Penang Vacation 2014 Part 1 - Street Art

I had this ambitious plan to visit all the Street Arts by Ernest Zacharevic and took pictures during the recent CNY holidays. Had to revise the plan. Payah laaa pulak kerana....si Huda tak boleh duduk senyap2. She was restless, tak nak posing and restless menunggu kitaorg posing. Ye laaaa...bukannya kita sorang je nak bergambar. Tourist2 lain pun ada. Kena la take turn. Kadang2, ada kereta lah, motor lah, beca lah, orang lah dok lalu lalang. Bila dah restless tu, mula la Huda berlari sana sini, berlari nak lintas jalan, berlari masuk kedai. Peninn. Macam mana nak bergambar?...haishh. So we had to optimize and visit the most wanted aje. Yg lain2 tu, ikut nasib je la kalau terserempak.

'Boy on a Chair/ Reaching Up'. Huda is on the mural's chair

'Skippy, the Giant Cat'

'Children on the swing'

'Children Playing Basketball'

One of the Street Art - Welded iron wall caricature

Cute :)

Not sure if this is acknowledged as Georgetown's list of Street Art.

Upside down statue?

My favourite...ngehehehee

Of course with the most well-known Street Art 'Two Children on a Bicycle' at Lebuh Armenia

Both me & husband decided to do a thorough Georgetown heritage walk one day (bile nye ni...ntaaahh lee), just the 2 of us.

Shopping time

Got discount but for limited time only. 

Recently Fundsupermart organized a free seminar and offered discounted sales charge for selected funds which participated in the seminar. Tapi those funds I do not invested in. This time around, a couple of my favourite funds are listed since depa menang The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Fund awards.

Yey! Shopping!

Ronda2@Tmn Melawati

I registered Melawati 10K run sebab nostalgia punya pasal (and sebab last year DNS...hohoho). Hampir2 DNF coz I was not feeling that well around Friday midnight. Stomach flu I think - abdominal cramps, chills, rasa macam demam, sendi sengal2. Saturday morning, badan masih rasa tak best...macam baru baik demam gitu. Nevertheless, I decided to pin up the bib & gantung the running shirt. Selalunya excited buat benda ni tapi this time tersentot sket keseronokan tu.

Sunday earrrly morning, got up to feed baby and body felt almost normal and so I decided to go ahead and take it easy during the run. Berangin2 pagi itu di Melawati. Seronok pulak nengok pokok melambai2. Organizer siap announced that they had to take down the pintu gerbang START/FINISH for safety reason.
KM3-5 was nice. It was Jalan Kolam Air, banyak pokok so sejuk dan nyaman tapi boleh tahan slope nya. Lalu laa satu mini air terjun ni. Lojik la coz Empangan Klang Gate is close by.

At KM5.7, passed by the house that we used to live in. Haisshh...rumah ni asal-usulnya a single storey corner lot. Udah jadi double storey. There was a small piece of land beside the house. I guess the current owner extended the pagar and claimed the land as his/her own. Ish..ish..ishh.

At KM6.2, lalu pulak my sekolah rendah. Sempat ambik gambar 'Selamat Datang' dari jauh je hahahaha...Rasa over la pulak kan kalau cross jalan and ber selfie2 kat depan sekolah tu. Masa ambik gambar rumah tu pun terdengar dua mamat dok berbisik hairan (apa spesel rumah ni?)...haissshh...

Me & hubby cut short the run by not taking the U-turn close to the finishing point...jahat tak? Tapiii..tak rasa bersalah pun. I was really dehydrated sampai sakit kepala nyut2 lah (air kat dua2 water station habih). Pikiaq nak carik ayaq je time tu. Ayaq liuq pun kering dah. We ran only about 8.6KM. According to hubby's niece who was also running, the whole route was about 9.5KM, so short by 0.5KM. Hmmm...last year, it was ~8.5KM due to closure of certain route for safety reason. Dah 2 tahun berturut2 ni route tak cukup nisab. 

Nasib baik seronok bernostalgia and nasib baik I decided to take it easy... Cukup la kut bernostalgia kat Melawati ni.

MPIB2014 - Done! Next, Melawati 10K Run and MWM.

Lama nye tak ber blog. Gara2 masuk opis after 3 mths maternity leave. So many things to catch up.
Few weeks prior to MPIB2014, I only brisk walked. Itu pun pancit mak aiii. Side stitch lah, sengal sana sini, hmmphh toksah cakap la. Then I slowly started to walk/jog/walk. I am generally a slow runner. Post pregnancy, laaaagi la selloww. Takpa mak, jangan gelojoh mak.
Basically I have to build up my stamina, condition my body, right from the start. When 5th Jan arrived, I was still nervous. Risau pun ye, syok pun ye. Dah lama tak join running event weiii...kemaruk weili..My longest distance of walk/jog was 5KM. My concern lies mostly on the niggles around my right inner thigh joint. It normally throbs during and after my walk/jog but thankfully it will be gone the following day. Plank, bridge, clamshell, jane fonda. Sumer lah dok buat to strengthen the pelvic, hip and core.

