Not So Lucky

Tuesday, May 17, 2005 Posted: 3:01 AM EDT (0701 GMT) SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Australian singer Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has cancelled her upcoming Australian tour, her management said on Tuesday. "Whilst at home in Melbourne with her family this week, prior to her Australian Showgirl Tour, Kylie was diagnosed with early breast cancer," said the The Frontier Touring Company. "She will undergo immediate treatment and consequently her Australian tour will not be able to proceed as planned," the company said in a statement. The singer was also due to hold concerts in Singapore and Hong Kong. I was SHOCKED! Not by the power of love but the heart-breaking news above just now. Such an unfortunate news. I called up Sistic agent in Sentral, KL about the concert. A guy named Andrew took the call. He said there was no confirmation yet on the cancellation of Kylie Showgirl Concert in Singapore.. According to him, SISTIC will call the ticket buyers should the show is cancelled or postponed. No mood for a run today. Must go straight home to listen to "Tears on my Pillow"....and pray that Kylie will recover soon (Insert sad wallow here!).

Run, Breathe & Live

Breathe in! Breathe out! WORLD ASTHMA DAY JOGATHON returned in 2005 with a new theme, “Breath & Live Asthma Free”. The venue was changed from last year’s Padang Merbok to Tapak A, Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur. Date : Sunday 15th May 2005. Started at 8:00am It was my third consecutive participation in the World Asthma Jogathon. Saw some changes this year. The colour scheme had changed from purple to bright orange. I like the colour. Very lively and eye-catching. I remember the purple balloons last year but I don’t remember that we had clown last year. This year we get three clowns. The purple dinosaur (not Barney) was also missing. He was our mascot. The only thing that remained unchanged was the uncle who did the warm-up aerobic session. Off we went throwing our hands up and shaking like “monyet kena belacan” (don’t know how to translate to English). For the fun of it, I tried to copy the uncle’s movements to the tune of techno, which was blasting from the speaker. It was a fun Sunday leisurely 5 km run around the Lake Garden (Tasik Perdana). Upon reaching the finished line, we were given a pink slip to exchange for our breakfast – a McChicken, a bottle of mineral water, a cup of yogurt and a packet of Ribena. Nice. (Insert Happy Face here). Click here for last's year account of Larian Asthma

The Biggie is Back!

Big Walk Big Crowd It seemed like it was only yesterday that I queued up to register myself for the Malay Mail Big Walk 2004 at its official launch event. I was doing it again for 2005 last Saturday. Same place. Same time. Some form from the same paper. Same FTAAA faces. Same familiar nameless faces that you see at the most of the roadraces. Same hot sun. Same complaint about why must we have to buy the newspaper to get the entry form. Same long queue (except for the 20km Open Men & Women categories where only one or two humans in the line). Same kiasu mad rush for goodie bags. Same old. Same old. What's in the goodies bag? Same old drinks! After collecting the goodie bag, I went to Low Yat Plaza to buy Six Feet Under (Season 3) DVD boxset. Now, if only I can find the time to watch Season 2 which is still sitting on my shelf. Great show. Great drama. Great dark humour. Great shock factors. The main character is also a runner...but he also has a growth in his brain. How morbid, right? Click here to read about last year's Biggie launch write up

