<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377</id><updated>2011-10-21T23:59:48.414+08:00</updated><category term='coloured pencil image posted on 27th Oct &apos;08'/><title type='text'>* s h i n i n g ~ s t a r *</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-6269402887641167754</id><published>2011-09-09T23:40:00.258+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-12T16:38:58.274+08:00</updated><title type='text'>* Spring Cloud * Autumn Moon *</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PERXaCdcG_c/TmpFdgOxzUI/AAAAAAAAAsU/_GZkMsovFa0/s1600/serene.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="182" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PERXaCdcG_c/TmpFdgOxzUI/AAAAAAAAAsU/_GZkMsovFa0/s200/serene.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0w9td-12ysc/TmpII0HaYuI/AAAAAAAAAsg/ig5tNvt1hL8/s1600/S+o+n+i+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="140" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0w9td-12ysc/TmpII0HaYuI/AAAAAAAAAsg/ig5tNvt1hL8/s200/S+o+n+i+a.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uptYaH9ggrw/TmpILhLWygI/AAAAAAAAAsk/BOgvlam9HGg/s1600/mum+and+dad+with+Sonia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uptYaH9ggrw/TmpILhLWygI/AAAAAAAAAsk/BOgvlam9HGg/s1600/mum+and+dad+with+Sonia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="165" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uptYaH9ggrw/TmpILhLWygI/AAAAAAAAAsk/BOgvlam9HGg/s320/mum+and+dad+with+Sonia.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;So much warmth and infectious smiles exude from the very lovely Chua family&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;my brief meet-up with them in July.  The days in the&amp;nbsp;week they were in&amp;nbsp;Singapore&amp;nbsp;went by just too quickly. School break was a good time for Sonia to&amp;nbsp;also&amp;nbsp;do some humanitarian work, in support of the community development programmes established by&amp;nbsp;Tabitha Foundation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"&gt;Family photo: Serene, Sonia and Kevin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Helping change lives - photos below ( 14-16 July 2011 ) show a team of volunteers bringing sunshine to families from the Province of Kandal in the area of Doung in Ta Kol Village, Cambodia. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gGGSNYUYR_8/TmrSAJNCXLI/AAAAAAAAAs8/P9qz2DZBHsw/s1600/Completed+House+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gGGSNYUYR_8/TmrSAJNCXLI/AAAAAAAAAs8/P9qz2DZBHsw/s320/Completed+House+web.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oGEyq1xlABk/TmrQGQFsQKI/AAAAAAAAAso/zntSiCbWO8s/s1600/Hammering+nails+in+floorboards+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="209" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oGEyq1xlABk/TmrQGQFsQKI/AAAAAAAAAso/zntSiCbWO8s/s320/Hammering+nails+in+floorboards+web.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ohFkUeH7PrM/TmrQ5SzHXuI/AAAAAAAAAs0/LWmze_1Oylk/s1600/Handingover+blankets+%2526+house+web+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ohFkUeH7PrM/TmrQ5SzHXuI/AAAAAAAAAs0/LWmze_1Oylk/s320/Handingover+blankets+%2526+house+web+2.jpg" width="211" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GK3fwOrNpYQ/TmrSPMn8srI/AAAAAAAAAtA/DKiTDNVsr0s/s1600/Group+photo+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GK3fwOrNpYQ/TmrSPMn8srI/AAAAAAAAAtA/DKiTDNVsr0s/s320/Group+photo+web.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e_5BYHvGkVE/TmrVNBuUr4I/AAAAAAAAAtE/zsI3i5M6MgU/s1600/Group+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e_5BYHvGkVE/TmrVNBuUr4I/AAAAAAAAAtE/zsI3i5M6MgU/s320/Group+web.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-6269402887641167754?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/6269402887641167754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/6269402887641167754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2011/09/s-o-n-i-in-singapore-and-cambodia.html' title='* Spring Cloud * Autumn Moon *'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PERXaCdcG_c/TmpFdgOxzUI/AAAAAAAAAsU/_GZkMsovFa0/s72-c/serene.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-230812817873601283</id><published>2011-07-05T16:16:00.034+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T13:43:54.007+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sonia Chua U/16 Female West Australian Triathlete of the Year 2010-2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VAwuHNn4Mw/ThKu6tD0PnI/AAAAAAAAArY/L4o-9ro0axE/s1600/E.+Reporter+Article+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="229" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VAwuHNn4Mw/ThKu6tD0PnI/AAAAAAAAArY/L4o-9ro0axE/s320/E.+Reporter+Article+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Dear friends. It is my pleasure to share with you&amp;nbsp;a newspaper&amp;nbsp;article featuring Sonia Chua, published by the &lt;em&gt;Eastern Reporter &lt;/em&gt;on 21st June 2011&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and another article profiling Sonia in &lt;em&gt;The Delagram, &lt;/em&gt;newsletter&amp;nbsp;of La Salle College, Perth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;. Lovely photographs of the&amp;nbsp;U/16 Female&amp;nbsp;West Australian Triathlete of the Year 2010-2011 award and&amp;nbsp;of Sonia&amp;nbsp;with her dad/coach at the Triathlon Western Australia Annual Awards &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Night&lt;/span&gt;; and action shots of Sonia - bike &amp;amp; run - are&amp;nbsp;shared on&amp;nbsp;this blog&amp;nbsp;too. Truly, Sonia is a gifted and talented young lady, for she has recently been identified as&amp;nbsp;a TAGS ( Talented and Gifted Student ), and been invited to join her school's elite academic club. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Can't wait to see&amp;nbsp;Sonia at the ITU Triathlon World Championships. We all love, and are so very proud of this beautiful bright young athlete.&amp;nbsp;Our shining star you are, Sonia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;The following article is extracted from The Delagram, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Newsletter of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;La Salle College, Perth, Western Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;STUDENT PROFILE&lt;br /&gt;Miss Sonia Chua&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;U/16 FEMALE WEST AUSTRALIAN TRIATHLETE&amp;nbsp;OF THE YEAR 2010 - 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;I have been competing in triathlons for the past 8 years since I was 7, having been a member of North Coast &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Triathlon Club for 3 years. The most challenging aspect of this sport is that an athlete has to possess excellence &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;and discipline for not one but three different sports: swimming, cycling and running in consecutive order. I train &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;six days a week, some days in the morning and in the evening. My training schedule goes something like this: I &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;swim on Tuesday and Friday; cycle on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday and run on Thursday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;I would say my biggest rival is myself, as I have to overcome my own weaknesses first before I can overcome &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;anything else. My triathlon goals are to make the State team again in the 2011/2012 season and to make both La &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Salle College and Western Australia proud. &lt;br /&gt;I would also like to get into the &lt;i&gt;Triathlon Excellence Programme &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;which is a state talent identification programme to train young junior triathletes in Western Australia to represent A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;ustralia. My long term goals are to make the Australian team and hopefully, attain the World Champion title and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;become an influential athlete in the sporting world. Some advice to teens who want to get into this sport is that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;commitment, dedication and determination are the most important aspects in order to excel. You must be willing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;to sacrifice time for training, but it is a feeling greater than words when achievements are made. You need to put &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;in as much as you want to get out of it and never ask any more than your best but never give any less than your &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;best.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nSOv0L3VcH4/TnA-7sIOAZI/AAAAAAAAAtI/keJ9VIoCtCw/s1600/Sonia.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nSOv0L3VcH4/TnA-7sIOAZI/AAAAAAAAAtI/keJ9VIoCtCw/s200/Sonia.png" width="144" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;The Triathlete of the Year award in each age group is awarded at the Triathlon Western Australia Annual Awards &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Night to recognise the achievements and success of athletes in Triathlon in the 2010/2011 season. Winning this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;award was amazing and somewhat unbelievable. All the sacrifices and hard training have paid off and I am very &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;proud and will cherish this award of recognition throughout my life. I would sincerely like to thank my coaches, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;especially my dad for all his support and encouragement and who also happens to be my club's&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;c&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;ycling coach. Thank you to my club for continuing to provide me with opportunities and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;support. To La Salle College and especially the PE department, thank you for continued &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;support. &lt;i&gt;Lastly but most importantly, to my dear parents who sacrifice everything for me so that &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can be everything I can be and achieve everything I can achieve. They made sure I had every &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;opportunity, and because of that I owe my achievements to my parents as much as to myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Miss Sonia Chua&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Year 10 Student&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YWz01B11sw8/ThKy55UUYvI/AAAAAAAAArg/8IzB479gmkI/s1600/TOTY+award+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YWz01B11sw8/ThKy55UUYvI/AAAAAAAAArg/8IzB479gmkI/s320/TOTY+award+%25282%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vcvCr-aGOco/ThKydA09-QI/AAAAAAAAArc/za7ZpXiYDq8/s1600/Sonia+and+Kevin+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vcvCr-aGOco/ThKydA09-QI/AAAAAAAAArc/za7ZpXiYDq8/s320/Sonia+and+Kevin+%25282%2529.jpg" width="242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UZ8La3eBJPM/ThKy-b_NlaI/AAAAAAAAArk/uodHFIn4jUE/s1600/Sonia+bike+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UZ8La3eBJPM/ThKy-b_NlaI/AAAAAAAAArk/uodHFIn4jUE/s320/Sonia+bike+%25282%2529.jpg" width="219" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N0TMY0dSwNU/ThKzA2LT86I/AAAAAAAAAro/CElrKV9efEA/s1600/Sonia+run+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N0TMY0dSwNU/ThKzA2LT86I/AAAAAAAAAro/CElrKV9efEA/s320/Sonia+run+%25283%2529.jpg" width="154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;photos: Kevin Chua&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-230812817873601283?