My Second Marathon

Just about 2 weeks after my first ever marathon I did my second. And it took me up to 7 hours 45 minutes to complete it. Man that kind of timing was worse than the timing I did in KLIM. So how did my second marathon come out to taking 1 hour 23 minutes longer than my first? It was a very interesting race and very interesting long and tiring. The goals were different situation and organization was also very different. But this was more fulfilling.

This marathon was a shopping marathon. I did it with my darling Charity and we shopped till we dropped. Well it was not all 7 hours walking but more to having lunch and dinner, but we were in such need to find things for our wedding and determined to do so that we made sure we could find it. But the craziest thing is that we shopped for 7 hours but we did not cover all the shops there. Literally there is 2 days of shopping there if you intend to visit and shop in every store.

The longest day started with lunch celebrating Matthew’s (Charity’s brother) birthday. Popeye’s was the place and Fried Chicken was the game and boy was it good!!! Fried Chicken never been so big and mashed potatoes never tasted so good. LOL what a big surprise it was for Charity’s family. They are so used to small portions and KFC and this is such a great change to have such a wonderful meal with them we sat there chatting and chatting and laughing and it was a good family dinner.

Then we walked around not looking for something in particular, but something happened and it changed the course of things. Suddenly in the course of us looking for knick-knacks in a store Charity’s mom called she found the dinner dress for the other wedding dinner we are having. So off we dashed to see what she had in mind and when we entered the store I was certain we would stay for a while. Here I must make mention that malls these days have become more male friendly and store have become that way too. They have begun placing seating avenues in their malls and stores I believe mainly catering for males having have to accompany their other halves to search endlessly through dresses and accessories for the perfect ‘thing’. But for Lionel such things are not an issue I do like shopping too, and so I stayed with her throughout the search for the dress and we found a beautiful dress. I won’t attempt to describe it, but will ask you to look out for it in our wedding blog…

Right after spending about an hour in that one stall the frenzy began we started in search for all we need for the photo shoot. My out fits and her outfits especially shoes. So zip we went round stores of shoes for her and clothings for me and before you know it I announced to Charity: “Congrats Dear, we’ve actually just done a marathon!” That marked the 6 hour 30 minute mark. And by then my legs were aching. It felt as though I really ran a marathon. And we continued for another hour before breaking for dinner. All in all we didn’t spend much but found really cheap clothings. But my outfit isn’t finished yet. The shoes I need for the wedding (since mine is broken – my formal shoes has given way) and the shoes needed for the photo shoot (a brown loafer or something like this:

and lastly a flowery shirt for a picnic.

At the end of the day I had a great time and I think I broke the record for most men in the time hey spent shopping. I’m glad I did it with Charity but if you ask me to do it again I would reconsider seriously. I guess despite the fun and shopping I really did have a good workout. I slept very well that night. And in the end you can say I did do a second marathon – a shopping one, maybe you can call it the Pyramid marathon. LOL.

The Perfect Dress

Monday morning and it was a perfect day. Beautiful morning and clear skies. The morning began with the little mundane routines. I woke up, brushed my teeth, set out to teach my PE class and here is where it gets interesting, one of my students blacked out… he was running the way the normally did and did everything the way that was normal, but he suddenly complained about a tummy ache then went pale. We sat him down and rested him. And he came back to normal we guessed he didn’t sleep well and may be falling sick. But with the morning done, the real day began.

 

Today we are going to go select the perfect dress for Charity! Malacca was the city; Classic Wedding Castle was our destination. Nervousness was the feeling. The travel there was another adventure, when we reached the Seremban rest house for breakfast; a group of men were loitering around. And when I stopped one of them immediately came and began the harassment he kept offering me a phone it was a nokia N75. And he kept offering and offering even when I said that I don’t want. It was definitely stolen and from the look of it being scratched up and all it was stolen for sure. So when there was a break and he went to harass someone else we ran into KFC the nearest restaurant. There we ate in peace and discovered that KFC does have good and reasonable breakfast menus. I would say more reasonable than McD!

 

So after breakfast they came back and boy was it really annoying. These men really have nothing to do but destroy people’s travels and good days isn’t it. But as we got on the way the memory of those silly men was blown away and forgotten. So as we got to Malacca town we caught up with Charity’s parents that were already there.  We went to town for lunch and I discovered I knew Malacca’s roads better than I thought… how many times have I been there? How come I knew it? Maybe its my mom’s natural GPS inherited to me! YAY!!! But I must admit there was a little help from Foo Mei Fern. But I managed to really get around and that was really something I never thought of myself… *pat self on back* wahahahaha!!!!

 

We went to Jonker Street to have lunch and did shopping!

 

My Beauty and the beast @ Jonker

SHOES don't you wanna buy them all!

She would look so so good in Bali

Jonker or Bali… its only Jonker… what a nice little corner…

And later when we got to Classic Wedding Castle after being lost we got down to business. Oh I forgot to tell that we were so bored that we begin to take pics for ourselves. And then when we got there, for the first time I saw so many dresses and yet they were beautiful. So Charity, her mom, her aunt, and church member were like kids at the candy store.

 

Focus Here OK?

Preparing for looking beautiful in a dress

We were sifting through so many dresses I was worried about size and price, but there were beautiful gowns. So after much selection Charity began trying 3 dresses. And for those who know, people look really hard for that perfect dress. I was wondering if that will happen here. I was skeptical but there was some hopefuls. But after every fitting there was some problems with each dress. And I was like wondering if Charity will be disappointed or upset if we could not find a dress…

 

But it happened.  The curtain opened, and I was far off but it was like magic, she appeared with the curtains opened and she looked like an angel, oh so beautiful… I could just hug her and not let her go. I could not burst into tears coz I was so mesmerized. The perfect dress no alterations needed and she looked beautiful and in so many ways it fits everyone’s expectations. So satisfied with everything and selecting the veil and placing everything together the price was SHOCKING. But not the bad kind of SHOCKING! Let’s just say that renting the dress in KL would not even come near to the price of us purchasing this dress, veil, the traveling expenses of the toll and petrol, the food, the buying of knick-knacks and parking and all came to less than that!

 

Wooohhooo!!! The dress now settled and so many things being settled thank God everything is moving along. And finally I understood certain things about preparing for a wedding: finding the perfect dress.

 

Love you dear. You looks so beautiful in that dress. Muacks!