DATE: 18 NOVEMBER (FOUNDERS DAY - HASH ODDITY 2100)
SITE: SERASA YACHT CLUB
HARES: GM Ready Mix/JM Carol
HENS: 57 CHICKS: 3
FRONT HORN: Magic BACK HORN: Trailblazer
Neither one of us did complete the whole run but this is our version of what we did and saw last week:
It was a live hash - the first for some of us and so it was quite exciting because the hares were given a five minute head start before the rest of us began the hash. Nellie kept time and started us off. It was basically a road run for about half the run and then it turned further left up a hill. Since the uphill path looked rather muddy and wet and many came with regular shoes expecting a shoreline run. One large group steered away from the potential muddy path and did a U-turn back in anticipation of Founder’s night preparation.
Back at the ladies restroom, hens were clucking and adding feathers and paint whilst competing for mirror space getting ready for the odyssey in space. Founders night venue, despite being a last minute decision, lived up to expectations. Who were there - from aliens to princesses to Spock and the rest is left to your imagination. Food was superb with enough for all palettes and taste.
We received goodies on a random draw basis - torches, iron, raincoats, caps - all well appreciated. Of special interest is the list of special awards - longest run, shortest, wettest, and the imaginative list was quite long but neither of us took notes so no names mentioned here except one -Madam Sin received her 400th run award and spent it doing her hair.
It was a long night but this is only a short account of it. Bottom line is that the leaving committee did a wonderful job giving us a bash to remember and going out with a bang.
Welcome new committee!
On-on / Mani & Sarong
NEXT RUN: RIMBA
HARES: SARON/MANI (Virgin)
Monday, November 24, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
RUN NO. 2099
DATE: 11 NOVEMBER
SITE: BUKIT SERDANG, KOTA BATU
HARES: DIZZY/(Mr) NORMA
FRONT HORN: Mad Marg BACK HORN: Cheryl
HENS: 37 CHICKS: 9
We seemed to be a bit low on numbers as the hashers gathered but as 5.15 neared, more turned up. Mad Marg was front horn and Cheryl volunteered back horn and to a pleasant surprise the run was not up straight away. We ran along the road for a few hundred meters… and then it was up. The front runners were all but half way up a very steep hill when they hit first check… There were only two options – to continue up (which was hard work)… or to go back down … so with some ahead and some on back we all checked for the on paper. Sure enough... it was on back. Cant remember who found it but Cath and her guest Felicity and Satu Lagi were in the right place. Even though we had gone back down, it only meant we were going back up the hill again but on a different trail. Yes we got the hill that we had been promised which went on up and up and up… until we hit the ridge which still was a bit up and down but rewarded with lovely views of the river... including a huge black and grey cloud in the distance.
Second check was at a split in the path…mmm... was Dizzy going to take us down into the depths of the jungle and round..perhaps stopping for a cup of tea at my house in Subok or back down. Well someone had to check so I dragged first time guest Felicity with me and we checked on down. As others checked in different directions, we soon heard the ‘on back’ call and struggled back up the hills again. The on paper brought us along the ridge a bit further and then on down to the sign in board. Just in time too as most hashers managed to come out before the torrential rain.
On on was at Dizzy’s with many first time guests which we hope to see again next week. There was a group of hashit holders this week – Dizzy (for forgetting the Hash signs last week), Mandy Webber (for talking through the shout up), Mad Marg (for selling while the shout up was on) and Sigi (for forgetting to sign in... or was it my fault as she asked me to do it for her…) They all took it is style and it was thrown by a professional… Smurf. We all tucked in to lovely food from Dizzy... posh pasta and sweeties.
NEXT RUN: (CHANGE OF SITE) SERASA YACHT CLUB FOR HASH ODDITY 2100
FOUNDERS DAY
HARES: GM/JM Carol
SITE: BUKIT SERDANG, KOTA BATU
HARES: DIZZY/(Mr) NORMA
FRONT HORN: Mad Marg BACK HORN: Cheryl
HENS: 37 CHICKS: 9
We seemed to be a bit low on numbers as the hashers gathered but as 5.15 neared, more turned up. Mad Marg was front horn and Cheryl volunteered back horn and to a pleasant surprise the run was not up straight away. We ran along the road for a few hundred meters… and then it was up. The front runners were all but half way up a very steep hill when they hit first check… There were only two options – to continue up (which was hard work)… or to go back down … so with some ahead and some on back we all checked for the on paper. Sure enough... it was on back. Cant remember who found it but Cath and her guest Felicity and Satu Lagi were in the right place. Even though we had gone back down, it only meant we were going back up the hill again but on a different trail. Yes we got the hill that we had been promised which went on up and up and up… until we hit the ridge which still was a bit up and down but rewarded with lovely views of the river... including a huge black and grey cloud in the distance.
Second check was at a split in the path…mmm... was Dizzy going to take us down into the depths of the jungle and round..perhaps stopping for a cup of tea at my house in Subok or back down. Well someone had to check so I dragged first time guest Felicity with me and we checked on down. As others checked in different directions, we soon heard the ‘on back’ call and struggled back up the hills again. The on paper brought us along the ridge a bit further and then on down to the sign in board. Just in time too as most hashers managed to come out before the torrential rain.
On on was at Dizzy’s with many first time guests which we hope to see again next week. There was a group of hashit holders this week – Dizzy (for forgetting the Hash signs last week), Mandy Webber (for talking through the shout up), Mad Marg (for selling while the shout up was on) and Sigi (for forgetting to sign in... or was it my fault as she asked me to do it for her…) They all took it is style and it was thrown by a professional… Smurf. We all tucked in to lovely food from Dizzy... posh pasta and sweeties.
NEXT RUN: (CHANGE OF SITE) SERASA YACHT CLUB FOR HASH ODDITY 2100
FOUNDERS DAY
HARES: GM/JM Carol
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
RUN NO. 2098
DATE: 4 NOVEMBER 2008
SITE: Lower Diplo
HARES: Sid/Kate/Fiona
HENS: 48 CHICKS: 2
FRONT HORN: Sarah G BACK HORN: Tina I
Not for the feint hearted? Well i thought it was great and not nearly as hilly or long as i expected. At least it wouldn't have been had we not got caught in the dark, but first things first.
The beginning was a repeat of the previous weeks Hetro Hash for Halloween, but in the day light without Ghouls Ghosts and Gunk, had a decidedly different atmosphere. A steep hill followed and then as usual i completely lost my bearings but generally it was up down swim and pant. First and second check had been found by the illustrious before my arrival, so my contribution was at third which proved to be a challenging on back. A lot of helpful calling ensued which unfortunately hid the calling of those who had been checking forward. We almost had campers in the jungle but Melissa, Tango and others put on a spurt and caught up.
And then it started to get dark. And then it did get dark. Julia and i nosed ahead and managed well following plentiful paper and without a torch. Along some good new trails (Well done Hares) and cooling water for the now weary feet. We short cutted out when i saw street lights and recognised the nearby simpang, arriving back at about 7pm. Last ones were out by about 7.15 i think. And then it rained as it does sometimes at 7.15 in Brunei.
The run was well laid and is a reminder to us all that going into the jungle without a torch and water has its risks. We should all be responsible for ourselves without having to be reminded. I really enjoyed it and was sorry not to be able to stay for the on on. So well done and thanks to the Hares.
NEXT RUN: Bukit Serdang, Jln Kota Batu (Yacht Club end)
ON ON AT DIZZY'S
SITE: Lower Diplo
HARES: Sid/Kate/Fiona
HENS: 48 CHICKS: 2
FRONT HORN: Sarah G BACK HORN: Tina I
Not for the feint hearted? Well i thought it was great and not nearly as hilly or long as i expected. At least it wouldn't have been had we not got caught in the dark, but first things first.
The beginning was a repeat of the previous weeks Hetro Hash for Halloween, but in the day light without Ghouls Ghosts and Gunk, had a decidedly different atmosphere. A steep hill followed and then as usual i completely lost my bearings but generally it was up down swim and pant. First and second check had been found by the illustrious before my arrival, so my contribution was at third which proved to be a challenging on back. A lot of helpful calling ensued which unfortunately hid the calling of those who had been checking forward. We almost had campers in the jungle but Melissa, Tango and others put on a spurt and caught up.
And then it started to get dark. And then it did get dark. Julia and i nosed ahead and managed well following plentiful paper and without a torch. Along some good new trails (Well done Hares) and cooling water for the now weary feet. We short cutted out when i saw street lights and recognised the nearby simpang, arriving back at about 7pm. Last ones were out by about 7.15 i think. And then it rained as it does sometimes at 7.15 in Brunei.
The run was well laid and is a reminder to us all that going into the jungle without a torch and water has its risks. We should all be responsible for ourselves without having to be reminded. I really enjoyed it and was sorry not to be able to stay for the on on. So well done and thanks to the Hares.
NEXT RUN: Bukit Serdang, Jln Kota Batu (Yacht Club end)
ON ON AT DIZZY'S
Monday, November 03, 2008
RUN NO. 2097
DATE: 28 October
HARES: Trish/Carol
SITE: Bukit Marakucing, Jln Subok
Halloween Hash
ghouls and goblins gathered in their annual celebration. They were joined by a new guest – from the other side of the world.
The run was notable for visiting gremlins hiding in the jungle to add spice to the proceedings.
Despite these trials and tribulations during the run, some energetic ghouls completed the run three times despite negotiating the pineapples at the end.
Riff Raff It's astounding
Time is fleeting
Madness takes its toll
But listen closely
Magenta Not for very much longer
Riff Raff We've got to keep control
We remember doing the Hens’ Hash
Drinking those moments when
The blackness would hit us
Riff and Magenta And the hares would be calling
Chorus There goes the Hens’ Hash again
There goes the Hens’ Hash again
Criminologist It's just a hill to the left
Chorus And then a creek to the right
Criminologist With your hands on your hips
Chorus You bring your knees up tight
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane
There goes the Hens’ Hash again
There goes the Hens’ Hash again
Magenta It's so dreamy
Oh, fantasy free
So you can't see me
No, not at all
In another dimension
With voyeuristic intention
Well secluded, I see all
Riff Raff With a bit of a quick flip
Magenta Right down in the mud you slip
Riff Raff And nothing can ever be the same
Magenta You're spaced out on libation
Riff Raff Like you're under sedation
Chorus There goes the Hens’ Hash again
There goes the Hens’ Hash again
All attending made a special effort with their finery and many awards were given.
Many thanks to the hares for a splendid run with a especially heartwarming gruel to feast on at the end.
NEXT RUN: Diplo
HARES: Sid/Lee/Kate/Fiona
Rocky Horror Hash Warning - tonight’s hash is not for the faint hearted. Large hills have been provided and some of the trails are new and have required cutting.
HARES: Trish/Carol
SITE: Bukit Marakucing, Jln Subok
Halloween Hash
ghouls and goblins gathered in their annual celebration. They were joined by a new guest – from the other side of the world.
The run was notable for visiting gremlins hiding in the jungle to add spice to the proceedings.
Despite these trials and tribulations during the run, some energetic ghouls completed the run three times despite negotiating the pineapples at the end.
Riff Raff It's astounding
Time is fleeting
Madness takes its toll
But listen closely
Magenta Not for very much longer
Riff Raff We've got to keep control
We remember doing the Hens’ Hash
Drinking those moments when
The blackness would hit us
Riff and Magenta And the hares would be calling
Chorus There goes the Hens’ Hash again
There goes the Hens’ Hash again
Criminologist It's just a hill to the left
Chorus And then a creek to the right
Criminologist With your hands on your hips
Chorus You bring your knees up tight
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane
There goes the Hens’ Hash again
There goes the Hens’ Hash again
Magenta It's so dreamy
Oh, fantasy free
So you can't see me
No, not at all
In another dimension
With voyeuristic intention
Well secluded, I see all
Riff Raff With a bit of a quick flip
Magenta Right down in the mud you slip
Riff Raff And nothing can ever be the same
Magenta You're spaced out on libation
Riff Raff Like you're under sedation
Chorus There goes the Hens’ Hash again
There goes the Hens’ Hash again
All attending made a special effort with their finery and many awards were given.
