Gong Xi Fa Cai

May the ushering  of the Year of Water Dragon gives all of you (and us !!) a better perspective to our lives and positive vibe in our everyday undertakings. May important decisions be made not in vain but with patience and wisdom. Mean time, let’s continue to foster and strength relationships and friendships.

God Bless

CNY 2012 with 2 former LeTua riders at current tandem rider Razif Salleh a.k.a. Panjang and Malaysia/Azad University cyclist, Ng Yong Li. Yong Li will compete in his maiden tour with his new team at LTdL 2012.

Chinese New Year 2011 with Yong Li and family. I guess that t-shirt Yong Li is wearing, is 1 of his favourite t-shirts la.. hihi..

Raya 2010 : Another celebration :p With the oldsters.

Deepavali 2009 : With my schoolmate Geeta who recently got married. Congratulations dear !

missJewelz feels very lucky (yes, lucky is an understatement). She’ll sentence that again. missJeweLz is very privileged to be a Malaysian. MALAYSIA is a multi-racial and ethnicity country which holds a rich history, cultures, treasures it takes some historically and politically correct understanding of how and why we have been able to stand as a nation. It is in our very dear value and principle that we keep together no matter how harsh and testing the time and situation can be against us. If you think you have benefited as a citizen, you’ll find it effortless at most times (if not flawless) when communicating, relating and associating yourself of those different from you in terms of culture and religion. As a Malaysian, culture and religion fits and complements us on a wider scale, where it plays a role as something that binds and adheres us to each other. Not apart, just closer and stronger. This she finds it so apparent and embedded in her core values that she finds there’s no exact apparent need to associate any sort of numerical form in front of her country’s name for whatever purpose it maybe. How does 1Chinese, 1Hindu, 1Islam, or 1Malay.. err..or 1Blogger sound? Not too correct. Nevertheless,  missJeweLz is a Malaysian through and through.

Makan-makan lagi with the oldsters

Filed under: Announcement Tagged: Azad University Cycling Team, chinese new year, missjewelz, Razif Salleh ]]> http://missjewelz.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/gong-xi-fa-cai/feed/ 0 missjewelz Dragon9Y cny CNY 2010 46896_472609775350_701785350_7056314_6433872_n n701785350_2152655_5163 59451_473991645350_701785350_7084780_2576372_n http://missjewelz.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/theres-something-about-julie-2/ http://missjewelz.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/theres-something-about-julie-2/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:55:16 +0000 missjewelz https://missjewelz.wordpress.com/?p=6334 ]]> I woke up at 5.39am today. Half wondering where’s that tea-essence facial mask I applied last night gone to. It must half slipped off. I have been sleeping quite soundly. Its the only get away,apparently, which is free, refreshing and available without any reservations or deposit. Most of the time upon waking up, the first thing that I try to do is say a prayer to thank God for getting up from my deep slumber into another day of living. It is simply one of the ways to remind myself that my soul isn’t solely mine though I do have the right to utilize and make the best of it through my able body and mind.

The second thing I realized upon waking up, is me reaching my Viao laptop. I HAVE been trying to update this favourite blog of mine but time kept slipping away from me nearly everyday. For the past couple of months. I tried to write in the morning, yesterday, and again in the evening, and before I slept. If there’s a will, there’s definitely a way I can figure out. I lost my favourite phone 4 days ago. Never in my life I’ve lost this communication turned life gadget. I messed up the internet setting for the laptop, and wasnt able to get a broadband service in time. Lucky me, there’s a backphone. Haha.. So here I am on my old HD7. Staring at this screen while lying down, hands together holding the phone while my right and left thumbs receive directions what to key in and relay to all missjewelz.wordpress readers.

Okay! On to the meat of this post. I have a good tiding to share on this merry, blessed and joyful Saturday I am getting married today. Yyyeapp. Life takes us through leaps and bounds. But this one !! But this one is another kind of leap routine. A distance stretched and a dose of faith to fuel me through. And walla here I am. It’ll take me a lot of faith, strength and determination to take me through this novel phase and journey.

I’ll definitely not take it as another race, though I will pass thay start line. There’s no timing chip. My faith will replace my Polar heart rate monitor to check that I am okay to go , in the zone. There are no other competitors except for myself and this is certainly not about a medal, prizes or even scoring a PB.

Talking about PBs, I ran the MultiPurpose run last weekend. Haha.. No preparation as I was just lacking it on the time sheet. But I ran just for mileage, ‘some’ training and just finish my last 12km stroll as a bacheloress/rette. A stroll it was through Bukit Tunku. 57mins for the first 10 clicks, and 1hr 7mins ish in total. Hey, legs are still there !! I took some fotos with friends, and new friends I met (Annitha and cancer survivor Masha Macey[truly sorry if i got ur names wrong]. Took some photos which can’t be retrieved anymore since I lost my phone( and all my contacts !!). Some of my friends congratulated me on the good news. Oh ya, I know there’s a run tomorrow morning. I initially wanted to register as a volunteer only to realize that I will be getting married that weekend.

I am another blessed soul half of the time not realizing it. I have to splash cold water on myself and wake up to the real world, and live it more meaningfully and responsibly. Half of the time dreaming. I was lost in transition the past 2 months preparing for this auspicious occasion. And of course, juggling it with work.

But I’ll simply and happily be me. I suck at being or acting something that I am not. I realize I dont have to pretend to be somebody else to be a responsible and useful person. I’ll just be Julie. Julie who is learning more and more of herself everyday. Unique on my own right, and happy to be blogging away before I hitch on my next ride in a couple of hours. Will catch ya in future races and events, insyaAllah. To all friends who greeted happy wishes for the new journey that I will be embarking on, syukran jazilan, Thank You from the bottom of my cardiac muscles. have a beautiful weekend y’all ! Salam.

Adios.

Juliana Ali @ missJeweLz

(14.1.2012).

All smile !

Sunset Silhouette

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The second thing I realized upon waking up, is me reaching my Viao laptop. I HAVE been trying to update this favourite blog of mine but time kept slipping away from me nearly everyday. For the past couple of months. I tried to write in the morning, yesterday, and again in the evening, and before I slept. If there's a will, there's definitely a way I can figure out. I lost my favourite phone 4 days ago. Never in my life I've lost this communication turned life gadget. I messed up the internet setting for the laptop, and wasnt able to get a broadband service in time. Lucky me, there's a backphone. Haha.. So here I am on my old HD7. Staring at this screen while lying down, hands together holding the phone while my right and left thumbs receive directions what to key in and relay to all missjewelz.wordpress readers.

Okay! On to the meat of this post. I have a good tiding to share on this merry, blessed and joyful Saturday I am getting married today. Yyyeapp. Life takes us through leaps and bounds. But this one !! But this one is another kind of leap routine. A distance stretched and a dose of faith to fuel me through. And walla here I am. It'll take me a lot of faith, strength and determination to take me through this novel phase and journey.

