PALAPES Training: Log Relay & Cross Country

The day before PALAPES Training, on Friday night, Kelab Sukan Lasak UPNM held one video showing on << Chasing of the Legend>>. I went for the video showing after roll call PALAPES. Suddenly saw so many foods on the tables, and the café was well- setup for our dinner and video showing leh. I was too shocked looking at so “luxury dinner” for club members. While eating dinner, we watched cycling video at the same time, don’t you feel too enjoyed at that moment? Haha. A lot of foods served to us: Nasi Tomato with hotdogs +nuggets +chicken, waffles, fruits, beverage and jelly. Wow, that night really made my stomach full. First time watched cycling video really made my heart going to pop out by the cyclist actions. They ride too good and too fast, really scared to cycle, but they did very well. Thanks Kelab Sukan Lasak UPNM anyway, let me learn a lot of things. Erm, let’s say next time held one video showing at the Dewan Bestari and open for everybody, just collect RM1 for the entrance ticket, can earn money for club, at the same time can let others know more about endurance sport, hah, I think my idea not bad la. We shall watch video together with whoever interested in sport, sit in the hall just like sitting in a cinema, having snacks when watching video, let’s burn up the spiritual of sports in the hall. Great great, I like it.  I shall recommend this to club members.

  ~Our rice +jelly~

 ~Waffles~

  

~Fruits~

~Look, our club just like one super duper happy family. Watch video together, swim together, run together, cycle together, eat together, share sport knowledge together, go event together, pain together, training together, make UPNM proud together. We are the best!!! ~

Well, it’s time for PALAPES Training again. On 31 March and 1 April 2012, Saturday and Sunday, we worked as a soldier. PALAPES as the invited Battalion to challenge in Log Relay & Cross Country. These are tradition sports for Angkatan Tentera Malaysia(ATM), Log Relay, also known as Log Race is about a game to carry log on the shoulder in pair, two persons per log, wearing Full Set Marching Order (FSMO), and holding a M16 along, run for 1.6km. They need to see which Battalion is the fastest. While Cross Country is about to run in a jungle, slippery hill in Game Order (G.O) for 8km. Actually both these activities hold to choose the Battalion (Bn) Diraja, among Bn TUAH (Red), Bn KASTURI (Yellow), Bn JEBAT (Blue) , Bn LEKIR (Green) , while Bn KEKIU (Maroon) and Bn PALAPES (Black) joined but didn’t count on their marks.

 ~Our Parade Commander>>> Mr. Quek Tea Gee~

 ~ Contingent Battalion LEKIR ~

Let’s talk about Log Relay. Log Relay known as sibling for ECO CHALLENGE, but is easier than eco challenge. Every battalion sent out 30 people for Log Relay. As I’m a person who plays endurance sports, so everybody keep asking me why I didn’t join Log Relay, aiyo, their questions very annoying la. It is because I not feeling comfortable to run with spike boots and log relay such a “high level’s game”, I think I can’t take it. I felt so helpless to my Battalion, sometimes I’m excused to PALAPES Training for running activities at outside, but when the time comes, I can’t help them in Log Relay pulak, felt so sorry. So, I decided to join Cross Country to contribute my sweat for PALAPES. For Log Relay, PALAPES get no. last but without training, they managed to do it just 1s left behind no.5, very good.

 ~Let you see what is Log Relay in actual~

 ~Battalion PALAPES, team Log Relay & team Cross Country. Can find me? I’m at the left hand side 8^th in the column.~

While for the Cross Country, every battalion sent out 90 guys and 10 ladies for this challenge. As I’m quite strange with the route, just knew the route quite challenging. Each battalion sent out 100 persons, means 6 battalions total is 600 persons need to run on the narrow route in the jungle? Wow, really is torturing lo. Every battalion got their own strategic to win. They sent their guys to guide and “open road” to their ladies, so that can get in top 5 and contribute marks for their battalion. Well, I don’t have guider and want me to chase and take over so many guys on the narrow route really very difficult. Until the highest of the hill, when time to goes down the hill, the route very slippery, when you started the “journey”, just like cannot stop down!!!! I’m so scared, take the best position and run down the slippery route, when felt uncontrollable, fast fast had a pit stop by hugging at the big tree, it was too extreme, haha. My no bib was 091, I get no.10 for ladies category, means, got 50 ladies left behind me, ok, not bad la. You know what we used to colour our no. bib? Tell you la, in military life, we used Black Kiwi to colour our no. bib. Haha.