Many thanks to the hares for a splendid run with a especially heartwarming gruel to feast on at the end.
NEXT RUN: Diplo
HARES: Sid/Lee/Kate/Fiona
Rocky Horror Hash Warning - tonight’s hash is not for the faint hearted. Large hills have been provided and some of the trails are new and have required cutting.
Monday, October 27, 2008
RUN NO. 2096
DATE: 21 October
SITE: SPG 276 JLN SERASA, MUARA
HARES: Amanda S/Tango/Tina I/Gill L (virgin)
HENS: 40 CHICKS: 3
FRONT HORN: Carol (with apprentice Sarah G) BACK HORN: Naj
It was a nice change to run on the ‘other side’ of Serasa Hill, but it was still a hill. The hens gathered at the start of the run and we had a newbie front horn - Sarah G. There was a bit of confusion as we could not find the paper to start the run, which we thought was a bit of an early check, but it was soon found hiding under the parked cars. As the location suggests, we were on a hill straight away…up the road and into the jungle..up and up we went. The trail led into the thick of the jungle, with plenty of bamboo, vines and thorns in and around the area and the trail just kept going up.
There weren’t many options for other routes and we soon found ourselves at the top of the ridge and on to the right. As the path split there were discussions as to which way the on paper would be…but as a dutiful front runner, I accompanied the front horn (who was in training) to the check point and checked on ahead. Of course ahead for me, meant going back down the hill and past the cave, with only signs of old paper, and it was not surprise to hear the call of ‘on paper’ by Anna who had found the trail just before the trig point.
We scrambled back on to paper and continued along the ridge…I had not even caught up with the horn, when the hens were checking again. This time the checkpoint had been down the hill a little and the on paper (found by Magic Roundabout – I think!) took us along the ridge even further. The third check was further along the ridge and gave us an option of up the hill or down. Maria, Claire and I decided to check down and Maria was pleased to find the on paper (her first).
The paper led us down and down and down…traversing along slippery muddy slopes we traveled for quite a while. It was quite slow going as we walked along sloping edges but I was quite glad that we were at the front as it had not been too trodden and it was not that dark yet. From the slopes to a flatter overgrown area, we soon heard civilization and saw some houses, which led us on to the road. As I read the simpang numbers I knew we had a fair way to go and so I got myself into a running stride and nosily explored the residential area that I did not know existed by the yacht club.
First runner was out before dark and the rest of the hens came back in trickles until we were all safely back in the coup. That is to say except one runner…Glamour …you were lucky this week…fancy forgetting to sign in!
So …. to some up the run..when the venue has a bukit.in the name...you know there is gonna be a lot of ups and what goes up….must come down.
…. And there were three virgins tonight. There was a virgin hare – Gill, virgin front horn – Sarah G and a virgin ‘on paper’ finder – Marie. I am sure I know a song about that….but we will let Madonna sing that one.
NEXT RUN: Bukit Marakuching, Jln Subok (Halloween run) - 6pm start - Bring a torch.
it should not be too long a run..will just depend on how fast you can go up hills….yes I know Bukit Marakuching is a hill!
HARES: Carol/Trish
ON ON AT: #52 Spg 564 Jln Subok for the shout up and get yourself dressed up.
SITE: SPG 276 JLN SERASA, MUARA
HARES: Amanda S/Tango/Tina I/Gill L (virgin)
HENS: 40 CHICKS: 3
FRONT HORN: Carol (with apprentice Sarah G) BACK HORN: Naj
It was a nice change to run on the ‘other side’ of Serasa Hill, but it was still a hill. The hens gathered at the start of the run and we had a newbie front horn - Sarah G. There was a bit of confusion as we could not find the paper to start the run, which we thought was a bit of an early check, but it was soon found hiding under the parked cars. As the location suggests, we were on a hill straight away…up the road and into the jungle..up and up we went. The trail led into the thick of the jungle, with plenty of bamboo, vines and thorns in and around the area and the trail just kept going up.
There weren’t many options for other routes and we soon found ourselves at the top of the ridge and on to the right. As the path split there were discussions as to which way the on paper would be…but as a dutiful front runner, I accompanied the front horn (who was in training) to the check point and checked on ahead. Of course ahead for me, meant going back down the hill and past the cave, with only signs of old paper, and it was not surprise to hear the call of ‘on paper’ by Anna who had found the trail just before the trig point.
We scrambled back on to paper and continued along the ridge…I had not even caught up with the horn, when the hens were checking again. This time the checkpoint had been down the hill a little and the on paper (found by Magic Roundabout – I think!) took us along the ridge even further. The third check was further along the ridge and gave us an option of up the hill or down. Maria, Claire and I decided to check down and Maria was pleased to find the on paper (her first).
The paper led us down and down and down…traversing along slippery muddy slopes we traveled for quite a while. It was quite slow going as we walked along sloping edges but I was quite glad that we were at the front as it had not been too trodden and it was not that dark yet. From the slopes to a flatter overgrown area, we soon heard civilization and saw some houses, which led us on to the road. As I read the simpang numbers I knew we had a fair way to go and so I got myself into a running stride and nosily explored the residential area that I did not know existed by the yacht club.
First runner was out before dark and the rest of the hens came back in trickles until we were all safely back in the coup. That is to say except one runner…Glamour …you were lucky this week…fancy forgetting to sign in!
So …. to some up the run..when the venue has a bukit.in the name...you know there is gonna be a lot of ups and what goes up….must come down.
…. And there were three virgins tonight. There was a virgin hare – Gill, virgin front horn – Sarah G and a virgin ‘on paper’ finder – Marie. I am sure I know a song about that….but we will let Madonna sing that one.
NEXT RUN: Bukit Marakuching, Jln Subok (Halloween run) - 6pm start - Bring a torch.
it should not be too long a run..will just depend on how fast you can go up hills….yes I know Bukit Marakuching is a hill!
HARES: Carol/Trish
ON ON AT: #52 Spg 564 Jln Subok for the shout up and get yourself dressed up.
Monday, October 20, 2008
RUN NO. 2095
DATE: 14 October
SITE: Diplo
HARES: Alice in Wonderland/Not Yet
HENS: 48 CHICKS: 5
FRONT HORN: Carol BACK HORN: Madmarg
Tuesday 5pm..its got to be Diplo! (i hope.. but which one.. upper lower.. middle.. inner outer??? eeeeek!) After making my way to the hash and becoming confused by the lack if signage, i was very relieved to turn the corner,after them posh houses and see other hens cars!(serves me right for being one of the few who comes from Muara.. the dark side of Brunei ,where no one seems to live!!)
Well the tent was errected.. the chairs were stacked.. the sign in board was ready..
The hens gathered, and a fair few hens there were..
the front horn was the sporty spice of the hash, naj.. and the back horn was the ever so lovely Marg!(who did explain that no slacking on the long run would be tolerated.. and she wasnt gonna hang about clearing up the slowies!!)
After the last few runs. the scene was set.. but we had a short and longer run option.. mmm thats NOT normal!
SO..
pink paper for longer run.. pink napkin for the shorter.. mmm there was a worry the rain would dissolve the napkin paper.. but.. hey guess we only had one way to find out!
Thar she blows, the horn went off at 5.15.. and off we dashed (ok bimbled) into the jungle..
straight into a down.. ooh ,now that threw me, as its usually an up!
There were many trippy vines and a vast amount of fallen trees.. far more than id seen before..
and the ants.. well .. you could have saddled some of them up, and ridden them around the jungle!
Over, under,over, under.. oooh errrr matron... some of them trees were rather huge to spreadeagle yourself over.. nimble i may not be.. but some of them twigs reached places id forgotten i had!!
We paddled thru some water.. a mere puddle in hash terms, not a foul smell or deep bog in sight!
the first check was found by melissa..AS was the 2nd, a hasher in the making me thinks..??
The front runners appeared quite fragmented after the 1st check, and i think some of them were unable to hear the ON ON cries! never a good thing to be alone in the jungle..I think we need to watch out for each other FAR more than we do, and make sure NO ONE,is left behind!!
As someone , who on the last 3 hashes .. had a sense of impending DOOM when they had to come out of the jungle IN THE DARK, i opted for the shorter run>!(im not proud.. i know my limits!!!)
The run split into two, so i cant tell u how hard the long run was, but i can tell you, that the shorter run was just about right for a weary unfit hasher like myself!
I made it out of the jungle in just about 35 minutes, not quite my shortest hash yet.. but ... it was still light, hurrah!
I gather the longer run was quite muddy in places(its not a proper hash without mud!!) and the majority of the longer hash runners were out in about an hour!
Gin and not much tonic was available for them that wanted after the run.. (dont expect that on next weeks run!!)
some of the comments i over heard about this hash were..
"shorter than expected"
"I like good length"
"Its not a hard one"
and no.. i didnt make them up!
Alice and not yet both celebrated birthdays, with cake and candles..(no indication of ages were given..)
and Not yet gave us a monologue Ref the month of October!
cherries were mentioned but i wasnt sure why>!
And the hash shit went to....?????
im not entirely sure as the rain was so hard i couldnt hear!
But anyway, diana forgot to bring the hash shit back to the hash.. so maybe , we should bestowe that honour upon her, just one more time..
The food smelt good.. curry i believe, but i resisted, as i had Jamie Oliver at home cooking for me!
(ok it was my Steve but hey.. he made a mean sausage n mash!!)
Thanks hares for setting the run.
ON ON........
NEXT RUN: SPG 276 JLN SERASA (Before Serasa Yacht Club - RHS)
HARES: Amanda S/Tina I
SITE: Diplo
HARES: Alice in Wonderland/Not Yet
HENS: 48 CHICKS: 5
FRONT HORN: Carol BACK HORN: Madmarg
Tuesday 5pm..its got to be Diplo! (i hope.. but which one.. upper lower.. middle.. inner outer??? eeeeek!) After making my way to the hash and becoming confused by the lack if signage, i was very relieved to turn the corner,after them posh houses and see other hens cars!(serves me right for being one of the few who comes from Muara.. the dark side of Brunei ,where no one seems to live!!)
Well the tent was errected.. the chairs were stacked.. the sign in board was ready..
The hens gathered, and a fair few hens there were..
the front horn was the sporty spice of the hash, naj.. and the back horn was the ever so lovely Marg!(who did explain that no slacking on the long run would be tolerated.. and she wasnt gonna hang about clearing up the slowies!!)
After the last few runs. the scene was set.. but we had a short and longer run option.. mmm thats NOT normal!
SO..
pink paper for longer run.. pink napkin for the shorter.. mmm there was a worry the rain would dissolve the napkin paper.. but.. hey guess we only had one way to find out!
Thar she blows, the horn went off at 5.15.. and off we dashed (ok bimbled) into the jungle..
straight into a down.. ooh ,now that threw me, as its usually an up!
There were many trippy vines and a vast amount of fallen trees.. far more than id seen before..
and the ants.. well .. you could have saddled some of them up, and ridden them around the jungle!
Over, under,over, under.. oooh errrr matron... some of them trees were rather huge to spreadeagle yourself over.. nimble i may not be.. but some of them twigs reached places id forgotten i had!!
We paddled thru some water.. a mere puddle in hash terms, not a foul smell or deep bog in sight!
the first check was found by melissa..AS was the 2nd, a hasher in the making me thinks..??
The front runners appeared quite fragmented after the 1st check, and i think some of them were unable to hear the ON ON cries! never a good thing to be alone in the jungle..I think we need to watch out for each other FAR more than we do, and make sure NO ONE,is left behind!!
