WMLR2010 edition
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Inaugural loop ride complete!
My itch to go on a really nice long riding trip has now been scratched…but we all know what happens to itches that get scratched, right? Yup…the itch doesn’t go away…instead…whatever caused the itch…may be temporarily suppressed…but will start to cause another itch not long after. Hahaha! In any case, this post isn’t meant to
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2010 Day 6 – Klang Valley-Singapore
By now you would already know that I woke up early in the morning all excited about the ride ahead. After all, this was going to be a nice and easy ride to the historic town of Melaka and the route included a visit to the Sepang Formula One Circuit, go-karting in a specially constructed
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2010 Day 5 – Klang Valley
I usually wake up early when I am away from home. I don’t know why. Maybe it is because I am sleeping in a different bed…or maybe its because I don’t want to waste any time sleeping when I can be out exploring…but today I had wanted to go out for a walk and see
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2010 Day 4 – Pulau Pinang-Klang Valley (part 2)
I’m back from lunch…and a nice ride…its time to do part 2 of yesterday’s ride. You can read about today’s ride later when I blog about it. As a recap, we had lunch at a corner store just outside the town of Taiping along route 1. I noticed this store mainly because there was a
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2010 Day 4 – Pulau Pinang-Klang Valley (part 1)
The third leg of the West Malaysia loop ride turned out to be the most eventful and trying time for the gang. One objective of the loop ride was to give the gang a taste of the diversity that can be found in the peninsular. We have already seen how different things are in Johor
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2010 Day 3 – Pulau Pinang
The Penang island is a mere 295 square kilometers in size…slightly less than half the size of Singapore, the Pearl of the Orient is everything that it is fabled to be. It seems Penang is the ONLY state in Malaysia that has a majority of Chinese (all other Malaysian states has a Malay majority). This
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2010 Day 2 – Kuala Terengganu-Pulau Pinang
I am a big fan of Top Gear…you know…that television program where Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May talks about everything relating to cars. They have these ridiculous challenges that are really fun to watch…and sometimes…inspiring! I remember the one where they drove around Europe looking for driving heaven…a stretch of road that has
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2010 Day 1 – Singapore-Kuala Terengganu
I had trouble sleeping last night. I remember desperately trying to finish packing for the trip…and when I finished packing, grabbed a quick bite and then tried very hard to get enough rest as the ride today was a long one. However, I tossed and turned in bed for an hour before, thankfully, falling asleep.
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Trip preparations underway…
The dates are set, the first pre-trip meeting is over and now it is time to get the stuff prepared. There are so many things to take care of that some times I find myself just sitting in a daze not knowing where to start! But start I must and start I did! The most
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16 February 2010 – First pre-trip meeting
Now that the ride is on and the riders are confirmed, we had our first pre-trip meeting. Unfortunately, Alex could not make it as he was away for the Chinese New Year break. In any case, the meeting had to go on so that we can confirm some essentials…so we met! Tony came over with
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Dare to dream
There’s something to be said about serendipity. It always confounds me how seemingly random events can collude to make sense out of a big mess of thoughts. Now I know the word “collude” gives the impression of a less than noble outcome. But I chose this word purely because it sounded a lot better than
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The ride is ON!!!
So after six months of riding, I am itching to go on a really nice long riding trip. Well, there is no better time to start than now. So I am setting up this page to share my plans, thoughts, tips, photographs and everything else about this adventure. Come join me on the ride online!