I'll definitely not take it as another race, though I will pass thay start line. There's no timing chip. My faith will replace my Polar heart rate monitor to check that I am okay to go , in the zone. There are no other competitors except for myself and this is certainly not about a medal, prizes or even scoring a PB.

Talking about PBs, I ran the MultiPurpose run last weekend. Haha.. No preparation as I was just lacking it on the time sheet. But I ran just for mileage, 'some' training and just finish my last 12km stroll as a bacheloress/rette. A stroll it was through Bukit Tunku. 57mins for the first 10 clicks, and 1hr 7mins ish in total. Hey, legs are still there !! I took some fotos with friends, and new friends I met (Annitha and cancer survivor Masha Macey[truly sorry if i got ur names wrong]. Took some photos which can't be retrieved anymore since I lost my phone( and all my contacts !!). Some of my friends congratulated me on the good news. Oh ya, I know there's a run tomorrow morning. I initially wanted to register as a volunteer only to realize that I will be getting married that weekend.

I am another blessed soul half of the time not realizing it. I have to splash cold water on myself and wake up to the real world, and live it more meaningfully and responsibly. Half of the time dreaming. I was lost in transition the past 2 months preparing for this auspicious occasion. And of course, juggling it with work.

But I'll simply and happily be me. I suck at being or acting something that I am not. I realize I dont have to pretend to be somebody else to be a responsible and useful person. I'll just be Julie. Julie who is learning more and more of herself everyday. Unique on my own right, and happy to be blogging away before I hitch on my next ride in a couple of hours. Will catch ya in future races and events, insyaAllah. To all friends who greeted happy wishes for the new journey that I will be embarking on, syukran jazilan, Thank You from the bottom of my cardiac muscles. have a beautiful weekend y'all ! Salam.

Adios.
Juliana Ali @ missJeweLz
(14.1.2012).

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I finished the run in once piece !!! I was really worried if I would shatter my legs into a thousand pieces yesterday due the fact that I have been off from any sort of training for the past few weeks ! Though I did manage to slot in a few sessions of treadmill and cycling here and there, it was nothing to really prepare me physically for the 12km hilly run yesterday. Mentally, no problem, as I kept the race ‘off my mind’ from Monday to Saturday last week. The only ‘real’ preparation was to prepare and pack the apparels and gears I would need the following morning : shades check, running top check, Zoot shorts check, watch + heart rate monitor check, socks, shoes, Nike headband, plain water, towel, a change of clothes, CHECK. Race number?? Esok pagi ambil coz I didn’t have the time to collect it the whole week !!!! [but, still, I am less busier than you! heehee..].

Sunday morning : another awaited reunion with my sporting friends at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club for the annual MALAKOFFF 12km run. Arrived around 6.20am, quickly made my way to the official tent to collect my bib, back to the car, put it on, geared up, some quick warm up and back to the crowd which was waiting at the start line. Caught up with Syazaril Azha, Fadzil Ikhwan, friends from Kuantan; Tan Wah Sing, William and Sharon <<– I miss my running kakis from the East Coast ! Jason Thiang, Sook Ying and Jaja were also at the start line.

The run took me an hour and 10mins, that’s almost 8 minutes slower than last year. Not a surprise at all as I have not been training regularly lately. My heart rate remained plateu at 170 bpm.. that is definitely pushing it… *not good..* eventhough my feet and legs picked it up and ran like it was any other run. To all of you who took part, congratulations !! Results here

First shot in the morning courtesy of Chan Wing Kai. Thanks !

mj on the run. Picture courtesy of Chan Wing Kai.

Pink and flushed ! Happy to earn the medal. My final medal for 2011 ! Next medal awaits me next month. ahaks..

Catching up with Agnes and her friend Agnes completed the Sundown 100km. Incredible feat !

Posing for a post-run pic with Azri and friend.

Syazaril Azha, follower of missjewelz.wordpress, runner, singer and musician ! Google 'gemalay.blogspot.com'. Yup, his band plays at functions and weddings !

with Jeli of BJCC

with members of the IIU X Team ! Well done !

Catch up with la extended familia. Pic courtesy of Kam.

CK, Jaja, Pipi and aunty Julie Pipi sangat cute ! Thanks for the photo Kam

The coming month : January

Many important events have been taking place in my life of late in both work and my personal life. The transitions? Well, some smooth, some not. Just adapting where, when and however possible. January will be even busier than this month and I have been slowly shifting all the energy and vibe to prepare for January. I am adapting with the new work, will have more on my plate when the new project kicks off, and personally will embark on something that is novel to me, etcetera etcera. To those in the know, wait up for more happy news that I will avail to you. I would like to thank all of you for the positive and supportive response. Spread the luvin’ missjewelz style !

Bob Marley : "Legalize It"

Work etcetera

I have been pounding my head if not my neck to cope with my new job. Pretty interesting as what I am currently doing ties back to what I did during my study years in Psychology, and also being able to utilize my experiences and even hobbies. Apparently a project which falls under my team is, ehem, social networking. Though I miss my old company and my ex-colleagues there, I see this chapter of my career as another stepping stone challenging me in various aspects. I love challenges, especially those types which motivates you intrinsically. The satisfaction achieved after getting through a challenge serves as precursor for positivity, something which I pretty much rely on in whatever I do.  The satisfaction can be so overwhelming that it can leave me clueless saying ‘Ok, Done! What’s next…?’ And that was exactly how I felt when I crossed the finish line at Ironman Langkawi 2009. I was too concentrated on the journey. So let’s not get lost in our own little (or big) ‘syokness’ in life whether it be a work related or personal achievement. You can stay motivated by recalling how you were once able to achieve those tremendous milestones. Ask, why can’t I do it now?

And since I mentioned ‘syokness’ here, (which I didn’t plan to), I want to discuss briefly on the issue of bragging.. ahakzzz… It happens everywhere. At home, at work, during sports training and meets. Self-complimenting and bragging are two different things. There is nothing wrong with pointing out what you are good at and the recent achievement you went through. Do it at the right time and place. Jumping to pop it out the minute you have the chance to does not guarantee that somebody does not get annoyed. Bragging, especially if its consistent can be bad not only to the bragger (whether he or she realizes it or not), but also the unlucky individual who is left to listen. Know where to draw the limits, and be sensitive who you talk  all your good deeds to. Doing good and achieving success does not give us the right to brag to anybody we wish to. Nuff said. Adios !

Random photo : Somebody sleeping on the job yo !

El Team !

Balls

Took part in my first ever futsal tourney 2 weeks ago for my department. Despite making it through the finals and eventually coming up 2nd for the Ladies category, my futsal skill is terrible if none ! Hahaa. Seriously, I may kick balls during tri events, but I know nuts when it comes to errr, kicking, receiving and passing a small futsal ball. Haha.. But my team (whom most are also new to futsal like me) have agreed that we will be playing for fun. And fun did we have ! I fell twice during practice, thanks to the slipper far end of Court 2 at the Ampang Sports Center. Other than that, all was perfect and practically tiring. I even got myself a pair of futsal shoes/boots.

