Rehashed run 1840 - Sweetie Pie & Orang Kaya - 6/4/10

Rehashed Run No: 1840; Hares: Ngoh Kim Siah (Orang Kaya) & Debbie Lee (Sweetie Pie); Date: 6th April, 2010; Venue: Gapam.

Accompanying The Co-hare To Set An Enjoyable Medium Run

Ngoh Kim Siah and Debbie Lee are two devoted veteran hashers whom I have known since joining the MH3 in 1991. In spite of their busy work, they make it a point to attend the weekly run regularly come rain or shine.

Come last Tuesday which was a sunny day, it was their turn as joint hares on rotation. As expected, owing to their popularity, it had attracted a big turnout of some 50 hashers who included 14 local and foreign guests from Thailand and Japan.

Gapam is a popular hashing run site which is situated some 20 km east of Malacca City. It is covered with fruit, oil palm and rubber plantations on mild bushy and undulating terrains across a few rivers and ditches which is ideal for hashing.

As invited by professional co-hare Killer Tony earlier, my partner and I arrived at the run site beside the Ayer Keroh – Bemban Road at 4.00 pm after picking up Sexy Chan. After putting up the hash signboard and equipping ourselves with a bag of shredded white papers, a knife, a GPS and few bottles of drinking water, and after having a small briefing on the intended running trail, the 4 of us set out to lay the paper at 4.15 pm without recce led by Killer Tony. The paper led southward on a path into an oil palm plantation, abreast a long stretch of deep ditch in an open land and across a drain into another oil palm plantation for some 35 minutes before a simple check was set on a bushy path. Its connecting was placed beside an oil palm tree some 100 metres away on the left of the back trail.

The paper continued to lead southward across an oil palm and a rubber plantation for the next 15 minutes before the second simple check was set on a path. Its connecting paper was placed beside a rubber tree some 100 metres away on the left forward.

The paper then led eastward through an oil palm plantation, a bushy rubber plantation full of mosquitoes and 2 drains for another some 20 minutes before the third simple check was set on a bushy path. Its connecting paper was placed some 100 metres ahead.

The fourth and last simple check was set on another bushy path in an oil palm plantation another some 20 minutes later after crossing through a rubber plantation. Like the previous check, its connecting paper was placed some 100 metres away ahead. By then we were in Tehel. From then on, the paper continued to be set eastward and northward through Kampung Tehel, abreast the long stretch of Tehel River and Duyong River and across Kampung Duyong for another some one hour before arriving back at the run site through Ayer Keroh – Bemban Road at 6.50 pm where a pack of non runners and SCB were enjoying their drinks around the beer wagon.

It was a medium run of 10.21 km as recorded by Killer Tony’s GPS. It took the first avid runner to arrive back at 7.12 pm. And he is none other than energetic Dr. Pandyarajah followed closely by a Japanese guest Kotehbawahkuichi and Ranger. As time passed by, more runners trickled in. They included Vibrator, Albert, ICI Chee, Govind, Wee Wee, GM Dennis the Menace and Carol the Twin Towers who had just returned from their holiday trip to Gulf of Bengal. The last runners who exited at 8.35 pm when the sky was dark were Pecker and Dr. Linkun. Only God knows why they were so slow.

Hash Circle was conducted jointly by GM Dennis the Menace and Ex-GM Vibrator. As usual, it saw a big number of sinners being put on ice and on-downed. They included the hares who did not set the run but only attended it due to their busy work. It was then announced by GM Dennis the Menace that he and his other half Carol the Twin Towers would be leaving Malacca for Texas, USA for good on 1st May, 2010 after 4 years’ hashing with MH3. What a great shock to us! We are definitely going to lose and miss a great couple of ardent, devoted and generous hashers like them. Hope to see them again in the nearest future after that and wish them all the best. In appreciation of our fellowship, each of us was given a cold beer.

On In was held at the popular Jaya Corner Restaurant in the nearby Bukit Beruang. It was well attended with 5 tables fully occupied. A sumptuous Chinese dinner was served with beer, wine and brandy. Another on-downed session was conducted for a number of sinners and a lucky draw was held. The food was on the hares. A big thanks!

It was undoubtedly an enjoyable run and On In. It ended at around 11.00 pm when we dispersed with fond memory.

See you at the coming torchlight run of Speedy Gonzales at Bertam Ulu, fellow hashers!

On! On!

Scribe: Drug Buster,
Malacca Hash House Harriers.

Date: 10th April, 2010.