Wednesday's Anchovies

Year 2015, it is an exciting year for runners in Malaysia with the introduction of some new running events and obstacles based races. Going into the third and final quarter of year, the real competition’s just begun. Be prepared for physical and mental endurance challenge test. Here, I am presenting you the four interesting runs happening in Malaysia in 2015 and one in Thailand. 1. Men’s Health Women’s Health Night Run 2015 (ENDED) Description: The first night race event put up by Men’s Health Women’s Health Malaysia. Running in Putrajaya has never fail to amaze the participants, including me. Offered with cool running tee, finisher medal and post-rain running experience, this is surely another event worth looking forward in 2016.    Date: 21st March 2015 Venue: Palace of Justice, Putrajaya *Race report: please click http://kanghuekia.blogspot.com/2015/03/mens-health-womens-health-night-run-2015.html 2. Taiping Cross Country Run 2015 (ENDED) D...

We wrote about Sekinchan before, during that time the paddy field is in its greenest stage. Click Here to read our previous post :) Well, we visited Sekinchan again on last Saturday and we strongly recommended you to visit Sekinchan during this few weeks! Because of the awesome GOLDEN paddy field view!!!! Paddy field! Paddy field in Sekinchan is having different view from time to time, and even when all the paddy field is being harvested, it still has its very own attractive side, which explained why this small village becomes so famous in these few years. Well, TV’s effect contributes much on its popularity too :P Nan Tian Gong 南天宫 Wishing tree outside of Nan Tian Gong 南天宫. Personally, I think paddy field is at its prettiest stage when it turned golden yellow, right before harvest season. Which is N.O.W. !!! View from Nan Tian Gong 南天宫. Some fields are in golden yellow stage while some just started to turn yellow! Ther...

This post i s about FOOD! Last weekend we went to a new restaurant at Kampung Melayu Sungai Buloh, named Warung Kita. The food is so good that we loved it so much and want to blog about it! Warung Kita is quite a new restaurant in this area where it started its operation around end of year 2014. Bas ically menu here is simple, just few types of food and beverages being served here. From our observation, 4 popular food or beverage here is: No. 1: Nasi Manggey (some called it nasi kukus, steamed rice) – RM4.50 Steamed rice wrapped in banana leaf together with some chopped fried chicken, sambal belacan and curry sauce. This combination looked simple, but when everything mixed together, you would definitely love it! The long awaiting rice! The fried chicken tastes so nice! Wonder how they marinated it! We noticed that some people requested to have extra chicken in their rice, with extra charge of course (RM6.00). The sambal belacan is very spicy ye...

If you drive from Kuala Selangor to Klang, you would pass through a small town named Sasaran. Sasaran is a small fishing village where there is only one main big road in the town, which is the way leads you to Klang. You would sure notice that there is an empty space beside the main road’s traffic light with some unique installation art pieces displayed there. Interesting fact is the art pieces are made of used material or recyclable stuff from the fishing village! Few years ago, Sasaran being known by most Malaysian because of an art festival held in this fishing village. On year 2014, they organized an international art festival at Sasaran! Don’t worry if you missed the chance to pay a visit during the art festival because some of the installation art pieces are still standing there, as well as the wall art :) We dropped by Sasaran last few weeks when we were on the way to Klang and decided to spent some time explore around under hot sun!  Giant chair...

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 ...

21st of March, my first competitive run in year 2015 - Men’s Health Women’s Health Night Run. It comprised of two race routes, 5 km and 12 km. The race was held at the Palace of Justice, Putrajaya. It has attracted a good 7500 participants and this is the first run brought by the Men’s Health and Women’s Health Malaysia, after Shape magazine has put its own version of Shape Night Run in coming April. It was raining heavily during the journey from Sungai Buloh to Putrajaya and stopped the time we reached the car parking area. The breeze was comforting and everyone is gearing up around the vehicle. The 12 km category flagged off at 8pm. The car parking area. The running vest (His and Her). I completed the course earlier than expected, 1 hour 18 minutes. This was my third night run at Putrajaya and the route has never failed to amaze me, offering astonishing bright lit bridge, wide course without traffic, unique building structures and impressive by-the-lake running...

After the last relaxing trekking at Setia Alam in February, we were heading for Pisang Waterfall this time. It is located at Jungle Lodge Alang Sedayu, Gombak and it took us about 45 minutes driving from Sungai Buloh. The parking fee is RM5 and the head charge is RM1 per person. We started trekking at 845am and reached the waterfall around 10am. The spot is crowded with visitors on the Saturday morning. Besides the abseiling activity happening at the near-vertical fall, a group of avid photographers were spotted with the posing models at the main fall. We took some snacks and drinks while taking the turn to get into the water. From the car park, we walked straight until we noticed this shelter. Cross this river and followed the stream. After that, we noticed that we are actually just underneath Karak Highway! Followed the stream and we found 2 big tunnels!  Walked across the tunnel! This photo shown how big the tunnel is... Looked like an...