How my life of this 6 months break

Combining the training schedule to life is never easy, the work break is definitely give me a plus side of manage my life alots easier. So my typical week starts like below:

Monday: AM - Theshold power pool swim / PM - Windtrainer at home
Tuesday: Aerobic Brick - 3 hours bike + 20-30mins run @TriFitness gym
Wednesday: AM - Track interval run / PM - Club swim
Thursday: AM - Kick / drill swim set at IVE pool / PM - Farlek / Theshold Run at track
Friday: Rest day
Saturday: Long ride up to 5h15mins, Run off bike 30mins
Sunday: AM - LSD Run up to 2.5 hours / PM - Swim for post run set
In between time i have to work on my school assignment, EAT & REST. I take nap almost everyday in between sets for up to 1 hours. Sometime, just really tired and i will over slept.

Training alone is never easy, requires high discipline, concentration and laser focus. Especially the swim, i joined Sonic swim squad every Wed. night to allow me have a proper swim. And Lo Yau Tun every Monday morning which definitely enhance my speed. 

I'm able to throw in some trips with my family which is great to spent time together.

March - Relax holiday in Phuket with my mother 

Easter - 9 days cruise trips with my mother

June - Bangkok  retreat with mom

July - a trip to Kamakura to see my first colleague

August - Trip to Oslo and Vegaöyan a UNESCO site for properties development.

Training with friends on long ride, wattbike is also a great ideas. 

Eating healthily is also essential especially for a long day. I usually have a boil egg, a toast with butter, a sugar earl grey tea and coffee. Sometimes will add on musli with yogurt. Big pasta / rice for lunch with chicken meat. Big avocado, tuna, quinoa salad, big rice bowl for dinner. 

Friends in Mongolia

This Action Asia  - Mongolia brings in lots of friendship. Theres no better way to hang from day to night with your friends, sharing the Gers under 1 roof. Evan and Lyn travel with me from Hong Kong to this Mars, we have been travel alots together for races and this year is just so special we will be meet again in Santader, Spain in August again!!! love the time being with them :)

Frederic travel from Norway for this special trip too, he comes all the long way for us and this running in the Mars. Really misses him this year after he returned to his home town. Again, we have been travel alots in the past for races and some fun too. Taiwan, Phuket, Bangkok, China, Singapore, Cebu. And this year is so special again, we will be meet him in Santander in August and we will be visiting him in Norway sometime in Sep.

And i meet another special friend JC Ho, a miss i knew her at a running apps - STRAVA. We have been liked each other's activities and one day we found that we are at the same spot at the same time. Most surprizingly, we sign up this race and the airport is the first time we officially meet face to face. Love this kind of friendship. And we have been racing to each other, pushing through the second day. What a great race!!! xxx

SUPyoga Retreat on Secret island in Homekong

Thanks for the amazing weekend retreat, and with this happy brunch of lovely ladies sharing similar vision of food, sea and yoga! 

Some of my favorite moment: 

The first afternoon SUPyoga exploring the hood.

The food that Dee and Nadine prepared mixed so well with the surprise BBQ dinner, the 3 meals prepare by Toxin (He is like our weekend cooks and credit to him to make the bed for us) The fresh fruit, coconut juice and the "Lick it" on the boat!!Amazing 

The Bon fire with marshmallow, i haven't have a Bon fire since 16. It really bring back the memory! 

The next day SUPyoga exploring the backyard beach with brunch of us paddling out. 

The weather and the clear beaches, the sea water splash on my face, the autumn sun and the mile wind that i can feel on my face. And of course the laugh you girls bring to me:) 

Have to admit i still feel like on the sea when i return home on my dinning table on that night, can really feeling it!! Gigi xx

Me trying new position for SUP

Our Sunday Breakfast on the secret island

Bon fire with marshmallow 

Paddling out on next day morning to explore the secret beaches

My best friend wedding - For Anastasia and Lewis

Haven't been posting any update since summer, as to getting ready for the fourth wedding of the year for my bestfriend! Yes, we have 5 wedding to attend this year! And everyone is so special to us!

Charles and I with the newlywed in front of the Alhambra Granada, Spain October, 2013

Group of our POLYU girls is planned a trip from HK - Istanbul - Safranbolu - Malaga - Granada - Mallorca - Madrid - HK . As my best friend is married at beautiful Granada. And Charles and I take some time off and spent a week at beautiful Mallorca!

Go Go Go Susana at IM Lake Placid 2012

Video shooting for Susana, she is going to race after 8 hours, just can capture this video and sent to her before her sleep! I look into it and it is so Fun! Susana is doing her first Ironman this year! And we all wish her all the best and FINISH!

