Sunday, December 28, 2008

Sun Day

Bought my 3rd pair of blades since I started in 2000 cos the previous one had cracked off after nvr use for 1yr+ since my crash....lucky was still able to blade thou slight off balance prove to be a strain on my right knee and hip....good thing Aloysius was beside when I accidentally blade over twigs and threw me off balance....managed to grab him and prevent falling on few occasion....we started blading slowly from East Coast Mac and end up Changi Village Hawker....thanks to the PCN (park connector ???).....passing by tanah merah, the big drain when my riding kaki pulled me out and waiting for Ah Piao "ambulance"....sure bring back memories and some pain...total distance covered around 20km and we took abt 2hrs.....foot start to get blisters and took a cab back instead....maybe more training on the next few Sunday and try to blade til Changi V and back ECP again...finally after stopping biking for almost 2mths, I started sweating and keeping fit and healthy again thru Blading

Friday, December 05, 2008

Self awareness and reflection....

had a nice msn conversation wif one of a stream uncle and they do realise about my chao pattern...my communication skill is terrible leaving ppl having the feeling of me being arrogant.

Driving my uncle ard a pass a old Community Center tat had been turned into an old folks home...I said tats a old CC, he said no lar..CC is infront of tat old folks home...I'm 100% sure I'm right cos I've played there since I'm young...I jus shoot straight at him and say "pls lar, tat one is CC lor, bei hiao dun anyhow say lar".....war start, he very upset and unhappy liao....tis is not another classic example of my "chao por".....many others and ppl whom know me prob would know tat too

Seems like even if I know its right or have facts or logic backing it....my approach or delivery is just TERRIBLE and things will not turn ugly...or m I jus having a bad mood?...but once I have my facts, I sure shoot it straight...and always, result is not what I desire...if I jus ignore or let him continue thinking, peace...but I had to say tat out and make him look shitty and sour r/s.....

I must learn to change this or get around this...else my life is jus going downhill...affects my personal life, career and ppl ard me.......so everyone I know, thanks for giving me the chance and I will try to contain myself...if I don't, feel free to point it out to me...I want to CHANGE to a BETTER PERSON

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Taking a break from riding or stop for good?

Went over to help mark out the track this morning...but just 5 minutes into the trail....my gear shifter lever jus worn off, can't shift up/down...lucky wasn't very deep in and managed to ride out.....arghhh......ever since do some work on the waterpump seal...bike jus give way every week.......I've had enuff....sending it down back to ah seng shop..get it fix once and for all and I'm selling it off......gonna take a break from riding til my pocket are more comfortable..hopefully 2010 when stock market picks back up I guess......all these are just draining too much of my limited resources and with the stock market crashing like tat....just wiped out almost all that I had saved up before

So guys...these are what will be up for sale...pls help spread the words ard or to riding fren....need to clear them all....

- Size 8/9 Oxstar TCX Pro 2 boots ($220)

- EVS Vision Web knee brace, size M ($500)

- Thor Force Carbon fibre helmet, M ($200)

- Thor Force helmet, M ($70)

- Thor Static jersey and pants, size M/L and 30 ($80)

- Thor core S5 jersey and pants, Size M and 30 ($50)

- 661 elbow guard ($40)

- KDX220....pls call to ask....reasonable offer and I will let go

Some of the pics are on my blog....else just call me 82885558 to arrange for viewing

Thursday, October 09, 2008

The real axis of evil...USA

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Dakar has left our family 20th Sept 08 11pm

I actually stayed over at Bt Panjang with my mum cos elder bro going for his honeymoon in europe for 2 weeks and we go over to take care of the home and dog.....When home on fri nite after work, mum asked me to sent Dakar (4yr old black and silver mini schnauzer) to the vet as he has not been barking, eating or drinking since Friday nite and puking water every few hours.....but I was procratinating, cos I dun have a car only til sat evening...and need to wash up the dog first too.....so I said Sunday afternoon when I get back from biking, I will do that and prob dog will be much better and might not be neccessary too

Sat was suppose to be a happy day...my stream was repaired...collected my car at 6pm.....total damage S$850...very decent job done, whole car respray, knock front fender, bumper and 2 left door, putty and sand down all other areas...now car look like new again...prob will try to sell off the car soon

Drove home the car, mum asked me again whether want sent dakar to vet, I said we go for dinner first cos I'm hungry and tired, then come back wash the dog up and sent it over to Alvernia or Sunset way vet.......tats the plan, we go eat, then my 2nd bro said go chinese garden to see lantern....we had slip our mind abt Dakar......so we agreed since it would be nice for his kids too with all the lightings and lantern.......once there, so hard to get parking, so i jus alight my bro and mum there and I head to IMM instead....

