KFC - KL City Amazing Race 2013

Now the race that we triumphant! 

It was a last minute decision, as wifey might have something that Saturday, and the deadline for registration was on Thursday. It was around 2 pm (that Thursday) that I got an sms from her (wifey) saying that the programme on Saturday is cancelled, and right after that I told Fakri we are on for the race and continue with the registration. Race on!

Race Day (Saturday, 2 March 2012)

Start, Finish : Wisma KFC

KFC anyone?

Am the first one arrived, around 7.40am. Took the LRT. No need to worry about parking.

8.00 registration and breakfast. By then everyone is here.

8.45 final briefing, we need to wear the bandana and stick our numbers on our back and front. A Rapid KL’s lanyard and RM8 MyRapid card were also given to each team. 

2 teams. Budget Good Good 1 (known as BGG1) and Budget Good-Good 2 (known as BGG2). BGG1 comprise of me and Fakri, while BGG2 comprise of Elah and Lek. We will race side by side and aiming for podium finisher.. *chewahh*

9.00 off we go!.. err.. we didn’t go anywhere atleast after almost an hour! The riddle that we needed to solve is kind a hard (atleast for our level). You will only get where you will be going once you solve those riddles. Sigh. Wasted too much time, but we finally get 5 out of 8 locations that we were supposed to go, and there will be 4 CPs where we will get a set of ‘hunt’ questions to solve. Yeah right, like we got the time to do that. :P

1^st CP – Kl City Walk

Task – Buat sampai menangis!

With haste, we went for our first CP, the task – peel a bag of 5kg small onion, under an hour! Wahh! That’s a lot of onion, seriously! And peeping at the sheet of which team has completed, few get 0 points as they couldn’t finish it within an hour. Wasted! They must have been the team that took off earlier. Fakri were the one cutting the top and bottom of the onion, while me? I got this brilliant idea to ‘peel’ the onion using my fingers and nails. The result? We managed to finish it under half an hour and my fingers hurt!. We went ahead with the hunt questions while waiting for team BGG 2 completed their task. Acting as a time keeper, I knew that we didn’t have much time as we only visit one CP and left with 7 more, and we need to finish it within 2 and a half hours! While at it, another team were kind enough to share with us the location for the last 3 CPs, and that really save us lots of time trying to figure it out ourselves. Answered only 2 hunt questions.

dengan penuh kusyuk..

untuk buat kenduri ke bang? 

Went on running frantically towards Concorde Hotel, not knowing where is Wariseni actual location is (padahal memasing ada smartphone) ok. Situasi pantas, tak sempat nak fikir dah :P I thought Fakri said ‘Concorde Hotel’ as the next CP :P. Penat. As we were running towards Matic, I looked back and saw Wariseni sign near the Monorel station. Seb baik.

2^nd CP – Wariseni near Dang Wangi LRT station

Task – Tikar mengkuang La.. La.. La.. La.. (ikut irama lagu Kain Pelikat)

Another time consuming task. Although no time limit was given, it still took us about 15 minutes to complete it. If you rush it, it will only delay you further. Serious. Sabar sesangat. Bukan patern empat segi yg biasa tu. Ada patern dia yg kena ikut. 

tadaa!! ada bakat tak?

Both teams manage to complete it and get full marks. Proceed to Jalan Hang Tuah using the Monorel. Dapat lah menghilangkan rasa kepanasan. Heaven. 

Oh wait! Where in Jalan Hang Tuah exactly? Well, that’s for you to find out. Clues were given with only street names, not with the exact location. 

3^rd CP – Jalan Hang Tuah

Task – Its not easy being a ‘fireman’

And my best guess, it must be at the Fire Station. Turns out my guess was right! The security guard told us that we have to go to the back of the station. Both team members need to complete the task, one sliding down the pole the fireman use when they want to get down from 2 story floor high, and another team member need to roll up the water hose in orderly manner. It’s not every day u get to wear the full suit of a fireman. I was struggling to put it on, and it is the actual suit that the fireman wear while on duty. And they have like 2 seconds to put everything on, while I took like a whole 10 minutes to do so :P Insaf jap. Its not easing being a fireman really. I love my job better. Noktah. 

abg ni mcm biasa buat lah!

okk.. ready.. peluk.. turun!

err.. tak yah komen ape2 :P

The first team that was there were DNF since one of their team member was hurt doin this task. It seems doable, but it’s not every day we get to do this, and even me, I landed my bump first, which, also not the right way to do it. So entering a race always come with risks, not just the fun of it. :) remember that. 

