The Long Awaited SUPER Penang Marathon Trip

Hi all, I'm here taking some time out to update my blog again :) Yay! I'm not writing much cos I'm lazy but let the pictures do all the talking ba ;)

The SUPER Cast

So, who took part in this Penang trip?? They are:

The superman and superwoman (feel sweet when writing this)

The super boys (feel old when calling them boys)

The super XDT (feel farnie)

The super UTARians

The SUPER Stay

Got to know this place during the last trip (recommended by Sze Yun and Hon Sern). My dearest and I did not hesitate to book this place again as it's cheap, cozy and comfortable.

Red Inn Penang (picture taken from: http://www.redinnpenang.com/)

It's located at Love Lane (Nice name, nice place)

4 Bed Dorm at RM30 per bed

For the first day we stayed at Red Inn Penang (Love Lane) then we checked out the other day and moved to Red Inn Cabana which was ard 5 min away. They have informed us earlier when we were booking and i had this in mind: Red Inn Cabana sounds kinda old to me, its room condition must be very bad de. I was quite reluctant to book Red Inn Cabana but gave in at the end, and I never regret that! :)

The only pic we took but i can assure you that the place is worth your stay :)

The SUPER Penang Food

If u want me to give this trip another name, I'll name it Eat, Sleep, Run but there's nothing wrong about it right?? Come Penang must makan la XD

Bangkok Lane Mee Goreng (RM5 per plate)

Chulia Street Wan Tan Mee (RM2.70 per plate, cheap and nice :)

Chulia Street Curry Mee (RM3 per bowl, but not as spicy as previous trip)

Penang Road Laksa and Chendol (had these after marathon, feel super super refreshing :)

The SUPER Marathon

Stay tuned for the marathon post :)

11.11.11

It's been quite a long time since i last updated this blog and finally, I'm taking some time to update it. While I'm typing this, I'm actually chatting with the one and only special person who have been through all the ups and downs with me throughout the year of 2011. It's been a wonderful year having her by my side and i want to tell her (though I've told her, nice things worth repeating rite?):

SORRY

Sorry for all the sad and difficult moments I've given u.

Sorry for my lack of patience and my "shiong-ness" at times.

Thank You

Thank you for ur patience, ur time and ur effort.

Thank you for all the sweet and wonderful moments u've given to me.

Thank you for being with me as always, supporting me and loving me.

I Love You

I love you and let us continue to seek for HIS guidance.

I love you and let us grow old lovingly and gracefully, 2gether :)

<3 Happy 8 Monthiversary <3

(more updates coming soon, stay tuned :p)

Sandwiched!!!

Date: Jan 16th, 2011

Location: Persiaran Tujuan besides USJ 2

Time: 4.30pm

My fragile Proton Wira was sandwiched between Mitsubishi Triton and Proton Gen 2!!!

Ezekiel and I was on our way to church for basketball training. We stopped at Persiaran Tujuan, waiting for green light. As the traffic light turns green, the Proton Gen 2 in front of us accelerated and so were we.. Shortly and out of a sudden, the Gen 2 braked and came to a halt, of cos, we also braked and stopped.. As the braking was very sudden, the distance between the Gen 2 and my car was really close.. These two Protons managed to stop but 2bad, the Mitsubishi Triton behind us did not stop and hit my car!! Both of us were flung to the front but thank God we buckled up our seat belts just minutes before the accident.. As my car was very close to the Gen 2, it hit the Gen 2 as well..

The pictures show how my car looks like:

My car suffer the most damages while the Gen 2 and Triton only had some scratches and very light damages on its bumper.. This shows that Proton Wira is kinda paria i call it Milo Tin car.. Haha..

After the accident, we stopped at a side to negotiate, at the same time i called my dad.

The Gen 2 driver came down and had a look on his car.. He said it's ok and after passing me his name card, he drove away..

Meanwhile, the MT driver kept on saying sorry and mentioned that she'll compensate on all the losses.. Including the front part (which will be claimed under my car insurance if we make report). Later we found out that she is actually involved in recon car business which is related to car workshop.. So we followed her to her recon car showroom, negotiated and left my car there..

The results:

She will compensate on all the losses (the front and the back part of my car). Good!

She will ask her workshop ppl to fix it, paint it and return it 2 me in 1 week. Very Good!

She will lend us a car if they fail to repair it on time (maybe she can lend me the Rolls Royce in her show room!?!?).. Kekekeke... Super Good!!

She will give us massive discounts if we buy a recon car from her. I rmb her son, which is ard 5 told us this: "Buy a Porsche la.." LOL.. :) :) If i ever buy a Porsche, Shakelingamly Good!!!

