Yesterday morning, while cycling to school, I was stopped by a policeman and a policewoman along the Nicoll Highway pavement. I had my particulars taken down, and got a “warning” not to cycle on the pavement because it was dangerous. I looked at the jammed and slow moving roads and thought to myself.. “hmm…. i think that’s more dangerous”. I could see that the people on board a double decker bus 14 were all staring at me and a few other Blangadeshi workers, who were also stopped by the police. Poor dudes, they looked so scared when the police stopped them and asked for their work permits.
The problem here is Singapore drivers are mostly very unfriendly normally, and are very mean to cyclists. They like to go close to cyclists to scare them. I’ve seen so many drivers going extremely close to foreign workers on bicycles on purpose, even when there’s enough road space for them to stay well away. Which is why I don’t like to cycle on the road. If only we had bicycle lanes.
Since I am on the topic of cycling, I cannot cannot cannot understand why people like to walk/stroll on bicycle lane along East Coast Park even on a crowded Saturday afternoon, or cycle in the wrong lane. I think they should put up more signs to remind people of basic park etiquette.
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Ok, let’s talk about something happier. ICE CREAM. I saw the nutritionist yesterday and we were reviewing my diet again. Since I’m kind of honest, when she asked me what I usually eat after dinner and before I sleep, I said… “Ice cream… ?”, conveniently taking out “a tub of”. Without hesitation she replied, “Oh good, you need as many calories as you can.” Phew. Ice cream’s ok for me. Good.
There are perks to being on a weight gain program; I can just eat (right foods of course). I’ve seen some sailors on weight loss and it looks mentally and physically draining. But then again, I haven’t actually gained much weight since I started taking more supplements. So the action plan on top of the normal diet from now, till the next review is:
1) Take a bottle of Boost and a chewy bar between breakfast and lunch.
2) Either soy milk or juice during lunch, instead of water.
3) During sailing, a packet of Weider jelly and a bar.
4) After gym/sailing, a bottle of Boost and a bar.
5) Later dinner so I can eat more because of Boost and bar after sailing.
6) Keep up the snack after dinner: fruit (or ice cream :] i approve)
This is the Boost protein drink. I heard that strawberry flavour’s not nice. The chocolate one is so thick I have to keep adding water for it to not taste so sweet. Got to go. Ciao.
