Thursday, October 15, 2009

Bitch Fit Over Krispy Kreme Doughnut

What is a bitch fit or BF?

bitch fit

-When a person, usually a female is angry and upset about something and starts whining/crying/yelling/screaming/throwing things when things don't go their way.

-Basically its going all PMSing and Godzilla like.

-Also can just be "BF" if you can't curse in front of certain people.

-Made famous by the Wayans Brothers comedy "White Chicks."

Source: http://www.urbandictionary.com

I witnessed one this morning. A minor one but bitchy enough to fit into a definition of a bitch fit. :)

CLICK PLAY TO WATCH:

The young lady kicked up a fuss at the grand opening of Krispy Kreme Doughnut outlet. People had started queueing since the day before to grab the up to 1 year supply of free doughnuts to the first 100 customers.

The flyer stated that the event would start at 7:00am, printed with the LARGE font. But it FAILED to mention that the store only opened at 10:00am. Stupid, right? I personally felt cheated and conned into this cheap publicity stunt!

So, there were a lot of angry, frustrated and sleep-deprived people waiting for their sugary treats this morning. Some have waited since 8pm the day before. Imagine how grumpy these people were when they were told that they had to wait for another 3 freaking hours for the store to open!

Some waited patiently (but NOT happily like yours truly), some walked away but one blew her fuses. I blame the organiser for the miscommunication.

Honestly, I would NOT have turn up at 5:00am this morning at Sunway if I had known that they only going to open the store at 10:00am!

Rina Omar, turned up berry fresh and fruity around 9:30am. Pun intended! Heheh!

I usually like her cheerful personality and perkiness...but not this morning after having waited for close to 5 hours for the store to open!

Even though she came around 9-something, she told us that she had to wake up as early as 5am to get her hair and makeup done. OK lah...So we tried to be a little bit cheerful after hearing that.

Finally around 10:00am, the store opened its doors....

This is my dozen. I don't even want to think about how many kms I have to run to burn these....

This is the voucher! A dozen of Original Glazed doughnuts a week for a month!

I can only start the redemption in Nov. So, I treat this as my birthday present since my birthday falls on November.

Check out final countdown to the Grand Opening of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts video here.

ENJOY!

NOTE: I hope Krispy Kreme management would look into the information printed on the flyers or press release to avoid miscommunication to us, the doughnut fans if they decide to pull another marketing stunt like this in the future.

I am pretty sure that young lady would never ever step her feet into a Krispy Kreme store again. There are just so many choices around - J-Co, Dunkin Donut, Big Apple etc.

It's really BAD FENG SHUI having such so many grumpy customers turning up at your grand opening. :P

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

16th Annual Charity Walk/Jog/Wheel-a-thon 2009

What? 16th Annual Charity Walk/Jog/Wheel-a-thon with the Disabled

When? 8 November 2009 (Sunday)

Where? Dataran Merdeka, KL

This is a special 3-in-1 event

- Volunteers to help the disabled and MAB trainees to participate in the event

- Launch the Golden Jubilee Celebration for SCAS & FT

- Annual Charity walk/jog/wheel-a-thon to support NGOs activities

Call 016-227-8338 - Stephen Nah for more information

Read about my last year race report below

http://runwitme.blogspot.com/2008/11/malaysia-jogathon-and-annual-charity.html

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Terry Fox 09 for cancer research

I picked up this leaflet in my gym just now. Thought I share it with you all.

What? Terry Fox Run 2009

When? Sunday, 1 Nov 2009. 9am (flag off)

Where? Lake Garden Kuala Lumpur

Who to contact? Ms. Yoon @ 03-56391874

Email? organizer@terryfoxkl.org

Website?

http://www.1.com.my/2009/08/15/terry-fox-run-kl-2009/

What are you waiting for?

