Run 846 Dec 30 is in Kota Damansara

• Run 846 is by CC Goh and Peter Leong
• December 30, 2014 Tuesday 6pm
• Jalan PJU 3/42, Kota Damansara

RLC Harriers Run 846,, 30 December 2014
Hares : Peter Leong & CCKoh
Runsite : Supposed to be somewhere in Kota Damansara
Weather : Dry but preceded by days of torrential rain

At 4.00pm, there was an alarm, something about Tesco/The Curve being
jammed. So many people started the trip to the run-site at 4 or 4.30
and they all arrived in good time ... for that kiasu alarmist action,
Tarzan & Boss were on-down later

The run-site was a huge carpark and we whiled away the time, talking
cock and waited for 6.00. This time round, Tarzan was there, Jim Poh
was there, David Wee was there ... wow o wow, three out of five VIP's
present .. now where were GM Johan and JM Tommy Chin ... we will on
them down next week

At 6.00 we started to get out of the industrial complex and moved
towards the hill. Then there was a check and I broke the check in
front of Alka and Wendy and totally missed the sign saying there were
two runs, the long and the short. Up and up we went along a fencing
and soon we came to open grassland. The Trail led to the pylons (those
huge monstrosities carrying electrical cables) and this was when all
the top runners overtook me.

By the time I got to the pylons, there had been a second check. This
must have been broken quite easily. I was left with Alka and David Wee
as companions. We traversed the pylons areas and then it was a very
treacherous trip down, with gradients ranging from 45 to 60 degrees.
Many backsides would surely be muddied here.

Then came a downhill stretch when we could see civilisation (road next
to houses). We ran down and then up again. This was repeated about ten
times and it was so so arduous especially when there were sharp
thorns. Finally, the hares managed to find the correct route and we
all came down to earth and tarmac roads leading to our run-site. Phew!
At last we were home.

I was 80 minutes in , some 20 minutes behind FROP, Mike Kuan. What a
relief to be home.

Before the Circle got underway, Tarzan asked all the Harriers to be
upstanding and together, we bowed our heads and observed one minute of
silence in memory of the departed on QZ8501. Our hearts go to the
bereaving families.

Then the charges flew left right and centre. The hares were punished
for losing their ways at the final stretch and UY told his grandfather
stories about Moses leading the Israelites from Egypt to Israel. Moses
made two fatal mistakes which are remembered up to today.

Mistake #1 After he parted and crossed the Red Sea, he turn left into
the desert. If he had turned right, he would have come to all the
petroleum-rich territories. Today, all the Jews are still cursing
Moses.

Mistakes #2 Moses was in the desert and who did you think he employed
as guides? Yes, he took on Peter Leong and CCGoh and they led the
Israelites meandering the desert for 40 years.

It was heady fun all the way and we enjoyed the banters and the
charges. Soon it was time to get some bites and we convoyed to the
Restaurant where three bottles of fine Scotch whisky awaited. The
left-over beer followed us as well. We wined and we dined in true
hasher fashion. Life is good :-)

Next week, the run is in-house ... whether or not there is a Hash AGM,
we do not know. Anyway, it is coming close to midnight and soon we
will usher in another New Year ... UY & Alice will be at the Club to
sing Auld Lang Syne and hope to see you

Happy New Year and may 2015 bring you greater stamina, more sagacity
and wisdom and a lot of happiness

Post Script
At the dinner, someone wrote the three ill-fated flights
MH  370
MH    17
QZ 8501
and the total came to 8888, normally a lucky number
but for Malaysia, a catastropic combination in 2014

Run 845 Dec 23 is in TTDI

• Run 845 is by B P Ng & Irene
• Dec 23, 2014 Tuesday 6pm
• Bangunan Bakti Hasmah TTDI

RLC Harriers Run 845, 23 December 2014 
Hares :Ng Boon Puey & Irene
Runsite : Rumah Bakti, TTDI
Weather : Raining & Drizzling the whole day but dry during the run and
circle (see, I told you the Weather God is a hasher)

For the past 20 hours, it had been raining and drizzling in the Klang
Valley; so the roads were wet, traffic was slow and the atmosphere
dampened. But as we gathered at the corner in front of Rumah Bakti,
spirits were high. At two minutes before 6.00pm, Arthur Hoi aka Shit
Stirrer (we really must start using Hash Names like normal hash
chapters) mistaken pressed the horn and started the run.

This is one run where there was not a single person from the 5-man
Harriers committee. No GM, no JM's, no On-Sex, no On-cash. Guess who
will be on-downed the next time we meet?

The trail was quite a familiar one, first up the road before we turned
left into the jungle. Then it was a series of left, right, left, right
before we hit a check. It was a back-check which was quickly
dismantled. Then some road before we went right across the hill where
we saw those monstrous fences protecting the ill-gotten properties of
cronies. The stream that we crossed was just as enchanting. As we
gently made our ways alternately between roads and jungle, the
all-too-familiar homeward stretch beckoned and Mike Kuan came home as
FROP at 48 minutes followed by Steven Yong, our young buck. Most of
the other runners were not too far behind. Indeed a well-planned route
for this time of the year which caused Ann Choo to declare "best run
of the year"

We bathed behind our cars and the Circle, as usual, was a riotous and
hilarious affair with people "punished" for starting the run too
early, for not urinating, being thin on top (no hair like James Bald
Bala) or being exhibitionists like TYWoon bathing with underwear that
left nothing to the imagination. The most photographed 007, a Dato no
less dragged his fello-Dato's for another drink and in spite of the
small number and the damp weather, we finished the whole barrel.

Then it was a short trip Uptown for a sumptuous dinner, complete with
free flow of wine and whisky (Single Malt Glen Morangie, my favourite)
As the French would put it "c'est la vie" (That's life)

Run 844 Dec 16 is the James Bond theme 16th Anniversary

• Run 844 is the 16th Anniversary Run (James Bond theme)
• December 16, 2014 Tuesday 6pm
• Dinner in the Ballroom
• Men in dark suit or black Bond attire
• Ladies in shimmering evening dress or glitter black top and black pants