The Week summed up

The whole week has been a super duper slack week for me. Did not train all week except for a short ride this morning. And i wouldn't even consider that training really. Sighz
But seriously lacking the motivation to rouse myself out of bed and hit the pool, put on my running shoes or even bring the bike down and out! Plus work has been rather hectic. Ok, i admit. Partly due to the fact that i've been clocking many hours playing mahjong this week as well. Really miss those good old mahjong days. Anyway, like i wrote in my previous post, Monday and Tuesday flew by. Both nights also i played mahjong after work. Therefore, was too damn tired to wake up early to train. Then morning didn't wake up early enough to join Dawn Riders for a ride. Was supposed to run, but kept procrastinating. Then had to go meet client. And then, at night liaoz. Thought i'll sleep early so will wake up early on Thursday to train. But when i was home, a friend that i haven't seen like in 4-5 years suddenly sms me. Then ask if i was free to meet up and chill.
So i figured if he hasn't called for so long, then it must be something rather important for him to call out of the blue. I always thought we were the friends that didn't really need to see each other all the time, but somehow always knew that we would be there for each other. Of course over the course of the last couple of years, there have been a couple of sms/calls, but we've both never really made the effort to meet up. Nothing romantic ever transpired between us of course. Purely platonic, more like a big brother little sister kind of thing. Especially since we even worked with each other before.
So met up with him, my gut instincts were right. Indeed he was troubled with problems and wanted a listening ear, plus someone to help distract him by talking non stop. Who better to call? Ha... We chatted till close to 6 in the morning, before i headed home to take a short nap before heading out for a lunch appointment. I felt like a zombie the whole day, but my client said i looked pretty fresh. I was impressed. Anyway, wanted to run in the evening with Safra people, but it was raining on and off. And when i got home to get my gear, it was raining at my place. Thinking that the run would be cancelled due to the rain, i didn't go. But heard they ran anyway. Damn. So Thursday also went by with me not doing anything.
Friday is typically my rest day. But figured haven't train all week so don't really need the rest day. Was about to head to the swimming pool when dad asked if i could help with him with some stuff. And his some stuff basically took the rest of the morning and afternoon away. Went to turf club to help him in the evening. And Friday was almost over. Made plans with people to meet them for rides on both Saturday and Sunday, but alas, it seemed that every conceivable element was against me. I had food poisoning on Friday night. Felt horrid the whole night, stayed up late as well coz was sitting downstairs with a friend who needed a listening ear. Figured since my friend came all the way over from Jalan Kayu, i should just be helpful.
Finally went to bed at close to 4am. And still felt horrid. Couldn't sleep well. Felt weak all over. Woke up at about 8am. But was really darn tired and feeling lousy, so off to bed again at 9am and slept till about noon this time. Didn't know what to do. So lazed around the house for about an hour, too damn scared to eat, so just drank whatever energy stuff there was at home. Visited the toilet a couple more times, before feeling slightly better. By evening, i was feeling 60% recovered. But figured i didn't want to risk arranging to ride with a friend, for fear of not being able to make it. So cancelled our Sunday morning ride. Then went to play mahjong with the guys. Went toilet twice in the game. But they were damn patient. Haa....
Came home, decided to rest early. And hope i feel better in the morning. Woke up, Sunday liaoz. And actually woke up pretty early since i slept really early as well. It was like 4 plus when i opened my eyes. Then i figured, since i am feeling quite alright, maybe i would join Dawn riders for a ride this morning. So set the alarm for 5.30 and went back to sleep. Figured if i could wake up, then i'll join them. Less pressure. And i actually did fall asleep and woke up just as the first alarm went off. Figured it was a sign to go and ride, so got up, got out of bed, changed and washed up and headed out. Not too bad, short ride, about 30km. Average speed was about 27+km/h.
But had to head back rather then join them for the second part of the ride. Today was MC King's bday if he was still alive. And a group of us had arranged to go see him at Mandai crematorium. So, was there by about 9.30. Huge jam coz there were so many people who were still doing the Ching Ming thing. Stayed there till about 11 plus, before heading back home to shower. Was supposed to go catch a movie with Pic and Jamie, but couldn't find the show we wanted to watch. Apparently it wasn't out yet. So i decided to take a nap instead. Took a nap, then woke up and decided i really really wanted to catch a show today. It's been ages since i caught a show. The last show being the water horse. So, scrolled through all the available shows, and finally settled on Bucket List coz i figured it would be a nice show to give my friend a different perspective of his problems and hopefully make him feel better.
So booked the tix, and was off to catch the show. All in all, a rather entertaining show, peppered with some humour. But what was great about the show was it was what i felt was one of those dual level shows. One of those feel good movies, go in for some laughs, great acting and walk out feeling rather pleased or, many sub themes and thought provoking. Another one of those wake up call shows. Interesting how it doesn't really matter if you are rich or poor, when GOD decided to take you back to him, all the money in the world wouldn't matter. Of course as seen in the show, being rich has it's perks. Anyway, both Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman are great actors. can't go wrong having two huge names in a show. And i think the gist of the show could be summed up when Morgan Freeman was telling Jack Nicholson in ancient Egypt, there decide whether you deserve to go to heaven by asking you two questions. The first, have you found joy in your life? The second, have you given joy to others in your life. Alright i admit, i'm a super sucker for these sort of movie. But hey, it's really good lor... =P
Eh, that about sums up my week till today. Er.. my week's goal the coming week is to stick by my training plan and start running. I think i 3 weeks never run liaoz. Haa....