27 May 2013

Standard Chartered Fun Run 2013

Lokasi : Dataran Gemilang, Putrajaya.
Tarikh : 26 Mei 2013
Masa : 7.30 pagi
Jarak : 8km



Pertama kali aku masuk larian jarak jauh. Dulu masa sekolah rasanya paling jauh lari 5km je dalam sukan sekolah. Itupun mengah nak arwah sebab takde proper training sebab lari cenggitu je. Dengan dorongan daripada seorang rakan sebab selalu tengok dia post gambar dia masuk marathon kat fesbuk, maka aku berazam nak cuba le setakat mana aku boleh tahan. Jadi dengan gigihnya aku telah berlatih. Maklumle, first time nak lari jauh (walaupun orang lain lari lagi jauh). Tapi takpe sebab kita kena berlatih dulu baru tahu takat mana kita mampu pegi ye dak? Tak cuba cemana kita nak tahu kan?

Aku bergerak dari Balakong pukul 6.00 pagi lepas subuh. Ingatkan nak subuh kat Masjid Sultan Mizan tapi baru nak keluar je terus dengar azan. Sampai kat sana pukul 6.30 pagi. Masa tengah cari parking kat depan masjid tu terus ternampak kawan yang amikkan bib untuk lari. Terus excited terlompat-lompat dan peluk-peluk. Muahahaha! Terima kasih Jie. Kami parking depan tu dan jalan kaki. Sebenarnya penganjur ada bagitau yang diaorang sediakan tempat parking dan ada shuttle bus percuma untuk ke Dataran Gemilang. Tapi kami gatai jugak parking kat semesjid. Makanya itu adalah keputusan mengong dan kurang bijak serta amat dikesali sebab dari semesjid tu berjalan kaki ke Dataran Gemilang adalah jarak sejauh lebih kurang 2km. Fenat mak berjalan dan cari lokasi pepagi buta. Nasib kami baik sebab masa tengah menggagau cari starting point tu ada sorang chinese guy tegur dan tanya mana starting point. Dengan baik hatinya dia ajak we all tumpang naik kereta dia. What a wonderful guy.

Sampai kat sana mak aiihhh dah ramai le pulak manusia. Nasib baik aku dah minum 2 teguk air 100 plus sebab masa tu dah pukul 7.00 pagi. Diaorang dah beratur ramai dah. 7.30 pagi we all dilepaskan. Aku jogging biasa-biasa je maklumle, tak berani jogging laju takut fenat. 5km pertama aku berjaya jogging non stop dan pit stop pertama yang ada sediakan air tu aku tak amik takut takleh lari. 1 km lebih kurang aku jalan dan jog balik. Lagi 2km aku jog balik dan pit stop no 2 aku bantai 2 cawan air. Hamik ko, haus nau dah aku ghase. Aku berjaya habiskan 8.7km dalam masa 1 jam 10 minit. Hoyeah! *hunus penumbuk ke udara*. Kenapa 8.7km lak? Bukan 8km je ke? Cisss korang jangan le percaya sangat penganjur tu. Diaorang tu penipu tau? Aku biasa jogging kalau 4 lagu aku pasang kat ipod tu dah 2km tapi sampai 8 lagu aku pasang tak sampai-sampai 4km. Tengok jarak larian ghupe-ghupenya dah lebih. Hangin mak tau..

Eh lupa nak cerita, masa lari tu ada pelari yang comel lari pakai baju tido, kaftan, baju sekolah, half naked (lelaki leww, kalau pompuan abih semua jantan kejau dia) siap kilatkan badan. Bukan calang-calang gak diaorang tu. Tabik gua kat deme.


Lepas lari aku pun gi amik t-shirt free. Lepas tu ada upacara penyampaian hadiah dan dengar tempat ketiga pun lari 8.7km dalam masa 28 minit. Tu no. 3 weyy.. huahuahua TT___TT nangis aku nak kejauuu...

Okey lepas ni boleh daftar larian lain pulak. 

07 May 2013

The Art of Argument.

