Andrew..whu?

2010-01-12T08:11:00.003+08:00

jason mraz - i'm yours...enjoice!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkHTsc9PU2A

awesome clouds

2010-01-12T04:31:00.000+08:00

took a random pic from my phone. the cloud captured my attention that
mother nature had created. i think it was about to rain or something
but it was a fantastic view from where i was looking at it.

2009-12-19T00:08:00.002+08:00

another pose from "cutie", looking smart and attentive... :D

2009-12-18T03:29:00.002+08:00

took a random shoot at "cutie" using flash bounce affect (nikon sb600).

2009-11-18T19:25:00.002+08:00

Ultrasound can do wonderful things. Like scanning the womb of a mother with her little child inside. It is just a 81mm foetus but the world already waiting for you especially mum and dad.. :)

Modern Warfare..

2009-11-14T11:24:00.000+08:00

here i am preparing for my assault at shah alam tmn pertanian or bkt
cahaya (formerly) for paintball.

Char Siew in Alam Suria PJ

2009-11-14T11:18:00.001+08:00

Where to eat some ass kicking char siew in PJ? Alam Suria of course!
Well the place might be A ghost town during weekends but weekdays it
is full of office ppl hovering around for lunch. But if you wanna to
eat a good char siew thats the place you are looking for. Btw not
knowing whats the name of the restaurant, its quite easy to find
actually.

Jalan PJU 1/3g 1
47301‎ Petaling Jaya‎ Selangor
Malaysia

Test

2009-11-14T11:06:00.001+08:00

Test

Thanks & Regards,
Andrew Chang

2009-08-02T16:59:00.001+08:00

Updating blog....hehehe...

After a year missing frm here, is nice to be back! Muahahha

2008-07-24T11:19:00.004+08:00

oriental pavilion jaya33 - wedding food testing
the oriental is quite a reputable restaurant i would say. cause many ppl i spoken to, they knew this is a good place for food. anyway lets cut the story short n it's pic spam time!

my brithday cake

lisa n i (my bd gift)

spring chicken

bawal putih stir fried with deep fried fish bones

steam prawn with softshell crab

kickarse "hor yip fan"

fried taufu with mushroom (thick gravy)

4 season

my personal favorite is the "hor yip fan", it is very delicious and mouth watering. the glutinous rice was out of this world. the aroma and the stickyness of the rice was perfect. the rice wasn't too soft or hard either. each bite of the glutinous rice you got youself crave somemore. :P mebbe i'm just a "fan tong" that's why kao? haha.

2008-07-24T11:10:00.002+08:00

house warming
it was a great turn out i would say. sorry about the little space in my house but thank you guys for coming in! :D preparation and cooking for the food was a real challenge. for those who brought the stuff to makan thank you guys! and for those who brought us the present, thank you also!

lisa and i

god of gamblers?

one sunny day!

2008-06-06T17:04:00.001+08:00

sidewayz?

2008-05-26T11:28:00.001+08:00

saw tis at te nkve highway apparently te lorry was overloading wit heavy steel cables n turn sideway negotiating a sharp bend.

furniture!

2008-05-24T09:17:00.001+08:00

woot! my 1st furniture..

ray of hope..

2008-05-19T09:44:00.001+08:00

got this frm kota damansara around 9am.

2008-04-16T11:10:00.003+08:00

house cleaning!

took a saturday weekend to do some cleaning at our new house. with some assistance from lis@ friends (thank u) n wailam n ahsiong, thanks!

vacuum!

where's that sucker!

(singing) in the jungle the mighty jungle (singing)...aiks apa ni!

well, we did pretty fast i would say...took around 3-4hours? then headed off to kepong makan steamboat..hmm..yummm...

Klcc at nitez..

2008-04-15T11:36:00.001+08:00

2008-04-14T11:13:00.008+08:00

bhp run - 13th apr 2008

3am - rain like crazy...
4am - even more heavily...
5am - hmm...rain started to slow down to drizzle...

ahsiong cakap rendezvous in near fitness first at the curve. was at the curve around 0645hrs, looking around for fitness first. saw ahsiong with his orange running suit gear with gps on his belt and training watch? wah, so high tech! the run will be starting around 0730hrs so decided to do some warm up before the run in 10mins time. you can see people drag their asses out from this cooling weather which is nice to be in bed covering with your blanket with air cond blowing down. aih...

if not mistaken the run should be started exactly 0730hrs when the gun went off in the air. air was cooling that added an advantage to everyone i guess! so started off normal, sprint about 50meter just to get my legs to warmup. the women started 5mins after men, about 10mins into the run the 1st women went pass through me. she was wearing a cap and boy she could run! feeling a little embrassing (i guess alot men did that time) went up my pace a little.

looking confident

went this going to be over!

dazed n confused!

into the hills i came! it was like dragging another extra 10kg each of your legs. i thought i will stop at some point. but my determination speaks for it self! do not stop! didn't took any water at the water station too (big mistake). it was crowded with ppl anyway and i do not want to stop either. after a successful climb and exit out to the ex-sony building heading towards 1u, saw jazzmint taking picture of the bhp run (thanx for the pic!). the last 2-3km was not easy for me, exhausted and feeling a little light headed. must be lack of liquid, walked about 5mins to rest then continued all the way to the finish line.

distance : 9.98km (according to ahsiong gps)
time started : 0730hrs
time ended : 0840hrs
total time taken : 70mins

p/s : all pics are courtesy from jazzmint

2008-03-27T14:52:00.005+08:00

upekka @ sec17/8

another place for ppl in pj to dine in this little humble restaurant at sec17. as we know sec17 is a peaceful and quiet neighborhood, preferred by any university students to stay there. i had stayed there for almost 3 decade for now. u can actually find your way in and out for food easily. no hassle. but for this case "upekka".

here's the sign board

kam heong rice

spaghetti with tuna

fried rice, not sure what kind of style

mee hon goreng

fried loh shi fun

mainly there are quite a number of local dishes. but for a change you also get spaghetti and western delights. haven't tasted their western yet but i forsee it would be nice but nothing to shout about. pricing is quite reasonable as their customer mostly are from uni or college student. this is a place that you or your partner can sit down and relax. no rush hour timing, just enjoy the food and the chit chats.. :D

