Genting Trailblazer 2008
Posted on November 7, 2008 - Filed Under experience
I am finally back … back in the blogging world, LOL. I have so much to write but so little time to do so. When i eventually have the time, i am either hibernating like a bear or in front of my tv. Can’t wait to get back to track with all my work being piled up every since Deepavali. Speaking of Deepavali, my parents got back from Japan on Deepavali’s day itself and YES they got me another Hard Rock Cafe shirt, hahahaha. In my previous entry i did mention that i was hoping for something else, i mean it’s Japan for heaven’s sake. An Aibo would be good enough or even a PS3 but nooooooo, i got a shirt instead. Not one but 3 shirts, hahahaha. Anyway i am happy with the shirts, i was actually expecting nothing judging from their tight schedule.
The second week i had much more time for myself, so much so that i lost track on the dates of the 2 things that i was really looking out during this break. One was my Singapore trip and the other was Genting Trailblazer. Earlier i thought i would be in Singapore first before heading to KL for Genting Trailblazer which was wrong and it was the other way round -_-”
All photos in this entry is courtesy of William. Thanks a lot man !
Knowing this at the last minute, i had to find transport to KL cause flight tickets would cost a bomb especially booking it less than a week from the date of departure. ChenSeng aka ItchyHandSeng was kind enough to give a lift. But that lift lasted from my house to his house and not to KL @_@!
“Eh you know how to drive or not ?”
“Aboden. Why ?”
“Ok then you drive all the way to KL, i am tired”
@_@ OK lorrrrrr
Angeline aka Dolphin also tagged along. On the way we stopped at Autocity for early dinner and the food was terrible. We carried on from there on and reached by 11pm.
On the day, we left for Genting, Zila was kind enough to use her car to ferry us up. Upon reaching we were greeted with millions of goodie bags …
…. ok maybe not millions but it was really a lot. After collecting our goodie bags and room keys, we went to check out our rooms. We didn’t expect the room to come with 2 queen size beds. It was seriously big and it was a bargain for the price we paid.
William and i were given the number D40 
If you can see the cards on the shirt, it’s actually a holiday card which has a value of RM50 in it and we were free to use it at any shops or stalls that accepted it. William and i combined together with Zila and Ida, so we had RM100 to burn on that day. Oh i forgot to mention that we arrived a day before the challenge itself.
Thinking what can we do with 100 bucks, we roamed around Awana to do things that we wouldn’t usually do, or probably too kiam siap to spend on it.
We went to enquire about golf and decided to get 200 balls. If you didn’t know that’s Ida at the front left with Zila behind her and Dolphin showing her Qi Gong moves, hahahaaha.
To be frank, i have never actually played golf before and tee-ing to the driving range was hard, i mean REALLY HARD. I kept slamming clubs on the cement ground and it hurt my hands like hell.
Don’t be fooled by the picture above, hahaha. The balls never passed the 100 yards mark. Ok except William who kept slamming the ball into the trees for no reason and that was like how many yards ? 400? 500 ?
We then adjourned to the Squash courts and played a few rounds before tiring ourselves with a game of ping pong. Yes we did all these the day before the trailblazer -_-! LOL
Trying to finish the prepaid holiday card as fast as possible, we opted to get ourselves Baskin Robbins. Dolphin and Zila took Tiramisu and Cheese cake respectively. We decided to keep the balance for another round of Baskins on the next day
Before going to the rooms to wash up for dinner, we roamed around to camwhored
Dinner wasn’t something to shout about for RM 42++ i was expecting something better than what was served but then again, we were at Genting and things are definitely more expensive.
The next morning …
Before i go any further, i want to say that i have no pictures, i repeat NO PICTURES during the course of the race 
I noticed so many participants carried their Olympus around and i was jealous. hahaha.
It was slighty damp that morning and it started to drizzle as we marched to the starting point. There we were told the do’s and the dont’s but the most interesting part was the warm up session. It was conducted by Fitness First and it was seriously fun. Fun in a way to grab people’s attention but not good enough to warm up the body. Personally i thought it was too brief. After a couple of speeches and tree planting ceremony, we were let off like wild cows. The first couple of kilometres were basically running round the golf course before heading into the jungle.
I didn’t really like running round the golf course, so i walked and jogged for most of the part. It was very scenic and the surrounding looked refreshing especially after a light shower. When i saw the route leading towards the jungle, i just went hysterical and i was dying to get it.
Just as i stepped into the genting hutan, i had a hard time getting a gripped with my new el-cheapo shoes. Knowing that the shoes are gonna be covered in mud prior to the race, i deciced to get myself those bad ass black bata shoes. I couldn’t risk my Nike shoes, lol. To cut short, it was a bad move. I should have gotten those cheap sports shoes in carrefour instead -_-!
… so through out the jungle i was skating. Not literally but actually skating. I looked like a cow on roller blades trying to balance thru the jungle -_-” William on the hand got himself a pair of crocs and ran like a monkey deer. He would disappear from my sight within minutes and i had to skate even faster to catch up. His crocs was so distracting that almost everyone noticed his shoes.
