Rehashed run 1843 - Chee Cheng Seng 27/04/10

Rehashed Run No: 1843; Hare: Chee Cheng Seng a.k.a. ICI Chee; Date: 27th April, 2010; Venue: Kesang Pajak.

An Enjoyable Tricky Run

Chee Cheng Seng is a devoted hasher whom I first met in 1991 when I joined the MH3. In spite of his tight work schedule, he used to attend the weekly run quite regularly. Come last Tuesday, it was his run on rotation. As expected, it had attracted a turnout of some 30 odd hashers in spite of the long distance of its run site at Kesang Pajak from the Malacca city.

It was a cool Tuesday afternoon after a drizzle. On my early arrival at the run site with my partner, only Dr. Pandyarajah and several cars were seen there. The owners of the other cars belonging to the hare, Kachang Panjang and 4896 must have left the run site earlier to accompany the hare to set the running trail.

It was at 5.10 pm that my partner and I, as oldies and slow runners, started the run as early birds by following the paper which led south on a path into a rubber plantation. After some 25 minutes’ trudge, it turned left across a drain into a young oil palm plantation before hitting the first simple check. A spread-out search led to my partner finding its connecting paper some 100 netres away southward. As usual, to avoid sitting on ice later during the hash circle, we did not join the paper as early birds.

The paper continued to proceed forward across another drain into another oil palm for another some 15 minutes before hitting the first tricky false trail at on a path. Another spread-out search was conducted. It was only some 20 minutes later that I found it on a path beside an oil palm tree some 150 metres away on the right westward of the back trail. By then we were being caught up by a few scheduled runners comprising of Kiasu Lee, SYT, Hawaii Goh, Nancy and Camel Lok.

The paper then proceeded forward for some 10 minutes before hitting the second simple check at a T-junction. Its connecting paper was found by my partner a short distance ahead a few minutes later after a spread-out search.

The paper continued to lead forward across a ditch and turned northward for another 15 minutes before hitting the second tricky false trail upslope on a small hill. By then we were joined by a bigger pack of scheduled runners. Among them was our new GM Cocker. Another hectic spread-out search was conducted. Surprisingly, its connecting paper was again found by my partner some 10 minutes later in a bushy path some 150 metres away ahead of the back trail.

From then on, it was another some 30 minutes’ meander across 2 ditches through an oil palm and a rubber plantations before arriving back at the run site at 7.25 pm where the front and non runners were enjoying their drinks. On the way, we were being over taken by Kukah. The last 3 runners led by Horlicks were back some 10 minutes later when the sky began to fall dark. In appreciation of our participation, we were each given a toothpaste squeezer present by the hare.

It was an enjoyable tricky medium run of some 8 km at this new run site covered with comfortable terrains of rubber and oil palm plantations. It took us some 2 hours and 15 minutes to complete.

Hash circle was conducted by the new GM Cocker. Like previously, it saw a number of sinners being put on ice and on-downed.

On On was held at the nearby Wen Huat Restaurant in Batu Berenam. A total of 4 tables were taken up. A 6-course delicious Chinese dinner was served with drinks. It was followed by another on-downed session for the sinners. The food was partly subsidized by the hare. Thanks. It ended at around 10.00 pm when we dispersed.

See you at the coming joint run of P.H. Tan and Vivian at Gapam, fellow hashers!

On! On!

Scribe: Drug Buster
Malacca Hash House Harriers.

Date: 3rd May, 2010.

Rehashed run 1842 - 35th AGM - 20/04/10

Rehashed Run No: 1842; Hares: Dennis Parker a.k.a. Dennis the Menace, Carol Parker a.k.a. Carol the Twin Towers; Date: 20th April, 2010; Venue: Gapam.

An Enjoyable Farewell Run

Dennis the Menace and Carol the Twin Towers is a loving couple and devoted hashers who have been members of Malacca Hash House Harriers (MH3) for the past 4 ½ years after the former’s job transfer from Texas, USA to Malacca in late 2005. Since then, they have been attending the weekly run regularly come rain or shine. Owing to their devotion and capability, they have been voted as Grand Master (GM) and Assistant On Secretary (Asst. On Sec.) of MH3 respectively in 2009 for a period of 2 years.

