The Ultimate Ride

Just got home about an hour or so after having two teh tarik halia (now dok kentut2 haha) with a good friend of mine whos also an avid biker...I've known ASP Norhizam for about 2 years now after we met during Maxis Merdeka Rally 2006, he was the police marshall of the entire convoy (of bikes & 4x4s). He's now stationed in Bintulu, Sarawak holding the OCPD post there. Allow me tell you more about Izam (as i call him) before i get into the title above k...

Before he was transfered to where he is now, he was in charged of the KL traffic department in Jalan Bandar. For those not familiar...Jalan Bandar ni balai polis paling famous la kat KL ni...its where you appeal for your traffic summons to be discounted (and pay la kan) and report for any accidents...tempat ni memang orang cukup tak suka pergi la...bukan sebab apa...just that we only visit the men in blue when we are in trouble right?...

While he was based here in KL he is THE guy responsible rounding the mat rempits in town...I must say he really made a genuine attempt (mind u its not an easy struggle) in making our KL roads a safer place but one can only do so much la kan...so you can also assume that hes quite famous among the mat rempits as he had appeared in the papers many times after nabbing them...

Ok enuf intro on him...so hes back here for afew days for some work so we took the opportunity to catch up on things...biasa lah bila kaki motor ni dok sembang cerita pasal motor je lah...the normal conversation la...the funny thing about bikers ni we will ALWAYS ask how each others bike is doing first before we ask about wife, kids, family, work etc...(my mrs is a biker too so she understands this haha...i hope)...

So after me making sure his bike is ok and him making sure mine is ok too...keluar la idea pasal nak plan buat ride ni...i'm not ready to share with you guys the whole detail about the ride and all...but suffice i say it's a damn bloody good idea...if this plan materialise its gonna be my longest ride ever by far and i mean really really far...it's gonna take us at least a year to really plan this ride and i've been assigned to look for sponsorship...Izam will be drawing up the routes that we will be taking and also other neccessary paper work...

You see...for a looooooong ride like this we will be carrying with us spare parts & tyres, spare riders (yup in case kalau demam takleh bawak moto camne?), reserve fuel, safety kit, first aid kit and the list goes on and on. So you can imagine the amount of time and detailed planning that needs to be put in...Nevertheless thats the fun part too coz the journey actually begins the moment we start planning and as a matter of fact it has started about 2 hours ago...

I shall now dream about it...

Snapshot - The MGs

I thought i should write about HD motorcycle groups (MG) in Malaysia and prolly share with u guys some MGs in our neighbouring countries as well as in US and Europe. In order to get my facts right please allow me to do some research on the things that i'm gonna write about. This will also help me in sharing with u materials that are genuine as to not mislead my readers. So when u read my next posting on this u will know that u are not taken for a ride...

Stay tuned for an interesting ride...

Snapshot - Amy The Legend!

I personally don't give compliments easily as i always believed that they should only be given when due...furthermore n most crucially with sincererity...I was very fortunate to have met Amy on many ocassions and had close discussions with him too...You see i'm a person who likes to observe and analyse the people i meet, not for ill intentions, but more to have a better understanding about human character...Amy is one of the nicest and dialed person i've ever met and i don't say this lightly...He knows what he wants and how to get it...i believe all of us have our own favourite person that we look up to...like Mandela, Ghandi, Princess Diana etc...and Amy is mine...

Happy 50th Birthday Amy and keep on rocking! We will do what we planned out k...when timing is right ofcoz...

Picture with him and the ORIGINAL line up.

Snapshot - They Look Huge

Just got home from the Chelsea thingy...was a fun evening out with some celebrities, entertainment reporters and our listeners...thanks to Vernon (Mr Manager) who came with Nubhan other celebs include Ferhad, Nurul, Jac V and Edi Putra. Terima kasih also to reporters who turned up to do a cover on us...appreciate much...my mrs. coudn't go as she wasn't feeling too good so i didn't see the need to go thru the hassle to take pictures with the players especially En. Ballack lah...nway they certaintly look alot bigger in real life...

Sean Wright Phillips isn't that tiny believe me...

Pictures.

Snapshot - Chelsea's In Town

The Blues flew in last nite from China for their last leg of Asian tour (they are playing our national team tmrw nite). Tonight the whole office will be going to Shah Alam stadium to catch the training session. Our passes are complimentary of Samsung Mobile one of the team's official sponsor. The whole gang will be there with some of our listeners, artistes and entertainment reporters. I'm not a fan of Chelsea, but my wife seems to like Mr Ballack so i'm gonna have to arrange for some photo sessions for her.

I'd like to see if teary Terry is still sobbing after we beat them in the Champs League!...

Stay tuned for pictures

Snapshot - Inul Axed Again?!

I bet this would be her last trip to Malaysia for a long long time. Utusan carried a front page story on her as DBKL rounded up her ordeal. I'm not quite sure what actually happened, but the report says DBKL cancelled her permit for a concert in KL (does this mean it was originally approved?) after the nightmare in JB. I personally like Inul (just because of 1 song - Goyang Inul, my wife often sings that song). Nway i feel very sorry for her, she doesn't deserve this at all. In my course of work, we sometimes do similar stuff but we wouldn't have risk our reputation (and more importantly DUIT!) to sell the tickets before the permits are approved.

There must be alot of happy wives and frustrated husbands...

BIZ-zy But Fun Friday

I'm actually blogging from JB (how i ended up here? read on pls...). Anyway started my day at head office The Star building as i had to attend StarBiz-ICR Malaysia forum for company CEOs. Its basiaclly about 'reminding' the heads of their role on corporate responsibility laa.. moderated by the witty Dato' Johan Raslan (Chairman of ICR M'sia) who is the big boss of PWC. The panelists i must say were well represented ie we had Ms Rohana Rozan(Astro's CEO), Dato' Krishnan Tan Of IJM, Irene CEO of HSBC M'sia and Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar who needs no introduction lah..cut the story short...i'm glad i attended as it was an eye opener...

Ok enough with the boring stuff...so after the suit and tie event that finished around 12 i rushed home but not forgeting to get what my wife told me to buy from the hardware store the night before (see men do have good memory...err sometimes) so got home packed my stuff in my T-bag (a T-bag is a luggage carrier for biking) and put on my riding gear and off to JB at 2pm.

Got to JB at around 4:30 after stopping in Ayer Keroh and Machap (funny name eh!) for fuel. (yup normally bikers stop twice for a trip like KL to JB likewise KL to Penang) The lonely ride was good not too sunny but thank goodness the weather was kind. I was fetched by Abang Kadir (a JB HD biker) somewhere near Jalan Tebrau as he had to lead me to Hotel Mutiara where i'm staying tonite. Tommorow morning at 9:30 i'm heading back to KL with the JB HD bikers.

You see every year there is this event called Rock to Rock, where HD bikers (M'sians & S'poreans) ride from Hard Rock KL to Hard Rock S'pore (starting point alternates every year) and ride back the next day. So earlier this morning there would have been about 100 KL bikes that have travelled to S'pore. Tommorrow morning pulak both the 100 KL bikes and prolly another 100 S'pore bikes will be strutting their loud pipes to KL. So i will be trying to catch the wave if you know what i mean. I'm sure its gonna be a wicked sight! (200 bikes on the road can stretch to about 2 KM).

Stay tuned for pictures...