#37 - Penang Bridge Run

21.11.2009

Hey Hey,

Reached Penang around 5.10pm, 10 minutes later than the appointment time. Sorry to Domo and Loon. I can’t help it. I leave my room right on time, jz to realise that I left my room and house key inside the room. Meaning again….I am trapped within the house, but outside my room. All my housemates were not in. So no one to open the main door for me, and besides, I lost my spare key some time ago. Mz rmber to duplicate another one. So what do I do? I panicked and tried to kick the door. My leg hurt and I couldn’t make myself damage the door anyway. No screwdriver for me, so I tried using the big kitchen knife. Luckily I manage to unlock the door. But I mz repair the door knob. If not, my room is not safe anymore.

After I settled this, we went to Giant to accompany Susan to pick her b’day gift. She got it and we all knew that she loved it. Good for you, Susan! Susan went to U-Height to fetch Niu and her 3 Thailand friends, plus Koon while me, Domo and Loon went to QBM first. We met in front of TGI Friday. I suggested the venue as I had never tried it before. We ate in a rush cos Niu had to be in the Kuantan bus before 10pm. Everything was in a rush and we kept asking the waiter to speed up everything. My verdict for the food there…..OK lo. Not quite what I expected. Slightly disappointed. Either we ate in a rush or because the restaurant was very crowded so the food was not as good as what I had heard before.

Never mind about that. The portion is quite large and the 6 of us shared 3 sets of 2 course meal. Niu’s 3 Thailand friends didn’t join in, by the way. Anything that happened after that was in total chaos. Domo and Loon dropped me at U-Height and me, Susan, Koon and Niu went to Sg Nibong bus terminal jz in time. 5 minutes before 10pm. Once we arrived, Huei and Bao helped Niu rushed to Susan’s car and it was clear that they were worried that Niu would have missed the bus. Through everyone’s effort and warmth, Niu managed to get into the bus on time. I believed Niu was touched that moment as I felt touched too. Bye Niu, and hope u will do well in Hong Kong.

Woke up at 6am to prepare for the Fun Run for Penang Bridge Marathon. Slight drizzle but it never got heavier than that. Thank God! Not that I didn’t wear a sleeveless blouse underneath my T-shirt. The tee was quite transparent if u ask me, and for fear of rain, me and Tin decided that we had better wore something under our Tee. Lucky we did that. This time I managed to finish the Fun Run within the stipulated timeframe. Jz 2 minutes before the end time I think. Bao also managed to finish her run at 7.10am, 5 minutes before the end time. Good for her.

Got to know from my friend that this year, the organiser shortened the route for most of the categories. I was also told that the 21km we ran last year and was actually much longer than 21km. And when I studied the route map for Half Marathon, indeed the route had been changed and the distance was much shorter compared to the one I joined last year. And the time frame for Half Marathon was actually prolonged by 30minutes. Guess the organiser learnt their lesson since there were many complaints last year. So unfair, mine was given only 3 hours last year instead of the 3.5 hours this year. Nevertheless I am waiting for Tin to try out the half marathon category n ext year before deciding whether I wanna join back the category.

Nevertheless, I bumped into Ting Jin and Hui Yi after we finished. Unexpected. Rupa-rupanya Food Tech students still like to exercise ya. My leg wasn’t much in pain except for the peeled off skin between my toes. Wrong shoes again I guess. Never mind, learn a lesson at a time
I wonder how long will I suffer from leg pain after this? Last year it took me 3-4 days before I was relieved of the pain. Hope it’s much better this year since I only ran or rather walked for 10km. I am looking forward to Starwalk 2009 pula!