 ~Starting Line of Cross Country, so many people, how to run leh?~

 ~Run Run Run…..~

For the conclusion in both of these games, PALAPES didn’t get any prizes and the winner was Bn TUAH, Congratulations. Cadets always found they got “unfinished job” with PALAPES cadets because PALAPES was the winner for Eco Challenge while cadets was the runner-up. As they found PALAPES like “Kacang lupakan kulit”, too proud after winning the game. Actually not like that lo, I think the athletes who joined Eco Challenge knows the actual situation, the news of “too proud” just blows among the outsiders and supporters who don’t know how their hard training with cadets going on. 

#Supporters always look on the result but they didn’t look at the process# 

So, don’t blame us who don’t know the real process and just cheers for our team’s winning. Overall, cadets and PALAPES’s cadets still 1 family, we are happy family. Peace J About Eco Challenge, still got a long long story to talk, but too sensitive, cannot talk. This time, cadets won all the prizes and counted fair already lo, each team won once.  Congratulations for cadets and PALAPES cadets. Well, Log Relay & Cross Country ends here. Cadets celebrated their winning by outing while PALAPES still need to carry on with our weekend training.

 ~Contingent Battalion TUAH~

 ~Contingent Battalion LEKIU~

After lunch, we got TACTICAL TEST. Har? Military training also need to do exam? Haiz… Study a little bit for this exam, don’t know what’s marks I get, hoho, hope will passed. TACTICAL TEST came out what we did at annual camp last 2 months, think back of the 10days jungle life, haha, what a funny life there. After everything settled, PALAPES Training also finished….

~HooHa…HooHa….HooHa…~

Written on 27 April 2012

Kenyir Lake International Triathlon 2012

Have you been to Terengganu before this? What you will think if hear of Terengganu? Turtle? Have you hear about Kenyir Lake, been there before? If yes, I believe that you must be fall in love with the scenery at Kenyir Lake, right? I just can admit that I love Kenyir so much, where provide beautiful natural scenery and peaceful surrounding at there. Kenyir Lake is one of the tourism spot in Malaysia. As for your information, Kenyir Lake is an artificial lake located in the state of Terengganu in northeast Malaysia created in 1985 by the damming of Kenyir River to create the Sultan Mahmud Power Station. Kenyir Lake is the largest man-made lake in the world, the lake covers 260km*2, it contains 340 small islands and 19 waterfalls, can you imagine how big it is? Or you can’t imagine, or you straight away wanna pack your luggage to go there after reading this? J The water level is changing every months, the highest water level is in March & April. If you planning to visit anywhere with friends or family in Malaysia, I suggest you, Kenyir Lake is the most suitable place for you to relax your mind , at the same time can let you eye opener. At Kenyir Lake, can camping, boat cruising, team building activities, fishing and many more la. Got feel like want to go now?

This time, need to thanks to Kelab Sukan Lasak UPNM for giving me opportunity to join this game, let me stepped to Terengganu for the 1^st time in my lifetime. 25 March 2012, was an important date, Kenyir Lake International Triathlon hold at Kenyir Lake. Kenyir Lake International Trithlon known as Malaysia’s toughest triathlon Race. Triathlon is a race that involved of 3 disciplines of sports, there are Swim-Bike-Run, do it continuously, people who finish it individually called triathlete or triathlon finisher. For this race, Swim 1.5km, Cycling 40km and Run 10km, quite a challenging race. This was my 1^st time to join triathlon race, you will see the peak time for athletes to swim, cycling and running. Although this is a thrithlon race, but I don’t know how to swim, so I just join mixed relay for running 10km in this event. I seldom went for training for this event, quite scared whether can finish it or not, my partners also scared and non-stop of asking me to do training, haha.

                              

Well, 23 April 2012, we departed from UPNM at 9pm, 8hrs journey from KL to Terengganu really very tired. We reach Terengganu at 5am on the next day, then we walked along at Kuala Terengganu. At there, we get to see the special and the lifestyle in Terengganu, quite different from KL. The foods popular in Terengganu are keropok losong, Telur Penyu, Keropok Segera and many more.

