September Post: Marathon and me

This month, countdown to the last three months for my Penang Full Marathon. This year, still don't have much confident as before. That year, 3 years ago, with all the fighting spirits to go for a better future, a motivation for me to get nearer to my love one. To tell myself that I can go through the impossible.

Life is always cruel with all the up and down. After the injury that I have gone through the following year, I downgrade myself to go back to the half marathon last year. With all the spirit gone and I am learning to accept all that have happen.

After two years of trying to get rid and to strikes for better career, I have left out my jogging habit. Part of it I don't like sports at all. I am such a lazy person back in real life. If I can choose, to work less and the rest just sit back at home and just do nothing.

I wish to have that life. I did manage to have this kind of life after start working. Go back on time, and enjoy my Korean drama. But it doesn't last long.

I start to feel the aging. With the accumulated fats that I have collected after days and days sitting in front of computer, and the tiredness when get ready to office. I realised that I need a change. A change to this situation else I will be soon collapse.

Thanks to the friends and colleagues around that loves sports. I still manage to go for badminton, marathon and hiking from time to time.

This year, I have try to focus back to running, this is the easiest sport that you can do it alone, but amazingly, you will never be alone. I have a bunch of friends that I met along the life journey join me for this crazy action.

One friend whom started with Penang Fun Run, initially call me a crazy for joining a half marathon back in 2010 (I was enter by accidentally though), become joining three half marathon this year, we run the Woman Run in Mar, she said it will never happen again, but she end up sign up for Standard Charted Run (I miss it due to lack of cash flow that time, poor me.), and crazily join me for a half marathon and 10km run in two consecutive days. My favourite friend, Sue Anne that always go crazy easily, well, only her I will go out of my rational acts.

Another few more seniors and friend that I met in USM and Kerry, who are also my running partners in crime, these are all my luck to have them to drag me in to one more marathon, some drag by me also.

Marathon, has becoming part of my life, a great spirit of never give up. Yes, you will feel the spirit when you see everyone else who join, some might be weaker than you in stamina, but all will have the aim to finish the journey or to score their best time.

NEVER GIVE UP, KEEP FIGHTING, for all the people out there to never fail to try challenge themselves.
We might afraid of injuries, we do need to try our best to avoid getting hurt, some are not reversible, but life only live once, if I don't go for it I will be more afraid the regrets than the scars that shows that I have tried my best.

I don't know what will be the next after this run in November, well I will just try my best for this one first. I shall thanks all the people who accompany me for training and joining me for a marathon.

Running alone is lonely and boring. Running with friends you get to have more courage and run faster and longer.

Last but not least, I shall thanks my crazy friend again, for waiting me along the journey under the hot sun. Thank you my friend, and continue to run. (evil smile...)
 

Recap for August

It mark down the full month of life without WiFi at home. I barely do any internet surfing, so ended up I go busy for reading with the aim to finish my book list and bring it back home.

Life has becoming more and more interesting when it started reading. New ideas and thoughts. I have been reading about how technology has come and affects humans life, some food science that I did not get to learn in university, read about life, food for life, and some other light readings.

This year birthday has become a remarkable one with all the loves one around and get a number of lovely gift from my friends. Thanks for all the surprise and loves from each of them. I really appreciate the effort.

Thanks for the teammates, batch mates, course mates, friends, juniors, seniors, boss and sisters. For one whole month I have been non stop eating good food. Of course, get to meet a few rare friends too.

First time become tour guide at Singapore bring my sayang Iznie around to explore and exercise. Get to eat two pieces of cake sharing birthday with Musuh no 2 Cik Kiah, and Bariqi, who is younger than me 363 days.

Back home for emergency, end up finally get to eat durian at home. Not to mentioned the usual menu, Chicken Rice Ball and Pork Rib noodle. Oh ya, the remarkable cheap Popcorn as well. (one pack for MYR 1.50 at the Wednesday night market!).

Went up to KL for PJ Half Marathon with Sue Anne, getting the record for 3 hour and 10 min. Good record and still with rooms of improvement. Met special Akak (Soo Mei) and have a short catch up finally after two years from USM.

Birthday celebrations with my colleagues is the one unexpected. I was expecting myself to go home and cook for a simple meal. Then Debera was the one who called me out for dinner. And suddenly everyone appear.

IT was unexpected two years I have been staying in Johor as it was started as a very boring place to me. Comparing to Melaka and Penang. But ended up with these group of people that I finally make it another home for the journey that I have gone through. Not sure if I will come back again in the future, but it has make it a memorable two years and I am sure I will find it hard when it is time to leave.

Should have another Half Marathon as part of my training for Penang Marathon. But suddenly the haze come and it cancelled. So I have extra time and drive to Batu Pahat to meet my long lost girlfriend, Adrina, to celebrate both of our birthday and catch up with her again.

Had a few more rounds with Debera, Jia Yi and Sarah. Thanks for the treat for the Korean BBQ.

Met Miin Shan at the end of her internship as well. My little girl has become final year student now already. How time flies! She is always 7-year-old girl that I kept in my memories.

Thanks for the special birthday gift that I can request by my own. Although I think I should request it more. But I appreciate it. Thanks for the gift from ladies, I am start getting my mood on for the next journey and will sure bring all your love with me.

It will be another long list for the thank you and appreciation. All and all, a simple thank you and I appreciate each of you that have remember this one simple day and make it special to me.

A quarter century it has come. 

Wish myself faster get a bf, 

Wish myself to love myself more than yesterday,

(I know I always did! but under request too)

And last wishes keep it for myself. 

Thank you! Terima Kasih! Xie-xie! Arigato! Merci!