REPORTS FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS RUNS

As it was on Run 3554 at Hulu Rening Date: 30th January 2012.

Hare: Julian Brown. Co-Hare: Mak (Singapore).
Runners: ~ 50 pax. Distance: ~ 10 km. Checks: 8. FROPs: Ah Meng,
Loh Hing Chiang, Taufu Soo, Ah Wah & Choo (visitor). Time: 1 hr 40 mins.

Roast Ignition of the Hares, Members & Visitors - The run (report coming next week)

The Circle

We had another smaller than normal group today but more than last week.
Jim O’Hara was allowed to be the butler as there was plenty of beer to go
around! On Sec announced that there was no Bomoh and that everyone
would need to make a charge. In the end that wasn’t necessary but it did
make everyone think. The hare and co-hare received a “good run” verdict.
They had been anxiously waiting for the FROPs as 7:30pm came and went.
However, the first group came back in at 7:40pm and the rest of the pack
in the next 30 minutes or so. On Sec stood in for On Cash and Interhash
Sec and announced blah blah pay subs blah blah and blah blah Singapore blah blah Subang Wankers blah blah. John Dodgson announced the Full Moon ballbreaker on Sunday 26th February. We had a new member join
Mother Hash today – Bill Owen – welcome! It was noticed that he was not
wearing a Mother shirt and so Peter Cushion joined him for a down down
for not bringing any stock to sell. That was after Jimmy Leggett gave Bill
the shirt off his back! There were only 2 guests tonight: the co-hare from
Singapore and a virgin from a mixed Saturday Hash who was brought
along, and then left behind, by Opera. We had 4 returners who tried to
explain why they had been missing for a while. As mentioned before there
was no Bomoh and so next were charges from the floor. First up was the hare who said that he set his last run for Mother around 9 years ago and it was run number 3121 in the same place as today. He called up 3 runners
who were there that night: Ah Wah, Wong Chee Keong (Kojak look-alike)
and Rob Stott (Kana look-alike), and complained that these 3 are all now
much slower than they were then! Next Barry praised the hash spirit of
two who had come straight back from Betong today to not miss the run:
guest Choo and Opera (Frankie Soong as look-alike). On Sec then charged 3 who had passed him without permission before the first check: Steven Leong, new member Bill and Superoldman (Eddie Kor as look-alike). Also charged was the hare for not obeying the 300m first check rule and setting
it at around 1km. Jimmy “Dog Shit” then gave Barry a present he had
been carrying around for months before On Sec called up the Americans to
complain about the strange names of their Republican politicians like Newt
and Mitt, and wondered why they can’t have a good old fashioned Anglo-
Saxon one like Barak? At this stage the beer had been flowing for a while
and there were a few more charges including the butler for putting the
Tiger boxes upside down, Dog Shit for not piercing his nipples and the
hungry ones who wanted the circle to finish so that they could go and eat.
A final down down was eventually given to a group of low profilers before
the hare was called to tell us where the On On was.

The On On was at the Old Lucky Light (Like) restaurant. There were 3 full
tables and the makan was FOC from the hare – many thanks!! After giving
the hare a down down we all sang our usual rendition of “Swing Low …” to
end another great evening.

 

As it was on Run 3553 at Desa Aman Puri Date: 23rd January 2012.

Hare: Frank Wijnands. Co-Hare: John Belgrave. Runners: ~ 40 pax. Distance: ~ 11 km. Checks: 7. FROPs: Loh Hing Chang, Opera, Dr Phil & Peter Cann (visitor). Time: 1 hr 45 mins.

1. Roast Ignition of the Hares, Members & Visitors

The run (from Dr Phil - thanks!)

Yet another 5pm run on yet another Malaysian public holiday, and yet another chance for me to show up late at the run site... just in time to see the back of the pack disappearing off into the trees, yet again.

This run came with the highest expectations, as the hare (Powderballs) is a very generous fellow, who is usually very happy to share his opinions of other people's runs. Those who have run within earshot of Frank know very well how much he hates thorns, steep climbs, slippery slopes, low shiggy, wait-a-while creepers, trip hazards and many of the other classic ingredients of a typical Monday evening. With this in mind I came to the run site at Desa Aman mentally prepared for an out-and-out runners' run, expertly paranged, on gently sloping fast clear trails.

The trail led us steeply up the "usual" climb behind the school, and up to the ridge trail, looping around clockwise into FRIM and out again, down to the Sungai Buloh exit from FRIM and then back into FRIM again along the water-pipe trail, heading back to the run site via the new downhill mountain bike trail. A climb over a barbed-wire fence reminded us that the Dutch are officially the tallest nationality in the World - with longer legs than me, at least. Checks were quite straightforward - all back checks and only one falsie as far as I can remember.

In more than a handful of places, the trail traversed some of the steep slopes and thorny forest which Frank loves so much, and one member was overheard to say "the hare has given up his right to complain". However there was plenty of fast running trail around FRIM which had been nicely cleared until the hare's parang got too blunt for him to tame the undergrowth any further.

Not quite the out-and-out runners' run I had expected, but none the worse for it - a great mix of trail and a clever route which made excellent use of a familiar area.

On on, your humble scribe, Dr Phil.

The Circle

Of course we had a small select group for the circle tonight due to the holidays. Superoldman was the butler and then On Sec called up all the Chinese (there were 12 present today) for a New Year down down. The hare and co-hare came next for the run verdict. Most agreed that it was a "good run" and Barry made some lengthy comments echoing those of the scribe (above). On Cash and Interhash Sec didn't have anything new to say before our two returners had a drink: Knut Herzer (retarded to Spain) and Julian Brown (living in Singapore). We had 7 visitors who all stayed to introduce themselves. These included Matthew Lee's under-age son so he was asked up for a drink as well. On Sec had given Knut his "member" waistcoat and so he was also given patches up to 20 years. He was joined by ex-On Sec Rob Stott for his 1994 patch. Before the Bomoh it had been noticed that 3 runners arrived for a 6 o'clock start today and so they obviously don't read the circular that On Sec spends hours preparing every week: Matthew Lee, Michael Lee and Kenny Soh (Ah Kah as a look-alike).

The Bomoh tonight was next week's hare Julian "Lost n Found" Brown. He started with Dutch visitor Bas who came back to the run site by taxi. Then all Italians were called and, as there weren't any, the Germans instead. So Knut stood in for the Captain of the cruise ship that hit some rocks - see "Mother's Pearls of Wisdom" below. Next were those with drivers again as Dennis Khoo received medical treatment from the taxi driver who brought some guests. Finally the Bomoh explained that Gary has a "sperm count" wristwatch that he has been using to good effect as his UM is now expecting son number 2! While the Bomh was performing On Sec noticed two late comers to the circle: Don Cheang and Alaistir (returning to Mother after one year). After their down downs we then had many songs before the circle closed. One visitor, who is an ex-Balikpapan hasher, sang a great chicken song with some dancing chickens. Edwin, Bull and On Sec did "On the Convent Wall I Sit", Opera sang "Rose, Rose I Love You" and Alaistir his usual one about snot makers, bread basket, trouble makers etc. We had 3 Dutchmen present tonight and they were volunteered to sing us a Dutch song. It started off in Dutch and then finished off with the nice Chinese CCB song! Finally On Sec sang his version of "The S&M Man" which he had learnt in Balikpapan. The On On was on-site and provided by JohnThai Catering services once again at RM15 per head.

 

PIX FROM RUN 3553

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIX FROM RUN 3554