Love endures all things.

:)

Go the extra mile for the ones you love. Don't give up.

Bareno Run 2011

Bareno Run 2011, held at Bukit Jalil, offered races of different distance, among them are 21km, 10km and 5km. With much consideration, I signed up for 5km, knowing I can run much competitively and confident in that distance. Furthermore, you get the same medal and vest for each of the distances. The only difference is that 21km enable you to have an additional Finisher t-shirt which I own one too. Ask me about it ;).

Aiming for top 10 position in the 5km race, I ran my lungs out. To my dismay, only to realized I finished 25th in the Men Open category :(. I encountered something different in this run - there is this man running in my category, every time he overtakes a runner he will shout cynically "CUTTING YOU!" or "OVERTAKING YOU BRO!" or something like that. Obviously, it is very ANNOYING. Determined to lose him, I increased my running pace and make him eat my dust har har. Didn't hear him annoy me anymore after I out-paced him ;).

Khai Sim, myself and Kevin.

& this time it's Khit Yeng in between the batangs.
Khit Yeng and Kevin are both top runners from their respective 21km Women and Men category. Woots!

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This are the pictures derived from my "26km" story. Ask me, Khai Sim, Khit Yeng or Kevin about it :p.

:P

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& also there are a bunch of UTARians from Kampar who ran this run too, most of them are members of Miracle Milers. Hence the picture. I'm not a Miracle Miler or Pacesetter or obligated to any running club but I was welcomed to join the group shot. Thanks :).

Cheers from Miracle Milers :)!

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This Sunday I've got a non competitive charity run - Volunteerism Run. Looking forward to it :)

Michael Bublé's Crazy Love Tour - Malaysia

Do you agree if I said blogging has gone out of fashion? To be honest, I don't think anyone reads my blog anymore. Sadly. However, I'm determined to keep it going, writing my memoirs, and events that I would like to remember for times to come. Wonder when will I actually stop blogging?

A couple of weeks ago some of us were called by Justin to work as usherer/ticket checker for Michael Bublé's concert. The event company is paying us peanuts (RM70), but we were looking forward more to the show. Venue, Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam. Surprisingly the media coverage of the concert wasn't the best? Or was it done on purpose? Concert tickets range from RM300+ to RM1000+.

I was assigned to work at the center zone at the front. Dressed in his trademark suits, he's way more entertaining than I ever thought he is. The opening performance was spectacular. Personally, throughout all of MB's songs, lots of credit do go to Michael Bublé's band. But Michael Bublé's God-like vocal capability just lifted everything to sheer perfection. Not to forget MB has a good sense of humour too! 

He's one heck of a smooth artiste, everyone raptured into madness when he impersonated the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. He sang Billie Jean, danced, moon-walked, grabbed crotch - resembling MJ so much. Michael Bublé is surprisingly good in sliding around the stage and dancing! 

In addition to a number of his own songs he sang, he playfully sang Black Eyed Peas' Tonight is Gonna Be a Good Night, Glee's song, Beatle's. He gracefully mentioned he doesn't all the spectators who paid good money just to watch a concert, he wants them to have fun, party and enjoy it so much more! He definitely made the fans swoon, especially the aunties D:

Damn right we were mesmerized.

The Yue siblings ;)

Benjamin and I - we were assigned to work in the same seating zone. Boy, were we lucky.

Very, very pathetic lunch. Thank God there were an Ayamas truck nearby! 

Among the many usherers who were 'paid' to watch the gig

Stadium Malawati sure do look bigger from the inside.

MB singing my favourite song of his - Home :)

A shout out to all his beloved fans! 

Michael Bublé : "I'm not a sweaty person but I sweat a lot here. Malaysia, I would love to come back again but next time promise to improve the air-conditioning or I'll be dressing like Beyonce (sexy)"

Christine who worked at the VIP zone took this shot, yes he was that close :p.

