Here’s my report for this run held at the starting point at Curve, Mutiara Damansara area.

Anyway, I’ve been trying to do a consistent run and trying to break my old habit of running fast then taking a break. Previous year, I had this run-walk-run kind of method and yes, it did get me to have faster timing but with the inconsistency it gave me, sometimes too tired and irregular heartbeat for the run, it feels so out of place.

So then I decided, it’s time to start running like you’re actually exercising instead of the run-walk-run method. So this is what I did for the BHP Orange Run 2010.

Time to start was 7:20am if not mistaken, I was late. I had to pin my bib to my vest and ran the run 5 minutes later. So I don’t get to run with some of the faster ones. Well, at least this is a fun run. Here’s how I did in the run though.

Based on CardioTrainer GPS
July 25, 2010 7:25:54am

Time: 1.11.27
Distance: 11.36 KM
Pace: 6.17 min/KM
Total Climb: 500m

My Split time: 6:08 | 6.08 | 5.37 | 6.37 | 6.00 | 6.27 | 6.03 | 6.17 | 6.58 | 5.40 | 7.10

Next target would be to hit below 6 minutes per km. Thank you for my HTC Hero for keeping tracks of my run.

Met up with Kyuzo in the run.

Also met up with an old school and classmate, Ah Yap. Well, come to think of it, running let us meet up with old friends and also new friends.

This is Mouse and me, The Weird One after the run and promoting BHP. Come to think of it, the BHP bottle they gave looks a bit like an enlarged dildo out of shape. Well, I am trying to form a running group in the coming days and months. A group to run and share and spend time together. To keep oneself healthy.

Well, here’s to the next run which is the Shape & Men’s Health Night Run in Putrajaya. Though there’s a dilemma now, I’ve also got passes for MTV World Stage 2010 in Sunway. Can I do both instead?

I was there about 5:45am as my run starts at 6:15am or is it 6:30am, nevertheless I wasn’t at all prepared properly for this run. This is all due to my laziness and complacency of my own. Well, then at least I found out the hard way.

Before the run, I was full of confidence. Practically it was a mistake.

I was practically forcing myself to finally run non stop for the longest I did. Due to what I’ve experienced last year, I was pushing myself to run continuously for at least 10km. Well, target was achieved and I went 1.5km further until I finally felt that I had better stop and give myself some rest. Rest I did, that I took another 1 hour to finish the next 10km.

Practically I was way exhausted than normal. Never had I felt that way. I was afraid that I might collapse anytime after the 12km stage. I kept pushing myself too hard and felt that it’s all in the mind. Little did I know that sometimes if your body can’t take it, don’t overdo it too much.

Darn tired, I sat down on the pavement after the whole run feeling way exhausted that I can’t bring myself to get up and walk. I didn’t care if I sat with my legs wide open. All I wanted was to sleep there and then. Scary when I thought of it now.

I really was suffering much. I have to support myself with an umbrella. I felt like if there weren’t this umbrella to support me, I will surely fall down all of a sudden. You know during this time, I am cinya lucky to have a friend running and traveling with me.

FireWire and DanielCtw

Me still trying to maintain coolness when posing. FireWire ran the 10km run and practically I have to thank him for driving me back later after the run. If not I am not sure whether I could drive back home then.

Second person that helped motivated me to push to the finish line was Princess Yen. Thank you dear for cheering me on that day.

I am happy I finished the run. Thanks for your support that motivated me. Look at my hand that’s still holding the umbrella. No matter what, I am still happy and my enthusiasm to run will not stop.

Orange Run 2010 is the latest run that I’ve just ran. Well, that’ll be another report. Until then, I’ll make sure I get myself up and ready for the 2011 SCKLM Run next year.

Here’s my timing and record.

This years timing is worse than my previous year.

Pace: 6.36min/km
Time: 2’49’21
Total Climb: 442m

Update: Anyway went to check SCKL Marathon’s official website here at
http://www.kl-marathon.com/reports/check_race_time and here are my results.

Rank: 1286
Gun Time: 02:51:05
Net Time: 02:48:43
Split Time: 01:03:47 (Not sure whether at 11km or 10km mark?)

Here’s to those who runs too. May we enjoy running and staying healthy.

This global series reaches over 550 million households worldwide and features the hottest music artists performing at unique locations around the world. Now who will be showing up for this event?

We have one of my favorites, Wonder Girls.

I’ve want nobody nobody but chu~~~ (you). I definitely have to do a parody on this song.

Tokio Hotel

(Love the hairdo, too bad my hair’s not long enough to do that too.

Katy Perry.

Princess Yen loves her so much. I only know one part of the lyrics in one one of the song. “Bikinis on top“.

Bunkface.

The Malaysian band that brought us “Through My Window“. It became viral when that song came up for the campaign Everyone Connects.

Many people tried to get passes to the events, this time I will give you clues as to how to get your hands on them. Yes yes, more passes to be won. Not from me, but ways to enable readers to get passes to the MTV World Stage 2010. There are 3 ways to get the passes. Here’s how.

