Spirit Of Penang, In Pictures
You will be reading about the event of Spirit Of Penang, with full details, in The Star / R.age for the next few days. However, you won’t get to see all the photos / events / actions on that day because most probably, they would be focusing on the top 20 rather than the elimination round. So, since I wasn’t required to run with my team mates in the elimination round, I walked along and took my own photos as well.
Therefore, this will be a picture only (with minimum text) posts. I will blog about my experience about Spirit Of Penang cum holiday trip after I am done with my studies. You can read about my Spirit Of Melaka by clicking here though.
Spirit Of Penang is similar to Spirit Of Melaka / Spirit Of Kuala Lumpur, which is something like amazing race where you have to run accross the town and various location and complete certain tasks to advance to the next station. Spirit Of Penang is the biggest race of all 3 towns, with 200 teams in the qualifying round and 20 teams in the final round; competing a cash prize of RM10,000.
The flag off point was at Jalan Padang Kota Lama (Esplanade), Penang.
200 teams. 4 members per team. A total of 800 people gathering at the registration counter before the race.
One of the 800 participants. Ha!
One of the professional photographers on duty.
Spirit Of Penang’s marshalls.
John, the chief marshall.
Terry from Red FM.
The Red FM cruisers.
Tan Ju Eng, chief editorial for Star Metro.
Team leaders lying down, preparing for the flag canon off.
Flag Canon off!
“Hello? Do you know how to read a map?”
First you look right, then left, then right again before you cross a road. Screw it, just cross the damn road lah.
“Are we lost?”
Shouldn’t you all be running instead of walking and posing at the same time?
I wonder what Singapore Clinic is doing in Penang.
“What’s for lunch, dude?”
“I have no idea, but its definitely something not good.”
“Hell yeah.”
Girl, why did you eat rojak with that such sour-y face?
Eating ice kacang, the traditional way.
Peeling corns with hands.
Making apom balik.
Eating sugar cane.
Make a tower of 3 feet high using little sticks.
Making fishballs of the same shape and size. By the way, the fishball paste was very smelly.
Kolam making. Kolam is an indian art, using coloured rice to make a pattern on the floor.
That guy (first from left) is a 100% poser.
Heck, they even got to eat durians! Not fair!
They had to open the already-opened durians with a metal spoon and finish it as soon as possible.
“Err… Guys, which way?”
One of the stations - St Xavier’s Institution.
The school band was having their weekly practises.
They have to use their head to carry a pan of water, pour it into another pan, collect the palm oil seeds, move to another station and repeat the steps.
I think this is the same team that used walkie-talkie in Spirit Of Melaka as well.
Milking the cow?
Catch 10 little fishes, blind folded. With the help from other teammates, of course.
Make a claypot fire.
There were many more stations / tasks that I didn’t manage to take picture of. Anyway, you still can see them on the papers tomorrow. If anyone of you saw your or your friends’ photo in my blog, don’t hesitate to contact me by email for the original size. We can discuss the price later.
As for my own experience, stay tune.
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August 20th, 2006 23:32
lol i thot mana lu pergi
August 21st, 2006 00:14
fuarrhhhh!! thats my hometown weii! and i cudnt make it :(
glad u had fun! im sure u came back several kilos heavier. foodheaven ftw!
August 21st, 2006 11:00
OMG!!!
U r soo cool!
U went for penang just for this!!!
Oh boy! How i wish i could go as well..
hahaha…
By then i could take lotz of pics too!
Muahahhahaha
August 21st, 2006 12:13
how was ur team doing then ? wei, why dun have ur face geh ?
August 21st, 2006 14:58
ST XAVIERS!!! MY SKOOOOL!!!!
August 21st, 2006 21:54
wahwahwah…… banyak happy n meriah huh…;p
August 22nd, 2006 00:09
U know John?
How you know him?
August 22nd, 2006 00:20
Mun Kit : Dah balik.
Yen : Yaloh, why you couldn’t make it? What a waste. Hehe. Yaloh, ate quite a lot.
Jasmin84 : Make sure next year’s you join also. :D
Cely : My team didn’t qualify at all. Wait lah, will do a proper post on my experience mah!
Boss Stewie : Do you miss your school now?
Lao Shi : Yeah yeah.
HaloScan : I don’t know him.
August 22nd, 2006 07:27
Hmm very exciting. Too bad I’m too old to compete.