Although I lost my car 4 a week, I wanna give thanks to the ONE above for watching over us so that none of us is hurt.. And of cos, thankful cos the MT driver is willing to compensate on all the losses.. :)

The FINAL month

Time flies and it's the final month of my industrial training. For the past weeks I had been real busy with my project, weekly report and interview session with the Mill Adviser (MA) and UTAR supervisor. Glory be to God, I was well prepared.

Interview session with the MA:

The MA read through my weekly report and asked questions on almost each station of the palm oil mill.

• What is the capacity of the mill?
  
• What is the capacity of weighbridge?
  
• What is the function of weighbridge?
  
• What is the capacity of loading ramp?
  
• What is the function of the wall on loading ramp?
  
• What is the capacity of each CPO storage tank? Is it sufficient?
  
• How long is the sterilization period?
  
• What is the sterilization cycle?
  

And many more questions……….. Thank God I was able to answer most of the questions and I received good comments from the MA. What a relief!! I was quite stress about the interview as I heard from the manager and the assistants that the MA always ask difficult questions.

After the interview session with the MA, I was quite confident for the next interview with UTAR supervisor which was on the next day.

Interview session with UTAR supervisor:

The interview session went really well. Basically the supervisor asked about my welfare here. How is this place? How are the people here? How the manager and staffs treat me? And so on…

How I answered him? Of course I'm doing very fine here. I feel so blessed to have come here for training. The manager, the assistants and the staffs all treat me very well. Besides that, I learn a lot here. I came here having zero knowledge on palm oil processing but now I know how the oil is extracted, what are the machineries involved, etc.. The only setback is the place is very quiet and very boring but so far I'm still surviving. Haha.

Btw, I'm going home for Christmas!!! KL ppl, c u guys on christmas !!!

God bless and SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Things I like and dislike about Serdang, Kedah

Things I dislike:

The cows

• There are cows everywhere. No disrespect to them, I like their meat, but I don like their shits/cow dung. They poo everywhere and I have to use my skills to avoid running over it. Besides that, they move very slowly, always blocking the roads..
  
  

The lizards

• Yes I do know that lizards are good. They eat all the insects in our house, but.... they also poo!! In fact, they poo everywhere, even on my bed.. Every time before I sleep I have to make sure my bed is free from lizards' poo. Otherwise, it's gonna get dirty.
  

The monkeys

• Ok monkeys, I don't mind if you all hanging around at my yard, but please don't touch my car!!! When I was back from work, my car was full of dirt and sands. On top of that, my front passenger's window visor is torn off. The monkeys were partying on my car, dirtying my car and tearing off the window visor but that's not all, they even pee-d on my car!!! Ish ish. Monkeys you better watch out.
  
  

The roads

• Driving here is dangerous, especially during night time. No street lights but thank God my car lights are bright enough. I saw some ppl riding bicycle and motor bikes which have no lights, alone!! Kudos to them cos I'll never do dat.. It's way too creepy.
  

The internet

• No internet access in my estate house. Nowadays I usually go on9 once or twice in a week, and it is 25km away from my estate house..
  

Entertainment

• No yum cha, no pool centre, no cinema, no bowling… Haih…
  

Things I like:

Cheap food

• RM2.20 for a plate of wan ton mee. RM3.00 for 1 roti canai, 1 roti planta, 1 nasi lemak and 1 teh tarik. There's no way I can find that in Subang.

Flexible working hour

• My working hour is from 7am to 5pm. It seems very long but I do have two break times, an hour for breakfast, an hour and a half for lunch. On top of that, I can break any time I want.
  

Relaxing environment

• This place is really relaxing. The people here are more laid back and less stressful.
  

The traffic

• So far I have not encounter any traffic jam here.
  

The people

• My boss, his assistants, the staffs and workers are nice ppl. They taught me a lot of things and they are quite generous. Especially my boss, his assistants and their friends.
  

The church

• Glory to the Lord. Grateful that I found a nice church here, thanks to my youth pastor. I've met a lot of new friends here and they are very nice people.
  

Industrial Training @ Batu Lintang Palm Oil Mill (BLPOM), Kedah

1 week into my industrial training and finally I get the chance to blog about it. Hooyah!! It has been a great week. Honestly, I feel blessed to be accepted as trainee here. The manager, assistant managers and the staffs are treating me like one of their own.

In the past months, I have been sending my resume to a few companies and I got three offers in return. After much consideration, I decided to take up this offer and thank God it's the right decision. Haha..

