PD 2009: Chillaxing

Saturday (11/07/09) started off with MyVi servicing, followed by grocery shopping to Econsave and Jalan Alor nasi lemak breakfast courtesy of Kak Tine. Kak Tine had sent Jan to her office and stopped by our house to leave Jan's stuffs for PD. After she went back, my dad came to send my sister who will also be joining us to PD. I would then pick Jan at BTS LRT Station after work.

Rafiq and I drove separately as he needed the backseat for his bike. We said our goodbyes as he left the house at 12.30 p.m. I left the house around 1.30 p.m. after receiving the cue from Jan that she had boarded the LRT at Hang Tuah station.

Our home for one night was Desa Lagoon Residence. My first time staying there. I loved it. It has a really nice ambiance. The residence, which was painted in blue and white had a soothing effect. The other interesting feature was the fact that the apartments were surrounding the pool, so technically every room had a pool view. It was also convenient for us to bring Faiq.

After we ate our lunch, we headed to the race site, the Avilion Admiral Cove. Rafiq will be competing in the Olympic Distance (OD) Triathlon the next day but the Sprint Event were held on Saturday.

To the race site

Sprint event is about to start



Li'l Bo Peep

Family Potrait

Aira with Mama & Mak Teh

Desa Lagoon Residence

After hanging around the race site, we went back to the hotel. It's pool time for Faiq and Babah! Faiq enjoyed it tremendously, running from the adult pool to the children pool.

Whee!

Fun time with Babah

After pool, we got ready for dinner. We wanted to eat at Bangi Kopitiam but decided against it when we saw there were not many customers. We walked further to a nearby stall, only to find that it only served roast chicken, grilled fish and steamed rice. Since we already ordered our drinks, we had to stay on. The food was ok, but Rafiq expressed his dissapointment by going to the nearby pasar malam to buy nasi briyani. The nasi briyani was excellent!

After dinner, we went to Avilion Admiral Cove where participants had their carbo-loading dinner and race briefing. Carbo-loading is a place where you see how much people eat to gain energy for the race the next day. During the race briefing, we saw Datuk Bernard Chandran who was also participating.

Rafiq & fellow participant, Bandit.

Race briefing

Preparing for the big day

The race briefing ended at about 9.30 p.m. after which we headed back to our hotel. Rafiq did some preparation for the race before calling it a night at about 10 p.m. We all needed the rest for the big day on Sunday!