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/230812817873601283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/230812817873601283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2011/07/sonia-chua.html' title='Sonia Chua U/16 Female West Australian Triathlete of the Year 2010-2011'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VAwuHNn4Mw/ThKu6tD0PnI/AAAAAAAAArY/L4o-9ro0axE/s72-c/E.+Reporter+Article+%25282%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-8811631184588006124</id><published>2011-02-03T02:03:00.010+08:00</published><updated>2011-06-01T15:28:45.582+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Year of The Rabbit</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Happy Lunar New Year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I wish you good health, good luck and&amp;nbsp;happiness everyday of the year&lt;br /&gt;Selamat Tahun Baru Cina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c7AbPCRczTQ/TeXm2iOeP3I/AAAAAAAAArU/rFTtEVSaBzo/s1600/happylunarnewyear.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="111" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c7AbPCRczTQ/TeXm2iOeP3I/AAAAAAAAArU/rFTtEVSaBzo/s200/happylunarnewyear.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"&gt;Gong Xi Fa Cai !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-8811631184588006124?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/8811631184588006124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/8811631184588006124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-year-of-rabbit.html' title='Happy Year of The Rabbit'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c7AbPCRczTQ/TeXm2iOeP3I/AAAAAAAAArU/rFTtEVSaBzo/s72-c/happylunarnewyear.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-4887656306975187407</id><published>2010-12-24T19:07:00.015+08:00</published><updated>2011-06-01T18:55:20.174+08:00</updated><title type='text'>season's greetings and smiles</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Season's Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Tis the season to be jolly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;May your holidays be filled with everything that makes you smile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TRTIHjgxKtI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/6JogQ5VcK_U/s1600/palas+1+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="111" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TRTIHjgxKtI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/6JogQ5VcK_U/s200/palas+1+%25281%2529.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-4887656306975187407?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/4887656306975187407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/4887656306975187407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2010/12/seasons-greetings-best-wishes-for-new.html' title='season&apos;s greetings and smiles'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TRTIHjgxKtI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/6JogQ5VcK_U/s72-c/palas+1+%25281%2529.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-3569166110867718755</id><published>2010-09-11T09:11:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-10T23:21:51.222+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Elephant - Symbol of Fortune</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TJ1fXRj5IvI/AAAAAAAAAqA/FjV6tu4CjtE/s1600/cycling+elephant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TJ1fXRj5IvI/AAAAAAAAAqA/FjV6tu4CjtE/s1600/cycling+elephant.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;The elephant&lt;/b&gt; has been a cultural icon of Thailand since ancient days and has become a symbol of fortune, and the superstitious will pay to pass beneath the animal's body and receive a share of the luck that it carries. White elephants, through their very scarcity, adopted an importance of their own, and became the rightful property of the reigning monarch. This led to the super imposition of a white elephant on the red field of the national flag of Siam, as Thailand was once known. Early Siamese coins featured an engraved elephant, and their images can be found in abundance in the compounds of many of the older temples.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TK1iDOMmYdI/AAAAAAAAAqM/zcKIizFyNHk/s1600/postcard+from+bkk+2005+for+rundezvous.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ex="true" height="116" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TK1iDOMmYdI/AAAAAAAAAqM/zcKIizFyNHk/s320/postcard+from+bkk+2005+for+rundezvous.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;The Asian elephant, the species found in Thailand, is renowned for its intelligence and is known to actively think about its actions, rather than merely memorise instructions. The creature also has a fine memory and the expression "An elephant never forgets" entered the English language long ago. The term "White elephant", meaning something given that is not wanted, entered western speech many years back, and it is reputed that this originated in old Siam. It was the custom of the monarch to bestow the highest praise by giving a royal white elephant to a courtier as a mark of especial favour, together with a tithe of land to support the animal's needs of grazing and forage. The same gift could also be given by these shrewd rulers to show displeasure, as no land would be provided, and the gift that could not be refused had to be fed at the offender's expense.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;The above article is extracted from online magazine "Welcome to Chiangmai &amp;amp; Chiangrai". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos are scanned from my personal collection of postcards and souvenirs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Elephants also symbolise inner strength and wisdom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-3569166110867718755?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/3569166110867718755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/3569166110867718755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2010/09/elephant-symbol-of-fortune.html' title='Elephant - Symbol of Fortune'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TJ1fXRj5IvI/AAAAAAAAAqA/FjV6tu4CjtE/s72-c/cycling+elephant.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-7140446328103842394</id><published>2010-06-23T06:23:00.129+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:24:11.082+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Golden Girl Sonia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TCGFgY1eZ1I/AAAAAAAAAnA/CBVcwqpCtG0/s1600/State-Glory-Beckons-5.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" ru="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TCGFgY1eZ1I/AAAAAAAAAnA/CBVcwqpCtG0/s200/State-Glory-Beckons-5.gif" width="88" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Three months ago, my good friend Kevin Chua shared some very heart-warming news. Kevin assured us that he and his family were safe from the wild hail storm which swept across Perth on 22 March 2010&amp;nbsp; :)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Another wonderful news is that Sonia is now a member of the&amp;nbsp;Western Australia Triathlon Team! They had a great race at the Australian National Triathlon Championships, held in Adelaide. I was informed that during the triathlon off peak season between Apr-Sep, Sonia focuses on road and track cycling. She would also compete in duathlons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Sonia dear, you are blessed with sporting talent. Your&amp;nbsp;journey on the road of high performance in sports will be incredibly intense and bumpy at times, but with such &lt;i&gt;tremendous&lt;/i&gt; love and support from&amp;nbsp;your wonderful parents, it will be utter bliss! Let your light shine bright..........luv ya! Segalanya mungkin!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TCGG6FPBSyI/AAAAAAAAAnY/sJzr9x2XMw8/s1600/Sonia-on-bike-blog.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="178" ru="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TCGG6FPBSyI/AAAAAAAAAnY/sJzr9x2XMw8/s200/Sonia-on-bike-blog.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TCGGmtItzgI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/v7xoceGbn8g/s1600/Junior-Girls-for-blog.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="121" ru="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TCGGmtItzgI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/v7xoceGbn8g/s200/Junior-Girls-for-blog.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TCGGJznjh5I/AAAAAAAAAnI/mLnJblrO0Wg/s1600/Hills-Gazette-Article-3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" ru="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TCGGJznjh5I/AAAAAAAAAnI/mLnJblrO0Wg/s200/Hills-Gazette-Article-3.gif" width="191" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TCGHR7oFThI/AAAAAAAAAng/Cp2JC9QRuus/s1600/Junior-Girls-skinsuit-blog.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="125" ru="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TCGHR7oFThI/AAAAAAAAAng/Cp2JC9QRuus/s200/Junior-Girls-skinsuit-blog.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos: Courtesy of Kevin Chua&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-7140446328103842394?