Malacca 1-day-trip 051111

This was an extremely ad-hoc trip. It was only finalized 3days before the trip that Halim would be joining me for the ride to Malacca. On the actual day, I was woken up by Halim’s call. Azhari was supposed to give me a wake up call but guess who he called? The matrep. He was supposed to join in the morning ride to Woodlands but that’s another story altogether. Azhari went over to Halim’s place and they rode over to mine. At 0315, we then had a leisure ride to Old Woodlands for breakfast. It was the usual drinks. Halim had red bull and coffee-o, I had kopi c peng and Azhari had 100plus. About 0515, we split and Halim and I went through customs. I had forgotten the number of stupid humps at the motorbike lanes. It was an irritating way to start the trip. Just after clearing Malaysia customs, Halim had his first flat of the trip. He took his eyes off the road and hit the metallic drainage cover. There and then at the checkpoint, Halim fixed his flat. We stopped for Subuh at Masjid.

After that, I confidently said that we should follow the sign that says “Pasir Gudang”. That was matrep ah. Pasir Gudang, as I would later found out, was at the eastern part of Johor but ya. We stopped at Shell along the way to grab the map of Johor.

We had breakfast at Restaurant Sayed at Jalan Permai at 0730, when I had the first call from my Mum.
“Bang, kau da kat mana?”
“Kita da salah jalan ah mak. Sekarang tengah sarapan kat Taman Perling.”
“Tu masih jauh tau bang. Lagi jauh tau. Mak sekarang da kat Muar. Kalau kau tak sesat, kita da boleh sarapan sama2.” Taman Perling is 200km away from Muar. Baik ah my mum.
We did 30km/h constantly all the way till we went through a construction area. Disaster would be waiting cyclists with all the rocks. True enough, Halim had another flat there. That means, he’d used up both his spare tubes and canisters.

After the quick fix, we whacked all the way before stopping for a quick break at Bt Batu shell pump station. Then, we carried on to Ayer Hitam. 19km before Ayer Hitam, we passed by the first bike shop during our ride. Halim bought a spare tube. It’s not new from a box but an existing one from a bike. How convenient. It was RM14. The route to Ayer Hitam was bad. We had no water and the heat was relentless. Halim was damn happy to see the “Esso – 1km away” signboard. But kii, the station was not ready ah. Matrep sey. Had a quick drink at somewhere which sells damn expensive drinks (think of Yong Peng prices) and then had a big lunch at Ayer Hitam.

After 1 hour there, we carried on to Batu Pahat. Over there, we stopped for drinks at a stall selling authentic Mee Bakso. From Batu Pahat to Muar, the road was damn lousy. There were 2 road diversions along the way there. The road to Muar was crazy. Headwind and never-ending flat section. After Muar, hell started for us. The highway to Melacca was morale-crushing stretch of road. First, it was after Maghrib, thus damn dark. Secondly, cars were zooming past us.

We saw countless number of signboards that said “Pusat Bandaraya” Seriously, isap. God knows how many that we passed yet there was still no sign of the stupid Pusat Bandar.We reached Bandar only at 2230 after 270km. That was hell, especially in the dark.

Abeh, next year Port Dickson kepe..

We were on A Break!

Qiyamullail 1432H

Ok aku tau ni tajuk boring. Tapi since ni untuk aku gn nas nya reference jadi aku post je.


20 Ramadan (19 Sept)
Masjid Razak

Kita sepatutnya nak buka gn Masjid Mydin. Aku gn azhari sampai, tanya pakcik2 yang tgh rilek2 kat situ ada qiyam tak. Dorang ckp besok baru start. Ah kan. Jadi aku gn azhari lepak Raimah tunggu nas. Yang best, nas tak jadi qiyam pasal sedara ada kecelakaan. Jadi aku gn azhari gi Masjid Razak je.

Verdict:
Keselesaan 7/10
Solat 5/10 (imam pertama je sedap)
Sahur 7/10






21 Ramadan (20 Sept)
Masjid Pertempatan Kampung Sembawang

Yang ni halim join kita. Ni aku g nas pun tak pernah qiyam sini jadi tak tau apa nak sangkakan. Kita sampai je orang tgh gotong royong pasang khemah. Ah kan. Macam2 ah ni org masjid. Abeh bila tanya pasal sahur, dorang cakap makan apa yang belen2 jadi kita gi Esso Rubinah untuk beli sahur. Tidur ok, tapi ada katak kat dalam masjid jadi halim tak suka. Imam Qiyam tak ada jadi aku imamkan nas gn azhari sementara halim qiyam sendiri. Aku nak step imam besar man solat pegang quran.