As someone , who on the last 3 hashes .. had a sense of impending DOOM when they had to come out of the jungle IN THE DARK, i opted for the shorter run>!(im not proud.. i know my limits!!!)
The run split into two, so i cant tell u how hard the long run was, but i can tell you, that the shorter run was just about right for a weary unfit hasher like myself!
I made it out of the jungle in just about 35 minutes, not quite my shortest hash yet.. but ... it was still light, hurrah!
I gather the longer run was quite muddy in places(its not a proper hash without mud!!) and the majority of the longer hash runners were out in about an hour!
Gin and not much tonic was available for them that wanted after the run.. (dont expect that on next weeks run!!)
some of the comments i over heard about this hash were..
"shorter than expected"
"I like good length"
"Its not a hard one"
and no.. i didnt make them up!
Alice and not yet both celebrated birthdays, with cake and candles..(no indication of ages were given..)
and Not yet gave us a monologue Ref the month of October!
cherries were mentioned but i wasnt sure why>!
And the hash shit went to....?????
im not entirely sure as the rain was so hard i couldnt hear!
But anyway, diana forgot to bring the hash shit back to the hash.. so maybe , we should bestowe that honour upon her, just one more time..
The food smelt good.. curry i believe, but i resisted, as i had Jamie Oliver at home cooking for me!
(ok it was my Steve but hey.. he made a mean sausage n mash!!)
Thanks hares for setting the run.
ON ON........
NEXT RUN: SPG 276 JLN SERASA (Before Serasa Yacht Club - RHS)
HARES: Amanda S/Tina I
Sunday, October 12, 2008
RUN NO. 2094
DATE: 7 OCTOBER
SITE: RIMBA
HARES: Lee and Nancy
HENS: CHICKS:
FRONT HORN: Anna
BACK HORN: Trailblazer
Rimba is my favourite site as there are very nice trails and the jungle is till unspoilt with very few hills (not too steep) which is just perfect for me. The theme last week was Pink to mark breast cancer awareness week. We arrived to a very well decorated site all in pink with pink balloons, thanks to Nancy and Lee for reminding us all of the need for breast check ups and for a job well done.
The words stated that the run was long and flat and would take one hour and 45 minutes for Walkie Talkies. So since it gets dark very quickly I decided to remind everyone that in order to be fair to the Hares it would help if the very slow hens like me did not go all the way round.
We all set off in an excited mood as hens always do, but much to our surprise we went up and up for the first few minutes. I heard one hen say “I thought this was a flat run.” There after there were no more hills for the next ½ hour. As the scriber for this week’s run, I decided to go all the way round which meant keeping up with fast walking hens. “Nellie that is not slow walking,” a few hens teased me. However, what we hadn’t realised was that we were gradually descending, because before we realised we found ourselves going up and up again, and this took about 5 minutes which to some of us felt like 15 minutes.
Like many runs there were thorns to the right, thorns to the left and thorns below. We then came to thorny bog which smelt like rotten cabbage. How does one avoid getting wet smelly shoes and socks going across the bog when the only support around is a thorn bush? WelŬ, that is part of the excitement of hashing in Brunei. Hills or no hills, there are thorns, muddy bits and trips.
As it was getting dark I began to miss some of the trips or was it because my feet were getting tired? Eventually I got tangled up in one of the trips and fell over. “Are you ok?” Asked Sarah C who was in front of me in her caring manner. Luckily I was fine so we carried on. It took our group 1 hour and 5 minutes to get out of the jungle and a total of 1 hour 15 minutes before we got back to the sight. An excellent run, Hares.
As Carol my new partner in mismanagement was away, I asked Amanda Sparrow to give me moral support a job she surely did very diligently, thank you Amanda. During the shout out Lee explained the relevance of breast cancer awareness to us all and asked those of us who could afford it, to donate some money to the Breast Caner Research Fund and that all those who would donate would automatically be entered in a draw.
Nancy got knighted and as from last week’s run on 7th of October 2008 she will be called by no other name on the hash than Speedo a handle name proposed by Naj as a result of Nancy’s speed at getting up going for breakfast, and getting ready to go anywhere when they were in Sandakan Malaysia. From now on who ever will call her by other name shall surely get a hashit. This handle name shall not be changed without the knowledge and approval of the Mismanagement committee.
To end the evening event, and after a lovely nosh the hares announced the draw and Jane Woolley won a fancy pretty brolly, and there was a variety of winnings ranging from socks, mittens to lollies. Once again thank you Lee and Nancy for a lovely evening.
The Hashit was last week given to two hens, Diana for forgetting to bring the Hashit bucket and all its content and Dizzy for signing in her guest on the wrong line.
NEXT RUN: DIPLO - Bring a torch
HARES: Not Yet/Alice in Wonderland
SITE: RIMBA
HARES: Lee and Nancy
HENS: CHICKS:
FRONT HORN: Anna
BACK HORN: Trailblazer
Rimba is my favourite site as there are very nice trails and the jungle is till unspoilt with very few hills (not too steep) which is just perfect for me. The theme last week was Pink to mark breast cancer awareness week. We arrived to a very well decorated site all in pink with pink balloons, thanks to Nancy and Lee for reminding us all of the need for breast check ups and for a job well done.
The words stated that the run was long and flat and would take one hour and 45 minutes for Walkie Talkies. So since it gets dark very quickly I decided to remind everyone that in order to be fair to the Hares it would help if the very slow hens like me did not go all the way round.
We all set off in an excited mood as hens always do, but much to our surprise we went up and up for the first few minutes. I heard one hen say “I thought this was a flat run.” There after there were no more hills for the next ½ hour. As the scriber for this week’s run, I decided to go all the way round which meant keeping up with fast walking hens. “Nellie that is not slow walking,” a few hens teased me. However, what we hadn’t realised was that we were gradually descending, because before we realised we found ourselves going up and up again, and this took about 5 minutes which to some of us felt like 15 minutes.
Like many runs there were thorns to the right, thorns to the left and thorns below. We then came to thorny bog which smelt like rotten cabbage. How does one avoid getting wet smelly shoes and socks going across the bog when the only support around is a thorn bush? WelŬ, that is part of the excitement of hashing in Brunei. Hills or no hills, there are thorns, muddy bits and trips.
As it was getting dark I began to miss some of the trips or was it because my feet were getting tired? Eventually I got tangled up in one of the trips and fell over. “Are you ok?” Asked Sarah C who was in front of me in her caring manner. Luckily I was fine so we carried on. It took our group 1 hour and 5 minutes to get out of the jungle and a total of 1 hour 15 minutes before we got back to the sight. An excellent run, Hares.
As Carol my new partner in mismanagement was away, I asked Amanda Sparrow to give me moral support a job she surely did very diligently, thank you Amanda. During the shout out Lee explained the relevance of breast cancer awareness to us all and asked those of us who could afford it, to donate some money to the Breast Caner Research Fund and that all those who would donate would automatically be entered in a draw.
Nancy got knighted and as from last week’s run on 7th of October 2008 she will be called by no other name on the hash than Speedo a handle name proposed by Naj as a result of Nancy’s speed at getting up going for breakfast, and getting ready to go anywhere when they were in Sandakan Malaysia. From now on who ever will call her by other name shall surely get a hashit. This handle name shall not be changed without the knowledge and approval of the Mismanagement committee.
To end the evening event, and after a lovely nosh the hares announced the draw and Jane Woolley won a fancy pretty brolly, and there was a variety of winnings ranging from socks, mittens to lollies. Once again thank you Lee and Nancy for a lovely evening.
The Hashit was last week given to two hens, Diana for forgetting to bring the Hashit bucket and all its content and Dizzy for signing in her guest on the wrong line.
NEXT RUN: DIPLO - Bring a torch
HARES: Not Yet/Alice in Wonderland
Sunday, October 05, 2008
RUN NO. 2093
DATE: 30 Sept 2008
SITE: Morley Movers
HARES: Anna S/Boel
HENS: 41 CHICKS: 9
FRONT HORN:
BACK HORN: Madmarg
I arrived late and played catch-up the whole way round; falling into the stream (splish-splash) and heading right along the trail (go-go) at first check only to turn round and go back in exactly where we’d originally started… Amidst the confusion I wasn’t aware of much so here’s what a few friends and fellow hares had to say …
“I enjoyed the run, bit a bit confused at the double paper. Good to see more new guests and the food was great. Quiz was good laugh too”
“It would have been great to finish last night but got as far as second check before fading light made it necessary to get back to site”
“Shit load of hills; I seriously enjoyed it. Good company”
“Enjoyed it, even if I did cut it short. Fab on-on, great food and quiz. It’s important to know the rules”
“I was swearing so much at how hard it was that I can’t really comment”
“I thought it was good – different hares for once”
“I really enjoyed it; I liked the hills, the fact you could run, and the length of the run too – it wasn’t short”
“Slack ass – you know the drill. Hills, water, view and cheap wine via a thimble (for those not doing the v..... shots – thanks hares!) . What more can a woman ask for?”
“Thought it was okay, felt it in my calves today”
“Upstream and uphill! Long, strenuous and killer on the calf muscles! Good to wade thru the streams though, very cooling.
“Don’t forget to mention the v..... shots as a welcome out of the jungle!”
“Very hilly, arduous, pretty stream and jungle. Quiz on the rules. V..... chilli and potatoes”
“LOVED it! Had a tiny glimpse of why people might hash and dash…! Will definitely be back tho…”
“Confusing at first check – on paper in two different directions? Front horn stayed behind to direct hashers till back horn arrived. Nice run - up & downs, streams & waterfalls”
“Lovely jungle. Too much standing around not knowing what was going on. Fun on-on. Pity about the ducking moon…”
“Fell on ass twice, knob fell off horn – went done the hill after the bloody thing and ended up coming out in the dark! G8t shout up”
All in all it sounds like everyone enjoyed the run, appreciated the food & drink, and had fun over the quiz. Three guests (a Kiwi, an Aussie & a Pom) were welcomed, as were two new (old) members (Fiona & Kate) . The hashit was shared between She who-forgot-to-turn-her-phone-off and She who forgot-to-sign-in.
Are there any rules for writing the words???? On-on
NEXT RUN:7 OCTOBER
SITE: RIMBA
HARES: Lee/Nancy - Breast Cancer awareness fundraising run
Wear pink, pink, pink......
SITE: Morley Movers
HARES: Anna S/Boel
HENS: 41 CHICKS: 9
FRONT HORN:
BACK HORN: Madmarg
I arrived late and played catch-up the whole way round; falling into the stream (splish-splash) and heading right along the trail (go-go) at first check only to turn round and go back in exactly where we’d originally started… Amidst the confusion I wasn’t aware of much so here’s what a few friends and fellow hares had to say …
“I enjoyed the run, bit a bit confused at the double paper. Good to see more new guests and the food was great. Quiz was good laugh too”
“It would have been great to finish last night but got as far as second check before fading light made it necessary to get back to site”
“Shit load of hills; I seriously enjoyed it. Good company”
“Enjoyed it, even if I did cut it short. Fab on-on, great food and quiz. It’s important to know the rules”
“I was swearing so much at how hard it was that I can’t really comment”
“I thought it was good – different hares for once”
“I really enjoyed it; I liked the hills, the fact you could run, and the length of the run too – it wasn’t short”
“Slack ass – you know the drill. Hills, water, view and cheap wine via a thimble (for those not doing the v..... shots – thanks hares!) . What more can a woman ask for?”
“Thought it was okay, felt it in my calves today”
“Upstream and uphill! Long, strenuous and killer on the calf muscles! Good to wade thru the streams though, very cooling.
“Don’t forget to mention the v..... shots as a welcome out of the jungle!”
