Larian Sempena Merdeka

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera, 

Post kali ini berkenaan dengan progress aktiviti larian saya. Malam merdeka minggu lepas saya berkesempatan untuk menyertai Delta Eco Night Run 2016 di Youth Park, Penang. Saya anggap larian ni sebagai pemanas badan sebelum Penang Bridge Marathon November nanti. Dan minggu depan pun ada lagi marathon, half marathon di Sungai Petani.

Delta Eco Night Run 2016 bermula pada pukul 8:30 mlm 30 August, iaitu malam merdeka. Ada dua categories jarak, 5 km fun run dan 8 km competitive run dan saya join 8 km. Jarak memang pendek tapi ada elevation di botanical garden.

Oleh sebab event ni company sponsor sebahagian yuran penyertaan, maka saya ada la rakan-rakan sekerja yang join sekali. Jadi tak la bosan sangat.

Ketika larian, saya rasa body saya lebih baik. Kurang rasa penat dan even sampai ke garisan penamat, pace saya masih mampu berada sama seperti permulaan. Ini berbeza dengan event-event larian tahun lepas, dimana energy level ketika permulaan dan ketika hendak menamatkan permulaan (event in middle of race) berbeza. Saya fikir ini adalah kesan daripada habit saya yang selalu pergi swimming 3 kali seminggu sejak sebulan lepas. It helps a lot especially in term of breathing and disebabkan swimming use whole part of body, so my foot strength also improve.

Satu lagi factor mungkin keselesaan shoes and apparel yang saya gunakan. Saya gunakan kasut brand Karimor dan juga seluar running brands yang sama. Apa yang boleh saya katakan, memang selesa. Design shoes memang fit kaki saya dan cushion pun sedap especially bila kasut hit the ground. Seluar pula, ni first time saya pakai seluar khas untuk running. Normally, saya guna seluar 3/4 yang guna untuk main futsal. Dulu lari pakai seluar ni pernah melecek paha.haha....At the moment, memang saya akan fix to brand karimor untuk my running apparels and shoes.

Part susah sikit Eco Night Run ni adalah sewaktu di botanical garden. Ada elevation I guess about 30 degrees. Terpaksa slowkan pace.

Habis run, seperti biasa dapat medal, roti, air dan chance untuk cabutan bertuah. Medal unik, ada part yang boleh glow in the night. 

Sebab dah lewat malam and malas nak tunggu hingga cabutan bertuah, maka saya balik awal. Rakan sekerja saya memang cabutan bertuah hadiah utama sebuah skuter vespa. Memang bertuah yo!!!

Akhir kata dari saya,
Selamat Menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan Malaysia ke 59

Relaxlah!!!

04 September 2016
12:32 pm

The Next Marathon Events

Assalamualaikum guys,

There will be three marathons that I will participate starting from next month until end of this year. I guess that the only marathons for this year.

1. Delta Eco Night Run 2016 (8km)- 30 August 2016
2. SP Half Marathon  2016 (21km)- 10 September 2016
3. Penang Bridge International Marathon 2016 (42km) - 27 November 2016

My biggest marathon this year is Penang Bridge International Marathon because this will be my first full marathon (42km) ever. I am currently preparing myself for this. Hopefully everything goes well and I finish my first ever full marathon successfully.

Pray for me ya...

Relaxlah!!!

30 July 2016
10:54 pm

What To Do If You Want Get Married - But Not Enough Money?

Hello guys..

Suddenly this topic come out from my mind..yeahh..What to do if you want get married but not enough money? this is especially for men. ya like me.  Relaxlah!!!

Being unmarried at this age, partly due to the responsibilities - I still have little brothers in college and school which somehow need my financial assistant. So, for the last five years, getting married was not in my mind. Other than that, being single of this age due to my own fault. Within last 5 years, my life goes up and down, looking forward what I want in my life, somehow wasted my time regretting my past, changing job, unemployed for few times and even goes depression. So, definitely during this time, married was not a plan. However, those bad moments taught me a lot.

