marshalling & communication course- lendu melaka 20110129-20110130

heheheh.... marshall dok tahang tuh...

gambo rama2.... 

killing my time during the weekend. i sign up for this course. at least i learn something from this course. besides that, i know i am gonna meet more friends especially bikers from all over malaysia. planned to ride on friday afternoon alone to melaka. got to know that another 4 bikers from kuantan also joint this event. so, i have decided to joint the instead of riding alone to melaka. hairi min, zek and shuq will be joining me riding to melaka on friday. we took off from taj im in the rain. it was pouring that day. weather is unpredictable lately. at least until chinese new year.

bikers from kuantan:

 shuq..

 eri....

 min... guane letisang???

tommy boy...

we arrived in umbai melaka around 8pm. jim is waiting for us for dinner. we went to a well known ikan bakar in serkam, umbai. been there before with wife and kids. here is famous with the seafood and serve with nasi lemak. thats how they eat seafood here in umbai. i syaed in the chalet provide by the organizer called lrp chalet. a few kilos from the seafood place. i got i big room with 1 queen and 1 single bed. quite boring that nite. all nite alone.

 morning in melaka straits....

lrp.. laman rehat propana...( betul ke propana)

the program starts on saturday. a little bit late since the rain keep pouring in melake. in fact the venue was changed from stadium hang jebat to lendu which cost us additional kilos to get there. we have to ride thru bandar melaka to get to lendu which is on the other side of serkam. what to do. we brief by sargenat mutholib on the best way to handle our bike. quiet interesting. i mean he also experienced police traffic. he was assited by 2 other traffic officers.

this is where the course took place...

first day.. in class briefing...

after the briefing we were on the bike to muar for lunch. from lendu we were taught how marshalling is all about. the convoy is a bit messy on the way to muar. we had asam pedas muar for lunch. not really lunch la... its at 4pm maaa.. hahahhaah anyway its was enjoyable ride. after the lunch, the instructur brief us on what has happened during the first convoy ride. what should and shouldnt being done.

on the way to muar marshalling...

 oooo... walla....

just by the river bank.... see the boats....

second day... more to practical...... zig-zag, braking, donut...more fun...

zig-zag

lepaking......

tommy in action... zig-zag

i did all the exercise... more confident now.... its the technique... know how. not as hard as i tot. we took off back home a little bit early abt 1pm since the weather is not really good. all the way, heavy rain untill home. almost stranded somewhere in segamat. almost flooded most of the places.....

2 months after metalbutt sea

my personal opinion on metalbutt is..... all bikers should ride thru this event. sound ridiculous when people ask you to ride 24 hours. but this event event make me more confident when i am riding. i got more control physically and mentally. when you tired you stop, when you hungry you stop,.. everything will be taught during the ride. nowadays, i am very comfortable when i am on my bike. regardless of the the weather, road, place etc. i can ride at night time, day time, sunny and rainy day, no problem at all. thank you metalbutt....

kuala tahan trip 20110122

it was a very nice saturday morning. no family outing since my son mike gotta go to school. replacement for cny. long holiday for chinese school. nowhere to go. i brought the rest to zaman for nasi lemak. while having breakfast i m bb-ing and texting bikers. may be they have trip. no reply. so i told my wife lets ride to kl since our babysitter will be coming at 10am. when i got home, phone rang... guess who???? hahahhah "supercosa" yus was calling. he asked me whther i am interested in joining him to kuala tahan. i said yes why not? yessssssssssssssssssssss... i got i trip finally. i tolod him i am bringing my wife along. he said fine.

so i told my wife , we are not going to kl , kuala tahan instead. she said, am i the only lady. i said who cares.

we are running a bit late since too short notice from yus. we were behind. just follow the route told by yus to use the old road to jengka. same route but once we arrived in maran i chose a different route. i forgot how to get to jengka actually. they call it kuil road. there is a big giant kuil in the middle of the palm oil estet. the road i can say ... bad- sharp corner, narrow, holes everywhere, animals... trucks and so forth. but i always enjoy this kind road. the view... country side maaaa.. fresh air.. sometimes you can smell cow dunk. makes you more alert and precaution. about an hour ride, reach jengka but still no sign of other 'supercosa'. hahah you know why i called them supercosa. the tyre... hahahah these guys u know.....when dry weather aaa they all like king of the road maaaaaa..... when when wet weather aaaa..... just all just like chicken you know.... scare of the rain hahahhaah ( relax ah bro yus... jgn mare ... kekgi kena jual) hahahahah. actually the tyre is not suitable for wet condition. not safe for them to ride during wet condition. not for me. i hantam dok kire hujang ke ribuk ke... hahahha metalbutt maaaaa.... ade stapekek... 

finally, i met them in shell jengka. common check point for bandar jengka. i am the only one with tourer and with the wife. others all with the sport bike and full leather suite. feel like in sepang u know.... especially when they starts their engine. mine... if i start my engine jsut like kentutu dalam kaing maaaaa.... deso je bunyi...

lunch ikang pating in kuala tahan.... pehhh they all give 6 stars for the pating... me???? cannot go ikang sungai maaaa..... nazri hirup teruh kuoh... peh caye la you bro...

berato upon arrival.........

during lunch they have discussed whether to take the river cruise or not. me??? why not. if ya'll go i go. so this is not something we plan for the trip... hahahhaah my second time actually crusing this river. but i enjoy the nature very much.