Too bad, few teams miss this CP, as there were no banner whatsoever to indicate the CP. 

4^th CP – Jalan Panggung

Task – Carry a block of ice to the KFC restaurant @ CM.

Next – we took a cab to Jalan Panggung for our next task. One of us need to carry a block of ice all the way to the back of KFC restaurant @ CM (about 500 metres away) and this is very challenging task especially those weren’t prepared for such physical task, but again, this is prolly why they call ‘amazing’ race in the first place, not a fun run, right? :P.

 isnt it hot today? want a block of ice?

5^th CP – Central Market

Task – Singing with Signatures. 

We move to another CP at CM, where we need to sing out loud in the public area and get ourselves 20 signatures from the public in order to get the next set of hunt questions. Fakri sung a song, then we went into Mamak’s and get those signatures in no time.

A family of 4, 3 daughters and a Makcik

Makcik : Wahh, ni ada apa ni?

BGG 1 : Kami ada race ni makcik. Blh tak nak mintak sign? Sign je, tak yah name ke ape..

Makcik : Takpelah, soh anak-anak makcik yang sign (sambil anak2 dia sign)

Makcik : Eh, masuk TV tak race korang ni?

BGG 1 : *Errk* Eh takde lah makcik, takde cameraman ikut, so takde lah masuk tv part ni.. 

*Sambil ucap time kasih dan berlari kuar* :P 

We completed the task, and got the hunt questions. we answered only one out of 5. Again, we don’t really have that much time. Once BGG 2 finished their task, off we go to the next CP. 

6^th CP - Kuil Sri Maha Mariamman

Task – Bunga Malai arrangement

Rushing to the next CP @ kuil Sri Maha Mariamman, around 500 meter away from where we were. Here, we needed to make a bunga malai arrangement and another set of hunt questions were given, this one we answered 2 questions, leaving out the rest. Rushing2 towards the next CP. Sangat pantas, nak cerita pun takde cerita dah kat sini.

errr.. not this one. yg bunga kecik2 tu.. :)

tiap2 explorace, amazing race sure ada task ni..

Its 12.35 pm. Cut off time is 1 pm. *puft* Panas terik! Simpang siur berlari2 anak di celah2 traffic. Hidup di kota metropolitan. Semua rushing. event hari Sabtu. Ehh?

7^th CP – Spotted Dog (nickname for Selangor Club), Dataran Merdeka

Task – Name the comic characters

We were left with only 2 CPs. One in Dataran merdeka, and another one is @ Taman Tasik Titiwangsa. 

Dataran!

We decided to check out the CP @ Dataran, where we have to guess the name of 10 cartoon characters. We managed to identify only 7 out of 10 characters, and we totally skip the hunt questions and opted not to try the Titiwangsa CP as we might not have enough time to get back to Wisma KFC on time. 

Note : and we don’t even know where in TT Titiwangsa the task would be :P 

Time : 12.44 pm. Tick Tock, Tick Tock. 

KL taxi driver is something. They are sometimes, a lifesaver! :)

We arrived back @ Wisma KFC at 12.51 pm. Phew! A minute late would be a total waste of today’s effort. 

Stuffed ourselves with freshly cook KFC chicken buffet, and gulping down iced cold sirap! Perghh..  

Prize Giving ceremony began around 2.30 pm, but before that a lucky draw session in between. Me and Lek won a lucky draw each, tickets to Melaka Wonderland and I got another prize for embarrassing myself dancing in front of the others, with a bag full of Secret Garden products. < Wifey love em so! 

Its time. After the answer tabulation, its time to announce the winner.

While the MC announcing the 10th to 6^th placing winner, we get nervous and we weren’t sure we could be in the top 5. Turns out our worry were baseless. 