Sometimes I just have to do something daring. At least daring for me. I'm too much of a coward for bungee jumping or skydiving. Enrolling in a stand-up comedy workshop not only fit the "daring" bill, it gave me a chance to discover new ways to make my own workshops even more student-friendly. Greg was our comedian instructor.

In a class Greg took, he and most of his classmates weren't African-American. Nonetheless, the class instructor arranged for his students to take lessons in - are you ready for this - African dancing!

A live band played traditional African music. Drummers deftly slapped the djembe and junjun drums. The music had an ever-changing rhythm and beat. No matter how hard Greg tried, no matter how much he counted to himself, his movements were  awkward. Clumsy. In music-speak, Greg "couldn't catch the groove". Sensing Greg's frustration, the band's leader clued him in to what African dancing was all about: connecting by feeling the drums... moving with rhythm of the drums... experiencing the drums. By internalizing the beat of the drums, Greg soon found within himself the rhythm and beat that had eluded him.

In later lesson, Greg was invited to try his hand at drumming. Even though he dabbled in various instruments and was no stranger to drums, Greg found drumming equally frustrating. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't fall into sync with the other three drummers, who kept changing their tempo-going faster, slowing down only to speed up again... but for no apparent reason. Again, the leader clued Greg in: The band's drummers were connecting by watching and following the lead dancers.

There are two things I haven't yet shared with you:

1. The class that Greg was taking was in neuro-linguistic programming-pretty heavy stuff.

2. What Greg learned in a serious behavioral class was equally relevant in a comedy workshop.

It's equally relevant to the art of argument. The dancers were connecting with and tracking the drummers. The drummers were connecting with and tracking the dancers. Each was leading, and was following. Each was affecting, and each was being affected.

Arguing is seeking change. Change in the way the other person thinks, or feels, or sees things. Change is a process. Sometimes fast. Sometimes slow. Always affecting. Always being affected.

04 May 2013

Because there's much to be learned from a mango tree

Once upon a time in a faraway land, a wise king wanted to teach his four sons a valuable life lesson. One winter he dispatched his oldest son to see a mango grove. As winter turned to spring, his oldest second son made the journey. The third son traveled to see the trees that summer. And in the fall, it was the youngest son's turn.

Upon the youngest boy's return, the king summoned his four sons and asked each what he had seen.

"The trees looked almost bare," Reported the eldest son.

"No," argued the second son. "They are leafy and green."

"The trees I saw were blooming with clusters of tiny pink flowers," the third son reported.

"No," insisted the youngest. "They are filled with orange, yellow, and red fruit."

"My sons, each of you are right, for you each saw the trees at different times." said the king.

The lesson of mango grove is to keep in mind that the other person and you have different frames of reference, different experiences, different ways of looking at things, different values, and in all likelihood, you will use different words to say the same thing.

When you are aware, you just don't look - you see.
You just don't listen - you hear.
When you "see" and "hear", you are in complete attendance.

03 May 2013

Nipah Guesthouse, Pulau Pangkor.

Entry sebelum ni cerita pasal Pulau Pangkor, ni Pangkor lagik? Masa pegi Pangkor hari tu kan ada bagitau yang terjumpa tempat penginapan yang takde dalam Agoda. Lalu depan tempat ni terus jatuh bedebuk cinta.

Dengan ini mempersembahkan.. Nipah GuestHouse yang comey sangat. *gaya mengada*


Nama memang rilek jeee... sekali tengok signboard siap dapat recommendation dari Tripadvisor kauu.. Apsal tempat ni boleh dapat? Meh tengok lagik..


Pandangan dari dalam ke luar.


Kalau tadi dari dalam ke luar yang ni sure la pandangan dari luar ke dalam.


Yang ni salah satu daripada cottage comel.


Masa aku datang buat lawatan sambil belajar tu tuan tanah tengah buat kolam renang comel sendiri. Sambil tu dia buat landskap yang simple dan praktikal untuk ruang guesthouse dia yang kecil ni. kagum dengan kegigihan dan citarasa dia yang takde nak ikut orang lain asik2 gaya tipikal tropikal ala Bali tu. *ewah, komen macam terer nau*


Pengusaha yang bijak sebab dia sediakan apa yang pengunjung perlukan sahaja dan tidak berlebihan dalam hiasan.


