My 2nd Star Jump attempt

Dont' really need a dSLR to capture that.

Bad burn from the steam of a Rice cooker

This post is definitely not for the faint-hearts.

It's not the first time I injure myself for not being careful.

1. I had a deep cut that required 3 stitches from washing the bowl.
2. I burnt my face while eating microwaved roti kopi (mexico bun)

and now, I burnt my wrist from the steam of a rice cooker.

It created two HUGE blisters.
I accidentally popped it the next day.

I went to the in-house nurse, and she skinned me off!!

It was indeed a painful experience, as she just removed the skin and added iodin on my wound.

(I just got to know from my doctor friend that to treat burns, the surgeons actually remove the skins which are actually already dead cells)

I guess, it supposedly fasten to speed of recovery.

She even added her very own special formulated powder, chinese medicinal white power, 693.

(it's banned in Malaysia - why? i don't know)

But I am not sure if there was infection but I'm pretty glad that my ugly wound has dried up as it's been 1 week now!

I'm glad that I can continue my training for Adidas Run. 2 weeks to go!

Nasi Ayam Periuk Besar

I came across this place the same time I notice Home's cafe at D'Piazza Mall, Bayan Baru Penang.
I was thinking, why the name?
It sounded like a typical malay chicken place, yet, it has a 'newer' concept.
For a quick lunch, I think this place is OK.
At least the drinks is cheaper than Home's cafe, but the menu has very limited choices.

After browsing around the place, it seems like it originally came from Kulim town.
That surprised me, as the only thing I know about Kulim was the sambal fish by the roadside.

rou gu cha king

Just the other day, I saw a banner on rgck promotion at queensbay mall.

Since it's been around in Penang for a while, I was thinking of giving it a try for lunch time since it's about Rm10 for a set of claypot bahkut teh. (even though i'm not a fan of bah kut teh)

They do give generous servings of garlic and soup (upon request), but I still find that their food is just so-so only. For being a typical hawker-like penangite, I would find it more 'worth' it to get it served by the road-side.

Cashflow 101 by Robert Kiyosaki

The last time I heard about Robert Kiyosaki was almost one year ago.
This time, I stumbled upon Cashflow 101 board game at WOU Open Day Carnival.

It started with the introductory speech by organizer June, Success Resources.

I was from Table 1. It was obvious that my table did the best.
The one with the highest cash in hand and passive income was also from my table.
Pretty high for a 1.5 hour game.
(The grand prize was a travelling bag- i got nothing!!)

Even the lowest cash in hand was by my friend, $10240 and lowest passive income was $630.


After a tiring session (almost 3 hours) - with the speeches and talks by CIMB and Success Resources, I finally FREEd myself from the lecture room and roamed around the fields.

Had this picture took by a colleague - NICE!
And thanks to my friend for giving me vouchers to get food.

Chocolate sorbet and Pacific west barramundi fish and chips.

Poll from chedet

I wonder if it helps - if he could show this to the Ministry of Education and act seriously.
To teach Math and Science in English or Bahasa Malaysia?

http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/

Donate your Blood, Save Lives!

After much marathon and trying off to shed some fats/water, I didn't lose any weight.
Now that I try to offload another 300 ml of blood away from my body, I hope I would have lost more water and fats in my body. :D

Nah.. it's a myth. we can't lose any weight by donating blood.
It's my 13th time doing this since 2000, yet I dont see any reduction in weight by doing so :P

MY First Out of Town Marathon

I'm so glad that my friends asked me to join them along in Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009. Joining a run out of town is much tougher than doing it at my home state.

Cause, i had problem sleeping the night before and HAD a long DAY meeting up and shopping around!!
Runner of the week die-die also must make it!!

Since parking would be a hassle around Dataran Mederka, we bought the all-day pass to take Rapid KL at 5am!

They made us walk - and I followed blindly as I dont know the way!

Some pictures taken before the race

Ta-da! My first bungee!