~ The bridge~

~Turtle Eggs. Cannot see turtles, at least can see turtle eggs la J, very expensive lo ~

After that, we went to Kenyir Lake. Kenyir Lake located in a rural place. When reach there, everybody woke up from sleep, looking at the beautiful scenery, everybody naturally speak out: “Wa..Wa..Wa…”, me as well. The way up to our resort make us realize why triathlon held here called toughest triathlon, it’s because there is high and steep road along the road. Even bus drive up to resort also “no more energy” on the half way, the road is quite similar to the road up to Genting Highlands. While waiting to check in to our chalet, I get attracted with the scenery view and quickly go and snap the photo.

~Scenery view of Kenyir Lake from lobby, don’t underestimate this view, inside here got 340 lakes and 19 waterfalls~

~The vehicle we used to come out from chalet to go to lobby or the main entrance. The resort might be free from air pollution because no motorcycle or cars around resort, plus the resort is surrounded by lake~

After checked in to chalet, we quickly change our attire and go to have fun looo….We went to book two boats for boat cruising around the lake. For a very long distance to stroll around there, just paid for RM7.50 per person, worth it. After we get off from the boat, I asked the person there, “ Here got how many waterfalls?”, he answered: “ 19 waterfalls”. Wow, unexpected, too many la, due to time problem, we can’t go to waterfalls, but I confirmed I will visit Kenyir Lake again one day in future.

~Boat Cruising, enjoyed~

At night, the night before race, got a Carbo Loading Dinner plus Race Briefing Session. Carbo Loading Dinner is a dinner that will be do in every triathlon race, this was the 1^st time I went for carbo loading dinner such big like this. Every athlete from different countries gathered in the dinner and a lot of food served to us, such as: rice, spaghetti, fruits, bihun, cakes, breads and many more la, let you eat until stomach full.

                                           ~Carbo Loading Dinner, voucher~

                                ~Athletes~

After that, everybody prepared for the race on the next day. Control the mood for race. For me, I just hope can finish the 10km run with good result lo.

       ~My bib no—910, this was the 1^st bib no. of mine with my correct name, thanks J ~

On the race day, I woke up very early in the morning to prepare myself, so that can keep myself in the best condition. Looking of so many bicycles parking there and everybody prepared to the race start. For me, I’m runner for my team, so no need to warm up so fast, I fast fast went to the starting line of swimming to take photos, swimmers are very smart at the starting line.

~Bicycles, got feel like want to join?haha~

~The race starts……Go……!!!~

For swimmer, they need to do body marking, so that easy for people to notice them. Body marking very smart leh, actually, no need for cyclist and runner, but I found it as something special for me, then I asked them to help me do body marking.

~Body Marking ----910, smart J ~

Yeah, finally is my turn to run, after so long for waiting my cyclist to come back. My swimmer lend me a helping hand, he accompany me along my run. This is kind of supportive partner, very effective if to guide a girl to run to get better result. But, he guide you, when tired and walked to rest while running, he said: “ Jangan jalan, slow jog slow jog”. But, my legs don’t want to hear from me, still walking. Haha. For many times he asked to to run back again when I’m walked. The steep and high road really make me tired. That time, I still remembered the weather very hot, was a sunny day, plus already 10am, felt like wanna fainted, I felt like when lah can see the finishing line, while my partner that accompanied me always said: “ Cepat, cepat, depan sikit lagi saje”. He cheated me, actually there is still quite far away from finishing line, but is for good reason la, to encourage me to run faster. When I see the finishing line, I sprinted to the end, wow, I still can sprint after 10km leh, just realized what is the effect for drill training everyday. Very happy finished 10km with quite satisfied result.

~Yeah, finished…~

~For my group, we get no.7 in Mixed Relay Category, (from left) Runner, Cyclist, Swimmer. Quite good la, thanks to my partners.`~

Swimmer (1.5km) 0:36:37

Cycling (40km) 1:11:13

Running (10km) 0:53:21

~After the event, one guy propose marraiage to her girlfriend, so sweet~

At last, need to say bye bye to  Kenyir Lake and also Terengganu. I really love the scenery at Kenyir Lake. Can I go again next year? J Thanks UPNM for support us to thus game. My eyes opened after this game. Maybe need to training more to improve myself. Thanks for everything.

