The Controversial Night Run

The organizer has issued a press statement saying that they will refund the registration fee to all participants by early next month. You may read the long list of complaints regarding the Energizer Night Run 2011 on Facebook.

Last year was not so good, but this year was even worse.

Well, I guess no more night run for me next year. Tinggal Genting Trailblazer dan Penang Bridge Marathon.

But as at now, I need to focus on my training regime for the Mount Stong Summit.

Oh Bagusnya Kawasan Rumahku!

Macam-macam ada. Cawangan LHDN ada, cawangan Pusat Zakat ada, cawangan JPN ada, mahkamah seksyen pun ada. Hospital ada dua. We have all hypermarkets here too.

So, Din...jangan nak usik-usik lagi, cakap my neighbourhood tak best. Jom datang ke Shamelin Perkasa!

Breakfast Delight

Some of my close friends would never want to join me dine at foodstalls. Mereka tak beritahu alasan mereka, tapi aku boleh agaklah. Maybe such places are not that clean, not up to their cleanliness standard.

Tapi apa-apa pun, biar aku habaq di sini, some of the best food in town are those served at these foodstalls. Salah satunya ialah gerai nasi lemak Desa Pandan, bertentangan dengan Poliklinik PUSRAWI.

Jumaat Yang Manja

Sepatutnya aku kena turun latihan hari ini tapi mood macam tak semenggah. Entahlah, tiba-tiba hati ini rindu kepada seorang kawan lama yang lama terbuang.

Tak pasti, sama ada aku buang dia, ataupun dia buang aku. Aku pun tak pasti kenapa kami buang membuang sesama kami.

Tapi daripada apa yang aku dengar, dia akan melangsungkan majlis perkahwinan, insya Allah, bulan Jun nanti. Walaupun tak dijemput, aku tetap doakan agar Allah anugerahkan satu perkahwinan yang bahagia dan sentosa buatnya.

Lets forgive and forget, mate!

Mt. Stong Summit

Setelah asyik diperli, disindir dan dikutuk oleh Apau, akhirnya aku pun turunlah berlatih sama-sama dengan rakan-rakan expedisi mendaki Gunung Stong. Bukannya aku tak mahu turun ataupun nak mengada-ngada, cuma sebelum itu aku sibuk dengan persiapan percutian di Tenggara Sabah. Balik dari percutian, aku sibuk sedikit di pejabat, di samping bersiap sedia dengan Energizer Night Run 2011.

Semalam aku turun berlatih untuk kali kedua. Sesi pertama adalah hari Isnin. Aku cuba untuk berlari sekelompok dengan Arriff, Jeffrey dan seorang lagi abang security which I cannot recall his name. Tapi, mereka terlalu pantas untuk aku. Akhirnya, bukan sahaja aku tertinggal malah aku tersesat. Instead of coming back to Lake Garden, I ran along the highway next to the National Museum leading to Istana Budaya, before exiting to Mahkamah Shariah Wilayah Persekutuan, ke Masjid Negara dan sekali lagi berlari di atas highway ke Bank Rakyat sebelum sampai ke pejabat.

Habis latihan, Nazrol called me, asking if I'm interested to join him and his friends karaokeing at Redbox Sogo Ria. Seperti yang aku war-warkan dalam Facebook, aku makan dan makan dan makan tak henti-henti. Oh, my... I never realised that a 7km run could make me that hungry.

Semalam, sekali lagi aku cuba untuk berlari bersama-sama Arriff, the abang security and one more security guy, tetapi kena tinggal juga. Cuma aku tak sesat. Walaupun tak sampai 7km, kali ini aku tak rasa lapar sangat. Mungkin sebab aku ada makan pisang, sebelum lari semalam.

Dan malam tadi aku tertanya-tanya sendirian, why I run? Is it because of the summit? Yeap. Is there another reason for it? Hmmm...

