Sorry I've not been posting anything in this blog for the pass few weeks. I've been away in Sandakan over the pass 2 weeks for work related purposes. In a way, this is kind of a welcomed break for me. Things have gotten hectic "challenging" in office and a change of tempo and scenery is greatly appreciated.
My work there is mainly to install programs for a new hotel that's coming up. It's a stressful but fun time to be there. It's a quaint little hotel, looks normal on the outside but full of surprises on the inside, so I'll strongly recommend people to go for a visit there.
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| Reception Area of Borneo Cove Hotel |
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| 5.45pm from hotel room (pardon the picture quality) |
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| Borneo Cove Hotel in Sandakan |
Life in Sandakan is slow. Very slow. To get work done there you need to learn to do things at snail pace or skip from Point A to Point G or you'll lose your mind. The good folks there are however kind enough to bring me for some sight seeing.
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| Agnes Keith House |
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| How the House once used to look Pre-WWII |
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| The Bedroom (Agnes Keith House) |
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| A spot of English Tea perhaps? |
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| St Michael's Church. Too bad they charge RM 5 for entry. |
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| "Beach" behind the hotel. Check out the "Chicks". |
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| Panoramic view of the bay area from one of the temples. |
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| Ranau Death March Memorial. |
I had a good time doing my C25K training there. The roads are hilly and not as heavily used as here in Good ol KL. This is not to say that I had it easy there, instead, the first run I did there I almost pass out. This was mainly due to the heat and the hills. Killer combination. I however feel that I've done lots of progress while I was there what with the heat, the hills and a crazy co-runner who decided to speed up and leave me behind on our way back to the hotel.
For all that trouble, I finished the Parkcity run with ease. Yeah! I did it at a lowly time of 41.26. But this was mainly because I decided to pace a friend who wasn't feeling too well that day. I however realized I didn't breathe hard throughout the run and didn't even feel tired out. For that, I get the below as a present.
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| Consolation Prize. Finisher Medal. |
The real prize is that I walked away from the race knowing now that I can run the complete 5K without stopping. A goal I have set in the beginning before I started running. And with that done, what do I do now? Why go for another race of course lol. I plan to do better next round and have signed up for a 10K comes March. I plan to also work my way up to a Full Marathon in the next year or 2. And since this is suppose to be a quick update, I'm gonna go off and go sleep, lol. Gnite folks.
