Wednesday's Anchovies

Three years after my first full distance marathon at Penang Bridge , I made a comeback for the Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2016 (SCKLM). This year, with the new cut-off time being extended to 7 hours for FM category, it is guaranteed to be more participations and fun. It was not an usual Sunday morning, I had to wake up at 1.30 a.m. and drove to Kelana Jaya LRT station. Boarding the LRT was a wise choice, you can save up the time looking for limited car park at nearby Dataran Merdeka. The train also stops lesser along the journey and believe me, you will be right into the running mood with bunch of avid runners riding the midnight marathon train!! To top it all, the LRT service is FOC (Freeee)!! Rows of mobile toilets spotted! *#SCKLMTip1 : Plan Ahead. Make sure that you bring along your touch & go card to avoid the queue for purchasing ticket at Masjid Jamek station, after the race. Picture taken before entering Pen. 4 My starting pen was no. ...

This is my third event volunteering after Nike WeRunKL (Year 2010) and SCKLM (Year 2013). This round, my assigned role is pre-event set up crew and I am one of three members alloted in the earliest shift of 1pm. Our task in the afternoon is simple, to help setting up the course flags and barrier jackets along the starting / finishing lane. Stay healthy. Keep running :) We managed to complete the work at 6pm. In general we got four types of flags and jackets presented on the route, the Asics City Relay event brand, Spectrum Worldwide event organizer brand, Blue and Black Asics sponsors flags. Everything was nicely dressed up and it was an accomplishment for the day as we endured working under the scorching hot weather for hours. Rows of sponsor flags. Rows of jackets along the starting point. Crew setting up the timing mat. Also, we got a short break in between the work. There were two food options offered at the volunteer tent, Hainanese Chicken Rice an...

The number of races in Malaysia continue showing an upward trend in 2016. This year, we observe more theme-based running events are introduced and most received good responses in the areas of Penang, KL, Selangor and Johor. On the contrary, the tight running schedule for some of the major races in Malaysia definitely would leave the runners ponder before taking on. In this post, we are presenting our top most-anticipated running events, with categories ranging from ultramarathon, 42km, city relay and obstacle based race.  1. Route 68 Challenge (ENDED) Description: The second edition of Route 68 Challenge promised a remarkable challenge for the ultra-runners with its 50 km and 70 km race routes. The road runners will be running along the Federal Route 68 (Jalan Gombak - Bentong), greeted by the most enthusiastic volunteers and photographers. For runners ended the race within the cut-off time, cool medal and finisher tee presented by 2ndSkin await at the finishing line. ...

Thean Hou Temple ( 天后 宫 ) is a well-known temple in Malaysia. It is a six-tiered Chinese temple located atop of Robson Heights in Kuala Lumpur. The temple was completed in year 1987 and officially opened in year 1989. It is built by the Hainanese Community living in KL and is dedicated to Goddess Tian Hou (The heavenly Mother). Information from HERE . During the last day of Chinese New year (Chap Goh Meh) back to March 2015, we paid a visit to Thean Hou Temple. There is always variety of celebration or activity being carried out at the temple throughout the whole Chinese new year. 15th day of Chinese New Year, a full moon day :) The sea of red lanterns around the temple amazed us! There are also a lot of handmade lanterns using recycled materials displayed there, running in a handmade lantern competition! Lanterns everywhere! Earth themed handmade lantern. Little bunnies! On the last day of Chinese new year, there is even magical ...

Happy Chinese New Year! Eat too much during this CNY? Or lazy at home throughout the whole CNY? It is time to move! Let’s join KL Car-Free Morning together! Interested in cycling, rollerblading, skateboarding or handcycling? Want to experience doing all these on major streets of Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle safely? Join KL Car-Free Morning together with thousands of people and have a blast in your Sunday morning! Don’t worry if you not interested with cycling or skateboarding, you can also jogging or even walking with others! Few major streets are closed from 7.00am until 9.00am where cars are prohibited from entering the road. Total route is around 7km. Source: KL Car-free Morning Source: KL Car-free Morning Started from year 2015, KL car-free morning increased to twice a month, which is first and third SUNDAY of each month.  We were there on third Sunday of January 2015, it was so happening! We were greeted by horses from DBKL as well as school o...

Updat e of this post . 1600 Pandas Tour in Malaysia is finally back to KL and would be at Publika, Solaris Dutamas from 13 th until 25 th January 2015 (from 10am to 10pm). We went to Publika last Saturday to join the fun! There are so many pandas (and people as well) even though it was a Saturday morning! Everyone is queuing patiently in order to have a nice shoot with those cute paper pandas! Pandasssss and humanssss :P Cute pandas lining up nicely waiting for photo shoot too :) For 1600 Pandas Malaysia Tour, there are some “special made” pandas which included Malaysia’s culture like trishaw, congkak and hibiscus! Super cute and priceless, only in Malaysia LOL. Beca edition! Badminton edition! Which is the most famous and successful sports game in Malaysia. Congkak edition! Childhood’s game, haha! Besides, some posters of the Panda tour in Hong Kong were exhibited there too! 1600 Pandas last pit stop before Malaysia was Hong ...

12 th  of October 2014, it’s the day for Standard Chartered KL Marathon (SCKLM) 2014. This year, I’ve registered in the Honda Half Marathon category.  The 21km category started as early as 6am. Thanks to the convenience of LRT in collaboration of the event, I was able to make it to Dataran Merdeka on time. This is surely a good move for all the runners who wish for more travelling options. 6am, the kickoff of 21km category. It all started with a band performance and loud cheers along Jalan Raja Laut. It was inspiring to see many performers doing their part in the early morning to keep the running passion alive. It was a clear day on the route without haze and traffic in the KL city centre. My running vest! Pride is my finish line! The new 21km route covers several iconic landmarks of Malaysia, say The Twin Towers, Pavilion Shopping Mall, Parliament of Malaysia and the historical Kuala Lumpur KTM Building. Water station and 100 plus was placed in every 2k...

It’s another weekend in 2014 well spent. This time we have conquered the Gunung Datuk, which stands tall at 2900ft in the state of Negeri Sembilan. The journey started at 615 am from KL Sentral and arrived at the hiking spot at Rembau around 740am. Many families, regular hikers and school teens were spotted at the breezy Saturday morning. Prior to hiking, we paid the parking fee of rm2 per car and park entrance fee of rm5 per person.  The information board of Gunung Datuk. (From picture)  The hike starts at the place where people were spotted coming down.  In the early trail, we found ourselves going up on a long steepish hill. This is the hardest of all as one has to overcome the body by taking control of their own breath and pace besides watching on the rolling land which seems to be endless. We took several rests by taking in breads and the Snickers bars. After 40 minutes of hilly land, the slope has decreased gradually. This increased our pace and we...