While many of my friends already married and have kids, I am still living alone- always wondering what if feel to have wife and kids. I am planning to get married next two years, but is it possible for me especially in term of financial capability?

Though its not religious requirement to spend a lot money for marriage, but looking to current trend, it hardly to find any women/family who don't want to have wedding ceremony - at least the moderate ceremony where you have to invite relatives and people surrounding your neighborhood. So, some spending required. At least I should spent few Ks for wedding, hantaran whatsoever. I assume that I personally required 25K for hantaran+mas kahwin (15K) and kenduri (10K). That's just my planning, though I am still don't have candidate for marriage yet.

Let say my estimation of 25K is true, will I able to get married after two years?. Let see. So, what to do if I really want to get married next two years, but still don't have enough money (25K). Here the options:

1.  Saving - I currently can save RM 700 per month from income as EHS Engineer. Let say I wanna married by next two years (August 2018), I could keep the money from this saving, RM 700x24 months = RM 16800.00. Still not enough.

2. Bank Loan - From the saving, I need approximately 10K to reach 25K. I could apply personal loan 10K from bank. Let say, I get personal loan 10K from Bank Rakyat, the monthly payment schedule RM 200-300 for the duration 4-5 years. It's look good but for the next 4-5 years, as I have children, this repayment amount could be a burden to me. Unless, if my salary growth more that amount by the time.

3. Loan from Family & Friends - This is impossible option as my family is not rich. My sibling working just enough for their own. Friends? Definitely I will not asking from them.

4. Looking for women that accept low hantaran - This could be possible, but hardly to find. Hantaran now, at least in Penang (where I live) more than 10K even for SPM leaver. If I could find someone who don't mind how much the hantaran, then that will be opportunity for me to get married as plan. I could give 6K, with remaining 10K for wedding ceremony.

Will see. At this moment, I am still looking for partner and hope to meet my jodoh soon.

5. Installment for hantaran - Let say women family asking for 10K. If they agreed, I only provide the 6K during the wedding while the remaining of 4K is payment monthly installment after the marriage.hahaha..This is possible but I guess hardly to find any girl who agreed with this

6. Postpone- Last option is to postponed my planning until August 2019. By this time my saving will enough 25K (RM 700X36 months = RM 25200). But by 2019 the cost of wedding could be more - as cost of food could increase.

Hahaha..if you reading this post, thank you. I just write my dream. Please pray for me.

Relaxlah!!!

16 July 2016
10:54 am

What Ramadan Bring You?

Assalamualaikum and happy ramadhan to all,

Now, we come to the end of ramadhan and will celebrate eid mubarak in the next couple of days.

Ramadhan is leaving us soon and we will not sure if we will meet it again next year. Not even me.

Ramadhan has special place in islam, as is the month where there is lailatul qadar. Its the month where we can feel the suffer and hunger of other people. It is the month of struggle to curb our nafsu, either nafsu of eating or shahwat. It is the best time to reset our iman and turn back to almighty one if we feel we have done so many mistakes. It's time rethink our relationship with Allah, how much we put our trust in all aspect of our life.

For me, this Ramadan bring so much meaning for me - as i do realized few things that I need to improve in myself. Few mistakes that I committed, I regretted and make me realize how I should turn back to religion. Alhamdulilah.

How about yours???

Any significant changes happened to you this ramadan??

Let's share.

Relaxlah!!!

02 July 2016
11:39 pm

Perlis Marathon 2016

Assalamualaikum semua,

Perlis Marathon 2016 (29 May 2016) adalah tahun kedua dianjurkan. Berbanding dengan tahun 2015, tahun ini memperlihatkan tambahan bagi full marathon 42 km dan dengan penambahan hadiah wang kemenangan.

Seperti biasa, saya hanya mampu masuk half marathon 21km. Tak mampu lagi nak ke full marathon. Untuk yang 21 km ni pun, training tak cukup. Nasib baik dapat menamatkan perlumbaan dalam masa yang ditetapkan.