You can get your exclusive money-can’t-buy passes by reloading RM50.
Type and send MTV to 28881 and wait for a confirmation.
Reload RM50 upon receiving confirmation SMS and wait for your mobile voucher.
Once you have received the mobile voucher, redeem it at the Ticket Hotline office at NO. 96B, Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail. 03-77251177

Play MTV World Stage Challenges on Xpax/S.O.X./U.O.X. Facebook pages and be one of the special few who walk away with EXCLUSIVE XZone passes.

Download Call Me Tones from Channel X and stand chances to walk away with these cool prizes. More details at http://bit.ly/9vppKp

Maybe it really is hectic and troublesome for some to actually visit the pages and do those steps to get those passes, but trust me, this will be an event you wouldn’t want to miss. Who would actually? Surprisingly I have downloaded one of the caller ring tones and yes what else but my favorite.

Wonder Girls. Now if you so happened to call me and you realised I have been taking longer than usual to pick up, it’s because I wanted you people to listen to Wonder Girls. Ahaha.. well, not everyone is a korean group fan (applies to me as well), but somehow this group got me changed my view of everything Korean (dramas, bands, group, girls.. hehehe).

Of course the biggest giveaway would be for Katy Perry‘s. I definitely have to mention this.

Seeing this, this is the chance of your lifetime to meet up with Katy Perry and also to win yourself this load of prizes. What about me, the Weird One? I would be contented with getting on stage with Wonder Girls.

Hohohoho!!! Ya right. I wished it though.

This is the 16th installment of our trip in Tibet and it’s almost nearing the end with hopefully only another 2 to 3 more chapters. Then it’s time for some Bali post and other posts which have been outdated. I know I know.

[Tibet 1] Hello from Lhasa, Tibet
[Tibet 2] The Rough Journey Tibet
[Tibet 3] Another Day in Lhasa
[Tibet 4] Visiting Drepung Monastery Tibet
[Tibet 5] Monastery Visitation Tibet
[Tibet 6] Moving Around Lhasa Tibet
[Tibet 7] The Day I Visited Temples at Lhasa
[Tibet 8] Weird Blue Lake Tibet
[Tibet 9] Randomness at China and Tibet
[Tibet 10] More Monasteries and Mt Everest
[Tibet 11] Journey to Mt Everest
[Tibet 12] Journey to Namtso Lake
[Tibet 13] Namtso Lake Scene
[Tibet 14] Return to Lhasa from Mountains
[Tibet 15] Lhasa Town Free and Easy

No more shots of Potala Palace. No more walking around on our own in the town of Lhasa. No more going anywhere we like during the day. Ahhh, so many things we missed. The funny poses we do in the city. The kids that came to us begging for 1 Yuan or 10 cents.

Okay, there are many more memories to note, but it’s now all a memory. What better way to document it than to blog about it. Anyway, along the way we took some scenes that we felt were breathtaking even when we were in the jeep.

The above photo is clickable and with a width of 1280px, it’s suitable to be a wallpaper with that resolution. Of course, those using 1400px and above resolutions will have a problem with it. If you would like a higher resolution for this photo, do drop me a comment or email me at my email stated on this site. As we’re traveling during September, the leaves started to change colors and thus one gets to see the wonderful work of nature getting ready for the next upcoming season which is Winter.

Going through the road along the hill, the view is amazing. Basically the sky made the photos simply spectacular. It’s so hard to get skies like this in Equator bound countries. Well, couldn’t complain, each has it’s own advantages.

Time for me to appear once again. Whoa… look at this big stone of a sign. We’re now stopping for a breather after a long jeep journey at MiLha Mountain Entrance which is like 5013.25m above sea level. Shouldn’t 5000m and above be very cold, why am I dressed like that? Well, it’s different compared to the 4000m mountain we have in Malaysia though. Don’t really need to have thick clothes.

Along the way, we drove alongside the hills and thus sometimes we get to see streams of rushing water coming down the hill as a river. Well, where does the water comes from? They were melted ice of course.

Look at the amount of people that wanted to take photos.Amazingly nature’s blessing.

Of course, can’t resist to pose once again. This time though I’ve spared you the full face of mine, with shadows blocking me. What’s so special about this landmark though? Do you see the rock in the middle of the stream? Weird right? One big rock in the middle.

A photo without me in it as a distraction. Can’t really picture the scene? Have a look at the next photo then.

This photo was taken downstream facing the stream of gushing water. Now tell me why shouldn’t I love nature shoot? There are writings on the rock as well, but a few of us were wondering how did that writing ever get there? One explanation. Winter!!

Another photo of the same place.

Finally it’s time to move on, and to our next destination. It’s a small island surrounded by the lake from all the rushing water.

This place is called National Forest Park-Basomtso. Beats me why it’s called like that, I just read it straight from the ticket they gave me. Yes, you have to pay to visit there. There’s an entrance where everyone is supposed to fork out 100 Yuan (yes more spending) to enter. See that one small red thingy in the biggest blue patch. That’s how small the island was.

There are some other creatures that are around there too other than the usual tourist and pilgrims. They are so called everywhere even along the road to Chengdu.

PIGS!!!!!! No, they’re not the usual pink ones that one watched from the television.