One even stopped and asked …
“Eh you are from Crocs is it ? Promoting some more”
“Hahaha no ler … “
Knowing that i was gonna be slightly slower, i took the liberty of helping the ladies with some parts of the jungle. I am sorry i meant elderly ladies who were in the oldies catergory. Hehehe. It was really fun seeing each other helping out cross certain terrain or obstacle.
It was like one big happy family …
… except for a handful who just steamed off like bulls not worrying about their lives.
If skating thru the jungle was bad enough, my jaw dropped down when we reached the first obstacle which was to climb down a slope which was like 80 degrees i think. Everyone who reached there gave this look …
@_@!
Similar slopes came by again and some we had to climb upwards. It was defintely a challenge but it’s fun.
William and i lost track of time after a while and we started to crave for KFC. I told him i can’t wait to get my hands on the 3 piece chicken and he couldn’t agree more 
We finally reached a small river and i tell you the water was fishing cold ! We sat there and dipped ourselves in it. After a while we decided to hang on and wait for Ida and Zila to join us. After twenty minutes or so, we saw no sign of them and carried on.
From there on, it was mostly uphill and i have to stress this, DON’T FORGET YOUR GLOVES! Grrrrr. I left our gloves in my bag and i relied on leaves whenever i was climbing upwards. The shoes were crap. There wasn’t much grip and i dug my foot right into the muddy surface to get some proper grip. Obviously this took up more time and energy.
“Sikit lagi, pergi atas sana dah sampai”
That’s what most of the marshalls said, LOL. It definitely gave the needed boost before being followied by a big disappointment that there’s more to come
Along the way we found many lost souls i mean lost soles. Shoe soles to be precise. I am not talking about one or two …. but there were manyyyyyyy. At one point we even spotted a pair of Nike shoes. Not the soles alone but the whole shoe itself. Seriously ganas.
After more than two hours plus, we reached the final river and that’s where we stopped and waited again for Ida and Zila. We dipped ourselves in the cold water and enjoyed watching the rest climbing up vertically. We waited there cause the line was considerably long and further more we wanted the two girls to join us. Here’s another tip …
… dont ever dip yourselves in the cold water. Why ? cause it doesn’t do any good to your muscles except shrinking it and making it even harder to move around -_-!
After half and hour or more the girls were not to be seen and we decided to carry on. We were already out of water and we needed to get to the water check point asap. It was all the way up again and was stopping every now and then to catch my breath. Then it came to a point where i just sat down and didn’t move until i heard an elderly man said, the water check point is up here. A sudden surge of energy kicked in and the cow on roller blades skated towards the so called finishing line, hahahaha. Water never tasted so good and gulped down a couple of cups before carrying on.
The sound of the PA system was definitely a positive one as we know we were getting closer and closer.
Finally with my very own eyes i could see the tents, people, civilization … and just when i was about to walk to that direction, William said …
“Eh there’s an arrow pointing the other side. We need to climb up the hill and come down that way”
At that point i wanted to scream but i just stood there staring and thinking …
“Why… whyyyyyyyyyy”
A man in his early 30s cameby and told me …
“Eh come come, a bit more only. You already reached all the way here, try to finish it”
… and so i carried on walking for another ten minutes or so.
We finally reached the finishing line and we saw a booth giving out free bihun and i dashed living William behind. Yeap that was the first time i actually ran faster than him. Hahahaha. The bihun, just like the water tasted sooooooo goooooooooood.
Ida and Zila were no where to be seen and so we went back first to wash up. Dolphin was waiting for us in the room and she was dead worried when we took longer to reach. William washed up and went off to find the girls and after an hour or so, they finally reached
We quickly packed our things and went to the cafe to get ourselves Baskin Robbins and cakes again before departing. Upon leaving we found out we still had balance. So we dabao nachos and ate along the way back.
I knocked off once we reached the Karak highway.
The experience i had was really abundance and given the chance i would do it all over again. But this time with better shoes and gloves and of course being fit
I took very long to update this entry is because i was too busy shifting things from my old house to the new house. Once i got everything done, i started typing but i didn’t have enough time to finish it.
So here i am blogging on the bus as i am heading towards Singapore Won’t be having much internet connecting when i am there. So see you all when i am back in KL. Until then ….. Obama rawks ! Hahaha
P/S: If there’s any spelling or gramatical error please do inform me I am publishing it without even checking >_<!
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cows, deers, monkeys, fish, chicken… what else…
eh, 200 yds only ok… dun have a 1-iron to hit 500 yards ler…
Skating through the jungle..lol..nice~
LOL finally i got the comment box working @_@!
dropping by. cool post man. have a nice day!
not bad ehh..feel like joining the trailblazer next time..if i have the time
hard rock cafe tshirt rock mah!!:P
nice and cool post ……….
yes!! welome back!! so how?? bila futsal = CS? you wanto wait until YEG ar?? LOL
william: ok lohhhh 200 yards
steven: hahaha i was really skating in the jungle
cekikdarah: nice of you to drop by
wenglian: yeah you should look out for next year’s. definitely fun
crystal: hahaha yeah can’t complain much
buyay: thanks
andrew: LOL i just realized YEG is at your house wor
i think we go play CS first, futsal plan again. how ? 