My very own novel-writing epilogue.

It is about 12:15AM (at least when I started typing this) on the 1st of December. Happy December!

For an entire month of November, if you have not seen my previous journal entries, I have been writing (here and there) to reach the goal of 50,000 words by 11:59:59 on the 30th of November.

Well, I made it! Though, my story is far from over and it's definitely unpolished, I still made it.

This was my second novel (second success out of three tries) and like my first novel, the manuscript will probably end up somewhere around my room; the pages littered about.

Anyway, I'm going to figure out how I can make some time to edit both novels so I can have them printed for friends and family.

In the meantime, check out my shiny winner's badge below and if you're curious on my daily word count, click this for my NaNoWriMo profile (check the NaNo Stats tab).

Can you believe we're down to the last five days of November? It seems like yesterday that it finally got nice and cold in Los Angeles, then it got warm, then cold, then summer warm and… well, you get the picture.

Anyway, I am thirty-three thousand one hundred and forty-six words (and counting) into my silly novel. I think, by the time I reach the goal of 50,000 words, my story would not be resolved! Unless I skip a number of details and close up the story in the next 17,000 or so words. One thing is certain: I will finish it this year. =)

Oooh, speaking of the end of November, 'm going with sis and some great friends to our fav snowboarding mountain… Mammoth! I have to find some time this week to get the boards tuned and waxed.

'til the next update…

We skipped the turkey this year and went for the less-traditional aged ribeye, red potatoes with dijonaise and chives, corn, and finally my sister's delicious Tiramisu.

Ran — 3.2 miles this morning at the CalCPA Brentwood Run. Finished at about 38 minutes which is not a personal record for me but one for my sis Annelle (congratz sis!)

Consumed… immediately after the run, two breakfast link sausages and a pancake. On a side note, the Laker Girls were there and I got an autographed photo sheet for my li'l bro (who happens to be a Laker fan… Schweet!)

About two hours after the morning festivities, I had a delicious dark chocolate Sprinkles cupcake… Calories shmalories! I effing deserved that cupcake! Call it a reward for running that race this morning… lol! ^_^ However, About ten minutes after lunch, I had another one — this time, the Red Velvet-flavoured one and I admit, it was more of an indulgence but I plan to exercise again tomorroz cos I have to be good the next two weeks before snowboarding! w00t!

Here's a pic of the dark chocolate Sprinkles for posterity (although, the photo doesn't really do the cupcake much justice):

I'm soooooo out of shape! I haven't done much physical exercise in the past few weeks. Yesterday, I decided to go to the driving range in Wilmington to hit a good number of golf balls. Anyway, I thought I was doing well despite not playing for 2 years; I hardly skulled the balls now because my clubs were fit for my height and I looked up a couple of golf lessons online to refresh myself on the basics…

Anyway, we have a 10:30AM tee time at the Lakes this morning and… well, when I got up at 7 today, I was feeling it! My back was sore, my arms are sore… AHHHHHH. I knew I should've lifted my dumbbells this week. I guess a hot shower and some Kool 'n' Fit will help, this morning. >_<

So yah, I've really got to do some more exercise, even if just 30 minutes a day… I don't want to be this sore when I go snowboarding in a few weeks!

Herman: this means you, too! ^_^

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After two years (or is it three?) of the same journal layout, I decided to change it a bit — granted, this one's a lot less busy but I'll probably add summat to make it more colourful later. That… and I gotta fix the IE6 PNG transparency issues.

I probably haven't changed the other styles either or some are missing so I'm gonna touch on those tomorroz.

G'night!