Camel Hunting in Petaling Street

PANDA-monium I never walk on Petaling Street the same way again. The memory of the hunt for the nonexistent camel in Petaling Street will be forever etched in my mind. It was on a hot and sultry afternoon…(erm, maybe not sultry but it was definitely blazing hot.) that we, the over 500 treasure hunters combed through Petaling Street, looking for the Famous Father to legless reptile. What reptile you said? The answer was POPULAR bookstore. POP = father; ULAR = snake in Malay; Famous = Popular. Geddit? That was one of the mind-boggling clues that we had to solve for the walk-a-hunt. We were also told to look for what a camel can offer us. Milk? Hump? Water? Spit? Camel shit? I was walking and swearing under the blazing sun up and down Petaling Street but I still cannot find the camel. It was later revealed in the answers presentation that nobody got the answer right as the billboard with the camel was taken off a day before the hunt! Bloody! We wasted so much time there to look for nothing! That was one of the highlight in the WWF Walk-a-Hunt. A refreshing walking event. Unlike Big Walk, we had to use our brain for this walk, not just leg power. No brain, no walk. We assembled at 7 am at Dang Wangi on Mother’s Day morning (HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY, MOM!). There were three of us in our team - BW, Hoon and I, proudly named our team - CSI - Clue Solving Investigator as a tribute to Grissom and the gang on CSI TV drama. Breakfast was provided - Nestle, Milk, Oat drink, a curry puff and a pack of fried beehoon. Then came the briefing session. We had to complete three legs in the event. 1) From Dang Wangi LRT Station to KLCC/ Avenue K 2) Ampang Park to Petaling Street to Maju Junction 3) Mall hunt in Maju Junction We had to buy 2 treasures, which we solved correctly - Tiger biscuit and Panadol! There was also a tab event where we had to match correctly the parts of the WWF panda logo strategically hidden in the LRT stations. There was more - a bonus questions - about the endangered species in Malaysia. We started the hunt at 9:00am. A tulip (walking guide) was given. From Dang Wangi LRT Station, we had to walk to Masjid Jamek LRT Station. Few question were found en route. From Masjid Jamek LRT station, we took the train to KLCC station where we had to solve more question and look for the pictorial clue in various shops in Avenue K. Incidentally, one of the shops where the clue was placed was not open for business on that day! From the KLCC station we had to walk to Ampang Park LRT station where we supposed to turn in the answers for Leg number 1. A new set of question were given at the Ampang LRT station. We had to make our way to Pasar Seni station. The tulip led us around Petaling Street. The tulip was confusing; we ended up in the wrong direction at first There were 3 Watson shops and 3 McDonalds in the same area and we didn’t know which one was the right landmark. Anyway, we managed to get back to the right path and continued our search for the non-existent camel which wasted our time. Then we took the STAR LRT from Plaza Rakyat to Sultan Ismail Station. We submitted the second leg answers at Maju Junction Shopping Mall. We only had about 30 minutes to complete the last leg of the event - hunting in the mall. Goodness! There were 4 levels to cover. So many question, so little time!!! So, we decided that BW to take the lower ground while Hoon and I cover the rest of the floors. We managed to get some of the answers by 1:00pm. If only we had let go of the camel earlier and spend more time in this mall…..

Prize presentation ceremony - Is Maya Karin part of the prizes?? For lunch, we were given a Rotiboy Mexican bun, a pack of Jacob’s cracker, a wafer, a can of EXEL isotonic drink and a 10% discount coupon for the food in the food court. . The prize giving supposed to start at 3:00pm but due to the lateness of the special guest, we started ½ hour late. I was so sleepy and tired. I must have walked more than 20km that morning from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Who was the special guess, you may ask. She was our very own banshee, the Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam actress - Maya Karin. She looked pretty in person. Slim. Ironed straight hair. A bit dark. She gave away the top three prizes, as she needed to leave. Normally, the prize presentation would start from the bottom up. There rest of us had to stay back for the next 27 prizes. CSI didn’t win. (Insert a loud pontianak cry here) Lastly, I must say that I enjoyed the hunt despite going home empty handed. Wait, we didn’t go home empty handed! All of us took about 30 Rotiboy buns; bagfuls of EXEL canned drinks, biscuits, instant coffee and wafer bars. The staff was giving the extra food away, so we helped ourselves with the goodies. One of the staff even gave me a box to take home the Rotiboy buns. All of that add up, was more than the cost of the prize hamper. (Insert a very Kiasu laughter here…)

