I was at the airport today to see my Watsons store. Needed to ensure that they keep their shelves stocked full of Centrum and Caltrate…Needed to befriend the store manager and pharmacists so I can get to know the business better…I still think I am half mad to ask for this transfer so I’ll have more things to do.  But that’s another story.

Since I cannot remember the last time I was at the airport for non-departure reasons, I called up Anthony for a drink to catch up. Anthony is my ex-colleague from SIA. Used to sit to my right and can be the most expressionless and un excitable person ever!!!

And I cannot believe how incredibly NICE my ex-colleagues and staff can be. I had asked them to buy t-shirts for our team fund-raising and they actually agreed to consolidate orders for me. Jimmy even wanted to buy 6 t-shirts from me. I felt so incredibly grateful. And its been nearly two years since I left SIA.

So anyway going into control centre my ex-office was pretty nostalgic for me. I remember those unglam days when I went to work in crappy clothes and flats without any makeup and I wasn’t even carrying a proper handbag. Things got worse on stairs training days. I would actually walk 20 min from my house to TPY take the bloody train all the way to the airport with my backpack during rush hour traffic to work and lug the bloody bag all the way to tiong bahru for training. GOODNESS!!! I can never do that again. I wonder if I have really gotten lazy over the years or that I have progressed. I remember that I detested absolutely abhor waking up early to walk to mrt. There’s never a moment now that I don’t marvel at how I manage to keep up the lug bag to stairs thing. And after stairs I would take the mrt back home. All sweaty and smelly.

Ahhh maybe we did lesser sets then so I could get home earlier.

Progress:
– I drive to and fro training
– I only pick up my backpack b4 stairs instead of b4 work cos I am forever late
– I no longer gym at the pathetic hole in tpy but enjoy hot showers and white towels in California fitness
– I have a new bag albeit its not exactly very comfortable. I want PG’s MCHALE
– New running shoes Asics GT2100  they are not fantastic. I should have ignored that Dom n bought kayanos instead
– New shoebag from company
– WE use ANKLE WEIGHTS and I HATE them
– new platypus just cos I felt like owning one
– I eat dinner b4 and sometimes after stairs these days. (damn now I know why I never EVER lose any weight despite the incredible training) I used to survive on just lunch and straight to stairs.
– I have an ipod although I no longer use it
– New insoles but I think they are non existant really.
– I try to use my HRM more frequently
– I am 3 kg heavier
GOOD OLD DAYS:
– I still use my Chem eng textbooks as part of my weights in my bag
– I do not empty my water from my water bag after each training.
– Bag stinks
– Shoes stinks
– Same socks
– I still cannot fit into the green dress from top shop sized 8. I bought it when I just started work. How much I have GROWN ……  I still fantasize about the day I come back from the mountains and lose so much weight I can slip into it effortlessly..