Monday, August 31, 2009

tadak tajuk

We ran on our normal route today. It's kinda funny because I thought we swore off running outdoors for this month. But despite post sahur sleep beconing, the calling for our normal cuti runs was louder.

Our route is this small kampung road just nearby my parents' house. The road runs along a large canal and paddy fields. Most of the kampung people are nice enough to flash us shy smiles or quietly ignore us when we pass by.


(lebih kurang cam ni la pemandangan)


Today, it was quite damp. And although it was nearning 8 am, not many were up and about. It was almost an uneventful run. Almost, because I nearly pushed Hub into the canal while avoiding a large squished-flat snake carcass on the road. I really hate snakes ( even the dead ones) and after the incident, I was jumpy everytime I heard a noise coming from the dense overgrowth on the side of the road. But this can't beat the time we got chased by a cow on one of our runs.

So we did 6km. I'm hoping of doing it again next Saturday to beat last week's accumulated runs of 14k. I sure wish marathons were that easy. You accumulate runs throughout the week and by the end of the week, you go to the designated spot to collect your medal.

But then, where's the marathon in that?
PAP! (tepuk kepala)

* just another random entry to get my mind off that nasik lemak for berbuka.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

makanlah ini



I'm really a fan of this. I've been having it for breakfast and sahur since two years ago.
I remember having it for sahur last year. My dad said, " Kesiann..macam makan makanan burung ja."
But it keeps me full. Especially on run days.Yang bestnya, it has bits of dates in it so I tell hub " Kalau nak dates, tak payah cari yusop tayub. Seluk je dalam cereal."

Best part is : Sedap wo.

*entry in tidak ditaja sesapa pun-saje je nak share sahur yang tidak menyebabkan kembung perut, lapar sebaik sahaja pukul 10 pagi , kentut-kentut atau perasaan nak ter'ceri beri' sepanjang hari

Monday, August 24, 2009

lallalala

Hey guys,

Any of you managed to catch the Women's 5000m  race( Berlin 2009) on tv a few days back?

If you missed it, here it is.



Gile tensen tengok finishing dia. Lesson is, don't slow down when you're near to the end. Give it all the gusto you got.

Another note, did my 4 k today. First run this Ramadhan. So far, I feel ok. But the thing is, This is not my first Ramadhan excersizing. Last Ramadhan was done with weight training and cardio aerobics. This year, I guess kena masukkan my runs in between. 

Some may ask," Whyyy la?"

Simple. I'm a foodie. But I hate gaining weight.

It's a simple equation really:

Amount that goes in = amount to burn out (and then some)

Irony of it is, a lot of people still don't get it.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

hee..

Last Sunday, managed to get 14 k in the bag.

Felt alot better compared to last week's 12 k. But then, maybe it's because of the post run carbo loading (if there is such a thing) due to my daughter's 2nd birthday bash.

Ice cream cake, nasi briyani, pasembor, mi goreng mamak, chips and fruit juice, oh my!

Worth every calorie of it. Kahkah.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Facemask and H1N1

As requested by Amsyah, here's a blog entry about H1N1 from my other blog.

Hi kids,

This is a rather long one. And I think, long overdue.

Pasal apa? Pasal H1N1!~ yeaaayyyy!

Notice how everywhere you go, ramai gile orang pakai facemask. Untuk protection against H1N1 katanya. Betul?

Errrrkkk ( bunyik buzzer)..WRONG.

Untuk pengetahuan semua, normal 3 ply facemask TIDAK boleh melindungi kita dari H1N1. Kalau nak pakai untuk protection against influenza virus lain boleh. H1N1 tidak sama sekali.

Why? : Sebab H1N1 virusnya terlalu kecik and dapat tembus the pores of the mask.

Tapi kenapa KKM asik suruh pakai?

Notice tak dalam iklan, KKM suruh orang yang sakit je pakai. Ini kerana ( eceh) normal 3 ply mask tu hanya boleh tapis nafas keluar tapi tak boleh tapis udara dari luar masuk ke dalam. Ini dalam se-layman term yang aku boleh come up with. 3 ply mask tu boleh halang droplet bersin atau hingus orang yang sakit dari tersebar ke luar.