Hit and (Not Able to) Run

The Star dated 28 April 2005. Nation section. I was saddened and distressed when I heard about a fellow runner was hospitalized due to a hit and run accident last week. Her story was featured on the national newspaper and radio. Jenny Lim, a familiar face in the local senior veteran marathon races was knocked down by a car when she was doing her morning run on the Bukit Kiara highway, near the golf club. She was abandoned unconscious by the roadside by the irresponsible driver. She suffered a black eye, bruises, a broken shoulder, a gash on her left calf and a broken pelvis. Luckily she was saved by a passing Good Samaritan who took her to the hospital. I visited her at Orthopedic Ward, 9th floor, University Hospital last week. There were a few other visitors there when I arrived. That was my first time I meeting her in person even though I must have probably seen her hundreds of time at the road races. She came across as a positive a jovial person, even though she was bedridden. She told me that she could not recall how the car hit her. She woke up in the hospital bed. I saw a metal rod fixed through her left calf. The rod was pulled by a rope, which was attached to 8 kg weight. I was told this contraption was designed to pull the pelvic bone to the original position. Yikes! This was just one of the damages done by the hit and run a**hole driver. Jenny was not able to sit up or move. She had to lie on her back (not more than 45 degree) all the time due to the injured pelvis. According to doctor, Jenny had to be hospitalized for at least six weeks and rest for three months. At the moment, it is not known whether she could go back to her passion – running. There was a 4-5 inches skin abrasion wound on her left calf. It was drying up. I could see a purple ring around her tiny left eye. That was not your fancy eyeliner, mind you. I was told that the eye was so swollen that she was not able to open the eyes few days ago. She also had some swelling and bruises on her body but they were subsiding very fast. Jenny jokingly attributed the speedy disappearance of the blue-black marks and swellings to her good skin condition as a runner. Pacesetter Athletic Club Malaysia has set up fund to help Jenny as she does not have any medical coverage or insurance. For more information, please call Pacesetters president, Mr. Munning Jamaluddin at 019-2747433. I hope the person who hit Jenny will come forward to the police if he or she has a heart. Let’s pray that Jenny will have a speedy recovery and get back on her feet again. Please leave your messages and wishes to Jenny by clicking “Comment” below. I will print out your messages and send them to Jenny. Related articles: Jenny Lim The Star

La La La...

Lucky..lucky..lucky.. I should be so lucky when I got the ticket to Kylie Showgirl yesterday evening. I rushed to KL Sentral after work. It is gonna be my first concert in Singapore. I had made plan to fly to Hong Kong when first heard that Kylie is bringing her Showgirl tour to HK on June 23. But when I got an sms from Ken yesterday saying that she will make a stop over in our fine neighbour, Singapore, I was ecstatic. June 17. Hey! It will be during the Great Singapore Sales too! Two birds, one stone! Double whammy! I am a fan of Kylie Minogue since she made her first appearance in the UK Chart with that infectious pop ditty – I Should Be So Lucky. I think it was in 1987 when she charmed the world with squeaky voice over Stock, Aiken and Waterman compositions. Her songs – super infectious. They stick to your brain like superglue. Her image then was sweet and innocent. A couple of albums later, she discovered sex. Kylie grew up and shed her clothes faster than you can say “silicon implant”. She stripped in her Better the Devil You Know video and cavorted with the hunky black model who covered Kylie’s nakedness with his own. Wah! Watch grandpa’s specs steam up. Few hits later she was almost forgotten when she tried to covert herself into jingly jangly alternative singer. But she bounced back to do what she does best – pop songs with her Light Years CD – in that trademark super skimpy gold hot pants which she spun and butt-slapped her way back to the no.1 with that disco floor-filler Spinning Around (co written by Paula “the useless Idol judge” Abdul). Then, came the ultimate pop song – Can’t Get You Out of My Head, a song that is impossible to get out of the head once it gets in. (Hmmm…that doesn’t sound quite right, does it?? ;) ). She scores with hit after hit in her Fever and Body Language CDs. I still remember Mariah Carey Charmbracelet Tour with no change of clothes in KL. She sang the whole night in her pink top (which can barely hold her bursting melons) and blue denim as her other clothes were too revealing for the Malaysian audience according to our moral guardian – the Malaysian government. Thank God Mariah has the pipe to hold the audience without slipping into something skimpy. But can Kylie do the same? Hmmmm……Kylie is well known for flashing her tushy than her singing skills. So, I should be so lucky to get tickets for her Singapore gig. I can’t imagine how she would water down her acts for the Malaysian government if she decide to stop over in our holier than thou country. When I checked at the Sistic counter at Sentral, the SGD 180 tickets were almost sold out. I would have grabbed them but the seats left are at the far ends, so I decided to downgrade to SGD 150 ticket. Prefer to sit at the center. After buying the concert tickets, I quickly dashed to the KTM counter to buy my return train ticket to Singapore. Now, I’m counting days for the Showgirl concert. At the mean time, when I go running, I listen to Kylie hit songs. When I commute, I listen to Kylie remixes. When I sleep, I dream of Kylie…..When I am awake, I daydream of Kylie….Omisgosh! I Can’t Get Kylie Out of My Head.(Insert La La La here)