Monday, October 12, 2009

Newton - JW 12km Run 2009, Cameron Highlands

What? Newton-JW Cameron Highlands 12km Run

Where? Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands

How Long? 12km

Organised by: JW Run

In conjunction with the run, Newton shoes trial was also made available to the runners. They looked happy before the run. :)

Approximately 40 runners participated in the run. It was a cosy and easy run, tailor-made to fun runners who wanted a run in their vacation. No cash prizes offered but all finishers walked home with limited edition medals.

I am concentrating on the running part in this post. The vacation part will covered in the next post.

Note to Julie...Please slap an "international" tag to the run title because you got runner from Holland & Germany in the run. No Kenyan though...LOL!

3...2...1...Blast Off!

The start point was at Century Pines Resort in Tanah Rata....The route then "snaked" uphills and downhills over the cool and beautiful hills of Cameron Highlands up to Brincang and then back to Tanah Rata again.

Full support from the local police force to ensure smooth traffic flow during the run.

I would like to thank Julie for entrusting me as the official photographer and videoman for the event.

After capturing the start of the run, I quickly jumped into a car, driven by a local volunteer, Ramesh and we trailed the runners. I took video of the runners. It was impossible for me to get a good photograph of the runners from a speeding car, so I just stick to the video mode.

Later we stopped at check point junction and I managed to shoot most of the runner coming downhill from a slope.

After snapping the last runner, a tough cookie auntie, we made a move to the 1/2 way water station located at Star Regency Hotel, Brincang where all runners stayed the night before.

Meet Ramesh...

The weather was lovely. I wish I could join them in the run. Heheh!

Wai Mun tailgating hubby, John.... :)

These two are unseparable.

This uncle traveled all the way from Singapore for this run. Salute!

Mother & Daughter team. SH Tan & Yin Boey running up the hill.

Young road marshall.

SH looking jubilant finishing the race.

Light breakfast after the run. Fried spicy mihun.

Wai Mun and her Mickey Mouse space blanket....

Happy Feet?

Yay! She did it!

Men Veteran Champion.

Women Champion.

Junior Champion???? :P

Men Open Catergory and Overall Champion.

Finisher Medals - Gold for Champion & Silver for finisher. Highly collectible!

It's tough to be the photographer and the videoman at the same time. Luckily the number of participants was not too overwhelming. I managed to capture all of them in the photos and video.

Check out the video here. It’s a kind of long at 7 min over but hey...I’m trying to get everybody in it!

ENJOY!

Note: Background music – I’m Alive (Extended Mix) by Celine Dion

View the The Official Newton-JW 12K Run, Cameron Highlands Photo album here.

http://picasaweb.google.com/rwmphotovault

I heard there are some talks about having a second edition of the Cameron Highland Run in December.

To those who missed this run earlier might not want to miss it again! I will tweet about it once I get details from the organiser.

Click link to follow my tweet. http://twitter.com/runwitme

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Something Red This Way Comes!

Cameron Highlands is always known for its "self-plucking" strawberry farms. You simply cannot escape the lure of the red strawberries when you are there.

These are some strawberry delights that can be found on top of this famous Malaysian hill resort. Took these photo when I was there last week.

Strawberries dipped in quality chocolate.

Strawberry Strudel @ Strawberry Moment Dessert Cafe

Strawberry "Boat" (as opposed to Banana Boat) @ Strawberry Moment Dessert Cafe

Strawberry Cake @ BOH Tea Sg. Palas Plantation Cafe.

Strawberry flavoured tea.

Strawberry white coffee & teh tarik anyone? :)

Strawberry jam.

Strawberry chocolate.

Strawberry Lollipop!

Strawberry T-Shirts.

Strawberry soft toys.

Strawberry fridge magnet. I like...

Strawberry flavoured girl...Heheh! Kidding! I love her Strawberry Hat.

Strawberry Umbrella.

Just a red and juicy strawberry. Thanks to Yin for the treat!

Well, this isn't exactly red, but it is the latest addition to all things strawberries in Cameron Highlands!

What a gorgeous Strawberry finisher medal, eh?

Please comeback for the race report of Newton JW Cameron Highlands 12K Run.