Ultraman came down to Malaysia and this time in order to clear all those nonsense politic problems we have in Malaysia. Oppps.. wrong channel. Fear not, Ultraman Dan and Ultrawoman Yen is here to the rescue. They were sighted in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur showing the finisher pose of the Ultraman.

Imagine now, Malaysia is now safe. With the combination of Ultraman Dan and Ultraman Yen, Pavilion is safe as of now.

Ps: For those that do not know about this, have a look at a reporter’s photography and you will see the heroes of our yesteryears when Ultraman was the IN thing.

Sometimes we need to bring out the fun in our self. Flash Beam~~~~~ piu piu piu Ultraman Strike

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After running Penang Bridge International Marathon 2011 (PBIM) and after almost 5 days since the ordeal, I finally have the time and strength (???) to share my experience of the Full Marathon Ordeal.

Of course, what better way than to tell the whole story from the start. It was 6am on Saturday 19th November 2011. The people who would be going up by car would be me, my bro and Kyuzo. As Kyuzo would be driving, we all decided that we would have to leave earlier to Penang to avoid the afternoon jam. Along the way, it was an okay journey with very little traffic. Finally after some stops and rest areas and we have finally reached Penang Island. The first thing we did was to collect our race packs. Time to go to Queensbay Mall for the collection.

Surprisingly hot weather, I started to think that it would rain again on the marathon just like the year before. Anyway, collection of the race packs was a breeze. I have even gotten myself some sexy shorts. Sexy????You will understand it later.

After collecting our precious running kits, it was time for some food hunting. Well we did reached around 12pm and it was time for some food hunting. My smart brother asked us to go to Port Weld for some nice food.

After reaching the place, we soon found out that it was seafood that he was craving for. Oiiiiiiiii….. seafood go Teluk Kumbar la~~~ but then since we were already there, we decided to go along with it and order some food. Funny thing was my brother asked me and friend to order as he says this same thing when I first stepped my shoes in Penang.

“I cannot speak hokkien la~~~” Bwahaaha!!! Actually same case for me.

So me and Kyuzo (Klang fella here… so Hokkien also okay okay) went to order our food. We ordered Lala, Fish, Vege and to top it all off, we used Cantonese instead. (We’re finished ~~~ sure charge us high kao kao knowing we are not local). Random fact: I ate a lot of rice.

Anyone knows where is this building and the name of it?

After our meal, it was time to go off to our host place to have our rest and also to meet the rest of the group. Thank you Su Lynn for accommodating us. After our great dinner (Spaghetti and Mash Potatoes and salad), we all proceeded to take our rest and also some hours of House Sitcom?? The run for the 42km starts at 2am and we have to get our asses to bed around 5pm. Only thing was that I slept at 10pm. Bummer.. I was up at 12am and it was time for our journey towards Queensbay Mall for the start of the run.

Reached early. Ample parking space along the road. So glad we were there early. I see some people in their tents at the parking bay. Not a bad idea to overnight in the tent. Alright after some catching up with some runners, it was time for the run to start.

I started the run and I felt a small pain in my knee. Well, armed with my yellow sexy shorts (I am crazy of bright stuffs to show during a run) and my New Balance shoes and the running vest, it was a non stop run all the way in the first 10km.

• 10 KM: For the first time (or rather the third time) I ran without feeling tired. Newcomers would replenish their drinks at the first 5km but I opt to skip that due to the not thirsty factor and also it was not required.
• 15 KM: Had a slow run and then walked for awhile. Due to insufficient practice and wondering why did I sign up for 42km.
• 20KM: Where’s the water?? No water at 2 water stations at 20km and 24km. Lucky I had my power gel to keep me from continuously hungry.
• 25KM: Hooray!! Water station and bread. Finally something to push me onward
• 31KM: Ahhhh… still a long way to go.
• 35KM: With the time at 6 hours, looks like there’s no need to run anymore. I will be able to make it get the finisher T. Also made a new friend as I chatted with a friend called Mawar.
• 40.7KM: It is a dash to the finish line as I go through all those Fun Run participants. Boring~~~
• 41KM: Mission accomplished. Got a XL Finisher T.

Finally I finished the run. The first and most probably a very long time before I start running another full marathon. Here are my results based on PBIM website.

Finally, what can I say? I am satisfied that I finished the run, but am not satisfied with my timing. I was thinking maybe I should take it slow. Start with consistency and do a proper 10KM run to get myself faster. Okay, that is what I would do.

After running it was time to go back to the house and everyone was finally gathered. Time to have a photo shoot of the group. Opps not the above.

From Clockwise Top Left: Kyuzo, Audrey, Sook Mei, Kevin, Daniel

Time to display our proud achievement to the world. It was definitely worth it. As the day goes by, we had seafood dinner at Teluk Kumbar and also another dose of Dr House. The dinner was worth it, you may refer the old post somewhere around. Also something happened during dinner. While we were eating, Sook Mei just had to say, imagine if suddenly it were to rain. Just as she said that, suddenly rain drops came pouring down so fast, we were all saying, “Aiyoh~~~~ you are the cause of it!”. Opps.

The following day, time to leave for home. Time to leave Penang that I usually only drop by once a year. Saddening right? Before we left the island, we saw a sign to keep us remember the time here.

TAK NAK!!!! LOL

Left Penang using the Jetty. We decided to have our lunch/dinner at Ipoh. What can one eat? Beansprout Chicken Rice/Noodle.

Superb…. it was finally great. A food to end the post. It made me hungry. I am going to make some coffee and eat some bread right now. As we come to the end of the post, nothing interesting happened after the Ipoh stop. We just went back and had a great sleep.

