Nak pi Shopping...events

merapu jer lar kan, i don't know what to write and having had a very good productive day at work. Thought of going to FTAA nak pi borong larian apa yang best, kaki dah mula gatal nak berlari balik. Even though the fear is still hanging at the corner of my mind, well it is something u like to do and u will keep on working on it till it get better kan, mmm.....dah rindu ler nak berlari lari di atas jalan beramai ramai....

yang mana satu pilihan kalbu yer...

KL Night Towerthon 2011

Happy anniversary run for me, 26 minute ...teruk ek, the run up is fun but the journey way back ..ayo fening ...berebut nak masuk lif...perg...Tee Hee..

The journey up there was like it was back in 2009. It was my first competition..remembering the day, when u don't know what is coming and feeling intimidated by the fellow runners whom are stronger in physique as well as their attire. Aku ni siap pakai organiser tees lagi heheh back then,,,.

If i am not mistaken my time back then was 30 minutes, i had several pit stop for hydration and now i did not take a few ,I guess skipped two of it. Well tak boleh  bawak air but then semuanya bawak dengan selamba nyer ..and some of them even splash it all over their body...WT>>> hello, i am right behind you...well thanks to my previous experience and training  that gave me the edge to run in that claustrophobic situation.

This time , nobody puke at the staircase, but the journey up memang crowded, most of the time i'll be like sight seeing pace..suka suka panjat tangga but looking the other person beside me, OMG look like a dead zombie climbing up stair...kesian tul depa n i..kena paksa masuk ka?

Anyway overall it was a nice journey up but a terrible one down, mana tak nyer...there are only two lifts available for thousands of us, we can't took the stairs cause we will interfere with the ascending runners so tunggu lor...punya lah lama is like an hour of sardine canned environment up there...did not like it at all...


Last but not least it will be a start for this year...will see you guys again at some other selected races....

Happy Training To All

Redah jer...

Soon it would be my first attempt ...wish me luck

Food and the Joint that I like...

Oops..Some people may not agree with what i am writing here..well first of all some of it may be featured in a health webmag...ouch...any ini hanya lah selingan..please approach the food with caution and do be mindful of the after effects....

Each person have their own version of it . These are mine:-

Nasi Lemak - Mak wanjor at Kampung Baru
Nasi Goreng Kampung - Gerai Milo at Kampung Baru
Roti Canai - Raju in Jalan Gasing
Nasi Kandar - Line Clear and Beratur, Penang
Mee Udang - Sungai Dua, Penang
Char Koy Teow - Gurney Drive, Penang
Chicken Chop - Desa Pandan Stall and Cozy Corner Ampang.
Mee Kong Hoo (somtimes pronounce as mee kung fu) - Cozy Corner Ampang
Nasi Ayam - Yet to find one
Beef Noodle - Taiwanese Noodle House Ampang Point
Double whammy Sandwich -  Zang Toi Cafe Pavilion
Spaghetti Bolognaise - Cooked by my fellow colleague ..wow mmm..
Nasi Beryani - Thalapakattu Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman
Ice cream - Haagen Daaz
Gelato - Lecka Lecka
Tomyam - Tahara Desa Pandan and Kak Mah Kampong Baru
Ikan Bakar  - Pasar Keramat
Ayam Kampung - mmm....Kinrara Kesas Stop over
Mandy rice - Saba
Kuih -  makcik aku wat lagi sedap
Epok sayur - Gerai Kuih mak wanjor kampung  baru
Minang spread - Minang Sayo Taman Melawati
Nasi Dagang  - Kampung ladang KT...rindu sgt,,
Kerpuk Leko - Kemaman
Sata - Kemaman jugok..
Sotong Sumbat - Arwah nenek  buat...OMG to die for..
Laksam - Still can't beat my colleague one...terangkat pekat nyer...
Laksa Johor - yet to find the best one, still longing for my cousin , that is the best i had ever tasted
Pizza - Yellow Cab
Calzone - Pizza Uno (is it still open for business ?..)
Choc Chip Cookies - Famous Amos...
Satay - Haji Ismail Satay, Keramat
Cendol - Mamak cendol tepi jalan Setapak
Burger kampong - Ramli Burger Chow Kit
Apam Balik - Jalan Hospital ( tiap petang)
Sambal Goreng Jawa - mmm Makcik aku wat sedap
Fish and Chip - Manhattan Fish Market
Kelantanese food - RNZ ( in front of  PPZWP's building in Chow Kit)
Tostada Chips - Chillies
Cakes - Still secrete recipe
Currypuff - Old Changkee
Coffee - Old Town White Coffee
Tea - Cameron Highlands
Pastries - Breadtown
Laksa Asam - Gurney drive Penang
Mee Kolok - Some shops in Kuching