I dunno why, but I really love the moment to pasang bib

Mostly I slow jogged to ensure whatever niggles I have, stay as niggles. Also walked at the slopes, nothing ambitious. Selalunya I left hubby behind, this time he left me behind. Ok laaa lari terkedek2, dapat jugak ku redah garisan penamat. Katanya 8KM, tapi my Runkeeper registered 7.2KM (apakah...). Average pace 10:04min/km kuikuikui. Yep...selaju siput.
Major difference this time? I brought along my pump and cooler bag. Along the way to Padang Merbok, sempat mengepam. Dapat la dalam 3oz. Kena la buat pengosongan, kalau idak ada pulak terlebih bounce. And I had to wear double bra. Sports bra dah ketaaaat huhuhu.
The queue to collect medal and food was looong, an area for improvement for year 2015. By the time we got our medals, bergambar satu round, we rushed home. The post race euphoria was there and terasa nak hang around to absorb the post race ambience that I've missed so much. However, since I'm breastfeeding, my tank is filling up and chest started to feel tight ngehehehe..cepat2 lah kami balik. Also, selalunya kami berjimba2 kat kedai mamak mana2 sambil reminiscing funny moments during the race. Huhuhuh..another activity that we had to forego. Wellll, have to pandai2 manage lah kan :)

Next run - Melawati 10K. Weeee..! I am sooo looking forward for this one. Sebabnya, I grew up in Taman Melawati. Tempat jatuh lagi di kenang. The map shows that the run will pass my primary school and also the lane where I used to live. Nostalgiaaaa. Furthermore, Melawati Run was the first run that I had to DNS due to pregnancy. Kira sessi balas dendam lah ni....muahahahah (evil laugh).

For March, I've registered for 10K event in MWM2014 and got to know that 10K runners will get the pendant. Uuuuuuuhuhuhu..like, like, like! While Melawati run will be a santai 10K run sebab nak bernostalgia and berselfie2, I do aim to have some target pace for MWM2014 walaupun tak tahu lagi at what pace I'll be running. Tgk lah mcm mana the outcome of Melawati run. Limited medals for MWM 10K event...hmm..tak salah berangan kann :P

Kinabalu, kami nak datang

The date for the trip has been set, 15-19 Dec 2014. Booking fee has been paid. Jeng..jeng..jeng. Actually I already signed up for 11.12.13 trip (last month) tapi gara2 signed up then found out that I was pregnant...burnt the booking fee for that one. Hasben naik sorang2 dgn rakan2 lain.
Sooooo...nak jugak naik this year. Yg bestnya, hasben pun ikut sebaaaab...dia tak sempat sampai puncak harharhar. A blessing for me indeed. Dia dapat sijil hitam putih je, not coloured for those who reached Kinabalu Low's Peak.

Meng'saiko' diri sendiri

Saspen jugak ni. Kalau brisk walk 1km dalam sepuluh minit (lbh kurang), orang kata Kinabalu is like 1km/hr. Tapi my hasben ikut Mersilau and it took him almost 12 hours to reach Laban Rata....eeep! apakah...
Got almost 1 year to prepare. Apart from my lari2 I think, I'll be visiting Broga, Bukit Tabur, Bukit Gasing etc as a preparation. Oh ye, package includes white water rafting. Nak kena pikir gak preparation for that activity.

Christmas and Snow

Christmas brought back the memory of our trip to Chamonix, France end of last year. I was out-stationed in Lyon for 1 month plus and took the opportunity during weekend to jalan2. That was the first time I experienced snow. Well, Lyon ada la snow but it was nothing much ie the flakes were too tiny and turned to water when it landed on any surface. But Chamonix? And it was a lotttt of snow.

Macam tak real je snow kat roof tu...but it was real.

Husband and I was giddy, on the way, all the way, macam budak2. Frankly, we did not expect snow. We were planning to take the cable car to any of the peaks to catch a view of snow capped Mont Blanc. Rezeki murah, the night before our daytrip, it snowed heavily in Chamonix weeeheehehe.
Being ill-prepared, I did not bring any gloves. Had to buy them in one of the shops. The glove in the photo above, I noticed lateeeerrr that it was pig skin. Pakai je dulu, buang later, samak dengan sabun taharah. Shoes? I worn my Brooks Pure Connect yg berlubang2 tu. Woooo...pedih jari2 kaki. Sejukkk.

Hayaa dok sibuk nak ke negara yang ada winter and snow. We explained to her that we need to save a lot of money first for accommodation, flight tickets etc. We never showed her the Chamonix photo hahahaha..nanti lagi kecoh dia dok menanye.

Enjoying the view at Lognan ski area

Favourite Pacer

Not the running type of pacer. The writing type. Papermate Pacer which I used when I was in primary school. Punyalah suka pensil picit ni. Tiap2 kali hilang je, jenuh kumpul duit belanja and beli lagi. My mom gave me the first one. I think I've bought them like 2-3 times? 4? Tak pandai jaga barang eheheh.

Few days ago I walked past Faber Castell booth in KLCC and a mechanical pencil caught my interest, hence the sudden trip down to memory lane about the Pacer mechanical pencil.
Kalau terjumpa this pencil for sale online, I plan to pick it up. Nostalgia la pulak.