“Very hilly, arduous, pretty stream and jungle. Quiz on the rules. V..... chilli and potatoes”
“LOVED it! Had a tiny glimpse of why people might hash and dash…! Will definitely be back tho…”
“Confusing at first check – on paper in two different directions? Front horn stayed behind to direct hashers till back horn arrived. Nice run - up & downs, streams & waterfalls”
“Lovely jungle. Too much standing around not knowing what was going on. Fun on-on. Pity about the ducking moon…”
“Fell on ass twice, knob fell off horn – went done the hill after the bloody thing and ended up coming out in the dark! G8t shout up”
All in all it sounds like everyone enjoyed the run, appreciated the food & drink, and had fun over the quiz. Three guests (a Kiwi, an Aussie & a Pom) were welcomed, as were two new (old) members (Fiona & Kate) . The hashit was shared between She who-forgot-to-turn-her-phone-off and She who forgot-to-sign-in.
Are there any rules for writing the words???? On-on
NEXT RUN:7 OCTOBER
SITE: RIMBA
HARES: Lee/Nancy - Breast Cancer awareness fundraising run
Wear pink, pink, pink......
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
RUN NO. 2091
Date: 16 Sept 2008
Site: Lucky Gardens
Hares: Sue/Cheryl/Alison
Hens: 40 Chicks: 9
Front Horn: Peewee
Back Horn: Trailblazer
We arrived at the boy's Hash headquarters and those carrying, bins, eskys and drinks were glad to have someone willingly load them on to a trolley and move them.
The run in good weather began up through the dirt which was thankfully not too muddy into the jungle and along the ridge through a well cleared track; till we came to a split with yellow paper to the left for an easy short run for those feeling tired and white paper to the right for a much longer run.The long run proceeded further along to first check. The check was an on check which turned left into the valley through a winding, steep and slippery trail making the run longer than estimated by the hares.
Everyone made their way running or walking through the valley then turned right and down, then left along the edge of the lake, while keeping a eye out for sun bears till they came to another up and down and several log bridges to cross. There were I am told two more checks but sorry I cannot give credit to those who found them.
No sunbears were sighted but Jan and Ellin did spot Molly who had been missing since a Recce on Friday. Alison was relieved and happy to be able to take her home.
The shout up began in earnest and once again there were first time guests to be introduced and a new member Gill was welcomed. Lee celebrated her 250th hash and Sue her 400th.
Quite a lot of discussion followed when calls for the Hashit was announced. Claire's mobile went off so she was an obvious candidate and Tina I was accused of not introducing a guest properly. Madmarg's hubby had arrived with supplies for the hash shop and stayed but pleaded that he was an invited guest, so the decision was made to wet all three of them, though I think marg made sure Mark received most of the water.
The Hares provided nourishing rolls and salads.
Next Run: Salambigar Link
Hares: Jane W/Sarah H/Never Wrong
Site: Lucky Gardens
Hares: Sue/Cheryl/Alison
Hens: 40 Chicks: 9
Front Horn: Peewee
Back Horn: Trailblazer
We arrived at the boy's Hash headquarters and those carrying, bins, eskys and drinks were glad to have someone willingly load them on to a trolley and move them.
The run in good weather began up through the dirt which was thankfully not too muddy into the jungle and along the ridge through a well cleared track; till we came to a split with yellow paper to the left for an easy short run for those feeling tired and white paper to the right for a much longer run.The long run proceeded further along to first check. The check was an on check which turned left into the valley through a winding, steep and slippery trail making the run longer than estimated by the hares.
Everyone made their way running or walking through the valley then turned right and down, then left along the edge of the lake, while keeping a eye out for sun bears till they came to another up and down and several log bridges to cross. There were I am told two more checks but sorry I cannot give credit to those who found them.
No sunbears were sighted but Jan and Ellin did spot Molly who had been missing since a Recce on Friday. Alison was relieved and happy to be able to take her home.
The shout up began in earnest and once again there were first time guests to be introduced and a new member Gill was welcomed. Lee celebrated her 250th hash and Sue her 400th.
Quite a lot of discussion followed when calls for the Hashit was announced. Claire's mobile went off so she was an obvious candidate and Tina I was accused of not introducing a guest properly. Madmarg's hubby had arrived with supplies for the hash shop and stayed but pleaded that he was an invited guest, so the decision was made to wet all three of them, though I think marg made sure Mark received most of the water.
The Hares provided nourishing rolls and salads.
Next Run: Salambigar Link
Hares: Jane W/Sarah H/Never Wrong
RUN NO. 2092
Date: 23 Sep 2008
Site: Salambigar Link
Hens: 34
Hares: Sarah H/Jane W/Never Wrong
Front Horn: Carol
Back Horn: Naj
Another Tuesday, another Hash... We were quite a small group of hens this week due to the public school holiday. But also maybe, because some hens got lost around Jln Muara and Sungai Akar trying to find Salambigar Link..? Tricky for some, as there was no (as Madam Sin kindly pointed out) green sign saying "Salambigar Link"!
The run started promptly at 17.15 by the sound of the... rooster?! Yes, no horns today, so there was some imaginative improvisations and imitations of horns along the track. We set off along some quite muddy and mucky trails; it was a nice and flat start up until the first check, found by Magic Roundabout. Then it got worse, with hill after hill, one worse than the other, and one even almost neverending, or so it felt. Don't forget though girls, it's good exercise climbing up those hills! And if it gets hard, keep saying the mantra: "I will get a butt like Kylie's, I will get a butt like Kylie's!"
It was a very nice and scenic route indeed, and some of us even managed to spot those boats along the way! We enjoyed jumping over a few streams, saw a beautiful waterfall and had a good trek through a bit that felt a bit like the woods back home, with lots of fallen leaves on the ground making noise as we came trotting along.
There were two more checks, one found by Trish and the last one by Anna S - both hidden behind huge fallen trees, little bit tricky and well thought out.
Most of us were out before or just at dusk, but two hashers were still in the jungle after almost 2 hours, and a few of their fellow hens started to express some concerns. SO, for the first time in a very long time (as I understood it), there was launched a little "rescue-mission" - three hens equipped with some 100plus, water and torches. The hens going back in did so the back way, and soon met up with the two missing hens - who had taken it easy but were still in good spirits.
Later we all went on to Sarah's house at Jln Muara for the on-on. It all started a bit late due to the dramatic end to the run. We thanked the hares, the horns, celebrated two birthdays (Jane's & Bettina's), gave a down-down to Boel who is taken over the Hash Words while Ah Struth is away - and also gave a down-down to four hens who celebrated 100, 150, 200 and 300 runs! It was certainly Jane's night, cause here she had her 3rd down-down, as she had done her 150th run.
Carol introduced us to two new members by saying "we are on a roll!" which is so true - for the 3rd week in a row the Hash has welcomed new guests! This week's two new hens were Sarah Thornton (like the chocolate) and Sharon Kidman (like Nicole!).
Carol also warned us that next week she will be testing us on our knowledge of the Hash rules! She prompted us to go home and study our rule book a little bit closer, something we should do every now and then anyway - but next week, there will be hashit for those getting their questions wrong!
The hashit got a new, reluctant, holder with Not Yet - who had failed to come to the site with the horns on time. She tried to protest, but there was no mercy as it is an HONOR to receive the hashit!
The hares had provided some gorgeous rôti that we all enjoyed, and there was plenty of food so noone had to go home hungry. Thank you hares! On-on!
NEXT RUN: 30 September
SITE: Morley Movers
HARES: Boel/Anna S
Site: Salambigar Link
Hens: 34
Hares: Sarah H/Jane W/Never Wrong
Front Horn: Carol
Back Horn: Naj
Another Tuesday, another Hash... We were quite a small group of hens this week due to the public school holiday. But also maybe, because some hens got lost around Jln Muara and Sungai Akar trying to find Salambigar Link..? Tricky for some, as there was no (as Madam Sin kindly pointed out) green sign saying "Salambigar Link"!
The run started promptly at 17.15 by the sound of the... rooster?! Yes, no horns today, so there was some imaginative improvisations and imitations of horns along the track. We set off along some quite muddy and mucky trails; it was a nice and flat start up until the first check, found by Magic Roundabout. Then it got worse, with hill after hill, one worse than the other, and one even almost neverending, or so it felt. Don't forget though girls, it's good exercise climbing up those hills! And if it gets hard, keep saying the mantra: "I will get a butt like Kylie's, I will get a butt like Kylie's!"
It was a very nice and scenic route indeed, and some of us even managed to spot those boats along the way! We enjoyed jumping over a few streams, saw a beautiful waterfall and had a good trek through a bit that felt a bit like the woods back home, with lots of fallen leaves on the ground making noise as we came trotting along.
There were two more checks, one found by Trish and the last one by Anna S - both hidden behind huge fallen trees, little bit tricky and well thought out.
Most of us were out before or just at dusk, but two hashers were still in the jungle after almost 2 hours, and a few of their fellow hens started to express some concerns. SO, for the first time in a very long time (as I understood it), there was launched a little "rescue-mission" - three hens equipped with some 100plus, water and torches. The hens going back in did so the back way, and soon met up with the two missing hens - who had taken it easy but were still in good spirits.
Later we all went on to Sarah's house at Jln Muara for the on-on. It all started a bit late due to the dramatic end to the run. We thanked the hares, the horns, celebrated two birthdays (Jane's & Bettina's), gave a down-down to Boel who is taken over the Hash Words while Ah Struth is away - and also gave a down-down to four hens who celebrated 100, 150, 200 and 300 runs! It was certainly Jane's night, cause here she had her 3rd down-down, as she had done her 150th run.
Carol introduced us to two new members by saying "we are on a roll!" which is so true - for the 3rd week in a row the Hash has welcomed new guests! This week's two new hens were Sarah Thornton (like the chocolate) and Sharon Kidman (like Nicole!).
Carol also warned us that next week she will be testing us on our knowledge of the Hash rules! She prompted us to go home and study our rule book a little bit closer, something we should do every now and then anyway - but next week, there will be hashit for those getting their questions wrong!
The hashit got a new, reluctant, holder with Not Yet - who had failed to come to the site with the horns on time. She tried to protest, but there was no mercy as it is an HONOR to receive the hashit!
The hares had provided some gorgeous rôti that we all enjoyed, and there was plenty of food so noone had to go home hungry. Thank you hares! On-on!
NEXT RUN: 30 September
SITE: Morley Movers
HARES: Boel/Anna S
Monday, September 15, 2008
RUN NO. 2090
DATE: 2 Sept 2008
SITE: Subok 378 (Water tower)
HARES: Madmarg & sister, Paula/Gordon
HENS: 35 CHICKS: 10
FRONT HORN: Anna BACK HORN: Naj
With good weather and plenty of time on hand, I arrived on site and decided to park down the bottom of the hill because Alison was bringing the 100+ this week and I only had the bin to carry up. Heather had arrived even earlier and reluctantly taken on the role of car park attendant, making sure cars didn’t block the way for the tent truck to go up. I spotted Alison and Cheryl and walked down the hill again to help lug the 100+ and softies up. She was busy telling Cheryl tales of her brave encounter with a sun bear in Lucky Gardens – which by the way, is where you will be walking this week, so keep your eyes peeled. One of her dogs decided to try it on, making the bear rear up and growl. Then it saw Alison and her second dog and fortunately thought better of it and ran off. Plenty of time to see the huge claws at close hand though.
