
but after doing survey religiously for one whole year, i finally accumulated 1k points to cash out.
it took almost 2months to prove that its no scam,
and here it is =DD




http://www.globaltestmarket.com/
ps: dun say got good stuffs i dun share arh

Premarital Sex

Recently there is a change with the sex education whereby there are now external groups teaching this thingy.

And it led me to think of one problem that our generation face these few days: PREMARITAL SEX.

Yes, it might seemed all wrong to have premartial sex as there is no commitments between two persons yet. And many are saying that teenagers are having premarital sex at a younger age.

I DO NOT AGREE.

Our older generations got married at 17, and some even consider that being late.
for us, bo 30 yrs old also dun wan marry la...
so whats wrong with having sex at such age, though the biggest difference is still the marriage certificate.
in fact, i would think it might be unhealthy to have sex for the first time at a more mature age of like, 30yrs old.

So if u wanna discourage premarital sex, i guess the entire education shld change..
we are graduating at a far too old age. the ability to earn a living for our generation is getting older and older.
in the past, ppl 14 can go out earn a living.
but due to education, we can only work at the age of about 16 to 18, earliest. For uni MALE grads, lagi worst, approx 26 den can earn a living.
SO HOW TO COMMIT AND START A FAMILY AND HAVE SEX WITH A LEGAL WIFE???

so premarital sex is the only way out.


my conclusion?
older gen have sex at age ranging from 16 +++
younger gen also having sex at such age, only doing so before marriage.
and last but no least.

This post is crap.

Dr Love anyone?

Hi dr Love,

i have this very weird question to ask you.
Which is worst when in comparison?
To like someone who is only attracted to the same gender
OR
To like someone who has already given up on love due to past relationship heartbreak?


I understand that in some sense, it would seem a bit more difficult to change a person's gender preference than to make a person re-accept the joy of loving.

However, if the person is a Bi, would the situation be more hopeful or worst, since that person can choose from both guys and girls.

Lastly, which person in the senario given would have a higher chance of getting the person they like?

My guess is, if the person have given up on love, the person would have such a truama and worst still, if the person is stubborn and damn persistent, GAME OVER.

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why do i have problem letting the person know how i feel?
why does it always seemed like a joke?
i tried being serious, and i really do

What Will You Defend?

i would like to defend the crusine that we find in Singapore. As Singapore is a multi-racial country, the type of food we can find here has so much more variety than that of other countries.

The Chilli Crab.
The bak Kut Teh
The Laksa
Half Boil egg and kaya toast
yong tao fu
Char kway teo


The Roti Prata
Teh Tarek
The Thosai
Mutton curry
Mutton Soup
indian Rojak

Satay
The bryani
Nasi Lemak


The satay Beehoon
Rojak
Fried Carrot cake.

BBQ Stingray
Kway Chap

Service

I was on a bus this morning when i was awaken from my sleep by a loud shout.
I dismissed it the first time as i thought i was dreaming.
But when the 2nd shout comes, i was already shocked awake.

It was the bus uncle shouting at a bangala to get off the bus.
He was frantically searching for his ezlink to tap.
After several minutes, he is unwilling to alight and even went back to his seat to look for his ezlink.
The pissed bus driver shouted at him for a few times, and even passengers in the bus shoo-ed him off the bus.
The bus driver later on closed the door and the bangala pleaded for him to open the door for him and alighted, without being able to find his ezlink card eventually.

Yes, i agree that the bangala is wasting everyone's time and even possibly jam up the busy road.
But i think that the fact that the bus driver shouting at him is wrong as he is in a service line. To me, i think that he is bullying the bangala as he is sure that the bangala would not be able to complain him. Had it be a singaporean, i doubt the would even dare to be rude to him.

Losing an ezlink card to us might not mean much, but to the bangala, that might mean he lost a lot of money. That explains why he is searching for the card so frantically and refuse to leave the bus without tapping as it would cause him a decent $2.

My conclusion is, if you are in a service line, you should be fair to everyone and present the best of your service, instead of bullying those of lower income/education people.

RelationshiT

Recently, while i was blogging about the bus fare thingy, i came across this very cool picture that made me wanna blog about this particular too.

According to a lot of reports, there are more women than male on earth, and it also applies to the case of singapore.

BUT WHY THE FUCK AM I SINGLE?
Bah.