We did it!! Yay! with BGG1 positioned 2^nd and BGG2 positioned 3^rd! Not bad huh? If only we have enough time to go to Titiwangsa, we would definitely be the champion. What ever it is, Alhamdulillah, we are safe and sound and thankful for the rezki given by Allah. It was worth the effort running like mad around KL city on Saturday’s morning.

Congrats!

You’ll lose some, you’ll win some! Just do your best and enjoy doing it! Insya allah. A winning always boost the spirit of the team. X sabar nak join event lain! :)

Ended 3.30 pm. Penat. Tp best. Tschuss!

Pro :

Easy hunt question. The ‘not’ so easy, to solve it. Haha.. we are not that good in hunting. But we did enjoy answering few of them (total Q = 20). We answered 5. :P Points for hunt Qs = 20 pts. Points for all the task = 80 pts. I think we scored atleast 74 points.

Scrumptious breakfast and lunch. Always a KFC fan. :P 

Marshals were helpful and friendly. Most of them are KFC’s staff. Well, at least they guide us with the riddles. Those asking for answers, 2 points will be deducted from you total point at the end of the race.

Its always fun running around the KL City on Saturday’s morning

Free Rapid Card = Free train ride :) 

Love em trolly bag! Adding more collection of KFC’s.

Cons :

This type of race kind a new to me, well, atleast an hour more should be sufficient for all of us to try to get to the last CP. The riddle for the first part kinda hard, nothing wrong with giving out the road name, as we still need to figure out where the exact location is.

No banner @ certain CP, so teams might not have any idea where the CP actually is. 

Time consuming task, a bag of small red union in an hour? Aiseh. Should it be just like, a kilo or just weight how much one team can peel within 15 minutes or so. But still, doable.  Only one team at a time is allowed to do the task @ Bomba Jln Hang Tuah. Too bad if you have to wait for the slower team. And putting those suit takes time. And we were not told of the risk whatsoever. 

Slower team didn’t get to do the Onion task because the management of KL City Walk were not satisfied about the mess coming out of it, so, it has to be cancelled.

CPs, most of them were nearby. And then you have Taman Tasik Titiwangsa CP’s. Should it be somewhere around Padang Merbok or Taman Botani if you only gave us 4 hours of race time? And I heard that the task for TT Titiwangsa was Ping Pong. Can be play anywhere flat right? 

Numbers/stickers were peeled off after 2 CPS. We were ‘numberless’ by the end of the race. But good idea asking everyone to wear the bandana. No event tee though. Would be nice to have one, promoting this event everywhere I go later :) Oh, it’s easier to spot the racers that way too, instead of just bandana.

Amazing Race Majalah Mangga 2013

2 Race dengan keputusan berbeza.

Kita mulakan dengan race yang kami kalah.

Amazing Race Majalah Mangga 2013

16 Februari 2013, FRIM, Kepong.

Edisi Amazing Race bersama Majalah Mangga, terbitan Utusan Karya Sdn Bhd dianjurkan sempena ulang tahun ke-18 Majalah Mangga. Melalui Fan Clubnya, acara ini diadakan di FRIM, Kepong. Sebanyak 18 pasukan telah mengambil bahagian, termasuklah pasukan kami yang terdiri dari Fakri, Elah, Lek dan saya sebagai Kapten. Anggota kelima adalah Keena, mentee Awie dalam program rancangan realiti Mentor.

There goes the introduction. Allow me to continue in both English and Malays. Comfortable writing that way I guess. Tak salah kan?  

 

I first saw the ads about the event during Jom Fiesta! held @ Utusan Karya here in Bangi. So I form a team, not knowing who our 5^th member will be, until that event day. Its more like spent-a-day-with-your-favourite-artist which is, for me, I hardly knew most of them :P but few are the famous one like Nelyda Senrose or Emma Maembong for example. *woot!!*

FRIM @ Kepong

Breakfast served, and registration began around 8.45 am. Once we get to know the celebrity that will be joining us, we went to say hi, and go for group photography (kenapa lah bukan Nelydia Senrose jd team mate kitaorg? *puft*) Ape pun Keena merupakan team mate yang superb dan sporting, even masuk race pakai suar jeans. 