Walk With Goodies

Sunrise! Sunrise! (Sing like Norah Jones) The Guardian Charity Walkathon 2005 was organized by Guardian Pharmacy, one of the largest pharmacy chains in Malaysia in the benefit of NASAM – National Stroke Association of Malaysia. The venue: Car Park A, Bukit Jalil Stadium. Start time: 8:45 am. I didn’t know what to expect from this walkathon when I signed up for it. Amy helped me to buy the RM10 voucher from Guardian Pharmacy. It turned up to be quite a fun activity for a lazy Sunday morning. Thanks to Amy’s eagerness who wanted to be first in line for the T-Shirt and registration, we arrived at Bukit Jalil Car Park at 6:30am. The organizers were still setting up. The t-shirts have not even arrived yet and Amy already started to stand in the queue. Yup! A great example of kiasu-ness (afraid to lose mentality) at its best. So, what did I do to pass 2 hours of free time before the starting? Too early for warm up! Too late to go back to bed! Yawn! Was still sleepy. Anyway, I managed to read an entire copy of Sunday Star, cover to cover while listening to my iPod. In between those activities, I was distracted by the glorious “ham tan” or egg yolk in the sky. The sun was rising and it was beautiful. If not for Amy’s kiasu-ness, I would not have caught the nice sunrise over at Bukit Jalil Stadium.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow We were ready at the starting point at 8:45am. A very late start for a run/ walk event. But hey, they had to cover the speech protocols and had to thank the generous sponsors of the event. A mock check of RM8,000 was given to NASAM. At the briefing session we were told that we had to perform some tasks at the 4 pit stops. So off we went like a bunch of little ants walking from Car Park A to the little hill next to the stadium. Pit Stop no. 1 - On top of the hill. After huffing and puffing, shaking my behind up the hill, I reached the Himalaya’s Pit Stop. I had to fill in a coupon in exchange of a bottle of garlic capsules and a small bottle of anti-dandruff shampoo. Just what a runner like me need - great smelling hair and garlic breath! Pit Stop No. 2 - What goes up must come down. We had to descent the hill along zigzag pathways down the slope. At the base, the L’Oreal Pit Stop awaited. The task - write the word L’Oreal with some shimmering make-up liquid on our arms. Upon completion, I was given a tube of anti-aging face wash and a bottle of anti-aging toner. Hmmm….What was L’Oreal trying to tell the participants?

