If you’ve been following me on twitter, you’d expect me to write a lot about the just concluded Taiping International Marathon 2012. I’ll try to make it as short as possible though. First, the race-pack collection. The race pack collection as stated on the website was to take place at an MPT Hall. I didn’t know that a field is also called as ‘hall’ in Taiping. It was so hot there there was no way I could stay there longer…
Another weekend didn’t just slip by without me doing something quite out of the ordinary. This time, I went to Fraser Hill to do a little bit of trekking, something that I’ve been quite crazy about doing since – well – not so lately. As one of those names that I kept hearing about when I was still a school kid, I had always wanted to go there, together with the likes of Penang Hill (checked!), Cameron Highland (checked!) and…
I did hear about it but never really thought of ever seeing it, let alone tasting it, probably not in this life. Until. I went to Siem Reap. I was told by Melissa the owner of Siem Reap Rooms Guesthouse where exactly to find it. Apparently, it was very near to the centre of town. In fact, it was very near to the guesthouse itself. It is a place where many of the locals but less of the tourists would…