very narrow boat... or perahu whatever people called it...

happy faces... abg long in front..... yus( wak mende tu ato report ke home minster ker? heheheh).... sam happiest person alive yesterday....

amin... taking pictures......

impressed with the nature guys??????

mammaaaaa......

like a boat competition.....

white water rafting....

cold fresh water.... i like....

one the chalet by the riverside....

we stopped by one the creek.... hahahahha guess what????? we all swim maaaa... paly like jane and tarzan..... this is really unanticipated event.... we enjoy so much this trip.... all of us i guess....

after all the activities, we take a rest at dakili house. this is where we compose ourself. got challet and campsite at this place. just by the river bank.... the owner is a lady. very nice lady....

campers.... mat salleh u know.... i like....

the campsite by the dakilis'.

we got home almost 9 at night. not tired all. very short ride. still can bring my kids to dinner at ecm. this is a hell of a close to the nature ride. just like the ride to zahidi place in tasik raban. to all supercosa.....abg long, amin, yus, hairi, sam, nazri(use to called him hayabusa before)and other( i did get some of your name guys..) thank you for the ride. i really enjoy the ride. let me know if you have any other ride in future.

shooting ride to danok 20110106-20110108

destination: danok thailand

duration: 3days 2 nites

total km: 1521

this trip initaited by dato b. dto h always seconded any trip but this time he is not confirmed yet. me??? from the beginning did not confirm. but i already prepared all the documents in case i can go. in the first place,  anjemang, pokarr and dato b confirmed. zek is like me 50-50 since he just got hired by new company. anyhow he joint last minute. the actual plan was dato b ask us to overnite in kl on thursday so that on early friday morning can took off from kl. i only confirmed that i can go on thursday. i told pok arr earlier, i said if i go i wanna take off early. maybe thursday afternoon because i planned not to rush. just slow and steady and overnite in penang. pok arr agreed and told that anjemang will joint us. however, on thursday morning i couldnt find my key. mannn... what a day.. look almost everywhere. over and over again. almost give up. pok arr an d decide still go even i am not with them. finally, last kopek... i found my key. what a relief.... we took off about 6pm from rnr kuantan. arrived in penang around 10pm. as usual mee udang in sg dua is our priority.

participants:

dato b...

dato h....

our friend mejak...from hatyai joint us...

hehehhe the happiest person... pok arr

zek...

anjemang... lapo do'oh gamok nye

me....

mee udang sg dua... never miss this menu if we go to the north...

we stayed in this hotel. somewhere in butterworth... the hotel is nice but the surrounding area is not very attractive... you know penang maaa....

at the border malaysia-thai.. look at pok arr... happy man.. anjemang in the back looking for his key... tu la wak maing sgt ke aku mase kuci aku ilang heheheh

while we entering thai border our friend, dato b, dato h and zek is struggling with dato b bikes'. his tyre got worn off. they have to wait about 7 hours just to settle this matter. got to use special tools to take of the tyre. and the tyre only available in penang.... ducati maaaaa.... pity ducati hahahha go ducati go.....

three of us arrived in danok around 1pm. straight check in at oliver. however anjemang proceed to hatyai since his friedns are waiting for golf at 2pm... my suggestion to anjemang.. nak main golf gi indon la bro... hehehhehe relak ah bro.. gugha sikit maroh lalu....

we checked in... run errant here and there. about 4pm we went to shooting range after waiting for 2 hours for fansuri to come. (fansuri is dato b manager in bukit kayu hitam office). he is the one who arrange all the bookings for our trip this time. 'we waited we waited' for other 3 bikes buk dey never sho... heheheh yes we waited until 10pm but they havent arrived yet. but our friend from hatyai-mejak arrived. he had a big smile on his face when he saw pok arr- his long lost tag teammate hahahahhaha a lot of story between them hahahaha. we went to nurlaila for dinner. mannnggggg..... the tomyam was sooooooooooo delicious. walla, superb, mabellehhhh.... the only place in kuantan you can get this kind of tomyam is sara thai kithcehn. slightly different but ok la... when we almost done eating those guys arrived. they went straight to black crab steam. kalu kemamang org panggil ketang nipoh ah...

 

 

our bikes in front of oliver...

shooting club....

using colt .45.....

1st day result with .45....

1st day result with m16....

2nd day result with .45....

dato b with colt .45...

dato b stapekek...

dato h with beretta...

dato h stapekek...

pok arr loading his m16....

pok arr stapekek

pok arr with dirty harry revolver....

pok arr good with the rifle...

loading the gun..

loading the rifle

pictures at the range before we took off.....
suppose we use different route to kuantan. we planned for yala-narathiwat-golok-kb-kt-ktn. but anjemang got the news, besut and setiu was flooded. then no cjoice gotta use same route we came. what a boring hiway. i prefer state road instead of hiway... better view i guess... a bit tired on way home. not enough sleep for most of us.
at gurun rest area, dato b notice a nail on his tyre. agiain gotta to exit to sg petani to repair the tyre. not a good trip for dato b this time. but his lucky. only tiny winy nail .. not punctured the tire.

3 of us, me, pok arr and zek using batang kali route to kemaman. other 3 to kl. we cruise in the windy breezy weather that nite. i reach home about 8pm.