Pit Stop 3 & 4 and then some more dancing. Pit Stop No. 3 - I arrived at the Panadol Pit Stop with the Loreal make-up smudged up my t-shirt sleeve. The task - shove a giant Panadol into a giant mouth. Easy peasy. I saw one walker secretly walked away with the styrofoam pill. Wonder what he is going to do with it. Shove it up his a**? I just don't understand why would people want to steal something so useless? Moving on, I collected the Sensodyne tooth paste, some colouring books, a bundle of Ribena drinks, a box of Horlick sweets and a panda magnet. Pit Stop No. 4 - More stairs to handle but no problem. The next pit stop was located right underneath the LRT track. I managed to snap the picture of an in-coming LRT train. The task - spell "Royale Health" on the board in exchange for a cute calculator cum clip. Not really a challenging task. I strolled back to the finished line where more goodies were waiting. Redeemed my breakfast - 1.5 liter of Guardian drinking water, an egg sandwich, a cupcake and a packet of crackers. Had my breakfast while watching an old uncle taught the public how to gyrate to the sound of Mambo. Hmmm.....I think I had enough of group dancing. I still remember last week’s aunties line dancing at Then Hou Temple. I wonder if this will be the new slogan for all the future run events in KL - "If you can't run, group dance!" I decided to pass my lucky draw coupon to Amy and headed to the LRT station. I didn’t feel like a lucky punk. I also didn’t bother to have my fortune read at the Tarot Card booth. Nor I was interested in having my face caricaturized or painted with butterfly. All I thought of was my comfortable bed.

My Goodies! My Goodies! (Sing it like Ciara) One thing that I like about this walk is that we were each provided with a drawstring knapsack get to collect our goodies en route. In true spirit of Kiasu-ism, I love everything that is free and enjoyed the process of push and shove with other participants to get my share of the goodies. I think that is all for now. I have to go wash my face with the anti-aging L’Oreal sample that I got from the walk. Goodies! (Insert happy squeal here!)

Running to Borders

Inside Borders I was elated when I heard BORDERS would be opening a branch in Times Square, KL few months back. I have always been a fan of BORDERS, in Singapore that is. A trip to Singapore is not complete without a visit to Wheelock Place which houses BORDERS, Singapore. So, when I heard about the grand opening of BORDERS in KL yesterday, I made it a point to rush down to KL from Rawang (was there for work related business) after work. I was not disappointed when I reached the book shop! BORDERS, KL is huge. I think easily twice the size of the Singapore one. Two floors with a Starbuck cafe and a section of World of Feng Shui. The sport section was well stocked with books on running. I counted - 1 and a half bookshelf was filled with running books which I can only see in the net before. I grinned and salivated like a mad cow while thumbing through all the running books. Grabbed a stack of books on running that caught my eyes and plonked myself down at the chair to read. So many books, so little time. I finally decided on two books - Runner's Yoga Book and I Run Therefore I am - NUTS. I checked out the magazine section too - FREE BROWING! Yippee! No sterile shrinkwrapped magazines like the rest of the kedekut (stingy) bookshops like Kinokuniya. Found the latest copy of Runner's World (May 2005), selling at RM24.90. Expensive. Other bookshop sell it at RM20.90 only. I am still waiting for mine in the mail. Took a copy of TIME magazine featuring World's 100 Most Influential People. The CD/ DVD section were very disappointing. They have only the locally pressed stuff. No US imported version, unlike its Singaporean branch! So, therefore, I am looking forward to June when I will make a trip to Singapore. I dislike the locally produced stuff, even though slightly cheaper but the printing quality is usually shitty. Hence, I don't mind paying a little extra for imported goods. Apart from this, I think BORDERS is fab! On the way out, picked up - An Unofficial & Unauthorised Guide to Every Episode of Sex and The City - Jim Smith". This would be a complement to my VCD/ DVD collection of the whole series. I miss Carrie and the girls!

Running Underneath Blue Sky!