Newly open rows of Cafe

Registration

Yummy! Eh, asal gmbr air jer :P

 Among the celebrities that day. Ayu O1AM pun ada.

 Utusan Karya dan majalah2 nya

Team Budget Good Good

Aksi model tak jadi

Aksi kembang idong! Bukan selalu.. 

Saya bukan lelaki itu.. *puft* haha..  

 Readyy?

The event started around 9.30 am, with 8 CPs to go through. Total distance around 4 km. A map was given, plus an egg for you to safe keep during the whole race. 

And our team made a mistake on CP1 :P – find a 5 glass marbles in a pool, and once we did, we didn’t submit it to the marshall for that CP and went ahead for the next CP! Boleh semua orang tak ingat tu, terlalu excited sbb jadi first team yang dpt kumpul kesemua 5 guli (few later team were manage to collect 2 marbles only). Less point lah. Tp diaorg ttp dpt markah sbb submit diaorg punya guli. Di setiap CP, kena buat task, dan kena shout team tagline sebaik/sekreatif mungkin. 

CP 2 was nearby, once we've collected all 5 glass marbles, rushed towards CP2 and get our next task, to ‘decorate’ ourselves with dead leaves to makes us look like org asli, and painted our faces the most interesting way. we had to say our tagline before we were allowed to go. 

Continue climbing the stairs and end up into the Rover Trail. Its helpful as I’ve been here too many times and we know exactly where to go. Few teams took the wrong turn. = buang masa.

Jungle trekking sket..

Everyone seem enjoying doin it...

 Arrived CP 3 after 10 minutes of running. 

CP 3 – all of us needed to play a malay traditional game called berjalan dengan tempurung, which you have to walk with it for few meters and back, under 5 minutes. Fakri was pretty good at this, siap berlari-lari anak lagi. Kind a hard for someone with bigger size like me, Lek n Elah. Again, we need to do our best to shout the team’s tagline. Ok. Sakit tekak dah. 

Ok, lets hear the group tagline?

off your shoes 

pick your tempurung (coconut shell)

and pose as cute as me! :P lol.. 

Continue running towards CP 4. We were still leading. But in an amazing race, team that leads doesn’t necessary gonna end up 1^st place. Total marks is what important. Timing is 2^nd.

Located under the huge mersawa gajah tree.

CP 4 – (treasure) a puzzle we need to complete (always hate it) and we weren’t told about the ‘treasure’ that we were supposed to ‘snap’ while we were there. again, shout the tagline first. We couldn’t complete it under 5 minutes, so everyone were punished to eat a slice of ‘peria’. Op! jgn lupa team tagline. Ok. Bosan pulak setiap CP kena ulang2 (2 kali setiap CP). Tp tetap penuh bersemangat kita org laungkan.

 almost!

Continue running/walking towards CP 5. More of downhill route.

enjoy the serenity!

Everyone has to do this

CP 5 - Aksi komando - where all of us need to crawl like a commando under tali rafia to complete the task. Jgn lupa shout the tagline again. Keena masih bertenaga. Harapan utk dia mintak dukung balik ke finish line takde lah nampaknya. Lek dan Elah kecewa. Haha.. 

Continue running/walking. This is the best part. Merentas padang under shady trees. 

CP 6 Arrived at the traditional house, the task - to stack those nails, and forming a shape like the pic below :

 *photo credit to its owner*

 

And we finish it like under 5 minutes. Senang! Tiap2 kali abis task kena shout team tagline. *dah takde sore* Oh yer. Our team tagline was : Ululululululu (use your own imagination) and shout, Apa Khabar Rockers!!! (suare serak2 basah) Note : Keena is the host of the show btw. < Jgn lupa tengok cite nih. Haha.

CP 7 – listening to instructions. 2 of the team members get blindfolded. The rest guide them to collect the color arrow according to the marshal’s instruction. Kecoh bagi arahan! Enjoy the vid!

they both really listened to my instruction! hehe (which only one was supposed to)

Still leading.. Yeah! Yeah! woit, mana nak pegi ni?

CP 8 – We took about 5 minutes to find this CP, only to find out that the marshall is yet to be there. Haha.. terlalu laju lah pulak.. 