2008-03-25T16:15:00.009+08:00

ipoh fellowship ride 2008

started off to the nkve highway around 1130hrs from damansara tol. traffic was ok and some parts of the highway are upgrading to 3 lanes road either ya coming down from south or heading north. exited through tapah and headed to kampar for some makan time! anyway, it's been raining since i got to ipoh with heavy downpour along the highway until i exited at ipoh selatan tol. gosh, this going be a fun ride for tommorow! check in the hotel and headed to jusco a couple of hours later to makan dinner. the place my wife and i went called "bamboo" something. couldn't remember the name but it is at the 1st floor heading towards the GSC cinema area.

this is the place

prawn with mayonnaise and dragon fruit

ohh...the juice is superbly done!

sinchuan style noodle

next morning at 0430hrs, woke up and get prepare for the ride. rendezvous at nasi kandar nasmir just beside the tesco ipoh there. 0600hrs head off to mk land office for the registration. got my number # 071. :D can't hardly wait to flag off the ride!

well, flagoff around 0800hrs i think...riders are getting excited and eager to sprint out like they had never been ridden for years. the crowds was echoing with noises luckily we are way out of radius within the neighborhood. alas! we had a lift off...my riding mates sprinted fast ahead of me where i need to catch up upon them. it wasn't easy as i used to start slow and steady, sprinting ahead of others zooming past other riders was my very first time. adrenaline rush was all time high on that period of time.

there were hills after hills at stage 1, which i never anticipated during this ride. with the fitness level i am having those hills never been easy at all. by the time i was about to reach the first checkpoint i think i had drained out. should had save some of the adrenaline... :( pushing my bike uphill was a torturing event. but what goes up must come down! downhill was awesome and the snake like trail was totally mind blowing. that was the most enjoyable moment i ever had. by the time i had reached to the 2nd checkpoint, i was totally worn out. to add some salt on the wound, the 3rd checkpoint was entirely uphill for about 7km! ok, thats it for me! i'm done! took the chicken loop to the 4th checkpoint which some mild uphill and flats all the way back to the finish/start line. that took me around 1hr 45mins for some 15km. i know it's a long time but to tell you the truth, i was actually struggling back to the finish line. each of my every muscles in the body was calling out pain, exhaustion, dehydration (forgot to drink water) and my brain cells are not actually working properly.

looking back the trails and suffering i went thru this fellowship ride, it was all well worth it. or else it won't be called mountain biking for no reason..haha..organizer and the sponsors of this event did a wonderful job and did not let down anyone who participated this event. two thumbs up for the ipoh fellowship ride 2008! :D

2008-03-17T13:11:00.003+08:00

old skool pic..

well, was resting and having some coconuts at sg.buloh lepar town after an hour of riding.

2008-03-15T08:03:00.002+08:00

oh yeah! did a 2.3km run at ttdi taman. look all the cars park there, was full pack with ppl.

2008-03-11T11:03:00.002+08:00

testing with my phoneblog...my new SE K770i... :D

2008-03-08T10:07:00.003+08:00

bowling is fun! but.....

working boringly at the office on friday...was thinking of shooting some balls later (bowling) alone while waiting for my wifey to get off work (she's in IBM). started off with some inaccurate shoots n cleaning the longkang alot, been lay off a while on bowling. i know my trusty arm will find my shoots back remembering the glory days a decade ago. it did when i was at the 5th game. the score board was like this:

9/ | X | 8/ | 9/ | X | 8- | 7/ | 81 | 7/ | 9--

ohh yeah! who's ur daddy! very climax already..i don't get this chance all the time..better quick take my phone n snapshot of the score sheet. blady hell! where's my phone? is not in my pocket either at the seat. sat there for 5 mins thinking where's my W660i phone? ok it struck me that my phone sudah kena hijackeD! arrggghhh...i was dumbfounded at that time. i left my phone at the seat covering it with the bowling ball handler. :0 . well, it's also partly my fault that i put it at the seat...but but it's covered! arrggh..the guy whole stole it must had been stalking me i guess...sweat!...well that's an expensive lesson to learn..anyway, i got 1 more game to finish off..what the hell, just continue my last game and the scores comes out like this:

-3 | 7- | -1 | -- | [8]- | 34 | 5- | 14 | 16 | -7-

what an anti-climax...aih....

2008-03-06T13:34:00.002+08:00

my house part 2

what ya think about the house? much more cleaner! hahaha..yeap! 75% completed, some paint job and some electrical connections will do it. just take a look at a few pic taken frm my camera phone. a bit blur la.

2008-01-02T11:31:00.000+08:00

my house part 1

here are some of a sneak peak of my new house which lisa n i bought. :) some minor constructions going on right now. hopefully all can be done this month jan 2008. can't wait..teehehhee..

the kitchen under renovation

my living room

did an arch for my wardrobe room

master bedroom looking at the arch

some idiot put his @#$% astro dish in between master n guest room

2007-12-04T06:57:00.000+08:00

tagged!

ahlam tagged me...so here's goes nothing:

me,myself & i
1. like to cycle and hit the jungle trails! for that you'll get jungle friends as well....leeches...
2. eat as much as i cycle..about anything except raw stuff...
3. like to sleep alot (if i had the chance)
4. when im not cycling..futsal is my physical exercise i would say
5. am a movie freak..love to watch movie with my wife :D

my stuff! which i am proud of!
1. my most precious bike..merida tfs 300..fully pimped! been with me about a year plus, been gone through alot with the bike. how i get my first fall and my first endo...hahahaha
2. my shoe..adidas..all terrain shoe, when cycling with it, jogging, jungle tracking and i got it for RM259! was on sale...
3. the car i'm driving now is fantastic..been with me for 6 years at least. the car was made in 1997 before i actually own it..luv my car!
4. my new house which my wife n i bought this year. small house and nothing fancy about it. just glad that i finally own a house
5. my new future bed at my new house..soon..it's going to be soft and comfy for me to sleep..after all i'd been sleeping with my mattress for a long time! :D