Jogathon Warisan THE 5TH JOGATHON WARISAN 2005 VENUE: THEAN HOU TEMPLE DATE: 17 APRIL 2005 The eight cemeteries/ crematorium located around Jalan Dewan, Jalan Loke Yew and Jalan Sungai Besi in Kuala Lumpur have a long history and witnessed the evolvement of Kuala Lumpur into a modern city today. The organizing committee has successfully organized the jogathon since 2001with the theme “Appreciate our historical relics, cherish its historical value”. The Jogathon Warisan is also dubbed Larian Kubur (Graveyard Run) for a very apparent reason – the route led us around thousands of old graves in Kwangtung Cemetery. The starting point was at Thean Hou Chinese Temple. I think it is the biggest and most beautiful Chinese temple in Malaysia. This jogathon actually clashed with another run in the KL city – Larian Mesra Rakan Cops. I decided to participate in this one because I have not run this one before. I did Cops twice.

Starting Point The run started at 8 am after some speeches and balloon releasing cum officiating ceremony. There was also petition to sign against Japan’s bid to be the permanent member in the UN Security Council. I did sign the petition. Japan cannot just simply whitewash Japan’s wartime atrocities from the history book. I still remember my grandmother’s account of her frightful encounter with some Japanese soldiers in Malaya. She was hiding behind a door when one of the Japanese soldiers swiped his samurai sword underneath it. At that time she was pregnant with my father. Luckily, she managed to get through the whole ordeal without being discovered by the Japanese soldiers, if not there won’t be me sitting here, writing this blog. The run was not as morbid and eerie as I perceived earlier. The sun was bright. The birds are chirping. KL Tower and KL Twin Tower skyline was seen peering from the lush greenies, which were soothing to the eyes. I tried not to focus on the old tombstones along the road. The thoughts of Chinese vampires (kiong si) hopping out of the grave did flash into mind but I quickly wipe them out by shifting my focus to the runners in front and the blue sky. Yes! Blue sky! Blue sky! Blue sky! Slow and steady I ran along the winding road, passing by thousands of old burial plots and sometimes caught a whiff of burning joss stick in the air. There were plenty of families at the cemetery to perform the Qing Ming ritual – to visit and pray the ancestors’ graves. Qing Ming (equivalent to All Soul’s Day) usually falls in the month of April. Family members gather at the graveyard to pray. Candles and joss stick are lighted. “After world money” is burned as an offering to the dead. Graveyards are cleaned and weeded. It is a once a year ritual. This also caused the road at the cemetery to be packed with cars this morning.

Larian Kubur Overall, the route was challenging with many slopes. This is expected as Chinese burial plots are normally situated at hilly areas for good Feng Shui. It was quite a scenic route if not for the tombstones. I just don’t have good feelings around them, especially at one particular point where we have to step very close (few inches) to the graves to cut to the other road. Amy told me that she chanted “Amithaba” along that way. I just shift my thoughts to the blue sky! Blue sky! Blue sky! Blue sky! The organizer had put up a very good effort for the run. Lots of volunteers along the route to show the way. Getting lost in the cemetery is NOT a very comforting thought. One point down for the organizer is there was not enough water at the water station. Luckily, I brought my own supply of isotonic drink.

Dancing Queens! I hung out for a while at Thean Hou Temple after the run to watch some cultural performances (Cher Ying - some kind of spinning wheels on string) and line dancing. I saluted the line dancing golden girls for their efforts to entertain the crowd by shaking and twirling to the beat of Scandalous (Mis-teeq) and Let’s Get Loud (Jennifer Lopez) which are not your typical line dancing tunes. Will I be back next year? I don’t know. (Insert blue skies thoughts here! Blue sky! Blue sky! Blue sky!)

Run Anyway!

If other runners are faster, stronger and have more medals than you. RUN ANYWAY! - Runwitme.