Enjoy your food and please do take care of your weight.....

Burrppp...

Dream and getting towards it

Everybody has at least a dream , right. Cause having one of these is like a surreal fantasy...weeehoo we are on dreamland where everything is like chocolate..yeah u wish shaqeee. Well mine is and sometimes but always do are... to be known and venturing all over the world. It has always been something i wanted to do when i was a kid...tu pasai aku minat Discovery channel kot. Anyway, it open up your mind to a different prospective of life.

Yeah, working towards your dream is not something these two hands could grab half empty. Sheer determination and sweat like running a marathon kind of thing and giving up is not an option. However, the drawbacks are its only a dream ...kind of lost looking for ways to get there...for awhile. I wish i could have a guidance like a forest ranger that will guide you every step of the way and catch and heal you if you fall.

Having a day job is essential or else macam mana nak makan lor. These day job , sometimes i wish, would be enough to finance my dream, well dream on Shaqee. I need to be in a business in order for me achieve my dream. Some people may find it rather a waste of time and money, ape punye mimpi ler hang ni?. Well it is a dream right , doing things that out of the ordinary or else it would just be day to day life ( in my context of Life). I'm constantly looking for ways to make me rich, these dream of mine is not cheap.

Skills that could help? mmmm..well i could bake. The thoughts of having a bakery had long overdue, pressured by peer ever since i did a my first cheesecake. What a disaster it was baking the first time around..hehehe.. Baking cake is not an easy job and it requires a lot of hardwork as well as money because a good and fresh raw material are often expensive. A good thing always cost more, i believe in giving the best, [i'm so sorry to someone here , i know i owe you one cake..currently the oven had been off for a few months ..sudah rosak maa...(got no balls to tell him..gulp) please feel free to SMS me back so that i could refund double the amount]...I am still raising fund to buy myself an oven and a good mixer to do all the things..wow those things are expensive.

A total of RM5000.00 plus a numerous amounts of baking classes needed. I am waiting a windfall this coming August or else i need to apply for a loan. My gearing is kind of high now..mmm and thinking of soft loan..mmm .. Plan Plan Plan ..asyik plan ajer ..when it comes to execution masih lagi cricket sounds coming up ..Come on Shaqee stop planning and start doing. It times to put the plan into action, well you need a plan right to guide you.

Hoping this would be the answer to my dream..thus making me rich to be with people all over the world. Day job funding baking equal to more money to be with my dream.

Just like a marathon runner beating the "wall" that what i should be doing..

Tata..

mmm...tempting

Banyak nyer ...running competition and events flooding my inbox mail...sounds and feel so yummy, mental block still runs high..inside, not progressing well on the road yet. I still feels some stiffness on the left leg whenever i reached the third kilometer..ouch.... I need to add more weight and cross training.. build up more muscle so that the ligament would not be easily torn again. Macam-macam cara den dah cubo..tapi masih belum berjaya lagi.., tapi den tak putus asa teruskan juo..usaha ku.. Aku nak lari Marathon jugak ...lantak ler ape nak jadi den tak leh jalan lagi ke?? eheh..boleh sampai ke situ ke?? Over pulak perasaan ini.

