In and around (March 2016) Part 2

Datang minggu seterusnya, abam terpilih untuk top 6 teams yang dapat join GSC Alliegiant Squad Challenge. Cabaran diadakan di Camp5, 1U dan terbahagi kepada 4 cabaran indoor. Dlm tu je lah.
Dah nama Camp5.. wajib cabaran wall climbing. Kena 2 task wall nih. (setiap satu kena buat 3 routes)

1. Timed - Blindfolded -- gitew.. memang susah dan semput sbb abam dah lama x buat, tangan tak kuat. Tp pesan kat diri sendiri dan team mate, jangan gopoh dan jangan slip.  Ok. berjaya lepas part ni.

2. Untimed - Wall yang terbahagi kepada 3 route. Setiap satu dengan tahap kesukaran masing2. Yang ni abam agak kagum dengan diri sendiri dan team mate, Morjhan, sbb dah le kitaorg dua2 bukannye kaki, tapi berjaya tamat dengan full marks! bukan riak nokk.. tapi nak kata kadang2 rasa diri tak mampu, terus takmo cuba. Tapi memang sengsara lah nak menghabiskannya. Kata untimed. Pelan2 lah tarik diri yang berat ni sampai lah ke atas.
Ok berjaya. ke cabaran seterusnya.

3. Makan! wahh.. ala2 food hunt lak. Ironicnya, rakan dlm team dulu masa event lain, Rashid, ada kat depan ujung meja tu. dan start je makan seolah2 kitaorg lawan makan duaorg sapa abis awal.
Pedas. Panas, berasap! Tetiba abam abis dulu sbb pengalaman food hunt memang berguna. Jangan lupa air tu letak dekat2 muka. Multitasking katanya..

4. Ini Morjhan kena buat. Lari naik platform dan terjun ke bawah. Platform agak tinggi, tapi Morjhan memang berjaya control agar nampak tetap maintain masa turun.. huhu..

Penentuannya, team kitaorg no. 2! Alhamdulillah. Tak sangka lak dpt kalahkan team wall climber yg satu lagi tu.. 

Oh hari ni tak berakhir lagi. sambung lak event di bawah ni sampai petang. 

Spartan Race @ Klang.
Event dapat free entry dari Media Prima, race kit dari FitAid Malaysia. Baju dia (FitAid) memang super comfy, esp pakai time panas terik. Memang terbako time tu!

13km dengan 30 halangan memang giler kentang. Ditemani Morjhan dan Husin, kitaorg sesama lah lelari, jenjalan, duduk, jenjalan, minum, jenjalan, minum, lelari sket, buat halangan, lelari sket, .. eh memang ntah la.. ikut sedap sebab halangan dia pun agak mencabar. 

Cuma korang kena jujur lah. sbb Marshal tahap waktu2 mcm ni dia pun takde dah. Water station pun ada dah xde org jaga. Pandai2 lah. So bukan je seronok2 je okeh. Setiap sukan ada risiko. Aku tengok ada terlebih excited sampai terpeleot kaki diaorg terjun dari wall 8 kaki.. adoi.. kehsian wey. So keep calm and layan pelan2. 3 jam 25 abis gak buat benda ni.


Ok yer. Balik rumah mmg hazab. Sengal2 satu badan seminggu. Sekian.

Ehh.. Tak abis lagi. ok lah sambung entry lain. To be continued...

Task for Allianz Foodie Hunt 2015 - Team Budget Good-Good

Food is very synonym to us Malaysian. You can find all kinds of food, be it local, fusion etc, from early morning till late at night, well, even for supper and late supper. Oh then breakfast again :P i mean choices are aplenty, and some rare cuisine only emerge during festive seasons.

Penang have the most original and best options (my personal favourite), but, each state have their own kind of specialties. Although im not from Kelantan, i savour their food the most. Why? because its not spicy. I like chinese food, and our family's dinner time sometime at mamak somewhere. Why? because they serve food faster than those at fast food restaurant!