2007-12-03T13:25:00.000+08:00

batu dam ride @ 1st dec 2007

this my 2nd time i'm on this batu dam ride. we have "me0@tim and myaho2@andrew" both are quite an average ride. been describing how great was the trail was and both tim and andrew are itching to get there. glad they enjoy every moment of the trail and experience there! also, the "kelolo" team was there. at least we're not alone in that jungle trail. :D

me0 with his sexy post

myaho2 enjoying the strong breeze

myaho2 n ak (me)

started off around 0845hrs and completed around 1225hrs roughly. we did about 15km give and take according to myaho2. thanks to his faithful sigma cycle computer. thought of getting a compass before i hit the trail the day before, but didn't get one. the trail ain't that hard to go by anyway. even if we get lost, we'll just have to track back the trail. is more fun! :P the start of the trail are quite flat until you reach to the second river crossing. that's where the uphill begins...it's all uphill for there but it is ride able. not much of an extreme uphill though. the trail is just nice at the beginning...dry... :D

me0 n myaho2 hammering the trail

things gets a bit more wet when we are around 1/3 of the way. slippery rocks and mud at some part of the trail. more leeches attack! those sucker are a real sucker! anyway, leeches are the least we are worrying about. at some point of the trail, me0 lost this spectacles while he enjoying the dh section of the trail. he can't see without this specs. thankfully he found them after 5mins of searching the ground fully covered with dead leaves and falling branches around the area. worst some more he's specs frame are in black color. how nice it blends into the jungle surroundings.

me0 speeding away

all in all, the ride was fantastic and myaho2 seems to enjoy it and so does as me0 (kept complaining he's hungry)..hahaha..

2007-11-19T15:12:00.000+08:00

nexus pcc ride 2007

it was exciting, fun, tiring (of course) and more exhaustion! haha.. well to be honest the whole ride was great. getting your butt up at 0430hrs preparing the stuff you wanna to bring . not that i didn't prepare anything the day before even though i should, but i was in kuala lipis that saturday nite so was kinda rushing back to pj.

its me! :D

the turn out was quite huge..not sure what time was then before it started the event but i reckon it was about 0800hrs. alot of people was at the starting point as usual and the official was given out instructions. some familiar faces i'd seen at the starting point. alot of the bikers are quite excited and ready to go! once they flag us off, it was a quite exciting atmosphere around us. the pcc officials did a fantastic job by stopping the traffics before we enter the offroad track!

some guys pumping up already

traffic jam ahead!

the first loop was quite smooth besides the traffic jam (bring back memories frm last year pcc) heading towards the 1st uphill. at the peak there is a smooth downhill heading towards a small stream. but that's where i had my 1st puncture. couldn't test my downhill skill (dammed!). eventually took me 5 mins to fixed my puncture.

25mins later (still jam)

well, i had my second puncture at loop 2. now it's the back tyre that puncture. i got a puncture before the loop 2 insane climb! bad luck for me i'd been thinking. what else can go wrong la! one of the hill in loop 2 was a killer! didn't expect that...who does?! manage to power up 3/4 of the way up and the rest of the way had to push...pushhh..but at the end result you get a good eagle eye view of the scenery. and heck, you still see people from below the hill are pushing up. good luck!

my last pic at the peak of loop 2 hill..insane climb!

well, managed to collect 3 stickers which i had completed 3/4 loops. which is not a bad record for myself. for those who did 4 loops , i salute you! for me i had to take the chicken route at loop 3 and it was crazy (15-18km for chicken route?). was dead tiring and have to ride that long journey back! uugghhh..and also there's a bit of technical single track as well. I thought i was going to take the highway back all the way on tarmac! hahaha...but even that i do really enjoy it.

anyway this year ride was the smoothest ride i ever had compared to last year. most of the trail are ride able and technical difficulties are on par with my skill (tak malu!). i'm not complaining! and for the pcc members they did a marvelous job handling this wonderful event of the year! thanks guys!

beer time!

2007-10-27T14:59:00.001+08:00

yeap its 3pm n im drinkin beer now.. ;-)

After raya

2007-10-22T17:55:00.001+08:00

Jam pack at jln raja chulan. miss those holidayz season.

2007-10-18T11:12:00.000+08:00

weddings,weddings,weddings # 2

so, it's time to choose a date for the wedding...what is the good date for next year? probably is "080808"...bet thats a favourite for everyone. but we decided to find some advice from "loh ti pat"(correct spelling??). loh ti pat is a person name who calculates the "star, moon, sign, water/wind/fire elements...etc" for anyone who wants a good day to do some major events. such as opening for you new toilet room.. -_- ... also weddings which i am interested in.

surprisingly that guy did a good job explaining my sign n my wife sign what clashes with what. what can or can't do during the wedding day and many other stuff. so, when is my big day? figure this out, direct english translation from cantonese "everyday, everyday, fish, live". anything pops out from your head?

Gerrard is back!

2007-10-12T23:43:00.001+08:00

after 6 agony mths in macau, he's finally back! in time for wailam bd bbq party!

break time!

2007-10-11T17:09:00.001+08:00

it's 5.05pm. n suppose to b workin but instead take some break.

phone blogging

2007-10-11T07:11:00.001+08:00

just testin my phone bloggin n it's works! ;-)

2007-10-01T07:24:00.000+08:00

weddings, weddings, weddings (part 1)

been into wedding dinner for the past 3 weeks in a row for the month of september. i guess september was a good month to had weddings for those lovely couples. the preparation and the ambiance makes the mood so much of love! ohh yeah :D for me i was looking some options that i had in mind for my wedding dinner in future. there is a restaurant already been fixed in our mind, which is not a bad place at all.

well, if you happens to pass by jalan semangat in pj definitely you will not miss the place. it is just opposite the old jaya or mcdonalds. for those whole had been living in pj a while i think you know where it is roughly. is not hard to find at all. anyway step 1 for a wedding is to get a restaurant for the dinner, that is the very most important thing to do (so it said frm my colleague). the hunting for the right food/ambiance or location is just fun to do with your partner :D. roxor! you're only get to do this once! just once! hahaha...