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He also shared a joke, after the fans sing along to his songs, he said,

"You all are giving me goosebumps. You all can sing well. I would love to go to the bathroom with you"*girls going crazy
"What were you thinking? Go to the bathroom to SING together, because the acoustic is good, nothing else"
*girls' hype-ness level decrease but laughed shamelessly haha

One heck of an enjoyable concert. Never a single bit regretted taking up the job to watch MB's brilliant performance. 

Reebok Zigtech Treadmill Challenge at 1 Utama

& the blogging resumes. Damn, my procastination is so severe till I even forgotten the date of the event! Let me see.. Oh yes! 26th Febuary!

Reebok Zigtech treadmill Challenge is simply 48 hour non-stop running on treadmill in attempt to record the highest amount of calories burned collectively. By running an hour each runner are given Reebok and GNC goodies. Among them are Reebok bag, shirt, GNC health supplement, and many more. 

The challenge took place at 1U, with so many people participating - Christine, my brother, Khai Sim, Louis and myself are among the particpants. Each of us are required to put on the very bulky Reebok Zigtech shoes to run.

With the speed range of 10-14km/hour, steepness ranging from 0-2, duration of 60 minutes, I burned 1033 calories. Speaking about calories, do you know a Big Mac contains approximately 550 000 calories. Damn.

This is Christine taking up the 1 hour treadmill challenge at 1am in the morning.

Adjusting the treadmill speed.



The female Reebok Zigtech shoes provided for the run

Menacing behind "running" Christine. She's so good, she can "run" while uploading photos through her iPhone D:

Girls devouring bananas. Naise.

Christine and her supporters x)

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I was allocated to the 8am time slot to run. Oh well, at least my situation's better than those who register but couldn't run. Hooha pledged to organize a better one next year :D!

Thian Hong and Christine tagged along to support me for the 1 hour run. So sweet of them waking up so early :).

Rise and shine guys! :D

Having bananas before runs are common as an immediate source of energy. Thian Hong's eating banana because he's just.. hungry :)

Gearing up for the run

Stretching

& did I mention I loathe the Zigtech shoes? Bulky giler. Almost like a basketball shoe.

While I was running...

& still running..

Thian Hong and Christine entertained themselves by camwhoring;

Martian-Hong

Potential Reebok ambassador

:O :O

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When I'm done, I had my fair share of appearances in the camera too :p

Sweat-tee

Posing with the shoe that made my feet swell =_=

Redbull Show-men

That's a wrap!

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After that, time for breakfast! Thian Hong suggested he should eat Village Park's Nasi Lemak again because it was too good :P

Makes me wanna have a plate now D:

Aaaah heavy breakfast there! Nasi Lemak Ayam Goreng + Ayam Goreng + Milo Dinosaur for Thian Hong's dinosaur appetite :P

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Later on, I sent Christine back to her house at SS2. Knowing her house is right behind Edusmart, we decided to drop by because it's been so long since we last pay Uncle Chan and Madam Molly a visit!

But sadly, they weren't around. So we left a door note! Uncle Chan called us later on to thank us for being thoughtful and dropping by. He later added his famous quote "sow and you will reap" and Thian Hong replied with Pn. Molly's famous quote "Yes will study hard if not it will be like digging your own grave" which made Uncle Chan burst into laughter too.

Thian Hong doing the honour of writing the doornote

It says "We love you Pn Molly and Uncle Chan. Lotsa love!" :)

& for procrastinating so long I successfully finished 1 of many blog posts. 

More posts to come :p

Tongue Challenge.

1. Find a cherry stalk (it can be preserved or fresh)

2. With that cherry stalk, tie a knot using only your tongue. 

Being able to do so it is said that you're an excellent kisser.

Share with me if you can do it ;).

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Well, I successfully tied a cherry stalk knot ;

... twice in 2 attempts ;).