It was soon time to head off up the slope past the water tower and along familiar trails. After taking a left hand fork, I was just settling into a very pleasant walk along lovely trails, when I managed to spike myself on a very sharp log that was jutting out into the track – not so pleasant after all! A bit further along I spotted a bit of old paper heading left, with the fresh paper going to the right. I was just thinking the hares had failed in their duties to pick up old paper, when the two tracks converged, so it mattered not. There was one tricky bank to slither down before crossing a stream to get to a nice waterfall. There were also a few other slippery bits to negotiate across other streams, plenty of logs and trips to avoid and of course, ups and downs, but nothing major. I can remember thinking how amazingly quiet it was, except for the occasional call of ‘on – on’ heard in the distance. The track came out onto a more open ridge which I knew to be fairly close to the out. The in and the out paper converged, and a ‘way out’ sign was spotted, making sure fellow hashers didn’t head back into the jungle. But apparently, a few hashers missed seeing the sign and turned the wrong way. They were called back and all were out safely before dark. I never even heard any checking, so the front runners must have been really speedy. I hear from a good source, our friendly JM, that she was the one to find all the checks – only 2 checks this week, but Carol was very pleased with herself that she managed to find them both. She was trying for the hat trick, but none to be had.
The shout up began with Nellie being welcomed back, and the hares given their well deserved down down. We had 3 first time guests – Claire from London, who has been in Brunei for 2 years, but has only just decided to try the hash; Eva, an artist, also from London, who has only been here for 2 weeks; and Lyn from Suffolk. There were a few vocal hashers at this point, so I hope I heard the names right. All 3 elected to drink water for their down down – what is the world coming to? Or is it just the new generation of Brits going soft?
Sarah was welcomed as a new member and Nancy was also given a down down for taking her duties as hashit holder seriously and taking her new friend, the hashit hen, all the way around the hash with her – well done you for great hashit spirit. Our JM gave a serious talk about how we should all be respectful of the religious ideals associated with the month of Ramadhan .ie. love thy neighbour. Everybody was asked to go and introduce themselves to a fellow hasher they didn’t know, which resulted in a raucous few minutes of ‘hash bonding’. There were a lot of announcements: Alice saying pay up by the end of September if you want your freebies for Founder’s Day and to think about signing up for the new committee; Sarah about the 350th Kid’s Hash this Sunday (29 years of hashing, the oldest Kid’s hash in the world); Claire (Pee Wee) giving instructions for the Hillathon; Ruth (Ah Struth) asking for somebody to take over Hash Words for 3 months; Alice saying to give advance notice if you want the tent. Greetings were passed on from Rosie Moten in Adelaide. No hashit was awarded this week because everybody was far too well behaved. And then it was time for lots of different pasta dishes and other delights - thank you hares for an excellent run and the yummy food.
The rain had squeezed us all together under the shelter of the tent, which certainly made for a very amicable shout up. The chin wags continued on into the night…
Next run: Lucky Gardens, Jln Muara
Keep an eye out for sun bears! Sun bear, Malay bear, honey bear, dog bear
Despite being the smallest of all the bears, the sun bear is probably the most aggressive, and will attack without provocation.
Body length: 120-150cm, Weight: female 27-50kg, male 27-65kg. They are the smallest species of bear.
Sun bears have short black/dark brown water-repellent fur, with a yellow crescent on their chest. They have strong paws with naked soles and long sickle-shaped claws. They have flexible snouts and very long tongues, which are an adaptation for extracting termites from nests. Relatively, they have the largest canines of all the bear species. Canine teeth are specialised for tearing meat, but sun bears are not particularly carnivorous. They may use their sharp canines as weapons or as tools for tearing at trees to get at insects. Sun bears feed on fruits, berries, insects, termites, eggs and small vertebrates. They will readily climb trees, using their long tongue to raid beehives of honey.
Sun bears live in south east Asia: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Sun bears inhabit lowland tropical rainforests
SITE: Subok 378 (Water tower)
HARES: Madmarg & sister, Paula/Gordon
HENS: 35 CHICKS: 10
FRONT HORN: Anna BACK HORN: Naj
With good weather and plenty of time on hand, I arrived on site and decided to park down the bottom of the hill because Alison was bringing the 100+ this week and I only had the bin to carry up. Heather had arrived even earlier and reluctantly taken on the role of car park attendant, making sure cars didn’t block the way for the tent truck to go up. I spotted Alison and Cheryl and walked down the hill again to help lug the 100+ and softies up. She was busy telling Cheryl tales of her brave encounter with a sun bear in Lucky Gardens – which by the way, is where you will be walking this week, so keep your eyes peeled. One of her dogs decided to try it on, making the bear rear up and growl. Then it saw Alison and her second dog and fortunately thought better of it and ran off. Plenty of time to see the huge claws at close hand though.
It was soon time to head off up the slope past the water tower and along familiar trails. After taking a left hand fork, I was just settling into a very pleasant walk along lovely trails, when I managed to spike myself on a very sharp log that was jutting out into the track – not so pleasant after all! A bit further along I spotted a bit of old paper heading left, with the fresh paper going to the right. I was just thinking the hares had failed in their duties to pick up old paper, when the two tracks converged, so it mattered not. There was one tricky bank to slither down before crossing a stream to get to a nice waterfall. There were also a few other slippery bits to negotiate across other streams, plenty of logs and trips to avoid and of course, ups and downs, but nothing major. I can remember thinking how amazingly quiet it was, except for the occasional call of ‘on – on’ heard in the distance. The track came out onto a more open ridge which I knew to be fairly close to the out. The in and the out paper converged, and a ‘way out’ sign was spotted, making sure fellow hashers didn’t head back into the jungle. But apparently, a few hashers missed seeing the sign and turned the wrong way. They were called back and all were out safely before dark. I never even heard any checking, so the front runners must have been really speedy. I hear from a good source, our friendly JM, that she was the one to find all the checks – only 2 checks this week, but Carol was very pleased with herself that she managed to find them both. She was trying for the hat trick, but none to be had.
The shout up began with Nellie being welcomed back, and the hares given their well deserved down down. We had 3 first time guests – Claire from London, who has been in Brunei for 2 years, but has only just decided to try the hash; Eva, an artist, also from London, who has only been here for 2 weeks; and Lyn from Suffolk. There were a few vocal hashers at this point, so I hope I heard the names right. All 3 elected to drink water for their down down – what is the world coming to? Or is it just the new generation of Brits going soft?
Sarah was welcomed as a new member and Nancy was also given a down down for taking her duties as hashit holder seriously and taking her new friend, the hashit hen, all the way around the hash with her – well done you for great hashit spirit. Our JM gave a serious talk about how we should all be respectful of the religious ideals associated with the month of Ramadhan .ie. love thy neighbour. Everybody was asked to go and introduce themselves to a fellow hasher they didn’t know, which resulted in a raucous few minutes of ‘hash bonding’. There were a lot of announcements: Alice saying pay up by the end of September if you want your freebies for Founder’s Day and to think about signing up for the new committee; Sarah about the 350th Kid’s Hash this Sunday (29 years of hashing, the oldest Kid’s hash in the world); Claire (Pee Wee) giving instructions for the Hillathon; Ruth (Ah Struth) asking for somebody to take over Hash Words for 3 months; Alice saying to give advance notice if you want the tent. Greetings were passed on from Rosie Moten in Adelaide. No hashit was awarded this week because everybody was far too well behaved. And then it was time for lots of different pasta dishes and other delights - thank you hares for an excellent run and the yummy food.
The rain had squeezed us all together under the shelter of the tent, which certainly made for a very amicable shout up. The chin wags continued on into the night…
Next run: Lucky Gardens, Jln Muara
Keep an eye out for sun bears! Sun bear, Malay bear, honey bear, dog bear
Despite being the smallest of all the bears, the sun bear is probably the most aggressive, and will attack without provocation.
Body length: 120-150cm, Weight: female 27-50kg, male 27-65kg. They are the smallest species of bear.
Sun bears have short black/dark brown water-repellent fur, with a yellow crescent on their chest. They have strong paws with naked soles and long sickle-shaped claws. They have flexible snouts and very long tongues, which are an adaptation for extracting termites from nests. Relatively, they have the largest canines of all the bear species. Canine teeth are specialised for tearing meat, but sun bears are not particularly carnivorous. They may use their sharp canines as weapons or as tools for tearing at trees to get at insects. Sun bears feed on fruits, berries, insects, termites, eggs and small vertebrates. They will readily climb trees, using their long tongue to raid beehives of honey.
Sun bears live in south east Asia: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Sun bears inhabit lowland tropical rainforests
Saturday, September 06, 2008
RUN NO. 2089
DATE: 2 SEPT 2008
SITE: DST
HARES: MAGIC ROUDABOUT/TANIA
FRONT HORN: CAROL
BACK HORN: JANE
It was a beautiful evening (no rain clouds visible) as I set off for my weekly exercise being the hash. Having arrived at the site fairly early, I was able to enjoy a bit of a chin wag and browse through the items for sale at our hash shop. So engrossed was I with some new items of clothing that the horn suddenly sounded catching me unawares (where does the time go!) and everyone was dashing off into the jungle at the back of the tent.
So off I dashed trying to make up for lost time, thinking to myself “I am going to engage my brain and try to remember as much as I could of the run”. I started off quite well but failed to remember half way round what I had done! Sorry that’s age for you. We set off through a very pleasant part of the jungle, in fact I could almost say forest, which I believe was a loop as we came out onto the road. We went along the road for a while to head back into the jungle on the right, up a slight incline, and then along a shallow ridge for a while to drop back down (I may be wrong but believe this was where 2nd check was). Now I have a blank spot. I think we carried on for a while in the jungle until we came out onto the road again, but by now I had lost my bearings. Fortunately for me I was with Ready Mix who was explaining exactly where we were (god she is so knowledgeable), one had the feeling that you would not get lost if you stuck to her side! Unfortunately for both Ready Mix and I, as we were talking geography along the road some spiteful bee’s or whatever decided to shake us up a bit by stinging Ready Mix on the left cheek of her bottom and one on each of the top of my legs just under my bottom. This certainly woke us up and as you can imagine, we were running and jumping all over the place. We both felt why, we did not deserve this we had not disturbed anything (how could we, we were walking down the middle of the road). I believe we then went back into the jungle, walked a long a fairly wide dirt track for some while, then off to the right to which we came to a small, reasonably deep bit of a pool. Too wide to be able to jump across so did an obstacle course across it with a balancing act on rather narrow logs and a stick to aide us across. Although I personally did not witness this, I would not be surprised that a few hens may have ended up in the pool. We eventually came out onto the road again not far from the hash site. Because I’m not an FRB, although I couldn’t have been too far back as I heard 1st and 2nd check, I really don’t know who found the three checks, sorry girls. I for once to my surprise was soooo enjoying this run (maybe that’s because I didn’t have to climb ex amount of MOUNTAINS), that I could have continued on an on and on.
Excellent run girls, thoroughly pleasant and enjoyable, and for once we had no mountains to climb!! Thanks also for the scrummy salad and rolls (one of my favorites).
The shout up. Well what can I say such a number of things going on. We had two first time guest, Charlotte from London and Sharon from Australia. Carol brought to our attention that we had 12 guests; longest list of guests ever on the hash (would be nice if we get a few members out of that lot). Hashit. We had a dilemma as there were two misdemeanors – Carol forgot – or rather late to mention her own guest and Madmarg/Nancy for taking a first time guest on a longer run and off paper. It turned into a vote and unfortunately Madmarg/Nancy lost so the hashit they had.
NEXT RUN: SPG 378 SUBOK
HARES: MADMARG/GORDON
SITE: DST
HARES: MAGIC ROUDABOUT/TANIA
FRONT HORN: CAROL
BACK HORN: JANE
It was a beautiful evening (no rain clouds visible) as I set off for my weekly exercise being the hash. Having arrived at the site fairly early, I was able to enjoy a bit of a chin wag and browse through the items for sale at our hash shop. So engrossed was I with some new items of clothing that the horn suddenly sounded catching me unawares (where does the time go!) and everyone was dashing off into the jungle at the back of the tent.