Verdict:
Keselesaan 7/10
Solat NA (imam tak ada)
Sahur 3/10 (mi sejuk sey)




22 Ramadan (21 Sept)
Masjid Omar Kampung Melaka

Ni masjid banyak kenangan untuk aku gn nas. Kita dua jalan dari Jilani utk ke masjid ni tahun lepas pasal motor aku kena kunci kat dalam. Kali ni, kita pegi naik kereta, park kat Magazine Road. Masjid macam biasa, sejuk pasal lantai marble. Ada mesin buat air panas semua. Kat masjid ni pun kita tau yang tak ada imam untuk qiyam. Tidur da sedap2 untuk 1 jam gitu, da mula kena serang gn nyamuk. Masalahnya sekarang, ni nyamuk2 semua tak nampak dan kita pun tak nampak longkang air bertakung. Tu yang binget padahal tahun lepas sini tidur paling sedap. Sahaur macam biasa, maggi jugak.Kurma pun ada disediakan. Orang kat situ pun ada kasi makanan jugak.

Verdict:
Keselesaan 3/10
Solat NA
Sahur NA

Classic

Happy birthday Suff

France '11

Ah zat..ni kirakan aku responding to kau nya request ah.baik dok kat sini.yang pink ah hello (eh, iye ke). haha.

France '11

Ok guys..sorry lambat update..macam2 sak kat sini..the french are really damn idoitic but ya..dorg je kat dunia ni pakai plug lain dari yang lain..bawa universal travel adapter pun tak guna sey..abeh nak beli kat sini punyala susah..semalam baru jumpa..

Kk, first, nas kau kena datang sini..aku sampai penat sak nak cakap hello..seriously bersepah ah prp hello.


Teka dia ni kerja apa? Jual ice-cream.gitu pun da gini punya hello..abeh bila aku minta ambil gambar dgn dia, dia blush gila babi..haha.

Tu je ah daily update aku..da nak subuh ah..kii, boring sey is..

France 2011

Ni betul2 kerja gila sey. Malam ni aku da nak terbang gi France, buat kerja gila aku.and aku nya last swim was 30laps, 3 months ago. baik kepe.. Anyway, aku dah bentangkan semua benda yang aku nak bawa gi sana.




Aku tak confident pun barang2 boleh sumbat dalam bag 35L aku. wonderful. the 2 things aku nak share dengan korang are the time solat dgn bike profile untuk ironman aku.




Aku tahu yang during summer, the day is long.but i seriously didn't expect to be that long ah.sape menang sey.subuh kul 3+ abeh isha 11+. nak bangun untuk subuh tu yang lengit sey. abeh by the time aku habis touring for the day, nak tunggu isha confirm da pengsan.tdo tak sampai 4jam, matahari da nak naik.baik ah.ni kalau ada al-azhar, confirm tak rasa ah.supper kejap da tu da nak sarapan.haha.



Ni bike profile kat ironman france.it doesn't look that bad here coz it's very abstract. tapi ada chance, aku mati kat sana da tu tolak basikal.confirm.

Hi

Why thank you Suff, for that enriching entry. We here at TOWNS, can only dream of having a happening life. When I grow up, I don't wanna be Nas anymore, I wanna be Suff.

Anyways.

Apparently, I'm alive. Barely, but still alive. Yes I have missed you guys (no, really) but it's been a fucking busy period with so many art and fashion shit going on - some great, some not so great - but nevertheless have to be done. With so much uppity-ness this past weeks, I really missed the standard Al Azhar teh tarik prata sessions and hence have decided to write the next para in such setting. Language-wise that is. Here goes.

Geng. Teka siapa nye photography kat Audi Fashion Week! Aku nye la sial! Baik jacks, jorang suka gila jadi aku dapat pergi London dok untuk tengok lagi satu fashion show haha. Aku amek dalam... 1.5 gig of gambars, 6 costumes, tapi jorang choose 3. Ada banyak lagi events ah, tapi aku rasa ni yang paling prolific untuk share ngan korang.

Nama dia Nadya jackos. Bila aku amek ni, dia baru sampai dari Russia 2 minggu. Masih fresh lagi. Nas, jeni yang aku bilang kau tu, kau boleh bilang yang lain ah. Tapi aku rasa dia bedek ah. Confirm nye, kat sana jorang boleh sembarang sembarang tukar age.

Oh and by the way, add her to my X&Y. I never forget my X nor Y. Not when they look like that.

Do svidaniya!

XY was a bad album by Coldplay

I was a little worried over this weekend when I realised that I lost count of my X-factor in my X-and-Y coordinates. Yeah, it was that kind of weekend.
For those of you who do not know, in the X-and-Y coordinates refer to the number of girls you have kissed (X-factor. And this refers to on the lips, so Momma’s peck on the cheek doesn’t count) and the number of girls you have done the deed, the horizontal mambo, the Osama in her cave, the banana in her split, parked your car in her garage, poke her mon with (Y-factor). But this being TOWNs with a readership of like, three, I’m sure you know what I mean by X-and-Y.
I mean what kind of a guy loses track of his X-count?
And the answer was simple. The kind of guy who’s living it up and brushes his teeth regularly.
But what if I was the kind of guy who loses track of his Y-count?
The answer was simple, too. The kind of guy with AIDS.
Never lose track of your Y-count, guys. It is the pathway to many ugly things.


This personal health message was brought to you by Suffian Hakim.

Barang baik geng.

