Nico & Reminder

Reminder for me:

' I was told by him, that she love roasted duck since young. I shall buy one for her when I get back Malaysia."

" She is the only that I beloved, one and only that no one else could replace"

Miss HER Badly

=(

Nico & Around the Bay 2009

After a week of harshness full marathon @ Melbourne, I was so dead tired, especially, the post-effect sourness on Monday.
Surprisingly, it wasn't as bad as Singapore Marathon, where I literally have to wear pad ( bicycle pad) , to support my butt, walk around.

Turnout, on Monday(12th Oct), I'm able to attend Lectures and tutorial.
Not to say, the soar was completely eliminated, but is least better than last time.

Better yet, On Tuesday ( 13th October), I was able to join the Tuesday running group.
and Trevor was surprise that I was manage to pull off on training even after Marathon.
and he congratz me by gimme the Melbourne Marathon Cap as souvenir, because I told I gonna leave Australia soon.

=(

On the same week itself, I got Maths Assignment, which I have to hand up on 15th Oct.
What's next? On 18th October, I got another sport event,

AROUND THE BAY!
This time,
I participated 100km distance rather than 250km, because finals is coming up, and I got another assignment due on 22nd.

I don't want like another incident of hospitalized, then got zero for my assignment.

don't ask me :
"you crazy! after marathon you still wanna cycle 100km!"
or
" you still got two assignments due! got enough time training or not?!"

despite how busy I am, how insufficient training I had before the event, I just gotta join..

I came all the way here for exchange experience, this is the experience I'm looking forward for.
If I don't join the event, is just like:
Me going restaurant ask for the best dish ever, and don't eat and leave the restaurant.
is just like what's point of comig restaurant at the first place.

So, I gotta take the bus all the way to sorrento, which is 100km south of melbourne.
I was asked to take bus @ 430am on Sunday morning.
sadly, there's no public transport at that time. So,
is either I gonna :

a) cycle 40km from clayton to city as warm up?

b) overnight @ colin's apartment?

c) overnight @ casino till 4am.

so I chose C
Reason :
a- crazy! is so fuckin cold in the middle of night!
b- I shouldn;t ask twice same person, I feel bad.

so, I decided to overnight casino and let's say , I had a fun night on that night
=)
so basically, I was awake the whole night, by myself. It wasn't easy especialy, when you're suppose to sleep before the big day.

So I went the public bus and unlock my racing bike, and put it into truck.
and off I go to sorrento. Obviously, I sleep thru the journey to Sorrento.

It took 1 hour plus to reach there:
Here's the map

so , our mission of 100km is to get our ass back where we came from : CITY!
and you are given a thing called : bicycle, the only problem is,
are you willing to do that ?

As the race started, the 1st 5km was crowded, I gotta pedal slowly,
but it was fun to see one big group of cyclist and get to see those fancy expensive bicycle.

Of course, meanwhile, there is photographer along the road..

During the event, I witnessed lot of bike crash. It was horrible.
AND
repairment of bicycle side of the road.
I should be thankful that I didn't get any of it.

Seriously, when one cyclist crashes,
we gotta yell: CRASHING! CRASHING!! to warn other cyclist.
Then, give the break hand signal along the journey:
It was fun to do so.
=D

So, I basically cycle thru Mornington, Frankston- Morrabin-
have seen nice beach and bay along the journey:
If only I got camera with me
=(

so after 4 hours and 10 mins, I finally finish 100km cycling.
Almost sme timing for my Full Marathon..

Of course, I manage to get lot of freebies, and food, and
BODY MASSAGE
=D

Anyway, I got to go
I still got finals going on.
=(

on 6th 9th 11th 13th.
wish me luck!!

Nico & Melbourne Marathon 2009

First off, I will try to update my New Zealand Trip As as soon as I can.

got bunch of videos, where most of you guys seen at facebook anyway.

but not the bungy video yet.

Anyway, on 12 Oct 2009, is Melbourne Marathon Day,

Frankly,

I gotta say this, this is the least prepare Marathon I ever had compared to my previous two

Marathon.

I only did 18km distance once, and couple casual short distance of cross train

ing, which I don't think It actually contribute any help on marathon.

Worse yet, the night before Marathon, I had seafood buffet @ New Quay, DOCKLAND.

It's just same as Night before Singapore Marathon:where Yeong's Mom treat such good steamboat meal.

Just check it out:

How can I resists that oyster!

Hein Wai & Nico

Hein Wai: eh buddy, is not like you gonna die tomorrow

Nico: I AM going die tomorrow!

I'm suppose to eat only one thing

the one and yucky thing!

PASTA!

Is just so many good food around

I couldn't reject this such good opportunity.

After that, we went out for Picture session with sunset as background:

Linh & Nico with stupid pose

Nico & everybody except Kar Mern & Edmund

.

.

.