So off I dashed trying to make up for lost time, thinking to myself “I am going to engage my brain and try to remember as much as I could of the run”. I started off quite well but failed to remember half way round what I had done! Sorry that’s age for you. We set off through a very pleasant part of the jungle, in fact I could almost say forest, which I believe was a loop as we came out onto the road. We went along the road for a while to head back into the jungle on the right, up a slight incline, and then along a shallow ridge for a while to drop back down (I may be wrong but believe this was where 2nd check was). Now I have a blank spot. I think we carried on for a while in the jungle until we came out onto the road again, but by now I had lost my bearings. Fortunately for me I was with Ready Mix who was explaining exactly where we were (god she is so knowledgeable), one had the feeling that you would not get lost if you stuck to her side! Unfortunately for both Ready Mix and I, as we were talking geography along the road some spiteful bee’s or whatever decided to shake us up a bit by stinging Ready Mix on the left cheek of her bottom and one on each of the top of my legs just under my bottom. This certainly woke us up and as you can imagine, we were running and jumping all over the place. We both felt why, we did not deserve this we had not disturbed anything (how could we, we were walking down the middle of the road). I believe we then went back into the jungle, walked a long a fairly wide dirt track for some while, then off to the right to which we came to a small, reasonably deep bit of a pool. Too wide to be able to jump across so did an obstacle course across it with a balancing act on rather narrow logs and a stick to aide us across. Although I personally did not witness this, I would not be surprised that a few hens may have ended up in the pool. We eventually came out onto the road again not far from the hash site. Because I’m not an FRB, although I couldn’t have been too far back as I heard 1st and 2nd check, I really don’t know who found the three checks, sorry girls. I for once to my surprise was soooo enjoying this run (maybe that’s because I didn’t have to climb ex amount of MOUNTAINS), that I could have continued on an on and on.
Excellent run girls, thoroughly pleasant and enjoyable, and for once we had no mountains to climb!! Thanks also for the scrummy salad and rolls (one of my favorites).
The shout up. Well what can I say such a number of things going on. We had two first time guest, Charlotte from London and Sharon from Australia. Carol brought to our attention that we had 12 guests; longest list of guests ever on the hash (would be nice if we get a few members out of that lot). Hashit. We had a dilemma as there were two misdemeanors – Carol forgot – or rather late to mention her own guest and Madmarg/Nancy for taking a first time guest on a longer run and off paper. It turned into a vote and unfortunately Madmarg/Nancy lost so the hashit they had.
NEXT RUN: SPG 378 SUBOK
HARES: MADMARG/GORDON
RUN NO. 2088
DATE: 26 AUGUST 2008
SITE: Salambigar Link
HARES: MADMARG/NAJ (as a lion tonight)
HENS: 33 CHICKS: 4
Front Horn: Trish
Back Horn: Alice
Never having been to this site before I was a little worried about the “it’s just by the dump” directions, but not to worry, there was not a whiff of foul air all night! When we arrived there was already a gathering of giggling youths, intent on frolicking in the waterhole, and not at all put off by the presence of so many hens.
The new roster came into effect with Madam Sin delighted to be off on the trail and Never Wrong babysitting the supplies. The run started up a hill and then just kept on going up! An awesome workout for the calves. I am reliably informed that there were checks, but have no idea where they were or who found them – someone much fitter than me! The forest was beautiful, pigs grunted in the valleys, the trail was dry, the bridges were balancing acts and the last bracken hill was punishing. All in all, a great hash.
Back in our ‘enchanted glade’, the waterhole looked particularly inviting, but Lady of the Lake Maria was the only one brave enough to get in. (She informed us the water was cold)
At the shout up chairs unfolded (great selling technique!) and candles and mosquito coils were lit. We welcomed Claire as a new member and sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Veronica. There were four guests, including returning hasher Erin aka Trips, and Maggie aka Miss Spain.
Thanks must go to the Hares for the delicious curry puffs, and also to Maria for her carrot and lemon muffins brought in as a pre-Ramadan treat.
Torches were mandatory on the trail back to the roadside!
NEXT RUN: DST
HARES: MAGIC ROUNDABOUT/TANIA
SITE: Salambigar Link
HARES: MADMARG/NAJ (as a lion tonight)
HENS: 33 CHICKS: 4
Front Horn: Trish
Back Horn: Alice
Never having been to this site before I was a little worried about the “it’s just by the dump” directions, but not to worry, there was not a whiff of foul air all night! When we arrived there was already a gathering of giggling youths, intent on frolicking in the waterhole, and not at all put off by the presence of so many hens.
The new roster came into effect with Madam Sin delighted to be off on the trail and Never Wrong babysitting the supplies. The run started up a hill and then just kept on going up! An awesome workout for the calves. I am reliably informed that there were checks, but have no idea where they were or who found them – someone much fitter than me! The forest was beautiful, pigs grunted in the valleys, the trail was dry, the bridges were balancing acts and the last bracken hill was punishing. All in all, a great hash.
Back in our ‘enchanted glade’, the waterhole looked particularly inviting, but Lady of the Lake Maria was the only one brave enough to get in. (She informed us the water was cold)
At the shout up chairs unfolded (great selling technique!) and candles and mosquito coils were lit. We welcomed Claire as a new member and sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Veronica. There were four guests, including returning hasher Erin aka Trips, and Maggie aka Miss Spain.
Thanks must go to the Hares for the delicious curry puffs, and also to Maria for her carrot and lemon muffins brought in as a pre-Ramadan treat.
Torches were mandatory on the trail back to the roadside!
NEXT RUN: DST
HARES: MAGIC ROUNDABOUT/TANIA
Saturday, August 30, 2008
RUN NO. 2087
DATE: 19 August 2008
SITE: Rimba
HARES: Ah Struth/Never Wrong/Nancy
FRONT HORN: Naj
BACK HORN: Sarah Hill
HENS: 32 CHICKS: 3
It’s been a while since I have done a hash run at Rimba. The run started off on the road testing everyone’s stamina after the long holiday break. We headed right into the jungle following a well defined trail all the way to first check. The first two checks were found quite quickly, both by Magic Roundabout. The route was quite familiar. I'm sure we had been on this track before but in reverse. By the time I got to third check it had been called though so I'm not sure who found it. We then continued on trail thought the jungle until we got to the out skirts of the derelict houses which lead us on a newly cut track thought the long thick grass behind the abandoned houses we knew we were nearly out.
But there was one thing different this time - no Toy Boys!!
I have missed the runs where they were present, dressed in their gorgeous attire. Maybe next time I will get lucky!
At the shout up one new guest was introduced – Sarah from UK
Congratulations to Jan Murphy in completing 100 runs.
The Hashit went to three willing takers: Carol JM, Legally Blonde & Cath.
Thanks also to the Hares for the delicious food.
NEXT RUN: Salambigar Link
HARES: Mad Marg/Naj
SITE: Rimba
HARES: Ah Struth/Never Wrong/Nancy
FRONT HORN: Naj
BACK HORN: Sarah Hill
HENS: 32 CHICKS: 3
It’s been a while since I have done a hash run at Rimba. The run started off on the road testing everyone’s stamina after the long holiday break. We headed right into the jungle following a well defined trail all the way to first check. The first two checks were found quite quickly, both by Magic Roundabout. The route was quite familiar. I'm sure we had been on this track before but in reverse. By the time I got to third check it had been called though so I'm not sure who found it. We then continued on trail thought the jungle until we got to the out skirts of the derelict houses which lead us on a newly cut track thought the long thick grass behind the abandoned houses we knew we were nearly out.
But there was one thing different this time - no Toy Boys!!
I have missed the runs where they were present, dressed in their gorgeous attire. Maybe next time I will get lucky!
At the shout up one new guest was introduced – Sarah from UK
Congratulations to Jan Murphy in completing 100 runs.
The Hashit went to three willing takers: Carol JM, Legally Blonde & Cath.
Thanks also to the Hares for the delicious food.
NEXT RUN: Salambigar Link
HARES: Mad Marg/Naj
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
RUN NO. 2086
Date: 12 August 2008
Site: Lugu
Hens: 25 Chicks: 5
Hares: Peewee/Kathy K / Trailblazer
Front Horn: JM Carol Back Horn: Mad Marg.
After a few false starts and driving along strange roads and following people who didn't seem like Hashers, we finally found our way to the start of tonight's run - the signs seemed in hiding!! Were there 4 or 5 or 6 signs?? I was confused already!!
We were all gathered under the tent waiting and reading the Words to get the low down on tonight's run, smaller in number due to school holidays but full of enthusiasm and keen to go!!. JM Carol told us to follow the pretty pink paper and just after 5-15pm the horn tooted and off we all dashed.
After 4 weeks away and very little exercise,(unless you count hugging the heater and pressing the remote control as exercise) I started off slowly and ambled along talking.
All too quickly there was the first hill to climb and it went up and up and up!! My legs felt like lead already!! but the temperature was pleasant and the scenery was lovely and when we stopped to catch our breath, the views were incredible - the tracks were mainly dry and we went up and down and up and down a few times, we ran over a couple of small streams with just enough water in them to wet our feet slightly and we climbed over a few huge drains and for quite awhile we did follow the road once we got out of the jungle - the cars sounded so close!! There was a small amount of sticky mud near the end to trek through which felt like an extra 5 kilos on our feet and one last hill to climb but after an hour or so, we found our way out- who found the checks is a mystery to me as I was so far behind the front runners though I did see JM Carol flash past me a couple of times at one stage looking for the checks and clutching pink paper in her hand and later on I could hear Naj calling out On Paper after another check but it seemed like miles away. We finally popped back out on the roadway and walked the last hundred metres to the tent for a welcome drink!!.
Thanks to the Hares for setting a great run also.
At the shout up, JM Carol introduced 3 guests - 2 newcomers and 1 visiting Hasher from Stamford in Brisbane who brought greetings to us from her fellow hashers, namely Schnapps (Doris Ellis) and Stubby (Jo Ellis)!! There were calls for the Hashit and we managed to collar 4 victims this time!!!.
Sarah Hill didn't sign in, Trailblazer was caught using her mobile though she swore that it was on Silent Mode, Alice in Wonderland left behind the sign in board last week and it was found by Naj, and Mad Marg didn't sign in her guest. As we were short of ice, we threw a couple of bottles of water over their feet so they were not too drenched!!
Announcements were made - Jan Murphy's car is still for sale, Dizzy has a Sportage 4WD to sell also (see Mad Marg for more info), there is a group called Orient Express playing at Serasa on Thursday, we sang Happy Birthday to Mad Marg, Naj had an announcement but couldn't remember what it was, Ah Struth reminded the word scribes to get their messages to her in plenty of time, we signed a card to express our condolences to Heather Lieshout and then we all enjoyed a delicious supper provided by the Hares - thanks Hares.
As it got darker, the fireflies came out and it was like a mini Beijing Olympics with our own display of the beautiful colours seen as they buzzed around us. Too soon though, the mossies started to have their own supper and dine on us so we "Offed" them but eventually we packed up and left after another great adventure on the Hash.
NEXT RUN: Rimba
HARES: Ah Struth/Nancy/Never Wrong
Site: Lugu
Hens: 25 Chicks: 5
Hares: Peewee/Kathy K / Trailblazer
Front Horn: JM Carol Back Horn: Mad Marg.
After a few false starts and driving along strange roads and following people who didn't seem like Hashers, we finally found our way to the start of tonight's run - the signs seemed in hiding!! Were there 4 or 5 or 6 signs?? I was confused already!!
We were all gathered under the tent waiting and reading the Words to get the low down on tonight's run, smaller in number due to school holidays but full of enthusiasm and keen to go!!. JM Carol told us to follow the pretty pink paper and just after 5-15pm the horn tooted and off we all dashed.
After 4 weeks away and very little exercise,(unless you count hugging the heater and pressing the remote control as exercise) I started off slowly and ambled along talking.
