CNY Trekkers Dinner

Chinese New Year Trekkers Dinner at Noble Mansion, Plaza Jaya 33, Petaling Jaya on 15 Feb 2014, Saturday ... It was an evening of camaraderie reminiscing the past trekking trips, with lots of Yum Seng, good fun and good food. The event was organized by Joseph Yong and assisted by Sharon Tan.

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The trekkers for the Chinese New Year celebration

 Many prizes contributed by Joseph Yong

 One cup cake for each participant

  Adventure talk by Khoo Swee Chiow, First SEAsian to summit K2 and Everest, North Pole, South Pole, etc. The topics covers are proper attire and equipment for mountains of different height.

 Special yee sang prepared by Joseph Yong

 Yeah, the higher we loh, the higher shall be the mountains that we are going to trek

 Abalone in sweet-sour juice 

 The Mount Everest Base Camp 2009 team posing with KhooSC … (left) Wong FK, PK Chan, Jayne Aw, Sharon Tan, Fiona Goh, kC Leong.

 The happy trekkers

 Emulating one guy trekker’s thumb-up pose  :-)

 One of the lucky participants with big prize

 Cheers! Yum Seng! … to friendship and good health!

 Cheers to All !! 

Karaoke fun time

A group photo in front of the Restaurant … see you all next year.

Cheers!

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FRIM hoi kung Trail Running

Gong Xi Fa Cai ... As planned, the trail runner groups went for a "hoi kung" (start work in Lunar New Year) trail running at FRIM Kepong and "jin wan" (energizing one's luck) at Salem High Country Hill on 2 February 2014, chor 3 (3rd day) of Chinese New Year. 

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 A group photo at the FRIM Clubhouse before the start of the run

Led by yours truly and Chong YF, we ran and ran and ran starting from Rover Track. We have two contrasting groups: the fast runners such as Robert Holmes, Rothman Fong and WaiChing Soh; and the barefoot trail runners from Tan Wah Seng's group that is slightly slower. So WaiChing led the fast runners and run extra loops while waiting for the slower runners to reach the checkpoints. 

 Part of the team at the Canopy Walkway

At certain stretches that were filled with stones, the barefoot trail runners could not run fast as they have to avoid stepping on those stones with sharp edges. I was very impressed with the barefoot trail runners that they completed the 15km distance without wearing any footwear. 

I was wearing the new Salomon XR Crossmax 2 trail running shoes. One of the Malay girls (that I met at Canopy Walkway trail) commented that my shoes were very colourful; so I quipped that it is good for Chinese New Year - very ONG. 

 A unique hands and legs Gong Xi pose by Jing Lee and Kah Wai

It has been almost more than one week without rain; so the ground was very dry, devoid of any leeches. I still prefer the rainy days where the air was cool and fresh, and the ground was soft; never mind the leeches as one would be motivated to run faster to avoid letting the leeches to cling to the feet.

When arriving at Salem High Country Hill, we continue to run one round at the foothill and then spiral up to the peak. Going one round in Cantonese mean "jin" and "jin wan" is an auspicious activity during the first 15 days of the Lunar New Year.  

 Wishing all good luck in the 2014 Lunar New Year ... May the Year of the Horse bring you good luck, good health, happiness, and prosperity. 

(back, left) KC Leong, Rothman, Robert Holmes, Chong YF, Ya Hooy, Cheah YF, Siaw Hua, Jing Lee, Angeline Thean; (front) WaiChing, Leong Siew Shen, Kah Wai, Tan Wah Sing Jason Thai, Leong CH

 Angeline Thean giving an ang pow to one of the children of orang asli

 Nice pose

 At the peak of Salem High Country Hill after successfully run one round at the foothill

Gong Xi Gong Xi

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USJ Annual Dinner (Part 2)

Continuation … Zhineng Qigong USJ Centres Annual Dinner at Dynasty Dragon Seafood Restaurant, The Summit USJ on 18 January 2014, Saturday.

Do click here to view Part 2 of photos album (137 photos) courtesy of yours truly (KC Leong).

Edwin Khor proposing a toast ... Cheers to good health and practising chi gong together :-)

 Certification of appreciation from the President for achieving the long period of practising chi gong. Quite interestingly, all are ladies.