Man, I need my fitness back *working on it..*. My heart rate just flew chasing after the ball, tapi tuh la.. dapat je, passing skill tarak..

El Pink Mercurial by Nike.

Khusyu' berdiskusi..haha..One with the tiang gol

Wheels

And yes…finally, dapat jugak cycle after ages !!!! Made a short tour around Hulu Langat last Saturday. It was fun. Itu pon after dapat semangat after having dreamt that I had an ugly muffin top spilling around my waist area..damn… bangun 0600 hrs terus pledge to cycle some distance that day. Legs still there, knee joint need some strengthening. And yesterday a 5km on the treadmill. I was one satisfied Leo. *the office building seriously needs to have a gym and shower facility..hello..Work&Life Balance alert!!*

I thought I gave my bike a name...i forgot what is...!

Dua ribu dua belas

2012 is fast approaching and I am sure most of you have plans to go for your long awaited break with family, friends and loved ones. Where ever you are heading to, Enjoy!!! Saviour every moment of it. In fact, saviour and cherish every moment of your life cuz we never know what is truly meaningful to us until its gone.

I am looking forward to 2012 as well though my Muslim friends and myself have just celebrated Ma’al Hijrah (Islamic New Year) a couple weeks back. InsyaAllah it will be a happy year for me and my family, I always pray for this. I just can’t wait to go through whatever obstacles awaiting me until December 2011 as 2012 is waiting for me, full of surprises (nice ones I hope) and also excitement. InsyaAllah, apa-apa kegembiraan yang lalui, lalui bersama-sama. If ada yang duka pon, kena kongsi jugak. That what is life right? I am always honoured to share any news here at missjewelz.wordpress.com, relating to the tri-community here in Malaysia. Its a small, but growing community and family.

To Bahri : Hope your dad’s by pass went well. Praying him a speedy recovery !

And to all of you who will be running this Sunday, see yaaaa !!!! It will be my last race this year.

MA’AL HIJRAH

Muslims mark the arrival of Muharram and the New Year by congregating in mosques for prayers in ushering the new Hijri year (hence ‘Ma’al Hijrah), together with various acts of worships — new year duaa’(prayer), fasting and donating to the needy.

SIGNIFICANCE

‘Ma’al Hijrah’ also signifies the emigration of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622CE/AD. The remembrance of this significant historic event serves as a reminder for Muslims to better themselves in all aspects of their lives, leaving and moving from the bad to good, and from the better to the best, all in the name of Allah.

Islam does not serve only as a religion, but it is, indeed, is a way of life no matter what angle we take it from. From this point, when a Muslim declares and renew his creed, that there is no God but Allah , and that Prophet Muhammad is Allah’s messenger, he, the Muslim bears all responsibilities of a person who holds on to the One- ness of Allah, and all that is expected of him, including that of being a successful person in duniya and akhirah (world and hereafter).

WE ARE NOT PERFECT HENCE..

Man was created to err. We are not perfect. We are constantly committing mistakes and sin, hence Muslim should at all time make aim and effort to be a better person , and leave behind all his thoughts, behaviours and actions which brings nothing but Anger from Allah Ta’ala. Hence, the word Hijrah covers all aspects of our lives , be it religiously, morally, behaviourally, physically, mentally and spiritually. Of course, as a communal relligion, Hijrah also demarcates that the success in this world and current life that we live in has to be hand in hand with the success for the akhirah. Balance is key, and to be a successful Muslim we have to focus not only on our worldy material success, but also on our akhirah.

REFLECTION & GUIDANCE

InsyaAllah we will be the best of Muslims and nations. InsyaAllah the generations to come will be the best of Muslims too. It is not too late to renew our vows, hopes and prayers as a Muslim. Allah is Ever Forgiving and Ever Loving. Show Him Love and He Will Love you 10 times more, InsyaAllah. If you have children, spouses and loved ones, be a responsible Muslim, and share with them the ‘ilm ;knowledge) that a Muslim should know regarding the holy celebrations in Islam, and far more importantly the significance of each celebration and how it should be used to reflect and guide us as a Muslim.

All that is lacking in this article comes from me, and all that is good happened to be the ones that Allah has reminded me to relay your reading eyes, mind and soul. InsyaAllah. Have a blessed, beautiful and.successful year.

Salam Ma’al Hijrah to all Muslims.
-Missjewelz-
1433 A.H.

Okay, hands up any of you who did not catch the Indonesia vs Malaysia quarter final match 2 nights ago? We won 1-0. thanks to the goal from Syahrul Azwari. Catch the telecast repeat on Astro (if any/if you can). I made sure I was in front of the TV last night at 8pm, and boy oh boy did I have a lot of fun watching Garuda playing the Harimaus !! While I may not be a football die-hard, (except for *ehem* World Cup) I still do follow the national football team’s progress. From time to time that is. So Malaysia won 1-0. Good thing they did. Both Malaysia and Indonesia will advance to the semis (right), where Malaysia will be playing against Myanmar. Wishing the team ALL THE BEST. Malaysia Bisa? The points tally aside, it was indeed a psychological game (slash war) that the whole team had to endure for at least 90mins last night. The ultimate was tested when Ong Kim Swee, the Malaysian coach was asked to leave the technical area and stay in the stands for the last 25minutes of the 2nd half. Still the boys pulled through despite the stronger attacks from Indonesia, and poorer defence and passing by the Malaysian boys.

But even way before the match started, if you watched the game 2 nights ago, of how defeaning it was in the Gelora Bung Karno (the stadium is named after Indonesia’s first President, Sukarno) when ‘Negaraku’ was played. The audience just couldn’t hold it but blast out their trumpets, shouting and making noise as to show how much they support their national team and not Malaysia.. Fine.. but to the point that we ourselves on the other end of the screen can’t even make out the tune and words of ‘Negaraku’ (due to the noise) is unbelievable. I had to press my ear hard and watched the lips of the footballers singing to actually see and hear ‘Negaraku’ being played and sung in Senayang, Central Jakarta 2 nights ago. The Indonesian spectators who made those noise were either accommodating very well the show of ‘no-respect’ for another nation, or simply couldn’t care less. I wonder what it is like for the Indonesian spectators were to feel if they were put in our shoes to witness such a disgraceful act from another nation to their own.. It is hurtful. It is not right. And us Malaysians should not condone to this.. at all !!

Malaysia 1- Myanmar 0

And hey, we’re into the finals !!! Ahmad Fakri Saarani scored a goal on the 85th minute. So, 1-0 against Myanmar after our boys did it again, this time with coach Ong Kim Swee in the stand for the whole match.*coach kena gantung match…* Nevertheless, may the force be with our boys for their following match – FINALS !!!! against Vietnam or Indonesia next Monday, 8pm, local time. wokeeyy?!