Stood outside M1 shop, staring at the HTC touch Pro which was just launched in M1 today, been reading alot of review, forum abt tis phone and aiming it for more then 1 yr after launch of HTC TytnII and when my 838Pro abit hay wire wif frequent hang issue...its 19mths old already so abt time to upgrade....thou its still premature and I have to top up S$100 more, but seeing the phone is irresistable.....after discussing wif my fren XL for more then 1hr+ on whether to get it now or wait later and I can save $100 and maybe price will drop....end up, we gave in and jus pay abit more to get what both of us had been waiting for so long

Went back Chinese Garden to pick up my bro and got home at 11.....no barking again...then we realised the dog has no more heartbeat anymore, lying motionless at the kitchen....I can't bear to take photo of it......whole family was sad...then mum start nagging at me, say told me to bring go vet earlier but I kept pushing it to sunday after biking......I jus kept quiet, maybe if we had sent to vet earlier this would not had happened......maybe....but shit happens so no point finding fault...then dad say now we jus have to dispose off the dog, put into a plastic bag or box and find a spot near the forest/woods ard mandai area and can already....mum got angry and scold dad say its not malaysia, and the dog is part of our family, have to give proper burial or cremation at least....so called up uncle to ask what to do and got a number to call...they are professional in handling these issues, helping to cremate or burial, then frame up photos etc together with ashes behind for keepsake and remembrance....we waited almost 3am then they came over to pick up the dog as they had other case too...looks like quite a lucrative business...$150 for pick up and cremation and help to de-register the dog...$100 more for photo work and get back the ashes....finally when all is done, its almost 4am...I jus finished off all the beer in the fridge......and got back to zzz........can't wakeup for riding at nusa today...pro due to the late nite and the beer....

Later going over to farmart to see dog and maybe buy back a dog for my bro.......else he will be jumping mad......but I asked the pro yesterday nite wat could be the cause, it might be becos the dog is too sad that he failed to see my bro for these few days and got depress, dun eat and drink.....then heart got weak and jus stop pumping.....he commented dakar weight is okay or prob abit higher then avg but still healthy, not malnutrition or obese thou....so its really quite sad that he jus go off like tat....I still remember when we first bought the dog and I helped to name it and took care of it when its still a puppy until I shifted out.......we will miss u, dakar

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

The Days......

Friends was telling me about this movie and finally got to see it today...Lucky me, today is the "premier" at GV Vivocity / Europa.....show started at 7pm sharp (no commercial etc)...and immediately after the show, the crew, cast and director etc came to the front for "blog aloud" or live interview......ppl start asking questions and goodies bags were given......walked out and immediately bought a Audio CD from them and got the director autograph on it..hahaha

The story...well...guess its best for all those to go see it....certainly touches my heart and brings back memories.......very close to those days I must say....then call up my fren to "verify" the bike and characters......true enuff, its real stuff and upmost respect to the director and his brother and frens for sharing this true life story with us....

I hope the next generation will have 2nd thots and changed their mindset abt "brotherhood"...ok....hope u guys can support him so he can bring back more nice movie for us...truely singapore!

Saturday, August 09, 2008

NDP trail 08

Woke up to a lazy sat morning and decided to go for a ride at TM as no idea how to spent my weekend anymore.

Decided to meet up with SEV and rest of the guys but too bad they already started riding by the time I got there (finally,someone tat really rides at 8am)....decided to go and check out the tree that broke my legs..its been slightly more then a year since I'm back in TM after the accident.

Its clear to identify which was the tree when I got there...cos the accident is still very vivid on my head, how I crash and all tat happen before and after...wonder if tats a good thing to be conscious,(if I'm knock out, then nobody might find me).....snap some picture and think though how much speed I actually put in to smash up my femur on that tight single windy track ah piew made....its still a lovely place thou some areas are blocked now or very unrideable after all the 4x4 goes in....water is getter deeper too.

Many thanks to Bro ISK and Ah Piew for putting up signage/directions and marking out the wonderful track locally...wif those signs, I manage to ride thru the complete enduro loop as well as a few rounds at the mini-track where I crash....I certainly was missing out alot of speed that I had before my crash but I'm still happy to be back on a bike again...

Bumped into Bro ISK group at the desert storm(a big group of 30 riders)....took a short break there to enjoy the view there and continue my way to the TMFT entrance to meetup with SEV and guys....too bad they going off so I rode with a DR200 and a KTM400 Supercomm...tat big bike dropped a couple of times, difficulty starting and had another long break trying to bring tat bike to life...I then took the lead and bash thru the trail before he crash into a mud pool (I was riding around and he tried to wack straight through..guess its jus too deep or he lack speed)....took another break while we watched bro ISK group rode pass us...I then decided to give them chance and caught up wif them alongside the drain were they took a break...

Met Melvin my old KDX owner there as well as Melvin(XR250) and Louis(DRZ400ES) as they joined bro ISK NDP trail...rode together with them for awhile and when they shifted to Punggol, I jus rode back 6th Ave..then realised suffered a flat front tyres...so no more riding on Sunday at Nusa....time to recuperate and hope next weekend will be a better ride