Loh Sang Dinner

Back L-R: LimFW, ChinYH, Steven P5, Weng, Yee Choi

Front: Mak, Carol, Josie, Rose, KC Leong.

"Are we going to have a loh sang dinner this Chinese New Year?" Josie inquired a few weeks before CNY (on 7-8 February) 2008. Well, that was indeed an excellent suggestion. So I sent out invitation emails to some of the runners:

Chinese New Year is drawing near. With the "Yeee! Ling Ling Fatt” (2008) auspicious year (the tone contains an element of surprise amidst a positive sign of "simply" fatt), let us get together for a loh sang dinner to dine and wine. And to celebrate another good year of running and trekking together.

After consulting a runner-cum-feng-shui expert, it is good to schedule the loh sang dinner on 18 February (Monday) - a reaffirmation of "simply" fatt as 18 is sounded like sure fatt.

Since we work in diverse locations of Kuala Lumpur, I shall identify a Chinese Restaurant within Kuala Lumpur.
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So, yesterday evening (18 February), ten runners gathered to dine and wine amidst good company at Sin Lok Restaurant in Ampang Park, Kuala Lumpur.

When runners gather together, I am sure you know the hottest subject matters: not much on the latest political landscape or sex scandal but on running and marathons. This is a subjective topic as non-runners would say that these are not interesting subject matters.

We talked about a few of the famous marathons. If we put all the names of marathons together, a runner would probably have traveled round the globe: KLIM, SIM, New York Marathon, Boston Marathon, Gold Coast Marathon, Bangkok Marathon, Nairobi Marathon, etc. Since a few runners there were also avid trekkers, we talked about local trekking and trekking in Nepal too.

Let us loh together. The higher, we run further distance, trek higher summits. Carol, Mak, ChinYH, Josie

We were glad to have Yee Choi who shared with us his adventure trips to Mount Kilimanjaro (in Africa), North Pole, South Pole, Trans Siberia, etc. Yee Choi commented that trekking up the peak of Kilimanjaro (5,900 meters) was tough as a trekker would have to withstand the coldness of -20 degree Celsius. Showing admiration, one runner commented that trekkers pay money to challenge the discomfort. Well! That is also true to runners who pay to run and endure the 42km of marathons.

Rose, LimFW, Carol and Mak

We left the restaurant feeling satisfied with the sumptuous food and the good company.

Cheers! Happy Running and Happy Trekking!

p.s. Sorry for the unsatisfactory result of the photos. The flash unit did not function properly.

Written by KC