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/7140446328103842394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/7140446328103842394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2010/06/golden-girl-sonia.html' title='Golden Girl Sonia'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/TCGFgY1eZ1I/AAAAAAAAAnA/CBVcwqpCtG0/s72-c/State-Glory-Beckons-5.gif' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-4923180154723742821</id><published>2010-02-16T14:16:00.032+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:25:14.106+08:00</updated><title type='text'>a very special thank you shout out</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/S3qwtRdrNfI/AAAAAAAAAmU/k_o48k5R3u4/s1600-h/Will+I.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438853791831766514" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/S3qwtRdrNfI/AAAAAAAAAmU/k_o48k5R3u4/s200/Will+I.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 160px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 100px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Any ill experience or words I have felt in the past, has died inside of me. My courage and strength is drawn from the energies of love and support from friends who continue believing in my cause. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; A very special thank you shout out goes to all who have shown me kindness through the years, and to the angels who have helped me through my difficult times since that fateful day of February 14, 2009. You have reawakened me and have smoothed out some of my bleak and jagged views about people and life.&amp;nbsp; I am deeply moved, and eternally grateful by your undying support.&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-4923180154723742821?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/4923180154723742821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/4923180154723742821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2010/02/will-i.html' title='a very special thank you shout out'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/S3qwtRdrNfI/AAAAAAAAAmU/k_o48k5R3u4/s72-c/Will+I.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-9209778385786040590</id><published>2009-12-24T12:24:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:25:48.578+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Season's  Greetings :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SzLj5KdElwI/AAAAAAAAAl8/oL7lDjHjt6A/s1600-h/rundezvous+season%27s+greetings+2009.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418643872878466818" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SzLj5KdElwI/AAAAAAAAAl8/oL7lDjHjt6A/s200/rundezvous+season%27s+greetings+2009.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 89px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;May this season be for you, one of happiest reconciliation,&lt;br /&gt;of renewed hope and strength and, of reciprocated kindness for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;you and all whose lives have been touched by you;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;May the holidays and the coming year hold many joys for you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-9209778385786040590?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/9209778385786040590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/9209778385786040590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/12/s-e-s-o-n-s-g-r-e-e-t-i-n-g-s.html' title='Season&apos;s  Greetings :)'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SzLj5KdElwI/AAAAAAAAAl8/oL7lDjHjt6A/s72-c/rundezvous+season%27s+greetings+2009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-5544113366986642340</id><published>2009-07-13T07:13:00.015+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-13T12:44:43.785+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ho Jun Rong &amp; Friends</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmF0I2CWa5I/AAAAAAAAAlk/F-fXaVaHxmk/s1600-h/kangar+2+crop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359692726840748946" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmF0I2CWa5I/AAAAAAAAAlk/F-fXaVaHxmk/s200/kangar+2+crop.jpg" style="float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 186px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; minutes before the road race &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at Padang Besar, Thailand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmF0IuB8G7I/AAAAAAAAAlc/Buu0emQD8ck/s1600-h/at+padang+Thai.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359692724691540914" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmF0IuB8G7I/AAAAAAAAAlc/Buu0emQD8ck/s200/at+padang+Thai.JPG" style="float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; flood = criterium (and itt) cancelled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmF0IeedgWI/AAAAAAAAAlU/Qab97Hqn7ZI/s1600-h/start+finish+in+banjir+perlis+2005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359692720516202850" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmF0IeedgWI/AAAAAAAAAlU/Qab97Hqn7ZI/s200/start+finish+in+banjir+perlis+2005.JPG" style="float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmF5VbTySxI/AAAAAAAAAl0/UxIgtMnTtWE/s1600-h/BANJIR+in+Perlis+2005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359698440562559762" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmF5VbTySxI/AAAAAAAAAl0/UxIgtMnTtWE/s200/BANJIR+in+Perlis+2005.JPG" style="float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; a walk to the shops&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; 5.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; my bike in a tub  ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmF0ovPdzPI/AAAAAAAAAls/2xjoQ3Fv0pw/s1600-h/my+bike+in+a+tub+in+perlis.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359693274772524274" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmF0ovPdzPI/AAAAAAAAAls/2xjoQ3Fv0pw/s200/my+bike+in+a+tub+in+perlis.JPG" style="float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;children playing &lt;/span&gt; :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFzl0QufDI/AAAAAAAAAlE/W5YF4BSCn-o/s1600-h/flooded+Perlis.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359692125068753970" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFzl0QufDI/AAAAAAAAAlE/W5YF4BSCn-o/s200/flooded+Perlis.JPG" style="float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFzlVLp2rI/AAAAAAAAAk8/4LFaubs-Lkc/s1600-h/SWCT+SIN+PERLIS+2005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359692116725979826" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFzlVLp2rI/AAAAAAAAAk8/4LFaubs-Lkc/s200/SWCT+SIN+PERLIS+2005.JPG" style="float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFzGzve85I/AAAAAAAAAk0/UPRYdAxHXoA/s1600-h/Perlis+Seaside.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359691592353379218" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFzGzve85I/AAAAAAAAAk0/UPRYdAxHXoA/s200/Perlis+Seaside.JPG" style="float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;7.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;SWCT&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;support vehicle provided by event organisers &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;8.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; race route by the seaside&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;9.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Jun Rong at Gelang Patah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFzGAS5aoI/AAAAAAAAAkk/MxjAFILoO4k/s1600-h/JR+in+SWCT+Charity+jersey.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359691578543270530" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFzGAS5aoI/AAAAAAAAAkk/MxjAFILoO4k/s200/JR+in+SWCT+Charity+jersey.JPG" style="float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFyhWIrqaI/AAAAAAAAAkc/zdWt7EqF0lI/s1600-h/JR+at+the+start+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359690948750846370" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFyhWIrqaI/AAAAAAAAAkc/zdWt7EqF0lI/s200/JR+at+the+start+2.jpg" style="float: left; height: 151px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;10.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Individual Time Triat at Gelang Patah, Johor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFyhCnTsAI/AAAAAAAAAkU/qMvVtHXsVKE/s1600-h/jun+rong+%26+farhan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359690943510589442" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFyhCnTsAI/AAAAAAAAAkU/qMvVtHXsVKE/s200/jun+rong+%26+farhan.jpg" style="float: left; height: 148px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;11.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; smiling Farhan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFyg1nKT8I/AAAAAAAAAkM/rWtWu6x9Eiw/s1600-h/Danga+Bay+International.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359690940020314050" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmFyg1nKT8I/AAAAAAAAAkM/rWtWu6x9Eiw/s200/Danga+Bay+International.JPG" style="float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;12.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Jun Rong &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;friends at Danga Bay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-5544113366986642340?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/5544113366986642340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/5544113366986642340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/07/photos-at-perlis-open-2005.html' title='Ho Jun Rong &amp; Friends'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SmF0I2CWa5I/AAAAAAAAAlk/F-fXaVaHxmk/s72-c/kangar+2+crop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-4026560097418305210</id><published>2009-07-12T07:12:00.021+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T00:06:45.849+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Phil Liggett &amp; Paul Sherwen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SllzPCyvOII/AAAAAAAAAUk/4KyO8qy0Yvw/s1600-h/Phil+Ligget+%26+Paul+Sherwin+in+JB.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357439934018828418" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SllzPCyvOII/AAAAAAAAAUk/4KyO8qy0Yvw/s200/Phil+Ligget+%26+Paul+Sherwin+in+JB.JPG" style="height: 150px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;I first met Mr Phil Liggett and Mr Paul Sherwen at the Le Tour de Langkawi in 1998. My job at the Ltdl secretariat required&amp;nbsp;me to follow&amp;nbsp;the entire&amp;nbsp;tour from where it started in Langkawi to Kuala Lumpur. The day I enjoyed most was when I was allowed to ' be in the race ' -&amp;nbsp;from the comfort of&amp;nbsp;the Race Director's car. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;The LTDL Race Director was Mr Pat McQuaid. Viewing this amazing&amp;nbsp;race up Genting Highlands in a first class seat was of course, completely breathtaking ...and unforgettable. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI5/layout.asp?MenuId=MTI2NDU&amp;amp;LangId=1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI5/layout.asp?MenuId=MTI2NDU&amp;amp;LangId=1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;The above photo was taken at the Hyatt Hotel, Johor Bahru - Ltdl 2004.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-4026560097418305210?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/4026560097418305210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/4026560097418305210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/07/phil-liggett-paul-sherwen.html' title='Phil Liggett &amp; Paul Sherwen'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SllzPCyvOII/AAAAAAAAAUk/4KyO8qy0Yvw/s72-c/Phil+Ligget+%26+Paul+Sherwin+in+JB.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-5972760279874133850</id><published>2009-06-09T09:09:00.008+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:27:23.095+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Re: Game for Bali?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;SWCT turned five in April with new candles on a newly revamped website: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.swctevents.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;http://www.swctevents.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; ...one of the key articles that may interest you is the Bali Expedition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-5972760279874133850?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/5972760279874133850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/5972760279874133850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/06/re-game-for-bali.html' title='Re: Game for Bali?'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-431962173812435444</id><published>2009-06-03T18:03:00.010+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-08T15:21:02.732+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Re: S O N I A The World Awaits You</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SiYhdwZ1soI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ElWxyvOFvtw/s1600-h/Sonia,+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342994803014873730" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SiYhdwZ1soI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ElWxyvOFvtw/s200/Sonia,+1.JPG" style="height: 150px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Sonia posing for the cam before the tri begins &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Sonia at the start of mtb race in the boys under-15 category&lt;b&gt; &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;The race begins &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Sonia at age 10 racing in the&lt;i&gt; women's&lt;/i&gt; category - 2007, Singapore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SiYgJs7N5lI/AAAAAAAAAUU/rjVn0gG2XjM/s1600-h/Sonia+at+BT.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342993358972118610" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SiYgJs7N5lI/AAAAAAAAAUU/rjVn0gG2XjM/s200/Sonia+at+BT.JPG" style="float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 134px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ShPcILV-khI/AAAAAAAAAUM/RdBKbi2syF0/s1600-h/Sonia+placed+5th.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337852016406204946" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ShPcILV-khI/AAAAAAAAAUM/RdBKbi2syF0/s200/Sonia+placed+5th.jpg" style="float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ShPbqI2cqqI/AAAAAAAAAUE/fi-pcdyew8U/s1600-h/Sonia+racing+with+the+boys+%28+age+cat+-under+15+%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337851500341013154" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ShPbqI2cqqI/AAAAAAAAAUE/fi-pcdyew8U/s200/Sonia+racing+with+the+boys+%28+age+cat+-under+15+%29.jpg" style="float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Sonia Chua is blessed with sporting talent. Her sole inspiration and mentor had always been her mum Serene, and dad Kevin. They now live 2,422 miles across the oceans. In his email, Kevin wrote “Sonia is growing from strength to strength”. He says that she now swims and runs faster than her mum and dad, and in the cycle, they are also no more a match for her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;I’m sure moving down under has brought new meaning to this wonderful family, and that life begins at 12 for Sonia. School is going well for her and recently this precocious little girl competed with fantastic race results in the mtb cross country and triathlon racing events. On top of this, her first participation in a road team time trial also had an awesome podium finish. Sonia and her teammates were champions in the 30km ttt and blew away even the senior teams. She is the youngest member of "The Rubber Duckies” whose age range is 12-15. In mtb races, the under -13 cat course is too short for her, so she has to compete with participants of a different age group in a category listed as ‘Boys under-15’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;We look forward to more great news. Will track racing be next?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sonia. You are a child of tomorrow. This world awaits you and all that you will be.&lt;span style="color: #999999;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ShPZIOfqhfI/AAAAAAAAATc/7ERsoMeaiVA/s1600-h/Sonia.2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337848718717257202" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ShPZIOfqhfI/AAAAAAAAATc/7ERsoMeaiVA/s200/Sonia.2.JPG" style="float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: magenta;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;"Boldness has genius, power and magic in it&lt;br /&gt;Whatever you can do or dream you can"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ShPYxRrba8I/AAAAAAAAATU/lAJzWAq1a9g/s1600-h/The+Rubber+Duckies+-+Junior+Team+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337848324434914242" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ShPYxRrba8I/AAAAAAAAATU/lAJzWAq1a9g/s200/The+Rubber+Duckies+-+Junior+Team+2.jpg" style="float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Tri bike leg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; The Rubber Duckies&lt;br /&gt;photo credit - Kevin Chua&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-431962173812435444?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/431962173812435444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/431962173812435444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/06/re-s-o-n-i-the-world-awaits-you.html' title='Re: S O N I A The World Awaits You'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SiYhdwZ1soI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ElWxyvOFvtw/s72-c/Sonia,+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-24768398636527870</id><published>2009-05-17T15:33:00.017+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:28:21.452+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Re: Poetry from the Darkside</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Dear Readers,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;I chanced upon an article I had kept two years ago. It was written by one who went through something which probably many of us do not understand. He penned his sentiments poetically and pointedly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Let It Fall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;To you who revisit my writings, I beg your forgiveness for I have no wish to revive the dead. The dead will indeed bury the dead, but the sprightly song of the hills will continue to reverberate in the souls of all but the few whose ways were destined to bring shame upon themselves and any who would share in their vomit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Indeed I taut my words as strings on a bow for already I have need to pull arrows from my bleeding heart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;When goodwill turns grown men to slothful ills, let goodwill fall that good men may be spared the bloody mill. You who read, who love your wheels and ride the hills, yours is the keeping of the circuit’s gentle slopes, its bends and pastoral sounds ...use things, love people, not the other way around.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-24768398636527870?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/24768398636527870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/24768398636527870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/05/re-poetry-from-darkside.html' title='Re: Poetry from the Darkside'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-6618613208361104874</id><published>2009-05-16T12:00:00.011+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:30:13.210+08:00</updated><title type='text'>L O Y A L T Y</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Definition of the word 'loyalty' from the Encarta dictionary: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;state of being loyal; the quality of being loyal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;u&gt;Synonyms:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;faithfulness, devotion, allegiance, trustworthiness, constancy, reliability, fidelity, dependability, steadfastness &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Loyalty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: cyan; color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #3d85c6;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ea9999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #674ea7;"&gt;Now you see it (Here today)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cccccc;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Now you don't. (Gone tomorrow)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-6618613208361104874?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/6618613208361104874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/6618613208361104874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/05/l-o-y-l-t-y.html' title='L O Y A L T Y'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-201423586940332962</id><published>2009-05-07T05:07:00.057+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:33:57.385+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Re: Training Rides; Neighbouring Hills &amp; Highlands</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SgKJoT5y5dI/AAAAAAAAASE/k4H_agd3MnQ/s1600-h/Tg.Sedili,+2nd+May+no.4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332976234390545874" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SgKJoT5y5dI/AAAAAAAAASE/k4H_agd3MnQ/s200/Tg.Sedili,+2nd+May+no.4.jpg" style="float: left; height: 124px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SgKA6hCZ15I/AAAAAAAAAR8/ySt2I0Lys3g/s1600-h/Ismail.