Time flies. As announced by GM Dennis the Menace during the last run, they would be leaving Malacca for Texas, USA for good on 26th April, 2010. For remembrance and in appreciation of our fellowship, they volunteered to be the hares of this run which was held in conjunction with the 35th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of MH3.

Gapam is one of the popular hashing run sites in Malacca covered with orchard, rubber and oil palm plantations on mild undulating terrain which is some 20 km east of Malacca city. On my early arrival there at the entrance of Orna Golf Resort along the Ayer Keroh – Bemban Road with my partner and Sexy Chan, there were not a single sole to be seen except the hares’ car. Understandably, they must have left the run site early to set an exciting running trail. Very soon we were joined by Dr. Pandyarajah, Kachang Panjang, Cocker, Bombastic, Killer Tony, ICI Chee, Kiasu Lee, 4896, SYT, Baby Elephant, Pramjit Singh, Edarjit Kaur, Utom Singh, Albert, Rubbish Bui, Super 96, Hawaii Goh, Nancy, Camel Lok, Wee Wee, Sleeping Beauty and Horlicks.

It was a cool Tuesday afternoon after an earlier light downpour. Looking forward for a good sweat-out and led by Killer Tony, a small pack of us made up of Sexy Chan, SYT, Nancy, my partner and I started the run as early birds at 5.50 pm by following the paper on the road which led east towards Bemban. A short distance away, it turned left northward on a broad laterite road into an abandoned vegetable farm for some 15 minutes before hitting a complicated check near a farmhouse. A spread-out search was conducted to no avail. It was only some 10 minutes later when we were joined by a pack of scheduled runners made up of, among others, ICI Chee, Camel Lok, Hawaii Goh and Kachang Panjang that we managed to find its connecting paper in a bushy banana plantation a short distance away on the left westward. As usual, “On! On!” were shouted and the papers were joined for the back runners to follow up.

The paper continued to proceed westward for a short distance before entering into a short stretch of bushy and undulating secondary jungle. It then exited into another banana plantation for a short distance before turning left upslope into a rubber plantation for another some 15 minutes before hitting the second check which my partner and I did not follow. Instead, we followed Kachang Panjang by taking a shortcut forward where we hit its connecting paper a short distance away.

The paper then proceeded northward through a bushy banana plantation for some 10 minutes before entering another bushy rubber plantation across a deep drain. As my partner and I were reluctant to cross and follow it, we took another shortcut by turning right eastward in the banana plantation abreast the rubber plantation. We managed to hit its connecting paper some 500 metres ahead where we met a few on-trailed runners exiting from the rubber plantation. From then on, it was another some 20-minutes’ trudge through the bushy banana plantation before hitting the home trail near the first check where we followed the in-trail on the reverse back to the run site arriving at 7.20 pm where the hares and a big pack of front and non runners were enjoying their cold Tiger beer. In appreciation of our participation and for remembrance, each of us was given a beautiful T-shirt by the hares.

It was a short and enjoyable run of some 6 km through the mild terrain participated by some 40 hashers who included a few guests from other hashing chapters. The last runners were back at around 7.30 pm when the sky was still bright. As usual, it was followed by a jovial hash circle which was conducted by GM Dennis the Menace. It saw a big number of sinners being put on ice and on-downed.

As scheduled, the 35th Annual General Meeting was held at the nearby restaurant of Orna Golf Resort. It was chaired by GM Dennis the Menace and attended by some 50 members. It was then that GM Dennis the Menace had officially tendered his resignation and that of Carol the Twin Towers as GM and Asst. On Sec. of MH3 respectively owing to their impending departure for good to Texas, USA on 26th April, 2010. For his replacement, Ex-GM Au Kait a.k.a. Cocker was voted in. What a great loss to MH3 for losing such a devoted, capable and generous couple of GM and Asst. On Sec! Without any choice or power of holding them back, we can only bid them farewell and extend our best wishes to them. As for Cocker, we welcome him back as our new GM with open heart and hope he will lead MH3 to a greater height.

