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Date   07 December 2003 Time   7.15 a.m. -
Event   Zoo Negara Run 2003 - Relay 2x4km
Venue   Zoo Negara, Kuala Lumpur
Author   Ronnie See a.k.a. Pacemaker Photographer   Ronnie See a.k.a. Pacemaker
Layout   Han Ng    
 
     
 
Get to know this event by last minute only, that's Wednesday...
I tot this is just a fun run, so I just give a try and telephone lah…
Then the organizer said to me this is a competition race…
Wah! Feeling very excited oredi, so I was asking many question lah…
Until the organizer oso pusing kapala…he..he..
 Our group name is, der PACEMAKER...

This is a race relay with 2 runners per team…
And that is me and my good partner Azwar the janggut man…
Our group name is, der PACEMAKER…he..he..
Ayoyo! The name very dahsyat lah…
Each team can only bring in 2 extra supporters into the zoo for free…
Additional supporters, tanggung sendiri lah…

The race is divided into 2 categories, Men's `n Women's Open…
Each category is limited to 25 teams only, and u know what? …
Men's category has 10 teams, woman's only 7 teams lor…
That mean every teams oso got the chance to get the prize lah…

Wan to know wat are the prizes? Really blow off your hair lah! …
Ahem! 1st prize is RM1000.00, plus 2 F1 ticket…
Wat!!! F1 TICKET??? Yup, yup, no joke bebeh…
2nd prize is RM800.00, oso plus 2 F1 ticket…
3rd prize is RM500.00, plus 2 F1 t-shirt…
Consolation prizes is 4th to 8th placing…
And that's, they oso give away RM250.00 per team lor…
Opps! Air liur ku terkeluar…

Each runner must run 2 laps around the zoo…
Which is approximately 2km per lap (4km per runners)…
To qualify for the top 3 grand prizes…
Runners are required to finish the race within a given time…
That's is 40min for men's and 45min for women's…
Wah! That's mean each runners must run at least below 20min…
5min pace for 1km; I think should be no problem gua…he..he..

Time: 6:00am, me and my girlpren was there oredi…
Still very dark lah, but oredi got some early birds liao…
I tot azwar was earlier than me, since he is staying near by only…
Wait and wait, 6:15am liao…where the hell is that janggut man? …

By 6:30ameverybody must be at the zoo ponya entrance…
So I call his handpon lah, why the voice so ganjil wan?…
Macam apek ponya suara, I tot is his papa kot?…
Terkejut! quickly off the line, then try to call again lah…

This time got it more clearer, I say `' oit! Where are u now" ?….
"Oh my gosh! I just wake up ronnie"…bloody @#$%^%$!…
I think azwar must be rushing like hell, after off the phone…
I'm in the panic button, hope they will delay the event…
Lucky I call azwar, if not arr…I'll be sitting there and cry lah…

6:40amjanggut man is here…phew!…@#$%^& bang! ok done!…
6:45amget ready for the briefing, after a short talk…
Everybody enter to the zoo, wah! so excited lah everyone…
So we all have a nice walk to the starting point around 1km…
Along the way we walk, all the animals still tidur lah…
The first animal wake up is the hippopotamus…
Eyak! So smelly loh, I think this part we have to extra turbo lah…
 

 After grab the baton, quickly speed off like mad kerbau...
7:05amat the staring point liao, a short briefing again…
Make sure everybody is clear and understood…
Azwar will be the 1st runner and I'm the last wan…
We were practice how to pass a baton (buat malu saje)…
7:10ameverybody in the staring line, a short briefing again…
There will be marshals in every junction, so no short cut ya…
After finish the 1st lap, you'll be getting a check point…
It's for you to continue the 2nd lap, same goes to the 2nd runner…

7:15ameverybody set, ready, peeee!! (Whistle blow)…
There's goes all the mad kerbau, without wasting time…
I quickly do my warm up and stretching…

After 6min plus, the 1st team cross the 1st lap is the Fila Team A…
Wahlamak! So so very laju wan arr, second runner was just behind…
Everyone was so excited to cheers for their team lah…
After the 3rd runner cross the 1st lap, saw azwar oredi…in 4th place…
The 5th wan is just behind him, under pressure man!…
I was so damn happy, coz we are in top 5 lor…
We were targeting to finish within 4th to 8th placing wan…
So I shout it loud lah, Kar Yau! Kar Yau! (mean tambah minyak lah)…
Get his checkpoint, continue for the 2nd lap…
I just can't wait to get the baton lah, very excited oredi…
Jumping here and there like monkey…

