Can't Run nor Last

Just some quick updates on what has happened for the past 2 days. Basically i've been on LEAVE for the past 2 days. YAY!!! Now my MC on friday is not part of my plan to get a super extended long weekend. No No. I was down with a bad stomach and also din want to go at work at a particular department. So MC was a good idea, it just so happened that i was on AL for monday and tuesday.

I took annual leave on monday and tuesday because my colleagues and myself were to go Thailand. Now its not that there was a coup there that we didn't go, we shelved the idea since some couldn't take leave, some had no money (myself) and some had no idea what to go there and buy (myself again). And since my uncle and aunt were going there this year end, it would be better to ask them to help me make business shirts since that would be the only reason i'll go there. So the plan was cancelled and here i am in Singapore having 2 days of annual leave.

Now many of you may think that it was a supreme waste of time for me to take 2 days of annual leave. But... if you look at my schedule for NEXT year meaning the first 6months of the year, i CANNOT take much leave because i'm super booked. So would really need to clear lots and lots of leave now and save some for next year. So what did i actually for the past two days?

Monday didn't really do much, stayed at home and spent time with God in prayer and also the reading of His Word. Then went off to Tecman in the afternoon to see if i could get any books from there. I was specifically looking for "The Normal Christian Life" by Watchman Nee. Thank God that i found many copies of the book there and picked 2 up. I also got another copy of "My Utmost for My Highest" a devotion that is highly recommended. Decided to give my brother Jonah that for his birthday. Actually had no idea when is his birthday but its always good to buy in advance. One copy of TNCL would be a super belated present. Decided to become a member of Tecman as i was able to get up to 30% discount on a number of items. I then went to the 1st floor shop and found myself a Chinese-KJV Bible. I managed to get it much cheaper there than most place. Thank God. Though its in traditional chinese, my training from reading comics would be useful here. Also saw a chinese-KJV Bible with hanyupinying which would be really good as well. But it was too expensive for me so i decided to buy it when i really need to use it. Also tried to find "Lectures to my students" by Charles Spurgeon. But wasn't able to find it there. Was told it was out of print.... Had to try to find a copy from other bookrooms.

Haze was pretty bad on monday. So quickly returned home after taking the MRT to yishun. Did some shopping for snacks there and took 169 back home. Took time to watch the US Open men's final and it was a nice match to watch.

Tuesday (Today) was a normal day. Decided to wake up earlier as i needed to get back into the mode for work. Wasn't that effective but better than nothing. So took time early in the morning (okay it wasn't that early) to pray and to do my devotions. The morning was quite nice as it was raining in the morning and quite shiok and cooling. And the question will come, why did i wake up!!! Cos it was my duty to do so. However..... My nose bled again today. I suddenly felt it was bleeding and quickly had to "plug" my nose to prevent the blood from spilling on my laptop. No idea why it bled again cos i did not traumatise my nose. Hmmm think this is like the 3rd time in 8 days. Not a very good sign. Might have to see a doctor soon if this keeps happening.

I then called life bookroom to see if they had "Lectures" and they HAD!! Thank God! Was really desperate to find the book to read. So i made a trip down before lunch to life BP to find the book. Realised they had many many copies of the book. So anyone interested to buy could go there to buy. Also brought 2 CDs, Hymnworks which are classical music arranged with hymns. Interesting to listen to at times. Though i prefer to listen to Hymns. After buying the book, i went down to thomson plaza to do more grocery shopping. Then brought lunch and returned home. But not before going to 7-Eleven to buy newspapers.

Why buy newspapers? Cos i woke up this morning to realised that there were NO newspapers as a result of the papers getting so wet that we cannot read it and had to throw it away. Think we would need to talk to the delivery person about it because our newspapers have been wet for the past couple of days. Just that today we couldn't even read it. So went to 7-E to get all the english papers available to bring home to read. After reading and my lunch, went up to my room to read my Bible. Then took a nap before going for my IPPT.

IPPT - Failed again. Think my fitness has totally dropped. Not that i didn't know but it dropped drastically since last year. I would need to book a few more sessions of IPPT to ensure i pass and don't do RT. So from now till my Birthday is IPPT training and i would need to do some running on my own. So i can actually complete the 2.4km. I fell out today as i knew i had failed after 3 rounds. So would need to work on fitness to run at least 1min and 45secs each round. Not the constantly increasing time. So time to do some running that's so necessary. Think i would have to use a few weekends to take IPPT now. Realised i can't run and can't even last the run. Haiz.... May God give me the discipline to train.