Few tasks. 1. Fear factor challenge. We were blindfolded, and we need to get 2 (two) 20 cent coins in a bowl full of maggots and a 5 cent coin in an covered fish bowl (I think there’s a slimy fish inside). Senang jer. We have 3 Fear Factor winners in our group. :P

2^nd task - we need to write down all the task that we did just now. Hentam sajelah. Tak ingat sangat semua task yang marshal sebut tadik. Agak2 jer.

Once done, we submitted all the ‘treasures’ – glass marble, map, and egg and the picture of the -- tree. We were leading all the way till the end. Rasa cambest. Tp, belum confirm menang!

Apa Khabar Rockersss!! (suara serak2 basah)

Finish the race around 12.30pm. Another group photo, and sesi makan-makan dan sesi karaoke-tak-ok-sangat berlangsung. Food utk lunch sedap! Cake cutting and few artis pegang mic nyanyi. Tak kenal sangatlah sape on stage. :) Wifey wanted a photo with Nelydia, but she already left.  Keena was kind enough to say hi to us and our family members. 

Tetap support walau kami kalah.. 

 Keena live!

Prize giving ceremony around 2.30.  But lucky draws first lah mcm biasa dan acara-acara sampingan lain. Tiap2 kali event kalu ada lucky draw nih, aku rasa org yg dpt tu ‘pemenang’ sebenar. Sbb, grand prize? Dpt pegi Tioman 3 hari 2 malam okeh. Pemenang race ni? Dpt RM800 kongsi 5 orang :P. 

Happy 18th Birthday Majalah Mangga!

Dyat's Team! Congrats!

Eh? Mana thah gmbr team kitaorg? :P *akan diupdate kendian*

We end up @ no. 11.  Team Dyat at no. 12. I think most of the front team didn’t submit their glass marbles @ CP1 too :P. *sour face* kiciwa. Lesson learned. Next time jgn terlebih excited sbb ada artis jadi team member *lulz*

3 pm ended.

Pro :

Good session to meet up close with our favourite artist :P yelah, dpt jumpe Emma Maembong n Nelydia up close, siap amik gmbr dua-dua.. haa.. ok per? Bukan selalu kan.. 

Such a novel effort, yelah, organized by fan club for Majalah Mangga. and they (the fan club) handle everything! apa nama fan club x pastilah saya :) 

Makanan cukup dan sedap.

Route yang menarik dan task yang tak terlalu susah, sesuai untuk semua. Tapi tetap kena fit sebab bentuk muka bumi FRIM tu memang lah berbukit bakau. Sesetengah tempat agak fizikal.

Hadiah lucky draw yang best! Yang tak bestnye, kami yg tak lucky! :P

Cons:

Kul 8 tapi registration tak mula lagi. Race start lambat, dan penerangan tidak begitu jelas oleh Ketua Marshal. 

Hadiah kalu 1^st prize RM800 kongsi 5 orang, alahai, berapa lah sorang dpt ye tak? Kalu kecikkan team, kata lah 3 orang, mahalkan sket fee, orang tetap akan join punye :) dan penganjur tak disclose nilai hadiah masa register. 

Aksi mengada-gada beberapa ‘anak ikan’ yang tak reti ini adalah event keluarga, juga ada peserta dari kalangan ‘anak ikan’ membuat ‘pose’ yang tidak sesuai sewaktu pengumuman pemenang. Acara ni tetap meriah tanpa ada aksi-aksi ‘anak ikan’ ni sebenarnya. Dan penganjur juga patutnya tidak menggalakkan aksi sebegini berlaku. MC juga nampak terlebih excited dengan mengatakan ‘amboi, seronok ye anak-anak ikan dapat bergambar dengan mak ikan’ ? Ape makna anak ikan, mak ikan? Korang google lah ek? :P 

Note : aku mungkin salah. Ke dia cakap ‘anak ayam’ ek? Ok part tu je yg x sure.

Artis duduk dengan group diaorg jer. Bukan semua la. Tp still, lepak je ngan kitaorg, bukan kitaorg nak lebih2 tanya itu ini. Just to get to know our ‘team mate’ better, tu jer.. ye tak?

Event tee tak kualiti sangat. Best kalu dapat pakai lagi bawk gi jenjalan bagi orang lain jeles and at the same time, leh promote event ni. tul tak?