Dalam first 10km pertama, larian agak steady. Saya lari dengan pace yang constant tapi perlahan. Mission saya, asal perlahan tapi constant, maintain the same pace. Masuk the next 10 km agak memeritkan, maklumlah training pun tak banyak dan tak constant. Tapi gagah jugak perlahan-lahan menamatkan perlumbaan. Apa yang saya buat untuk saya keep running sewaktu letih ialah dengan mengikut lari dibelakang orang yang lari lebih laju dari saya. Macam gunakan diorang sebagai tarikan...hahaha..memang berjaya dalam untuk the last 10km. Finishing time saya untuk kali ini slightly better than NTRC 3 States Run april lalu.

Dari segi penganjuran, traffic agak bagus, water station pun seperti apa yang sepatutnya. Perlis Marathon 2016 banyak improvement jika dibandingkan dengan tahun lalu.

Yang bestnya bila pergi marathon ialah saya akan jumpa banyak kawan baru. Ada yang datang dari Lembah Klang semata-mata untuk marathon. Teserempak juga dengan rakan UIA saya dulu sebelum marathon bermula.

Itu saja untuk kali ini, jumpa lagi dilarian akan datang. Sekian, terima kasih.

Relaxlah!!!

18 June 2016
12:02 am

Short Visit to Melaka

Hi all,

I went to Melaka last three weeks to met my friend a.k.a to search for happiness...hahaha... This is my first ever visit to Melaka. I spent just a day visited some historical places. Of course, there are other places which I do not visit due to time constraint.

Enjoy the pictures.

Thanks..See you in the next post.

Relaxlah!!!

23 May 2016
04:35 pm

NTCRC 3-State Half Marathon 2016 - Nak Dapat Feel Balik

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera,

Diharapkan anda semua berada dalam keadaan sihat, gembira dan bahagia sekarang kerana saya sekarang berada dalam keadaan sihat, gembira dan bahagia. Jadi, jika saya berada dalam keadaan sihat, gembira dan bahagia, ada juga harus berada dalam keadaan yang sama.

Dua minggu lepas (24 April 2016), saya menyertai semula marathon selepas lebih 6 bulan tidak berlari. Dan ini larian pertama pada tahun ini. Ia adalah NTCRC 3-State Half Marathon yang bermula di Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang dan merentasi Parit Buntar, Perak dan Bandar Bahru, Kedah sebelum kembali semula ke Nibong Tebal. Ia adalah Half-Marathan dengan jarak lebih kurang 22km.

Secara keseluruhannya, penganjuran adalah baik, water station ada 4-5 tempat. Laluan traffic juga baik, dikawal oleh pihak polis disamping dibantu oleh staf-staf penganjur. Walaupun ia bermula pada pukul 5:45 pagi, laluan marathon merentasi masjid, jadi sempatlah kami berhenti menunaikan solat subuh. Cuma yang kurang baiknya diri saya kerana persiapan yang kurang. 10 km yang pertama saya berlari seperti biasa tetapi selepas itu kaki mula rasa sakit. Saiz kasut yang sedikit kecil menyebabkan larian rasa tidak selesa dan ditambah dengan tanpa latihan cukup, ia menjadi cukup memenatkan. 

Saya menamatkan marathon dalam masa lebih kurang 3 jam setengah, yang merupakan catatan normal saya. Jadi, tiada peningkatan dari segi masa. Larian kali ni lebih kepada nak ambik balik feel marathon sebab dah lama tinggal. Berat badan pun dah naik sikit. Kahkahkah. Target masa saya untuk menamatkan half marathon adalah bawah 3 jam, namun masih belum tercapai.

Itu saja untuk kali ini. Jumpa di Perlis Marathon 2016 hujung bulan ni. Sekian. Terima kasih.

Relaxlah!!!

05 May 2016
05:10 pm