This post is meant for Foodie Hunt 2015, a one day event brought to you by Allianz Malaysia, that will test participant's skill of Makan-Makan (eating) with amazing prizes up for grab.

We are team Budget Good-Good, from central Malaysia. Lembah Klang. Well, over here, its like the center for everything, so you can find whatever your heart desire. Be it Kelantanese, Melakaian, Perakian etc cuisine, im sure there's one significant menu that suit your taste bud.

Ok. this is what we need to do. Selfie or Wefie, with food that best represent our group. So i asked each of my team mate to take their own selfie with their own favourite food, and compile it together. ha! 

We chose Rojak, Roti Tisu Tower and Maggi Goreng Telur Mata for our assignment/task.

Briefly, this is what the food of our choice is all about:

Roti Tisu = Budget

Roti Tisu (tissue parata) commonly found @ Mamak restaurants, which, you can find easily in any mamak's. Mind you, you might want to share it with others to finish it. go for lamb curry for extra kick. (but the paratha already taste a bit sweet)

Maggi Goreng Telur Mata = Good

Maggi Goreng Telur Mata (Fried Instant Noodle with Egg) is well known and considered the easiest and the fastest to prepare. Mix of noodles, vegetables, eggs and fried tofu with sunny side egg (yeah, we love the extra egg) on top making it a scrumptious meal to have. Different version i have tasted, let say each version is as good and tasty (even they look just the same). 

Rojak Pasembor = Good

Rojak literally translated 'mix of everything'. the picture explains it. mix of cucumber, fried tofu, saucy peanut sauce, boiled egg, fried tofu, salad etc. the combination is up to you. really. it can be eaten with noodles or even fruits.

Food do bring people together (everytime) as we totally enjoy all the varieties and flavours, thanks to the diversity in our country. So even with little Budget you can still enjoy Good-Good food. :)

Well then, wish us luck in our hunt this coming 17th October.

Team Budget Good-Good signing off.

#AllianzFoodieHunt2015 #AllianzMalaysia #TeamBudgetGoodGood

KL Fabulous Food 1 MALAYSIA Hunt 2014

 Where : Around KL (and as far as Sungai Penchala)

When : 18 October 2014 (Saturday)

What an exciting and tiring weekend it was. Few events back to back, and one of it was this. Our kind a favourite food hunt adventure. Makan-makan. Makan dengan cara paling pantas :P

Tahun ni masuk tahun ke-3 kitaorg join hunt ni, same team mate. Kenapa pulak nak bold n highlightkan statement ni? xpe untuk sambung cerita hujung2 nanti. 

need to skip the rest after SCKLM

Keep calm and strategize

Macam biasa tiba hari yang dinanti2 kitaorg datang tanpa expectation yang terlalu tinggi. Top 3 cukuplah. Yang penting strategist kami, Fakri alert tentang tempat mana yang perlu kami pergi dulu, tempat mana yang last bila dpt passport nanti. dua org muscle kitaorg, Lek n Ellah dah setahun menyediakan perut diaorg utk event ni.. hehe.. me? kinda tag along jer lah. makan yang light2 je dlm hunt ni. Basically hunt ni its all about food. Malaysian food. find the right eatery and eat. So if you are not too fond of tempoyak and such, forget it. cant stand sambal belacan? forget it. for us, thats the job for our muscle guys, sbb me n Fakri is not that heavy eater.

Each team were provided with a passport and an envelope with a couple set of puzzle to complete. Kiddy puzzle but.. but.. still there's team with uncomplete puzzle when then report at CP 9 later. haa.. then you will feel not that kiddy failing the whole effort that day. 

Short briefing were given by the C.O.C right before the flag off around 10am. 

Why need a strategy? makan2 jer lah. Nop. As although its weekend, the traffic can be kind a bad at certain area. And u need to be alert about any other events related to that day. So we decided to go for the nearest CP (check point) first.

CP 1 : Kedai Murah Meriah - Kampung Baru.

Menu : Nasi Putih + Teluk Itik Masak Cili Padi (Lek doin his thing)

Googable : No. Just found their old FB account.

