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The Pirates - Me, Zairin, Aik Liang & Junifer

Remember my previous snippet about the boy whom was explaining to me about a pair of Adidas shoes? It really does teased my sense of humour till now when recalling the phrase by phrase coming out of his mouth. Perhaps he was still new with the job. Looked like just finish school. Here goes. "Ini kasut baru Adidas. Kasut ini ada tapak getah. Tali juga cantek. Dalam ada lapek. Tengok dia punya cushion, tebal di depan dan belakang". OK. That was enough to take me back to my genre about completing an essay in school days. Ammah! i.e. Normally the popular ones was "Aku sebatang pen". Why la? Perhaps it was the only object visible while trying to squeeze all those points and sentences from the brain to the hand. Cool eh? Talk to the hand!

OK. Sunday was an eventful one. Not so la but having to meet up with lots more friends was enough to make my day. After the toss-ful (defined "lambung"), LSD on Saturday, I was bouncing all over the place throughout the day - that explains the very long entry. I was so excited that I decided to run the Firefighter Run 2010. Det was delighted upon knowing the decision though I did not sign up for it. This was my first "pirate" run. Perhaps should sign up for next year and secure a place for the 100 medals provided. Any other junior veteran up for the challenge?

Since it's at Dataran Merdeka we decided to just bring our motorbikes. There you go, two runners-rempit thrashing through Loke Yew in the crack of dawn. The closest parking secured and we were welcomed by the usual KL race atmosphere. All the familiar faces stretching, warming up, catching up for updates and photo shots. Det placed himself inside the gantry while I joined Zairin and his friends chit chatting at the sidelines. Runners were flagged off and when Det yelled to us "pelari haram jom masuk", we joined the party. - hampeh lu Det.

I only managed to greet salam to Kash and Ian - lama tak jumpa ni. Kash seemed cheery and she shared her 50+ km night simulation and yet to get a sleep. Pergh! Talking about human power and survival instinct. Wishing she have her confidence now. Kash informed me that Shuk and Syah were already infront. I waded myself through the crowd together with Azman and Zaidi, talking about Adidas customized shoes - I am in shoe hunting remember?

After passing Tijani 2, I decided to push my pace a bit. Considering yesterday's long-slow-distance menu was extracted from Hal's, perhaps a combo with runners'world 10k TT might do me some good. Legs seemed pretty much energized. In front of hockey stadium I caught up with Zairin. He was walking with Aik Liang while enjoying a cup of "pirated" drink. A shout of "lambung", he decided to join me. Aiya! I regretted my invitation la pulak. When he noticed my pace, he seemed excited. Lucky we had the Jalan Duta killer climb to slowdown but not until we reached the descending part. We were still chatting though I find it a bit arduous to complete a three-words sentence. So I went "huh!?!"and "hmmmph!"at times when the going gets a bit tougher.

The climb up the ramp to Jalan Parlimen was another crazy feat. He was pacing me and amazingly I managed to catch up despite my blinking heart rate. This was where we caught up with Det. "Common pelari halal! Let's join us for the last push!" - lambung balik. Hehe. The three of us were running like mad towards Bulatan Dato'Onn while having sun rays blinding our sights. Det slowed down at Padang Merbuk when his HRM screaming like a bomba siren. Zairin was pushing harder and I was struggling to tag along. Crossing Bulatan Dato' Onn, I asked to confirm where to finish? On the padang or at our motorbike? Since we don't deserved any medals, certs nor drinks, we gave the final dashed to where we started earlier. Crazy buggers. We Hi-5 each other for a great run. I knew he was happy too. Thanks dude.

Packed up and left for Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa at Kampung Baru with sunny side up and sambal sotong. Ammah! We haven't completed our mission for Sunday morning cause the next agenda was to continue with shoe hunting. We were the first to enter Adidas Pavillion and Stadium that morning I guess. Asking like mad about the customize shoes offered by Adidas. Too bad the time taken to complete a pair will miss the KL-Marathon date. It's cheap though if you have the Adination Passport - 50% off! OK, no luck with Pavillion. Throttled on to Asics in Berjaya Times Square. Very the generous discounts for old models. I was shaking already when the SA told me they have my size. Aiyo! Want or not la dude?! Where on earth you can afford to grab a pair of Asics at this price? It's GT 2130 somemore! Got Editor's Choice every year for each of it's siblings i.e. GT 2140 (2009) and GT 2150 (2010). What so great about this shoe? Beats me but I had a pair way back in campus life and it stayed loyal throughout my classes and my evening runs - undeniable. Now I got lambung-ed by the Myanmar SA pulak. She was friendly enough to convince me to buy. What the heck? Once offered, twice shy somemore ke? They offered a 30% off but this dude wanted more. Pushing my luck, I asked for 35% and include in some courtesy jokes. Voila! Det, let's go home before I changed my mind.

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