Good times* - Chic

It has been a wonderful weekend - starting from last Friday! Arguably, if my memory serves me right, this has prolly been the best weekend that i've had this year - and perhaps, for a long long while.

Friday morn started with the last class for Cohort 2 before their reading week. So i thought it'd be a nice change to watch an episode of Judge John Deed and revise the law on provocation. I oso took the opportunity to explain to them how a criminal jury trial takes place, drawing from the show. I think they enjoyed it. I did!

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Thereafter, i went wif 2 other mates to meet up wif another near Mines for lunch. It was nice company. The 3 of us then adjourned to MidValley for coffee. I bought me running socks there for the Sunday run (see below) and then had to wait for a mate who's laptop was being repaired. After hanging out at MPH, i went over to the Gardens - and to me pleasant surprise, there was a Borders there (see previous post)!

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That nite, i decided to watch Gone, baby, gone. Not too bad, actually. The language is pretty strong tho. But what i really liked about the movie was the way it hit at the end. It has been a long long time since i've watched a movie wif such an ending. I won't reveal it here - but suffice to say, it was a very real moral question that i can't find an easy answer to - and am really glad to be spared from the unenvied position of having to make a decision.

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I spent the entire Saturday attending a Christian seminar on migrant workers. It was good as we were all made privy to the struggles and abuses that migrant workers (and those who try to help them) face. However, it only my situation worse - and i'm still unable to get a clearer picture of where God is leading me to. All 3 options i have now are equally interesting and the opportunity to serve God is just as great. All 3 also require the special skills and training i have received. how now? Pls pray with me on this.

One thing which made me all excited tho is when we were chatting wif our elder during the lunch break and he revealed his plan of having a mission/fact-finding trip this September to... some place, la. Won't reveal it now but it's a place i've been wanting to go!!!! I pray the plans will come to past - and i be one of those chosen to go for this trip!

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Sunday was race day! My very first marathon - altho i was just doing the 10 km run.

To cut the long story short, it was fun and good. It was much harder than when i went for a trial run the week before - it was far more humid and running wif so many others really threw my pace. I was glad i managed to equal my time last week - but it took much more effort to do so this time.

After the race, i discovered that i wasn't really that far off to make it into the top 500 and win a medal. Well, my target set was just to complete it within the qualifying time - which i did so comfortably - but i must admit that i was a tad disappointed in not getting into the top 500 - esp since most of the others did. FJ even made it into the top 80!!!!

Before (yes, WS was sleepy) and after. Oh, the 2 fingers signify "V" for victory, not any other kind of pose, ok?!

But really, it was fun. We hung out a while after the race, watched the real marathon, enjoyed the live band and then went for breakfast. Later, during lunch, we continued to exchange our race stories! :-)

Yes, this is our first - but it looks like it's gonna be the first of many! I'm already pushing them to do the Penang Bridge Run later in June! Woohoo! That'll be a 21 km run!

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To end of the weekend, the Moot team finally had our dinner. A wonderful way to end a wonderful weekend - good food, great company, loads of fun and laughter! After dinner, we adjourned for drinks and i found a Taboo set. Taught the rest to play and we did!

On top of that, Liverpool won the Merseyside derby!!!!

i was really sori the weekend had to draw to a close - but all good things must come to end. i wonder if i'll ever have another weekend like this again this year...

*This song - which hit no. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1979 apparently is one of the most sampled pieces of music in history. It is also ranked at #224 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.