2007-09-27T22:41:00.000+08:00

pcc presidential ride 2007

it reminds me of exhaustion, lung busting climbs and the agony of showering your whole body in the hot humid weather under the sun. not to mention it is a 60km offroad xc (cross country). why the heck did i do all this? i could had spend the whole sunday weekend at home sleeping or watch tv eating nacho's. well, not to those 650 men and women who did the presidential ride last year. it is one of the huge mtb event of the year in kajang/semenyih. i reckon this year it will be a bigger crowd. for the past few years pcc had been successfully organize the presidential ride with the increasing of mtbikers participating. i don't see why not this year they're going to break the 650.

pcc - nexus presidential ride 2007 teaser

last year presidential ride

told myself that i'm going to participate this event every year if i could. i mean is fun riding in the vast area of rubber/oil palm trees with a bunch of guys. no pressure. you got almost 6 - 7 hrs to really complete the big loop. is not a race but is more like a recreational cycling (hahaha). there is no 1st or last place, just that if you can complete the whole loop it is an achievement for yourself. means that you can take it like a man or women, withstand all the impossible. hey not every person will complete the whole loop you know. i for one.

2007-08-28T21:03:00.000+08:00

the star

i'm on the paper! :D click here to see. is about a group of cyclists on wednesday night ride. so happens i was there :D...

2007-08-27T07:08:00.000+08:00

subang run 2007 - 10km

4.15am - toot, t00t, toot (sms frm ahsiong)...zzzzz..ZzzZZzZZz.....what the heck!? message said : berak pagi. uggghh...went back to sleep...ZzzZzzzzZ. woke at 0515hrs and did my usual morning thing. half an hour later, speed off to get into mpsj stadium at subang. ahsiong and ahlam arrived earlier and was waiting for me. registered myself and waiting for the run to begin at 0730hrs. was raining slightly but stop before the run begin. everyone was excited at the starting line up and eager to launch themselves off.

full of confident

do,re,mi

starting lineup n ready to blast off!

the run was pretty crowded during starting (as usual). ahsiong already nitro boost at the start so left ahlam and i was running at the very slow pace. the very first left turn i told ahlam we should be getting a little bit more pace this time. ok, im not sure whether he heard me right as in "little". he turbo off like a skyline gtr as if i were driving my tiara (hahaha). well, although i didn't finish before 60mins it was a fun run. clocked 75mins.

after 75mins of running

post-run

thanks for the pic from ahsiong. would i take part of another subang run next year? definitely yes :P

2007-08-11T12:05:00.000+08:00

darn! i'm tagged!

proposition : if you have $1,000,000.00

ok, this is my first tag from ahlam.

a million bucks?! not much but it helps :D continue working whatever i am doing rite now. invest in some guarantee return funds, fixed deposit, some small side business..etc..which one? all of them? perhaps. but nevertheless, i'll spend it with the one i treasure and love always.

do i really have to tag another 5 ppl? duh!...zzzZZzzzZZzz...

2007-08-03T21:41:00.000+08:00

bike route sec17

some ppl asked me where do i cycle? well, i has couple of route's and this one is just at my neighborhood. some hills to climb and not really hard. if you maintain 25-30km/h you can complete the whole round in 10-15mins? or less... :D

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/malaysia/petaling-jaya/676994430

2007-08-02T07:34:00.000+08:00

inspirational

went into youtube and was looking for "lance armstrong" cycling moments. well, this is the best youtube i ever seen. very inspirational and motivating. lesson is "never give up!" on whatever you do even you're down.

2007-07-23T07:06:00.000+08:00

bkt kiara trail

yes, now the most talk about hill in TTDI (Tmn Tun) whether the DBKL wants to mow down the hill and convert it to a "tourist attraction park"? but they hit a snag cause a lot of people are actually against the decision. count me in! this hill already been under siege by development for new condos which is not necessary i would say. most of the development are done at sri hartamas area. woohoo! that's wawasan 2020 to flatten every flora and fauna for new housing development.

"this is twin peaks @ 260m above sea level"

"also in twin peaks"

"you can see the twin tower frm here"

"awesome downhill single track"

"another downhill single track and some switchback"

usually i do a lot of weekday ride over there after my work. is a short ride around 40mins including the tarmac climb from KLGCC entrance. the trail been are shared among not only mountain bikers but people who do trekking and horse riding.

2007-07-16T12:23:00.000+08:00

kajang hash july15th 2007

started out with a good clear blue sky weather! what a day to ride i was thinking myself. everything seems to be so perfect today. not quite. well, nothing wrong with the hash actually, it just that i didn't bring my helmet for the hash. (bummer!)....it is quite embarrassing that everyone wears one and i don't.. :P what the heck, nothing will stop me for it!

pre-ride..i think that's boon foo's van

pre-ride briefing

count down to start

my ride!

the hash starts exactly at 0900hrs which is good, no delays or whatsoever. met a few ppl and had some talks about the ride. this actually is my first hash, so most of the time i just follow the riders in front. the ride was covered with oil palms trees and thank god for that! we need the shades! the fast group went ahead and i had lost sight of them (damn!). but lucky there is a rider in front so most of the time i trail behind her. about 12km into the ride where we reach to a check point and suppose to find the next paper to lead us the right way. boy, we got stuck about 30-45mins just finding the paper. go around n round the checkpoint radius and some people are already getting frustrated.

a guy came to us at the checkpoint and ask us if we were carrying any antiseptic or iodine with us. he needed that to help out his friend who fell from his bike and had a very bad bruise on his ankle. all i have was some bandage and alcohol. went to his aid and clean his friend wound. from my experience, he felt the pain while i was applying alcohol into his wounds (ohh yeah, sure hurts like hell). due to his friend unable to continue they took the shortcut out. but things went into our way and someone finally found the papers! thank god! i taught we'll going to stuck at the checkpoint eternity...is "on,on!" shouted the guy and the whole bunch of us like 20-30 heads towards him (cavalry charge!).

from that moment on, things started to get smooth. we went all the trails without problem finding the papers and we know we are on the right track. nothing would stop us from completing the hash! but the hills are killing me! told my self "small hill, i can do it!"......15mins later....this is nuts! another hill?! *wtf*...the best part, if you push your bike it is harder then you cycle up. is the truth! anyway the last 5km was like uphill and downhill and uphill and downhill. finally when i saw some buildings right on my sight, a sign of relief that this is all over.

the kajang hash was not that difficult but due to myself lack of fitness you will had a hard time climbing the hills...but was glad that i completed the hash. it was a great experience and fun!