I am looking forward for my next run which is the MPSJ 10KM Run next. Woo hoo!!!

And now for the final preview. Wonder how short I wore my shorts? How short were they? Wonder no more as I reveal them below.

Whoa… wrong one. By the way, that is my brother.

Just look at me. Ahahahaha!! Short right?

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Today as I go on my daily life, in the office reading the daily Sun, I have learnt new words. Since it has been a mundane and painful week (post-marathon effect, more on this soon), I have decided to amuse myself with the political scene in Malaysia.

Political prostitute? What a funny way to get ejected from a state assembly because of these words. When I read the news over the Sun Newspaper I was astounded.

From my understanding, the following words Political Prostitute can meant someone who sells himself for the means of being too involved in politics. From The Sun, it seems that one of the reasons Nga Kor Ming was asked to withdraw that statement was because of the reason of an insult to women.

For more insight of the story, here is the link.
Taken from http://www.thesundaily.my/news/218425

Deputy speaker Datuk Hee Yit Foong, who was presiding, asked Nga Kor Ming (DAP- Pantai Remis), who was debating the 2012 state budget, to withdraw the remarks as it was an insult to women.

She said, “It is an insult to women. Retract, or else I will not allow you to debate. Your mother and grandmother are also women.”

I wonder why? Was there a gender issue over the word political prostitute? Well, Nga could have used political slave (but that would meant something else). So in the end, I cannot think of anything wrong if based on The Sun itself. Maybe there is more than what was said, but I am sure you can be a judge to that.

Now imagined if I said political puppet, then later people say I am being derogative. Then if I said, political slave, I am being demeaning of lower class. How about political servant? Politically disabled? In the end, I think everyone would be forced to be nice in an assembly. I guessed that is how it would be. All things could be argued in the politic scene. I guessed that was what made politics drama like in our beautiful country.

Actually my case in view is how does one relate political prostitute with women? I still do not get it. Please explain. Also why are they fighting over something like political prostitute and frog? Why?

My 2 cents worth or my random weirdness. Also why am I suddenly talking politics. Must have been some weird medicine I took earlier. Doggone it.

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The Penang Bridge International Marathon 2011 is just another 2 days away. Well, sort of and this will be Daniel Chew’s first full 42km marathon run and the venue is Penang. Why Penang? How do I feel right now? Though I ran the PBIM 21km last year too.

It makes me feel super excited to run my first full marathon in Penang because the venue is on the bridge itself. I also feel that this place also bring back lots of memories which goes back all the way to 2008. Well, let’s talk about the marathon first. I am also afraid if I could actually finish the marathon and get the medal at least. Have I taken enough precautions? Am I actually ready to run my first marathon? Can I do it within 6 hours? All these are making my adrenaline rush.

Anyway, like I said, it brings us back all the way to 2008 when I had my first crazy time with the people I knew then.

Imagine how much we all changed? I might not be as thin as before. Well time flies. It was 2008 and during that time, I do not even know the meaning of running in any runs. Fast forward 3 years, and now I am taking part in running events. By the way, that’s me and Aaron at the foreground. If you can squint your eyes a little, you can actually see that it is Willaz and Wendy at the background. It has been such a long time since I met them.

Well, all thanks to a cute chatbox that brought most of us to get to know each another. Thank you ShoutOut (formerly shoutoutlounge.com) for letting us know each other even though most of us have already past that stage, and moved on with our different daily lives. The chatbox is now dead though, so no girls for newcomers to ‘buaya‘.

Those funny times. Maybe we can relish those memories once more. I am sure we can. The time when we were known as the Southern Trio. Anyway, too excited about the run, I cannot really concentrate as to what I am writing right now. Maybe that is how it should be. So wish me luck as I will be running on Sunday. By the time this post is up, I should be on the way or already in Penang.

Welcome back Char Koay Teow, Koay Zhiap and Assam Laksa. Woo hoo!!! All this I will enjoy after running the PBIM 2011.

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It was exactly 31st August 2011 when I made my withdrawal from Nuffnang Blog Advertising Agency. I finally got my hands on the Nuffnang Cheque in October. It has been like 3 years I have sticked to this ads blogging agency. Well, I was testing their payment withdrawal system since this will be my second payment I am getting from Nuffnang. Actually Nuffnang brought me back my memories on the first meetup with other Nuffies and also the Boss Stewie. Those days we were all young and simply the zest for blogging was more towards fun.

Fast forward, it is now 2011 and the last time I withdrawn my money from Nuffnang was like 2008. That is about 3 years since I actually withdraw any money. This is what came into my postbox a few days back.

I still remembered when I have gotten my first paycheque from Nuffnang back in 2008 and writing a post about it. I basically hid the value that I have gotten which was kind of stupid. I mean, why hide the value? Those naive days of me. Unlike now, I find that it is great if one can share their success of being with a blog advertising network  and thus encouraged others that this agency does pay. Though, if it works for me, it does not mean it will work for everyone. Just a bit of work and also constant visitors will get you the pay you deserve.

I am nowhere anywhere near those elite bloggers who have lots of money value. Until 2010, I was a constant consistent blogger. The year 2011 has made my life a bit different. I have even considered giving up blogging because I cannot keep up with my activities. Until then I thought, why stop?

Thank you Nuffnang for sending this cheque worth RM745.99 to me. Well, at least it is a pocket money while blogging.

SIDENOTE

I have been looking back at all my old photos and now thought back of all the fun things I have done during my younger years. After another 1 month, I would be having another new journey in my social life. Will I be back?

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