Harap pihak berkenaan blh terima teguran diatas. Ada lagi next year nak join! Losing an event is always a good experience. Tau mana silap, so next event kasi tapau! :) 

Tschuss!

Zombie Run Malaysia 2013 - and we survived!

Over the weekend, me and my team mates took part in an event, first of its kind, held at Canyon Paintball, in Bukit Utama. Although its called Zombie Run, its not actually a distance running, but more like a challenge, the obstacle were zombies, other runners and the geographical area itself. Its team of five, and I was their Captain. 

This is the first time im teaming up with Morjan and Syuk, which I’ve known them being a strong runner, but not into something like this. My buddies Elah and Fakri, both strong paddlers and strong racers. It turns out the formation went well, except I didn’t get there earlier so that we don’t get much to talk before it started. My strategy was to -- *beep* (like I would share it with you :P ) but if we were to carry out the idea, we would have been victorious! 

Arrived few minutes late (bad traffic all the way to be blamed), the briefing already started. Frantic calls coming from my team mates, as we (me n syuk) were trying to get to that place desperately. I know Bandar Utama quite well, but the road leading to Centrepoint kind a blur a bit.

 among the booth open that day. Volunteering anyone? (dpt tshirt free) :)

 SAYS what? :P they were here too!

Once there, we hastily put on our gears and strategize a bit. Before we started, I decided to divide ourselves into smaller group and there were 5 zones that we needed to go into, and safely come out of it with designated colour token. Well, it didn’t go well as planned. Once the zombie started chasing us, it’s every man for himself.

There were few types of zombies. Among them are Sari Aunty, Miss Universe and bride zombie. One who just walks slowly and didn’t bother to grab your flag, one that screams out of ’its’ lung and the one that really chase you around, I mean until it grab your life strap! Some of these zombies are runners too, so dont you think u need to be atleast fitter than them in order to avoid being chased down? :P Captains have two of them (life straps), while the other members of the group have one each. Losing it, you are as good as ‘dead’.

Watch out for these particular zombies that will chase you, i mean, really chase you down! there were zombies that get over excited and chase you down no matter what, breaking the rules of no physical contact between them. All the risk should have been told to both runners and zombies beforehand. Some zombies complained they were kicked back, slapped while they did the same to runners too! 

 dont tell me you're not afraid of them! surreal makeup!

 

 now Clown zombie! thats horrible! :P

Zone 1 was effortless, since the zombie aint moving, but the rest of the zone were a bit challenging, especially zone 4 and 5. We regroup right after, to make sure everyone still has their life strap, and checking who got the ‘token’ for their respective zone.  

Many were thinking by joining this run it just only fun run event, without thinking of the risk it involved. Few were hospitalized (some were severely injured), mainly due to the pushing and blindly jump somewhere to make sure the zombie didn’t get the life strap.  The last wave seen many youngsters (prolly around 15 yrs old) took part, which they might get pushed by much older runners. An age limit should have been imposed to ensure the safety of much younger runner. A category for their age might be a good idea as they will fight among themselves and stands a better chance of surviving.

For Zone 2, Elah and Syuk took the challenge while me, Morjan and Fakri proceed to Zone 4  and 5. There were no signage or whatever, and there were lots ( I mean lots) of false information being pass around the runners, causing us to go and check the area few times (which you need not doing so once u get all 5 colored chips (token). We went for Zone 3 the last, and Fakri emerged shortly with a token in his hand.  And once we done, someone said “No, u have to wait 45 minutes before you can even submit them chips”. Bodo! I won’t listen to you. I just went ahead to the Start/Finish line and submitted our tokens and timing. As the time we submitted our tokens, only 3 teams were successfully completed the course with every member still ‘alive’. 

 scene from Zone 4. Stop and think what to do first :P

 watch out, above you!

 depending on your wave, as at this wave, the zombies are pretty energetic!

 eh Zombie Makcik Nasi Lemak pun ader? :P

 even inside those bushes!

