monsoon ride.... a ride with home minister....

trip info:

kuantan-kk-grik-kb-kt-kuantan

total km: 1152

call up most bikers still not available. i ask DR if she interested to go cruising. she said ok. regardless of the rain, i start the engine and cruise. in gambang i called one of our friend in grik to know whether she is around or not. she didnt pick up. then we cruise again. at genting sempah i got a missed call from her. i return her call then. she said she is around. i told DR, lets go to grik hahahha. i took batang kali route. man... the whether was so nice.. user friendly lah hehehhe.. cold and breezy until we reach plus highway.

dr and me at genting sepah...

is this true????? yes i guess....

frankly speaking old songs are more relaxing.. eg beattles, hail amir uji rashid, nirvana and so forth.. hahaha that why sinar fm/suria fm is so popular lately..

hot sunny day from tj malim to kk... we rode into pekan kk and have the cendol and laksa.. to be exact zimbo laksa... zahidi and otomeng recommend this place. just by the river bank. a lot of people lepaking, enjoying the view and weather...

nice laksa... but i prefer laksa kuoh teghanung lah... jilak sapa siku.. bejeluk ahhh

zimbo place...

we stopped by mckk.... where the leader are born.. hahhahah am i rite?? or just gimmic... otomeng sons' is studying here... he must be very smart man... not easy to get in this school. boarding school maaa....

tasik raban view. you can see the bridge.. raja nazrin shah bridge.. and also the lake raban resort under construction. almost 70% completed.

from kk to grik we passed by zeks' hometown just beside tasik raban up the hill. been there before. very nice place. people there suppose to be fair but not to zek hehehhe....

in grik we overnite at sri temenggor hotel... boleh laaa.....

our old friend in the states AG. she was an artist back in the states during our school time. she can dance, act, cook, massage and so forth. she a celebrity. everyone knows her. very nice person. always laugh. her husband is from grik. thats how she settled down there.

the next day we took off early morning. stop by at salims' corner. you wont missed this place. its at the junction once you enter grik from kota baru.

tasik banding...

it was cold, raining when we arrived at titiwangsa. very cold since its still early in the morning. while resting here we keep thinking of someone that we can visit in our way home. next stop may be kb. so i start calling friends in kb. manage to get 2. one in kb and 1 in kg raja.

got flat tyre entering ketereh. thank god my bike got indicator. manage to find a bike shop. its friday and so lucky to find one. we fortunate its happen in kb. if its happened somewhere along the east-west highway, our trip this time will be longer. 

dropped by at din boye house in kb somewhere husm to be exact. his wife prepare lunch for us. we are hungry though hahahha... got 2 plates of rice with beef and chicken curry. this couple work as dr in husm. din boye is a specialist. he said his expertise is lung... well something like that.

we move on to kg raja thru tok bali. tok bali is famous of tok bali itself and the marine industry in that area. fishing industry also booming here. along the i stopped by at a petrol station and met one of my ex student-iera. then i went to her kerepok kiosk. she running this kiosk together with her family.

din long. met him in pasir raja. went to his house. his wife and the kids around. both of em are teachers. they all seems very happy residing in kg raja. he told me everything is cheap here. nice place, quiet town. din long and din boye are my school mate in kuatan back in 1990's. 

stopped by near penarik... cant resist when i saw aiskreng batang... jeruk pauh dalam tu.... we travel from kb to kuatan using coastal road. most of the time sea view on our left.

at kuala dungun bridge. this  bridge connecting kuala dungun and seberang pintasan where tj jara is located. used to work here in dungun with rhb bank. 

kuala dungun...

west side view of the bridge..

east side view.....

basically this is the first long distance ride with DR. only 2 of us. not bad i think during this raining season. have dinner at papadelle. none of the bikers available that nite. arrived home 930pm safe and sound.... enjoy the ride very much..

sic otd 20101227

school holidays.... most of the kings' bikers fully occupied. busy with their own activities. i drove my neo to kemaman the day i bought. actually i traded in with my vannette. met pok arr for coffee since noone else available. i told him i got neo. he smiled at me and said why dont we go to sic. you know la when pok arr talking about motosport. he is so passionate and enthusiatic. he can talk for days about car. you know i said when you see the picture below hahahhaha.... pokarr pok arr ... what a guys. he called his contact in sic and surf the web to find the open track day.  finally we got a slot on dec 27 2010.

before we went to sic, pok arr advice me to change a few things in order my car to perform a little bit better.... i went to cbs motorspot to meet ah seng... air cleaner, brake hose, plug and cable plug. pok arr car will push the hp 5-10.

just arrived at the pit...

on you marks...

look at pok arr.... look at his face... full of satisfaction...

me.... biasalah first timer...

this is what i were talking about... pok arr so happy on the race track.... a little bit on what happened that day. we arrived and registered. only a few cars at the we arrived accept for lotus. they have an event i guess. pok arr drove my car for a few laps telling/brief what to do and not to do on the track. then i drove while he was monitoring what i am doing. then i am on my own. i managed to finish more than 20 laps. pok arr only went in like 7 laps since his car facing problem. i saw him doing donut at turn 15. pok arr ur d man....

mencocos lotus...

only the the smoke of lotus especially during the straight line. mine only 1600cc maaaa.... mmg kena prekk punye....

feeling good...

mr bean was there as well....

not apple to apple maaa......

yessssss..... i made it....

in conclusion,.... awesome. its totally different from the bike. just like in the movie... see you again in sic... when???? up to pok arr....

mee bandung sg lembing 20101210

zek and adi idea since both of them were not riding for quite sometimes. adi as hospitalized due to malaria and zek as on vacation out of country.... i was on the ay back from kl when they communicating thru bb of going somewhere. i suggest murtabak and mee bandung. we chose sg lembing since the route is better. also joint us dato b the great.... has not been riding for 3 weeks. warm up session for him before track day next week. 

we arrived in sg lembing abt 530pm. a lot of army around since sg lembing was hit by flood. first wave i guess. ordered mee bandung. quite good. i went there before. has not chance to taste it before. always closed. bejeluk la we baham the food. dato b peluh dahi as usual hehehehhe..... what a relief for them after riding. me.... everyday on the bike maaa......

offroad...go carting sic 20101205

pok arr who initiated this event.... he's the man when it comes to motosport. look at him in the following picture.... hahahhah so excited. original plan was only eight of us. pok arr, me, dato h, mik duang, wawang, mizi, capt nazri and ... i forgot the name. turn out we have to arrange 2 flites that nite. more friends called and joint us. anyway, its okay as long we can have fun. suppose, we start at 10pm, endup flagoff at 1230am..hahahhaha it was wet race. showering when we arrived. i've been on the cart a few times before. but this time the carts are more powerful and comfortable. during the test round, qualifying round and actual race, my cart was spinning almost 10 times. when you spin that many, of course you can expect what was my position....  definately the last one. (org teghanung kate nombo ke bong..hahhaha). call off at 230am. went to wangsamaju for 'supper'.

look at pok arr at the starting grid....

me..... slow and steady hhehehehhe am i too big for the cart

jai.. actually jai wasn't in the list. before i came to kl, i gave him a call since i heard he's also got plan for kl. he said he wanted to do oil change on his bike. i said fine, lets ride together since i also got plenty of time. thats how he endup joining us for go cart. 

ah fook.... last minute i guess. he's doing well during the event. mu kire golongang orang talented ah bowok kete.

surprisingly.... dating also joint us. a romantic couple on the track..... rumi n juli 

readyyyyy........................................