2007-06-05T07:13:00.000+08:00

ncc8

it's been 10years if i'm right since "kbu" time. yeah we did had alot of fun back then during our younger days :D. anyway here are some of the memories that i draw 'em the last time (10yrs ago) in kbu. mind u i wasn't a good cartoonist so some of the drawings a bit "cacat". if u ask me now to draw something i couldn't. my mind n my hands just won't click anymore. it's not what i used to be i would say a little skill in drawing. it's all gone! :P what i had now it's all memories. enjoy! :D

zaharin@ozzy if you can read this, we miss ya man! wherever u are may u find peace alwayz! :D

2007-05-29T11:30:00.000+08:00

bkt kiara trail

this is a map from "pat brunsdon" the owner and creator of this detail map (bkt kiara). uploading here for future reference!

2007-05-21T15:34:00.000+08:00

what's up! :D

1. i'd gained around 6-7KG of weight (estimation)
2. now uncle's at age 40-45 cycle way faster then me
3. my ass getting bigger sitting in the office too much!
4. size 36 pants no longer fits me (OMFG!)
5. more fats at my cheek
6. scared to weight my own weight

yeah..this is a sign of me getting bloated up. "Hey look I'm a cream puff!". down to serious exercise. must get ride of 10KG or more.

2007-03-30T15:06:00.000+08:00

SRAM!

during the weekend got myself a little excited about some stuff i had bought over the last couple of months. upgrades for my wife t-blaze bike! woohoo! i luv my wife very much and i don't really want her to get frustrated using the standard SiS crap components. u know those unreliable shifting and making hell lots of sounds during shifting the gears.

anyway the list i bought over the past months was:
1) mavic x221 wheelset with deore hub
2) sram 9.0 esp rear derailleur
3) sram x.7 trigger shifter
4) deore xt front derailleur
5) deore 9 speed cassette
6) shimano hg-93 chain

didn't really put all the stuff into the t-blaze bike..hahaha..hey, my merida need some few stuff as well. :D

sram 9.0 esp rd with deore cassette n hg-93 chain

when you talk about sram derailleur's, ppl will say sram has the most accurate shifting then others like shimano for example. i found that is true enough, i hav a xt rd with xt trigger shifter on my merida and comparing with the t-blaze shifting i'll say the t-blaze scores better. the sram 9.0 esp already been 4 - 5 years old compare to my xt 2 years back. hmmm....

a closer look on the sram 9.0 esp (2002 - 03)

sram x.7 trigger shifter (2006)

the sram shifter pods are somewhat odd design then the shimano xt shifter. usually you'll get the push n pull trigger on your xt but sram did it other. push to shift up and push to shift down. most probably if i wreck my xt rear derailleur i might go for sram. i'll might get the x.7 shifter pods, they looks more cooler then the xt ones and the x.7 rear derailleur as my future upgrades.

sram x.7 rd (2006)

2007-02-21T08:15:00.000+08:00

Bagan Dato ride 2007

it was the 3rd day of chinese new year at my uncle place. where all my family was there celebrating cny. had a great time. the place was somewhere 6km to simpang and 23km to bagan dato town. quiet little place at my uncle house with all the oil palm trees surrounding and a main trunk road just in front to bagan dato town. begun my ride at 0700hrs using the main trunk road. it was a very long journey, all you could see in front is just a straight long road. no twist and turns, just one straight long long ride. was cruising around 24-30km/h, managed to do that kind of speed because the road was flat and there is not a single hill for you to climb.

right front is the river mouth

the jetty

gps said i'm at the right place

it was the longest ride i ever encountered. total time ride was 1hr 47mins and covers about 47km. it makes me wonder whether i can complete my 40km kl marathon run this year? haha..time will tell :D

2007-02-11T17:03:00.000+08:00

Le Tour De Langkawi

was on my way to the office that sunday, massive traffic jam...took me an hour plus just to get into the office that sunday. all because of the "le tour de langkawi"....what i didn't know is that the route they are taking passes through my office, in front of it. quickly park my car and took a couple of snap shots. these riders are fast as they zoom pass ya, you can really feel the rush of wind blow to you.....i think they are doing about 45-55-km/h....

safety car

here comes the cavalry!

the leading pack

the chasing pack

the chasing last group

2007-02-07T10:12:00.000+08:00

proton url down?

wanted to look some proton t-bikes. entered url www.proton.com and it is down (see below)?

2007-02-02T07:10:00.000+08:00

Kemensah WaterFall

took off from my house around 0645hrs, took the MRRII heading towards Zoo Negara. Batu Caves was jammed with cars and people. holysh*t is thaipusam...yeah forgotten about that celebration. got stuck 10mins just to squeeze through that area. Anyway the guys from "bicycle world" was kind enough to bring us there to the waterfall.

map to kemensah

is all jungle out there

nice flow of water

the water is cold

mtb mate looking for fishes

the ride to the waterfall was all uphill...uphill...uphill..uugghh! 6.8km on tarmac and 4km offroad to the fall. the trail condition was 90% dry and 10% wet which make our ride smoother. or else you'll get the wet and muddy condition which is un-rideable. the trail brings you up to about 600m above sea level. cool windy air and cloudy condition at some part. what can i say, it was a perfect ride to the waterfall! :D

2007-01-30T08:52:00.000+08:00

Visit to PM house..

here are some photos from the Prime Minister of Malaysia resident earlier January 2007.

hey is the PM house behind!

chef andrew....."not sure bout my cooking"

lisa & the stall

2007-01-22T16:48:00.000+08:00

Ohh yeah!

well well..just coming in for a checking to see my blog. hahha..it's been a while..anyway new me of 2007 below:

i know, i still look the same :þ

2006-12-13T23:49:00.000+08:00

Farewell Grandma

at 2230hrs today Dec 13th, 2006 my grandma passed away in ipoh. will be going off tommorow or day after to attend the funeral. will miss her alot and rest in peace.