~Our chalet~

~This is UPNM Contingent~

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Written on 20 April 2012

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1TMT Ladies Pyjamas Party

Commonly, for my holiday, I will depart from home on the last day of holiday, sumore will take the night bus, usually reach campus in the morning on the next day, then straight go to class. But this time different, my classmates invited me to our class ladies party. They planned to do party on the night before school reopen. What? Want me to come back earlier, I want my holiday leh. My class, 1TMT (1^st year Technology Maritime), involved of 12 ladies, 11 of them agreed to go for the party, me as one part of the class, how can absent wor. So, finally I decided to sacrifice my golden time and went back to KL earlier.

15 April 2012, end of my one week holiday. Before I departed, I still got RM150’s book vouchers on hand. My mother said she will use it. Then, I went to Popular to choose few types of books that she needed. 1^st time bought so many books in Popular, and all not my books, all are primary syllabus books. Spent total RM155.80 for the books, minus by vouchers, I just spent RM5.80 to get a bucket of books, worth it. At 1^st, the cashier not giving me one free Popular member card, as everyone who purchase at least RM150 of vouchers in Popular will get a membership card, then I asked for the card, she just give me with showing her black face, haha. Sorry ya, it’s customer’s need.

 ~See, so many books I bought, my mother will sell this books to her students, then money get back from her students will give it to me, this is win win solution~

Around 7pm, I reached hostel safely, and prepared for the pyjamas party. Theme for this party was “ Pyjamas Party”. Everyone prepared food for party from home, got spaghetti, kuih, bihun goring, fruits, junk food, air bandung laici, coca-cola and many more. A small party but was a well-planned party ya. Each of us also paid RM15 for some presents and cake la.

~The decoration of room before party started, got balloons oh~

As the party started, we treat our stomach 1^st with spaghetti. This spaghetti was made buy one of my classmate, I think I shall do it in next holiday too, because I like to eat Spaghetti. Then we got lucky draw session, organizer wants a fair play, then she gave everybody got prize for lucky draw, just with different contents, well done eh organizer.

~My lucky no---7, lots of junk foods~

Party carry on with eating and Gift Exchange Session, everybody were so excited to know what they got for their gift.

                       ~This is what I get, a bear, cute hor…Thanks the owner~

After that, we played Shrek Game, everybody have to act according to what we get, then others find out the answer, very funning and all interesting actions came out makes everybody laugh…For this party, the main schedule included a Prize Giving session, haha, what’s mean by this prize giving. Actually ah, they suggested to have 5 prizes for this session.

speghetti

By the way, who is the winner, among 12 people, just got 5 prizes? Hoho..Want to know? Then stayed tune la…haha. Deng Deng Deng Deng……

                                        ~Prizes for Prize Giving Session~

1.       Miss TMT – Siti Nur

2.       Miss Bajet Hot – Ainul Husna

3.       Miss Paling Emosi – Hayatun Syamila

4.       Miss Paling Cute - Afiqah Rosly

5.       Miss Whatever – Last one, who is that?

~This again, after lucky draw and gift exchange, I get another gift, that is “Miss Whatever”, haha, so happy. Maybe because of my attitude la, aiya, how to explain, anyway, just whatever la!!!! ~

After all happy moments, they also planned for a surprise. Actually that day was one of them birthday. They prepared one 2kg cake from Secret Recipe. Really a surprise for them. We celebrated two person’s birthday together.

~Cake special for them. Wriiten there “Happy Sweet 20^th Birthday Pipi & Fify. We Luv U”. ~

End of the party, we can’t finished the foods, so we send delivery to another block, gave it to  TMT’s guys to enjoy the nice foods also. Sharing is Caring.  Everybody went back to room with big packs of foods and prizes, me too. Was a nice day spent time with classmates. Hope will get more functions in future. Friendship Forever.

~Junk Food give ot to everyone~

~All prizes for the party~

                             ~This is all I get from the party, a lot of things~

Written on 19 April 2012

Old Friends Mini Gathering

After 2 months didn’t meet up with my secondary schoolmates, sumore everybody holiday that week, so we planned to have a small gathering. On 14 April 2012, the 2^nd last day for my mid sem holiday, we went out to watch movie and sing k. This was my 1^st time we watch movie and sing k together. This gathering not everybody presented, only 6 persons present out of 12 people, so named as small gathering ^.^ Don’t know when can get a complete gathering again, waiting the moment comes. Actually that day I got another invitation which my friends invite me go to hiking at Gunung Jerai, but how dare I decline them because of this gathering, haha. For our gathering, we just went to Sungai Petani (SP), everybody wanted to go Penang, but nobody knows road, so just can stayed near near la, but for sure, next holiday, want to bring everybody to Penang, just with help of GPS.

