Collin Ng's Blog

Group picture with the famous 'Cat woman' at the finishing It was my third Yellow Ribbon Prison since its inception in 2009.  This Yellow Ribbon run will cap my last run for year 2014 and for the first time, I am not participating in Stanchart Marathon since 2007.  I did not have the chance to run for two weeks due to my busy schedule but did some step training though.  I was still hoping I could clock a good time and barring any foreseeable, I should prevail. Picture with Jonathon, Shirley and their son at the flag-off   The run was scheduled this morning near Changi Village and as usual, the finishing is in the prison compound.  The distance was 10 km.  I was to pace Winnie but she had stomach upset in the last few days, thus had to forgo as much as she would like to run.  I had arranged to meet up some members of Aranda Country Club the likes of Peter Yeo, Simon, Poh Kuan and Richard Foo (the latter was doing 6 km) at the club and our ...

To many non-Muslims in our multi-racial society, it does not come as a surprise if many still cannot differentiate the symbolic days between Hari Raya Puasa and Hari Raya Haji.  Simply put, Hari Raya Puasa symbolises the end of Ramadan (fasting month) and Hari Raya Haji is in remembrance of the sacrifices made by Prophet Ibrahim on his son, Ismail.  Both days are public holidays in Singapore and more often than not, after celebration of Hari Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji will follow suit some months later. Tracing the sacred journey, Hari Raya Haji is usually celebrated over a period of four days by Muslims in Islamic countries and the festival starts on the 10 th day of the month of Zulhijjah which is the last month of the Islamic calendar. Aside from the sacrificial theme, Hari Raya Haji also marks the end of Hajj where thousands of pilgrims converged on the Holy Land of Mecca to perform a series of symbolic rituals.  Before the 8 th of Dhul-Hijah ( sacred month...

Group picture with Alim, the star (man in the middle) before the flag-off I participated in this morning's TRI-Factor series by "default" and it was my first in three disciplines, swim, bike and run.  One of my kakis from the 'happy group', Edmond who signed up for this event but at last moment, he pestered me to take over his bib.  Some of us suspected he could have developed 'cold feet' syndrome though he told us that it clashed with another event of his.  Reluctantly, I took over.  It was just a "Freshmen" entry, swim 200 metres, bike 10 km (yawn) and run 2.4 km (more yawn).  For the first time, I was running in the name of Edmond. Group picture with Tan and his "Happy Group"        Due to tight schedule, I did not do any exercise for the whole week and this one at least can allow me to burn-off some calories - thanks Edmond hor.  I had arranged to meet Tan and his "happy group", the likes of his wife who is ...

Group picture at Hatten before rolling off I was a newbie when I heard about Ride For Rations event from some friends and that year was in 2011.  I brought a cheap Raleigh mountain bike for the ride.  I had always thought those who ride on road bikes are risk takers but not knowing after this event, I bought my first Giant roadie too.  In the first edition, I was joined by some of my outdoor kakis for this event.  Kevin Soh brought his Dahon foldie and he rode for three consecutive years, Hooi Yen who was the first one to inform some of us of such a meaningful event rode for three consecutive years too.  Corina and Vivien rode for the first two editions.  CK and Dora joined us on the second edition and they did twice in a row too. TS Chua joined last year and this year again.  My kaki Long Chua did one ride, had a bad fall while preparing for the second year but he continued to provide support back up until today.  I got to know the two Tay ...