Let’s get back to the story, as it was from a stream of water and all gushing to this lake, the whole lake is indeed calm. So calm, felt like I could sleep. Maybe perhaps singing, “The Hills are alive with the Sound of Music“. WEIRD!!!!

Okay, maybe I did. Dang!!!!

By the way, since that small island is in the middle, how do we even try to get across there? Here’s how?

Jeng Jeng Jeng!!! Wood panels that are being floated up with empty canisters and is not fixed to the ground. You’ll get what I mean later. We have to walk there from one way and back from another way. Basically we walked there clockwise and around the island and back. Of course, one small mistake might even be dangerous. Why? Here’s why!

Ploop, you’ll find yourself wet and freezing. Don’t forget we are still like 5000m above sea level. Look how far the gap is! It’s fun for me though. The journey there was simply amazing, something you’ll hardly see elsewhere. My mistake on the canisters, there weren’t. it’s all wood.

Look how far we have walked. All along the bridge where one side there’s a rail for those who were weaker.

Finally, on the island. What to do there? Basically it’s just an experience walking thru the island and for those wanting to prove their worth, there’s a small temple right in the middle of this island. Locals would pay homage and do their prayers here.

Found a nice spot to take a photo. Soon it was time to walk back to the jeep and continue on our journey. It was basically a 30 minutes journey around the island and back with some shots taken to proved that we actually did go to that island.

By the way, I’ll end this post with something worth looking at. Something for your eyes to view.

The clouds and the sky and the sun, what made this picture stood out is the silhouette of the mountain amongst the bright and moody sky.

Noticed how different this is when taken at a different setting. At times one does not really need to view how the mountains look like. Shots like these could only be done in manual mode to be able to set the proper settings.

A word of caution though, do not expose your sensor directly to the sun for long time, you might FRY it.

Till then, I guessed I’ve taken up lots of time for this post and would like to get started on my Bali trip too. Good night, afternoon or morning and sweet dreams.

Bon Odori is once a year and this will be my first time attending Bon Odori in KL area. My previous Bon Odori which was like 4 years back was in Penang in 2007. Time flies, and that was the time when i first met the group from Penang.

Here was what happened. After the event, I went straight to the Bon Odori festival and got this fan for keepsake. Not bad, a souvenir to bring back. Chin Ann tagged along.

Greeted with the fact that there are many girls and guys here in Japanese costume. Like the above, the girls are dressed in Yukata, though I ain’t sure if they were Japanese though. As it was a Japanese festival, my first thing that came to mind is, ahhhhh FOOD. Too bad I didn’t get anything much that day as I was broke. Only had RM20 in my wallet, I could only afford this.

Unagi Don for RM10

At least my stomach need to eat first before we carry on exploring the whole place. Then there was a sign board which was promoting Japanese tourism. There was even a model there for anyone who wanted to take photos or take together photos.

Of course, I don’t think that she is Japanese. People though have been saying I look more Japanese, so what happened if I were to stand side by side. That’s what I did.

Now who looks more Japanese? TADA!! My body got cut from this photo. Chin Ann must have been focusing more on the girl. Ishhh…

Anyway dance was about to start, the performers are making their way into the stage. Look at their excited faces and the crowd of people waiting to take photos. Simply overcrowded.

What stage do I mean? Have a look next.

That’s the stage, few drums and the performers are basically kinda young. Yes, I know maybe you’re all thinking that I am old, not that they were young, but they’re like age less than 20. etc etc etc… Just look at the whole group of them next.

Shot using my trusty Nikon D40 (yes I brought 2 camera bodies there. This one for wide shots), the whole performer posed like never before with hundred of cameras flashing before them.

One of the girls looking my way after I brought up my zoom. Peace…. V ^_^.

One of the good looking guys that I took on purpose. (Not for me to view, more for the girls to ogle over. Now please wipe off that saliva of yours)

Finally the dance started midway thru the program. Nothing to take to see but more of how the spectators and visitors of this event acted instead. I do tend to look in a different perspective.

I can hear her saying,

“I ish can video and take photos, lucky I ish can have people carry me.”

You’re lucky you’re small size compared to the guy.

Stayed there for quite some time and there were indeed senior members that were invited for the dance too. The dance is enjoyed by many people and I can say Japanese culture is like a part of them here. While most people concentrated on the dance, I had another look around and this time took a photo of a cute little girl…..

in Yukata. So cute eh, the lighting also helped when the sky was dark. She was eating Rocky.

Princess Yen who was away on another event earlier finally arrived and she had the same food I had. Unagi Don… (thumbs up) and after finally filling the stomach, it’s time for us to remember the day we were here.

One for the album.

Nice right? Darn my eye bags. This was what I told her earlier that day (roughly)

Dan: You know, if I were to dress in a Japanese costume, people might have mistaken me for a Japanese.
Yen : Ya, seriously. If only we were able to rent a costume before this event.
Dan : But then, people will come take photos with me. It’ll be weird & talking to me in Japanese. Should try that next time. Hehehe…

It was indeed a hectic day both for Princess Yen and me. We finally left early and had our dessert at Snowflakes after that.

Yummy….