Around 12min plus, Fila Team A oredi start changing baton…
Coming strong behind 2nd team, oso changing baton…
A minute later, the 3rd oso changing baton liao…
Ayoyo! Where is the janggut man?, so `kancheong lah" (excited)…

Around 15min plus, here come the janggut man in 4th position…
But the 5th wan is just behind him lah, my turn kena pressure…
After grab the baton, quickly speed off like mad kerbau…
The gap between me and the 5th runner…
Are getting closer and closer, each time I pusing my kapala…

Certain areas are very hilly…
That where the 5th runner potong sayur on me lah…
Arggghhh! So geram lah gua, try to pace with him…
Looking at his kaki, very panjang lor (how to ikut arr)…
Boleh pancit lor, if keep continuous like this …
So I decided to stick to my own kerbau pace lah…

Reaching to my 1st lap, azwar and my girlpren was cheering at me…
This part has to control handsome lah, although very tired liao…
Grab my check point, back to my suffering face…
I was hoping to potong sayur the kaki panjang wan…
Yet again, smell no smoke lah…

Looking at my back again, no wan behind wor…
No pressure liao, but I can see a lot of animal are looking at me…
All kind of sound and all kind of smell…ha..ha..
No animals shit around the route, very clean and clear…
He..he.. Still got time to look at the scenery lor…

Almost to the finishing line, control handsome again…
Open the kaki as big as possible, vroooommmm…..
Yes! We have done it, finishing 5th placing out of 10 teams…
So happy until I wan to wallop the janggut man with the baton…
We share the RM250.00 jackpot…yippe!…
And a goodies bag worth RM50.00 buck for each…
This is the first time the janggut man get cash reward…
I think he must be gila with the money, dowan medal liao…
After men's category has finish, only they start the woman's wan…
Woman's team's oso very strong, becoz of big money…
All the strong team is here, except Yuan yufang lah…
For full result and the group name, please see below…
While waiting for the prize giving, we went to jalan2 around the zoo…
 ...but I can see a lot of animal are looking at me...

10:30amprize giving, this is wat we have been waiting for…
Every team got the chance to go on stage lor…
Yup! My camera girl is here to snap our handsome face…
When 5th team is announce, der PACEMAKER!!!…
Ayo, both of us so malu lah…everybody looking at us…
Shake hand with the Datuk, and our pictures is taken (cit cak!)…
Look out for our picture on my yahoo album (tapi belum cuci lagi)…

After finishing the prize giving, time for a lucky draw…
F1 ticket again, ayo! Me and the janggut man luck for that lah…
With 3 more prize left, calling for 10MB (hey! itu I ponya numbor)…
Quickly fly off to collect my prize, and u wan to know wat is that?…
Open very quickly, it's a rabbit patung…quite heavy lor…
Yes! I do like it very much, coz I oso born in year of rabbit mah…

After finish the lucky draw, battery low liao…
We all went to Merry Brown inside the zoo for makan-makan lah…
Becoz got voucher from the goodies bag mah…
Apa lagi! Wallop everything they have lah…
We only run 4km, but we eat like running 42km…ha..ha..

Here are the full result, thank to the organizer (Herman Bernard)…

Men's Open:

01 - Fila Team A......(25:37)
02 - Policeman........(27:31)
03 - Fila Team B......(29:19)
04 - Madasamy.........(30:34)
05 - der pacemaker....(32:10)
06 - Lee..............(38:13)
07 - Masturi..........(38:34)
08 - Law..............(38:51)
09 - KUTM1............(44:40)
10 - KUTM2............(47:50)

Women's Open:

01 - Team Nike........(30:50)
02 - Policewoman......(33:41)
03 - Power Team.......(34:28)
04 - Vivian...........(42:31)
05 - Goldfish.........(55:02)
06 - KUTM...........(1:03:07)
07 - Kenari Melati..(1:03:55)

Cheers, ronnie `n janggut man der pacemaker…

 All the strong team is here, except Yuan yufang lah.
 
 
 
     
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