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Christmas ride with Newbies

We had a short ride on Christmas day, total of 7 including me, blazed the motorbike lane of Kesas Highway. Joining the ride this time, Gavin (newbie), his wife, Sandy (newbie), Uncle Vincent, Uncle Michael, Daniel, Rachel and me. We covered a distance of 47km, thank God my meter worked this time, so the distance is accurate!

Started by waiting for Daniel and Rachel at 7am. We need to meet Gavin and his wife about 1.5 km away, in Sri Petaling, to tune their bike. They have just bought a LeRun Solaris from KSH the day before, and it seems that they had trouble with the brakes after fitting in the wheels. Well its more of inexperience than nothing.

Uncle Michael cycled from Summit, about 13km away, and met us on the way to Kesas from Gavin's house. We had a pretty slow ride, averaging 16kmh only. Gavin and wife ware very occupied with gear shifting, its a whole new dimension for them, having 21 gears at their disposal.

At the 14km mark(my meter), I decided to pull out my camera and take some shots of the group.

I didn't know my helmet looks so good!

It took about 1 hour to reach Summit, that's pretty slow, but it was fun to have newbies joining us.

We took a breather at Summit;


Took us some time, but we finally decide to continue to Shah Alam.

"No worries,"

I said,

"Got a lot of taxi on the way..."

The ride was routine, slow and steady. The weather was good, explains why the newbies could cope! The only complain they gave was,

"Backside pain la!"

Yeah, if you are new to cycling, aching butt is pretty normal. Anyway, we made another stop at a petrol Kiosk. This stop was particularly long, Uncle Michael took time to explain to Gavin and Sandy about the proper cycling position, so we spend time tuning their bike, the saddle height, techniques, and so forth.

After that, we journeyed home. Uncle Michael turned to home when we reach Summit, and the rest of us went ahead towards Bukit Jalil. We made a final stop at another petrol Kiosk. I made a sprint, so waited about 10 minutes for the rest to arrive.

While resting, Rachel noticed something funny;

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, if you're going to wear a helmet, please make sure there's enough padding.

Putrajaya, 12 December 2007

After a few weeks of layoff, cycling came to life again as a bunch of us, 8 to be exact, plunged in to a gruelling 90km ride to Putrajaya and back.

It started with only 7 of us, meeting point, Petronas station along Kesas highway. Our aim was to meet up with Uncle Michael in Summit before 8am, but delayed by Rachel's malfunctioning tire. Took us 1/2 hour to fix her front tire.

Michael(newbie), Samuel Chin(newbie) and me. The ride to Summit was a zip, fast and furious, unpaced paddling to make up for lost time. The newbie did well, considering what happened to Michael the last round he joined us (barely made up the 12km mark).

Once we touched down Summit, got lost looking for Uncle Michael's house, another 15 minutes wasted rounding the housing. But things started to flow when Uncle Michael lead us through Subang, connecting to the Puchong Highway that leads straight to Cyberjaya. The newbies were starting to struggle after the 20km mark, they were slow up the slopes. Of course me, being a nice guy (hehehe) encouraged them, waited for them, shouted for them to speed up, make sure they have enough fluid, and of course, rested while waiting for them (explains the energy level).

My cyclometer's reading was a little bit out that day, so the actual distance covered was a grey area. I reckon, the journey from Summit to Putrajaya was about 30km++. Upon touching down Putrajaya, Samuel encountered the first problem, his crank fell off. Though we tried fixing it, with an alankey and stone, the problem persisted, and it caused much delay to our schedule.

Nevertheless, we made it to Prescient 2, all of us.

Somehow, Daniel's camera phone made us look fat.

We loitered around for a while, and decided to head home.


What a bummer, Johnathan suffered a puncture. Thank God uncle Michael had the tools for a quick change of tube, using his Zefal CO2 inflator, he inflated the tube in less that 5 secs!! WHOA!!!

Happy faces all around

That small little thing held by Johnathan is what inflated the tube!

Anyway, Samuel's crank was really ticking uss off, so Daniel, Rachel and uncle michael went on home, while the rest stopped to help him.

Things got unbearable, so we stopped at a petrol kiosk before the Puchong toll for a break. Michael gobble down a hot dog bun and chocolates, while Johnathan and Samuel stopped a taxi to go home.

After that, it was another 20km cycle home. Michael Ong, uncle Vincent and I made it safely.

Quite a satisfying ride, considering the fact it was my first ride in a month, a little less than 90km in total! Great workout, and nice fellowship.

Auto Cleaner

Dad bought an Auto Cleaner the other day, didn't have time to blog or snap pictures about it.

