Rehashed run 1839 - Gary & Evelyn 30-03-10

Rehashed Run No: 1839; Hares: Gary Tan & Evelyn Cheong; Date: 30th March, 2010; Venue: Cheng.

A Memorable Tricky And Hilly Run

Gary Tan and Evelyn Cheong is a young and loving couple who have been running with MH3 for a number of years. As scheduled on rotation, it was their turn as joint hares in last week’s run which had attracted a pack of some 30 hashers who included 3 guests.

It was a cloudy and cool Tuesday afternoon. On my late arrival at the run site in a housing estate with my other half, there were already quite a big number of turnouts who were preparing for the impending run.

It was at 5.50 pm that patience got the better of Hawaii Goh, Nancy, SYT, Super 96, my partner and I. Led by Hawaii Goh, we started the run as early birds by following the paper which led uphill beside a big water tank and a stretch of bush for a short distance before arriving at an oil palm plantation. It then meandered down slope for some 15 minutes before hitting first tricky false trail. A spread-out search led to the finding of its connecting paper some 100 metres away uphill on the right of the back trail by Hawaii Goh and his pack some 10 minutes later. By then I was left alone without my partner, as I had just found the said connecting paper after taking a big loop. And it was then that I met scheduled runner Wee Wee who was also walking alone. For the purpose of avoiding getting lost separately, we decided to follow the paper together and engaged in chitchatting.

The paper continued to meander through the oil palm plantation for a short while before exiting at tarred road in a rubber plantation northward. It was another short while later that it hit a T-junction in front of the new Tesco construction site on the left which leads to the home trail a short distance away. However, as it was still early then and as devoted hashers who were determined to complete the whole run, we decided to follow the paper which led to the right on the tarred road. A short distance away, we met a few traffic policemen who were conducting checks on motorcycles and their riders. They smiled at us crazy hashers running after the white paper trail.

The paper continued to lead eastward on the tarred road for another short distance before turning right into an oil palm plantation beside a farmhouse where a pack of dogs were barking at us for intruding into its compound. It encircled a loop for some 10 minutes before returning to the same entrance. It was then that we realized that we were caught in a loop and met Kachang Panjang and Agnes who were also caught in the same loop behind us a short while later. A spread-out search was conducted to no avail. We then followed Kachang Panjang who led us on a path southward under a long stretch of high-tension electric cable. And to our great relief, it was some 400 metres away that we hit the paper trail. As slow walkers, Wee Wee, Agnes and I were left behind by fast walker Kachang Panjang a short while later. From then on, it was another some l-hour trudge up and down 5 tough and steep hills where we showed our hashing spirit by pushing and pulling each other before arriving at Taman Cheng Baru housing estate after exiting from the Chinese cemetery at Krubong with the use of a torch light I carried when the sky was dark. We were then picked up by the hare Gary with a van and arrived back at the run site as last runners at 8.10 pm when the hash circle was on. Needless to say that my partner who had exited earlier with Hawaii Goh, Camel Lok, Nancy and SYT, was smiling widely upon seeing me arriving back safely in one piece. Otherwise she would be having a sleepless night worrying!

It was a memorable medium run of some 7 km with tricky checks and loop through tough and hilly terrains. Luckily the 3 of us were stuck together all the while otherwise we might have got lost and spent the night individually in the plantation. Of course I do not mind getting lost and spending the night there with them even with the risk of my ear being pulled by my partner the next day!

In the absence of GM Dennis the Menace who was away on holiday on an island in the Gulf of Bengal with Carol the Twin Towers, the hash circle was conducted by On Sec. Chickadee. As usual, it saw a big number of sinners being put on ice and on-downed. They included the 3 of us last runners.

On In was held at the nearby Wellen Restaurant in Taman Cheng Perdana. In attendance were some 30 hungry hashers. A delicious 6-course Chinese dinner was served with drinks. Another on-downed session was conducted by On Sec. Chickadee for the sinners who included the hares. The food was on the hares. A big thanks. The pack had started to disperse at 9.45 pm.

See you at the coming joint run of Ngoh Kim Siah and Debbie Lee at Gapam, fellow hashers!

On! On!

Scribe: Drug Buster
Date: 4th April, 2010.