Make it count

So lucky to have this homemade chiffon cake:) so yum! Thanks 黃老太 — with Carol Shar.
She is one my friend's wife, we knew each other for 8 years through some triathlon activities in Hong Kong. She is recently diagonis a cancer lasy year, she is around the same age as me. I just can't believe why every goodman will suffer CANCER:) from the friends i knew Neridda, Carol, Yvon and Ruby! I love all of you though we are not as closes, but i'm think of you!!!

  

Night out with John

So happy with John John with many good news coming! Job, family and love! Yes, he is really in love:)

Aloha from Joey

Friday night, exhausted with works all day, meeting! Nothings better to come home with surprises and support! Got mail from Joey, she us a brilliant age group athletes I know! Witness her suffer, surgery, recover, new built to a strong piece. So happy to see her qualify in Philippine this August and finally chasing her dream to cross the Finish line in Kona! Joey, you just awesome!

My sister pre wedding photos

Was a fun day to help my sister on her pre-wedding photo shooting! BIG Thanks to my beloved friend Winnie So and her boy Lewis on the styling. and of course my boy for his sleeping job at winnie's studio. Great fun with my sister and Keith. Wish them stayed happily forever! Their wedding plan in this Winter.

活著便精彩

Just fliped one of my best friends blog: Joy and feels that she is living as this now! Proud of her:)

從來也相信有轉機
望往事好像一齣戲
別要為這世界
太過傷悲

隨時間經過我身邊
赤子的心不改變
怎樣開始
怎樣終止

誰甘於一生都壓抑
誰可不捨不棄
人終需相信自己
人終需依靠自己

曾話過　我活著便精彩
無論你　始終都睇不到我
仍然無懼　我有我的根據
是錯對　也不枉過

Wed. on Leave day

Super best day!

At Shek O beach with the Tang's family for picnic, sun bathing. So great to see Angelo, Estelle, Felicia and Latitia and of course my sister and Life guard Ah Yee :) So happy to have gret food and wine with friends......Thai food at around 4P.M. to end the afternoon...

At 8P.M. join the club training:
Run: wu 2.72km at 13'16. 5 times 680m with 30 sec rest b/w each at 3'05 / 3'04 / 3'03 / 2'50 / 3'10
Swim: wu 200m, 6x50m at 25m L hand, 25m R hand. MS: 8x200m pull with paddle. cd 200m

All = Skin burn, tired and hurt but HAPPY all in my mind....Look like i'm a roasted pig now :) Muuuuu....

Tung Chung Sonic Girl Ride

Lovely Sat. ride with Janice, Evan, Lyn, Kenneth and Charlie! 4 times round the Disney and Sunny Bay reached 60km for today! Thanks for the weather too, which gives us some tan but not sweating alots! The uphill with the big chain is tough, but i can feel my legs is stronger than before, thanks Nicole for the tough set of numerous killing 3 mins. I can feel i'm improving! Enjoying the lunch with the monsters, like we can finish the whole restaurant! Life is good, i love my life :)

See SU soon Farewell @ Cebu Shangri La's Mactan Resort & Spa

Beautiful island here!
1. We arrived all pinky outfit with our heavy coat from Freezing HK at
a very civilized airport
2. Being open our box of checked in baggage with a pair of plastic
gun, wild wild wild west cow boy hat at Phillipines custom! We could
be lots of trouble!
3. Sonic school bus to the Resort, Awesome:)
4. Huge Italian Restaurant

Sent from my iPhone

Merry Christmas

Hello

Long run from my house to Shek O this morning! So emotional when I hit by my power song! Nice hang out with Ar Yee at Lulu's.

Come dine with Isabella and Hello oyster

Oyster night starts at 6 till 10 ish! Ordered 60 oyster tonight ( absolutely crazy for only 5 of us) as we have to eat on behalf of Joy from Perth!
Simple talk and laugh as always! Love you all my friends :)

Bali Day 2_Ubud

Ubud, Cloudy and heavy rain at night
Morning run outside the Uma Ubud, not very fresh air as we are running the main road. Trying to explore the road and fail to find good one.
Swim at the standard 25m resort pool ( q standard in the way and we manage to record it was a really 25 m pool, highly recommended for a training and travel vacation)for our program today! Thanks Kenneth for the revised program sent from yesterday :) :)
Since we didn't eat anythings in the morning, we are extremely starving. We headed straight to the Kemiri for our breakfast:) very nice and this is why we liked all Como Hotel's philosophy. Charles would like to thanks "Christina Ong" once again:)
We take a small walk at the Monkey Forrest Road as our routine trip while we are in Ubud. The football field is still same old same old, and i can still locate the internet shop while we made our first trip to Ubud back to 2004( Thanks Charles to reminding me, my memory really gone. Seriously, i can't remember all the past things now)!
Lunch at Cafe Moka as usual. Back to Uma around 3PM and ready for our yoga class at the pavillion with magnificent view overlooking a valley with river. Charles is so happy to be practicing again and he got no chance to do so in HK. And he is so seriously prepared the warm up before the class actually start. So sweet to see his face like this, is like a child.

