AdventuRun 2008, 12th October

In the midst of taking on adventurous activities and having fun, the Sky Adventure Club never forgets to give back to society once in a while. We call this CSR (Club Social Responsibility). Haha…
AdventuRun 2008 was held on 12th October at the picturesque Taman Tasik Perdana in KL. The charity run this year aimed to raise funds for the National Cancer Society Malaysia. Participation fee was RM20 and there were 7 categories altogether catering for all ages. The distance was either 10km or 5km.
The event started at 7.30am with registration (but at like 5.30am for the crew members) followed by a warm-up session by our very shocked-but-spontaneously-efficient Coffee who did not know that he was supposed to be conducting it until the emcee announced it to the crowd. Yeah Coffee, you rock!

Opening speech by our lovely Sand Dragon (Ms Gomathi).

Coffee : "Err.... you din tell me that i'm supposed to do warm-up!"

The competitive runners (10km) were flagged off soon after that, with the rest of the runners flagged off 10 minutes later.

Er... did the gun go off?

Ah.. run only la...

Back at headquarters, there were booths set up by our official sponsor ING, other sponsors like the Vico truck and Abbott milk. There were also some interesting games to be played, such as the Guess Balls, Suck Balls and burping contest. Participants stood to win exciting prizes like the ING Renault car and shirt through these contests.

The ING booth.

Participants downing free Vico.

Suck balls!

We also had a “Lend a Hand” palm print banner, in which we charged RM2 for a palm print on the AdventuRun banner. All proceeds from the games and palm printing were channeled to NCSM. For entertainment, there was a dance performance and a band.

The AOCP Kiwi and a representative from NCSM.

Our dance performance.

After the prize-giving and lucky draw session, there was a short speech by the NCSM representative, Dr Saunthari who gave us advice on cancer prevention through a healthy lifestyle. Finally, the event came to an end after the Organizing Chairperson, the adorable Dragoat gave a closing speech.

OCP Dragoat.

We are extremely proud to say that the event raised a whopping RM6,870 for charity, a record high for our club. Here, we would like to thank our sponsors ING, DiGi, Vico, Yeo’s, Permanis Sandilands, Mudtrekker, Abbott Laboratories, Classic Bonita and A4ad for their contribution in making this event a success. And also to each and every crew member and participant who have indeed made a difference by running the distance for AdventuRun 2008!

Thank you!!

Semi- Annual General Meeting

Ni hao everyone. The Semi -Annual General Meeting is that time of the year again where the baton exchange takes place between the members of SAC. It was the time where the current board members would step down from their posts and pass on their responsibilities to other members to have a go at running this great club. So basically with all SAC members gathered at room 4.12 at TBS , thus our Semi - Annual General Meeting began. To start of with , each post holder had to explain briefly his / her duties to all members starting from the Fitness Director $all the way to the President . With that done and dusted each member nominated by their fellow SACians for a certain post would have to present themselves in front of all other members , do some talking and answer some questions . With that democracy is practiced in this club and each member nominated will get votes from their fellow SACians to hold a certain post .

The process began starting with the top jobs which are the President and Vice President's posts . Interestingly the female SACians totally outnumbered the guys for the top jobs . Yup females are full of calibre and highly capable nowadays =) . After a round of voting and presenting, the club came to a conclusion that the new president would be none other than Alien assisted by her lovely Vices Kiwi and Cheese. Next up would be the posts of Secretaries and this club is proud to have Nottie continue serve and Egg joining in. Next up would be the post of Treasurer and Mouse was chosen to hold it. Yup it's still all females holding the posts. Moving on to the Documentary Directors, both Coconut and Crazy got the jobs to document on the club's activities. Finally a guy!=) For the Sponsorship Directors, the posts went to both Pig and her partner in crime, Thunder. (This guy here has the passion to talk). Next up for the Quartermasters' posts , Elephant and Coffee were chosen to undertake the responsibility . Moving on , Teddy was chosen to continue serving in the board as he was chosen too be the new Membership Director . Last but not least the task of putting all SACians back into shape again was given to Wolf as the new Fitness Director.