2006-12-11T07:27:00.000+08:00

Super Mario

heard of this game before? Most of you played this game ages ago and it is still one of my best oldies favourite game from nintendo. roxor! wanna to hear the super mario piano music? take a look at the youtube, it consists of super mario n super mario 2. it's the whole notes of mario's! the ending was awesome!

the blindfolded pianist

2006-12-04T21:25:00.000+08:00

Penang Jamboree Ride 2006

first of all i have to apologise for not displaying the jamboree event/ride pics. had no choice cause the camera was way to big to fit into my hydration bag. dun worry i'll try to blog my way about the event ere.

went to penang with my 2 mates which kindly enough to give me morale support and encouragement (ahem!). although they did not participate the event but hopefully enough to poison their mind next time to join me. muahahaha! anyway stop at tapah town and did lunch over there. food was great and cheeeeaaaapppppp!!!

shang yee pin

this definitely eel (wong sin)

rather not to say this

kai lan?

ahhua after some hrs sleeping in the car

ahlam yamseng!

err..it suppose to be a MTB event

the trip to penang frm kl took me about 7 hours, took a detour to sg.siput to look for my grandma who was sick. reach to penang around 2000hrs and head straight to youth park for the jamboree registration. after all that head down to tanjung bungah hotel and check-in around 2115hrs. went to gurney drive to "makan-makan" all kind of stuff. just to fill my stomach for the ride on sunday.

McDon...McTuckey?!

fried stuff

cost me RM9

the jamboree ride 2006 started around 0800hrs (sunday) at the youth park. as usual the starting line was jam pack with riders. so as usual stay back at the line and wait for everyone to flag off first. met a pcc rider there james bak and his wife christina was in the jamboree ride as well. had been a while did not contact them already. anyway back to the jamboree event, people started in high spirit riding from the youth park to "kek lok si". all tarmac ride about 8-10km. stage 1-2 was all uphill and downhill and uphill and downhill (phew!). but i do like the downhill at those stages and it was awesome. it was exhausting too and they (organiser) did not make it easy for us.

one of the hill for MTB trail

stage 3-4 was almost the same, uphill and downhill lots of mud at some places. so many tree roots and big rocks which makes even harder for the ride. did slip and fell down when i was trying to climb my way up the tree roots with my bike. don't know what hit me but i think it must be the exhausting part that struck me at that point and lost my balance. a knock on my right knee did a wake call, boy it hurts. luckly nothing damage took me a couple of mins to re-organise myself.

on the way to stage 5 coming down from the "switchback" trail was totally awesome! imagine ya going downhill at 30-35 km/h and nothing could stop you from coming down. all i got are my tired hands pressing the brakes. did spend around good 15-20mins there before heading towards the tarmac via route to the youth park for stage no 5. another monstrous hill to climb at the last checkpoint. but it was worth it and you couldn't imagine how it feels when you got your sticker no 5 "YES! I SURVIVED!"..woohoo!!

the KOTRT did a great job of organising such a big event and handle it pretty well. Kudos to them and appreciate their hard work to make this a successful event.

see you next year!

penang jamboree ride trail map from KOTRT

2006-11-21T07:10:00.000+08:00

Passport

yeah..my very first international passport. i know there's nothing to shout about but it's my very 1st international passport :D. hahaha..anyway drove to the immigration dept in shah alam. reached there around 0915hrs. well, i know its quite late got lost around shah alam with my gf. i was having doubt that i would be able to or in time to apply a new passport. looking at the time it is quite late already and you know the long queues at the immigration dept.
went into the pkns shah alam building, took the waiting no # (2132) and the servicing no # now at 2066. yikes, another 60 over people have to wait. went nearby to have a quick breakfast (20mins) and came back to the immigration dept and service no # now at 2100! i was like "woohh" that was quick. when it was my turn paid my RM300 bucks to them and get my resit saying "collection date : in 3 working days". impressive. roxor for the malaysia immigration dept!

2006-11-20T06:22:00.000+08:00

PCC Proton Presidential Ride 2006 # 2

it was an exhausting ride that i could remember. talk about my kiara ride was too extreme for me but hell no this is the sh*t. well, woke around 5am in the morning and prepare some of the supplies that i needed to take with me on the ride. it was a cool sunday early morning when i reached at kajang perdana. the place was full of people preparing to unload their mtb's from their vehicles. the event was about to start at that time around 7.45am.

mtber's ready for action

can you spot me?
took the pic frm another blogger site

some of the marshall and event organizer was given out the rules and safety tips. i couldn't hear a thing what they are saying cause i was at the back of the starting line. anyway it started well and headed toward some 4x4 off road into the first loop. well, it was a monstrous climb at the 1st loop. people are jammed pack there climbing up the trail. decided to wait for a while for the traffic jam to ease off. won't wanna to get stuck there.

traffic jam!

more traffic jam!

there are so many hills to climb until you felt like throwing off your bike and pack home. really i had this feeling already in the 1st loop. and what do you know, there's 3 more to go. i didn't complete all 4 loops but 3 of it. eventually the marshal advice to take loop 4 and skip loop 3 cause there isn't much time. looking at the time the marshall said you got 30mins to complete loop 3 which is impossible. and loop 4 cut-off time is at 1400hrs, looking at the time again it is 1330hrs.well, what the hell i can't stand any more torturing for my body.

the last loop was a bloody killer loop climb (thank god the marshal ask to skip loop 3, heard alot of pain on loop 3), it was another hill to climb. not an ordinary hill but a very steep hill to climb. you need to push or at some point you need to carry your bike up the shoulder adding another 12 - 14kg of your climb. i stopped 3 times there and one of my mate had a bloody horrible cramp on his right thigh during the climb. you couldn't imagined how suffering he had. stayed with him for an hour or more at the hill there until he gets better.

riders passing fast

awesome downhill

anyway it was ended well and manage to complete it even though i did not complete loop 3. went back to the star/finish line around 4.15pm. had some quick sandwiches and drinks provided by the organizer and waited of the lucky draw. not that lucky, didn't get anything from there. haha.

exhausted face

my exhausted bike

2006-11-16T07:27:00.000+08:00

FAQ's

next month i was thinking of going to singapore for a holiday. had a passport before but that was restricted singapore passport only. anyway it is not valid anymore so i need to apply a new one. went to the malaysia immigration website which is quite easy n friendly to navigate. need to download some forms for new application. went into some faq's page of the website and i found one of the faq was somewhat hilarous. i'm not sure about you but i found it funny though.

