hope

I left home today morning at 8, picked Hannah up and headed to Lake Gardens for the Terry Fox Run. Like last year, there were heaps and heaps of people. Also like last year, no one took the warm-up seriously. But to be fair, it was more like a cross between a joget and belly-dancing than a real warm-up. At 9, we were flagged off. The route was a little different than last year - starting at the assembly area by the lake, winding uphill past the deer park, coming out near the bird park, turning left past the orchid garden and back towards the entrance of Lake Gardens, past Lake Club, towards the playground on the right, around the lake and back to the assembly area. Like last year, bananas and bottles of water were being handed out before the run. Afterwards, there was Milo (for which the queue was insanely long) and some really, really amazing muffins. It was a little cloudy throughout, which probably made it easier. And it was, to be honest, more of a brisk walk than a run for us. The people who actually attempted to run had a tough time, dodging and weaving in and out of the masses of people. But seriously, good for them. It's an amazing thing, and it can't be for a better cause. Unfortunately, we've come to a stage where it seems everyone knows someone who has or has had cancer. The sheer number of people at this event serves as a testament of sorts to that.

So, here's to hope. Someone find a cure already.

an exhibition of the wrong kind

Hannah and me went to Midvalley today to pick up our t-shirts for Sunday's Terry Fox run. Strangely enough, the booth was set up in the middle of a financial exhibition. We had no plans on staying, but to get in you have to register and such. You give them your identity cards and they scan them and print out your information (SO cool) and even fill up a form for you. This was for a true/false info hunt, which we decided to do cuz we were there and such. So in we walked, and there were booths by a bunch of banks. We were initially just looking for the answers, but then people started talking to us like they thought we were really there for the exhibition. This felt a little depressing later on. Do I seriously look like I need a personal loan?? Unless it's for that purple Sony phone...mmm...anyway, they kept giving us things - pens, bags, notebooks. We eventually finished up the info hunt and cuz we got all the answers right (go figure), we got more free stuff - an MPH voucher worth RM20, a t-shirt and a calculator/notebook thing. Eventually, we got to the Terry Fox booth and found out that they didn't have the sizes we wanted yet. So we went to have a teppanyaki lunch and did a bunch of other things. When I got home, I spent like four hours making cookies. I can't even look at them now.

But I mean, seriously. I feel a million years old. I'm telling myself that they probably didn't expect people who weren't there for a reason to be there, but still. Grrr.