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It's the OSIM Triathlon! After the Biathlon few months ago, Dar decides to challenge himself for the Triathlon! Scary.. he gotta swim1.5 km (30 laps of the olympic sized pool), cycle 20km...and run 10km.. eeEeEeeE ! getting ready for the race!

The number is 5079...go...buy 4D... i wrote the number on for him! *hee*
Osim is the main sponsor for the event..so, took a picture with it... behind us, there's the Green category of people, starting the race... Dar belongs to the Yellow Category...

Yellow cap! they divide the triathletes into colour groups, according to their age group..Yellow, being the youngest!
oh! take that ring off! don't want it to go missing in the sea!
ok...starting off....the starting point! he's still smiling..haha..taking it easy...he's standing behind all the other triatheletes... many hunks with good bod around....OoOPS...
ooPs...not smiling anymore.. very nervous..haha... dar say he complete the race can already... ok...off he go! swim 1.5km..which takes him about 30 mins in the sea... the boundary is too small, so he gotta swim 2 times...
Those photos with words on them were taken by professionals that day... after the event, the triatheletes can purchase them....clever hor... can make money..
There he is...finished the 1st round...going for his 2nd round of swim... their pictures so clear... they can go upclose to him...i can conly stand far away and zoom...not fair.
Okie.. Dar finished his swim already...now going to get his bike.. He'll run through a shower.. where he can wash the sand & salt off his mouth and body, before proceeding on for the next event...
There...he got his bike...put on his singlet....helmet....socks....shoes....getting ready for cycling! 20km...took him about 1hour 30 mins...
I stood behind the yellow barrier the whole day.. he gotta cycle 4 round, to complete 20km..so, it's about 5km per round... so everything he passes by, i'll wave!~
Nice and clear.. He fell down at the first round.. at a bend.. sigh.. the people are very rough when it comes to cycling.. all cycling at top speed...and don't care about others... so he fell.. and nobody helped him....so sad... so he helped himself...and carried on.. one hand holding onto the handbar, the other hand, pressing on his leg...it's bleeding! til now, the scar is still there...very deep wound.. I never see him falling though.. :(
But he still carried on...the race...........yeah!!! jia you!
Smiling....at the camera or me?! hmmmmm..........
Looking back...to find me! hahaha.. after he complete his 2nd round, i couldn't find him anymore... so many cyclist around.. so i was looking for him, he was looking for me... and.. i didn't take anymore pictures...as i couldn't find hiM! Hmph!
After cycling, he gotta run 10km...2 rounds of 5km.. he hates running...
Running... with his Oakley shades... cool hor! haha..
Last round.. very very tired already.......
Yeah....finish! see his mouth...open so big.. tired man.. i took a short video of him...running towards the finishing point.. but, dunno how to post it here..haha...so never mind..
Yeah...smiling a little... he don't really look tired after all.....finished the race in 4 hours plus... the timing at the ending point is not the timing, it's for the previous race i guess.. not sure... just know it's 4 hours plus.. but that's a killer already man! imagine your heart beats vigourously for 4 hours plus...wah piangz..
He gets a goodie bag for joining the triathlon and a finishing medal...which he is damn proud of! a Picture of him and his ShiFu... His ShiFu trains him for his triathlon...because of him, Dar has been training hard...if not for his ShiFu, his belly would still be round..haha.. This ShiFu went for ironman!
Very sweaty! don't come so close! haha~
Finished! Took a group photo at the finishing point.. All Dar's friends...took the triathlon together.. he's the youngest though..
Went to eat Katong Laksa after that..and i drove him home... think his muscles are all sleeping already..haha..no more energy...i shall be nice.. took this at his house's carpark... wearing shades in the carpark...haha
biting the medal... if you refer to my posts a few months ago, you'll see the same pose...biting his medal..ahha..

Ok...now dar is looking forward to the next event... Marathon...40km! *faintz*

Woke up very early today..at about 6am.. coz we need to take a train to Tokyo, and from there, to join a tour for our Mount Fuji trip. There isn't any tour to join in Narita (where we were staying). We reached Toyko at about 8am...had breakfast... which is soba... and waited for our tour guide.. and took this dunno how many hours bus...up to the 5th station of Mount Fuji.. Didn't take any photos along the way.. because the journey is soooOoOoOo Long! was sleeping all the way.. Thank goodness Singapore is so small..haha.. anyway, the bus couldn't go any higher..as the mountain gets steeper and steeper.. actually, if we're adventurous enough, we can hike all the way up... but....nah.... we're joining the tour.. and it's freeking cold! think almost zero degrees...and i'm wearing a short short skirt... wah piangz... legs don't feel a thing-numb!

