Shopping

On Saturday went shopping and bought a new Oakley specs in KL Plaza. Been looking around in Mid Valley the past week for this new model. There is none here. So have to go by Monorail to KL Plaza to get this specs. Power almost the same as previous glasses except that this time the optician says we can fix multi focal lens even though with small frame. Will take some time to get use to multi focal lens.

Sunday as usual, morning run. Almost same time as last week run and this week running together with Mr. Lee of Kian Joo Can Berhad Account Dept. He runs the 20 km route and told him that I will try later after some seasoning of the 10km run.

I will do it.

Sunday run

This is my 8th Sunday running. My sons, Sunny and Sean started to join me for the run. Sunny in the third week and Sean just started last week. Sean did not run today, have to get a new running shoe before running again.

We ran fast today. We did it in one hour and ten minutes. Big improvement actually. Not easy to cut down the time by ten minutes.

Pacesetters again

5th Sunday morning. This morning started late and run alone. Woke up late as my sleep was interrupted from the noise coming from the fan at 3.30am. Went to bed again after 30 mins or so and it's tough to get up. Luckily I set up the alarm for 5.30am. Even then it's too tired until I force myself up at 6am.

Did the necessary and drive to Bukit Aman. Reach there 6.30am and started to run at 6.46am after warming up. Finished the run at 8.05am. So it's about 1hr 20mins run. 5 mins more than last Sunday. Goal is not more than 1 hour for 10km run. Got more to catch up and will try to run 3 times a week if I am not travelling.

Best Wishes,
yap.

Pacesetters

This is the third Sunday running. Last Sunday June 3rd was tough too. Today I run earlier at 6.20am and finished about 7.35am. It is ok if we have warmed up before the race and also cool down with stretching exercises too.

Happy happy running.

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I decided to test my stamina and went Sunday morning to Bukit Aman car park where Pacesetters members will gather for their Sunday morning run. This is something that I long to do running with a group. Running alone no fun. I just jump in and join them on the run. What a run, first time for me to run slightly more than 10km. 5km, 6km is no issue but running with a group along KL roads, up and down hill on Sunday 6.30 morning is fun. Really tested my " gonna do it one day " challenge for myself to do it. This Sunday I "just do it". Happiness.

After the run I decided to join them as members and bought some running shirts and shorts. Real nice running apparel. Syiok man, the running high. I did it even though it is the first time for me. Tough, imagine those running, men and ladies, not young but they are damn strong runners. Cannot catch up with them but trying my level best following behind. Maybe they are regulars and have many years of running. Most of them are regular marathon runners. Saw some of them registering for the coming Penang Bridge Marathon 2007.

Anyway, experience the joy of finishing the run.

Photos

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Photos

Update coming asap. Came back last weekend, take a rest and then back to work. Busy, busy work week. Before posting on our experiences we took sometime to set up and post our photos first. Bye for now and will come back asap.

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Wow wow wow, we started Saturday noon time from KL and what a jam. It takes us 3 hours to reach Rawang where normally it takes less than half an hour. Only after Tanjung Malim the traffice are able to move. The problem is cause by cars queing up to enter the highway rest areas in Sungei Buloh, Rawang and only Tapah is ok because they have a huge parking area for cars to enter easily. It took us 6 1/2 hours to reach Kuala Kangsar where the distance is less than 250 km. That means our travelling speed is about 40km/hr. You can see many stop by the roadside to pee. Furthermore it rains heavily and non stop all the way.

Next year we will travel by train. Never mind if it takes 4 hours or more rather than the frustration of caught in the traffic jam.

Anyway we are still in time for reunion dinner at 7.30pm. As usual after the dinner we have wines and cigars distributed by Datuk every year. Also ang pow are given to children.

The Chinese New Year in most of the villages are quieter now due to rural urban migration. There are less people now and most of the younger ones do not know each other apart from their own relatives.

Below are our itinerary for the trip. We will join the group in Mini Cafe, Changlun, border town in Kedah Malaysia before entering Thailand. Tomorrow is Chinese New Year eve and we will drive home ( balik kampung ) to Manong, a town near Kuala Kangsar. This is the place where we were brought up until we finished school at 17 years old. From here most of us either further their studies in colleges in bigger towns or seek employment in the city.