Q: I had an agrument with my wife and she tore my MRP. What should I do to replace that passport? How long will it take to get a new one?
A: You need to fill in the passport application and the Survey Forms from the Immigration Offices for you to submit your application for replacement. According to the Department's Charter, the replacement process takes about 1 (one) month

err..what an example of your wife tore your passport off (LOL). c'mon can't they suggest even more professional example? like "I had accidently tore off my MRP...and so on" but no must have your wife tore your MRP. :D hahaha..i dunno it is sound funny to me la.

Q: I had an agrument with my wife and she tore my MRP. What should I do to replace that passport? How long will it take to get a new one?
A: Slap her a couple of times. Ask your wife to fill in the passport application and the Survey Forms from the Immigration Offices for her to submit your application for replacement. She can wait at the Immigration counter for a month.

2006-11-14T07:08:00.000+08:00

Kiara Trail

i thaught jogging or cycling on tarmac would keep me fit and in tip top condition for anything. well it proves me wrong, very wrong. entering the Kiara trail through the jogging tracks was a lung busting climb for 10mins. that was on tarmac. not to mentioned the trails yet.

entering the middle cross section (from the jogging track) was an immediate climb up to the hills. it may look easy to some of the experience rider but it doesn't look easy for me. i kept losing my balance when pedaling up hill. quite embarassing moment i would say. ended up i had to push the bike up the all the way. it took me a while for my brain to adjust to this new environment telling my feet and body and hands not to lose control. it wasn't easy and was tiring and had a few fumble down hill.

anyway from where i started with other riders, the trail leads to sri hartamas coming out from the construction site. the trail was up and down all the way and some of the up hill you need to carry/push your bike. looking at the construction site, it is really a sore eye to me as they digging the kiara hill piece by piece. one of the trail was damage due to the soil erosion which I am assuming it had to do with the construction nearby. we rested at a mamak restaurant (i think it is call Devi's corner) and continue to enter the kiara trail behind some housing area.

took around 4hr 30mins riding the trail, suppose to be 5hr or more due to my ineffective right ankle giving problem. so we decided to take a shorter route and head back to the jogging track. i'm not through with kiara hill yet as i didnt complete the whole loop. will be back there again and complete the whole loop. :) total distance travel ===> 16km

how this going to prepare for my upcoming event "pcc proton presidential ride 2006" which covers around 60km of offroad? do you think i would be taking the "chicken route"? hahaha :D

2006-11-02T20:41:00.000+08:00

PENANG JAMBOREE 2006

Yeah..another MTB event this coming Dec 3rd, 2006 and I'm going there! Some ppl said this event is much easier then the Presidential Ride 2006. Wonder how true it is? Well, lets see this coming December! :)

2006-11-02T13:27:00.000+08:00

RIDING IN RAIN

It was another Wednesday night ride at Bintang Square (Sunway). There are mostly roadbikers then MTB that night. I was thinking this going to be a fast ride which my normal pace need to speed up a little.

There are few roadbikers zooming pass me, i think they were going about 35-40km/h and most probably I was doing 25km/h on MTB that time. One fella chase a freaking motorbike (drafting behind). Anyway all was fine until I felt some rain drops coming down my head. Hmm.. not good...

Some of the bikers abandoned the ride 1/2 way, but for me it was my determination to complete the loop! hahaha :D Eventually riding under the rain isn't that bad at all. You get splashes all over your legs and body. Feels how rain water taste like (if there's any taste) and well, maybe you get to see someone fall from the bike because of the slippery road.

2006-09-28T21:30:00.000+08:00

WEDNESDAY NIGHT RIDE

30KM +/- ride from Sunway Extreme Park to Sri Petaling Carrefour and back to Sunway Extreme Park. It was my first time joining a group of cyclist that night and it was a fun ride. Couldn't believe I could take it on long distance (30km is not that long but 1st time mar), luckly no "puncit"..hahaha..

Was following the motorbike lane all the way. There are some slight uphill which is quite easy and the road are almost flat all the way. Good for stamina training for beginners like me. :D

2006-09-26T09:41:00.000+08:00

PRESIDENTIAL RIDE 2006..# 1

60KM of dirt, mud and less tarmac on 2 wheels are asking alot. Now you all know why I bought a new MTB. Not to win any races but to ease my ride for 7 long hours. It's going to be fun + exhausting event I would say but nevertheless you'll get to enjoin nature by your side.

How ready I am for this event? hmm..very much not ready... :P

To improve my self, yeah did alot of cycling up/down hill and learning to maneuver some steep terrain. Got a feeling that I'll might fall from my ride during that event. Will find out soon enough on Nov 19th, 2006.

2006-09-25T20:29:00.000+08:00

MY NEW BIKE (BICYCLE LA..not motobike)

Ohh yeah! :) Check out my new ride! Cost me a bomb but I'll swallow it, cause I'm loving it! hahha...Well, next step is to OFF-ROAD ride..no more tarmac..

2006-09-11T12:53:00.000+08:00

WEEKEND HAIRCUT

Everyone cuts their hair during weekends. No? I am assuming this because every Monday morning someone in the office must had his/her hair done neatly. Well had my hair cut done on Sunday afternoon at Plaza Lowyat. Usually I had it done nearby my place, not a fancy place but you know those lil shop hair saloon unisex ones.

Hairstylist : Same style?
Me : Yeah
......15mins later....
Hairstyle : Can ar?
Me : Yeah

Eventually she knows how to cut my hair without asking much (been there since secondary). Anyway looking at the time I had in Lowyat I do not think I had much time to get back to get a haircut. What the hell, just find one hair saloon shop and be done with it. So, went in to one of the hair saloon shop and one of hairstylist came by and greeted me. Nice customer service I'll say.

There are 3 types of pricing for my haircut and it is listed below:
1) Junior - RM15
2) Senior - RM20
3) Master - RM35 (I think)..

