2010 Happy 12th Anniversary RLC Harriers!

Happy 12th Anniversary RLC Harriers!
By Lintang Bob Yong
Anniversaries come and go. This year’s the RLC Harriers 12th Anniversary also came and went. But it was celebrated in a different manner. Though the event was organised in a simple, free and easy style, it has caught the attention of the Club’s President and many of the General Committee Members. They attended the event in full force. Their comments were that they had thoroughly enjoyed every minutes of the fun filled actions, the peculiarity of which could only be appreciated by the hashing fraternity.
I joined the Hash Section in year 2000 and had since participated in the past 10 Anniversary Celebrations. I would rate this one to be more in line with the hash tradition and was glad that I did not miss it.
The Anniversary Run was on a Tuesday 7 December. The GM flagged off the run at 5.00 pm sharp. It was an in-house run, in the confine of the secondary jungle at the tail end of the Main Range. The tail end was still an energy sapping, “Dragon Trail.” The trail no matter how difficult it was did not sap the spirit of the hashers.
The 40 hashers encountered ‘checks’ and invariably a few ‘false trails’ along the way. That was nothing unusual. However, 3 hashers were unexpectedly being misled by a fellow hasher who created a new trial on his own by throwing papers along the infamous ‘Dragon Trail’. Unhappy initially, they felt betrayed but it turned out it was a blessing in disguise for they admitted their enjoyment in tracking the forever exciting “Dragon Trail.” Such an episode could not of course escape the eyes and ears of ‘Extra Virgin’ and consequently, the good and bad hashers were ‘on-down’ at the circle without the acceptance of their pardon.
The highlights of the event were staged at the club Gazebo and more than 80 Members attended the dinner. Food was plentiful. What could have made hashers happier? Nothing but chicken, beef or mutton washed down with chilled draught beer! Satay was served before dinner! What a handful and mouthful?
The most notable was seeing male hashers dressing in colourful Hawaiian shirts and matching short pants, and the females donned in their sexy sarongs or spaghetti sundress with hats to match. Many hashers wore slippers too. The theme of the On! On! was of course “Hot, Hot Tropical Nite” in the true sense of the expression.
The celebration of the 12th Anniversary would not be complete without the cake-cutting ceremony. Our Club President, Dato’ A Sani Karim led the other General Committee Members, the entire Sub-Committee Members, the past Grand Masters and the ex-club President, David Yap, the founding Member of the Hash Section, performed the symbolic cake-cutting ceremony.
Games like “My Own Coconut Drink”, “Belly-shaking for males and Hip-shaking for females” were keenly contested. Winners were declared and happily walked away with prizes donated by well wishers. Lucky Dips, Special Lucky and Table Draws were organized and winners grinned from ears to ears when Lady Luck smiled on them.
The night would not end without some die-hard hashers wanted to dance all night long, as they wished. But reluctantly, when it was time to end the party, they had accepted that all good things must come to an end and bid farewell to everyone.
The entire activities were recorded on videos.
Watch them on:-
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