Lame nyer menyepi buhsan ler pulak... nak redah je lar..lantak ler...mmm....Lantak ler ape nak jadi jadi je lar....but kalau tak cedera itu kira bonus ler kan.. yeaahuu..Orang main bola tu ...selalu jer kuar masuk Hospital hehe..boleh jer main lagi.. Keep the spirit running high...positive vibes...

Sometimes u just need to do it without thinking..

....mmmm yang mana satu yer???

Surgery anniversary,,,,,

Yup, it has been a year , wow time do fly so fast when u patiently and anxiously awaiting to be back on the track again. Looking at the progress of others ,made u felt so left out, it all started as just an exercise routine later moves on a  fav free time thing...and ohh how i miss those days when u are burning rubber soles.

If i could see that it was coming , I could just gave myself a good rest or trained well. I guess it  is too late to do that. Looking back at the medals made your mind wonders ,What had happened to me? I guess this is what an athlete felt like when he is crippled by his own injuries. I had decided to faced it, the surgery, well it did not turn out to be as i wanted to be but i had no regrets over doing it. Yeah that is life, sometimes it had no fairness to some, as for me, it felt like the only joy had been taken away. It is hard to keep you head high up.

Looking back on the day , i decided to do it. The butterflies, shivers and the feeling of "what the hell had i done this time?" haha..funny funny ...a wimpy person like me had to go through. Wow what a feeling it was , awake while the Doctor is puncturing your knee and showing to you on screen what its look like..wow it was amazing. Something beyond my imagination.

It had been a year....hoping i could be as good as the others soon

Eating spree (kononye Demam)

From last Saturday, i was downed with a sore throat which eventually end up with a fever, well it turn out to be an eating frenzy ler pulak, I took off day(s) from exercising and relaxing..though while eating yer.... alasan Nutritfying myself so that i will be stronger to fight the fever. hahaha LOL

Exercise, to me, can sometimes goes overboard...heheh can't help it. My body tend to exhaust all of its nutrient and can sometimes put me at risk of contacting diseases. What a dumb thing to do, Shaqi, ...therefore berhenti sekejap, Haaaa..amik ko makan tak ingat....

How could u resist the temptation, BBQ night on Saturday, (chicken, udang sotong, hotdogs, spaghetti..to name a few lah..),Sunday (Chillies...full stop u know what i mean), Monday (Nasi Lemak spreee), Tuesday ( Nasi Kandar Sek. 13 PJ)..Today ape ler pulak ek...

Ayo...need to shrug off this habit fast or else gulp.....

I wanna Run Run Run....

Training after training...... had been for several months now after the surgery and yet my legs are not strong enough to carry me over the 10k marks pain free, sigh.....  Breathing techniques baru dah cube, 5 steps inhale then 5 steps exhale yet it felt so hard to achieve the targeted loops of the day. Worst still, the pain i had to endure on both thigh is like as if  i was having a cramp and my leg literally beg me to stop while the brain did not register that (hang ..kejap). Is it the knee or the thigh? I had to stop a couple of times to power walk kejap then continue on running. Sometimes, i did felt like giving up and forgoing my targeted loops for the day. Being a stubborn person (degil), I kept on going till i reached the targeted loops of the day regardless of the pain.

My staple road running nowadays ,would be a 3 loops around Bukit Jalil Park, ever since i moved into my new pad, it seems very convenient. 3 loops completed in "as fast" as i could manner. I did not had any time limit. Through Mapmyrun, the route of which I took is about 2.3 km. Therefore, i should be completing about 6.9 km. Too bad , the pain usually strikes in whenever i reached around 2.0 km, I felt so frustrated and at the same time puzzled, what I did wrong this time, I did stretched and quite well hydrated , api lagi yang tertinggal ler??? Sakit hati gak bila tgk uncle and aunties overtaking you, isk tak patut tak patut. This is my dilemma now? How could i be ready ,even 10k pun tak boleh lepas lagi ni....mmm ..berangan nak buat marathon tahun ini.