Zat told me to check out Haley's performance in the previous round of American Idol 10. So I went to see it. I somehow feel that this is better than Adele herself ah, kii seh. Even so, I think James's rendition of Muse's Uprising was dahsyat too ah, he really could bring it high.
Here are both the performances for those who've missed it.

Based on a true story

There is this boy who cannot make much important choices in his life. His dad chose EM1 stream for him. "Takpe, kau try je dulu." Somehow, he managed to cope his higher malay quite well. After pri 6 prelims, came the time to choose 6 secondary schools. These were the 6:
1) Raffles Institution
2) ACS (I)
3) Anderson Sec
4) Bukit panjang Govt
5) SJI
6) Commonwealth Sec

Doesn't really seem like a prob rite? It was just that this boy scored 210 for his prelims. "Takpe, ni biar kasi kau target tinggi." Kiisurat. PSLE results out, and he scored 234. Out of the 6 schs, only SJI will accept him. By ONE point.

After Sec 4, this boy really wanted to go SP (dere was this new aeronautical dip). Guess what his dad did? Forced him to go jc. "Takpe, kau try je jc dulu."

And so, the boy went to SA. Failed gp for his entire 2 years in sch. Did pathetically for prelims, COF. and of course, failed gp. Seriously considering playing A division rugby for another year. Told his dad about crossing over to poly. "Takpe, kau amek je A-level kau dulu." By stroke of luck, the boy did ok for his A-levels.

It was just damn strange how each time his dad said that, the boy would just scrape thru things. He got a place in SMU, after interviewed at the old campus at Bt Timah. Went to NS, wanted to sign on. Only weeks to ORD, found out that he was not even supposed to enter OCS. What a luck.

After ORD, the boy told his dad he didn't want to go SMU.
"Apa, kau nak masuk NUS eh?"
The boy told him, No. I gonna sign on.
"Oh army panggil kau balik?"
Again, the boy said, No. Its going to be SCDF. As a spec.
"Eh kau da gila ke? belajar susah2 abeh sign on spec. buang masa"

That was the common belief among those that were close to the boy. His SJI mates for years told him not to sign on but just study. His SA classmates. His rugby mates. Even his aunts, who didnt even complete secondary sch, said the same thing.

Guess what?

For the first time in the boy's life, he said, Fuck it, fuck the world. I gonna choose how i lead my life. I gonna sign on. With SCDF. As a spec. Life has a strange way of showing u things. Had he stayed at SMU, he wouldn't be studying Sports Science. He wouldn't be an Ironman. He wouldn't be with the girl he is with now. He wouldn't be riding his super four.

Fours years after signing on, he finally got his degree sponsorship. It was not really a lot, but at least more or less, he's settled. He might not like the job as an officer in SCDF. But remembering his dad's words: Takpe, try dulu je.

The Real Matreps

People talk about how Muslim terrorists are a misguided bunch and all. Here we have on the flipside, just plain stupid people.

CNN GO GO POWER RANGERS

My CNN Go article is up! Link here.

Wow but ya.

So I shall explain my recent fixation/infatuation with Leona Lewis. I'm sure most of you haven't seen this, it was in 2006 - back then most of you were busy with ORD-ing and I was busy enlisting.

Now the unique thing about her bloody voice is the high notes she reaches at the climax of her songs. Whitney doesn't reach it, her voice is "lantang" but Leona can reach the whistle register (that's whistling not with your lips, but with your lungs) which only Mariah and Christina can.

First vid, at 2:17, now that is one damn powerful belt register

Second vid, at 4:10, awesome whistle register.





And of course, the way she sings... The vulnerable fragility, as if she really meant it when she is all by herself and she has nothing. Makes me wanna stroke her hair and feed her grapes.

Potential gang.

Since this blog is almost dead, might as well I just put some shit inside. And Mus, since you kept talking Leona Lewis right, I think you should check this girl out too. She can sing ah, and quite hello also.
Presenting to you guys, Pia Toscano from this season's American Idol. Also, she's in the top 10, not counting the 3 wildcard picks.

They Made A Show About Zat and Me

I dunno if you guys have watched Community, but I have a feeling some of the scenes were based on Zat and me. For example, there's one episode that shows their command of the Spanish language (they've been taking Spanish lessons the whole semester ar).



They can't dance either. Remember Zat, the dikir barat we performed at SA?



And a lot of random shit that makes me miss our times in SA:

Birthday Wishes from SJIM

These were the birthday texts I received from my friends of 12 years.

Nazir - "Happy birthday Zat. Kau jangan step besar."

Ok la short and simple. And he was the first to text me so ok.

Is - "Selamat hari jadi zat. patutla stamina kau da drop, da makin tua sey. haha"

Biasa la kan Is, kata abang body. Fitness freak. IRONMAN.

Suff - "Selamat hari lahir! Semoga anda berwaspada dan bernaik saksi"

Which translates to, Happy Birthday! Hope you be vigilant and be a witness (?!). Got it.

Nas - "Ah, Zat, happy birthday. Kau dah tua nak mampus seh. Haha."

Member obviously living in denial. Padahal his birthday came first but ya.

And not forgetting, Mus - "Movie tonight? Tron"

Kau members ah kirakan.