Then something bad happen:

Just so you know, I got TB:

Tiny Bladder

=D

So I just couldn't hold long on my urine than any usual people.

so I peed!

Nico & Edmund caught in action!!

After that, we went to crown , and

let say, we're victory!

so to celebrate our victory:

we had drinks at the bar there:

actually is just them, I can't drink any alcohol.

They had 'Mild High' , I guess

while me just SKY JUICE ON ROCK!

This is bartender making ' Mild High'

and this how it looks like

Lovely isn't it?

Anyway back to marathon!

YUP! this is what I did before Marathon Day,

Crazy huh?

Anyway, this is the 42.195km Map.

I guess people who actually live in Melbourne will know who far is it.

Overall , the run was AWESOME!

no CRAMP! SMOOTH 42KM run EVER!

and the result is :

I completed the distance with 4 hours 21mins! that is like HOLY SHIT to me!

the PREVIOUS marathon was 5 hours 19 mins!

Improve by one hour with least training ? How is that possible?!

One good reason would be , the weather!

at here : is cold and dry.

therefore you hardly sweat and hardy dehydration compare at Singapore Marathon.

That would be Nico's theory.

And this is the picture they took at finish line!

Nico & third Marathon!

Nico & Royal Melbourne 2009

First off, Happy Birthday to Tan Yin Mei & Pui San, two September girls,

while one of em' suppose be October.

Anyway, Some updates to know,

I going New Zealand on Tuesday, and I start working as waiter!

September had been kind to me throughout end of it,

On 26th September, Me, Chon Jin, Kar Mern & Hein Wai went to Showgorund for Royal Melbourne Show.

is a great Carnival Theme park .

This is us (Kar Mern, Chon Jin & Nico) @ Southern Cross Station

and Here we are @ Royal Melbourne Show Entrance.

Turnout, we get to meet the rest of Hall Monashian.

=D

Check this Gigantic Dolls Wall, If only I can get one of these..

Trust me, is not easy.

Better yet, is almost impossible. You know why?

Because I tried!

I tried my one of favorite game,

Basketball!

This is me , aiming hard for good!

and

shoot I go!

Darn , didn't get in.

So I spent more just to proof that I'm still good at it!

Here we go again!*gasping*

and I failed!

Just realized that the ring is actually oval instead of standard size of it.

I got riped off !!

After that, we went around for what to play and what to see,

and this ride caught our attention.

At first , it caught Chon Jin attention, follow by

ME and Kar Mern.

Yup, We just stare that ride like turkeys stare on the rain.

Moving on, went to live stock area.

where all the farm animal inside.

Kar Mern & Chon Jin with Cow Butt

Behh!! Sheeps and the what do you called baby sheep? cattle ? I don't know!

And proudly present the Cow ASS!

Yes! is bigger than our face! so is good to say this 'cow ass face' to someone that got big face

Oopz! I left out the fresh mud pie that made by cow.

Me poking the shit with grass straw!

and it broke! the shit is damn hard!

The MOO gang is yet to be unleashed.

Check the Horn-y out! This picture is just so wrong in any way.

So we move on by disturb other cow, by having conversation.

Nico: ' You! have you met my pal, Chon Jin?'

Cow: Moo!?

Then, we look at the meat part of the cow.

just look at Kar Mern, she doesn't care about it. She knows that I gonna cook it anyway.

After that, we went to the showbag exhibition, to buy some souvenir back or something.

so ME and my new buddy (Black pig, won from rifle game by Chon Jin & Hein Wai)

checking hard on those bag and hot chicks.

Nico: Check that 'thing' your two o'clock!

Then I found something funky!

Holy shit?! Caught in Action!

Guys, I'm just weighting the thing only!

So, I bought the Nova Radio Showbag.

After that , we went for Piggy Race!

Look at those BACONS!

BACON on loose!!!

After that , is Pig diving!

It was a good show! worth for waiting under the rain!

After we went to Grand Pavilion for free snack testing,

typical msian of us, just try everything till we call it a meal.

Then while me and Hein wait bored of waiting others, we took this picture!

I know, I'm suppose to do the staring part! just too inappropriate to do that while others is actually waiting to take picture with that statue.

So we eat and walk around till late evening, where me , aun shiang & lip boon

decided to take the ride that caught us 'turkey-stare-rain' attention.

Took some picture of the ride during evening.

Just to let you see how deadly is that ride.

Three of us! Die Hard 4.1 Team!

Lip Boon, Nico & Aun Shiang

And we get on that ride, my leg start shaking and I wasn't ready for it at all

and it start lifting already!

If only I could video the whole process,

Let say, you can ask Florida and Kesha sing the Right Round for you

It was one hell of the good ride! It beat the hell of the Genting Ride!

Victory Team is back!

with...

Painful Testicular wrapped out!

But overall is a good ride!

Anyway, I know is spring around Australia, but it doesn't feel like one!

It still cold like winter, especially night!

so went to the nearby Skyview for some free heating!

