GE 30km- makanthon +4 +30 +4

Post GE30km aka makanthon

reached TP mrt around 645pm, Kops is no here yet, only saw Junie on the side, "he not here yet leh" aiyo, I thought he wanted to come early, Ha. I went over to the coffe shop is meet Tao and Terence. they were already makaning, Tao even order fruits. wah, later we still makaning leh, you sure u can make it? no problem... she reply, :S

We move out for Tuas customs around 7pm sharps, not much problem getting there, a smooth ride. reaching customs about 730pm. "We should be there around 11pm la." saw Kops car infront of us. after clearing the customs, he blast off like a rockets, as I take my time to pick up slowly. still saw him at the msia customs and that the last i saw him until KL.

I am travelling around 120km/hr, sometime reaching 140km/hr, not much to see, but have to slow down a little, in due of my suspension, cannot tehan the bounce. sorry guys! hehe.. driving into the nite, i am alert and keep left when fast car coming. while the rest, sleep like a pig, enjoying my CD collection. a little humps on the suspension, but nothing serious.

First Pit stop
while reaching melaka, I hint if the guys wanted to take a "pee break" in the nearby petrol station. they agrees, then wifey hinted that long time never eat A&W liao... good idea leh, since we cannot catch up with him, we might as well, relaz and take our time. wah, the curly fries and rootbeer is like heavenly sent. power! we set off after 20mins breaks when Kops sms us that they were already at seremban, 60km reaching KL, no choice la. have to move out again.

reaching KL gantry, we proceeded for Jalan Pudu and reach out hotel without much problem. Kops and his gang is already makaning at the second stop when we met up with them.

first dish: Claypot loh shue fun
review: this is the best Claypot loh shue fun i had ever eaten! nice sauce, the loh shue fun is really soft and really tasty.
Rate: 8/10, why we order so little, must eat :(

Second Dish: Yong Tau Foo
review: not bad, but i find it rather common.
Rate: 5/10

Drinks: Lime-Plum juice ((koi-chat siew mui)
Review: good when you are not hungry.
Rate:5/10

Third Dish: Hokkien Mee
Review: a little salty, but generally nice, as i like hokkien like this.
Rate:6.5/10

after a good supper, it is about 1am, where we proceed our way back hotel. "Tomorrow meet 8am, late comer will finish all the food. wah.. so early, siao leh. shake head, we go back hotel. Terence even complaint that we are here for holiday leh. aiyo, kenne tekan by a IM. luckily, he never ask us to run in the morning, so dun complaint and give him ideas!" hehe :P

Saturday

had a hard time waking up in the morning, after 300km ride and 5hours of sleep. we went downstair at 755am. only saw Kops on the sofa. where the rest? they already start liao, huh, they already eating at the hotel cafe. wah liao, these bunch of "PIGs" haha :D

Fourth Dish: Restoran Yook Woo Hin (Petaling Street) Dim Sum
Review: the CCF is good, nice sauces, meat bao is really good too, but i found the rest is alittle cold, but good enough.
Rate: 6.5/10

Fifth Dish: Sze Ngan Chai (4 eyed guy) roasted duck & duck feet roll
Review: not bad, a little salty. you can see the duck feet rolls into a bundle. a bit weird, but dun look, just eat mind sets comes in.
Rate: 6/10

Drinks: Longgan Drinks
Review: wah... this is another heaven sents. omg, it is so good, I think I had at least 6 cups the whole weekends. (maybe this contribute to my sore throat) haha
Rate: 10/10 (need i said more???)

We proceed to KLCC for shopping initially, thinking we might want to get up to the bridge for look-see. took a MRT to KLCC, took lots of pictures, laughing at silly jokes. then we saw a sign at KLCC, "Toliet for $2" huh, they serve champian? i thought? not wanting to try, we only took picture at the sign. we proceed to other toliet. haha.

in KLCC, lots of big shops names are there, I shall not name then, it is those where you can find in orchards road, as pricey or even more than what we can get back home, we lose interests in shopping at a very short period of time. where the rest of the gang meet at DOME for coffee break. at the time, you can see the guys is already shag out. haha... we decided to go back hotel for some rest, while Kops, tao, Yankie and Terence went over to collect the bibs.

after a short break at the hotels, we met at around 1.30pm where the rest had come back with the bibs. after sorting out, we proceeds for our lunch at 2pm. meet up with buay and gang at the kopi shop.