Before I sign off, let me share with you guys some pictures of my karaoke buddies. These are from my Geng McD. Terima kasih daun keladi. Ajak-ajaklah lagi...

Aku Bujang dan Senang

Don't get me wrong. This is not a post to brag about my financial. Senang here means happy. I'm single and currently happy with being single. Lebih kurang macam itu lah.

Last night, while waiting for the speaker, my table talked about family. A is happily married. B is blessed with two or three kids. Meanwhile, C is expecting her first. Ops... that was a different lady. This woman is expecting her third.

During the discussion, I just put my focus on the food in front of me. Not that the food was super duper delicious, but because I know how this conversation will progress.

All three pairs of eyes stared at me as if I was ngelat, not doing my part in this discussion.

"So, how many kids you have?" asked the pregnant lady to me.

"Oh, saya bujang senang" I answered with the expectation that they will get signal that I'm not into such conversation.

"Ooo... you must be choosy ni!" said the short guy sat opposite of me, with the facial expression that he totally understand me.

Oh sudah! Aku pasti soalan tadi akan berjangkit-jangkit. Memang betul pun. Lepas seorang lagi sampuk, cuba sebaik mungkin untuk meyakinkan aku bahawa aku sangat rugi kerana melambat-lambatkan perkahwinan.

Kakak yang mengandung tu menambah lagi, "Tengok gaya, dah ada tu. Mesti dah ada dah tu! Betul tak?"

I know I must kill off this conversation before it too late. Suddenly, an evil idea popped up in my mind!

"Girlfriend saya yang tak nak kahwin. She only wants sex buddy. No string attached. Apa boleh saya buat. Ikutkan saja lah."

Oh, God... you guys should look at their face. Masing-masing terbeliak biji mata. Kakak tu buat dengar tak dengar.

Aku bangkit terus pi ambil pencuci mulut. Dalam hati, berdekah-dekah aku gelakkan mereka. Tapi sekarang ini, bila aku fikir-fikirkan balik, kemungkinan besar aku bukannya gelakkan mereka, diri aku sendiri. Ye ke? Sedihlah...

Kad Kredit

Semenjak Kerajaan mengenakan cukai RM50 ke atas setiap kad kredit yang dipegang oleh setiap rakyat Malaysia, aku telah membatalkan dua daripada tiga kad kredit yang aku guna/pegang selama ini. Dan aku masih lagi tertanya-tanya, kenapa dikenakan cukai RM50 ini ke atas SETIAP kad kredit.

Is the message to discourage credit card debts? Why not impose the tax on the second card onwards?

Frankly speaking, the reason why I use credit card, instead of debit card is because of the 0% easy payment scheme that offered by the credit card issuers. Previously, another reason was the reward points for each transaction paid using the credit. But now, debit card has this feature too.

Not that I'm promoting debt (although there are good debts, bad debts), but this facility to some extent helps to improve cashflow, especially during crucial months such as festive seasons or 'buka sekolah' time. In my case, when I feel like rewarding myself with one or two big purchase. Why should I pay lump sum, if I could pay on monthly installments at no additional cost? In fact, I could earn hibah or profit if I invest a portion of the fund in savings or Islamic FD account! :)

Yesterday, I received a small package from a foreign bank. Ya, betul. Satu lagi kad kredit untuk aku.

Sebenarnya aku terpujuk untuk memohonnya apabila jurujualnya meminta aku membantu dia untuk memenuhi kuota yang diperlukan untuk bulan ini.

"Bolehlah bang, untuk saya achieve target saja. Nanti kalau abang tak nak guna, abang boleh cancel saja."

Out of kasihan kot, aku pun signed up for the card.

Dan sekarang aku pun sudah dapat kad kredit tersebut. Dan aku dapat rasakan bahawa aku takkan menggunakan kad tersebut.

So should I cancel it now or wait until one year since the bank already paid the RM50 tax for me for first year? Oh my... I've forgot to put down my signature at the back of the card!!!