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332966651549308818" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SgKA6hCZ15I/AAAAAAAAAR8/ySt2I0Lys3g/s200/Ismail.jpg" style="float: left; height: 134px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SgKAoOw4RvI/AAAAAAAAAR0/TypcwbFdD28/s1600-h/Mawai-Tg.Sedili2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332966337406322418" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SgKAoOw4RvI/AAAAAAAAAR0/TypcwbFdD28/s200/Mawai-Tg.Sedili2.jpg" style="float: left; height: 134px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SgJ40JUz55I/AAAAAAAAARs/o2XkFlVHUUc/s1600-h/Lynn+very+focused.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332957746011826066" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SgJ40JUz55I/AAAAAAAAARs/o2XkFlVHUUc/s200/Lynn+very+focused.jpg" style="float: left; height: 134px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;When we are&amp;nbsp;not at the Kampongkaki Circuit: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kampongkaki.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;http://www.kampongkaki.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt; we would&amp;nbsp;take our bike just across the causeway. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;In line are some nice climbs several hour drive from our doorstep. Genting and Frasers Hill had been our playground for many years, with Cameron Higlands recently being my personal favourite @,@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;One of the most memorable rides I'd done on mtb (Kona Explosive on 1.5 semi slick tyres) was my first century ride from KL to CH in Dec 1995. I've not repeated the ride to Tanah Rata via Tapah (the old road) since that day. From Tanah Rata (next day), we had set off for Gua Musang through the logging trails, arriving at the little town of Gua Musang at 3.30am. Other than the numerous tours in Bali and East Java, the awesome rides up the mountains in Chiangmai and Kanchanaburi remain unforgettable. I also enjoyed Gunung Jerai in Kedah and the long winding hills in Penang as well as the switchbacks on Penang Hill. Remember to take many deep breaths before you start your engine up this monster Penang Hill. Surprisingly, Langkawi has some nice hills too. If you are looking for other hills near KL, check out the Semenyih Dam (Hulu Langat) &amp;amp; Kiara (great off-road trails).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;In my view, the ultimate climax for any hill ride/sprint in Malaysia would be Gua Musang and Gunung Brinchang. You will love it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Training Rides&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;I'd always enjoyed the 40km 'easy' ride to Kota Tinggi from JB causeway. I&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; lurve&lt;/span&gt; the feel of it even on 4 wheels (if you include the steering wheel... it would then be a 5 wheel drive!). Over the next few training rides via JB town, I'll be enjoying the aircon on 5 wheels and the Nikon F3 which has recently kept me busy. This camera is a wonderful gift. Truly. Truly. Truly! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Cycling from Tg.Belungkor or Tg.Pengelih is great for some. It would suit newbies, or if it is your first bike trip there. The 'traffic free' route is a plus. If you reside in the east; love lounging in a bumboat and/or ferry; and have the whole day to 'burn' this would be for you. For other cyclists and non-easterners who may feel the same way as I do, we will not find Tg.Belungkor or Tg.Pengelih appealing anymore, for the simple reason that some 'unproductive' hours spent from the moment we jump out of bed to the time on the roads to Changi, followed by the journey on the bumboat/ferry to Tg.Pengelih or Tg. Belungkor FT *yawn* is a drag. An absolute drag..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;I personally prefer the roads from JB northwards (e.g. Kulai, Pontian, Kukup, KT, Mersing, Endau, etc.). Training within any part of Johor with the company of a support vehicle, was unheard of ...in the late 90's to the turn of the new century. However, I will not hesitate to use a support vehicle these days. Get hold of one, even if you are purely a recreational cyclist. Better safe than sorry. Safety, First. Always.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-201423586940332962?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/201423586940332962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/201423586940332962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/05/re-tgsedili.html' title='Re: Training Rides; Neighbouring Hills &amp; Highlands'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SgKJoT5y5dI/AAAAAAAAASE/k4H_agd3MnQ/s72-c/Tg.Sedili,+2nd+May+no.4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-3124072714073995978</id><published>2009-05-03T05:03:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:34:45.089+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Delayed Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Sf27oWWgMZI/AAAAAAAAARE/PIXqGM8bD88/s1600-h/Lynn+9.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331623835745661330" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Sf27oWWgMZI/AAAAAAAAARE/PIXqGM8bD88/s200/Lynn+9.JPG" style="float: right; height: 134px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photo (on the right) was taken five days before Lynn's first training ride to Mersing/Sedili.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;My apologies for the slight delay on the updates - a minor revamp is currently under construction.&amp;nbsp;Stay tuned!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.swctevents.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;http://www.swctevents.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-3124072714073995978?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/3124072714073995978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/3124072714073995978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/05/udate-delayed.html' title='Delayed Update'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Sf27oWWgMZI/AAAAAAAAARE/PIXqGM8bD88/s72-c/Lynn+9.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-8244809193689491171</id><published>2009-04-24T04:24:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:35:21.493+08:00</updated><title type='text'>SWCT is five!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SfXg3szPPEI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/pGlKkHCMT2s/s1600-h/Lynn+5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329412981586345026" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SfXg3szPPEI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/pGlKkHCMT2s/s200/Lynn+5.JPG" style="float: right; height: 134px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cccccc;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Singapore Women's Cycling Team has just turned five. Look out for the latest update&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.swctevents.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;http://www.swctevents.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-8244809193689491171?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/8244809193689491171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/8244809193689491171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/04/swct-is-five.html' title='SWCT is five!'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SfXg3szPPEI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/pGlKkHCMT2s/s72-c/Lynn+5.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-7826836077310376585</id><published>2009-03-28T00:34:00.014+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:43:25.473+08:00</updated><title type='text'>All Kinds of Everything</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Sc0C-LwPWkI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/ZLo2etYmMew/s1600-h/Inaugual+CGI+cake.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317910002324691522" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Sc0C-LwPWkI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/ZLo2etYmMew/s200/Inaugual+CGI+cake.JPG" style="float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317908050500665730" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Sc0BMkpIQYI/AAAAAAAAAQs/w4DgbJc_4i0/s200/little+girl+at+the+spring+Dec+2009-+simpang+pulai.jpg" style="float: right; height: 167px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;This little girl was with her parents and baby brother at the spring of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Simpang Pulai. Water at this spring tastes better than any bottled water.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;The lovely CGI cake @Starbucks, Tanah Rata on August 9, 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-7826836077310376585?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/7826836077310376585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/7826836077310376585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-took-shot-of-this-little-girl-in-dec.html' title='All Kinds of Everything'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Sc0C-LwPWkI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/ZLo2etYmMew/s72-c/Inaugual+CGI+cake.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-4731130192612346696</id><published>2009-01-11T23:11:00.012+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:45:06.654+08:00</updated><title type='text'>3 MUST SEE FILMS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOT ONE LESS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;A film from Zhang Yimou&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;A story of courage and triumph. A look into the rural Chinese culture and the struggle for survival, not to mention education of the children.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;WAR DANCE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;A film by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;A feature length documentary. The war stole everything, except their music.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;WAR PHOTOGRAPHER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;A film by Christian Frei with James Nachtwey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;About the film\ Quote "Every minute I was there, I wanted to flee.I did not want to see this.Would I cut and run, or would I deal with the responsibility of being there with a camera" (James Nachtwey).