Chinese New Year 2011 - Family Edition

Blogging. Something I've not done for quite some time. Firstly, I'm currently hooked on the tweeting, updating my Twitter more frequent. I was seriously occupied! Busy is an understatement, I barely have time to shit some times. Youth nowadays are so good in multi-tasking, juggling so many social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Blog, Foursquare, and so on. It's good to have good networking, socializing, but don't engage in it too much till you do not have time to do productive work or even drain your precious energy.

Hmm, I never wanted to ditch this beloved blog which is filled with my memoirs, so here I am. I shall blog about an overdue post on Chinese New Year. It was a month ago? Because my paternal grandfather passed away last year October, it's Chinese Custom that we do not celebrate the following Chinese New Year, not supposed to give angpau and so on. 

However, we're not too superstitious, we went on to embrace Chinese New Year, but in a low note. Didn't do much. The Chinese New Year break this year was good because Thian Hong, Ser Siang, Wei Guan made their way back from Australia, Hong Kong and UK respectively! It was Thian Hong's first time celebrating Chinese New Year in Malaysia since he left for Australia in 2006!

Duck, Prawns, Fish, Chicken, Vegetables, Soup - Wholesome dinner  :)

Chinese New Year's Eve Reunion Dinner with the Lums at OUG.

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On the first day of Lunar Calendar, we make our way back to my maternal side, at Teluk Intan. 

Chinese New Year at Teluk Intan is becoming more on more interesting ;). With 28 grandchildren, there's never a dull moment at my uncle's place at Teluk Intan.

Very gratifying dinner at Poh Loong - also conveniently celebrate my ah ma's birthday :).

Fortune Pot? The sauce is delicious. The scallops, chicken, pork, mushrooms - delightful!

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SOUP I EVER HAD!
As I remembered there was a whole chicken, fish maw, herbs and a lot of scallops :)

Sang mee

Halfway through dinner we were entertained with lion dance!

Meet my cool and fit 2nd uncle ;)

The youngsters - aww so cute :)

L-R Foong, myself, Irene, Wai, Ai Wee and Pui Cheng

The 'young girls' - NOTE MY MUM IS OUT OF PLACE :P

I love you ah ma :)

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This year, we had a rather formal talent time after the dinner. With cash prizes up for grabs! There were less participation than expected, but nonetheless we still had a good time :)! There were singing, dancing, skate-boarding, football freestyle and magic tricks :)

Foong and I were the emcees for the night :)

Jian Eng skate-boarding and spinning the pillow simultaneously - good balance!

Sze Hong the whiz kid performing 'magic tricks'

Not blessed with much entertaining talent, I performed juggling acts with the football :) - and won 1st runner up (cash prize of RM80 :))

'Volunteer' performers, 2nd uncle and 1st aunt singing a mandarin song together ahah :)

4th uncle from Singapore, flanked by his daughter - sharing a word of advice with his niece and nephews.

The little performers showing off their cash prizes in red packets after their performances :)

Performers for the night with VVIP - ah ma and ah kong :)

Group photo :D

 Seeking blessing by releasing flying lanterns that has wishes written on it :)

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The night is still young for the young adults :). Therefore a number of us proceed to McDonalds for supper and a prolonged chit chat session.

Gossip time ;) - had a number of good laughs sharing various stories!

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The following day, most of my relatives left Teluk Intan, leaving my family and Irene's family. So, the following day was an outing with my siblings, Jay Sern, Irene and Ai Wee. Catch a movie, went for rojak, ice kacang, played Frisbee and had a long photo-taking session. Good bonding session indeed.

One of the many cookies made by my cousins and aunt :)

Irene tossing the Frisbee!

Jump shot!

The girl that I adore most, my youngest sister :)

Flying Kick with Jay Sern!

Yes, we took pictures till sunset :P

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Later that night, we had a mini surprise birthday celebration for my mummy.

Mummy's 47 but still looking good! - All smiles :)

Oh dear, it's 5.50am now. I need to go to bed. Will be blogging soon if I manage to steal time from my busy schedule. See ya :).