This year we have lots of new members in our team (Khek, Chong, J ying and wei wei)... As usual our dear senior Dr. Ong Jing Wei is joining this event.. he is a big fan of marathon... (purposely fly all the way from Tawau to KL, drove few hours during the night to KT and straight away join us to Perhentian) fuhhh... summore belanja us breakfast.. XD
We depart from KT around 9am after our breakfast at Chinatown.. drove 2 hours to Kuala Besut Jeti... A familiar place for us that participated in the event last year.. It was a "syiok sendiri" singing road trip for our driver Sam a.k.a 大便王~ you will be amazed that he could actually sing all the song he prepared in his thumb drive and non stop for 2 hours.. even though he was pretty ss, I must not deny that he has a really good voice...
We manage to hop in a boat at 12.30pm.. thanks to the volunteer that prepared it for us.. If not we will have to wait until 2.30pm for the next boat and we will sure miss all the fun...
a view of the beach from our campsite... =)
After grabbing lunch at our campsite located in Pulau Besar Perhentian.. we decided to go for snorkeling trip which cost only RM30.. (4 snorkeling point + snorkeling set included) it was a pretty cheap price for us.. we get to see lots of fish, feed them we bread (OJW used his mouth and Sam used his toes) chase after a sea turtle and not to forget play with sea cucumber!
amazing trip for all of us... we also get to see Nemos (clown fish) and sea cucumber with one arm length while snorkeling at the beach near our camp area with Chee Hang.. I was touched by both papa and mama Nemo that tried to protect their children from those big fish which is 4-5 times bigger than them... how i wish i can capture the moments for everyone to appreciate it..
wei wei trying to catch fish with bare hand.. LOL
in the middle of the sea~
OJW feeding the fishes using his mouth!
I see a cross here...
a group picture at the beach b4 we go for snorkeling..
walking back to campsite after the trip..
coconut tree with 2 little girl... XD
our campsite (OJW is holding a hermit crab)
Our race (novice) began around 10.30am the next morning... This year OJW is the only one that join (Elite) category that require runners to swim across the sea between the 2 island of Perhentian because our friend WJY FFKed him.. hahhaha... Bad news is.. this year race is longer than last year..
light local delights prepared by the villagers..
The race was fun especially if u walk with Sam n Khek... 1 keep singing all the way (off course he only manage to sing for 2 hours.. after that phone no battery cant sing dy) and another 1 keep imagining herself shopping in Mid Valley or Pavillion.. LOL... Can't stop laughing when Sam trying to show his "fashion" moves and end up step into a hole covered with leaves... hahaha...
3 of us at the 1st checkpoint..
someone's ass~
red hair monkey playing swing!!
Resting.. =)
4 hours later.. we finally made it to the checkpoint at 8km.. I was disgusted by the attitude of one of the volunteer there that talk to us with a sarcastic tone that try to persuade us to give up... well there's still another 2 hours before the race end and the way he talk to us as if we couldn't make it in time.. wei wei and khek decided to stop their journey there while Sam n I continue our race.. I was impressed by the mental and physical determination of Khek that manage to walk the journey without complaint... she totally earned my respect...
It was not an easy task to complete the last 6km run because both of us is very hungry and i start experiencing hypoglycemic after another 2km run... i decided to give up but was encourage by 2 very supportive volunteer at a water station... we even sleep for 10 mins halfway during the race... there's a moment i reached my mental limit to continue and i decided to call up someone that is most important to me... She manage to encourage me and give me strength to continue the race... Finally we manage to complete our race before 5pm.. worst thing is.. there's no lunch left at the finishing point.. only some dessert to fill my empty stomach... For the record.. our last meal is at 7.30am...
the worst part of the race... (calling someone here)
We took some of our annual pic when the race end (too bad this year no group picture at windmill checkpoint)... nothing felt better than completed a race that was so mentally challenging... couldn't have done it without u bb... thank you so much! =)
windmill on the top of the mountain!
another difficult path during the race.. there's over 500 stairs for us to conquer!!
finally the finish line!
packed our tent the next morning...
final group picture b4 we leave Pulau Perhentian... another amazing trip.. =)
Overall it was a great trip to Perhentian... gonna participate in next year's race again... hopefully i am fit enough to join elite.. wanna try swimming across the sea between the 2 island.. I guess everyone have a great experience too... thanks to ah bi for all the wonderful pictures taken during the trip! hope we can have another great memory together during next year's race.. For now.. is time to study for year 4 exams!