Tapi kenapa KKM suruh budak sekolah pakai?

Sebab untuk elakkan mana2 budak2 yang undiagnosed H1N1 dari menjangkiti orang lain. Nama pun undiagnosed, so kita tak tau sapa dia yang kena. So as a percaution, setengah pejabat kesihatan bagi je face mask kat semua orang kat sekolah yang berisiko. Setengah pejabat kesihatan pulak kasi kat sekolah n pesan kat pengetua/guru besar untuk bagi kat budak2 yang sakit je.

So facemask takleh protect la kita dari H1N1 ?

Normal 3 ply dan 2 ply facemask TAKBLEH. Tapi ada satu jenis facemask ni, nama dia N95 ( cam tepon Nokia plak) yang dapat tapis H1N1 virus. Masalahnya mahal adik oi. Aku baru tanya supplier, 1 box of 100 = RM600. Tukar yang baru setiap hari ye.  Bila aku cakap jenis N95, kalo nak beli , beli yang original ye. Jgn beli hat sama bentuk dengannya. Fungsinya tak sama. Cam bila orang kata  goreng pisang Kak tipah sedap, pastu pi beli goreng pisang Mak Senah, pastu gaduh tak sedap. Dah orang kata Kak Tipah, Kak Tipah la.

Oh, so takbleh la pakai facemask yang sama dalam tempoh seminggu/dua minggu/sebulan/setahun?

Ok, so whatever your reason to wear facemask, be it nak lindungi diri dari influenza bug yang lain ( bukan H1N1) atau nak elakkan orang lain dapat jangkitan, point is : Kena Tukar Facemask Kerap!
Maximum time of usage untuk satu facemask adelah 4 jam sahaja. Lepas tu kena tukar. Sebab bila dah lama facemask tu kat muka, n then kita pun bawak la bejalan merata (pi pasar malam la, TESCO la, pi toilet pun!)and then letak merata2 bila tak pakai, other kuman leh lekat kat facemask tu n jadik tempat membiak. Pastu kita pun hidu la kuman tu, pastu..toing! dapatla demam/sesema/batuk lain. Itu la sebabnya wahai adik-adik, despite ramai orang /budak sekolah pakai facemask, ramai still kena demam/batuk/sesema. Sebab dok menghidu kuman dari facemask yang berhari2 tak ganti tu.

So ekceli apanya yang boleh lindungi kita dari H1N1?

Oh lupa bagitau, penyebaran H1N1 ni melalu droplet contact. Maksudnya virus tu tersebar melalui air semburan bersin, hingus dan sebagainya. Ianya bukan dikategori sebagai airborne virus yang bleh dok lama2 dalam udara. So kalo orang tu sneeze directly kat kita atau kena atas permukaan kerusi ke meja ke apa2 la, n kita hidu sneeze dia directly atau tangan kita terkena air semburan dia kat kerusi tu n pastu kita korek hidung atau makan tanpa basuh tangan, voila! kenala insyaAllah.

So point is, kena jaga kebersihan diri. Basuh tangan! Kalo susah , guna hand sanitizer atau alcohol rub yang jual kat farmasi tu ( jangan lak sapu tangan ngan beer). Jangan bagik anak2 masukkan tangan kotor dalam mulut , tangan atau mata. Kalo pi tempat awam, elakkan pegang tempat yang org slalu pegang ( cth railing, eskelator). Last, elakkan dok dekat orang sakit la, kecuali la anak2 sendiri atau pasangan masing2 yang korang kena jaga ( kejam la pulak kan kalo tak jaga)

Kenapa aku begitu tekankan pasal facemask ni ek?