Hip Hip HOoray!!
10km 11km marathoners had their medals




















We had to walk to masjid jamek for LRT.
Sorry to all the passengers - they had to smell our sweats.

Ju looking cute. :D
+ Me and yien..

And I got the pic from the standard chartered FB page.
I saw this spiderman and overtook him.
I was wondering why he was running so slow then I read about him that he's already 69!
Way to go uncle.. !!

Results out. I passed.

But can i make it for Adidas RUN? 2 mins lag..

Hiking Experience @ Youth Park

It was a mishap that happened during my hike at no.5 moon gate hill @ youth park.
A 50+ woman fell down, with blood over her head and wrists were seated at the side of the stairs with a few others consoling her that she's going to be safe.

There is a man called an ambulance explaining where youth park was (it took him a while for the operator to get it)
Soon, I saw a tattoo-ed man rushed down from No. 5 rest area with the orange stretcher.
(Yes, I walked up and secretly took these pictures which I think it's precious)


Soon, they fixed the stretcher to be straight before carrying the casualty.


1,2, Up..
Off strong men yet gentle to the woman whom believed may have fractured herself.


Casualty finally safely lying on the stretcher and they were tying her up to ensure that she doens't slip and fall.
So, they were ready to transport her downhill.

I salute the effectiveness of the regular hikers who have basic first-aid knowledge.
These men really made Penang proud.
At least, we know that it's really 'safe' to hike around youth park as there are 'experienced' hikers around to save the day!

Way to go penangites!!

Moment of Magic at NZ Natural

Throughout my entire shopping experience in Sunway Carnival, Seberang Jaya, the best customer service experience I encountered was at New Zealand Natural ice cream booth.

My sister wanted to get her favourite Durian Flo (RM16.90) but the sales girl was so good that she recommended the promotion so well that my sister bought a BIG TUB of low fat chocolate chip ice cream + free small tub of Durian flo = only Rm46.90

I admire the training given to the sales staff.
1. Greetings give to us when we were miles away
2. Friendly, approachable personality sales staff that made us comfortable
3. Clear explaination on the products/promotion
4. Recommendations / alternatives given to customer to their BEST convenience.
-- we paid and she (I recognized and remembered her name... Ally is the one) told us we could come back by providing the receipt to them --
-- since we wanted to go Jusco Bandar Perda --
5. Recognizes their customers
- from many miles away, the sales staff spotted my sister returning and immediately provided her the 2 packs of ice cream with dried ice inside
- no worries with melted ice cream even if i got stuck on the bridge jam for 40 mins -

For such good review.. i Hope I would get free ice cream from NZ Natural some day.
=== i must be dreaming, there is no such contest ====

this is durian flo :P

2nd visit of Black Canyon Coffee

I like coffee - especially if the syrup really taste like coffee - as rich as ice cream.
It's my 2nd visit to Black Canyon cofee and it's been half a year since my first visit!
I decided to bring my sis there since I've bragged so much how good the coffee was then.
And, at least, I could still see crowd dining here, I bet the food is still good.

I think it was mocha that my sis ordered - honestly i dont remember.
I was on a budget and decided to skip luxury drinks.

My sis spaghetti - not so great.

The tomyam fussili I had that came with refreshing watermelon juice (RM9.90)

It's really nice tomyam but I think I can't take spicy food as before. But for tomyam lovers, I strongly advice them to try.

It took me quite long to complete and I had this complete pain on my throat craving for McD ice cream after that.

2 cakes in a Row

Bought 2 different cakes from
2 different places and
celebrated at 2 different places
with 2 sets of different people
for 2 different birthday girls
on the SAME Birthday MONTH.

Happy birthday girls!

1. Chocolate cake from Jenni's
2. Shinjutei

1. Chocolate mint cake

2. Northam beach cafe - from Pasta and Pie stall

--> The best cake ever served in Penang

--> i love the moist

--> i bet they were generous in the right ingredients: eggs/mint/chocolate/butter

-- not too much flour!

oo Keep up the quality ya!? oo

But the drinks were expensive and aint like any other kopitiams.

