KOREA ~ A Family Winter Sonata!

The Land of Arirang
17th Dec 2015 - 26th Dec 2015

Gyeongbok Gong, Seoul

It was all Choi Kang Hee and Shin Se Kyung's fault.  Really.   I wouldn't have even thought of going to Korea had it not been for these two beautiful Korean actresses who enchanted this simple little Singaporean man.  And the family ended up one unearthly morning waiting for our Korean Air flight to the Land of Arirang.

Hong Kong ~ a trip of food, of learning, and of enlightenment

Hong Kong & Macau in four short days

~ truly unforgettable!

4-7 September 2015

The Peak on a cloudy afternoon
6 Sep 2015

Ironman 70.3 Bintan ~ A Relay of Love

Ironman 70.3 Bintan
23rd August 2015

"My Dar he sum-see-see wants to do 70.3 Bintan.  But his ankles are painful.  So I just support him and join him in the relay lor," said Serene.

Wow.  And what a relay it was!!!

Day 7 ~ The Tour of Swan Valley

Another Day of Wine & Roses.. and Honey...

68 Purple Rose, Joondalup Resort.

Fremantle to Joondalup Resort - Day 6

Moving further up north to Joondalup

Early morning from our balcony. [Leica M9P]

This Day 6 was a pretty relaxed day.  We merely just shifted our cars and luggage from Fremantle to another resort 42 minutes further up north.  Joondalup was a haven for golfers.  Many of our friends had been here many times, but then again a few of us weren't into golf.  So thankfully for me, there wasn't a need for distraction.

Busselton to Fremantle ~ Day 5

Our Holiday started again!
~ Busselton to Fremantle
3rd May 2015

With the Half Ironman done, it was back to holiday again.  On the morning of Day 5, we checked out of Mandalay Resort and drove that 200km+ back up to Fremantle, a fishing port city very close to Perth.  Our plan was to spend a night there.

CONTENTS
1. To find out more about our continuing holiday on Day 5 from Busselton to Fremantle, continue reading on.
2. To start from the beginning of this wonderful trip (Day 1 and 2) click here.
3. To laugh yourself crazy seeing how the boys did their Open Water test swim (Day 3), click here.
4. To go back to the Busselton 70.3 Race day, click here.
5. To view the rustic old buildings of Fremantle & our journey to Joondalup ~ Day 6, click here.

  

Busselton 70.3 RACE DAY!!!

The Day of Reckoning.

Introduction
It was the day, finally.

Ready in our wetsuits
[Photo: Serene's iPhone. Click to enlarge]

Four of us were here for this famous Half Ironman 70.3 Race, most of us well prepared, except one who was totally out of tune with training.  Busselton was famous for the Half and Full Ironman courses because firstly it had beauitful weather here.  It was cool in summer when it held the Full Ironman, and it had mild winter during which the Half Ironman took place.  The race course was fast and mostly flat, and the Indian Ocean sea water was nice and cold, making for a fast swim for most of the seasoned Ironmen.  Busselton is famed for being the course to attain one's Personal Best.
So it was a nice and mild wintry May that saw four of us gathered here for our first attempt in this course.

Busselton Ironman 70.3 ~ Day 3

Race pack collection, Bike check-in
and the much-anticipated Open Water Test Swim!

Getting ready for our Open Water Test Swim
[Click on image to enlarge]

CONTENTS
1. To start from the beginning of this wonderful trip (Day 1 and 2) click here.
2. To laugh yourself crazy seeing how the boys did their Open Water test swim (Day 3), and learned more about Race pack collection & bike check in, continue reading on.
1. To jump right into the Busselton 70.3 Race day, click here.
4. To read our trip outta Busselton to Fremantle ~ Day 5, click here.
5. To view the rustic old buildings of Fremantle & our journey to Joondalup ~ Day 6, click here.

Busselton Ironman 70.3 - Day 1 & Day 2

How truly enjoyable can an Ironman trip be?!

29 April- 6 May 2015

CONTENTS
1. To start from the beginning of this wonderful trip (Day 1 and 2) continue reading on.
2. To laugh yourself crazy seeing how the boys did their Open Water test swim (Day 3), click here.
1. To jump right into the Busselton 70.3 Race day, click here.
4. To read our trip outta Busselton to Fremantle ~ Day 5, click here.
5. To view the rustic old buildings of Fremantle & our journey to Joondalup ~ Day 6, click here.

Putrajaya 70.3 Half Ironman

Sign up and experience the true meaning of sufferfest.

"Can a newbie jump straight into doing a half ironman?" I asked.
"Sure. Just follow the training program. Can be done one."reassured GT.

And I signed up for Putrajaya 70.3.



It turned out to be a roller coaster adventure.  In between chronically strained and painful peroneal tendons of both ankles, and trying to fit the training sessions into my working schedule, I somehow managed to put in some kind of training.  Sprinkled in a couple of weeks of illnesses, and that completed the whole picture.

The Birth of a Duathlete

Metasprint Duathlon 2015

- Serene showing what kind of iron she is made of.