All too quickly there was the first hill to climb and it went up and up and up!! My legs felt like lead already!! but the temperature was pleasant and the scenery was lovely and when we stopped to catch our breath, the views were incredible - the tracks were mainly dry and we went up and down and up and down a few times, we ran over a couple of small streams with just enough water in them to wet our feet slightly and we climbed over a few huge drains and for quite awhile we did follow the road once we got out of the jungle - the cars sounded so close!! There was a small amount of sticky mud near the end to trek through which felt like an extra 5 kilos on our feet and one last hill to climb but after an hour or so, we found our way out- who found the checks is a mystery to me as I was so far behind the front runners though I did see JM Carol flash past me a couple of times at one stage looking for the checks and clutching pink paper in her hand and later on I could hear Naj calling out On Paper after another check but it seemed like miles away. We finally popped back out on the roadway and walked the last hundred metres to the tent for a welcome drink!!.
Thanks to the Hares for setting a great run also.
At the shout up, JM Carol introduced 3 guests - 2 newcomers and 1 visiting Hasher from Stamford in Brisbane who brought greetings to us from her fellow hashers, namely Schnapps (Doris Ellis) and Stubby (Jo Ellis)!! There were calls for the Hashit and we managed to collar 4 victims this time!!!.
Sarah Hill didn't sign in, Trailblazer was caught using her mobile though she swore that it was on Silent Mode, Alice in Wonderland left behind the sign in board last week and it was found by Naj, and Mad Marg didn't sign in her guest. As we were short of ice, we threw a couple of bottles of water over their feet so they were not too drenched!!
Announcements were made - Jan Murphy's car is still for sale, Dizzy has a Sportage 4WD to sell also (see Mad Marg for more info), there is a group called Orient Express playing at Serasa on Thursday, we sang Happy Birthday to Mad Marg, Naj had an announcement but couldn't remember what it was, Ah Struth reminded the word scribes to get their messages to her in plenty of time, we signed a card to express our condolences to Heather Lieshout and then we all enjoyed a delicious supper provided by the Hares - thanks Hares.
As it got darker, the fireflies came out and it was like a mini Beijing Olympics with our own display of the beautiful colours seen as they buzzed around us. Too soon though, the mossies started to have their own supper and dine on us so we "Offed" them but eventually we packed up and left after another great adventure on the Hash.
NEXT RUN: Rimba
HARES: Ah Struth/Nancy/Never Wrong
Monday, August 11, 2008
RUN NO. 2085
Date: 5 August 2008
Run No: 2085
Site: Salziela gardens Spg 38-96 Kg Bunut Kanan
Hens: 25 Chicks: 3
Hares - Legally Blond and Madmarg
Front Horn - Kathie K Back Horn - Naj
This was a short but perfectly formed hash in every way! The number of hens was small and cosy due to the summer break and the hash iself was a trifle short but perfect with good runs, uphills, a bit of water, beautiful jungle and 2 good checks! We followed the road left out of Salziela Gardens and turned sharp right over the large storm dran and off into the jungle. The vegetation was lush and followed a series of undulating features where the pack started to space themselves out.
The first check was found by Pee Wee, across a small rivulete and up a steep ridge. Carol, checking in the other direction, did a stirling job of running like a mad thing in the wrong direction and had a huge distance to make up - but caught up in her usual happy fashion. After a few more good runs up several more steep hills and down into a small gully, the second check was called. Gill who is a new member of the hash did a grand job in assisting with the checking but it was found by Mandy, again on a steep ridge over a small stream, this time on the back check. From then on, it was a pleasant run, up onto a wide ridge with lovely views following pylons and down to some houses and intregued workmen!
We were all expecting that third check but all too soon we had hit the road and were back to the Gardens. Mandy had war wound in the form of blood and thorns and Gill nursed her torn calf. We all agreed as we sipped our G&Ts that is had been a perfect little hash - just the right time for sundowners by the pool - thank you to the Hares for a great Run!
It was Carol's first shout-up as JM and did a great job. Great Samosas and cake followed. Thank you Alice for the food in celebration of her 250th run. The pleasant evening wiled away in a lovely poolside setting.
NEXT RUN: Lugu, Coastal Highway - KM 84.7
HARES: PeeWee/Trailblazer/Kathie K
Run No: 2085
Site: Salziela gardens Spg 38-96 Kg Bunut Kanan
Hens: 25 Chicks: 3
Hares - Legally Blond and Madmarg
Front Horn - Kathie K Back Horn - Naj
This was a short but perfectly formed hash in every way! The number of hens was small and cosy due to the summer break and the hash iself was a trifle short but perfect with good runs, uphills, a bit of water, beautiful jungle and 2 good checks! We followed the road left out of Salziela Gardens and turned sharp right over the large storm dran and off into the jungle. The vegetation was lush and followed a series of undulating features where the pack started to space themselves out.
The first check was found by Pee Wee, across a small rivulete and up a steep ridge. Carol, checking in the other direction, did a stirling job of running like a mad thing in the wrong direction and had a huge distance to make up - but caught up in her usual happy fashion. After a few more good runs up several more steep hills and down into a small gully, the second check was called. Gill who is a new member of the hash did a grand job in assisting with the checking but it was found by Mandy, again on a steep ridge over a small stream, this time on the back check. From then on, it was a pleasant run, up onto a wide ridge with lovely views following pylons and down to some houses and intregued workmen!
We were all expecting that third check but all too soon we had hit the road and were back to the Gardens. Mandy had war wound in the form of blood and thorns and Gill nursed her torn calf. We all agreed as we sipped our G&Ts that is had been a perfect little hash - just the right time for sundowners by the pool - thank you to the Hares for a great Run!
It was Carol's first shout-up as JM and did a great job. Great Samosas and cake followed. Thank you Alice for the food in celebration of her 250th run. The pleasant evening wiled away in a lovely poolside setting.
NEXT RUN: Lugu, Coastal Highway - KM 84.7
HARES: PeeWee/Trailblazer/Kathie K
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
RUN NO. 2084
DATE: 29 July 2008
SITE: Jalan Dadap
HARES: Jane/Julia
FRONT HORN: Magic Roundabout BACK HORN: Naj
HENS: 25 CHICKS: 3
There was a small gathering of hens tonight due to the school holidays. It was a beautiful evening and everyone seemed in high spirits and ready to go, waiting for that familiar blast of the horn. Off we headed in to the jungle following Magic roundabout, the beginning bit was very muddy, a good introduction to hashing for my first time guest.
It wasn't long before we got back onto a good running trail to the waterfall, where we went off to the right and followed a new trail crisscrossing a few streams until we were nearly at first check and heard “Checking from here”. It didn't seem too long before on on was called and away we went up a nice steep hill and then up and over a few smaller hills before getting back on a familiar trail. Third week guest Gillian found first check Great Job!
Sue found second and third check, Well done Old Timer. We had one more stream crossing then shortly after that we were out. My visitor enjoyed the lovely trail through the jungle.
It was a great run/walk.
The shout up was back at Julia's place. The hashit went to Maria for constantly arriving at the Hash with un unidentified MALE & Ready Mix - GM for forgetting to introduce our guest, OOPS! Yummy food was kindly served by Jane & Julia so thanks girls for another pleasant evening.
On On!!!
NEXT RUN: Tanjung Bunot Kanan
HARES: Legally Blonde/Mad Marg
SITE: Jalan Dadap
HARES: Jane/Julia
FRONT HORN: Magic Roundabout BACK HORN: Naj
HENS: 25 CHICKS: 3
There was a small gathering of hens tonight due to the school holidays. It was a beautiful evening and everyone seemed in high spirits and ready to go, waiting for that familiar blast of the horn. Off we headed in to the jungle following Magic roundabout, the beginning bit was very muddy, a good introduction to hashing for my first time guest.
It wasn't long before we got back onto a good running trail to the waterfall, where we went off to the right and followed a new trail crisscrossing a few streams until we were nearly at first check and heard “Checking from here”. It didn't seem too long before on on was called and away we went up a nice steep hill and then up and over a few smaller hills before getting back on a familiar trail. Third week guest Gillian found first check Great Job!
Sue found second and third check, Well done Old Timer. We had one more stream crossing then shortly after that we were out. My visitor enjoyed the lovely trail through the jungle.
It was a great run/walk.
The shout up was back at Julia's place. The hashit went to Maria for constantly arriving at the Hash with un unidentified MALE & Ready Mix - GM for forgetting to introduce our guest, OOPS! Yummy food was kindly served by Jane & Julia so thanks girls for another pleasant evening.
On On!!!
NEXT RUN: Tanjung Bunot Kanan
HARES: Legally Blonde/Mad Marg
Monday, July 28, 2008
RUN NO. 2083
DATE: 22 July 2008
HARES: Linda/Jess
FRONT HORN: Keren
BACK HORN: Naj
HENS: 27
CHICKS: 7
I had never been to Crocodile Beach before and I was pleasantly surprised, it must be one of the nicer beaches in Brunei. We started our run with a nice stroll down the beach, through some water and then we found the first check. Now I don't normally go off to find checks (mainly because I usually walk the hash rather then run), but today I thought I'd give it a go. That was until someone said, 'we're not supposed to check here because there is an unexploded bomb somewhere'!!!!! Now a hash can sometimes be a little dangerous; walking over logs and tripping over roots, but I draw the line at unexploded bombs!! Anyhow while I was mulling over the prospect of being blown to smithereens someone found the 'on paper' and off we went. We ran along a track surrounded by a few trees but I kept loosing the paper (I think the wind must have blown a few pieces away). Once I'd found the paper I could hear 'checking from here' being called ahead. By time I had got there Jill had managed to find the 'on paper' and off we went back onto the beach.
Once we got back onto the beach, we started to get a little confused because we were not sure whether we should go back the way had run down the beach or if we had missed some paper somewhere. In the end we came to the conclusion that we had to go back the way we came. So we waded through the water and strolled back to the tent.
Shortly after we arrived back at tent the Casbah Caravan turned up. I had to leave straight away to get to a meal but my sources tell me from friends who stayed on that the Casbah served delicious Red Snapper in batter with fresh French Fries.
As I drove down to the empire I suddenly realised that I had only picked up two hash signs for next week and that there must be another one still under the tent.....doh! I knew I needed to contact someone but I didn't have the mobile number for anyone on the hash. So I got out the WORDS and started randomly texting people. However it turns out that half the numbers listed on the words don't exist because I got message sending failed. Thankfully Jenny (who wasn't even on the hash) kindly forwarded on my message and Ruth texted me to say that someone had collected it.
Thank you Linda and Jess setting the hash on the beautiful Crococile Beach and thanks for picking up the hash sign for me and for the delicious Fish & Chips.
NEXT RUN: Jalan Dadap
HARES: Jane/Julia
HARES: Linda/Jess
FRONT HORN: Keren
BACK HORN: Naj
HENS: 27
CHICKS: 7
I had never been to Crocodile Beach before and I was pleasantly surprised, it must be one of the nicer beaches in Brunei. We started our run with a nice stroll down the beach, through some water and then we found the first check. Now I don't normally go off to find checks (mainly because I usually walk the hash rather then run), but today I thought I'd give it a go. That was until someone said, 'we're not supposed to check here because there is an unexploded bomb somewhere'!!!!! Now a hash can sometimes be a little dangerous; walking over logs and tripping over roots, but I draw the line at unexploded bombs!! Anyhow while I was mulling over the prospect of being blown to smithereens someone found the 'on paper' and off we went. We ran along a track surrounded by a few trees but I kept loosing the paper (I think the wind must have blown a few pieces away). Once I'd found the paper I could hear 'checking from here' being called ahead. By time I had got there Jill had managed to find the 'on paper' and off we went back onto the beach.
