Loopie - Joop

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2011jwa8.php Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 4.6 Date-Time Monday, April 18, 2011 at 15:38:03 UTC Monday, April 18, 2011 at 11:38:03 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 32.454°N, 65.707°W Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region BERMUDA REGION Distances 88 km (54 miles) WNW of HAMILTON, Bermuda 992 km (616 miles) ESE of Nags Head, North Carolina 994 km (617 miles) ESE of Ocracoke, North Carolina 1197 km (743 miles) SSE of BOSTON, Massachusetts Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles); depth fixed by location program Parameters NST= 94, Nph= 94, Dmin=95.6 km, Rmss=1.19 sec, Gp= 79°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7 Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID us2011jwa8

Its that time again.  Every 5-6 years, we get an extra public holiday.  Most people just stay home, because there really isn't anything to do that day.  I almost had to work the day one year, but that never happened.  all the "rehearsals" for nothing.   I currently watch the show from the sidelines, knowing in full faith what the final outcome will be.  I hope we are right.  We've been right for 40+ years, let's hope we continue to be right for the next couple of decades, relatively speaking anyway.

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So now that it's official, I can finally share this piece of good news with you.  i've been promoted!  wasn't too sure it would come through, but it did! to celebrate, hao-e and i bought me a little gift with the bonus money i'd received.  =)  feels good.... will post a pic of the gift when i wear it. in the meantime, i'm hiding in my humble abode attempting to cram for the exam coming up in less than a month.  a lot of material to memorise... but with the amazing training i'd received from 12 years of sgp's education system, i hope it's all going to be alright. wish me luck.

Since my almost crippling back injury last October, i've had to throw away my gym membership, bag and shoes and even ballet...  Even after 3 months of intense physiotherapy, i was discharged with a "no high impact activities" advice from the physio.  I was mobile but my core was weak.  So to strengthen my core, i had signed up for pilates class last Winter which i'm proud to say, i've been going to quite religiously at 9:30am every Saturday.   Yep, 9:30am on Saturdays.  Regardless of the previous night's activities.  haha, i've impressed moi-self as well.  I haven't missed a class, save for the 2 weeks we spent in Singapore. The thing is, my instructor is really good, not just because of his looks, but he's really quite humorous and knowledgeable which makes the hour pass quite enjoyably, despite the times when he tortures us with 100 repetitions of something or other.  i'm still a newbie at pilates, so other than "rolling like a ball&q