get 'saman' inside Tesco extra?

this was what attached at my Juara's windscreen with the words facing down, so I took it and read...smiling after that, it is a 'saman' by miss Jenz...then I sms-ed her that I will pay to her when I see her again...haha

UTAR trekkaton 2007 at Bukit Gasing

well...I didn't know about this until I get to know from 1st aid society that they need first-aider~BIG sigh...I should be the participant NOT the 1st aider, waiting for mosquito to feed on my blood!

I know the actual event on that day itself...which was last Sunday, 18 November 2007

women champion took 18 minutes while men champion took 11 minutes to finish...congrats and well done!

there is one guy who actually feel giddy or dizzy during the race~sigh (lousy guy, long time didn't exercise?) no offense ya...

overall it's good, participants not reach 100...maybe the publicity not large enough..but it's a good start..at least this is one of the thing that I dare myself to suggest for it (I suggested marathon, in the end they made it to trekkaton at Bukit Gasing, PJ)

this trek wasn't the usual trek that I take almost every Saturday, I bet it is far shorter than my usual trail...it shows by the time taken to finish the race...it couldn't compare with my usual trail which took at least 50 minutes to finish by running...

maybe it (this trekkaton) was tough for beginners...but I think it's ok for the amateurs and regulars

top 3 of each category received medals, only the champions received UTAR's navy jacket and medals..(certificates? this should ask from UTAR DSA)

sandwiches and energy drinks at the finisher line...

some of the photos at http://ltkong.multiply.com

11/11 Genting Trailblazer 2007

as the title reveals
it was an exciting and tiring trail
it has to go by 2 in a team (means must have a partner) because there are places where you need to help one another. (there is reason for each rules and regulations, agree?)

some man-made-challenges towards the end:

up and downbalancing

crawling

sticky mud underneath: you could hardly pull up your leg once it stuck in! (the depth of the sticky mud can reach until your knees, and the muddy water could reach your waist or shoulder, depends on your height)

after this there is another 30- 50 m run to reach the finisher line...

the effect: all wet, muddy, sweaty, dirty...(dirtiest moment in my life)

categories include:
mild women: 8 km (I participated with my partner, my sis joined last year), wild women: 14 km (my sis participated with her partner)
also mild mix, wild mix, mild men, wild men, mild veteran, wild veteran.

only top 3 of each category got the prizes...which include cash.

some take shortcut (dangerous path) to be fast, end up fell and fainted
some pull along the partner until the partner fell in order to win the top 3, but in the end couldn't make it (that's a bit cruel, in my perspective, what do you think?)

I mean just experienced it and have fun! Not to take it too serious, it's a bad thing happen when you hurt your partner physically and emotionally (ruined the fun and relationship).

If the prize is meant for you, you will get it...

I realized that "hop-ping" in muddy water is kind of fun (maybe because I do it with my partner), but the 1st attempt I was like "eww" then I get used and feeling excited to do it...the 2nd and the rest...

Ekiden Run 4th November 2007

Venue: Putrajaya
Ekiden in Japanese means passing a thing (messages) from one station to another...It meant a relay run in this event. A team of five...
This run is with the purpose, "Look to the East" also meant for Japan-Malaysia friendship.
The 1st Ekiden Run was in 1994 at Dataran Merdeka, K.L. (my dad joined)
This is the 2nd Ekiden Run in 2007 at Putrajaya. (wow, about 13 years apart!)
The sponsor promised that this event will repeat annually if this year's event in success.
The Japanese people (the previous champion came from far east to Malaysia to challenge us! and they managed to get 2nd place, this year's champion was the black man for men category)
One day before the actual event the sponsor showed us the past year event (some run until vomit, run as fast as possible)

I realized that nowadays, we didn't actually run for the winning purpose, especially my team (that's why we put our team name: Run For Fun) and yet, we made it to 1st runner up for women open category.

1st time at this age I managed to get 2nd position (proud, not just a medal but 2 medals and a trophy! so happy! :)) and it was fun and excited during the run...just because of my loose shoe lace, our team being defeated by the champion from an institute...(they looks like they have been training hard, since I'm the 3rd person to run, when it came to me my team was at the 2nd position already...too bad, quite tough for me to 'chase' after them)
We have to wear a sash (the one like wear on miss 'something') while running...only can take out at the changing zone. For my team it's red colour (women open category)
Get to know new friend, Michelle, my competitor, also women category (she said she's addicted to run, her team get 3rd position, great!)

It was FUN, but somehow I felt my right knee was in pain a few hours after the run...