Today marks the first long run in KL since coming back from Melbourne. It sure was tough going. I was sweating so much in the first 10 mins. By the time I finished my run, I was soaking wet. Worst still, when I was doing my stretching, my legs cramped a little. Not too sure what was the distance I've covered but the total time was about 1h 20m, or slightly lesser due to the time taken to cross the busy Duta Highway, cutting across from LHDN to Jalan Tunku (vice versa). I started my run at 7:00pm on purpose, since it was extremely hot day today. Anyways, glad that I got the training done.
Came home to cook but somehow don't have much appetite to eat. Actually quite normal for me when I run here in Malaysia. Usually after a morning run, I would rather go back, take a shower and take a nap before eating. I don't feel that way when I was running in Melbourne. Most likely due to the cooler weather in Melbourne which makes me hungry all the time.
In the afternoon, went over to Amcorp Mall to meet up with Sonny. He became a first time father couple weeks back. It was his time out from home as he wanted to get some children books from the Big Bad Wolf Book Fair in Amcorp Mall. Kid is going to be a genius by the time he can talk. The queue to get in the book fair was so long, I decided to wait him outside. Since I was there, called up Ray for lunch as his office is in the building itself. Took Sonny an hour or so just to pay for his books at the counter. We chatted at a mamak store in LG. Ray's colleague, Bob joined in. Lots of interesting topics from the short chat. One of the best one is how Bob compared workers today with sugar cane. Why you may ask? Well, if you know how sugar cane juice is extracted in the pasar malam (night market), it's generally crushed a few times through the machine till it's dry. Well, according to Bob, that is how workers are nowadays. The employers will squeeze the employees dry till they are not able to work, so bosses will get rid of you and get new blood in. Haha.
Outside Amcorp Mall, lots of stalls were set up for the mobile phone fair. Interestingly, most stalls are selling "iPhone" and "Blackberry". What's with the "_"??! Well, all these phones are from china and replicas of both phones. Man, I can tell you the phone has a lot more function than what iPhone has to offer. TV, FM Radio, Dual Sim Card, Stylus, etc. Just don't know how long can the phone last. Ah, if I was working, wouldn't mind giving this phone a try. How much? One with Wifi - RM599, one without - RM299. Then the guy said to me, "You buy today, special offer for you". He took out the calculator and typed out the figure and showed to me "RM450". : ))
Next Race:
Klava 2nd Back to Nature Relay 3 x 3.9km
Date/Time: 27 Nov / 7:30am
Venue: Taman Metropolitan Batu, Tmn Mastiara
Team mates: Raymond and Michelle
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