Green Green Walk

Panda You don’t have to go great lengths to save Mother Nature…It all starts from…one green walk. What? WWF Walk-A-Hunt 2005 When? On Sunday, 8th May 2005 (Mother’s Day) Where? At PUTRA & STAR LRT Stations How much? RM20 per person (2-4 persons in a team) Who? For enquiries, please contact Adrian Pereira at (603) 7803 3772 Web? Click here to WWF website What is it in for you? Each participant receives an exclusive WWF T-shirt and special goodies!! 30 Fabulous TOP prizes to be won!! Special gift for the first 100 mothers who sign-up!! This walk is not about who has a pair of powerful legs. We have to use lots of brainpower for this one apart from the observation power. Puzzle solving skills. Clue deciphering. Code breaking. Analytical thinking. Lateral thinking. Out of the box thinking. Lots of thinking here and I see a big headache coming during the walk. Ugh! I can feel it already LOL. I really look forward for this fun-filled, educational and adventurous, Amazing Race-style 'treasure hunt cum nature walk'!! p/s.Closing Date for Registration: 22nd April 2005. So hurry.

The Ultimate Resource for Running on Film

runningmovies.com I stumble upon this fabulous website while I was surfing for marathon resources. Running is my passion. Watching movies is my passion too. So, watching movies about running should be a double-whammy; ka-pow; ka-boom-bang; passion on top of passion thingy. While surfing through this site, I could feel my fingertips tingling with excitement. My heart was beating faster and faster. My breathing became faster. My pupils dilated. I let out a sigh! Almost orgasmic. Hahah! This site entices with over 590 film, movie, and video descriptions that contain various aspects of running. I have a few in my collection – Without Limits, The Long Journey, Forrest Gump and Power Yoga for Runners. Very few compared to the amounts of movies listed here. Is God sending me a message to increase the running movies in my collection? Hmmmm…I think I need to tighten my belt and save first. At the meantime let me drool over the amazing movie titles available here. (Insert saliva dripping sound effect here!) Click here to go to runningmovies.com

Walking without a Clue

Treasure Hunters I participated in The SUN Walk Hunt at Sunway Pyramid yesterday. I was a fun and nail-biting experience. I teamed up with BW. Amy teamed up with her daughter Gracie in the family catergory. Fenny and Kris were in a team. This was my second time attempting a mall hunt. The first time was donkey's years ago at The Mall. My brain has got a little rusty. I went to to Pyramid a little early to watch Be Cool with BW. The movie was trying too hard to be cool. Laughters came from The Rock (with hair! shock!) who plays a Samoan gay bodyguard and Vince Vaughn - a white record company manager who tries to be black. Would I buy it on DVD for my cool collection? I don't think so. We cluelessly registered ourselves at the counter at about 2:30pm. After a short briefing session from the Hunt Marshall, we cluelessly walked the three levels of Sunway Pyramid for the answers. The questions were freaking hard for newbies like us. We combed through the LL1 level twice without getting any answers. Hopelessly, we we dashed to the ground floor where our luck got a little bit better. Managed to solve some puzzles. We were given 1 hour and 15 mins to return to the station with the answer sheet and 2 "treasures". At 1:10pm, most of our answer sheets were still blank. I think we only managed to solve half of the questions and we were not sure the answers were correct. Sigh! Anyway, we quickly dashed to Giant Supermarket to purchase one of the "treasure" - a Maggi Hot Cup instant noodles. We were clueless about what the other treasure was. We submitted our answer sheets and prayed that we at least would not be the lousiest team. We chilled out at Coffee Bean while waiting for the results. My feet were tired. It felt like I had walk miles and miles. My head was spinning too, from too much thinking. Hahah! At approximately 5:45pm the results were announced after the ice-cream eating competition. We were all in the top 10 in our respective category! I am really clueless on how we even got there. The other teams must have been even more clueless than us. Each top 3 winning team was given a hamper and the rest - an Alam Flora plastic watch and an Alam Flora yellow sling bag. I gave the watch to BW and took the bag. Now I am cluelessly a proud owner of a bright yellow bag from Alam Flora - our friendly neighbourhood garbage disposal company. (Insert applause here!)