CP 2 : MZ Darul Naim - Chow Kit (near Baitumal)

Menu : Nasi Dagang n Kari Ikan Tongkol (Ellah's turn)

Googable : Yes

 

CP 3 :Dapur Muor Asam Pedas @ Danau Kota

Menu : Mee Bandung

Googable : Yes

Ok lah since this is a light meal, then its my turn! as i said, look carefully at the picture and see how did i finish my meal. Simple je. hehe.. took a while as the gravy bit spicy/hot.  Yes, got to separate the noodle and the gravy. 

With constant nagging from my team mates telling me to finish as fast as i could, yup, mmg stress. haha.. but we kinda used to that and when its their turn, tunggu lah korang aku bahan.

CP 4 : Burger Bakar Kaw-Kaw Wangsa Maju

Menu : Fried chicken Burger or something. Big portion for a small guy like Fakri. 

Googable : Yes
Additional task : Cari gam untuk tampal puzzle

 

CP 5 : Restoran Asam Pedas Setiawangsa

Menu : white rice + ikan masak asam pedas (Lek took a turn)

Googable : Yes

Setiap ahli kumpulan dibenarkan 'makan' dua kali sahaja. Agak ketat rules tahun ni sebab marshal nak check dua2 belah tangan dahulu sebelum benarkan team utk proceed. 

Once done, we proceed to Sungai Penchala. At this point the taxi driver was doing a really great job without missing a turn.

On the way there, we took the time to arrange our puzzle. 

we argued even while doing this puzzle.. haha..

CP 6 :Mie Cord Char Kuey Teow @ Kg Sungai Penchala (Near the Kg Sungai Penchala Mosque)

Menu : Char Kuey Teow + Sirap Ais

Googable : Yes

My turn!  But we waited for around 10 minutes or so as the queue was quite long, and only 3 serving were served at a time. so the longer you took to finish your meal, the longer other teams have to wait. be considerate :) eat as fast as you can. eat it, i mean EAT IT together with your sirap ais.. haha.. (ok itu salah satu tips juga)

Ok sambil2 completekan puzzle utk submit later @ CP 9

CP 7 : Sup Meletup @ Bandar Seri Permaisuri

Menu : Sup Ayam kalu tak silap. Yang Panas2 tu diaorg soh hirup. Camne tu? Boleh.. ada caranya.. hehe.. Fakri amik task ni.

Googable : Yes

 

CP 8 :Family Corner @ Bandar Tun Razak (behind BP Petrol Station)

Menu :Laksa Penang (Ellah took a turn)

Googable : Nop. Have to make few phone calls to find this place.

done!! @11.59am

 CP 9 : Back to Kompleks Kraf Jalan Conlay (Kafeteria)

Menu : White Rice + Ikan Patin Masak Tempoyak

Ok kita Wefie dulu sambil member berjuang makan kat belakang.. huhu

 CP10 :  Run to the finish line!!

It was a good day to hunt.. for food

Yeah! We made it to the finish line around 12.15 pm. Patutnya awal lagi. dok Wefie dulu bagai. Kena marah ngan Fakri.. haha.. (thats explain the angry face in the picture)

It was kind a short and fast-paced hunt this year, as other teams were like 10-15 minutes just behind us. So its kinda food race towards the end. 

Prize giving ceremony began around 3.3o pm. Memang excited kali ni. Tak sangka we gonna win the title for the 2nd year in a row. Alhamdulillah mmg tak sangka. (gambar atas stage kendian sbb gmbr yg ada mmg blur/gelap)

Alhamdulillah.. A'ah yang itu Abg Jalil Hamid

With friends who took part as well. some were my team mate from other events :)