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-4731130192612346696?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/4731130192612346696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/4731130192612346696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2009/01/3-must-see-films.html' title='3 MUST SEE FILMS'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-3803001626368189445</id><published>2008-12-08T20:28:00.037+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:49:55.298+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Kawah Ijen, Banyuwangi (East Java)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ST1TDWbgfXI/AAAAAAAAAPE/j26WWsDuWmE/s1600-h/after+mining+for+sulphur.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277465655373757810" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ST1TDWbgfXI/AAAAAAAAAPE/j26WWsDuWmE/s200/after+mining+for+sulphur.jpg" style="height: 140px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ST1Xm6_R6bI/AAAAAAAAAP0/vWycYDckch4/s1600-h/sulphur+smoke+&amp;amp;+turqoise+lake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277470664529406386" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ST1Xm6_R6bI/AAAAAAAAAP0/vWycYDckch4/s200/sulphur+smoke+%26+turqoise+lake.jpg" style="height: 142px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ST3cCItkcAI/AAAAAAAAAQc/vioxFL5gu8w/s1600-h/sulphur+miner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277616267604553730" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ST3cCItkcAI/AAAAAAAAAQc/vioxFL5gu8w/s200/sulphur+miner.jpg" style="float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 138px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ST3cbWcrx2I/AAAAAAAAAQk/YJDpS-yPsME/s1600-h/Kawah+Ijen,+East+Java+%281%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277616700788557666" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ST3cbWcrx2I/AAAAAAAAAQk/YJDpS-yPsME/s200/Kawah+Ijen,+East+Java+%281%29.jpg" style="float: right; height: 140px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;These photographic images were captured in 1993, thanks to a borrowed little camera and a precious roll of film. My heart moved, as I trekked up Mt.Ijen and passed sulphur miners who, with their load of sulphur, walked gracefully with bandaged flip flops. Each fading print was kept in a box but not forgotten&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;The landscape is absolutely breathtaking. The sulphur miners' work is arduous and backbreaking. Their lunch was a simple packet of rice. &lt;i&gt;Only rice.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each basket of sulphur weighs an average of 80kg. The sulphur miners incredibly carry their 80-100kg load of sulphur up and down the crater. They have to bear with the toxic sulphur dioxide fumes, with only their worn and torn clothes as protection. It is a 1.5-2hr walk down to the base of the crater. This is where the miners work, breaking up pieces of sulphur before carrying their load to the rim of the crater. From here, they continue their walk to the weighing station along the route down the volcano before making their final descend to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;the collection point (in the midst of a forest), where a truck awaits their arrival, and the sulphur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sulphur miners' ascend up the volcano begins a few hours before dawn with their work ending just before sunset. Twice a day. Seven days a week. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;My heartfelt&amp;nbsp;thanks to the sulphur miner&amp;nbsp;who kindly posed&amp;nbsp;for my little cam (photo above).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: magenta;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes"&lt;br /&gt;- Marcel Proust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-3803001626368189445?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/3803001626368189445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/3803001626368189445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2008/12/kawah-ijen-east-java.html' title='Kawah Ijen, Banyuwangi (East Java)'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/ST1TDWbgfXI/AAAAAAAAAPE/j26WWsDuWmE/s72-c/after+mining+for+sulphur.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-8067469832470980387</id><published>2008-11-03T15:33:00.033+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:50:39.605+08:00</updated><title type='text'>scents &amp; waterfalls on this lovely november rain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SRB4bz8-RuI/AAAAAAAAANU/Xf0yjtKYhkU/s1600-h/sweet+inSCENTs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264840383593858786" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SRB4bz8-RuI/AAAAAAAAANU/Xf0yjtKYhkU/s200/sweet+inSCENTs.jpg" style="float: left; height: 134px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SRB3srTLRkI/AAAAAAAAANM/x3JMcvqi4vE/s1600-h/sweet+inSCENTs.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;O&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;h&lt;/i&gt;ow I Iove this november rain like how I love the sweet scents of jasmine, roses and the entrancing scent of certain incense for all the warmth they bring&lt;br /&gt;Such sweet enchanting scents and waterfalls&lt;br /&gt;On this lovely november rain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-8067469832470980387?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/8067469832470980387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/8067469832470980387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2008/11/waterfalls-in-this-november-rain.html' title='scents &amp; waterfalls on this lovely november rain'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SRB4bz8-RuI/AAAAAAAAANU/Xf0yjtKYhkU/s72-c/sweet+inSCENTs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-1036218614896779850</id><published>2008-10-29T00:34:00.008+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T19:01:47.532+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jasmine and bangles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SQdI1V7jUBI/AAAAAAAAAME/RtpJBpUo0Pc/s1600-h/Bangles+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262254770862903314" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SQdI1V7jUBI/AAAAAAAAAME/RtpJBpUo0Pc/s200/Bangles+4.jpg" style="float: left; height: 164px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;Lovely&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc33cc;"&gt;bangles&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: #009900;"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff9900;"&gt; jasmine&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: #ff6666;"&gt;buds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #33ccff;"&gt; &lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;at the bazaar in &lt;/span&gt;Little India&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SQdIsIs92TI/AAAAAAAAAL8/QZovgpNR7L4/s1600-h/jasmine+in+LI+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262254612693244210" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SQdIsIs92TI/AAAAAAAAAL8/QZovgpNR7L4/s200/jasmine+in+LI+2.jpg" style="display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 186px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-1036218614896779850?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/1036218614896779850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/1036218614896779850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2008/10/jasmine-and-bangles.html' title='Jasmine and bangles'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SQdI1V7jUBI/AAAAAAAAAME/RtpJBpUo0Pc/s72-c/Bangles+4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-5021798970736954467</id><published>2008-09-11T11:09:00.008+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:52:54.800+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coloured pencil image posted on 27th Oct &apos;08'/><title type='text'>The Magnificent Kampongkakis Celebrate 3rd Anniversary</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SQUeXCN7hkI/AAAAAAAAALE/A7R6inyX5zk/s1600-h/Kampongkaki+3rd+Anniversary+%2801%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261645120733414978" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SQUeXCN7hkI/AAAAAAAAALE/A7R6inyX5zk/s200/Kampongkaki+3rd+Anniversary+%2801%29.jpg" style="height: 150px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Good Men and Timeless Inspirations! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Dear Kampongkakis,&lt;br /&gt;Our heartiest congratulations to you on your third anniversary today!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: magenta;"&gt;"Flowery dew and mystic charms, may bliss and good health fall into your arms". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kampongkaki.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;http://www.kampongkaki.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-5021798970736954467?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/5021798970736954467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/5021798970736954467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2008/09/to-our-dear-magnifique.html' title='The Magnificent Kampongkakis Celebrate 3rd Anniversary'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/SQUeXCN7hkI/AAAAAAAAALE/A7R6inyX5zk/s72-c/Kampongkaki+3rd+Anniversary+%2801%29.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-3615810360276569897</id><published>2008-08-31T19:47:00.038+08:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T23:59:48.525+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Genting Highlands</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-00ok0o89Pmw/TqEXVbEMcHI/AAAAAAAAAtk/ggtq9n9Qs24/s1600/hibiscus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="133" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-00ok0o89Pmw/TqEXVbEMcHI/AAAAAAAAAtk/ggtq9n9Qs24/s200/hibiscus.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;I've just viewed a vdo clip of my&amp;nbsp;2006&amp;nbsp;bike trip to Genting Highlands. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Way2ride&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, Dennis and Jun Rong were there too. Desmond was so kind to drive us to KL with his car. Jeannie&amp;nbsp;captured our bike ride up Genting&amp;nbsp;on digicam.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;cycled up on my wonderful Rocky Mountain. On day two, we rode to Semenyih Dam. A few years before this (August 2003),&amp;nbsp;I rode up Genting Highlands from KL with my&amp;nbsp;road bike. On this trip, I tried&amp;nbsp;to keep up with our national cyclists.