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March 27, 2010 Swim for a cause – Thank You

Wow! We did it. Through the Swim for a cause fundraising drive and my own Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore swim, we managed to raise a total of S$3,083.88! In under a month, we exceeded our target amount of S$2,000 by 54%, which is pretty impressive. Here is the breakdown of where the proceeds will be [...]

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March 26, 2010 Last call for donations

Just a quick blog post to let everyone know that today is the last day that I’ll be accepting donations for the Swim for a cause fund drive. If you haven’t yet donated and were intending to, your donations are still very much welcome even though we’ve managed to exceed the target of $2,000 by [...]

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March 22, 2010 What happened at the swim

Wow, another Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore behind me and it seems to have flown by me in record time. Every time I watch it, I am in awe of the triathletes that are the true Ironmen and women who swim 1.9km, cycle 90.1 km and still have energy to do a 21.1 km half-marathon run. [...]

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March 20, 2010 The night before the swim

For some reason, the night before a race is always exciting. I suppose it is the anticipation of delivering everything that you’ve been training for into that one event that actually counts for something. I have swam these distances before and its not new to me. Despite what they say, the swim portion is as [...]

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March 11, 2010 Why raise for the UNHCR?

I’m really pleased with the fund raising efforts of my friends and family, and everyone who has donated so far to my Swim for a Cause. And so is the UNHCR it would seem1. Naturally, like any activity that is competing for scarce resoures like funds and attention, charities have their fair share of competition. [...]

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