It was overwhelming that we won for the 2nd year in a row, but bit sad to hear such negative comment about how we cheated (diaorg mesti dah chop passport ni siap2, sebab tu laju giler boleh sampai awal) .. ish ish.. ok please refer to the statement i've highlighted earlier. So we doing this the right way. our way. but didnt break any rules while at it. x perlu lah nak komen2 mulut busuk camtu okeh? Kitaorg pun dah lama join, so we know how to play it. :) besides, if you knew who else competing that day, mesti korang tak percaya. Yup, ada runner yang mmg podium tiap kali ada event running yang join, even peserta Ikon Patriotik pun join! tu belum campur geng2 comper dan rakan2 larian yang memang pantas. So kena laju sket dari diaorg ni utk menang! :)

As u can notice, this year its more on Nasi and hot steamy food like masak lemak and asam pedas. How to eat something that just cooked under 30s? haa.. if you were lucky to see how our team eat em, then you already know how to beat us next year!

Till then, *Burrpp!* Alhamdulillah.. excuse me! Have a lovely week.  :)

KL Fabulous Food 1Malaysia Hunt 2013 / Nestle Fitnesse Treat with DJs of Hitz.fm

This post consists of 2 events being held in the same morning of 26th October, and I took part in both. We call it B2B (back to back) and im doing it not because of the rewards (kinda awesome one too) but because of the commitment. To friends (teammate) and to the organizer of the event. And I (think) can do it.

These events, located around 10km between each other.

One in One Utama (the only venue) and another one starts at Matic Jln. Ampang (around KL).

Let me begin with the one I joined first that morning :

Nestle Fitnesse with Hitz FM

Not only participants (only 12 of us) will get to hang out the whole day with DJ Arnold and DJ Natalie from HITZ fm radio station (man, Natalie is taller than me!) but we will be treated (by Nestle of course.. thank You!!) with few fitness sessions , which were Wall Climbing @ Camp 5 Climbing Gym, Lunch @ Opika Organic Café, sports voucher worth RM150 from Royal Sporting House, shopping for something healthy and nutritious worth RM150 @Aeon and 2 hours session at Batting cage @ Upper Roof. Ok, that’s the reward.

Here’s the story.

Budget Good-Good, we did GooD!! 

9.10am – arrived Matic Jln Ampang for the registration of our team for the Life&Times Travel KL Fabulous Food 1Malaysia Hunt 2013 happening later around 11am. Once done, rush off to One Utama and got there 15 minutes later. 

would changing it's team name will bring up any Good? :P

Once I’ve registered for Nestle Fitness with Hitz FM,  I took some time to snap pics around the gym and get to know other winners. It was an online contest by HitzFM (via Instagram and website) and we need to pose with a Nestle Fitnesse cereal to be selected to join this event. Each will receive RM500 along with treats I mentioned earlier. 

 with Dj Arnold! Woot!

  

Kunun..

 

front desk

inspiring, aint it?

fill up first?

 

briefing

Dj Natalie took the lead. Not bad..

The rock climbing session began around 10.15am. yup. Im supposed to already be on my way to meet my teammate for the next event. Xpe.. layan this one dulu. Went through the warm up climbing, then I asked permission to skip the next 2 sessions (makan2 n shopping) and drive back to Matic. Its already 10.30am! Gosh. 

And lucky that im on the road, as we need to get today’s copy of New Straits time paper for the answer to the ‘treasure’ questions given. Make a quick stop for that.

And just after I exited the Jln Duta roundabout.. tada!! Jam! Aiseh. It was clear just now when I went to OU this morning. Ok don’t panic. I got 15 min left. And my team mate keep calling me every 5 minutes or so! DON’T PANIC!

It was a slow pace traffic, but I managed to make an escape to Jalan Pahang, and make my way (slowly) to Jalan Ampang.  Arrived a minute before the Flag-Off!

Life&Times Travel KL Fabulous Food 1Malaysia Hunt 2013

Ok let’s continue with this event pulak.

9 CP (check points) altogether. 

 we argued on something! haha.. belum mula lagi pun!

Once it started, we rushed to the taxi (only public transportations were allowed) and went to our first CP (check point), Mi Ketam KL @ Jalan Keramat.

Task : Mi Ketam panas + air sirap sejuk (get creative) :P

 fakri for the 1st CP. i wonder whats the Mi Ketam taste like?

