Pounder Run!

Yet another famous JCH tradition!

This event was organised almost impromptu on a Sunday evening, so we couldn't get as many people as we wanted. But that's alright!

Basically this is how Pounder Run works. Everyone orders a Pounder Large Set from McDonald's, or Mackers, as called by the Aussies. A pounder is essentially a quarter pounder, but FOUR times the meat, and FOUR times the cheese.

I think some of you already have an idea of what's going to come. The objective of Pounder Run is to down your burger as fast as possible, along with the large pack of chips and large Coke. But that's not all, once you're done with that, you have to sprint for at least a 100m to a finish line. Beautiful eh? Here are some pictures for all to see.. Too bad no one could take a video for us..

The guys getting pumped up as the food is distributed equally. Starting from extreme left in a clockwise direction : Tim, Andrews, Haid, Eamonn and Adam.

The epitome of gluttony!

The guy not in the previous picture with the colourful jersey is the infamous Ed, which you guys definitely remember from all the previous posts. One of the top people in JCH

Because Haidi wisely decided not to join the guys in Pounder Run, she volunteered to take a picture of us gorging ourselves with disgustingly greasy pieces of meat.

Turned out that I did quite well, coming in a decent second. Andrew won with almost unbelievable ease. He ate as if it was just a piece of cake, and looked on at everyone with a effortless shrug.

We decided that the best way to celebrate the night was to watch a damn good movie, and guess what just came out? The Bourne Ultimatum! We took a tram and proceeded to Melbourne Central, which is kinda like Mega Mall, but not as big obviously.

Before the movie started some of us had to go to the toilet to clear our aching bowels. Unfortunately for Eamonn, but oh so hilarious for all of us, he didn't realise that there was no toilet paper until it was too late! Haha!

We were pretty oblivious to the incident until Ed came out of the toilet laughing his head off. Between gasps of air, he told Haidi to grab a few rounds of toilet paper from the female toilet for Eamonn. We had a pretty good laugh right then. Of course, it got only worse when Eamonn came out with a sheepish look on his face. Good stuff!

Speaking about toilets, something in the toilet really perplexed me. While doing my usual routine, I noticed a metallic box fixed onto the wall. Upon closer inspection, it said "Syringe Disposal Services". What the heck? Who the hell provides a service to dispose of syringes? What does it even mean?


Perhaps they were implying something quite unknown to me, but still, if it is what I think it is used for, why the heck would you want to do that for? It reminds me of how the Malaysian government planned to tackle the problem of AIDS by providing free syringes and condoms to druggies and AIDS sufferers.. Totally twisted logic..



Overall, it was another typical Sunday evening in JCH, with me learning new things about Australia and its people all the time. Movie was just awesome, by the way..

Two days ago, I went for the JCH/Medley River Cruise, or affectionately called Booze Cruise by normal people, and it was mind-blowing. This, of course, is a story for next time... Till then!