My training location is at Batu Lintang Palm Oil Mill, Serdang, Kedah. It’s one of the palm oil mills belonging to KLK Berhad. This mill started its operation on 1979, so it’s an old mill and most of the machineries are old as well, but due to proper maintenance and some modifications, the mill is still running actively nowadays.

Now let’s move on to the place and people here. The place I’m staying is inside the palm oil estate and it’s only 1km away from the mill. I am the only trainee here and I’m blessed to be sent here. My accommodation is provided, which is an estate bungalow and my room is bigger than the one in Subang’s. Besides that, washing machine, refrigerator, TV with Astro and much stuff are provided. The only thing lacking here is internet connection!!! Cham.. Haha.. Overall it’s still ok.

How about people here?
So far the people I have met are all very kind, especially my manger and his assistants. They always treat me meals and even ask me out for CS gaming session or badminton. Haha.. On top of that, I have found a church here, thanks to the help of my church’s pastor. The nearest church here is 30 minutes away, located at Parit Buntar, Perak. It’s called Parit Buntar Chinese Methodist Church (PBCMC).

Btw, the food here is really cheap.. A normal plate of mee java or wan tan mee costs around RM2.20, but i usually add on for large for ard RM3.00, still cheaper than KL. Haha..

Alrite, time for some pictures:

FFB(Fresh Fruit Bunch) Grading

FFB Loading

(Loading Ramp)

(Driving at nite can be kinda creepy, and dangerous cos it's dam dark)

(Cows are evrywhr)

(The estate house im stayin)

(My safety helmet and safety boots)

Newton Run - Actual Day

As expected, Newton Run 25km Challenge is very hilly. But i never expected it to be so so so challenging..

Basically i ran for an hour, and started walkin as my left knee and ankle are in pain.. I walked for an hour and the 3rd hour my calf muscles cramped and i had to walk and drag my legs for anothr 1 hour and 50 mins..

I used 3 hours and 50 minutes to finish 25km of ultra hilly roads.. No wonder they call it Newton Challenge, it's against gravity! Rested for the whole sunday before i get to continue my studies for my last paper of the year..

Although it was a bad timing, stil thank God that i finished it and managed to get a finisher T. And that is my last run of the year. This year has been a fantastic year with lots of running wit lots of frns.. But kinda regretted cos this year i dint train enuf.. Shall rest for a few months and continue running..



SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Newton Run - Preview 1

It's been 1 month since my last run and my legs are growing mushrooms d.. Haha... 2moro i shall start my training for NEWTON RUN which is 26th of Sept..

Paiseh, I'm running 25km this time, the longest in this year.. N only 1 week of training!!! Hopefully my legs can stand the stress, especially my knees.. Running long distance is killing my knees, I rmb last year my knees were injured after I ran too much..

So, fingers crossed, and eat vitamins!! Haha..

The NEWTON vest

free 2XU Compression Sock (RM170 market price!? that's wat they say)

Alrite, gtg..

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Y3S1 Semester Finals

Finally, I'm taking some time out to update my blog. Well, basically nothing much happened lately. Nothing much happened bcos there's no time to do any other things except for the grueling semester finals..

So, how's my finals? 3 done, 2 more to go.

The next paper? 25th Sept, saturday.. 1 more week to go and it's time for me to take a break!!

Stressful and sleepless month - August

My first post of the month, and it may well be the the last post. August has been a month packed with mid term tests and assignments. I'm glad that i'm stil alive and blogging about it.

Let's have a short review of the tests and assignments:

Control Engineering mid term test.
Unlike previous mid term tests which usually contribute 10 of the final 100 marks, this mid term was 2 hours long and carry 20/100 final marks.

Fluid Mechanics 2 mid term test
Ar... Not good, at least 50% of the test marks gone.

MED 2 Aftermarket Car Accessory Project final report and presentation
Our product: V-FEC or Vehicle Fire Extinguisher Casing, the live saving item. Haha. Unlike MED 1, less time and less effort was spent on this project but still very grateful and many thanks to all my groupmates for their effort.

MED 2 IEEE Project
Designing of rubbish harvester. 5/100 of final marks.

Fluid CFD Project
Using GAMBIT and FLUENT software to simulate the fluid flow in pipe, laminar flow and turbulent flow. A project where we spent 5 hours to vomit out 60 pages of report, once again kudos to my groupmates and many thanks to others who helped, especially Wang The PRO. Hahaha.

Econs assignments
Sap sap sui (my part). The assignment which we finish the earliest.

Matlab Test -> Matlab Assignment
It was a test which later converted to assignment. It was one of my happiest moments in this month!

MOM assignment
To be discussed on wednesday.