Fakri did well eating this one, and we spent only few minutes here, while I tried to get the answer the ‘treasure questions’ given before the race begin.

Total Question was 6, but Q A1 has no answer (found out about it much later). and i actually found the ANSWER! (find the answer at the end of this post)

 im trying to find the answer by any way i could :P

As we moving on, we tried to reach the CP near to each other, avoiding CP at CM (Central Market) since you can only get the stamp for the Treasure there. As I said, we can’t submit yet since we didn’t get the answer for Q A1.

There were also other tasks involved. 2 pictures needed to be taken (one from a groupie @ LRT Jelatek and another one @ CM. Uploaded them into our own FB and show them marshal the post. Easy.

Did I mentioned be creative? Being gelojoh will only choke you. Being creative makes you swallow the food faster. Haa… :P

Did a quick stop @ LRT Jelatek for this groupie : 

 posing ala Budget Good-Good

Moving on to the next CP :  NZ Curry House @ Section 5 Wangsa Maju.

Task : Roti Canai + Teh Tarik

I think Ellah enjoying this task. It was him who did the same task last year @ CM. He did swell. 

 he's enjoying his teh tarik session

Ok moving on. We were moving too fast? Yes. We did. And eat ridiculously fast and tak senonoh! Haha.. it’s a race remember?

I cant google while rushing. So while the guys take turn to makan, I managed to find all the answers for the ‘treasure’ questions. Left only Q A1. Asked everyone else that we know, no one had the answer (yet).

Next CP : En. Tan Kopitiam Muslim @ Medan Niaga Rampai

Task : Roti Bakar + Kopi.. lol.. too easy I must say?

A’ah, in and out in no time. As I said, this year’s food kinda ‘stomach’ friendly.

But to make a gap between them, food like last year should do it. Ada yang muntah! And that Fierce Curry House food last time is so hot (pedas!)

Just for the fact, I don’t really have to say anything much to these guys. It’s always a mutual understanding; we know our part and everyone pretty much know what to do next. We argued, disagree for sure along the way. But we always make sure to complete the challenge/task right.

Next CP : Rojak & Cendol Salleh @ Jalan Maarof, Bangsar

I think this is the stall that used to open just behind the Maybank and infront of the MCD Telawi. Now the stall can be found under the tree, in front of Petronas Station (100m away from its original location). I love the rojak. But the thing is that, I must gulp down everything as fast as I could. And with a bowl or icy Cendol too! (talking about brain freeze). Done in couple of minutes. Yes. I ate my rojak with my hand! Haha..  (you might not want to sit beside me or else you might throw up) :P

Im absolutely sure theres no answer for Q A1. Last resort. Muka tembok. Tanya organizer. They replied : The question is void! Aiseh..  New strategy : Re-route!

Next CP : Restoran Samre Jalan Pantai Dalam :

Task here : Nasi gulai kawah.

 met with Dyat's team here

This area is actually easy to find, as I’ve passed by this place many times. But the restaurant isn’t that famous (online) so Googling some of these eateries won’t help (same case like Saleh Rojak. Found it by accident). Come to think of it, if its famous, then sure you’ll find it in no time kan? No fun in that :P

This is where the expertise of your taxi driver comes handy. At least that guy knows the area, then we should get to that exact place, correctly. A detour, and wrong turn, could cost you more time. And time is very essential in any race. Especially this one.

We did stop from time to time to ask for directions. Yup, we even got stopped at a roadblock! :P nothing to be worried, we have all the necessary evidence that we are in a race (team tag, event shirts and all). *muka panic + excited* haha..

Next CP : Restoran A.Hassan S/B, Velodrome Biz Park

Well, I volunteered at first, but when they mentioned the menu is not just rice + ayam golek, I leave it to Lek to proceed. With his skill we call it, ‘Makan takde Gigi’ (don’t know what to translate, literally, gulp down everything) we spent around 3 minutes and done! 