Sometimes i even felt some pain whenever i am ascending the stair, ayoo..macam orang tua lor. Takkan ler once broken consider sold out....waaaa :(   tidak...I had to find some solutions to this problem, A chiropractor...mm ..koyak ler poket...that will be my last resort...

I'm not gonna give up till I reach my first marathon mile. I will keep on training until my muscle and ligaments (hoping so badly) are ready for the challenge. I don't wanna give up running , please Allah let me run again, i want to be with running friends..please...i want to feel the air beneath my leg again , it felt so good....i wanna felt that way again...

May be i should enroll myself in running clinic...yukkkk pergi....I wish i could be as fortunate as the others...ada hikmah di sebalik setiap dugaan....praying hard that i could run my first marathon this year....

Happy Training To All...kalau jumpa si siput ni jangan ler asapkan dia yer...hehehe

Undecided, However, determine..Yichalal

That is the perfect phrase to describe what i am feeling now. Yup, Its already 2011 where my running plan should be in place. Owing the fact that i had suffered terribly in Teluk Intan, which is not even close to a marathon mileage. I had doubted my fitness level in competing for long distance endurance run.

Wow, it is that hard to be back in shape after surgery. Well, Yichalal, if u think u could then u can achieve. I dont regret having the surgery, ada hikmah disebalik setiap peristiwa.

I would not be entering any competition until i am fully ready. The journey is tough but i'm not quiting.

Happy Training To All :)

Time fly ?? -Reflecting 2010

Wow, what a year it was for me, it started off bad, i remembered the first run of the year, NB 30KM which took away my ligament, ACL to be exact. Ouch, later it moves on to be a very emotional ride indeed for me, the very thing that eludes me from my emotional trouble...was taken away from me. Not giving up,trying solutions after solutions given by fellow RBU(s) and end up with inevitable recondition surgery.

The surgery was done based on my eagerness to be back fast on track. Therefore, opting for it was the only way as advised by the Doctor that i would be able to be back on track faster. Instead, it turn out to be a very very long vacation from any competition. Take it like a man  Bro, well i did, though it was hard as if i am losing the love of my life. Recovery was not an easy thing to endure. I did not recommend it to any other person whom loves this sport. Prevention is the key not recovery.

Training during recovery is very hard since a little pain in the joint would be predicated. You were constantly in a state of unknown, clueless to be precised, not knowing whether is it normal or not ? and How far are u willing to endured it ? I continued on jogging and slowly progress into running, building mileage from 3km to 6 km and cross training in between.

However, the training was not enough to take on the mighty 63 km in 12 hr Rogaining at Teluk Intan, i was downed with an injured leg. Maybe i was pushing too hard to the extend not even realising that i was hurting myself. Thus far, i had not sign up for any runs yet as i am not confident of my own strength , even to run 10km. With Godwill and I could run pain free then i would consider joining back the competition scene.

Sometimes things happen for a reason, not all things were sober for me this year. I managed to move in to my new house, my new Bach pad, i guess,  huhu. It had always been my dream to own a house which i eventually did. Thanks to my mom and dad for making my dream possible. Rekindle back my friendship with old buddies and trekking the world outside. Venturing into baking bizzz...

Hoping for a better future lies ahead though things would not be easy.....keep on striding ahead..

Happy New Year To All , May this coming new year we would be blissful and be filled with great things.

Keep on burning those rubber soles.

Non Impact Cardio

I had always avoided from working out on a non impact cardio machine such as the elliptical bike. It could be due to lack in the running feeling. A few days, back i tried the new elliptical bike at my new refurbished office gym and to my surprise wow..u can burn a lot of calories on it...perggg i was sweating like a pig (ok ke?) burning almost 500 calories by doing 40 minutes on the preset workout program installed in the bike system.