Melaka born Coach Ong Kim Swee (zaman muda). He played mostly in East Malaysia (Sabah&Sarawak during his football career in the 1990s

Syahrul Azwari, the footballer who made it possible during the match against the Garudas !!

SEA Games – medal tally

Malaysia has rose to a respectable 4th placing for overall ranking with a respectable 47 gold medals,  after being placed behind our neighbour Singapore in 5th placing for the past few days. Thank you to the incoming gold medals !!! And I just got to know that we have added up to the tally 2 more gold medals from both Fatehah Mustapa (500m individual time trial) and Harrif (10km scratch race. also a track event). Tahniah to both of you !! and Thank you for ending the gold medal draught for Malaysia cycling. FYI, Ng Yong Li was placed 4th in the 180km road race. Congrats to him as well ! For the BMX scene, Aim Fauzi manage to finish 5th in Malaysia’s 1st appearance in SEA Games 2011 BMX Superscross in Ancol. Rizal Tisin who competed in the same event was DSQed. We were not far behind for the mountain bike event when Masziyaton Mohd Radzi clinched a silver behind Vietnam’s Dhin Thi Nhu Qyunh. Congratulations to you dear !

Ng Yong Li @ SEA Games 2011

Fatehah Mustapa - gold medalist at SEA Games 2011

Another win for Harrif Salleh. Congratulations !!!!

Muhammad Aim Fauzi @ SEA Games 2011 , BMX Supercross

Masziyaton : Celebrates a silver medal for mountain bike @ SEA Games 2011, her 2nd SEA Games outing.

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and missJeweLz…

Well I was working today.. but manage to squeeze in a 30mins workout in the morning before heading for work. Was actually on the treadmill on the ‘Fat Burn’ program. Interesting and satisfying In fact I have managed to workout for 3 times this week.. low intensity, aerobic exercises. 30mins max. Did not dare to push it any further as I am still recovering from a viral fever. Still dizzy most times. Anyways, I am praying hard to get 100% better soon. To all of you doing Penang Bridge Marathon, All The Best again  !

Cyclist kampung mana la ni yekkk kat KOM Ipoh 2011...? hahaha....guess...guesss !!

Well سلام‎ and Hello there everybody ! It’s been 2 days post-Powerman Malaysia and I am sure most of you who took part are on your road to recovery. It was a HOT HOT race this year I heard. The ground temperature aside, this year was the 10th edition of this event with the biggest ever turnout for total participants in both the sprint and full distance. To all who took part, Congratulations ! I am sure you all had a blast in Manjung !

Nor Juliana Ali....

With Adele, Lynn Guan and Pat Ee

Warded 

I was due to take part ( looking forward to take part actually) for the event last Sunday but was held back thanks to a viral fever. I was warded midnight Thursday and discharged last Sunday evening. Not exactly sure how I got the sick, but I was unwell starting from raya haji morning (6 Nov). Attended Eid al Adha prayers with my family, visited relatives’ home and back to our own to receive guests until evening. Following Monday was a public holiday – took the chance to rest but still didn’t recover so I headed to the clinic with a fever complain, 1 day MC for  Tuesday and was back to work on Wednesday. The office condition only made my condition from better to worse. Feeling ultra dizzy, lethargic and pain around the eye orbit every time I moved the eye laterally to the left/right. Another MC for me for Thursday and Friday. Fully wishing to recover soon only to find my condition getting worse on Thursday eve.

So a 3rd visit to the doctor last week, on Thursday. Had my blood tested. Platelet and white blood cell count LOW with HIGH lymphocyte percentage. There was a possibility for dengue though the marker didn’t show any dengue virus antigen. Anyways, the doctor adviced that I get admitted to they can monitor my condition So went home again, packed my stuff and drove back again to the hospital. I was warded and on drips (NaCl) for 3 long days. Forced to rest, which was good in a way.. I didn’t step out of the ward through out that period. Quite an experience checking myself in and out of the hospital. I was quietly hoping to be better and make it to Manjung, but that didn’t happen.

On NaCl drip

Chan - licin pinggan nampak ! hihi.. Carbo-loading for his maiden Powerman kat hospital.

Nora brought yummy and ultra creamy macaroons. Syah brought cookies ! Congrats Syah for his first Powerman

Aiman, sister and Paan. Congrats on your 1st Powerman too Aiman !

Syukran (groom to be) : knew him a decade ago.. Rasa kejap je kan Terk ?! Looking forward to his big day next month !

Thinking to switch career Hadi ?

Najwa (in green) classmate in 1997 in Kuantan, and Farah (in blue) schoolmate from 1998-1999 in Seremban Thanks for coming ladies. Farah will be doing her maiden full marathon in Penang this week. Go girl !!! It's not about the flight tickets or car fuel cost.

R&R

Currently resting at home since yesterday, and will be back to work tomorrow. To all my friends, who visited, called, texted and wrote well wishes for me, Thank You ! Chan Jun Shen was the first to drop by, very nice of him. Thanks Chan ! Oh ya, he brought me some food stuff as well (I only checked in with some clothings/books/my laptop and a bottle of mineral water). My family, Nora, Shah, Paán, Aiman Halim (and siblings), Farah Fazu, Syukran Terk, Najwa, Hadi and a couple more friends came. Thank you again guys !

I wasn’t short of company, AND food.. :p but how many more extra days in the hospital could I stand. So when the doctor came on Sunday noon asking if I want to stay for another day or get discharged, I said ‘I want to go out today’.. as I was feeling better, alhamdulillah. My platelet and WBC will take sometimes to recover. So here I am, in my room, blogging.

I am not 100% well yet, but getting there. Tony Quay,Agnes, Paul Lee,Goh and those of you who called to check if I am okay, thank you also ! I had lunch with 2 buddies yesterday, but still felt dizzy on the way back home..Looks like I will be staying in doors for the next couple of days though I plan to walk a bit this eve. I know my fitness has dropped.. I was huffing and puffing walking across this pedestrian bridge near my office. I have to get my health back to normal first and the rest, insyaAllah will follow suit.

Fool On The Hill 

And before I forget… (in case you are wondering what’s with the title of this blog post — has nothing to do with the content yeah? I watched a couple of movies throughout my stay in the hospital and one of them is Dinner For Schmucks. ‘Fool On The Hill’ by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney in 1967 but was never performed Live by The Beatles, (so I discovered) is the opening soundtrack for that movie. Looked it up on YouTube just now, and man.. I am hooked !