Deko yang simple but nice. Ce korang cakap kat aku acane aku tak jatuh cinta gedebuk gedebak?

Disebabkan aku tak dapat stay kat sini sebab tak dapat maklumat, maka aku takboleh la amik gambo dalam cottage dan bilik yang kiut itteww.. Makanya aku telah amik gambar dari pakcik google je.



Ni le ghope dalam cottage. Sangat simple. Jangan sangka cottage takde tibi tauu..





Ni pulak dalam chalet dan guesthouse.

Masa aku curi-curi masuk tu ada la orang tengah buat kerja kat dalam tu. Maklumle mana boleh tahan hati tengok tempat cantik ye dak? Ada la orang yang baik hati tegur aku 'Ye cik? Ada apa saya boleh tolong?' Aku dengan muka tak malu pun tetiba terrrr sembang baeekk pulak sebab dia tengah buat mound untuk siapkan landskap. Maka terjadilah persembangan pokok apa yang sesuai la, macam mana dengan kolam renang yang dia tengah buat tu ok ke tak.. bla, bla, bla..

Tuan tanah nama dia Anuar bersama isteri Alicia, mula-mula dia cerita laa yang dulu2 awal tahun 90an Teluk Nipah ni takde sape tau pun. Lepas tu dia balik kampung tengok ramai le pulak pelancong dan dia rasa nak sediakan aktiviti untuk pelancong dan orang tempatan untuk main futsal. Tapi apa yang dia fikirkan tu tak jadi dan dia jatuh. Lepaih tu dia tak terus jatuh tapi bangun dengan perlahan tapi berterusan dengan membuka guesthouse ni secara berperingkat. Lama kelamaan bila dah ada keuntungan baru dia tambah sikit sini sana seperti yang tengah dia buat sekarang dengan menambah kemudahan kolam renang dan menaiktaraf landskap. Idea yang diketengahkan ni adalah sangat praktikal dan kemas serta dapat komen yang baik dan memberangsangkan daripada setiap pelanggan. Kelebihan Nipah Guesthouse ni ialah harga yang ditawarkan temasuk dengan sarapan pagi yang mana pemilik lain takde buat. Sarapan adalah penting ye sebab bangun pagi adalah mustahil kami pelancong dapat berfikir dengan waras kat mana nak makan.

Lokasi dia tak jauh dari pantai serta kemudahan dia termasuk, tv, astro, air cond, sarapan, kipas, akan datang kolam renang. 

Harga-harganya... Ini semua akan berubah setelah kolam renang siap tau.. tetiba cakap omputih nampak nau copy n paste kahkahkah!

Room Rates

A-Frame Cottage (Max 2 person including children)

Sunday – Thursday: RM120.00 per unit/night
Friday, Saturday & School Holiday: RM150.00 per unit/night
Peak Season: RM180.00 per unit/night

Deluxe Chalet (Max 3 person including children)

Sunday – Thursday: RM150.00 per unit/night
Friday, Saturday & School Holiday: RM180.00 per unit/night
Peak Season: RM210.00 per unit/night

Tower Cottage (Max 3 person including children)

Sunday – Thursday: RM180.00 per unit/night
Friday, Saturday & School Holiday: RM210.00 per unit/night
Peak Season: RM240.00 per unit/night

Guesthouse (Up to 6 person including children)

Sunday – Thursday: RM300.00 per unit/night
Friday, Saturday  School Holiday: RM350.00 per unit/night
Peak Season: RM400.00 per unit/night




Anuar Abd Razak 017-5069259

haaa.. apa tunggu lagi? 

Keputusan Terburu-Buru

Wah kemain tajuk post mengundang sangat, padehal nak cerita pasal marathon je. Dah bertahun tak masuk event lari ni sebab takde motivation. ...