家,有爱则暖: November 2024

Monday, 25 November 2024

勿洞 Betong21

Happy to accomplish #Betong21 Half-marathon on 24/11/24.

Betong is the southernmost city of Thailand, located right next to the Thailand-Malaysia border. It's just an hour drive from Gerik, Perak. 

Although it's a small event with around 600 runners in the 21km category, but we're very well taken care of. Water stations every 2km with Gatorade, fruits and delicious kuih-muih at some of them (and I tasted all of them 😋). They also provided 2 energy gels for each runner, which was generous and very rare in the half-marathon events. 

The weather was pleasant, the scenery was beautiful, the volunteers were fantastic and the local people were friendly. There were lots of foods and free flow beverages at the finish point.

However the route was extremely tough with countless brutal roller coaster hills. Some of them were too steep which were almost unrunable.

I only managed a 2:06 finish time but who cares about the result when I truly enjoyed the run.

泰國的路跑賽不曾讓我失望,這場勿洞半馬也一樣。雖然參賽者很少,但主辦當局非常用心,也成功把賽會辦得充滿歡樂氣氛。

以路線來說,這是我跑過最艱難的一場路跑賽。一個又一個極其陡峭的上坡路段,非常考驗跑者的體力和耐力。但同時也跑得非常開心,沿途在每一個水站吃吃喝喝,和路旁的義工居民互動,並欣賞破曉時分雲霧飄渺的山景。

這次我莎鴦也有參加,她跑的是10公里賽,一樣跑得很開心。

今年的最後一場賽事完成了,明年的則尚未報名。年復一年,但願我們能在賽場上繼續奔跑前進。

Friday, 22 November 2024

Uncle Tolong Tukar Tayar

Pagi tadi semasa dalam perjalanan kami ke utara, saya dan isteri singgah kejap kat R&R Rawang. Lepas minum kopi dan rehat, kami pun bersedia nak meneruskan perjalanan.

Tetiba seorang gadis Melayu mengetuk cermin kereta saya dan meminta tolong, sebab tayar depan kereta dia dah puncit. 
Saya tanya cik adik:"Awak reti tukar tayar?"
Dia menggeleng:"Tak, I hanya tau pam minyak je..."

Mula-mulanya saya ingin suruh dia call mekanik untuk tukar tayar, tapi tak sampai hati sebab terfikir anak2 saya yang usianya sebaya. Saya bayangkan jika anak2 saya dalam keadaan begini, mereka perlukan bantuan juga.

So saya kata: "Takpe lah, uncle tolong tukarkan."

Nasib baik tayar Axia bukanlah besar sangat, tak susah sangat nak tukar. Lepas 20-30 minutes, selesai juga kerja saya.
Cik adik offered nak bayar saya, tapi saya kata tak perlu. Saya pesan dia kena terus ke kedai tayar untuk repair, dan berhati2 semasa memandu.

Walaupun berpeluh2 dan tangan jadi kotor & hitam, tapi saya tetap rasa gembira sebab dapat bantu orang. Saya berdoa anak-anak saya juga dapat menerima bantuan daripada orang lain sekiranya mereka berada dalam keadaan yang memerlukan.

(Gambar diambil di Tasik Raban, Perak.)

Saturday, 16 November 2024

淡邊好山

No need to go overseas, we have many beautiful places back home.
This morning sunrise run in Tampin with many new and old friends. After last night's heavy rain, the mist is so beautiful, like a fluffy carpet over the green hills.

森甲边界的淡边/普罗士邦是我的第二故乡,我曾在这里度过六年的中学生涯。
好山好水的淡边处于半岛中央山脉的最南端,地灵人杰。
今早和朋友们在这里的山区跑步看日出,云雾缭绕、群山连绵。无须滤镜美颜,随手一拍,风景美得不要不要滴~

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

再別康橋 Second Farewell to Cambridge

話說徐志摩身後百年,仍然為其母校貢獻GDP,此話不假。劍橋大學的國王學院是熱門的參觀景點,門票每人16英鎊。

我們為了感受民國才子風情,買票進去,才發現校方只開放很小的區域供遊客參觀,感覺那32英鎊的門票給得有點冤。

校園內有一道跨越康河的石橋,聽撐舟的洋小哥用中文說這座橋就是徐志摩的 "Kang-Qiao";也不知是真是假。幸好不是在某些國家,只怕得改稱“徐志摩橋”了!

徐志摩曾在這裡唸書,所以校方也投華人遊客所好,在校園一角立了個石碑,刻上幾句再別康橋的詩句。

看到校方的英文說明牌子,把《再別康橋》翻譯成Second Farewell to Cambridge ;我英文不好,不曉得這second 是啥意思?不恥下問阿谷,據說是老徐曾兩度留學劍橋;而他那首名詩是他第二次告別康橋之後所寫的,因此是 “再” 別康橋 (Second Farewell)。

Tuesday, 5 November 2024

倫敦總依戀雨點

頭沾濕無可避免
倫敦總依戀雨點

因為陳奕迅的這首歌,陰鬱多雨成了多年來我對倫敦的想像。

然而今年十月初訪倫敦,前幾天的天氣卻是難得的晴朗,藍天白雲,陽光普照。直到在倫敦的最後兩天,《不如不見》歌中陰鬱低沉的意境才終於慢慢浮現。

陰雨天中走在倫敦街頭,斷斷續續的冷風冷雨,在入秋的十月更顯蕭瑟。肯辛頓公園沾溼的長椅空無一人,任憑黃葉落滿地。

而我年紀越大就越怕冷,剛入秋就已冷得把冰涼的雙手插在口袋、縮著脖子哆嗦在寒風細雨中。真無法想像大雪紛飛的嚴冬,到底要怎麼過。
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