31 August 2008

Sg Ara, Blue House and Carpet with SPMTB riders

Here are another 2 entries for the previous ride in Penang @ lalariders.com

Bear's Entry
Zen's Entry

Enjoy~

30 August 2008

SP Riders + lalariders @ Sg Ara Offroad

This is the toughest offroad trail i've ever cycled... Our team today consist of 9 riders, 2 penang lalariders, 2 sp lalariders and 5 sp riders.. We parked our car at the carpark near Dinas, Sungai Ara and start our journey there, offroad...
Kian Lee and Zen
I'm glad that i've improved a lot since i'm cycling. I can go up much easier compare to the 84 ride..
Kian Lee and HuatAirport
Keat and Kim Beng
1 thing that i'm cannot get used to it is that the offroad is slippery and we have to avoid the slippery stones and mud while cycling..
Resting at Blue HouseBlue HouseGay Shoe for lalariders
I push the bike quite a lot while we are doing uphill, my leg has not enough energy to crank :(
We took few stops before we reach Carpet.. We stop and rest and then we start back our journey downhill.. It's fun during downhill... It's single track and we have to becareful while doing downhill with hairpin corner...
Huat waiting for me during downhillThe downhill single trackResting session before reaching CarpetExhausted meScenery from Carpet
According to lee, we actually did only HALF track of the initial plan... but it's already consider tough to me eventhough it's only half way...
yes i can go further if we continue with onroad, but NO, not for offroad... i've run out of water twice, begging for water during the track.. :S
We went for chicken rice after the cycling. I'm not sure if it's because i'm too hungry already or what.. I feel that the chicken rice is delicious, i wanted to order for 2nd plate, but i have no appetite after the exhausting ride...

Time: 1:35:18
Distance: 14.70km
Average: 9.2kph
Max: 42.3kph
Odo: 917.7km

28 August 2008

Wednesday Short Ride

Cloudy day... it's gonna rain soon but since i've not cycling for 2 days, i went out for a short ride in front of my house...

Time: 0:24:54
Distance: 10.60km
Average: 25.6kph
Max: 34.2kph
Odo: 902.8km

27 August 2008

Katie Melua - Spider's Web

This is meaningful..

If a black man is racist, is it okay?
When it's the white man's racism that made him that way,
Because the bully's the victim they say,
By some sense they're all the same.

Because the line between,
Wrong and right,
Is the width of a thread,
From a spider's web.
The piano keys are black and white,
But they sound like a million colours in your mind.

I could tell you to go to war,
Or I could march for peace and fighting no more,
How do I know which is right,
And I hope he does when he sends you to fight.

Because the line between wrong and right,
Is the width of a thread from a spider's web,
The piano keys are black and white,
But they sound like a million colours in your mind.

Should we act on a blame?
Or should we chase the moments away?
Should we live?
Should we give?
Remember forever the guns and the feathers in time.
Because the line between wrong and right,
Is the width of a thread from a spider's web,
The piano keys are black and white,
But they sound like a million colours in your mind.
The piano keys are black and white,
But they sound like a million colours in your mind,
But they sound like a million colours in your mind

Katie Melua - I Cried for You


You're beautiful so silently

It lies beneath a shade of blue
It struck me so violently
When I looked at you

But others pass, the never pause,
To feel that magic in your hand
To me you're like a wild rose
They never understand why

I cried for you
When the sky cried for you
And when you went
I became a hopeless drifter
But this life was not for you
Though I learned from you,
That beauty need only be a whisper

I'll cross the sea for a different world,
With your treasure, a secret for me to hold

In many years they may forget
This love of ours or that we met,
They may not know
how much you meant to me.

I cried for you
And the sky cried for you,
And when you went
I became a hopeless drifter.
But this life was not for you,
Though I learned from you,
That beauty need only be a whisper

Without you now I see,
How fragile the world can be
And I know you've gone away
But in my heart you'll always stay.

I cried for you
And the sky cried for you,
And when you went
I became a hopeless drifter.
But this life was not for you,
Though I learned from you,
That beauty need only be a whisper
That beauty need only be a whisper

Katie Melua - The Closest Thing to Crazy

Thanks to Kok Wei to introduce Katie Melua's songs to me.. :)

I personally like 2 of the songs and i found another 1 has very good lyrics..

Here is the lyrics for, Katie Melua - The Closest Thing To Crazy ..