Basically, move as fast as you can, watch your back, and dont touch/push/slap/kick others in the process (including the zombies) :P 

Many were frustrated as they were ‘killed’ as early as few minutes after they got into the zone. As I said, bigger and longer course would ensure everyone enjoy the run and will share good feedback once it’s over. It’s better than having a whole group of disgruntled runners who paid a pricy fee and dead (kick out from the run) in few minutes after it started. I don’t know about you, but for RM75, I get to enjoy a Half Marathon distance run for that matter (which took about 2hrs and 30 minutes to complete) :).  It don’t have to be in a bushes or jungle-themed, but ‘outbreak’ can happened inside a city too kan? Let say Putrajaya? (lots of office building, lots of spaces, less public during the weekend) :) after all, the zombie is protecting the area where the token is located, and not the whole city, right? 

This is how you'll lose your life strap easily

At least the organizer should have put up a water station somewhere along the course or at the Start/Finish area. An iced cold Milo would certainly be great ‘reward’ after running for your life in a humid environment. The idea of putting up booth for selling food is kind a, out of place as those finishing their wave just went straight back, either to Centrepoint or One Utama to have their snacks and drinks, and those came for afternoon, evening waves  already had their lunch before going there.

Overall it was fun and challenging and exciting you must say. As it’s the first time and there’s lot of room for improvements, im sure the 2^nd edition would be much more kick-a**. I just wish that those who wish to take part, bare in mind its not a fun run or something like that, its more like an adventure race or trail run, with obstacles and risk of getting injured is high. Thank god our team managed to finish it without any of our life strap being grabbed by the zombie and injury-free, but the timing isn’t that good. There’s always next time kan? Well, we’ll try again next year for sure.

Once done, we collected our ‘beautiful’ goody bags and I went to ask Lord Zombie himself whether we should wait for the result. As he mentioned that there will be only one winner, I guess our time don’t really stand a chance (we might have spent like 15 to 20 minutes inside there) so we decided to go back. What’s suprising is that, Centrepoint doesn’t have a Surau, and that one of the thing that the Organizer should have take note. And it’s not 7 minutes’ walk from Centrepoint, more like 15 minutes (more or less).

Im sure with better management and better sponsorships, this event would certainly be one that everyone will talk about later.

with the 'Lord Zombie ChaCha'

Oh ya, the winning team called Band of Brothers, with a stunning record time of completion : 14 minutes with all life spared. Only 10 teams out of 200 teams that took part got perfect score, and we proud to say we are one of them! Wohoo! Top 10. We'll win this next year! :P

Team Budget Good-Good :P

News clipping here

Enjoy this vids credit to Ramon Fadli :

Zombie Run Malaysia 2013 from Ramon Fadli on Vimeo.

And another one : credit to runningtortoise

Picture credits to Youth on Unity

yeah! we are in the club! :P

Pros

First time ever! although someone claimed that its been done before in Terengganu, but I don’t think its as big as this :) Kudos for the organizer. This is not a Halloween party to compare with. Surreal makeup! Nicely dress-up zombie! (ala-ala macam dalam Walking Dead < which im a big fan) and in fact, i thought i was running for my life in a zombie drama! :P

We survived the apocalypse! Yup, all our life ‘strap’ was intact! Aint that a feat!

Love them tee (better if Dri-fit). Wonder why Malindo air didn’t give free tickets (commencing in March 2013) :P 

RM30 for Just Pie! But we will only get to enjoy it after 25th March (within a week). Sigh.. 

Lucky draw after each wave! Malaysian love freebies.. lol … (isn’t that a must have in every event?) :P

Meant for those really fit and athletic. Otherwise, you are just a ‘dead meat’. Fast paced ensures your survival. Again, this is no Fun Run on Saturday morning okeh.. 

Get the local radio stations involved. Good for publicity. Get those FlyFM Troopers, or SuriaFM Wheels (for example) to come and do side activities. They come for free (only need to keep em update on the event). Still keep the participants limited. People will get over excited :P 

Those bibs can be recycle. We need not to use it after that. 

Luggage counter please?

Cons

Briefing was not that clear (better PA system next time) or brief captains instead. We'll know what to say to our team members. As i said, once those Zombies start chasing you, everyone forget their team mate :P

Not sure about the timing for each team. Need to record everything inside a laptop or a tab or something. Faster to tally result something like that. Then result can be announced sooner. Having them written on paper,  well, they might lost it somewhere.