The AGM was followed with a farewell dinner which was held at the same restaurant. A 6-course delicious Chinese food was served with free-flowing beer and live band with hashers taking the floor for dance. A lucky draw and a dressing contest were also held with Hot Pussy being voted as the most well dressed hasher of the night. Another on-downed session was held for the sinners. The dinner was on the house. It ended at around midnight when we dispersed with full stomach, smiling face and fond memory.

See you at the coming run of Chee Cheng Seng at Kesang Pajak, fellow hashers!

On! On!

Scribe: Drug Buster,
Malacca Hash House Harriers.

Date: 23rd. April, 2010.

Rehashed run 1841 - Speedy Gonzales: 13/04/10

Rehashed Run No: 1841; Hare: Yusso Bahim a.k.a. Speedy Gonzales; Date: 13th April, 2010; Venue: Bertam Ulu.

An Enjoyable Torch Light Run

Speedy Gonzales is a known active and creative hasher who has been running with MH3 since a few years ago. As scheduled on rotation, it was his turn as hare last week. However, instead of setting a normal daylight run which starts at 6.00 pm, he changed it to torchlight run which started at 7.30 pm when the sky was dark which is seldom being practised. As expected, it had attracted a big turnout of some 40 anxious hashers who included a few guests.

Bertam Ulu is one of the favourite hashing run sites covered with green vegetation on moderate terrain in Malacca. On my early arrival at the run site which was situated in front of Taman Sri Bertam housing estate by the side of Air Keroh – Sungai Udang Highway with my partner, there was already a big pack of enthusiastic hashers who were preparing and looking forward for an unusual run. Among them were Horlicks, Carol the Twin Towers, Henry, Kiasu Lee, Kukah, Gobal, Pramjit Singh, Edarjit Kaur, Utom Singh, Rubbish Bui, ICI Chee, Hawaii Goh, Nancy, SYT, 4896, Super 96, Dr. Linkun, Vibrator, Ranger, Joseph Botak, Sleeping Beauty, Sharp Shooter Robert and the hare who had completed setting running trail earlier with his co-hare Kotehbawahkuichi from Japan.

It was a cool and dark Tuesday night. Equipped with various types of torch light and after a small briefing by the hare on the type of paper to follow, the run was started off at 7.30 pm by following the paper which led left eastward on a bushy path abreast the said highway. As it was dark and bushy through the secondary jungle, it offered us no opportunity to run except walking with the use of various types of torchlight. It was only some 30 minutes later that the paper turned right southward after crossing the Bukit Rambai – Bertam Ulu Road. It then meandered through another secondary jungle on bushy path, across a drain and turned right westward across the said Bukit Rambai – Bertam Ulu Road again for another some 15 minutes. From then on, it was another some 40 minutes’ trudge through the long stretch of bushy path beneath the high tension cable, across an oil palm plantation in Ayer Salak, 2 drains and another long stretch of bushy path before arriving back at the run site at 8.55 pm. We were among a pack of last runners who were made up of late starter GM Dennis the Menace, Carol the Twin Towers, On Sec. Chickadee and 2 Mat Salleh guests. On the way, GM Dennis the Menace was seen attending to an exhausted Mat Salleh guest who was lying by the side of a drain.

It was an enjoyable torchlight run of some 5 km which was only being set occasionally. In appreciation of our participation, we were each given a beautiful cowboy hat by the hare.

Hash circle was conducted by GM Dennis the Menace. However, as my partner and I opted to leave for our nearby home for an early shower, we did not attend it. Understandably, a number of sinners would be put on ice and on-downed.

On In was held at the nearby Sin Haw Restaurant in Cheng. It was well attended by some 40 hungry hashers. A delicious Chinese dinner was served with drinks. Another on-downed session was held for the sinners. It was then announced by GM Dennis the Menace that he and Carol the Twin Towers would be leaving us for Texas, USA for good on 26th April, 2010. In appreciation of our fellowship, they would be setting their last joint run for us on 24th April, 2010. So make sure you attend it, fellow hashers! The dinner was on the hare. Thanks. It ended at around 12.00 mid-night.

See you at the coming run of GM Dennis the Menace and Carol the Twin Towers at Gapam, fellow hashers!

On! On!

Scribe: Drug Buster,
Malacca Hash House Harriers.

Date: 17th April, 2010.