I think the song has a beautiful lyric and meaning to it. The world of music is like a vast sea filled with treasures and surprises in it waiting to be discovered. This particular song went unnoticed until I watched Dinner for Schmucks, and later getting to know that it was covered more than a 100 times, one of which is by Sergio Mendes and his band Brasil 66. Man I’m hooked to this song I can do with a karaoke session right now ! Check out the song below :-

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The monsoon and Penang

On a different note, I think the monsoon season is back, here in the Peninsular. As far as KL is concerned, it has been raining in the evening, sometimes mid-day, but I hope the weather won’t dampen our spirit to be cheery and sunny like the sun ! I can tell from my experience facing monsoon in the east coast, it will find its way affecting your emotional well-being and not only your physical. Take time and effort to keep healthy even though the season for multi-sports is nearly over !

Well, there is still Penang Bridge International Marathon, Nike Run, Newton Run, MALAKOFF 12K Run and a couple of jamborees this month and next. To those of you doing Penang, I wish you all the best !!! I did a 4:40 during my maiden stand alone marathon (a.k.a. suffer fest to expect the worst) there last year in Penang (yes, it DID rain last year as we ran across the bridge). My first 42km was actually ran in Ironman Langkawi 2009 where I clocked a 5:10 including a 10mins diarrhea stop.

MJ at Penang Bridge Marathon 2010. Suffer-fest indeed !

Eat and rest well, run safe and SMART, and enjoy the race. Even if you are aiming for top 10, a PB, don’t be so kiasu and forget that some people are there for their own different reasons too, whether to flaunt a potential PB, and have another 42.195km medal added to a growing collection of metals, and even, nobly, embarking on the pursuit of a healthier and active lifestyle– Smile and say Hello! to your friends as you pass them. Some quick tips for those running Penang (especially if it’s your first) :-

- READ the race manual/booklet

- KNOW the start time/venue/which wave start you are in etc.

- PREPARE your race gears before you leave home. Make sure you have your race essentials with packed/with you – especially the timing chip/race bib, energy bars/gels/endurance/recovery drink/salt tablet/ Vaseline

- PLASTIC. If you are carrying any electronic gadgets such as you iPods, mp3s, mobile phone zip them in these polymers.

- MUSIC. It can be pretty boring at some stretches where you will zombie through without anybody (or nearly nobody..) will say Hello to you either because they’re too tired/sleepy or simply can’t be bothered with anything except to keep on running — so it can be useful to play some songs on your phone/mp3.

What I did before was to put them on speakers (on the phone I mean) to make the run more fun/entertaining not only to myself but those who badly need some spirit lift ! I had some guys and gals running with me just because I had something on the stereo ! hihihi.. It was fun. Anyways, don’t forget to hydrate well during the race.

- RING RING. If nature calls, please answer !!! It’s bad for the bladder if you don’t, and you’ll be surprised with how much faster you can run after that. No joke !

- FAIR GAME. And hey, no cheating please ! U-turn where you are suppose to u-turn and make no short cuts or else that future PB you so want to announce won’t be valid. I heard some not-so-nice news from Powerman Malaysia this year where racers decided to take the race Rules&Regulation into their own hands and that it is okay to draft.. Man.. that’s not cool at all. If one person does it, and you decided that it is okay for you to do it, go back and get a reality check. of who’s the fool here. What are your core values and is it fair to side line these values just to prove that you have the upper hand? In a race? Let us NOT be that fool on the hill.

Have a good week ahead everybody -missjewelz.marmalade-

4th placing at Powerman last year. Didn't know I was top 5 until after the Awards Lunch was over !

[Malaysia's duathlon powerhouse, Shahrom Abdullah.

With the power people from MALAKOFF ; Anu and Yusop Rashid

Ironically I was wearing the exact same pants I wore post race at Powerman last year. Talk about coincidence !

Penang last year with Yusran and Kam. Some crazy heads did both Powerman and Penang back to back ! (I wonder who.. *chuckles..*) .. Oh by the way, Jaja will be doing Penang Marathon this weekend ! All the best to you dear and everybody taking part !!!

Somebody managed to cycle last week !!! heeheee...

Down with fever

I have been feeling a wee bit under the weather these couple of days. Was down with a viral fever, and a rather drainy flu ! Alhamdulillah feeling much better today after my extended leave yesterday, thansk to the MC from the doctor. I must say, inactivity and, ehem, non-training really slugs me down, well at least physically. That feeling of being tired, and feeling lazy is certainly not helping me with Powerman just round the corner

I have had at least 3 doctors, within the span of 2 months asking me if (and telling me) my blood pressure (BP) has always been low. The answer is yes. It was 96/58 on the 22nd October, but it wasn’t a major concern as I am an active person. Inactivity and only brings my BP down, hence.. the need to stay active ! Coincidentally I was down with a slight fever couple of days before King Of Mountain (KOM) Ipoh. In fact, I was not feeling too well the morning before race start in Simpang Pulai.

Powerman 2011

Anyways, BPs and fever aside, I am not all set for the Du this weekend, but what I plan to do is, to start and complete the Powerman distance in 1 piece, insyaAllah. Of course, I am looking forward to this weekend in Manjung. It will be my last Powerman racing the the 20-29 age group category. Both my friend, Lynn Guan and I will upgrade to the big 3-0 category from next year onwards. I have no rush to compete, as I have done Powerman since 2008, and manage to achieve at leat 1 sub 4 hours. I respect the training for these kind of events as much as I respect racing the distance.

A friend pointed out that its not all about air-flight tickets, quote unquote.. and of course, its not how much you can afford as far as the racing fees, travel and accomodation costs are concerned. It takes much more respect and dignity to really put in commitment to train for these distance (Powerman, half Ironman, Ironman, ultramarathons, climbathons etc) than just claiming that you have ‘ran’ a marathon.

My respect and salute to all who took part in the TMBT (The Most Beautiful Thing) 25/50/100km trail run in Sabah just last weekend. Standing ovation those who took the courage to prep up and race the great outdoors ! My friend Michelle Looi took lead in the local rankings, for woman’s category.Congrats Michelle !

All The Best

To those of you who are new to sports, or multisports, missJeweLz welcomes you. If you are doing Powerman this weekend, hey, Say Hello! if you see me. Race smart and wise. Always, always, take care of your safety while on the road. Expect a very much sunny and heated course you feel like asking somebody to switch off that centralized oven switch ! But don’t forget to smile at the cameramans who will be out there snapping your PIA (picture in action).

Some quick tips for those already panicking and simply can’t wait for Powerman to start slash be over :-

- rest, eat and hydrate well

- have your gears check list. you arrange the list head to toe, what you need for each leg INCLUDING transition. A sample here: Before start-run-Transition1-bike-Transition 2- run- post-race.

- don’t forget your sports nutrition

- important : race numbers, timing chip

For more info, log on to Poweman Malaysia’s website, or simple refer to the race kit booklet you have received from the organizer. Mean time, enjoy the countdown and take care of your health !!!

Some Powerman pics below for old time’s sake !

En route to my first Powerman in 2008

My fastest 11km .. in 54 mins. (4 Powermans ago)

#404. Finish time - 3hrs 59mins.

Rahman, missjewelz, Shahrom and Azmar in 2008 !