The plus point is that it was really gentle on my knees. I felt so liberated ....I recommended it to those whom in recovery like me, you are not undermining yourself , in fact u are helping yourself to recover much faster than you think. Remember ya uolz...your ligament grows at a very slow slow slow rate yar.... the fastest is six month. Sangat...so that why lar, you see those sportsman when they said they had ligament issues ,they were put to rest immediately.

Phobia ke uolzz...yes you should be, cause the reality is tough, so better check yourself. Techniques are the key also. So let go non impact, i wish there are non impact shoes as well so i would not bust another knee in another race.

Happpy Training You All 

Bila tulisan dan larian itu cacat...

Mohon maaf jika penulisan ini sedikit berlainan dan juga penggunaan bahasa yang lain......

Hidup kita sentiasa di kritik samada untuk kebaikan atau tidak. Kenapa kita seakan begitu degil untuk menerimanya....kekadang apa yang kita fikirkan terbaik bagi kita adalah buruk bagi seseoarang walaupun usaha untuk menghasilkannya tidak pernah ada rasa penat. Adakah kita akan dilabelkan Cacat kerana itu?

Cacat itu bermaksud kurang Sempurna?.... Sempurna? Dari setiap manusia adalah berlainan tafsirannya, ia mungkin berlari dengan langkah yang tegar and teguh, memanjat dengan gagah dan menulis dengan kata kata manis dan puitis. Setiap manusia dambakan kesempurnaan sebegitu . Ia bagaikan sesuatu mimpi bagi seseorang dan mungkin juga realiti kehidupan seseorang itu pada saat ini , syukur pada Tuhan.

Terlalu banyak yang  perlu dikejar...semakin hari semakin banyak menghampiri kepada kegagalan...rasa penat menusuk hati apabila setiap usaha bagaikan tiada berguna lagi.  Perasaan putus asa tidak ada dalam kamus tetapi kekecewaan itu tetap ada.Setiap yang kalah pasti ada yang menang, jika tidak menang dalam apa yang dikehendaki mungkin jua pada apa yang tidak diharapkan. Setiap pintu itu terbuka pada pintu yang tertutup.

Penulisan adalah sekadar nukilan sahaja......sekadar mengisi mindaku yang dikategorikan cacat.

Sadness? What would you do?

I felt frustrated with my life....everything is falling apart...and why am i writing it here...cause i just don't know how to express it.......and what would you do when u feel downed.........:(

In Life somethings are not meant to be yours....

I wish i have it as much as i had other things in my life now.......its up to God whether i will be or not.....that's life...u can't have it all.......

Turning 30 at the 30th day of the10th month of the year 2010 (Double Effect)

Auspicious , coincidence or just plain luck, today would be the day i'll reached the "three O" in my age , departing from the two..in age digits, haha, what had i achieved thus far ???? well for a start i'm proud of whatever i had done bad ,worst or even good, no regrets, taking the essence of life into betterment of the futile future...

I had been bruised, downed, cursed, back-stabbed,  cam cam ler...bad things over the years, its a part of life. There are no bed of roses along the way, i wish i could turn back time be the best that i could be now...i will keep on doing my best to achieve my dream.....i'm just sucks in writing , cakap pun kekadang berterabur... lari kelam kabut....

No wish list here just...some words to share......Thank you for being a friend and accepting me within your circle of activities.....

Ok that's all

Genting Trailblazer...09 (*revisit memory*)

Seronoknyer...if i could ler...well , as i remembered, last year, we had a blast of fun in the mud, it was sweet because it was right after my B'day, i treated it as a gift to myself , huhuhu...the trail was fun, challenging and congested (byk sgt org nak manjat bukit yang same mane tak sesak?..) what a trail it was.