Nothing can beat this Warm Feeling.

Then Hein Wai took some of the night view of carnival!

Then we took Skyview and did some camwhore inside!

You can see the whole Melbourne city from the top.

After the height testing experience, we know is time to go home

While on our way back, we met up some Monashian in the park.

ME & Sabrina

Lindh & Nico

Caution: Do not give her any alcohol drinks! Do it on your own risk!

And I shall end this post with this our-way-back-home picture

Nico & Σ

Live report from Com Lab 2, Menzies Building, Clayton Campus:
From this moment of one hour later, I will be sitting in H5 for my actuarial test.
I had spent 7AUD for 1liter of "MOTHER"( Coca-Cola energy drinks). I hope that's a good investment for my test.

Finally, I had mastered all the GREEK Symbol. It wasn't easy...

Ok, just reminder for me to update these post :
Merdeka at CQ
BEER BONG
Casino

I should update my blog more often..

Anyway, tomorrow, I will have a 3.8km run at Botanical Garden ,
it organised by Glen Huntly Athletic Club , My Tuesday Evening Running Group.

Just hope , I could beat my persona best for that distance - 14m20sec.

Next week, I gonna join the house Party at Tim's house-
Dress code- One Piece clothing

Yup, that's right!
is either I'm gonna wear top or bottom,

Better yet, a dress for me...
Hmm...should I?

Please Cast a vote, if there is more than 7 votes for me wearin dress.
Then, I shall do it..

HINT : the party is on 26th Setp
=D

Nico & Run le de Melb'

Once again, I'm sorry for the late update due to the 'sucky' overload Internet usage issue.

Two days ago, had a awesome run with Elaine around the cit

y.

Please do not get wrong, I'm that extreme yet to the extent of running from Clayton to city yet.

That's like 25km away from city.

After morning grocery with Tak Leong, & Kar Mern, me and Elaine took bus & train to city.

While I was waiting for Elaine, typical malaysian timing.There's one stranger ask direction to Clayton town.

As typical kind person of me, I told him the bus number and which station suppose to get off.

Few minutes laters, he said ' you're very handsome today'

*WTF*

I'm from indonesia, where're you from. he asked.

er? Singa...Malaysia?I replied.

'OH! I thought you're from China.'

OH! ha..ah..ha..no.Anyway, I got to go. My friend is here.*as looking for elaine*

*RUN**!!

Seriously, what's wrong with this people nowadays!??!

WHat's the worse part!? is actually August! which is 1 year inccident away from one another I had.

FUCKED!

Anyway, me and Elaine took ttrain and Bus towards to city, and

we start from Southern Cross station, and jog towards the Crown, which is the famous Casino in Melbourne.

No worries, you're can play with if you're above 18,unlike Genting

As we were jogging, we saw a helicopter.

Since we can't ride it, so we camwhore with it!

Nico & Elaine

Nico&RedHeli, if only I'm wearing red.

and this how the city look like from Crown plaza.isn't it awesome?

While we busy plying avoiding the crowd along the crown plaza, we saw stre

et perform.

That guy stand on cylinder and juggling fire stick and 2 knife.

Effin' awesome, guess how much he earn for that? estimated 50-150AUD.

Is pretty lot thou.

After that, we ran along the Swanton street.

It's so darn fun to run thru the crowd and with the stare on us.

It felt so much attention on us!

Then, we saw another street performer, he blow that tube as he makin' those beatboxin sounds.

Darn Cool!

After that, we head into Melbourne Central and have a boost!

Yup, that's the Melbourne central 'Seiko Clock'

I had Wild Berry, as usual of being Berries fan.

While we were busy refreshing our self, we met E-yan!

Ex-Djian, used to be his !-KEruing. then thanks to my stupidity During form 1.

I drop off somewhere else far far behind other classes...

xD

ME, Elaine & E-yan

After that, we went to Mel's apartment.

Darn it, should have take picture. Her place is very convenient at anywise of saying.

Nice scenary of city, especially Night.

After that, we ran back to flinder station along the swanton street.

This time, we're heading to Yarra River, or Yarra Park, not too sure about that.

Part of the city-along the Swanton street.

and this is the Yarra River.

Along the river, we saw the Melbourne EYE!?

nah! just typical Ferries Wheel!

Nico&BiggyWheel!

then, nearby there there's huge artisic structure

so we camwhore with it!

Elaine&GiantArtStructure

Nico&GiantArtStructure

Darn! I just can't move it!

we continue our jogging and took a break at the side river.

ME & my retirement dream!

Elaine&YarraRiver

and look at the sun! it sunset soon!

and we head back to Melborne central and bought some wine for our later party, which will be the next post!

HINT: I was WASTED!

and shall end this post with this pictar!

CHEERS!

Nico & Economics

This is why we shouldn't study Economics..

If you don't understand any of it, don't bother to major it.

=D