2010 : Rahim (in red), Azmar and missjewelz - post Powerman last year with Along and Panjang

4th place last year. and some cash. This year?! will be chillin' it on the course. hehehe... watch out for the slow mo mj this year !

Salam. Wishing all my Muslim friends, fellow readers and bloggers a blessed Éid-al-Adha. ‘Eid’ is Arabic for festivity, ‘al’ can of translated to either ‘of’ or ‘the’, in this case, ‘of’, while ‘Adha’ means ‘feast of sacrifice’. Eid al Adha is also known as the Greater Eid. It is a celebration for the Muslims worldwide annually on the 10th Zulhijjah. Zulhijjah is last month of the Islamic calendar

I will write more on the historico religious significance of this celebration in a later post.

(You’ll never know)

You’ll never, never know I care

You’ll never know the torch I bear

You’ll never know it, for I won’t show it

Oh, no, you’ll never, never know

(You’ll never know)

You’ll never, never see me cry

Not even when you’re glancing by

For I won’t weaken, when we’re speaking

Oh, no, you’ll never, never know

You’ll know the used to me

That I was before

You’ll see the used to be

That one you did adore

(You’ll never know)

No, no I know I won’t reveal

The way I really truely feel

But if you guess it

I’ll confess it

Oh, darling now the time to plot

Or else you’ll never, never know

You’ll know the used to me

That I was before

You’ll see the used to be

That one you did adore

(You’ll never know)

No, no I know I won’t reveal

The way I really truely feel

But if you guess it

I’ll confess it

Oh, darling now the time to plot

Or else you’ll never

No, no you’ll never

Oh, no you’ll never, ever know

(You’ll never know)

Salam and greetings. This is one of the hits by The Platters – another favourite oldie of mine. Enjoy !

Syah, Izwan, Julie, Ziff and Azmar - before the run

Ziff, Fairul Mizam, missJeweLz, Izwan ( will be doing his 1st Powerman), Syah and super IronAzmar !!

Saturday menu

Last Saturday I rolled out for a 30km bike , 5km run brick session with Azmar, Shakhir and a few other tri-buddies. They did a 10km before the run . It was freakin’ hawttt when we started the run.  My bad for not joining them for the 10km run they did before the bike (basically they did a dry-run).  Later on bumped into Ezan, Zee and Fairul who were also in Putrajaya. Doing the last prep for Powerman I suppose ! As for myself, just doing what I gotta do.  Trying  to ‘stay out of the sun’ as much as possible as I didn’t want the tan lines on my face as I had to attend a function yesterday where I got  into  a little misdventure  — that is trying to conceal the tan lines on my face (from the Oakleys shades) . The concealer and layers of foundation did a great job. Pheewww ! I was amazed (to myself) that I can actually make-up ! Well, at least the basic make up skills needed for a person who don’t on daily basis put any foundation or make up !

Apart from skin tone, another interesting issue I got to discuss with Ziff (well, by accident) was on , ehem, sports-life balance, of how I have decided not to have my annual calendar a.k.a. life revolve around sports, but take sports, as something that compliments life. I can see myself not going ultra-gung ho registering, training and attending back to back sporting events, week after week, because I know and have came to realization that I can easily miss that vague line between going overboard with the time, expenses and commitment just because I have to do sports, and with serving other priorities that is more essential to me and the values that I live by. We, you and I, have our responsibilities, whether as an individual, as a child, parents, husband or wife, that needed to be primarily taken care of. Fine that we do sports for health, as it is a responsibility to take care of it. Just don’t forget the bigger picture in doing so.

I have always liked training around Putrajaya. Suitable for swim, bike and run. The only thing lacking is the natural lush of greeneries along the bike route - something you would appreciate any time you go cycling around Hulu Langat, to Bentong etc. But nothing can beat the heat and sun here in Putrajaya - unless you start your training early , 7am ish.

Sunday

Nothing much. Caught up with my family members and friends. Attended a special function. And the rest of the day, simply lazing around.

The afternoon after Saturday's brick session.

Apart from iron, carbon and other precious metals/stones. Girl loves some bling !

What happens when you're active in sports, ran the century at Sundown and have a 9-5 job. Heeheee.. This was sooo unexpected. Random much !

The less exercise I do, the more easily tired I become ! Apart from the accumulating fat, I just feel so out of shape with the office routine which requires me to sit and work with the computer, occasionally making calls and having to walk to the bosses’ office/photocopy machine/pantry. Office is on 13th floor, and there’s no access to fresh KL air at all .. only bosses’ office are adjacent to the windows – but still, I find it funny as there’s no window that can open. Basically, I’m sealed along with my colleagues, who I am getting to know closer day by day, in this concrete-metal-glass-brick tower !! Part or not part of the job, I gotta keep fit and healthy.

The 20 minutes vertical work out was just nice to fit in the 1 hour break. There is no shower facility here, hence would be a mess to be sweating like an oink oink with a hard work out at the stairs, or even running outside in the KL humidity and afternoon heat. So a 20minutes easy stairs workout it was.

- brought running attire and gears (HR monitor included) & water from home.

- changed, and headed to the stairs

- Now… APPARENTLY the staircase is used by the staffs to get their fair amount of ‘fresh’ air.. Air from their ciggies ! I was warned by my colleague that the stairs stink , my hair will stink etc, but I still insisted to proceed with the plan. Imagine a week without any workout — I just had to squeeze in the 20mins, hook or by crook.

And so I did. The stairs still smelled eventhough the smokers has left.. worse still, cigarette butts were thrown on the floor.. what a shame..

The work out which I did :-

1) Slow jog from 11th down to 4th floor.

2) Slow run from 4th – 6th floor

3) Fast walked from 6th to 9th floor

4) Slow run from 9th to 11th floor ( couldn’t proceed to 13th floor as the ciggie stink is just unbearable !)

 5) And repeat till the 20mins was up. 

My unfit heart rate reading below :-

Below 117 , 35sec

In zone 117-147 , 8mins 2 sec

147 and above , 11mins 25sec

Max heart rate 174. Average 151.  The run pace was a slow one. The idea was not push, but neverthless a good work out for the heart ! And I did sweat ! I felt oh-so relieved after the work out. Had to ignore the colleagues who weren’t pretty amazed of my little feat. attempting something not-so-out of the ordinary. Thinking of it, hey, your health is YOUR responsibility. In my case, as far as my work place is concerned, that’s the only work out most suitable that I can think of at the moment. Whether you are young, old, busy or not, make time and effort to balance a healthy life style, physically, mentally and spiritually !

Salam and Happy Sunday everybody ! I am writing this on my iPhone thanks to my Vaio which crashed– and now going on the data rescue mode.

NEW JOB

It has been 2 full weeks for me. I started with my new job with a new company on the 3rd of October. Still in the corporate world > not a biggie. I am enjoying the new job. Lucky to have a superior and colleagues which I can work a long with pretty well. Will still drop by at my old work place though !

