Rhapsody of the Aphrodite :): Terry Fox Run 2009 : Nov 1st, Sunday

Uhu..it's been few days dah since last entry.Busy pon ye, xde mood pon ye. So today nak cerita sket pasal satu aktiviti done by me, Ester and Ing Hoe and the rest of my present company staffs (Velosi) on Sunday, 1st of Nov 2009. Company yang saye kerja sekarang telah menghantar email to all Velosi staff about this charity event, Terry Fox Run. Knowing that this kind of thing would interest Ester, so i invite her along and she invited Ing Hoe (which is cool with me because Ing Hoe is damn hillarious!). So pada hari Ahad yang hening, maka bergeraklah kami bertiga ke charity event ini yang diadakan di Lake Garden, KL.

So what is Terry Fox Run? Coool sangat ke join charity event macam ne? hehehe..here's a bit of trivia about the history of Terry Fox Run. Okai, so Terry Fox was born on July 28,1958 and merupakan seorang lelaki yang bersemangat tinggi dalam hidup. Beliau pernah berjanji pada mak nya, yang dia akan berlari mengelilingi Kanada (Terry is a Canadian) suatu hari nanti. Unfortunately, pada suatu hari, Terry telah disahkan menghidap bone cancer. Pengesahan ini dilakukan oleh doktor setelah Terry mengalami kesakitan yang berlarutan pada lutut kirinya. Six days after the confirmation, Terry's leg was amputated (uwaa..kesian dia!!) and his life was changed forever. Imagine you in Terry's place..i couldn't imagine having my leg amputated because i live and lean upon it. I love running and to lose a leg, i dunt even wanna think about it.. He must be really devastated..huhu..Poor Terry =(.. But being a strong willed person, Terry telah belajar berjalan semula menggunakan kaki palsu dalam masa beberapa minggu sahaja.. (Hebat Terry!). On August 30,1979, Terry with his few friend (cam saye dan Ester dan Ing Hoe), telah menyertai larian marathon di Boston. Guess what? Terry berjaya habiskan larian itu dalam masa 3 jam dan 9 minit, hanya 10 minit lewat dari peserta berkaki dua (kaki ori..) yang terakhir. Walaupun Terry x menang, tapi semangat juang yang tinggi dan tidak putus asa Terry menjadi kekaguman semua. Terry juga berjaya mencapai impian beliau untuk berlari merentasi negara tercinta, Kanada.This is the spirit yang perlu ada dalam diri setiap manusia. Setiap yang berlaku, ada hikmahnya. You just need to have faith and believe in it..!

Terry Fox Foundation is a cancer research foundation and hold the annual Terry Fox Run as it's charity event. This charity event have no corporate sponsorship (unlike the other fund raising event) as this is Terry's own original wish of not seeking fame or fortune from his endeavour. Masa beliau berlari merentasi Kanada, beliau telah menolak semua cadangan tajaan, even dari multinational company like McDonald's (whoa..cool gile Terry ne..) kerana beliau merasakn ini akan menyimpang dari pendirian asal beliau untuk create public awareness terhadap cancer. Terry Fox Run charity event telah diasakan pada tahun 1981 oleh Isadore Sharp (a Canadian businessman and founder, chairman and CEO of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts) yang telah menulis telegram kepada Terry, meminta kebenaran untuk memulakan larian amal bagi mengutip dana bagi cancer research atas nama Terry. Dari situ lah, bermulanya acara dwi tahunan yang telah disertai oleh saye dan rakan-rakan serta teman sepejabat Velosi (Watie, Wanne, Nawar, Zira, Nad dan lain-lain..termasok big bosses) pada Ahad lepas which is - Terry Fox Run for cancer research foundation. For more info on Terry Fox run please visit this website : http://www.terryfox.org/. Source of info was taken from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox_Run

Last Sunday was totally..awesome! Here we were at Lake Garden in the middle of the morning, joining people from all over KL and companies staff (from what i noticed, Petronas and Shell was one of the major participant) to participate in this charity event. Ala bukan susah pon, kalo rase nak lari, lari la. Kalo rase x nak..jalan-jalan sambil cuci mate..eh salah..melihat kehijauan alam sekitar pon boleh. Xde sape pon paksa peserta untuk berlari. Its just a matter of participation. T-shirt yang dibeli sebagai sumbangan (its charity maa..you pay your money goes to the foundation fund) has a cool design plus baseball cap yang Velosi bagi pon quite cool. Hehehe..My colleague walk together in our company group but being us (me+ester+ing hoe), we ran all the 3.2km surrounding Lake Garden. Actually there's the 7km route..kitorg je x taw (kalo taw pon, macam nak lari je kan? hehe..). There's like..sea of people from front and behind.No ending..pheww..! And rasa cam curious sket bila nampak several people wearing kain pelikat+kain batik.. (company suro ke? hehe..) Macam-macam ragam! It is endearing to see that Malaysian is supportive of charity event like this and people from all ages, races and gender willing to sacrifice their Sunday morning to join this event. Way to go Malaysian! (no..i won't start screaming 1 Malaysia.It's phony..i know). By the end of the run, there are free milo+muffins+buns+pancakes+banana for participants. so..dig in..but we didn't ate because..gile ape? semua food tuh boleh bagi muntah kalo makan lepas berlari..hehe.

All in all, it was one of the best week-end i had with my best buddy..full with laughter, sweat (sbb berlari) and healthy pink glow in our cheek. Ing Hoe and Ester is DAMN HILLARIOUS (+ridiculous+lucah!). Oh man..i haven't laugh like that for a while now. Cramped perot okai! hahaha..Wish Jo'c could join too but she's sarat mengandung. Maybe after mini Jo'c comes out, we'll take her/him along with us next time..Insya-Allah =) Thanx Ester and Ing Hoe for the cool week-end! Here's some of the pics taken during the event for korang punye view..Cheers!