&amp;nbsp;They dropped me once we saw the first super steep climb. I had a very difficult time - those guys were just too fast! They&amp;nbsp;flew up...&amp;nbsp;they also flew&amp;nbsp;down. Midway down, o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;ne of the guys literally smashed head on to the walls of the mountain. He must have misjudged his cornering speed. This lucky&amp;nbsp;guy and his bike miraculously survived the horrific&amp;nbsp;crash - he continued on&amp;nbsp;the downhill in one piece! but with extra caution this time. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I had this wild thought about riding up Genting using the tandem bike or bmx! ...but, a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;las, I must bid Genting Highlands&amp;nbsp;farewell. Thanks to the scenic and beautiful road up Cameron Highlands, this is where I would take my bike to these days. The gentle climb&amp;nbsp;here is more inviting, and&amp;nbsp;I never tire of my&amp;nbsp;frequent re-visits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"&gt;Often I would &lt;/span&gt;think about my very adventurous off-road ride&amp;nbsp;from Cameron Highlands&amp;nbsp;to Gua Musang. This was more than ten years ago. The ride began from&amp;nbsp;Tanah Rata to Blue Valley. From here,&amp;nbsp;we went on the logging trail&amp;nbsp;all the way&amp;nbsp;to Gua Musang. Fortunately, the pair of skinny&amp;nbsp;semi slick tyres on my Kona Explosive was suited for such trails. The ride had started from&amp;nbsp;10.30am, and ended at 3.30am. With one&amp;nbsp;brunch break at Tanah Rata, the rest of the journey was done&amp;nbsp;without any other meal stop. Besides a logging camp which had one hospitable guardian who made us a hot&amp;nbsp;pot of tea at midnight, we found only one&amp;nbsp;little&amp;nbsp;house&amp;nbsp;belonging to&amp;nbsp;an orang asli family during our bumpy ride through this incredibly huge rainforest. It was unbelievable that we did not loose our way, and when we arrived at Gua Musang&amp;nbsp;during that crazy hour of the morning, we were welcomed&amp;nbsp;by the sight of street lights and a 24-hr coffeeshop! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am thankful to&amp;nbsp;the tigers and elephants&amp;nbsp;who let us trespass. The day before,&amp;nbsp;we had ridden from KL to Cameron Highlands via Tapah (old road). It was a tough first century ride for me&amp;nbsp;as we pedalled as fast as we could on&amp;nbsp;the highway from KL&amp;nbsp;to Tapah. T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;his unforgettable bike trip from Kuala Lumpur-Cameron Highlands-Gua Musang&amp;nbsp;was in December 1995.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-3615810360276569897?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/3615810360276569897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/3615810360276569897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2008/09/genting-in-2006.html' title='Genting Highlands'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-00ok0o89Pmw/TqEXVbEMcHI/AAAAAAAAAtk/ggtq9n9Qs24/s72-c/hibiscus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-5470084692754761701</id><published>2008-07-15T07:15:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T01:01:09.317+08:00</updated><title type='text'>C.G.I.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;My heart beat is uncontrollable! The Cameron Graduation Initiative is almost here.&lt;br /&gt;There has been a problem linking the old SWCT website to the revamped website. We are now here - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.swctevents.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;http://www.swctevents.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-5470084692754761701?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/5470084692754761701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/5470084692754761701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2008/07/so-near-yet-so-far.html' title='C.G.I.'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-7486902683469384203</id><published>2008-02-06T02:06:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T01:01:54.784+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Lunar New Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/R6nilvXLHfI/AAAAAAAAAHA/1pbRxh6hlC4/s1600-h/DSC00223.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163907585753685490" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/R6nilvXLHfI/AAAAAAAAAHA/1pbRxh6hlC4/s200/DSC00223.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Members of SWCT will be cycling across the causeway...for prata&amp;nbsp;;-)&amp;nbsp;After this, we will ride&amp;nbsp;Singapore's scenic route&amp;nbsp;in the West.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wouldn't it be&amp;nbsp;so cool&amp;nbsp;to have my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ALAN &lt;/span&gt;track frame ( pic on the left ) set up for Singapura roads ? ","&lt;br /&gt;The first (and only) track bike&amp;nbsp;I've seen at the Kampongkaki Circuit: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kampongkaki.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;http://www.kampongkaki.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;3RENSHO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - it's a gorgeous track bike!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-7486902683469384203?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/7486902683469384203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/7486902683469384203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2008/02/happy-lunar-new-year.html' title='Happy Lunar New Year!'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/R6nilvXLHfI/AAAAAAAAAHA/1pbRxh6hlC4/s72-c/DSC00223.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-7330053214632594697</id><published>2008-01-16T01:16:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T01:02:35.268+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy 16th January 2008!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Happy New Year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eleven months ago on this day, it was two days to the Chinese New Year, and was also two days before my bike trip to Mersing. The weather was blazing hot on the day of the trip, and rained on our return journey only from Kota Tinggi towards JB. The cold rainy afternoon on the road home was to be the beginning of a magical journey into 2008 for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If you keep your destiny in mind, every moment in life becomes an opportunity for moving closer to it"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-7330053214632594697?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/7330053214632594697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/7330053214632594697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-16th-january-2008.html' title='Happy 16th January 2008!'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-880503217326773984</id><published>2007-11-15T11:15:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T01:03:42.427+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Search for something bigger than ourselves to commit and strive for</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RzwFNlhNMjI/AAAAAAAAAGw/WWEyd-OIJmA/s1600-h/Sydney+&amp;amp;+KL.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132983406263349810" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RzwFNlhNMjI/AAAAAAAAAGw/WWEyd-OIJmA/s200/Sydney+%26+KL.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RzwA_FhNMiI/AAAAAAAAAGo/NK7lydjyMMI/s1600-h/Sydney+2000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132978759108735522" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RzwA_FhNMiI/AAAAAAAAAGo/NK7lydjyMMI/s200/Sydney+2000.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;The Paralympic Games is the pinnacle of elite sports for athletes with disabilities, just as the Olympics is for able-bodied sportsmen. The term &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Paralympics &lt;/span&gt;does not refer to an event for paraplegics but rather to an event that parallels the Olympics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I participated at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games in the track events for the 1km time trial and 3k pursuit, riding the tandem bike piloting a visually&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;impaired cyclist racing in the women's category. This gave me the opportunity to compete against the world's best and experience the life of an Olympian.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We not only honour dedication and accomplishment, but give life to the dreams of people with disabilities everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Lets keep the heart, the soul and the magic of this beautiful sport alive and inspire others to join and take pride in their cycling lifestyle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-880503217326773984?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/880503217326773984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/880503217326773984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2007/11/search-for-something-bigger-than.html' title='Search for something bigger than ourselves to commit and strive for'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RzwFNlhNMjI/AAAAAAAAAGw/WWEyd-OIJmA/s72-c/Sydney+%26+KL.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-6480971261242121275</id><published>2007-10-19T10:19:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T01:04:38.128+08:00</updated><title type='text'>MZ's M&amp;M</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RxgC9SA4qrI/AAAAAAAAAGg/Stur9CGIsTc/s1600-h/MZhangcleojpg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122847827964766898" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RxgC9SA4qrI/AAAAAAAAAGg/Stur9CGIsTc/s200/MZhangcleojpg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Michelle will be participating in The University of Washington Medical&lt;br /&gt;Centre Seattle Marathon on Nov 27. To date, she's done four StanChart Marathon, was at the 2007 Phuket Laguna Marathon in June this year, and also in Penang, followed by another one in Bintan. In between her runs this year, MZ was at the City Duathlon, Aviva 70.3 and will be on her way to Lumut for the Powerman before she heads for the marathon in Seattle.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;When I first met Michelle two years ago, she'd just bought a road bike. She bought another road bike just a few months ago...but seems to run more than go out on bike rides...hmm...but..