It's Rm1 more expensive than the usaul kopitiams.

My 100+ = Rm2.50

Lolcat bible

I was browsing web and came across wikipedia entry on lolcat bible.

can you imagine John 3:16 which sounds like..

16So liek teh Ceiling Cat lieks teh ppl lots and he sez 'Oh hai I givez u me only kitteh and ifs u beleevs in him u wont evr diez no moar, k?
- John 3:16 [4]

If I've mastered Lolcat language, i could start reading lolcat bible .

Too late for a Training Schedule for KL Marathon

I'm finally a little 'free' at work that I decided to follow the last week of the 10k training plan, which I think i have done my 2mile/3.2km run yesterday.
So, I'll revise the plan to run for 20 mins on Thurs/Fri.

Obviously it wont work this way. Maximum I ran was just 40 mins, ~5k/3.1miles
Never have I run for 70 mins!!

maybe will just do it on the actual marathon day!
Marathon is not about racing, but it's about self-discipline, endurance and perseverance!

7-Week 10k Training Schedule

Week 1:
Monday - Run 25 minutes, Tuesday - Run 2 miles, Wednesday - Off, Thursday - Run 30 minutes, Friday - Off, Saturday - Run 3 miles, Sunday - Off

Week 2:
Monday - Run 30 minutes, Tuesday - Run 2 miles, Wednesday - Off, Thursday - Run 35 minutes, Friday - Off, Saturday - Run 45 minutes, Sunday - Off

Week 3:
Monday - Run 40 minutes, Tuesday - Run 3 miles, Wednesday - Off, Thursday - Run 40 minutes, Friday - Off, Saturday - Run 4 miles, Sunday - Off

Week 4:
Monday - Run 30 minutes, Tuesday - Run 2 miles, Wednesday - Off, Thursday - Run 35 minutes, Friday - Off, Saturday - Run 60 minutes, Sunday - Off

Week 5:
Monday - Run 3 miles, Tuesday - Run 50 minutes, Wednesday - Off, Thursday - Run 35 minutes, Friday - Off, Saturday - Run 70 minutes, Sunday - Off

Week 6:
Monday - Run 20 minutes, Tuesday - Run 3 miles, Wednesday - Off, Thursday - Run 20 minutes, Friday - Off, Saturday - Run 75 minutes, Sunday - Off

Week 7:
Monday - Run 20 minutes, Tuesday - Run 2 miles, Wednesday - Off, Thursday - Light 20 minute jog, Friday - Off, Saturday - Race Day, Sunday - Off

Getting Ready for KL Marathon

Check out Standard chartered KL Marathon FB page.
My sis said I'm SP.

Just for the fun of it ya?

Benefits of Durian

I just had durian last Friday. Seems like there are some health benefits:

http://hubpages.com/hub/Health-Benefits-of-Durian

-Durian is extremely nutritious because it is rich in vitamin B, C and E and with high iron content. Eating durian is alleged to restore the health of ailing humans and animals.
-A preparation from its roots and leaves is prescribed by traditional doctors for fevers and jaundice.
-Decoctions of the leaves and fruits are applied to swellings and skin diseases.
-Durian fruit helps lower cholesterol.
-Durian is a strong blood cleanser.
-The ash of the burned rind is taken after childbirth.
-Durian contains high levels of the amino acid tryptophan, known to alleviate anxiety, depression, and insomnia, and create feelings of happiness, by raising levels of serotonin in the brain
-Durian contains high level of soft protein which makes it a good muscle builder.
-Durian has a reputation as a powerful aphrodisiac.
-Durian is recommended as a good source of raw fats.

My favourite Dessert: JELAK Feeling

I used to go crazy over TGI Friday's Mocha mud pie, but when I ordered the mud pie plus the

brownies ice cream together.....

It's like J-E-L-A-K.

Lesson of the day: Don't order TWO desserts at one time