So, being the 1st time there and don't want some Juniors to mess up my hair, decided to take Senior cut which is I'll say "Play it safe". While the Senior was preparing his tools I was looking at my hair (towards the mirror) how much and long it had grown. If I had not gone to this place for a haircut I'll look like "Chewbacca" in some way. Anyway the "Senior" hairstylist had begun the cutting and trimming.

HairStylist : Hmm..I notice that the hair back of your head are coming off
Me : (Eyebrown raise)...Whu?
HairStylist : Is very obvious and I can see right where's the hole is
Me : Errmm...I had no idea (self denial)

Well, he tried to recommend some hair wash for my loss of hair and asking bunch of question and yadayadayada....so on....Hey look, I don't really want your hair wash and if I do go bald I don't f*ckin care. I'll shave my head bald if it's comes to it. But of course I didn't said that to him directly but all those I translated in a nice way of pushing it. So anyway, I know I am going bald someday (family gene) so much for my "Chewbacca" hair look a like. Wonder whats Chewbacca put on his whole body and maybe I'll get those.

2006-08-22T09:08:00.000+08:00

WCG 2006

WCG is finally here..WCG? What is that? Some may ask.......World Cyber Games (WCG) hitting this 25th August 2006 at KL Convention Center Hall 5. It's going to be all hardcore gamers gather around this one big hall and trying to compete each other ass off on computer games. Sounds nerd huh? ...... No I don't think so anymore as the prizes for the winner would get home a few thousand cash (depend on the games) and a kickarse rig that might cost RM5K above! The prize are attractive and maybe the promo girls as well? hmmm...Will be there to see the action this Friday and might as well join in the cyber games too. Yes, you heard me right! Truthfully I am not a good gamer myself and most probably I'll be kickout from the premilinaries round from the first day. Just like back 2 years ago...hahaha...

C you guys in WCG if anyone going... :þ

2006-07-31T15:29:00.000+08:00

Teluk Intan "Chee Cheong Fun"

Had a wonderful eating weekend I would say. Went to Bagan Datoh estate to look for my grandma and uncle. Bagan Datoh is a small town with surrounding of oil palm plantation estate where my uncle is base there. Bagan Datoh is about 80km away to Lumut and 25km away to Teluk Intan. So basically geographically you know where is it..hehehe..

Anyway it was Saturday nite when we head to Teluk Intan to find the famous Chee Cheong Fun. My whole family knew about it but I don't. Ok drove up to Teluk Intan at nite (30mins drive) and reached there about 2130hrs. I was expecting a stall like Chee Cheong Fun back in KL/PJ. Well its not a stall but an old wooden house, I think it's been there during WWII time. I don't know but it's really old.

The place call "Liew Kee (Ah Lek) Chee Cheong Fun" in Teluk Intan. At first impression, what this old wooden house that sells Chee Cheong Fun so famous for? Whats so different then others like back in KL/PJ Chee Cheong Fun? Usually we eat Chee Cheong Fun with curry or sweet sauce right, but not this. This Liew Kee Ah Lek Teluk Intan Chee Cheong Fun is serve without curry or sweet sauce. Yeap it's true. You have to take it with those sour green chili where you normally eat it with "Wantan mee" one. All I can say is that this Chee Cheong Fun taste very different then the normal ones. Well it's worth the trip (about 30mins frm Bangan Datoh) to try out new things. Ohh yeah, they only serve takeaway only. It is packed with our tradisional newspaper wrapping (you can see the Worldcup results too if you missed it).
All in all Teluk Intan Chee Cheong Fun is great. For those who hasn't been there well it is worth it. The journey will be a long one if you are coming from Kuala Selangor (2hr 30mins).

2006-07-31T15:23:00.000+08:00

FIRE!

Was an oridinary nite most ppl would be sleeping already or some ppl still awake watchin tv. Then suddenly , I was thinkin to myself did something feel from the sky? Then a moment later , ok this time there is something really wrong. Then not long a neighbour came out and shouting "FIRE, FIRE, FIRE!". Now thats explained the explosion just now.
Got up from my sofa and went out to see the fire. Is was no joke, the flames was like 2 story high and the draft was like sauna! I was standing 18 meters away from the flames imagine that! Then I started realising I'm still wearing my boxer..........in the public..........

I don't think no one notices that because they all are looking at the fire *Thank God!*. Quickly make a dash back to my house and changed to a proper clothing wear. When I went back to the scene the fire became more violent and starting burning some trees around it and also a TNB electric post was on fire!
The firemen came around 10-15mins time, reasonable amount of time? Anyway no one was hurt in the fire and luckly it is not a house thats on fire but a Recycle Center. It was a Rukun Tetangga (it's that how i spell it? Bad BM) before it became a Recycle Center about 10years ago.

2006-07-31T15:06:00.000+08:00

BEST PLACE TO EAT....

Famous Hokkien Mee at Mei Yen
Here I am recommending people to eat some of the best Hokkien Mee. Personally I went there before many times. Usually what I order there are "Hokkien Mee,Fried Lala,Cantonese-Style Yin Yong". This are my personal choice over there.

Sitting Place: 16 - 20 tablesWaiting Time: 15-30 mins (depending on crowd)Humidity: AverageSpecialities : Hokkien Mee,Cantonese-Style Yin Yong,Friend Lala,Lala soup with Noodles,Stewed Pork bee hoon,Stewed Pork Chop,Lor Mee,Yee MeeAddress : (39 Jalan 20/7,Paramount Garden, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor)

Loong Foong Hong Kong Roast Duck
If you are an animal lover you going to love this one! HAHA! I'm sorry I know is a cruel joke but for those who love duck meat..hehehe..Never had tasted one like this so long. Well my grandma used to buy roast duck at Petaling Street, KL, but this one is awesome. Texture and taste combine with crispy skin this is a perfect Roast Duck. No words could explain anymore. Also not only duck they are serving but other dishes as well. They do have "Fish Head Noodle (Yee Tau Mai)" taste very nice. Also you can try their "Tai Chow" not bad as well.

Sitting Place : 35 - 40 tablesWaiting Time : 15minsHumidity : AverageSpecialities : Hong Kong-style roast duckAddress : (1 Jalan 20/13, Paramount Garden, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor)
Final Score : 7.5/10