 

 famous in Cheras. will come back to try the food

Next CP : Central Market

Now where can you get to eat something that is served on board, on the ground at CM? Air Asia served the ever famous Nasi Lemak Pak Nasser  n Satay for this challenge. I didn’t get to eat as I have to do another task. Take a groupie pic n post on my FB, then clear the stamp with the marshall. Ellah took this one. 

err.. thought the girl in Red will be serving us?

 

yum.. yum.. tp kami x dapat makan :P 

ok off to Shazana Pau! Nop,  no idea where it is

 

at this point, we kind thought this jam would ruin everything!

Next CP : 2^nd Last one – Shazana Pau @ Jln Raja Alang, Kg Baru

At first we thought its somewhere in the row of stalls near the Pasar Chow Kit. We were wrong. Its on the other side of that road. Rushed there, and I volunteered for this one : 2 hot pau and a hot teh-o.  Hehe..  Try eating a hot Pau with hot Teh-o while your friend asking you to eat it in haste! Epic!

Last CP : Lobby Seri Pacific Hotel

A small bowl of dimsum ke ape ntah, ke yong tau fu (something like that) got chilli, an ice cream, a can of 100 Plus for the last task. At this point we were still in doubt that we were the first team to arrive, and Lek steal the limelight by taking this task, and showing his Makan Takde Gigi skill! Done. Thats how you do it. Budget Good-Good style!

final meal of the day!

We were then asked to stand by for the camera, and make a run to the main stage!

Wohoo!! We were the 1^st to arrive! Champion! It was surreal! The next team arrived minutes just after we did. Tight race it was. 

we made it!

we got an exclusive interview!

in the paper too!

Its 2.15pm. A short interview was conducted by a reporter from NST. I let the guys do the talking. Im off to the next event. Get my car at MATIC and drive back to OU. Traffic was fare. Took the Penchala Link route (via Jln Duta).

Arrived OU around 3.15pm.  The last session starts around 4.30pm. Its batting Cage.

After half an hour,  they requested all of us for a groupie pic and presented us with more goodies!

 

 Upper roof! First time here

 

 Smile!!

Post event activities for KL Fabulous Food 1Malaysia Hunt 2013  : 

Lucky draws : (we did get lucky this time too!)

 

Another makan challenge! Who can beat that guy? :P  (thats Lek btw)

Its already 5.15pm, and I have to drive back to Seri Pacific Hotel to meet my team mate. And just in time for that exclusive interview, which you can view it here :

 

Haha! i was just mumbling! It was kinda emotional race, not because we fought each other or anything, but because what happened last year. Read it here.

More stories Here, Here and Here

Pro :

All and all, It was an enjoyable race.  In a matter of fact, im actually racing with my friends from 3 other teams!

Food task was easy, so everyone can eat/take turn eating them. 

Cons : 

Briefing should be done bi language,  but i think most of the participants understand the briefing given in Bahasa Malaysia. 

That stamp they put on our hands should have been put on paper. Give another set of paper/passport or something, as the stamp gives away after a while (with sweat and constant moving). By the time you reach the next CP, the stamp already faded or gone!

The Marshall should synchronize with each other, as what happened at the Pau task, where this one marshal said its okay to proceed, while the other one said its not ok, bla.. bla.. I went ahead and eat my pau, by the time they finish arguing, im done with the task. :P

Food was easy. What’s not was the traffic, and the challenge faced from other teams.  And the event should have started early like last year. Not almost to lunch hour (even if its Saturday).

give us like dri-fit-kinda tee as we actually running here and there during this event. besides, i would proudly wear them around after that. good for promotion?

I hope that you enjoy reading my post. do leave a comment or two? 

FYi, the organizer said that they will open this event for international participants next year. Let’s see if there’s Durian and Sambal tempoyak will be on the menu next! Haa.. I doubt those foreigners could finish it.. or could they? 

And Thanks to New Strait Times and Red Adventure for organizing such event. 

Burp! Excuse us! (our team's name last year, btw) :P 

oh.. heres the Answer for Q A.1 : 

 

got it? hehe..