Heavy rain at night, so we ordered in room tonight and with a surprise Anniversary Cake from Uma and Card. Lovely :)

"Joy to the World"

Finally we can make our dinner night out for VRR (More to tell what VRR stand for), dinner make ir at Dot Cod, we have grill guropa, French and Tasmania Oyster, Dot Cod House Seafood salad, tons of side dishes to make our night. Of course, the cream brulee and the frame mountain to make a nice finish.
Joy gonna leave us a year (or more??) to Australia (lucky that she make the working visa at her marginal age, ahahhaaa!!!) Wish her all luck and have a great start there :) and hopefully we can meet again in Aus next year for reunited. Wish that happened:)

2010 Aquathon Series - Race 4, Hong Kong Plover Cove

Nice weather, a bit cool with bit shine...wake up at 4:45 this morning and drove to far away Plover Cove. I haven't been racing there for a long time, the returing is great!

Race consist of 5km Run + 1.5km swim + 5km run:
I was a bit late when i arrived there and was aware i even fon't know where is the transition area and the start. I tried to be clam and get everythings i need for the swim and rush to the T1 to settle my stuff.

Head to the start line which was away from the T1 300meter and time is relaly close to start. I manage to find Susana and Chris and we still got time to jog a bit.

Race start at 6:45A.M., i was positioned at the upper side, manage to run a bit faster pace which i aim to do so to test myself if i'm able to run abit faster for the first leg. (Usually ppls will tried to runa bit relax on teh first leg and save energy for the rest) I intented to run faster to gain more time as i know i won't swim fast. The first run is hard, i tried to follow few groups to run, but eventually fail. I was running alone and up to around the last 500m, i manage to follow a woman towards T1. Tuck in my swim cap and goggle and slowly walk down to the water, heartate is uncontrolable. Manage to swim my stroke until i reached first 200m, i feel my oxygen intake is not normal when i do my swim training. I tried to inhale more, but i realised my upper trachea is contracted abit and lead to reduce the air intake. I tried to told myself to clam down and exhale slowly under the water until all air is out so that i can inhale more. Finished my first lap and towards the second lap, i feel much comfortable and i know its time to speed up abit. Second lap is prefect, i manage to swim with my rhythm with hard kick and i always remembering Kenneth told me to hold my fingers together to push the water and ofcourse the turn. Thanks Kenneth, i always remember you during the swim. The most awakening time:)

Shake off all my caps and goggle, tuck in my shoes and race belt, grap my cap and oakley with 1 gel on hand. I feel a bit dizzy when running the first uphill...Saw many cheer person and i feel that i must run great. Hold my gel on hand (learnt from Belinda, thanks!) and slowly getting my pace. After the last turn towards the end, i started to built up a little and get a really strong finish. Just love the energy i can give out....
My personal split time:
5km run> 0:20:04
T1> 0:02:25
1.5 Swim> 0:38:21
T2> 0:02:45
5km run> 0:21:46
Total: 1: 25:19

Follow with Janice's invited BBQ at NT with heavy rain and thuderstorm. It gives me a feel when i was going a Brownie and Girlguides (for 10 years more) on how to make a fire with charcoat! Love her family with the support and the preparation of all the great food. Her dog Chocco is lovely. and ofcourse the Sonic Clan (We have our head coach back from Niseko camp, Ah Lok, Janice and family, Eric, Fanny and Ah Chung, Brian, Ah On, Susana, Evan, Mama Rita, Pearl, Stephanie & Ivan, Billy and family, Berard and her little girls, Andy, Michal and friendis) always great to share fun, jokes and teasing the guys and our big family photo time :)

Great to be home with Charles just lazy lying on sofa and watching the big rain outside. Good fmaily dinner with Charles' mom great preparation to end the day! Love our life :)

2007.12.29 mt best friend wedding

Again, my another best friend wedding: Alpha & Kathy
Congrats!