With the passing of the baton complete it was time for the old post holders to reflect back on what has been a great and enriching experience for them. To sum it all up each one of them had said the post they held had been a really rewarding experience and hoped the same would happen to the new post holders. Unfortunately every meeting has a parting as this club will be saying goodbye to Dragonaut, Mangosteen , Durian(and his trademark Ni Hao) , Tiny and Wave all who should be leaving Taylor's next term. We will surely miss you guys. In short with the exchange of the baton complete, hence begins a new phase of fun and adventure for SAC. Until the next baton exchange , let us all SAC members run well together.

A Not-So-Surprising Month

It has indeed been a busy busy month for us. Yes, busy for our wallets too, what with all our money saying goodbye to us as we makan, makan and makan.

Below is a brief summary of the birthdays that occured in the lovely months of August and September (Virgoans make good SACians)

First, there was the surprise for Dragoat and not-so-surprise for Bear Bear as we celebrated their birthdays (23rd Aug for Bear Bear and 25th Aug for Dragoat) at Nando's 1U on 29th August. Sorry to the waiter there, I think we pissed him off by taking so long to order, and it was almost closing time too buakaka.... The party continued at Mohsin for some of us.

A very "surprised" birthday boy.

Dragoat frozen in time reading the touching sentiments in her card.

Bear Bear and Dragoat with their extremely cute alienmade birthday cards and muffins.

Group picture.. hurry up, Nando's ppl wana close shop d!!

Then there was Mew Mew's bbq birthday party at her house on 30th August. Sorry, no pictures here, all with Mew. I guess it comes as no surprise that SAC conquered the bbq pit (sorry to Mew's other guests!).

Next, there was Alien's not-so-surprise party on 2nd September and everyone had to endure 1hour plus of Babylon A.D. at GSC 1U. When the weird movie came to an end and the lights were turned on, everyone formed two rows behind Alien and sung happy birthday. The surprise was partially ruined as Alien bumped into Dragoat at the washroom and saw Bear Bear happily walking past. Some went home and the rest yam cha-ed at Canai Cafe.

Group pic outside GSC 1U.

Then there was Coffee's birthday on 5th September. The post & pictures are somewhere below...

It was nobody's birthday on 13th September but we played badminton at 3K and then headed down to Kuala Selangor for a mouth-watering seafood dinner.

"SUPER GT QUEEN"

"Hey, let's take a picture with the rice coz it looks so pretty!"

The lengluis.

Ooh fishy, i love you too...

Hippo was supposed to kidnapped on his birthday on 16th September but, yes, our attempt failed. However, we managed to attract the police with guns but we escaped in time to Wong Kok in SS2 where we continued the celebration. After that, a group of us who were apparently too free drove up to Genting to play cards at McD. Yup, too free.

Is that something to tapis coffee or an underwear?

One side of the table...

...the other side of the table... yes king kong, we know u're very excited...

...and the other side... that's elephant trying to eat mangosteen's shoes.

After that, it was our lovable Gorilla's turn on the 26th September, whose real birthday falls on 24th. At Sunway Pyramid, we sent him to BBQ Plaza, then to Gasoline, then to Kim Gary and finally to the cinema where we were waiting the whole time (just to give him some training). Then out strolled Nottie in a trolley with the birthday cake. Sorry Gori, we couldn't get a cake big enough to stuff her in, or we would have made her wear a bikini and pop out to sing you Happy Birthday buakakaka....

Cakebearer

Gori: "Aik! So small wan the cake! And where's the bikini clad playboy playmate that's supposed to pop out from my cake??!"

Second birthday song for gorilla by the waitress at Gasoline. Sorry, she wasn't bikini clad either...