 Samantha in the singing contest

 Another participant in the singing contest

 This table is in favour to vote for contestant Number D

 Doing the Macarena dance steps together

 Why the present of three Bangladeshi guys in this function? ... do view the photos in the photo album for answers

 Lots of lucky draws .. Chen is drawing some of the lucky participants

 The 2014 USJ Annual Dinner Organizing Committee members … (yours truly, KC Leong, the cameraman, standing at the rightmost of the back row).

Happily concluding this fun-filled annual dinner … see you again!

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Zhineng Qigong USJ Annual Dinner

A fun-filled evening with performances, songs, dances, games, lucky draws, and not forgetting the good food ... an annual dinner organized by Zhineng Qigong USJ Centres at Dynasty Dragon Seafood Restaurant, The Summit USJ on 18 January 2014, Saturday. The theme for the night was Aloha Night where the participants were encouraged to dress in Hawaii style.

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Stay tuned for Part 2 of photos album.

 The macho and fierce-looking Haka Hawaii Warriors

 The dazzling and vibrant Hawaiian dancers

 The Haka Hawaii Warriors dance with a few of the laoshi (sifu) as dancers

 The Aloha dance

Initiating the start sequence for dinner - the Hawaiian style

The event is graced by Hannah Yeoh, current Speaker and a member of the Selangor State Assembly

 and also Gan Meng Foo (2nd from left) from MCA.

 Laoshi and VIP Guests – This event is graced by Ms Hannah Yeoh, current Speaker and a member of the Selangor State Assembly (seated, 2nd from right); Mr Gan Meng Foo (seated, 2nd from left) from MCA; Mr Ken Chia, MPSJ Councillor (seated, right); and Liow Kim Heng laoshi, PSZQM President (back row, 3rd from right).

Aloha Night … Annual dinner by Zhineng Qigong USJ Centres

Do click here for Part 2.

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Bukit Lagong Exploratory Trail Run

The group went for an exploratory trail run at Bukit Lagon, Selayang on 14 January 2014, Tuesday which is a public holiday. Led by Chong YF, we traversed beyond the Orang Asli Settlement, where he stopped there during his previous recce of the location. 

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 A group photo near to the car cark

The first 2km was running on tar road passing by an orchard planted with many durian and mangosteen trees. Beyond that point, we were running on trails. After the previous evening’s rain, the ground was soft; the air was fresh and cool, superb for trail running. 

We ran and ran and ran with full energy and enthusiasm not knowing where we were heading to. We hope to see anywhere near to FRIM since Bukit Lagon is just next to FRIM, Kepong. ChongYF quipped that if we ever reach FRIM, then we may have to take a taxi back to our cars. 

Running along the Orang Asli Settlement Area

Along the way, there were many split trails and we have to set the markers for our returning journey. We also saw the paper trails set by Black Rabbit and Red Rabbit hashers groups which we tried to follow. We have to backtrack twice as we were heading to areas where the trails were faded on sight. With my Garmin GPS-enabled watch, I was paying attention of the distance that we ran. I target to return to base when we hit the 10km mark. With the backtrack, that would be a total distance of 20km. 

One of the split trails

While we were heading deep into the jungle with the disappearing trail at about 8km mark, we immediately consulted the latest technology gadget to determine our location and bearing. With a backtracking, we were able to identify the nearest and an abandon tar road. Having run for about 10 minutes, we were happy to see cars passing by at a road about 200 meters in front. On approaching the tar road, we were surprise to see our cars that were parked at the car park. We actually made a round trip to return to the starting point without having to backtrack another 8km from where we started.

We were surprise to see our cars from a distance

The group ran a distance of 8.8 km in 2 hours inclusive of time spent in looking for the right trails to emerge from the jungle. More exploratory trips are needed to ascertain whether there is a connecting trail between Bukit Lagong and FRIM.

From the map, Bukit Lagong is quite near to FRIM

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FRIM Trail Running

The group went for a good and fun trail running at FRIM on Day 001 of a brand new year 2014. We started the run from Dream Trail, traversed the mandering trail and emerged at Rover Track; we went up to Canopy Trail, then connect to Pacat Trail and proceed to Steroid Hill, and ended at Salem High Country. We returned via Mountain Bike Track for a distance of about 15km that took about 3 hours of while waiting for the entire group to run as one team. 

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(Back, left) Fendy, Soh, Michelle, Raymond, ChongYF, KC Leong ... Lorna Wong, Lai Peng, Ridzuan, Saharol

 At Canopy Walk area

 Running towards Steroid Hill area

 The group at Steroid Hill area

 Looking for ripe rambutan

The Clubhouse in FRIM; it is closed on Public Holidays 

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