Celebration and Reflection – TSB

In life, people come and go. And in religion, as far as mine is concerned, it the arrival of a new born is always celebrated. The departure of the leaving on the other hand, should serve as a reflection and reminder of us, the living, as we shall one day (na’uzubillah) will join the dead as well. And it is customary and advisable to attend the funeral/tahlil, to pay last respect to the roh of the dead and of course make prayers, eventhough prayers can be made anytime and from anywhere. But more importantly, to show support to the immediate family, in this case Yanti and her daughter, Yasmin.

I was at arwah TSB’s funeral on Thursday eve thanks for the quick action and updates from my triathlon friends, Ish, AJ, Bahri and Nik. I understood that many showed up at PPUM once the news broke. Jenazah was sent to SS3 after that (TSB’s mum’s place) an later the convoy proceeded to Masjid Kg Sekamat, Kajang for Solat Jenazah after Asar. And then later it the body was brought to the nearby cemetery for burial ritual. It was a sight to behold — to see many family members and friends who turned up… Jaja, Mac, Kam, Arif, Shazly, Upiq, Bahri, Laif, Keni, Hadi, Yusran all came … Stupe, AJ and Ish were at PPUM earlier in the afternoon…

Yanti and Yasmin, the 2 beautiful ladies are no strangers to my group of friends as they are always there together with arwah each time we have a makan session or get-together.. I was touched when Yanti said, ‘Thank you Julie’ when I hugged her before leaving the funeral on Thursday(13.10.2011)…

PURPOSE

In life, everything happens for a reason. We, are here for a reason. While it has been pre described why we are here at the first place, each of us live our own lives for our own reason. Thinking about it, it is a waste to live this live purposeless… (I hope this is a valid word…).. Yup, every aspect of our life..Every day and second of it.. Who you speak to, what you speak of, why you spoke about it, and how did you relay it? How you reacted to a person? How you smiled and gave that nod of approval… Or how you simply brush off a person’s presence just because you don’t give a damn about that person.

Not everyday we have to go microlevel like this. But if you do ever want to look back, it’s never harmful to you, or anyone. There was several reason why I attended the funeral– reasons been mentioned above. I wouldn’t have felt what I am feeling now if I didn’t go to the funeral.. I wouldnt have felt spiritually provoked if I just ignored ‘the call’. It reminded me that life on earth is temporary, and that we should not be blinded by it. So the Imam who led the final prayers at the funeral said.. ‘only our amalan/deed is brought to the here after..’… Nothing else… Not the Ironman medals, not the number of hits/readers this blog gets, not how famous you were… Not how high up in the rank of society you are,, and certainly not your PB in a recent marathon.

PURPOSE AND DEED

Purpose and deed/amalan is a pure relationship which goes a long way. Kid ourselves not. Every micro-minute aspect of our behaviour whether it’s our thoughts, feelings, emotions, physical actions, words, expression and reaction all tie back to ‘purpose’… A word often misunderstood, under emphasized or sometimes exaggerated.

So remember, remember, everytime we do something– what is it for..? You will be surprised to what extent this takes you back. As a responsible person living with values, it is not easy to say that ‘We don’t care’… Or ‘Live a care free life…’ of course this depends on what kind of values you religiously believe in. I know this is a rather subjective matter — but I’ll be selfish not to share my take on this. It is not a mere personal intervention that I am imparting here. It is through the values which been taught to me.

FORGIVE MY WRONGS

Human are not robots. We think we are pre-programmed. But we are not. We are human. We can think, react, do without being told, we can agree, deny.. and most of all, we are sometimes ignorant … and we can change, for the better. I regret the times I’ve been rude, ignorant, selfish… whether it is to myself, my Lord, to my family members, loved ones, dear friends and those I’ve met before. I wrote to my friends to ask them to forgive me for all my wrongs– and will do the same right here if you are reading this; Forgive me for all my wrongs.

My dear Vaio is still being rescued and that leaves me with a little bit extra time to write just a little bit more..

THE LAST TIME

The last time I saw TSB alive was exactly 10 days before he passed away.. That was at Sofian’s farewell lunch. I just asked him how was he , and that I haven’t seen him for a long time. We didn’t chat much as I arrived late at the lunch, and had to concentrate on chomping and swallowing the plateful of rice n lamb in front of me. Later on we took a group photo… Little did I know it would be our last group photo together.. And that it was my last time seeing him alive. The next time I saw TSB was on the 13th October was at the cemetery in Kajang. Lying down on his right shoulder, facing Kaabah, all wrapped in a white piece of cloth. I froze as I witnessed the view below me 7feet under..One of the guys attending to the burial ceremony loosened the white cotton kain used to tidy the kapan wrapping.. And of course, the body moved a bit as the guy loosen the knot… I stared at the body below me knowing that one day, I will be there as well, unto the other world.. Alam barzakh and then Akhirah. What am doing to prepare for this…? Invested enough for Akhirah or still dilly-dallying with the much sorted material life..? Do I balance them out..

These were the reflection which I personally went through after attending the funeral. Every time a friend or a closed one leaves, it is always the best time to reflect. But if hangat-hangat tahi ayam pon tiada gunanya..

So again…

PURPOSE… DEED…REFLECTION. Show to the people around you how much you care for them… Show to yourself you have your responsibility of living life to the fullest, with a purpose, for a purpose.. Health, it is your responsibility to take care of it. If you’re not doing it for yourself, REMEMBER your loved ones…. Your wife, husband, children, mom, dad, your boyfriend, girlfriend, bakal tunang, bakal isteri/suami.

This post is so major to me it belittles the plan to write on my experience taking part in King Of Mountain Ipoh last week, giving a talk on ‘Health Benefits of Cycling’ on Thursday at Bursa Malaysia thanks to the invite from Cycling Asia, getting a 2nd place at MUDS yesterday after zero training the whole week, and of course, having to skip the OCBC cycle as I decided I didn’t want to damage my heart muscles– those fast laps will be too intense for my cardiac muscles which has not been trained for such events. InsyaAllah, I’ll still have time for that when I really train for it. Money or the RM94 registeration fee for OCBC can’t buy my soul back — so I rather be safe then have other people to be sorry for me. If you say those LV, Chanel,Cartier Tods, DKNY, Burberry, Breitling, Gucci, Chopard are money-can’t-buy, guess what? Your life is a money- can’t-buy either. A luxury you can’t trade for another !!

HEART RATE MONITORS

This thing about heart rate monitors especially if you are pursuing sports activities of variable intensity, it is crucial that you know how your heart is keeping up. What is the max heart ideal for you? If you are big size, what are the odds that you are over exercising your heart muscles despite feeling that you are now even cycling/swimming/running hard enough? And even if you’re slim
and fit, it doesnt mean you dont have to worry. A heart rate monitor is a tool to guide you to understand your body further, which tells you when to pull back and when to exert. Imagine going for a 190bpm for 5-10mins on an unfit body. Trust me, it won’t do your heart muscles any good.