After all the tests and assignments, it's time to take a break and to prepare for the coming finals. God bless me and all the other MEs.

Men's Health Run 2010 - 12.3km

My 1st 12.3km of the year.

My 2nd Men's Health Run, the 1st was last year's (click).

My 3rd night run, the 1st was MH 2009, the 2nd was Energizer Run.

My 4th run of the year, after Energizer Run, SCKLIM and Siemens Run.

My time for this year's Men's Health 12.3km run is 1 hour 24 min but my target was 1 hour 15 min, so i'm off target.. Haih.. But stil, glad that i finished without much injury, although i hurt my left knee and my right thigh muscles cramped. Haha...

The goodies bags were good!!! Very very good, plz hv a look:

(pic taken from Wilson)

Alrite, lazy to elaborate any longer.. As always,

SHAKELINGAM!!!™ and HOOYAH!!!

Siemens Run 2010

My 1st ever Siemens Run.

My 3rd run of the year, after Energizer Run and SCKLIM.

My 2nd run of the year which i was late and started from the very very very back of the racing pack.

My 2nd run of the year which i came unprepared, without proper training and without proper warm up before the run.

Overall, it was a good run, i did not struggle while running although i did burp throughout the run (thanks to nasi lemak @ Mali Corner). My time is slightly better than SCKLIM, 1 hour 5 minutes. Although is not a very good time, i'm still satisfied as i did not train at all.. Haha..

Will i join Siemens Run 2011?

The answer is YES! It was well organised, the free gifts were decent and the registration fee was quite cheap, it's only RM20.. Surely i will join again..

Some of the free gifts:
finisher medal(not mine):

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Unpredictable week...

What an eventful week with many spontaneous ideas, trips and meals.. I must say that it had been a good week although bad things do happen in between, i'm glad that i have nothing to regret.

I found one very suitable term to describe my past week, FIFA World Cup 2010. The reason is, many unexpected things happened. I could not predict the score, the winner, just as i could not predict the things happened in this week.

Anyway, wishing everyone all the best and may God bless u always..

Make friends, not enemy. :)

SCKLIM 2010

My second run of the year, and i'm glad that i've registered for 10km as i never train for this run. My time for 10km without training? 1 hour 8 minutes and 32 seconds.. Although it's not my best time, i had fun throughout this run.








Finally, well done and congratulations to all my friends! C u guys on nex run!

HOOYAH and SHAKELINGAM!!!™

SCKLIM 2010 - Preview

In case u dono wat is SCKLIM, it stands for Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur International Marathon 2010. Yup, it's the same marathon which i participated last year, click here for last year's post.

Recalling last year's event, it was organised by Octagon or famously known as Otak-gone for their poor event organising which messed up the marathon! This year i'm glad that they are not one of the organisers. Although the main organiser was replaced, this year shirt collection din't went as smooth as expected. Here's the story:

On thursday, which was the first day of shirt collection, Shane, Darren and I went to Titiwangsa Stadium to collect the shirts/vest for all of our frns. The first impression was great, we walked in to the air-cond indoor Titiwangsa Stadium. The shirt collection was divided according to categories and there was one section for bulk collection, which was abv 6 shirts. We decided to queue there since we needed to collect for ard 12. We waited, standing in the queue for an hour and yet the queue was stil very long.

We noticed that the 10km line is actually 100 times faster than ours, so we moved on to 10km collection. In a short while, it was our turns. To my suprise, out of the 12 participants i registered, only 2 shirts were successfully collected! 2 out of 12! They said our registration was incomplete and we had to queue up at information counter. I look to the counter, oh my, there was ard 30 ppl queuing up there. Since we had time, we decided to take turns and wait in line.




It took us around an hour for our turns, and the problem was: our registration was incomplete. Why? Something wrong with their system when i registered and ended up payment made but registration incomplete. The best part is, i was not the only one, most of them who registered online ended up with this problem, that is why the queue was long. At the end of the day, it took us 2 hours plus to collect all the shirts! Haih..

Here's the shirts/vest:

Although thursday was a disaster, today i went again with Keane and i spotted a few changes. As thursday, we walked to the 10km section, and the same problem happened. But this time, they asked us to wait at a side and they settle the problem instantly, the shirt was collected in not more than 5 minutes! Kudos to them for efficient work.

Btw, i have not trained for ages, hopefully i can finish on time 2moro. Haha.. God bless and take care to all runners!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Fifa @ my house!

Yup, that's Fifa. My dad bought her 2 weeks ago and decided to name her Fifa, since FIFA World Cup is around.

She's 2 months old, Golden Retriever. More pics of her: