Sundown-cum-Mid Night Marathon 2012

Posted on June 7, 2012 by jipp

So, I went to another run last last week as part of my crazy mission of doing at least one half-marathon every month this year. But then, it was actually my second run in May alone with the first being Borneo International Marathon 2012. Now that I’m half way through the year, I really think I should reconsider the mission and slow down on my running a little. I mean, too much fun will kill the fun and I really think there’s more to life than just running. 😛

The Sundown Marathon in Singapore pissed me off quite too early when the organizer changed the flag-off time from the usual 8-ish pm to 12.30 in the morning. Since I had already booked my hostel way before they changed the time, I actually spent the last few days trying to figure out how to go back to the hostel at three in the morning. Continue reading →

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Angkor Wat : The Grand Tour

Posted on May 22, 2012 by jipp

We woke up on our first morning in Siem Reap with so much excitement. It would be the day when we’d finally get to see for ourselves some of the most famous historical buildings in the world, the Angkor Wat temples!

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Siem Reap had just recovered from a major flood so it was quite dusty. Although flood is quite common in Cambodia, the one that they just had was quite unusual and it had dragged on for months together with the one in Thailand.

At the heights of the flood crisis, a number of tourists had to be airlifted from the temples because all the exit roads were submerged in water.

We were lucky because we got there when the floods had already receded. The flood had done pretty much damage to the road especially those within the township area. There were damages and cracks here and there and much of the roads were covered in clay dust. Continue reading →

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Hello Siem Reap!

Posted on May 17, 2012 by jipp

I haven’t really blogged about our days in Siem Reap. You know it is like THE PLACE to go to in Cambodia. People say it’s ok not to go to Phnom Penh in any of your visit to Cambodia but  a visit is not even a visit if you come to Cambodia without coming to Siem Reap.

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Siem Reap that I had imagined was more like a village that happened to be lucky to be situated near to one of the most famous monumental buildings in the world. Of course it was stupid to think it that way especially now that Angkor Wat has become a tourist magnet for many many years since it was opened to public again back in – well, you find out when. LOL. Continue reading →

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BIM 2012: Back to Where It All Started

Posted on May 8, 2012 by jipp

So, I joined the Borneo International Marathon 2012 last weekend, a run that I registered for at the very last minute, in fact the very last day before the registration was closed. The run was so dear to me probably because I did my very first marathon (or half marathon to be exact) at the BIM 2009 which was then the beginning of it all.

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I would have been amazed by the big turn-up if not for the fact that I had already joined quite a number of (other) major marathons so the number of participants didn’t really impress me as much as it did back in 2009. But still, it was still a big crowd of runners at the starting line so the atmosphere was just as exhilarating.

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Job Trip-cum-Vacation?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by jipp

 

So, my job requires me to fly all the way to Labuan and later road-trip-ing all over Sabah in the next 2 weeks. 2 damn weeks! I already foresee myself falling into the net of acute exhaustion and turning into a walking zombie just to get whatever it was that I had been assigned to do done and dusted as they say. But then, things don’t necessarily end up like how we expect them to be and true enough,

I found myself on what appears to be more of a vacation here in Labuan. Oh please, everybody needs a break at times right..? RIGHT??? 😀

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