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MZ's marathon mania&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;takes a short break tomorrow, as she joins me and our cycling kakis on a hill climb spree with her bike!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-6480971261242121275?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/6480971261242121275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/6480971261242121275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2007/10/michelle-will-be-participating-in.html' title='MZ&apos;s M&amp;M'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RxgC9SA4qrI/AAAAAAAAAGg/Stur9CGIsTc/s72-c/MZhangcleojpg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-3655872093921437428</id><published>2007-10-02T10:02:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T01:08:18.404+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fit and Fabulous Margaret</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RwJrQyA4qoI/AAAAAAAAAGI/0v3gK0AbBm0/s1600-h/IMG_01688.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116770062693870210" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RwJrQyA4qoI/AAAAAAAAAGI/0v3gK0AbBm0/s320/IMG_01688.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Margaret completed two days of cycling from Tg. Belungkor to Mersing (150km) and then Mersing to Desaru (150km), for the charity bike'n'blade event...with so much ease. Believe her when she says ...I have no&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;problem with the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RwJ81CA4qqI/AAAAAAAAAGY/5qOHtl15G64/s1600-h/IMG_01800.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116789377161800354" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RwJ81CA4qqI/AAAAAAAAAGY/5qOHtl15G64/s200/IMG_01800.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;hills&lt;/span&gt;... &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;believe me, she &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;knows&lt;/span&gt; how to deal with the hills!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;We parted ways on the last day of bnb (9 Sep)...and I was very happy to bump into Margaret at Havelock Road when I was cycling home from Bukit Merah View on Sunday, 30 Sep (two days ago). Half an hour before this, Evie and I had just flattened the kampongkaki circuit, after which I went to meet Gynis, Judy and Lawrence to show off my gorgeous steel bike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Margaret's in her usual high spirits...all smiles and cheery...also on her way home after a bike ride at the East Coast with her kakis (Bikers 21).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first meeting with Margaret was at the Upper Thomson Road Longhouse, when she signed up for 'Hearts on Wheels'. Since I've known her (in Nov '06), she'd done one marathon, two charity rides, two half marathons, a 520km ride to Malacca &amp;amp; back, and is now preparing for another marathon (Dec '07). All this done within the last 9-10mths. Margaret's training runs in the past 2-3mths would have been 20km per session. Impressive and inspiring this woman is...at 65 +.+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Margaret: lovely &amp;amp; wonderful grandmother; wonderwoman!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-3655872093921437428?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/3655872093921437428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/3655872093921437428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2007/10/fit-and-fabulous-margaret.html' title='Fit and Fabulous Margaret'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RwJrQyA4qoI/AAAAAAAAAGI/0v3gK0AbBm0/s72-c/IMG_01688.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-8212792501803224051</id><published>2007-09-20T09:20:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T01:09:15.720+08:00</updated><title type='text'>D &amp; J... They saw. They conquered.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RvITfHzLHiI/AAAAAAAAAF4/K4ffXgA_AAk/s1600-h/DSC000558.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112169952409493026" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RvITfHzLHiI/AAAAAAAAAF4/K4ffXgA_AAk/s200/DSC000558.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Deanna, after completing 3 laps of kampongkaki circuit Cat 2. It was done in a time of just over 4hrs. She'd done her PBT a few weeks ago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112169625991978514" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RvITMHzLHhI/AAAAAAAAAFw/0r5mZ_95TBo/s200/DSC000561.JPG" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"&gt;Jeff finished the 3 laps under 4hrs. This accomplishment gave the delightful couple a reason to flash their glistening white teeth. They're usually barely on home ground you see..... literally! They'd always say they have little time to train, but whenever they meet us at Beo Crescent, it shows from their faces that they want to go all out on the climbs... no secret training meh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The kampongkaki circuit is unquestionably the best hill training circuit found on home ground. On a scale of 1-10... I give&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"&gt;it a ten!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-8212792501803224051?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/8212792501803224051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/8212792501803224051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2007/09/deanna-after-completing-3-laps.html' title='D &amp; J... They saw. They conquered.'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RvITfHzLHiI/AAAAAAAAAF4/K4ffXgA_AAk/s72-c/DSC000558.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-8042895135800591685</id><published>2007-09-19T09:19:00.010+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T01:10:04.227+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Rainbow in my Heart</title><content type='html'>&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="200" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111591961719914402" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RvAFzosOv6I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/8j1AUxBzJMM/s200/DSC00104.JPG" width="150" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Other than the usual doodling, I'd not done any painting or drawing since I was a little girl, and I never dreamed that a beautiful rainbow would grow in my heart... that it would give me wings, and that it would make my eyes open wide.Three days before the Charity Bike n Blade Event, I&amp;nbsp;spent a&amp;nbsp;day&amp;nbsp;at Club Rainbow with the&amp;nbsp;children who attended an oil-painting workshop&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;conducted by Jyune. My assignment there was to inspire and guide one or two&amp;nbsp;young budding artists&amp;nbsp;to oil-paint. The theme for them to&amp;nbsp;paint is "Rainbow".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Douglas started&amp;nbsp;his painting with the shape of a heart, and he chose to write two words with colours he loves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Beautiful rainbows lie deep within our hearts.&amp;nbsp;From the joy and his face lit with delight, Douglas&amp;nbsp;showed that his heart is filled with rainbows&amp;nbsp; :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-8042895135800591685?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/8042895135800591685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/8042895135800591685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2007/09/rainbow-in-my-heart.html' title='Rainbow in my Heart'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/RvAFzosOv6I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/8j1AUxBzJMM/s72-c/DSC00104.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-7681588846309721969</id><published>2007-09-18T12:31:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T01:10:57.580+08:00</updated><title type='text'>SONIA...blazing the trails at 10</title><content type='html'>&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="200" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111398447673425762" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Ru9VzosOv2I/AAAAAAAAADo/-E7Oi6ohyAw/s200/CCE00000.jpg" width="154" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;At nine, I knew only the running track. I was at all schools' sports meets racing against girls in my age group. I started riding a bicycle when I turned twelve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Here is Sonia. An abosulte dynamite. She blazed the trails at the tender age of nine and now at ten, competes at mtb cross-country races, in the &lt;i&gt;women's&lt;/i&gt; category. There is no doubt that we will see this pint-sized powerhouse with podium finishes anytime soon! &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;All behold!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-7681588846309721969?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/7681588846309721969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/7681588846309721969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2007/09/at-nine-i-knew-only-running-track.html' title='SONIA...blazing the trails at 10'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Ru9VzosOv2I/AAAAAAAAADo/-E7Oi6ohyAw/s72-c/CCE00000.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921447856144549377.post-5258461570429172308</id><published>2007-09-05T00:13:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T01:12:08.772+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Whatever You Can Do or Dream, You Can</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Rt2GuznyGTI/AAAAAAAAABM/utKh-BBhMTs/s1600-h/CCE00000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106385691197184306" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Rt2GuznyGTI/AAAAAAAAABM/utKh-BBhMTs/s200/CCE00000.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Whatever You can Do or Dream, You Can&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/921447856144549377-5258461570429172308?l=rundezvous.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/5258461570429172308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/921447856144549377/posts/default/5258461570429172308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rundezvous.blogspot.com/2007/09/one-kampong-kaki.html' title='Whatever You Can Do or Dream, You Can'/><author><name>r-U-n</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPl2m6GtRH8/Rt2GuznyGTI/AAAAAAAAABM/utKh-BBhMTs/s72-c/CCE00000.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
