Posted in Happenings on Jun 30th, 2009
The irreversible onset of painful muscle cramping can bring down even the fittest marathon runners. Wonder what are the causal factors? Dehydration? Or electrolyte imbalance?
A runner being carried on a stretcher to the medical station
Getting a cooling down and leg massage
Runners and spectators making their way home along Jalan Tun Perak … […]
Posted in Happenings on Jun 29th, 2009
In every direction I looked, I saw people doing it … I mean capturing the moments with either their phone cameras, digicams, DSLRs or videocams. For the pros, the KL Marathon was nothing less than a field day. Most of the time, one only sees a ‘faceless’ person behind the camera.
They mean business … the […]
Posted in Happenings on Jun 28th, 2009
Were you at the Standard Chartered Kl Marathon this morning? When I arrived at Dataran Merdeka at about 8am, many of the runners for the full marathon were back at the Start/Finish point. As the minutes went by, the place was packed with more and more people - it was reported that some 12,500 runners […]
Posted in Bon Appetit on Jun 26th, 2009
Penangnites swear the best durian come from Balik Pulau, on the southwest of the island. As I’d never tasted the BP durian, I fully agreed to Angie and Patrick’s suggestion to drive there for lunch, despite the hot and hazy weather. We took the Jelutong Expressway, which took us through the Bayan Lepas industrial area […]
Posted in Bon Appetit on Jun 25th, 2009
Yesterday’s posting about the Blue Mansion would have given an inkling as to where I went recently … yep, up north to the Pearl of the Orient. It was sort of a reunion trip to meet up with my Penang sister. Drove up in 2 vehicles with my wife, sister Angie, brother Patrick, niece Sydney […]
Posted in Fotoblog on Jun 24th, 2009
<Canon 50D with Sigma 10-20mm: ISO 125; f/5.6; 1/30 sec>
This was shot at the entrance to the so-called Blue House (or Mansion), located on Leith Street, Penang. More popularly referred to as Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, this UNESCO Heritage site once covered an area of 56,000 sq ft including the garden, servant quarters and kitchen. […]
Posted in Bon Appetit on Jun 23rd, 2009
Since I’d be outstation on Father’s Day, my daughter arranged to celebrate the event one week ahead of the actual day. We went to Room Eighteen - one of the Tai Thong Group’s chain of restaurants - for dinner. The place can be rather crowded during weekends since there’s currently an 18% discount on a […]