There is this guy that wrote to askmen.com and ask for advice that why he always scare the girl away when he starts to try and kiss them. Well, i guess, if u do this in singapore, this is a sure-fail here.
The advisor replied saying that it might be because he is ugly, or maybe his kissing approach is wrong.
And he also said that he is not brave and confident enough.
i was thinking, WTF.. daringly kiss the girl on first date still not brave enough?
i dont even dare to approach a random girl, let alone date her.

My reason of why am i single?
it is as the picture have suggested.
I have been in poly, and people are telling me poly is full of pretty girls who dress up for lessons. But damn, im in engineering school, which make it a almost all guys school. AND, as im quite against elder sister relationship, my choices even landslided more.

LAst but not least, im now in army. which made me all the more walking alone in the damn desert. luckily, i got to know this cute girl, which made my desert more bearable. but that doesnt really help. its only a short period of time for me to know her, and i got no way of contacting her. so i guess, she is just a random person which would not leave any memory inside my head after 20years. and that would have not been the case if i have more courage.

according to wiki, masturbating makes u more confident of yourselves...
what is your say, people?

today i...

today i went to army, do this and that,
come home, play basketball, play facebook and bla blA bla..

Z... its so retarded to blog about daily life..
maybe your life have something interesting happening. but that doesnt really concern anyone. so why post it online for all to see? just write a diary or something.. but people tell me its more convienent to write it via a comp, and so i suggested they use the cool software called the mircosoft words.
Like that, you can keep your privacy to yourself.
Then, people will tell me, if you dont like it, DONT READ IT.
Well, you post, i read, then i comment about your LIFE. Thats the fun part about blogging

But now, the real problem is, when i comment, your not happy, and people start flaming each other again. If you dont want people to give you negative comments, keep the damn story to yourself, else remove the comment section. if there is a way for people to reply to your story, be prepared to face all sorts of comments.

Why post something and only want the positive comment and fuck the negative ones? ITS IS SO FUCKING UNFAIR!!!

so my conclusion is, those retards that blog about daily life or post shit status in facebook are just trying to get attention. but whatever the attention is, just deal with it and not fuck those that gives you negative ones... cause it just make you look so fucking retarded to flame.

Last but not least, if you think by crying and throwing tantrums will get people to care and concern about you, you are just a kid who only thinks that the whole world owes you one.

DISCLAIMERR
THIS POST IS NOT PARTICULAR CREATED FOR ANYONE.
JUST NEED TO LET OUT MY FLARES. I DOUBT PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND WTF I TYPING. SO JUST READ AND BE ENTERTAINED WITH MY SHIT PHRASING AND BROKEN ENGLISH =]]

Petition against high transportation fee for poly students

Recently when i was clearing up my facebook, i noticed that i joined a facebook group by the name of petition against high transportation fee for poly students.

i went in to read on what the people in the group have to say about the issue. Instead,i saw a group of people flaming a poor guy, cursing him and his entire family. it is so typical of singapore youngster to do that and im actually guilty of it during gaming -.-
but what i have to say is that, arguing over the internet is like running a special olympic, even if you win, you are still retarded =x

okie, back to the topic, as i was one of their member, im supposed to support the cause. However, maybe its because im no longer affected, i find it retarded to support the cause.

the poly students compared themselves to the JC and ITE students.
Some people say that coz ur dumb and u cant get into jc, you are whining here about the expensive bus fares. but the poly students rebutted that they CHOSE to go poly.
So here is my response:
if u CHOSE to go poly, deal with the rising bus fares yourselves.
and as the examples stated above, jc and ite students are wearing UNIFORMS. Poly students do not need to wear them. so as students who are NOT wearing uniforms, we are treated as young adults. so quit whining about the ADULT PRICE you are paying for your transport.

if poly students are given the benefit of student transport fees, the universities would also be asking for such priviledge too. Soon, even the NSF would want such cheaper bus fares.

If thats the case, basically everyone other than people working would all have 45cents travel fees. So how SBS earn moneY?

people who started this petition are people who only think of their self interest.
they did not think of the complications it would bring about. Poly is the eqivilent of university in some countries and i therefore think it is fair to be charged for adult fare. you guys want people to treat you like young adult, yet you still want advantages of students in uniform. i think it is only fair that unless poly students agree to uniforms, then the bus fare should be of student price. IF NOT, if u give poly student the 45cent priviledge, you should give university student such priviledge too =]