No warm up, which easily leads to injury. Warm up was mentioned during the 'courtesy call'. Better impose on that.

No banner, signage to guide the runners to the venue. Atleast a banner at the entrance to the Bukit Utama residential area, or main junctions leading to the venue. 

Fee RM75 and there’s only one ultimate team winner. Atleast top 3 teams should have got something. It may be RM100 per team or whatever, but winning is something! :P 

Marshalls weren’t enough. Therefore, few claims that those that already ‘dead’ still fighting for the token and gave em to their partner, thus, shortage of token. Boo cheaters! 

Not soo easy to pull the life strap off your back, but the bib got rip off easily instead. Would a belt works better? 

Small space. Do it at much bigger facility over a longer distance :P Smaller space, challenging, but prone to injuries as everyone pushing and trying their best not to be ‘dead’.  Scary. 

Didn’t find the Market Place. Everyone busy looking for the marshal that gave out the token instead. 

Safe zone wasn’t clearly marked/informed. A tent with medic attending an injured runners were stormed by a zombie, and causes more injuries instead! 

Promised a medal, but we got a key chain instead (it peel off easily)

Those who cause injuries to others should have been disqualified. They weren’t. Some were playing fair. Others just don’t care as long as their team win. 

Should have asked the Captain of the team to show all the bib of its team mate to confirm how much ‘lives’ the team actually has, not just verbal proof from its captain. 

Goodies are OK. That 8GB thumbdrive(s) deserve a thumbs(drive) up! 

Sell them tickets online. It’s a hassle to go the ticket counter (waste money, time, fuel) and have to face with bad traffics. Charge a small fee, ppl don’t mind. Trust me. Better than going to hunt it down, and found out that its already sold out. Right? and, all you need is  your ID for registration during the race day, whats the purpose of the tickets then? Its fun la when your house is 10 min away driving. but its the complete opposite if you need to drive half and hour just for that tickets. Get what i mean?

Let us know what are the prizes that we ‘put our life on the line’ for? Atleast we ‘died’ knowing what we actually fight for, right? Some said Ipad Mini, some say other things. It can easily be manipulated, and we won’t know right? Im not accusing, just suggesting :) I trust you wont do something like that. And what im suggesting based on my experience. 

And when you promised medals, it should be at least a plastic/wood/pewter/iron kind a medal (with a lanyard). Not a keychain. 

A dri-fit tee would be awesome goodies to have, as I would wear that everywhere I go and help promoting this event, FOC. A cotton one, hmm.. lets say its too humid in Malaysia to wear it regularly. 

Courtesy call is not necessary. Email is fine.

Just fill in a form with 5 columns, for registration. Easier no? Then ask the participant to make the payment, and each team got their registration number. Done. No need tickets for that matter. Better yet, email the soft copy of the form together with indemnity form, have them submitted during the race day. Settle.

Ensure sufficient tokens, goodies, etc.

(these Cons were extracted from those giving reviews at Zombie Run 2013 Malaysia Facebook’s wall and my own opinion).

Well, I do hope the organizer will improve and not seeing all the comments as a negative one. We, on the other hand, still register and took part in this event in the first place, even though many choose not to put their trust is such ‘first time’ event such as this. For me, what Lord Zombie did was awesome and salutes him to bravely organize something like this. Please, next time, make it even harder! Haha.. what say you?

Entries for blog4ft.com - I love Putrajaya

Here are my entries for the said contest, which you need to post either still image or a video and submit it to the blog4ft.com.

A city with picturesque greenery

The Best City - Putrajaya 


Picturesquely Urban

City of Diversity

Although i think i might not stand a chance, but i think its worth sharing, who knows, you might be voted as one of the best picture?

This is the project im doing with the help of a friend, Sazmie, who willingly bring his camera bag and spent 3 hours on Saturday morning around parks in Putrajaya to get these shots. I might post another pic or two, but i think thats the best shots so far.

Last but not least, your kind vote is very much appreciated :)

Tschuss!!

and Gong Xi Fa Chai to my dear readers celebrating Chinese New Year.