Let’s be more caring, cautious, less ignorant and more knowledgable… Go read on heart anatomy, physiology, how artherosclerosis form, how plaque can form in your coronary artery from a very young age, and how pushing your body too hard will spell trouble for an unconditioned and unhealthy heart. Go for a check up and consult with you doctor to see if you have any coronary arteries blocked and what you can do to improve the situation…

All this making me again wonder.. Why people STILL smoke? Why do they care to smoke in front of their kids? Why is it hard for people to improve their lifestyle? Why bother to calorie in soooo much when there’s no calorie out?! Why wait to get a good rap on the head before waking up to the reality of things?

CARING

missJeweLz care for you. Show your loved ones and friends that you care too. Feel free to share this article.

I appreciate your comments, and thoughts on the matters discussed in this humble post of mine.

Syukran,
missJeweLz

It’s not how long we live, but how we live it. InsyaAllah.

I met TSB on the 2nd October during Sofian’s farewell lunch at Hadramawt ..the go to makan place for our close group of tri-friends. Little did I know that it  would be my last time seeing TSB.

missjewelz will be updating here on any updates relating to this sad news.

Weekend

Let’s see.. I was over at UPM (Universiti Pertanian Malaysia) Serdang to support the IIU X Team, a multi-sports team I founded a couple years back. I didn’t take part this series so that I can focus more on supporting the team which arrived with the uni’s bus. I was too tired running around completing chores on Friday anyways. Nevertheless, Thank You Faiz, Arif, Nad and everybody else who made the 2 series a successful one, and keeping the X Team spirit up and running. Lydia Tan was back in action and competed in the Open Category together with Hsing Ling. Chan Jun Shen finished numero uno ahead of his closest rival in the sprint duathlon event, and I hope (and believe) that he will retain his title for overall Men’s Uni category.

Attended Sofian and Tip’s farewell lunch on Sunday. It was a good catch up session with the couple before they leave Malaysia ! Sofian is starting with a new job in Qatar. All the best OP IM Sofian !!! 14 times Ironman finisher yo !! Met the others as well — Simon Cross, Paul Lee, Yip, Jason Thiang, Tey Eng Tiong & etc. The food was great as well !! Thank you again Sofian, and all the best to you !

My Iron friend OP Sofian. Photo courtesy of Tey ! Thanks Tey !

Congratulations !

Ain from IIU X Team got 2nd place for Women’s Uni category. A big congratulations to her and the team for the support !! Let’s hope we get another podium for the last series in Universiti Malaya !

My friend Ala just got married last Saturday. Tahniah diucapkan , dan semoga ikatan yang suci ini berkekalan sehingga ke anak cucu. InsyaAllah. I missed his wedding as (again) I was too tired after the hot and sunny morning supporting the athletes in UPM. I went back home and rested after that instead.

Oh yes, congratulations to Ahmad Syazwan Rusli and the rest of his batch mate who graduated and had their graduation last week ! Happy for you guys. Saw in the news that the Agong attended the convocation ceremony. Cool much !

kak Julie,Aiman & Chan. Chan all cheerful last Saturday. Good for you Chan ! and go fix your knee !! (or apa2 lg yg sakit.. heehee)

Tired

I foresee myself getting tired if I continue on without any physical exercise.. i.e. TRAINING. I was huffing and puffing going up a pedestrian bridge this morning. That bad ! I do have my plan laid out for Powerman, so I have to buck up a bit on that. Other than that, it is a new chapter in life for me as I started at my new office and work Monday this week. New colleagues, new bosses, new environment. I’m still green in so many things, meaning ample of room to learn and develop ! Other than that I am expecting to be much busier (maybe not as busy as you guys out there !) but I gotta make sure I balance my life. It is a phrase to common we tend to overlook at its importance. Not only for quality at work but also, on the bigger and longer extend, my life satisfaction.

Cycling Asia

I have (well sort-off) have become the unofficial Cycling Asia spokesperson starting from my debut appearing LIVE on TV3 a couple weeks back on Wanita Hari Ini. Currently in the process of contributing articles for them (watch out for this one !). And just yesterday, they invited me to speak on behalf of them at Bursa Malaysia. Me..? haha.. yeah, I know nuts on anything Bursa/stock exchange !! *sapa free sila tunjuk ajar*. Apparently the Bursa Malaysia Mountain Bike Club is organizing a cycling campaign. A series of talks is organized as to further excite and promote the event to their staffs, and also tenants in the Bursa building i.e. Astro Awani, Citibank etc. I haven’t thought of a topic or how to approach the talk. Will think about it tomorrow. If you have any idea to suggest for me to talk at Bursa, drop in a comment with your suggestions. I will very much appreciate that !!

Mean time

Will be heading to Ipoh/Simpang Pulai this weekend for my 1st KOM event ! Wooohoo !! KOM stands for King of Mountain. It will be a road-cycling event, which requires the participants to cycle uphill all the way ! Heard the course is steep the 1st half… My target is to just finish. No pressure !

OKAY-lah

I better return to my comfy bunk. Another long day tomorrow. I wish all of you a nice and merry day. Remember to smile and not let other people’s grumble and frown take your day-to-day happiness away from you. YOU deserve the right to be happy and positive. Don’t let anybody take that right away from ya ! Think sunshine, think hope. Salam and cheers from missJeweLz.

Before I leave ya.. here’s a song by Herman’s Hermits which I have been head over heels of late. Enjoy !

On the floor the people danced
Moving close together, but there all alone in the corner
There’s a girl I once knew, who broke me in two

So won’t you please play a song, a sentimental song
For my sentimental friend over there
We’ve been so long apart, make it go right to the heart
Of my sentimental friend over there
Bring the tears to her eyes, help to make her realise
The love we had was just beyond compare
Then if the time is right, maybe I’ll hold her tight
My sentimental friend over there-ere

I recall the way she used to feel, when we heard a sad song
The teardrops would flow and she’d hold me
And tell me she’d be, forever with me

So won’t you please play a song, a sentimental song
For my sentimental friend over there
We’ve been so long apart, make it go right to the heart
Of my sentimental friend over there
Bring the tears to her eyes, help to make her realise
The love we had was just beyond compare
Then if the time is right, maybe I’ll hold her tight
My sentimental friend over there

Oh won’t you please play a song, a sentimental song
For my sentimental friend over there
We’ve been so long apart, make it go right to the heart
Of my sentimental friend over there
Bring the tears to her eyes, help to make her realise
The love we had was just beyond compare
Then if the time is right, maybe I’ll hold her tight
My sentimental friend over there-ere

Oh won’t you please play a song, a sentimental song
For my sentimental friend over there (fade)

My sentiMETAL friends. heehee We will miss you Sofian ! Looking forward for your updates !