2023 IPPT

After my birthday I always receive SMS from our gov saying the window for IPPT is open please fulfill your obligation etc etc, and a few months after there's another reminder SMS and I was like urgh stop sending me so I went to take IPPT pre-maturely. That means I didn't specifically train for IPPT but I do go gym regularly.

My mentality is that I just want to do a trial round to test my fitness and the machines. So my sit ups always have a lot of no-counts as usual, my running was ok but could be faster. I walked a bit on my 5th and 6th round because I was breathless. 

I think I need to train running on track instead of treadmill. Running is my weakest station. 

$300 from my silver, same as last year but I am so close to gold.

Somehow I'm just lazy to take IPPT again but for the $200 more for just a bit of effort.... maybe.

Progress on Kaya project

Since December there has been little progress on the Kaya project.

Jan was CNY, Feb was all my overseas trip, March we worked a little bit on it and then Domi had exams and everything came to a halt, until 2 weeks earlier.

His finals just ended and immediately the day after we worked a few hours, and then today stage 1 was settled. The project partner we wanted also wanted our project so it was a perfect marriage. I am very relieved and very glad for the outcome. 

To thank him I took Domi out for dinner and drinks at JEM and it was nice. 

The next stage is deciding and picking out ingredients. I like shopping but there are just too many choices. Urgh.

Expectations of adults

When I was a child I had a certain expectation of adults because I thought if they are older than me, they must be more knowledgeable than me, more experienced in life than me, more sensible than me, make better choices than me. I would look up to them because they are better than me, I can learn things from them.

As I grow up and start to think and realise things, these perfect images of them seem to disappear. I realised they are not as perfect as I thought they were, it's disappointing. 

As I become an adult myself, I look towards those who are same generation as me, whether older means better. When I start to realise this is not the case because I had overtook them, expectations fall short. 

Nobody is Master Yoda.

I guess I have always wanted to receive knowledge and more, and when there's nothing more to offer I get disappointed. I have to pave my own way. I have to look elsewhere, find greater heights, to move further ahead. 

waiting stage

At this stage I'm just waiting and all I can do is wait and anticipate, and I can't do anything else until the action starts. 

Honestly I really want to go out, but going out involves spending and now I can't afford to spend much because I don't know how much I need in the future, so my principle is, save as much as possible. 

I'm just idling and I really don't like waiting. 

Waiting for this, waiting for that, I might as not wait and do something first. There's a timeline to meet.