Here's a picture of Mount Fuji.. the small white patches are...of course... snow.. it's cold..

A Picture of me and Mount Fuji. I was so lucky... because right after I took this picture, the clouds came and covered Mount Fuji, so can't see it clearly anymore...haha
There you see... the clouds are coming! ahhh! hurry for the last take!
No more Mount Fuji...

This is the signboard of the 5th station up the Mountain we're at... 2400 (mi) ...is it metres?

Afer this, we visited a souvenior shop right there.. bought a few cups.. and ornaments..

We're going to visit the next mountain..forgot what's the name..it's all in Japanese... Gotta take a cable car up the mountain.. It's a volcanic mountain.. which is inactive already *duh*

A model of the cable car system! so cute.. haha.. mini map..

Cable cars coming! one car can house about 10 people?!
This is the BEST picture we took... the clouds came...and we can't see a thing! *argh* Supposed to be able to see crater, made by huge rocks during the eruption and some mining activities going on...for sulphur....smelly!
We're in the cable car!

Xing Fu bell? Ding Dong! ~

Reached the moutain already... There's hot spring! hot spring in Japan is very expensive, in tourist spots.. so, nah...never go... However, there's a small spring here, for tourist to have a feel of the water... It's very hot! ...but bearable lah.. we all took turns to scoop the water...to wash our hands.. anyone can decipher the Japanese words on the stone? suppose to be a lucky well i think.. i see some people dabbing the water over their mouths...haha
See how hot the spring is? steam! anyway.. the whole place is very smelly.. because of sulphur.. and... we actually ate eggs cooked by the hot spring.. a stall is set up at the mountain, selling eggs... about $1 for an egg.. and the best thing about the boiled egg...is that, it's black in colour!...the shell of course...because of the sulphur.. i ate 2! so nice! didn't take a picture of it, was busy eating...*keke*
Ta-da... big ship...we're taking this ship, to the other side of the shore.. instead of cable car.. and from there, we'll go back to Tokyo..
Going onboard!
Can anyone tell that i'm shivering..it's very very cold! It's all hills and mountains at the back...
The top of the ship..
Nice ya? greeeneries......... so cute..this lump of greens..

More greens...........

Ha... putting a hood over us to prevent our hair from getting messy...the wind is very very strong.. i had to hold on to my skirt...if not...........
see...my hair.........
too cold...so we went into the cabin... and there's a small stall inside too...bought some tidbits... sat down to eat... all the way back to shore... the end of tour... our tour is inclusive of a train ride, back to tokyo....bullet train! if you're never sat in a bullet train, it's as good as you've never been to Japan!
Look....very very fast...can't even take a picture of it...
OooH... so scary.. anyway, this train ride is very costly.. think it's about $70.... the things in Japan are actually reasonable...like shopping...food.... it's about the same as Singapore... really..but the transport is a killer! an hour journey on the bus/train cost easily $30...compared to our few dollers in Singapore... Cabbies are worse! It'll cost about $600 to get from Disneyland back to our hotel... cabbies.. in hundreds!

waiting for our train..... which is the super fast bullet behind...

yeah...stopped...that's the train we're taking..it feels like you're in an aeroplane..the seats.... and...there's also a steward inside selling drinks and tidbits...
Reacher Tokyo... saw a chinese restaurant at the station, went in right away... it's been quite many days we haven't had chinese food.. look at the utensils....so cute! everything in Japan is just so... detailed........to every bit......
Went to shop at Ueno.. a street famous to be like Bugis... unlimited stalls.... very interesting... you can get anything you want here... like comics... figurines... toys... food... chocolates... clothes, bags etc... anything you want...thing veron and felicia will go crazy over here... hahha... oh, they also have sex shops...not like those in Singapore...their's is like 2 to 3 storeys selling sex toys... porn vcds, dvds, books...posters...and costumes! they have one whole floor for that! haha..sailor moon.. bunnies.. hand cuffs, chains..e.tc... wah piangz... alot! also, they have alot of soft toys catching machines here.... look! darling caught so many for me! haha.. chip & dale.. mickey & minnie..etc...
There's the station name.. and after this, we went to the ever famous 100-yen shop.. it's like our $1.99 shop in Singapore.. but....the things are so so cute! you can find alot of disney stuff here for only $1.40++...but in Singapore, you pay $1.99 for dunno what....can't be compared...

And on the last day, we just shopped around for 4 hours...at AEON shopping centre... near our hotel...and back to Singapore........didn't take photos on the last day... too sad... dun wanna come back!

Japan...i'll be back!