My First Ever Marathon!

Everybody has got their own bucket list of things to do...
Well, I dont. (Caught you there right? heehee)
But running a marathon is something I longed to do for sometime.
Not because of the photo opportunities (but who's complaining anyways), but it is a checkpoint for me in my life.
I am into fitness, and I believe by running a marathon, this brings me closer to what I've been working towards - a healthier me in general.
So I bought entries for Sheng and my lil brother for Penang Bridge International Marathon, and that's that!

Fast forward to THE day!
I met up my buddies Chiakee and Yumei at Queensbay mall
(BTDubs, it's pretty hard finding friends to run a marathon with you, everybody seems to have their own obligations, so I'm really thankful i gotto meet up with these 2 crazy pepo and run together with em!)
So off we go!... Only to get deterred at the pick up spot...
The crowd waiting in line for the shutter was so freaking long!
We were tempted to go home right at that moment!
But we didn't, and boy isn't that the best decision ever.

We finally got onto our shutter and we were dropped off at the starting point.
We navigated through bodies of sweat and faces of despair
People looking so genuinely mad at the blazing sun running in slow but steady pace
But I do admit, running becomes easier when you have a pal beside you, which I am really thankful to Yumei for...
We distracted ourselves by looking at runners along the way, and boy what a sight!
We actually saw Darth Vader in sarung running!

So when we finally meet up (Sheng and us), we rushed towards the finishing line
That feeling of exhilaration and relief swept through our bodies as we crossed the finish line
It was a moment of indescribable happiness to me
We went on roaming around the tent sites and decided to go back to Queensbay by foot.
Not our smartest decision... We actually gotto walk for another 1 hour to reach the place!

But we did end our day with a decent lunch, decent movie and decent high tea.
Everybody's physically tired, but mentally, I think we can go even further if we wanted to.
However, we called it a day and went back around evening.
I'm glad to say it was a fruitful day indeed. :)

*warning, shaky part when we are reaching finishing line

Signing off
A happy JCG
:D

Belated Krabi Trip post

After 1000000 years, I finally got my hands on this awesome Krabi video taken by Arina! 

Yey! (credits n love)

This video is one of my fav as it captures that do or die moment when we decided to jump into the open sea without any life jacket on. 

Mind you, this sea is approx 10m deep, beautiful place for snorkeling and diving. 

---worth every single penny---

Anyways, these are some snippets from our beautiful trip

A view from where we're staying, cozy lil place near the beach

Mah 2 homies, love you guys for organizing the awesome trip

Mah b*tch, love you to bits dar. :)

Aww, such a lovely room for us

Selfie!

Out for dinner, bikini on, ready for anything!

Aint he puffy

Love birds

Walkin together at this serene beach

Yey

Met our fello kraktoei waiter at a bar, she was super nice to us

Even let us took a photo with her like this!

Early breakfast raid from 711

So we went to this jungle pool

With the most amazing view!

Look at these 2 guys chillin

She's taller than I remembered

Yey selfie

Looks like someone's dead

My hair got caught in my eye in this pic

But I love this one, it's called sharing oxygen... :P

Elephant riding fun

Can't believe how high it is from this view

Arina's hair gone after our previous swim = lion's mane

My hair's not doing so well either = rawr

3rd day we went to 4 islands

We're standing in front of the boat, where the sun is 1 million degrees

But the view's nice tho

Water as clear as crystal

Swimming at the James Bond island Maya Bay *thumbs up*

Up on the boat again visiting the 2nd island

Then we were brought to this awesome place, and we jumped off the boat...

Into the big blue ocean!

It was the most amazing experience ever

I feel like the whole world is a different place...

Friends, fun, freedom.....

Koh phi-phi island for lunch

And a quick dip

Ben's hand's like, look at the view there!

Hence with that finger, ends our boat trips to the 4 islands.

During that evening, we met a bunch of kraktoei scammers. 

I was shocked when they demanded money from us for taking photos with them.

Luckily the rain came and they went away, but we did gave them some cash tho. 

Heartfelt dinner

The day we leave Krabi

Hell yea, went home with mah nails done and a new tiny bag pack!

All in all, it was definitely worth it.

Even the 8 hours van ride there was no biggie as compared to what I've experienced.

So... Where to go next? 

*grins*

Signing off

JCG