Just a preview, it is a vacumm cleaner that moves around the house by itself, picking up small dust and particles. It will automatically return to its cradle once it runs out of power.

This is not a sad post

I've been quite busy last week, have been helping out Anne and her family, making sure the sitting and funeral services run smoothly. The first day was hectic, drafted in my parents, Daniel Lee, and my brothers to help clean their house.

Task included, buying drinks, sapu sampah, mop the floor, shift some furniture, prepare the guest tables, buy kacang and so on.

Took some pictures during a break;

The last picture I took of the coffin before the funeral

The sitting and funeral wasn't all sad, as we all found out that Uncle Congo has gone on to his great reward.

Took a timeout, headed to Putrajaya with Anne to collect Uncle Congo's death certificate. We saw an IC (identification card) reader and decided to check it out.

To our horror, the system encountered an error thus Anne's IC was stuck inside. We alerted the security guard who laughed at us, pushed a button at the back and ejected the IC. Though the system was corrected, I dare not try it anymore.

We spotted a nice bridge leading out from the government department, decided to follow that route.

The bridge is a beauty! Makes me wonder;

"What happen to bridges in KL??"

Crazy night

The past few hours seems surreal to me, it was like a play, acted right before my very eyes. So often I've watched movies, and never comprehended how it is like to lose a close friend, what more, my girl friend's father.

Just last night, her family was bubbling, waiting for his return home, something he has long yearns for since being hospitalised a week ago, yet, our Almighty God has his plans for him, his discharge was held up because of his physical condition, and there were moments I thought he had passed out and needed some medical attention.

It all started yesterday evening, when Anne and I drove to UH to discharge her father, after the paper works were done, we wheeled up a wheelchair for him, and thought he could walk on his own. Upon standing, he immediately collapsed, thank God uncle Chong and I were there to help him. His face turned pale, his voice was breaking, yet he stood firm wanting to be home. None of us understands his demand, and we needed the doctor to advice him against his will. After some persuasion, he oblige, and his wife agreed to stay the night with him.

So Anne and I went home to pack a little stuff, sent it to the hospital, and went home for our night sleep.

It was 3am when Anne woke me up, she said her mother sounded desperate and wished for us to be in the hospital. We rushed there, to be greeted with tears, and a body, lying peacefully. Aunt Geraldine (Anne's Mom) had a hard time accepting the news, so much so she wept every time she glances his body. My heart sank, I pulled her out and seated her at the couch nearby, she cried and cried, until her family members were all there to console her.

Anne was strong the whole time, her emotions were kept bare minimum, she shed a tear or two, signs of her love for her father.

I took time to speak to the doctor in charge. It seems his heart has suffered multiple minor heart attacks, what's more, his diabetic condition, and water retention did nothing but compounded the problem. They've tried everything they could, medication, everything to increase his fledging heart beat, a mere 30 bps was not enough for blood to circulate the whole body, no wonder he suffered mild hallucination, disorientation and sudden outburst.

I'm glad his family has come to accept his departure, my prayers are there for them.

Tiring

I didn't blog much last week, it was due to my fatigued body. Things got worst on Thursday when lack of sleep caused me to have heavy headaches. My girlfriend's father is in hospital, and it kind of worry me abit, yet he is fine now, and from what I heard, will be discharged today. Pray he behave and jaga his food intake!

Anyway, payed a visit to the doctor to take on Thursday, she took my blood pressure 3 times! I really didn't know why, all 3 times yielded different reading, but she finally took the highest reading and said I have high blood pressure! Told me to take a 2 days rest and then see her again on Saturday. Yeah right, must be her "Gain easy money from oblivious children" trick. Anyway, I gladly took the MC and totally neglected her scheme.

Come Friday, I had an emergency call from the company, needs me to station at a client's site in KL. There goes my MC!

My health was fine then, but because of work, I neglected the fluid intake, and started feeling drowsy and heavy on Saturday. What's more, it was a fasting day for me. So I endured on and slept early on saturday. Sunday was very much the same, this time, my body was heating up really fast.

I sideline all the "signs" and proceeded to have a session of futsal. Had a great game, scored multiple goals, and enjoyed the game. But it started to take a toll on me, I felt drowsy, my back muscle soored, my legs were killing me, and the thoughts of having to go to work scared me!

Anyway, things went on as normal today (Monday), woke up feeling fresh albeit the sore legs, and since my girlfriend's father will be discharging today, I'll be able to continue my exercise regime from now on! Yeah will try and do 150 laps swimming by month end! Wish me all da best