RUN NO. 2043

RUN NO. 2043
DATE: 16 OCT 2007
SITE: DST
HARES: Nellie/Alice & helpers
FRONT HORN: Irene
BACK HORN: Cheryl
HENS: 18

Due to Hari Raya break and Pulau Tiga’s trip, only a handful of us turned up for the run. As far as I can recall this is the smallest clutch. Most of us were earlier than usual.

I arrived at the site at around 5.00 pm and noticed that all the volunteers - the stand-in JM, Judy the survivor, San San; the softies and bins maiden have arrived. The site was properly setup and Jenny; the Hash Cash with her sign in board displayed. Everyone there was waiting eagerly to receive the hens and counting them one by one – 6 then here come Cheryl, Cath, Amanda and then Sarong.
I could see a few cars parked, one of them is Glamour, Veronica Lai sitting on her chair with a sore ankle, sharing with us her shopping experience in Kuala Lumpur and how she got her sore ankle - too much shopping and walking in Kuala Lumpur.
I took the horns from the JM’s basket and Irene volunteered as front horn and Cheryl who was so eager to be the back horn. Irene, Sarong was so eager to run that she sounded the horn at 5:11 pm. She took us down the road near the Power Station and JIS and the first check was called by Cath (Legally Blonde) and Amanda. Knowing that it was a back check, Alison quickly walked towards the power line on the right and called through. Meanwhile, Amanda was very pleased that she got to the first check far ahead of us. Before long, Alison reached the second check and started calling, “Checking from here”. Before that Sarong has been busy racing up and down the hill along the power line towards the left for she was very sure that the hares would bring us to the top of the ridge overlooking the beautiful sea and the Empire Hotel and Country Club.

We were quite reluctant to walk through the puddle of water where the second check was. We were scattered all over and busy checking and before long Sarong sounded the horn and called “On Paper”. We run back and started to climb the little steep hill to the top of the ridge. Once on top of the hill, the scenery was breathtaking with the sun setting and overlooking to the sea, we saw a ship with its beautiful white sail in the middle of the South China Sea. The bracken was serene and golden from the sunrays, and with a slight cool breeze, it turned out to be a rather romantic and enjoyable stroll for the Hens to cherish.
The trail brought us back to the power line and then towards the left that led us to a tarmac road. All of us were out by 6.15 pm. Later we all sat in a small circle and our stand-in JM, Judy the survivor took her command. All went on so smoothly and food was served, courtesy of Alice and Nellie. We talked about dogs and cats. Nellie wanted to know what made a dog vicious. Is it the breed or the master or the environment? But we did not find an answer for her and at 7.30pm we deserted the place and not a trace of our presence was left behind except for some pieces of melting ice.

(The rest of us had a wonderful 4 days 3 nights of hashing experience. The longest apart from the Ballbreaker which had only 3 takers of 16+ km took the front runners 2 hours 9 minutes—Would you blame anyone when these mad men(note—men) started the run at 6.30 a.m.!!! The other longish run gave the World Interhashers a good warm up of around 9.5 km. Karen Palmer was awarded a hash handle of Pussy Pelmet and Roger for his Hashing posterity named Pelmet Peeper. A great time was had by all and lots of elbow bending to go with it. You should see now see the many youthful svelte like figures of all who imbibed in the mud bath with more elbow bending exercises not to mention the aqua aerobics or was it synchronized floating.
Viv thought she would put in some secret training to show the older hashers up but arrived at the ferry terminal with a crutch—alas she had sprained her ankle while at the gym—so she tells us. Equipped with painkillers she hobbled to the Island and by the 2nd evening was already dancing without the crutches—assisted by more elbow bending. I am sure she was glad she did not cancel her trip. On on till the next tour to Pulau Tiga. Thanks to the great committee. ED

NEXT RUN: 23 OCTOBER
SITE: DIPLO
HARES: READYMIX & JENNI