on runner's high

so why do i run?

the first time i attempted to run was when i started going to the gym (year 2003) but it wasnt a hard core run.....im not saying i'm a hard core runner now because im not, but let me finish..... i only run for about 2 (or 3 when im feeling inspired) times around a parking lot near the gym where i go to.... that's probably around .6 miles total.... yep, not even a mile...that's how pathetic i was.... the other running that i do is around the tennis court once or twice for warm-up before i play tennis.... and then i stopped running altogether.... its not that i hate it, it's just that i'm too lazy.... 

i have picked up running again when i moved here in the US in 2007..... it was my de-stresser when i was feeling depressed about my situation..... that was during the first 3 months of my arrival here in the US...... 

my nikeplus profile
been tracking my run thru nikeplus since 2011, so the numbers here a kinda pathetic, lol..
but hey, better than being a couch potato right?

it started when

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I wanna be a Swiss Miss...

...live in Switzerland that is


note: all bold texts are clickable.


This is long over due and I finally got the inspiration to write about our Switzerland trip after rummaging through old digital photos.


Day 1.

We arrived in the early evening, but technically, it still counts as Day 1.

This trip was back in December 2010, when I visited Switzerland with the hubby (then boyfriend) as part of a group tour we booked an escorted guided tour (Cosmos). Going in, we expected Switzerland to be brutally cold, colder than the other European countries we had already visited that week. So imagine our surprise when it felt warmer. Not tropical, obviously, but noticeably milder than London. The hubby joked that we froze in London only to thaw in Switzerland, which felt like the wrong way around.

i'm in the land of toblerones!
can i take this home, please?!

We arrived in Lucerne just before nightfall, and our first stop was a shop selling Swiss watches and Swiss Army knives. Naturally, I had to get one...... well.... okay, three. I’ve always been a fan. I had one from a previous U.S. trip, but I lost it somewhere along the way. So buying one in Switzerland, just felt the right thing to do :P. The hubby also got me a Swiss watch, which I still wear to this day, usually when the outfit calls for a little extra polish.

view from the restaurant

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