From tomorrow until 19th February 2007, that is the second day of Chinese New Year we will be start our trip from Manong at 9am to join the group.

Our first trip was in December 2002 where we drove to Angkor Wat, Cambodia. This is a 12 day trip where we reached Angkor Wat on Christmas eve. Since then we embark on many trips to Thailand. In 2005 December we drove to three islands in Thailand on two weeks trip. On this trip we drove to three islands, Koh Samui, Phuket and then Koh Lanta.


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PROGRAMME
19/2 : Kuala Lumpur – Nakhon Si Thammarat
0700 hrs. Regroup at Sungai Buloh R&R
or
1300 hrs. Regroup at MINI Café
Lunch / Change Money / Application for vehicle
3rd party insurance, etc..
1430 hrs. Cross Border into Thailand
1800 hrs. Arrive into Nakhon Si Thammarat
2000 hrs. Dinner at Chao Rue Restaurant ( pax account )
Night free & easy

20/2 : Nakhon Si Thammarat – Cha Am
0700 hrs. Convoy depart for Cha Am after breakfast
Lunch at Chumphon ( pax account )
Check in at Long Beach Resort
Seafood Dinner ( pax account )
Night free & easy

21/2 : Cha Am – Udon Thani
0700 hrs. Convoy depart for Udon Thani after breakfast
Lunch on the way
Check in at Charoen Sri Royal Hotel
Night free & easy

22/2 : Udon Thani – Nongkhai – Vientiane – Luang Prabang
0700 hrs. Convoy depart for Laos
Lunch and dinner on the way
Check in at hotel in Luang Prabang

23/2 : Luang Prabang – Mohan – Mengla
0700 hrs. Convoy depart for China
Overnight：Jingxiu Hotel 0691-8128788

24/2 : Mengla - Kunming ( 720 km )
0600 hrs. Convoy depart for Kunming
Overnight : Jingjiang Hotel Building B 0871-3138888

25/2 : Kunming – Luoping - Xingyi ( 330 km )
1200 hrs. Convoy depart for Xingyi
Overnight : Xingyi Xintiandi Hotel 0859-8702989

26/2 : Xingyi – Huangguoshu - Guiyang ( 460 km )
Visit the Huangguoshu Waterfall.
Overnight : Guiyang Xinglian Hotel 0851-6765555

27/2 : Guiyang – Kaili - Zhengyuan ( 350 km )
Overnight: Taiji Old Town Hotel 0855-5727777

28/2 : Zhengyuan - Zhaoxing ( 400 km )
Enjoy Dong nationality’s dance after dinner.
Overnight: 0855-6130800

01/3 : Zhaoxing – Guilin - Yangshuo ( 370 km )
Enjoy the International acclaim “lui San Jey” show.
Overnight: Guifu Hotel 0773-8880000

02/3 : Yangshuo - Baise ( 685 km )
Overnight: Baise Hotel 0776-2886288

03/3 : Baise - Kunming ( 630 km )
Overnight: Jingjiang Hotel Building B 0871-3138888

04/3 : Kunming - Mohan ( 765 km )
Overnight: Xibu Hotel 0691-8811368

05/3 : Mohan - Mengla – Luang Prabang
Cross border back to Laos
Overnight at Luang Prabang Hotel

06/3 : Luang Prabang – Vientiane
Convoy to the Capital of Laos
Overnight at Hotel

07/3 : Vientiane – Nongkhai – Bangkok
Cross border back to Thailand
Overnight at Sofitel Central Plaza
Night free & Easy

08/3 : Bangkok
Free & easy day

09/3 : Bangkok – Hatyai
0700 hrs. Convoy depart for Hatyai
Lunch in Chumphon ( pax account )
Arrive into Hatyai
Night free & Easy

10/3 : Hatyai – Kuala Lumpur
1200 hrs. Convoy depart Hatyai for Kuala Lumpur
Event ends

Blog

Trying and trying to create this blog on a Sunday. We decided to create one for our next travel. It is always last minute as usual. We are planning to go on a 4WD convoy with a group to Kunming China from Kuala Lumpur on Feb 19th? With this blog we hope to list down the route we take on a daily basis on this trip. This is possible only if we are able to go online.

The First Post

Daddy decided to have a blog. So here it is.