How can I think I'm standing strong,
Yet feel the air beneath my feet?
How can happiness feel so wrong?
How can misery feel so sweet?
How can you let me watch you sleep,
Then break my dreams the way you do?
How can I have got in so deep?
Why did I fall in love with you?

This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
Feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
I was never crazy on my own…
And now I know that there's a link between the two,
Being close to craziness and being close to you.

How can you make me fall apart
Then break my fall with loving lies?
It's so easy to break a heart;
It's so easy to close your eyes.
How can you treat me like a child
Yet like a child I yearn for you?
How can anyone feel so wild?
How can anyone feel so blue?

This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
Feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
I was never crazy on my own…
And now I know that there's a link between the two,
Being close to craziness and being close to you.

How can you make me fall apart
Then break my fall with loving lies?
It's so easy to break a heart;
It's so easy to close your eyes.
How can you treat me like a child
Yet like a child I yearn for you?
How can anyone feel so wild?
How can anyone feel so blue?

...and being close to you
...and being close to you.

Sunday Gathering

Elaine and hubby, Bear, Chia Hui's hubby and Chia Hui

We had a gathering on Sunday to celebrate Chia Hui's birthday @ Yataimura, QBM. And "we" are the same batch students for our online course.. :)
Appreciate them as my friends... Wish them all great in life! ^_^

25 August 2008

Monday Blue

No mood to work today.. Went for few places to meet clients and went to repair our old hilux... Kinda bored with the work..
Went to Semeling for the ride...
Very strong wind... Cycling hard to hit 23kph.. :S
Went for minor offroad while going home... it was the muddy road built by Gamuda double track project...

Time: 1:34:25
Distance: 31.78km
Average: 20.2kph
Max: 35.8kph
Odo: 891.8km

24 August 2008

Sunday Ride

Lazy to got up this morning. Thought of skipping the ride but when i thought of cycling with Kim Beng, Siang, Jiat, Khoon and friends, I got up straight and prepare myself. Departed on 630am as the gathering at Carnival is on 7am. I went to Khoon's house but it's dark.. so i went off to Carnival.
No one there when i arrive on 7am. I called Kim Beng but no one answer. Called Jiat too, but engage.. I thought they all ppk already.. So i went for Nasi Lemak + Teh Tarik which cost me RM 1.50.. Had my breakfast while waiting for them but still no one came... I prepare myself to ride by myself but then when i reach the traffic light after Carnival, Jiat called me and ask me to wait at Cinta Sayang..
I had a U-turn and continue my cycling without waiting for them at Cinta Sayang carpark. I went to the carpark after i have myself a round in the Cinta Sayang, met Jiat, Beh and Keong there.. They are waiting for Siang. I then go for another round with Jiat. Then we all have another 3 rounds..
They went for breakfast after that while i continue my ride to Eastern bypass then to Western bypass to home... :)

It's kinda pan and fatigue when i started my ride today but I feel ok already after 30 minutes of cycling... :)

Home >> Khoon's house >> Carnival >> Breakfast >> Cinta Sayang >> Carnival >> Eastern Bypass >> Western Bypass >> Sungai Layar >> Home

Time: 1:59:58
Distance: 43.15km
Average: 21.6kph
Max: 39.6kph
Odo: 858.9km

21 August 2008

Taman Batik

Went for a ride with khoon again today.
Home >> Khoon's house >> Bypass >> Petronas >> Exit to Cinta Sayang >> Gin's shop >> Khoon's house >> Home
It's not a good weather, it's going to rain... The sky is like, old-man pee-ing... dripping a little bit and stop, then a little more... !@$##$^@&
It made us don't know what to do... We planned to ride more but we have to go back early because the weather seems to be raining in a very short while... We don't really enjoy riding today.. :(

oh ya... there is 1 thing that made be happy... my colleague's hubby saw me in my last ride and he told my colleague. My colleague told me that she can't believe that i really ride for that far and she refuse to believe that i am still into cycling after 2 months... She thought i'm playful and will not stick to the hobby for so long... :P
hey guys, i'm not that playful ok.... i'm faithful to my hobby, love and everything.. :P

Time: 1:00:10
Distance: 22.63km
Average: 22.5kph
Max: 44.5kph
Odo: 815.8km

19 August 2008

I am a cheater

ngek ngek ngek... I went to have a ride today with khoon. Our initial plan is to go to the water tank near Bandar Perdana but end up cancel the plan because we depart late. Khoon changed the plan to the water tank nearby Apollo. But when we reach there, i told him not to go up to the water tank as the route looks spooky.. He wanted to go back already but i suggest to try out the Aman Jaya uphill.. :P
We then head to Aman Jaya for the uphill ride... Khoon told me he wanted to go home but i suggest to get 100 plus first before we go home... hehehhe...... there we go.... We head down to Petronas near Odin house... 1 more extra journey.. hehehhee...
After a short rest at Petronas, we head back with bypass and we met Odin at the traffic light.. He is waiting for K2 but due to our time constrain, we didn't join them and head back home..