August 22nd, 2006 09:30
[…] 那天肥仔专程来槟岛参加一家英文报主办的比赛 – “槟城的精神”，传短讯给我问槟榔律旁一条小巷边咖啡室的叻沙好不好吃。我就回短讯跟他说有人买的话应该不会差到哪里。过后他就打了电话来跟我说他已经走到哪里哪里了，害他还要走回去。 […]
August 22nd, 2006 11:53
cudnt make it cos i think i was busy at that time. didnt really check out the actual date either. and b4 i knew it, over d. btw, saw one of my sklmates in the Star photos. sure u had fun huh
August 22nd, 2006 14:48
hey, put up pictures of the final lah.
August 22nd, 2006 15:09
Che-Cheh : Hehe, age is not a problem. Its the spirit and fun.
Breastmilk : My team wasn’t involved in the finals. Hence, I didn’t follow the top 20 as well. Hence, no pictures of the finals.
August 22nd, 2006 15:43
Hello, hello, Jason!
Yes, that’s the same team who used walkie talkies in Melaka - my team: SF Returns! =D Just dropping a line to say hi, and that getting 6th place sucks. LOL.
Was wondering if you had any more pictures of us? *perasan*
August 22nd, 2006 18:07
greetings jason!
now now hashie, it’s OUR team which took part in Spirit of Melaka and Spirit of Penang. and yes, with typical SF luck (or lack of it), we ended up short in both competitions.
but not too bad considering that we were all from PJ/KL.
ps: great job with your blog too!!
August 22nd, 2006 18:25
Hashie : Hello. Oh, I knew it was the same team because only your team used walkie talkies. :P I have 3 more pictures of your team, reading the task but not in action. Hehe!
Ray Mun : Hello. Finished 6th, not too bad like you said since you all were not locals. Hehe. Thanks for the compliments.
August 22nd, 2006 20:04
hi…i’m happy to see ur blog….becoz find out so many photo ….and i have grap some pic from u….
well, i’m one of the participants of Spirit of PENANG….but just for preliminary round….lolz….
anyway, thx for those pic…thx thx ~
p/s: nice NICE photo here ~
August 22nd, 2006 20:22
Hmm… SF RETURNS!!
okay… maybe Hashie will get SF to return again… with better luck next time
August 23rd, 2006 00:56
estudy : Yeah, there are more photos taken by the professional The Star / R.age photographers, mine is just for personal use / fun. Hehe. Perhaps you can check out The Star’s photo site to see whether they got your picture anot. But then, most of the pics I saw were the finals one.
Which photos you took? I have the original size if any of those pics contains you. I can send to you.
Welcome.
Chewxy : Hehe. Better luck next time.
August 23rd, 2006 11:50
thanks for joining my team dude. hehe. sorry couldn’t make it to the finals.
August 23rd, 2006 13:18
Ivan : No sweat.
August 23rd, 2006 17:13
Hehhe…Glad to u see enjoy penang. I saw my school junior in ur photos =)
August 23rd, 2006 17:23
Eve : You from Penang har? :D Oh, which one is your junior? :P
August 23rd, 2006 20:24
Eeii…you know Johnston (guy in picture #12)??
August 23rd, 2006 20:31
Who is Johnston? The Red FM guy har? I don’t know them one leh.
August 23rd, 2006 22:48
[…] Though my team, SF Returns (comprising of Hashie, Ray Mun, Cheng Wei, Lit Rong and I) didn’t make it to the finals, we did have a good time in Penang. I wasn’t running with them on the first day (fifth members, aka research people stay out of the way until finals), same as Jason, and so I had enjoyed myself walking and driving about in George Town. […]
August 24th, 2006 03:13
the girl in green, “one of the 800th participants” and i think she’s in the 19th photo again, posing..hehe… My school is the one opposite St Xaxier…
Yay Penang!!!
August 24th, 2006 12:40
Oh izzit? Hehe, ask her to contact me for the original size of her photo then. LOL. She’s quite cute actually. :P Opposite St Xavier? Hmm.. The Convent Light or Lebuh Light or something like that one right? The school building all white colour mia. Hehe!
August 24th, 2006 14:10
I dont have her contact ady.heheh..Yap, Convent Light Street =)
August 25th, 2006 22:47
yo…
its cool to take part in ’spirit of penang’ .It’s the 1st and most excellence game in my life. thanks for the organiser. i hope there will be some more “spirit of penang” for the following year!
August 25th, 2006 23:04
Eve: Aiyah, wasted. She’s so cute. LOL. Would be glad if I can have her contact also.
Johny : Glad that you had fun, just as I did.
August 28th, 2006 19:44
Yes. Johnston is the Red FM guy. Hehe…he is my friend. What a small small world :).
August 28th, 2006 19:48
OOo… But I don’t know him one woh. Haha!