Once we got back onto the beach, we started to get a little confused because we were not sure whether we should go back the way had run down the beach or if we had missed some paper somewhere. In the end we came to the conclusion that we had to go back the way we came. So we waded through the water and strolled back to the tent.
Shortly after we arrived back at tent the Casbah Caravan turned up. I had to leave straight away to get to a meal but my sources tell me from friends who stayed on that the Casbah served delicious Red Snapper in batter with fresh French Fries.
As I drove down to the empire I suddenly realised that I had only picked up two hash signs for next week and that there must be another one still under the tent.....doh! I knew I needed to contact someone but I didn't have the mobile number for anyone on the hash. So I got out the WORDS and started randomly texting people. However it turns out that half the numbers listed on the words don't exist because I got message sending failed. Thankfully Jenny (who wasn't even on the hash) kindly forwarded on my message and Ruth texted me to say that someone had collected it.
Thank you Linda and Jess setting the hash on the beautiful Crococile Beach and thanks for picking up the hash sign for me and for the delicious Fish & Chips.
NEXT RUN: Jalan Dadap
HARES: Jane/Julia
Monday, July 21, 2008
RUN NO. 2082
DATE: 15 JULY 2008
HARES: Trailblazer/Cheryl/Glamour/Veronica L
SITE: Lucky Gardens
HENS: 30 CHICKS: 6
FRONT HORN: Mad Marg BACK HORN: Naj
Pre-run whilst everyone was still arriving, parking (on the opposite side of the road on which we drive, so we had to turn around and head to on-coming traffic, which luckily there was very little), signing in and reading the Words (which contained some interesting ideas about bears being lured onto the run by honey previously laid, porcupine quills - so we may have been lucky and seen one, which we weren’t lucky enough to have seen - and spotting monkeys, which we also didn’t see) there was an announcement that at the beginning of the run there was a snake. But not just any snake a viper.
So at 5.15 the horn sounded and we all (well, some of us) went gallivanting off into the jungle at speed, wary of the snake, but failed to see, and found out later at the shout up that it had moved else where. We followed the lake for a short time before heading away from it, up and up.
Beautiful and interesting flora and fauna could be seen along the entire run. The Words had said that there were two runs – a short and a regular. The regular was like all jungle here; captivating, and of course smothering with humidity.
Linda found first check, for the first time, well done!
And on we went, continuing up and down and along. The lovely and refreshing thing about Lucky Garden is that it isn’t entirely hills; it has its flat bits for people to catch their breath without having to stop. Parts were trippy and slippy (because of the massive thundering, torrential storm on Sunday night).
Emerging from the jungle, not where we usually exit, we crossed the sandy abyss and headed back to cold 100 plus, cold water and cold beer and the shout up. Cooling down and chatting amongst ourselves about the “sneaky”, yet, all-in-all great run.
Before long Smurf was up thanking the hares and introducing the one guest Cathy (who was going on a walk and found the hash so decided to join the run). Linda was congratulated on finding the first check for the first time and was awarded with a beer. There were calls for announcements, surprisingly there were few, and calls for hashit. The new hashit holder I feel was a little bit unfair as it wasn’t her fault her family decided they too didn’t want to miss out on the fun! So she had to sit on ice and was given the ultimatum of drinking the water or wearing it. She decided to down half of it and then pour the remainder on her feet, well taken. Considering the hashit was awarded on a hash offence (No men allowed!! )
Once all that was over the food was served, it was delicious, and a truly varied array. Glamour and Veronica had prepared papadams and aubergine (for which everyone was asking the recipe for), a dahl, a chicken curry, and green salad.
Thank you for a really great run!
NEXT RUN: Crocodile Beach/Pantai Meraggang
HARES: Jessica and Linda
HARES: Trailblazer/Cheryl/Glamour/Veronica L
SITE: Lucky Gardens
HENS: 30 CHICKS: 6
FRONT HORN: Mad Marg BACK HORN: Naj
Pre-run whilst everyone was still arriving, parking (on the opposite side of the road on which we drive, so we had to turn around and head to on-coming traffic, which luckily there was very little), signing in and reading the Words (which contained some interesting ideas about bears being lured onto the run by honey previously laid, porcupine quills - so we may have been lucky and seen one, which we weren’t lucky enough to have seen - and spotting monkeys, which we also didn’t see) there was an announcement that at the beginning of the run there was a snake. But not just any snake a viper.
So at 5.15 the horn sounded and we all (well, some of us) went gallivanting off into the jungle at speed, wary of the snake, but failed to see, and found out later at the shout up that it had moved else where. We followed the lake for a short time before heading away from it, up and up.
Beautiful and interesting flora and fauna could be seen along the entire run. The Words had said that there were two runs – a short and a regular. The regular was like all jungle here; captivating, and of course smothering with humidity.
Linda found first check, for the first time, well done!
And on we went, continuing up and down and along. The lovely and refreshing thing about Lucky Garden is that it isn’t entirely hills; it has its flat bits for people to catch their breath without having to stop. Parts were trippy and slippy (because of the massive thundering, torrential storm on Sunday night).
Emerging from the jungle, not where we usually exit, we crossed the sandy abyss and headed back to cold 100 plus, cold water and cold beer and the shout up. Cooling down and chatting amongst ourselves about the “sneaky”, yet, all-in-all great run.
Before long Smurf was up thanking the hares and introducing the one guest Cathy (who was going on a walk and found the hash so decided to join the run). Linda was congratulated on finding the first check for the first time and was awarded with a beer. There were calls for announcements, surprisingly there were few, and calls for hashit. The new hashit holder I feel was a little bit unfair as it wasn’t her fault her family decided they too didn’t want to miss out on the fun! So she had to sit on ice and was given the ultimatum of drinking the water or wearing it. She decided to down half of it and then pour the remainder on her feet, well taken. Considering the hashit was awarded on a hash offence (No men allowed!! )
Once all that was over the food was served, it was delicious, and a truly varied array. Glamour and Veronica had prepared papadams and aubergine (for which everyone was asking the recipe for), a dahl, a chicken curry, and green salad.
Thank you for a really great run!
NEXT RUN: Crocodile Beach/Pantai Meraggang
HARES: Jessica and Linda
Sunday, July 13, 2008
RUN NO. 2081
DATE: 8th July
SITE: Morely Movers
HARES: MAGIC & JAN
HENS: 33 CHICKS: 5
Why is it I always get stuck behind someone traveling at 20kph on Jalan Muara? I left the house in plenty of time, tootling nicely, then here he comes pulling out right in front of me and then proceeds at a leisurely pace! Don’t these people know there is a Hash to go to on Tuesday at 5.15?
Morley Movers is my kind of site, no huge hills to park on and burn out my clutch, or hugely dangerous storm drains to slid into? Easy parking rules!
I hadn’t been to the hash for a few weeks so it was nice to catch up with friends and hear other people had been suffering from a ‘virus’, not just me!
Before we set off we were told to follow the correct paper and with that we set off up that huge concrete hill into the relative cool of the jungle. Alison pointed out where she had seen a snake on a previous run and we kept a wary eye open for relatives.
I am reliably informed that Kathy K found the first check. The closest I came to checking was coming across some ‘on’ paper. Anyway, Alison, Yann (back horn) and I started to descend, down, down, down, the big hill which was not so muddy for a change. I didn’t need to slide down on my bottom, which is a good thing.
The next checks were found by Mandie and Mad Marg, well done.
We started to walk along the river and kept going on a pretty trail much further than I can remember doing before. I kept thinking we must at some point clamber across the river and go up that horrendous hill, (not so good for chesty people!) but no, on we went.
Somewhere along this stretch perhaps (perhaps – because I had no idea!), Trish found the 4th check. Eventually we bumped into Smurf coming from the other direction. We ambled on chatting away about holidays, and other important stuff, then out at the moonscape and back to the tent.
A really nice hash, well done hares!
The shout up started just as the lightning did. The hares were thanked, a guest was introduced, announcements were made, we were told off for talking, then the hens, who had dressed in red white and blue to honour American Independence Day, were asked to line up and be judged on their outfits.
Naj won, I was second (my goodness) and Nancy was third. We were presented with US goodie bags. Thank you hares for that. More chocolates were handed our for those who found American flags, which were handed over in all manner of survival.
Next the thorny issue of the ‘hash shit’. Smurf managed to persuade Pee Wee to sit on the ice for a misdemeanour involving some missing - then found papers. Alison was very grateful to get rid of the hash shit, thanks Claire.
These events might not be in the correct order, please excuse me if they are not as I was so busy watching the lightning and ‘oh-ing and ah-ing with Struth! It’s all her fault!!
The hares provided us with lovely grub, sausages and salad – under the stars and lightning, what more could you ask for?
Thanks Jan and Jan for a great hash.
NEXT RUN - LUCKY GARDENS: Two runs - A short and a regular! So all should do the run/s. Keep an eye out for the flora and fauna, and some inhabitants of the jungle, we found a porcupine quill, saw monkeys, spilled honey (so there might be bears!). Enjoy the trails after a day off for HM’s birthday.
SITE: Morely Movers
HARES: MAGIC & JAN
HENS: 33 CHICKS: 5
Why is it I always get stuck behind someone traveling at 20kph on Jalan Muara? I left the house in plenty of time, tootling nicely, then here he comes pulling out right in front of me and then proceeds at a leisurely pace! Don’t these people know there is a Hash to go to on Tuesday at 5.15?
Morley Movers is my kind of site, no huge hills to park on and burn out my clutch, or hugely dangerous storm drains to slid into? Easy parking rules!
I hadn’t been to the hash for a few weeks so it was nice to catch up with friends and hear other people had been suffering from a ‘virus’, not just me!
Before we set off we were told to follow the correct paper and with that we set off up that huge concrete hill into the relative cool of the jungle. Alison pointed out where she had seen a snake on a previous run and we kept a wary eye open for relatives.
I am reliably informed that Kathy K found the first check. The closest I came to checking was coming across some ‘on’ paper. Anyway, Alison, Yann (back horn) and I started to descend, down, down, down, the big hill which was not so muddy for a change. I didn’t need to slide down on my bottom, which is a good thing.
The next checks were found by Mandie and Mad Marg, well done.
We started to walk along the river and kept going on a pretty trail much further than I can remember doing before. I kept thinking we must at some point clamber across the river and go up that horrendous hill, (not so good for chesty people!) but no, on we went.
Somewhere along this stretch perhaps (perhaps – because I had no idea!), Trish found the 4th check. Eventually we bumped into Smurf coming from the other direction. We ambled on chatting away about holidays, and other important stuff, then out at the moonscape and back to the tent.
A really nice hash, well done hares!
The shout up started just as the lightning did. The hares were thanked, a guest was introduced, announcements were made, we were told off for talking, then the hens, who had dressed in red white and blue to honour American Independence Day, were asked to line up and be judged on their outfits.
Naj won, I was second (my goodness) and Nancy was third. We were presented with US goodie bags. Thank you hares for that. More chocolates were handed our for those who found American flags, which were handed over in all manner of survival.
Next the thorny issue of the ‘hash shit’. Smurf managed to persuade Pee Wee to sit on the ice for a misdemeanour involving some missing - then found papers. Alison was very grateful to get rid of the hash shit, thanks Claire.
These events might not be in the correct order, please excuse me if they are not as I was so busy watching the lightning and ‘oh-ing and ah-ing with Struth! It’s all her fault!!
The hares provided us with lovely grub, sausages and salad – under the stars and lightning, what more could you ask for?
Thanks Jan and Jan for a great hash.
NEXT RUN - LUCKY GARDENS: Two runs - A short and a regular! So all should do the run/s. Keep an eye out for the flora and fauna, and some inhabitants of the jungle, we found a porcupine quill, saw monkeys, spilled honey (so there might be bears!). Enjoy the trails after a day off for HM’s birthday.
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