Sixth dish: Koon Kee Wanton Mee
Review: good! i love it, not too salty, good roasted meat. the noodle is chewy and very nice.
Rate: 8/10 (must come back again)

we went back for Longgan drink again :P

Seventh Dish: Chicken Rice
We went over around 330pm, but find it to be close. maybe only open for lunch time. no choice loh.

We proceed to Time Square for some shopping, at this time, you can see everyone had a shag faces. Reached TS, we decided to take a icecream break. a needed break I said. after the ice cream, we proceed to Sungei Wang and then we decided to went over to the Hakka Restaurant (K.L.) Sdn Bhd (No. 6, Jalan Kia Peng) for early dinner.

Hakka Restaurant (K.L.) Sdn Bhd (No. 6, Jalan Kia Peng)
Dish:
Deep Fried Squid with Oat flakes
Prawn Sashimi
Hakka belly pork
Sabah vegetables
Empire chicken
tiger beer
many more...
Review: nice place for a dinner, cosy envoirement, nice food, cheap and good.
Rate:8/10 (must come)

after the makan, we went over to a new shopping centre, "The Pavilion". soaking into the night, we shop at a few sports shops. we decided to go for our final makan for the nite. then "someone" wanting to "backout" and had to go back hotel first. as they decided to took cab back to hotel.

the rest of the Toos decided go for
Char Kway Teow
Grilled Stingra
Grilled Sotong

when we searching for cab, that "someone" called and decided to join us for the final supper. "not giving up huh?" IM mentality. oops :P, therefore we decided to eat near the hotel, for his convenicene.

Claypot rice
Review: I find it so-so. the rice is a little wet and the service is poor. maybe we only order 4 person meal for a 8 pcs.
Rate:4/10

After the last supper, we went back hotel, bath and sleep. time: 11pm.

woke up at around 415am, I pack up my stuff quietly, not wanting to wake up wifey, we meet at hotel lobby at around 4.55am. as we need to walk 4km to the start pt. into the walk, reaching familiar place, like to KL42 start pt. I notice that they are still alots of ppl there. they dun need to sleep mah? while walking, I can see the other groups walking like us, to the start pt.

at the start pt, Kops brief us to meet at the ending pt when finish our runs. we proceed to the starting line.

not much feels at the start line, I sought to be excited at this moment, but none of this feeling. gun went; we starts running.

nothing much of any thought, I just keep reminding myself, slow and relax, win the races. baby step on the slopes, recovery pace down slopes. Going up the hill is ok for me, maybe is due to the training at the 4 hills. i am expecting the hill to be worst. on the first 10 km, i am running strong, good breathing and strong legs. reach 59mins.

after the 10kms, I saw lots of 10km walker-runners on the road, it desmorlise me a little while they are walking and i am panting. haha. while approaching another slope, i heard a familiar shout. "nice morning run" it is kops, haha. yeah, slow and relax. seeing him powering up the slope, i did not followed.

running into the construction site, I can see lot of runner already on the return trip, i knew i am not far from the u turn. not much sighting, I continue my run steadily, good breathing. reaching the u turn, I saw kops again. "u turn infront" I power up to the "humps" took a power gels and some water. took the pink ribbon. I knew i am on the last stretch home. on the way back, saw tao and babe. i continue my run on the last stretch, asking around how long to reached. 5km more. time: 2hr 45mins.

I knew i will reached before 3hr30mins. i relax myself, remember my posture, telling myself no stopping. i reached the end at 3hr 25mins thereafter.

Distance:30km
walk:4km
walk back: 4km
time:3hr 25mins
Verdict: I simply loved it, it will be my calendar 2009
Rumble: there is no road sign. only on the last 4kms.

I survived my first hill races. and I loved every sec of it.

We continue the last makan session after a shower and check out of the hotel.

Chicken rice

Review: so-so.. not much to comment, maybe i am not a chicken rice fan, but the beef soup is good. hmmm... come to think of it, chicken rice and beef soup, does not sound very comparable leh.

Rate:5/10

we leave KL at around 215pm, after some shopping, at the hotel lobby, we aka, terence,K`s wifey, me and babe, decided to change the last "menu" , not giving up but to go for A&W waffles icecream, fried chicken, hotdogs and rootbeers. instead of ba ku teh. "think someone scolding, i had ear humming whole day" :P

reaching Sg tuas check pt around 6pm. happy and satisfly, what a way to spend the weekends

thanks for the accompany guys. Picture is out, enjoy the wonderful memories.