Sebab aku dah bosan dah tengok orang misuse facemask ni. Aku bosan pi keluar n tengok orang2 pakai facemask ngan tujuan for protection against H1N1 tapi salah. Please read up! Bukak internet, jangan main FB saje ( hai, berasap nampak). Wartawan pun buat la kajian sikit, tolong la jangan main tulis je. Tak ketinggalan staf2 kesihatan yang lain. Sebab aku tgk banyak jugak tak paham fungsi facemask ni.Sources banyak. CDC ada. Ni baca majalah Mastika sampai nak lunyai.

Aku pun dah bosan n naik kesian kat budak2 skolah yang kena paksa makbapak ngan cikgu untuk pakai facemask. Dahla pakai berminggu2 tak tukar. Pastu taula kan, budak sekolah, kalo tak pakai boh merata. Pastu tak cam sapa punya , pastu main cekau je kawan punya. Pastu makpak heran kenapa anak depa demam. Parents, cikgu please read up!

Aku pun nak bosan n marah kat farmasi, supermarket, kedai-kedai runcit yang ambik kesempatan jual facemask bapaknya mahal. Sekotak facemask yang retailernya harga RM10 pun boleh dijual kat farmasi jadik RM48..(tak tipu). Pastu anggaran selai dalam sekupang tapi jualnya kat kedai biasa sampai seringgit satu helai. Pastu ada jugak yang jual hat facemask kertas 2 ply tu. Orang2 yang taktau ni pakai la, berhari2 plak tu sebab ye la kan, mahal.

So peeps, aku harap korang dapat sikit info dari aku yang hina dina ini. Kalo tak percaya, sila la baca n research sendiri. Yela kan, haritu staff nurse aku sampaikan la benda ni kat staff nurse kesihatan. Staff nurse kesihatan tu taknak percaya n still insist pemakaian facemask for protection against H1N1. Dia kata ," alah, boss kau tu bukannya doktor betul pun"

Whaa? Excuse me? Oh- kay la. Whatever la.

At least aku dah sampaikan public service message ni kan?

Tarik napas, lepaskan. Tarik napas, lepaskan.

So in conclusion, despite apa yang aku cakap nih, kalau nak jugak pakai facemask , boleh. . Tapi kena paham tujuan dia. Kena pakai ikut guidelines. And please jangan la bubuh merata2.

Tak percaya, pi la tanya doktor betul. Doktor betul pulak, kalo ada apa2 tambahan sila la add. Kalau aku tersalah bagik info ke silalah betulkan.Kepada rakan2 aku doktor2 palsu gigi semua , jangan la amik hati kat kenyataan staff nurse kesihatan tu.

Tarik napas, lepaskan. Tarik napas, lepaskan.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Bummer

Just found out yesterday that Penang Merdeka Run is postponed to 1st of Nov due to the H1N1 scare. Dang. And I was so looking forward to it.

No matter. Gives me a free Saturday for another 14k. Is it possible after a hiatus of 4 weeks of long runs to just continue and increase the mileage after Ramadhan?

Anyone ? Anyone?

On another note, I do pity my medical collegue these days. His clinic is swarmed with outpatients from 7.30am to 7 pm day in day out. Tak kira yang datang time oncall. Pastu there's rumours that KKM will make it compulsary for all clinics to continue their service to 9 pm. All because of H1N1.

And here I am going to work at 8 and then sengih2 balik pukul 5. No active calls. Not even passive calls ( my boss kata" tak payah la since you're so far from the district hospital" - taknak tanggung mileage claim aku la tu)

I am so not regretting the choice I made 10 years ago in Uni.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Short one.

Just did my 12k this morning. Penatnyaaa...

I'm tired. I'm hungry and my mind is going whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Training oh training

I need road races to keep me motivated.

This I told him.

If I don't plan ahead, after the last road race, I'll be like " Now what?"

So before Ramadhan, we'll squeeze in one more race in Penang. Only 6k maa but like I said, okla kan for the motivation towards PBIM.

Doesn't mean in Ramadhan I'll stop my training, nope. I'll still do my alternate days 4k but I guess no Saturday long runs ( changed from Sunday to Saturday pulakkk..)

I found out in early September there's gonna be a race in Kampar. So tempting but that's Ramadhan for you. All about temptations.

Tahann....