Land of The God - The Spirit of Marathon

David from Australia sent me a link to this youtube clip so that i will have some afternoon spiritual sneak for my later evening run... so i decided to get myself some banana later and out on the road again later when i finish my video conference later this afternoon.

Thanks god the rain stopped and i am thinking to take the track to the hospital and back ;>

Dream on an island

I always hear friends talking shopping, buying things, clothes, cars, expensive watches, jewelries ... but there is this one thing that i wanted so much in my life that i written it onto my 'shopping' list but yet and dunno when will i be able to swipe my credit card one day for it ....

So, come to today ... i sat in front of my desktop, doing nothing ... and suddenly it came to my mind that i wanted to Google it for a short evening dream ;>

.... & I found this :

Pulau Sibu, Johor
1.5 acres, Freehold
8 basic (neglected) chalet
RM 195,000
(Malay Reserve)

View of the beach just before touching the shore.

One of the 8 basic chalet built by the owner. It has since being neglected and some of the units are infested by bats. However, the wooden structure (made of treated Kempas) seems to be still in good shape.

The land is on the slope of a hill. Seen here is a typical gradient of the land. The land is planted with mature trees providing ample shades.

This is a beautifully landscaped home of one of the inhabitants of this island and is only about 2-3 lots away from the subject property. There is also a kampung on this island.

So, anyone join my afternoon nap on this piece of land ?

And so this is the way there ... call me when u reach ok? but i'm not sure if phone lines are working there .... ho ho ho ;>

ahh ... bring along ur bike buddy ... we might have a mini-ironman !

My Singapore Experience ....

It has been so long that i last visited Singapore and crosses the causeway ....

All i could say was 'We are still too far behind' ;< -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arriving the Reporting Hall @ SunTech City ... Not so many people as the day was only for overseas runners and the counter workflow was excellent. I was waiting for Duan et. al with Jenny and William & 'Trista' were "on-their-way" coming since 11am ;@

I took my bag, checking out and wondering around seeing runners from everywhere ;>



Then William, the warrior eventually turn up and brought us to this unique food court for hunting ;>

Fastforward to the race day -->>
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I woke up at 5 a.m. ... wash up and started to chew my powerbar ... not a pleasant experience trust me! then i sat on the toilet trying to 'evacuate' my bowel so that the previous penang bad experience will not appear again.

We took a cab which was booked the night before to pick us up to the start point and i jump off the door when i see the start point leaving jenny to go to the city hall, but only realize these 2 location were within walking distance and we ended up meeting again on the padang before the race start.



Beside this, everything went just too good. I felt very good at the start point, i muscle just went fine and all the chemical within my body worked just fine.

I tot i could make my best attempt for a half-M until i reach the last 4-5 KM mark ; my knee just off ... at first i tot it was just fatigue so that as long as i stay hydrate and keeping up with my gel i shd hav no prob pushing somemore ... few hundred meter down and i realize it was not just tat... i think i had a bursitis or tendonitis somewhere near the tibia-femulo joint. I stop and treid to walk, it settle a while but when i push it to jump start again ... wauu... killing.

But i know i just cant walk all the way back like this ... onli 3-4 KM to go ... so i decided to psycho myself to perceive pain as pleasurable ... haha ;> i successful cheated myself with more strain loaded on the other knee.

Then come to the final 1K i guess... another break-down; well! but this time not me ... an uncle having a bad bad recurrent cramp ... asking for help so i and another girl stop by and help him up ... then i gave him my back-up pack of powergel ... hopefully can ease him off.

Then i cross the line finally with a slightly disappointing result :



(Slightly behind his time ..... but for half of his distance ...HAHA!)

NAME:	FOO CHEE YOONG
EVENT:	Half Marathon
DATE:	Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
BIB/DIV:	24507 / M2529
TIME:	2h:18m:57s (gun) / 2h:16m:27s (net)

Result in Entire Field - 1933rd place
(5473 finishers behind. About 26% of finishers ahead)

Result in Gender (Male) - 1594th place
(3558 finishers behind. About 31% of finishers ahead)

Result in Division (M2529) - 235th place
(854 finishers behind. About 21% of finishers ahead)

Average Speed:
9.3 Kph
5.8 Mph


http://www.singaporemarathon.com/en/

The Ministry of Health Briefing

Someone came and brief us on our coming 'future' and 'destiny' last friday....

Well .... beside all .... this seems one of the most concern part :

Emolumen Penganai Perubatan Grad U41 ke

1. Gaji Pokok Bil RM 2458.39
2. Imbuhan Tetap Perumahan RM 210.00
3. Imbuhan Tetap Khidmat Awan RM 300.00
4. Bayaran Insentif Perkhidmatan Critikal RM 500.00

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RM 3468.39

For Sarawak ----> RM 4188.59 - RM 4288.59
For Sabah -------> RM 4518.59 - RM 4618.59

Followed by .......


Cuti Rehat 30 days
Cuti Separuh Gaji 180 days
Cuti Tanpa Gaji 360 days

.................... other then this were the not- so-pleasant news of the 2-year housemanship lo ;@

14-days to cross the Bridge

Another 2 weeks time, i will be crossing the bridge for my last race of 2007.

Perhaps this is the time to review my Training Log... but i know for sure looking at it will be very demoralizing ;< However, facts are facts, sometimes we just need to look at them with sincerity.


A Fluctuating yet decreasing trend is a sign for worries ...


Another StockMarket-pattern kind of Chart ... make me really worry now


- i did more race pace training early the year
- but for the past few months as shown here ... most are easy run ;<


More detail graphical illustration of the previous

14 days from now, this is the standard time range for tapering but i have yet reach the peak mileage. I guess i need to take another week before the final tapering.

Sigh ... i foreseen hard race ahead !

HALF TIME (Part I)

I am suppose to have 4 postings here in this far south town :

1st - Surgery : my fren always ask me what is the different between a surgical patient and medical patient .... well i told them ... it does not mean much to outsider, it is just a term used to classify the preference of a doc who like to see a comatose unresponsive human body lying flat on the table then a lively one running around.

This ended approximately 5 weeks ago when i still know nothing about surviving this is far south.

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Some picture show:

This is the far North sky ....

Arriving the first night ....


My empty room keeping an empty soul ....


But this is what happened when your soul are too full ....

........Then come to the first day of our far south life ......


This is the Batu Pahat IMU little campus ....


Talk ... Talk ... Talk ... Just to make sure u r mentally prepare i guess ....


Walking into the O.T.


Too much of lepak .... ended up like this ;>
(Azman ... u can fax me ur lawyer letter de , i'm ready and my fax is on!)


More in Part II ....

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