Home >> Khoon's house >> Bypass to Apollo >> Aman Jaya uphill >> Petronas near Taman Batik >> Bypass and exit to Cinta Sayang >> Khoon's house >> Home

Time: 1:10:43
Distance: 24.61km
Average: 20.8kph
Max: 41.2kph
Odo: 793.0km

17 August 2008

Giant Ride

The wind is strong today. Our speed had slowed down to 23-26kph on flat road today.. :S
Home >> Giant >> Home using bypass..

Time: 1:00:11
Distance: 23.11km
Average: 23.0kph
Max: 34.8kph
Odo: 768.4km

15 August 2008

Semiling Ride

I invite Raymond to ride with us today. Khoon and me wait him at Semiling junction and head back to SP. The total ride today is around 30km. I've tried my best and i'm quite satisfy with the performance today. A little improvement after singapore trip.. :)

Time: 1:22:29
Distance: 30.49km
Average: 22.2kph
Max: 38.7kph
Odo: 745.3km

13 August 2008

Super Short Ride @ Cinta Sayang

Planned to ride on a new route today but due to my own laziness, i canceled the ride and go to Cinta Sayang with khoon.
The weather is not good, cheat me for few days already. It seems to be raining and there are few times that it really rain, by few drops i mean, and then stopped...
It happened again today. When we are about to go for 2nd round, it started to rain few drops, and we are worried for our journey back, so we make a u-turn and headed to the grocery.
The rain stopped and we have no more mood to continue our ride. We rest for a while at the grocery shop and head back home.

Time: 0:39:04
Distance: 13.55km
Average: 20.8kph
Max: 39.9kph
Odo: 714.7km

12 August 2008

Cinta Sayang Ride

It had been a while i didn't ride. I went to ride with khoon right after my work and i found that my performance drop alot!! :S
Took 2 rounds in Cinta Sayang and then rest at the Convenient Store and chat with Odin for awhile then head back home. Everyone wants to go home early as this month is ghost month for lunar calendar. Not good to stay outside at night..

Time: 1:21:09
Distance: 27.60km
Average: 20.5kph
Max: 37.2kph
Odo: 699.3km

05 August 2008

1st Ride after Singapore Trip

No confident to ride at all today. I'm sick since i'm in Singapore. The route we took today is as follow..
Home >> Laguna Merbok >> New General Hospital >> Laguna Merbok >> Semeling Bridge Traffic Light >> Home

Time: 1:22:15
Distance: 29.73km
Average: 21.7kph
Max: 46.3kph
Odo: 651.2km

03 August 2008

Johor Outing for Bak Kut Teh & Song FIsh Head

I went to Johor with Chiang 1 day before i came back from Singapore. Chiang brought me to Johor for Bak Kut Teh.
Johor
And Traffic Jam
My Buddy :)
Bak Kut Teh... Simple..But Nice
Simply delicious
Song Fish Head( Song Hu Thao)
The Price
My Buddy and Me ^_^

I can't believe it!! The price is less than RM 50. This is the place that a normal chicken rice will cost you RM 5... We don't know the break down price for each item but according to Chiang, the price is as follow:
4 Rice - RM 0.60/ea
4 Herbal Kek Hwa - RM 2/ea
1 Bak Kut Teh(2 person) - RM 13.60 (RM 6.80/ea)
1 Yau Char Kuai - RM 0.70
1 Song Fish Head - RM 18

I will surely go back and have this Bak Kut Teh if i happen to go to Singapore again... Yummy~
:)

The Day when Khoon Went Back

We went to Sukodo for dinner before Khoon go back home.. His bro is working there and he ordered the dish that cooked by his brother, Teriyaki Chicken. I ordered Omu rice while Harn ordered.... dunno what's it called.. :P



The concept for this restaurant is like Marque, they will give you 1 card and you pass the card to the cook to order your meal, pass the card to the cashier when you pay accordingly..
Btw, i took these pictures with my new phone, Samsung SGH-F480.. :)