Had quite another 'physical' weekend. It's funny, cos when I run marathons, I don't consider it much of a physical feat… well, I probably should since I sux so bad but I think I have to work a LOT on my mental faculties whilst running, too.

Anyway, sis and I played 9-hole golf at The Lakes in El Segundo. As you may or may not know, it's this executive course (i.e., 3-par/short/one 4 par). What can I say? After months of inactivity from playing golf, we went out that sunny Saturday afternoon and got our asses kicked by the course. LMFAO. Actually, my sis did well with hole #6 which she birdie'd and I had bogey'd. Yes, I sux0red so bad but I'm planning to visit the driving range after work this week to work on my swing again.

This morning, just before the Euro 2008 final (OMG. GERMANY LOST. Just proves to show, never depend on the Germans — long story, it has something to do with my Euro Fantasy Football Team)… Sorry, I digress — this morning, my sis and I went swimming! FOR A WHOLE FREAKIN' HOUR. I actually swam laps (with very *very* short breaks in-between 100 metres) for the entire hour. Can you say, exhausted after that?! OMG, I think I'm still tired from it! LOL. After the swim, I had so much bad food — I mean, my body was craving it. I had some chocolate stick biscuits, some dried spicy scuttlefish which you can get these at any Asian store and…*gasp* 3 pieces of Dylan's Candy Bar chocolate…. AHHHHHH. All that work gone cos of a number of yummy treats afterwards. lol. Although I'm still reeling for the hour-long swim, I'm hoping that I can build up my endurance so that I don't end up 'dog paddling' the swim portion of the triathlon I'm going to do next year! LOL!

Thank the heavens! The weather today was waaaay more tolerable than days past. This evening, I went outside to take out the trash and was greeted with that familiar cool breeze. Ahhhh.. The heatwave is over?

Anyway, I despite the heat, I had a pretty active weekend; mountain biking, skateboarding… Sadly, no surfing but it was ok. As I did these "physical" activities, I thought of all the stuff I ate that week! LOL. Oh, did I also mention that I went swimming on Friday evening?

Speaking of biking, I also found out from my big sis that I won't be able to borrow her road bike… I was hoping to cut that expense off my plans to do a triathlon next year, but I guess I have to put it back in. : Oh well, gotta work more!

So I've decided that I will sign up for the 2009 Hermosa Beach Triathlon; it's in October next year so that gives me PLENTY of time to train, get the proper gear, etc. I was considering of doing it this October but after my failure at San Diego (or should I just call it, a 'learning experience'), I'm going to scratch off any "new" sport for now; of course, I have a 1/2 marathon on my birthday (October 19!) and another 1/2 marathon in San Antonio, TX a month after that… In other words, I still have to train, but am sticking to running this year.

Anyway, back to the pseudo-training; I went to our local plunge (no, it wasn't bad swimming in a public pool) and tried to do some laps; well, I was only able to do 6 laps (in about 30 minutes >_< ) before I called it quits. Keep in mind, after every other lap, I'd take a breather! Ooof. I'm so outta shape. The HB Tri is basically a 1/4 mile swim (about 400 metres). I did the maths in my head and was going for at least 8 laps. I should probably have set my goal lower, i.e., 4 laps; then I would've felt much better afterwards. At least I can make it to each end without stopping in the middle now! LOL.

I don't know if I'm going to dedicated tri bike, too; they're so expensive and I'd rather spend that moolah on other goodies… I need to convince my sis to lend me her road bike, which she borrowed from a friend anyway! Hehe… Then there's the wetsuit; I'm looking at the tri wetsuits and they're uber expensive, too. Ugh. This is why running is the best sport; buy a pair of good running shoes, open your front door and go run! LOL. Baby steps… I gotta make sure I can swim 400 metres… One of these days, I gotta practise swimming in the ocean, too. Eep. Ok, I'm getting ahead of myself… baby steps!

Sheryl… wanna do a triathlon next year? Hehehe..

It's fun to shop at Costco; I <3 the huge aisles and aisles of stuff! Like, where else can you get a 6 pound can of corn! That's delicious Del Monte quality people!

Costco is like, mini-America; a shower of cultures surround you along with massive amounts of food. Hehe. Anyway, you can understand my surprise (see Tweet from earlier today) when I saw a sign posted above these bags of rice:

I was like… WTFMATE?!

It's all tongue-in-cheek, of course; I realise there's some sort of shortage going on right now and am totally sympathetic to those on the other side of the country (and world) who are having trouble with failed crops and such. It was just odd finding it at the mother-of-all-wholesale stores

I wonder if you can eBay sacks of rice… I keeed! ^_^

I updated my splash/landing page with the latest image I took this past week. Out of all the photos, this was my fav. Actually, the other photos were crap and this is pretty much the most decent one that came from it. LOL.

Anyway, it was a fun week and I'm sad it's over but one has to return to the real world in order to survive. I don't really know what I mean there; I am playing catch up with some stuff I missed for an entire week (mostly emails, snail mails and other work-related items).

The blisters on my feet are but scars and the soreness of my legs are gone. My arms have nearly stopped feeling like jelly (apr