Well, let’s talk about the gathering. Our aim for this gathering is to waste our money with our best friends, is it a good idea? Haha… Our journey started at 9am from Jeniang, then we went for breakfast at Old Town White Coffee Lagenda Height.

 ~Old Town that I didn’t go for quite a long time..Finally there again…Just wanna mention the 旧街场咖啡馆，not the two persons…hoho~

 ~My favourite breakfast---half-boiled eggs with breads (healthy breakfast)~

After that, move on to our main schedule, we watched <>, which hot showing now. It’s really a great and nice movie, battle of ships at sea, the condition of war screened in front our eyes, the nervousness brought us to the peak of the movie. I like it. In this movie, we can see the important of Captain in a ship, how a Captain conducted his ship. All crews of the ship need the command from a Captain. However the situation is, crews of ship must follow the command. Even the radar effected and cannot functioned, other communication equipments might get in used. Actually, this is all about what I studying this semester, is closely related to my course, about maritime communication. I get more knowledge from this movie, and just can use one word to describe this movie>>>>SMART.

                                ~6 people watched together~

After enjoyed movie, is time to go for lunch. We went to Pizza Hut for our meal. This was my 1^st time enter Pizza Hut’s shop. Just wonder why so many people like to eat Pizza despite the price is so expensive, Pizza Hut is full-seated leh. For us, 6 people only already spent around RM65  here, very expensive.

 ~ Pizza pizza~

After Pizza Hut, we walk around the mini PC Fair. I noticed that pendrive is very cheap now, 16Gb only costs RM43. But I planned to buy a hardisk la, wanna find a cheap cheap one. Hiak hiak, what we do next? We spent our whole day at Village mall only, we went to sing k loooo….. We booked a Glass Room that can sit 6 people, RM48 for 3 hours, very cheap leh, still got provide 2 jugs of orange and popcorn, worth it. Although worth it to sing, but my voice disappear after 3hrs of singing session.

 ~3guys are singing, whose voice better?~

Came out from there already 7pm, very late. Then we went to “waste money” for dinner pulak. This dinner super duper “luxury” and delicious, it’s a Japanese restaurant, Yoshiya Restaurant. When you stepped into the restaurant, you will feel kind of comfortable and peace, Japan style. Before come here, need to book 1^st de nah, if not, there is no place for you, full. The restaurant allocated to few compartments/boxes, each group of people will sit in a compartment. Then we sit on the floor, put our legs into the space under the table, wow, feels like eating in Japan. We also need to put off our shoes before go in the compartment, really, I get attracted with the decoration of this restaurant. If like this, I think the price of course will be very “nice” also la. Hehe. Each of us asked different set of food, so that get to try others. Each set costs around RM15-RM20 la, but sure you will satisfy with it, believe me, got rice, soup and egg. We all 6 persons, means got 6 sets of food on the table, plus one plate of sushi, full. Yummy yummy, nice nice.

                               ~Big door of Yoshiya Restaurant, want to go?~

 ~My Cold Mee, forget what is the correct name already.Set comes with a cup of soup, a cup of steamed egg. Costs RM 16.50~

 ~This huge plate make my stomach full, costs RM38.88~

 ~See, can you imagine how nice is it, even so many food, but everybody can finish all the food leh~

~Our group photo before go back.(from left) Boon Chong, Fat Hao, Jee Sheng, Jun Hong, YiWen and Me~

A nice gathering anyway, appreciate it. This holiday, I’m the one met most of them(secondary schoolmates), in this gathering I met 5people, then I bump with Khei Venn past few days, he become fatter now, hoho, met with Zhiee Rhong also, she still treat me a cup of drink, I also met with ah Kiat, had dinner with him and got a nice chat with him, so total up, I met with 8 out of them in my holiday, not bad ya. Anyway, will meet you all again in next holiday… See you all soon, hope everyone stay healthy and happy everyday   ^.^

 Written on 18 April 2012