We were running in the mist and quite a thick fog (race partner aku tah kemane ler mase tu), harap-harap x de ler hantu pulak ( like the movie "The Fog") my breathing was slightly off the norm due to the lack of oxygen, pressure changes at higher elevation from the sea level, the first leg of the journey was just Tarmac around the golf course then the muddy slippery trail (u should wear a good pair of gripping shoes or else masak ler....), my racing partner learnt his painful lesson , well i did too but on the different parts, hehehe,

Sometimes things could get pretty ugly when u team-up with the wrong person, therefore make sure ur partner knows that how things would be during the race, bukannyer nak race like no tomorrow yer, be mindful of the torns around the trees, wear a pair gloves, don't get yourself bilsters nanti dah x glam, protect urself well, paramedic jauh yer...so u are by yourself ( actually x ler..sbb mesti jammed nyer lar dlm trail tur, nasib baik tak de traffic light or else perr...).....the fav part was the last leg of the race, the obstacle course (mixed of mud ditch, wall climbing (rendah jer jgn takut), wade pool,etc) and u need to do it together with ur partner or else disqualified, so jangan ler kiasu sgt yer.....remind yourself that this is a team event, bukannyer lari syok sendiri (like i did last year, kesian my partner) .

The after race meal, leh thn ler, ade pasta, lasagna, ade mee goreng , fruits, juice....well the sad part of it, i was downed with severe cramps on both legs at the shower place (perr,,memalukan  ler hehe) tempang ler ckit bila balik kete tu,

I wished i could recover faster so that i could be in the race this year.......well who knows....i might....heheh

Happy Training To All

Trail running again....

Venturing back into trail running is like falling in love for the first time,that first look and feel when your body is touching the other,,hahah,

ade jugak yang agak surprise that i was there to run, as they said what did not killed you, would only make stronger. haha may be because dah menjadi satu trend to keepyour race partner surprise, i wonder why ler kan nak ade drama jugak ke...mmm this may could be i will be running this Sunday...Mmmmmmm

Happy Training To All

mm tulisan kali ni pendekjer...nothing much to discuss here....

Disconnected to get connected...

Yup, it was kind of ...out of place....i was totally lost of the conversation of what to begin, Dale Carnegie....help me...i had been out of the scene for so long and seeing them again for the first time, i felt so alive...yup when u are not preparing for any races..u left out of group training...and what is next...somebody had suggested me to volunteered , well it not easy mar...ade criteria ka nak jadi volunteer ni ek...??

While munching our foods, asyik dok dgr jer citer citer TNF and Biking...wow sounds fun, to recondition back your mind into competing.. i wish it was easy.....not going to let this passion ran out of fire.....

The road is long...

Nice Run At Bukit Jalil Park

MMmmm nice park it is, had a generous amount of loops around the park, but still snail pace ler....hehe masih ade terasa lagi, need more conditioning works.....what i like about the park? it is near to my house and it wayyy much cleaner than my usual place at Lake Titiwangsa and even the Lake Garden, it is also filled with generous amount of green spread, the route is mixed of hills, slopes and flat tarmac....mmmm

Recovering is not easy , ye lar, dah lame tak lari since fasting month started, the first run seems very thrilling , haha...teringin nak masuk 10 10 10 run mmm tapi the fear of competing still runs deep in my mind,maybe i should just concentrate in making my body leaner instead, cutting all the fats , hanging....Lemang O Meter running high....

There are quite numbers of runners  and familiar faces there but looking at them pergg laju nyer...novice betul ler aku ni and part of getting injured is to deal with the emotional stress behind it i.e. not being able to run as good as before, never mind Shaq, i kept on telling myself that its not going to be easy but i'm slowly getting there, brushing through the pain and moving on to the peak again.....siap makcik tua lagi laju ni...isk isk isk...though i managed to finish 4 loops non stop....heheh

This park will be my second choice after Titiwangsa kot...hehe Fav weekend morning thing..


Happy Training To All