Look look ! If u dun already know, that's like the famous landmark design.. Of Penang Bridge of course. Such an inviting gateway to the vast choices of food. Can't wait to indulge in a bowl of asam laksa, or should i start with char keoy teow ?
Friday, July 27, 2007
Penang, Pearl of the Orient
Look look ! If u dun already know, that's like the famous landmark design.. Of Penang Bridge of course. Such an inviting gateway to the vast choices of food. Can't wait to indulge in a bowl of asam laksa, or should i start with char keoy teow ?
Sunday, July 22, 2007
:: PBP is born ::
Today is the birth of a new BAND of photographers.. Today being, 21.07.2007, it was something that pop out of the blues. Same way also how this HardTail'ers was born as well. Look that the flash, nice PINK hair BAND huh.. Remember this, PINK BAND PHOTOGRAPHY or PBP for short. This is me, NK signing out live from RAFI mamak SS15 Subang Jaya.. ;)
Friday, July 20, 2007
ELENEX 2007 @ KLCC
Greetings... I'm still not able to sleep.. Yup it is way pass 2am liow. What to do, after last nite's all night-er in the office. Kind of messed up my sleeping time liow. Have to rush for a tender closing.. So the usual last minute rush.
Which I took the chance to sleep in today till mid-noon ! After lunch, I headed to KLCC with my colleague. Wanna checkout the ELENEX exhibition there... Basically, it is about Electrical Enginneering. All the major players of the Electrical Eng field is there... Except my company, which is a good call. Cause the crowd is just not there.. Unlike Tenaga expo (held biannually).
Anyway... I managed to meet up with old colleagues, both local and from the UK. Walked around alittle... Siemens were the best ! They hired hot looking girls.. Few of them were common to the photographers. If you view those photos I've uploaded on Flickr, you'll see Rose Chin there.. Hope I got her name right.
Of the few shots I managed to get... DAMN ! ! ! Wish I had Tammy with me liow... Very hard to balance and play with the kit lens. The 85mm pulak gives a too tight framing. But that's another story...
This girl, cute as ever, Agatha is her name... Just wanna highlight her out on the blog. So no particular reasons...
~::NK the wOOfer::~
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Release from the ICU
The day finally came ! Oh yeah... After I think almost 2 weeks of waiting and disappointment, which could not be avoided. But whatever it is... The important thing is that finally Tank Fobia is out of the ICU, Project Maheez Medical Center. Thanks the great hands of Dr. Armijn.
We, as in CS and myself, arrived at Project Maheez late evening. We had a detour and had a quick dinner before making our way to Project Maheez. Together with me, I had the carbon seat post, headset / stem cap and the XTR chain.. These were the few last minute add on parts for my bike. As you know, the XTR chain was left to soaked in the ICE WAX.
When we arrived, I was so glad to see my bike on the working stand.. Shows that work was done. What a sigh of relief when Armijn said that my bike was ready. Which was when I handed over to him the XTR chain... Basically the bike was ready once the new chain was installed and tuned. Here is a close up shot (by CS)...
Oh... That is not all... Don't recall if I told you about my Deore crank. Armijn called before and said that the crank was UN-removable. Barbaric methods had to be used... Well, nothing was documented, but for sure... Here is the outcome...
So when it was my turn to test ride my Tank Fobia... Realised the real tire was touching the frame. Been having this problem from the start liow. Armijn said that it was the spokes length. 1 side shorter than the other, or something like that.. If he would have told me earlier, I would have gotten them spokes replaced as well. Doesn't matter, all in not lost ! Solution... Changed to new tire ! Maxxis High Roller 2.35.. Which surprisingly was a thinner tire compared to my ex-Specialized Enduro 2.3inch. So... With all my problems solved. Only thing left to do was to pay for the service and be on my way. Total damage was RM420nett. Of course, that is not including the other parts bought from the other bike shops. Whatever it is... I got my bike back ! And now in smooth running condition, hope it stays that way...
There after, we were supposed to join those other bloggers at Friendster Cafe. But somehow, we literally back tracked our way out. Instead we headed down and join my high school friends for a gathering.. Nothing like being in the company of people that knows your name... We met at OldTownKopitiam Taipan USJ. Just a sample, more photos can be viewed at our HT's Forum...
I'll be pretty much riding on road, over the weekdays, whenever possible. Have to revive my stamina mar.. If not how to even make it up to Kiara's tarmac cross junction ?
That is all... It is already Monday morning, I'm staying to feel cranky liow. Signs of Monday Blues, for sure !
~::NK the wOOfer::~
We, as in CS and myself, arrived at Project Maheez late evening. We had a detour and had a quick dinner before making our way to Project Maheez. Together with me, I had the carbon seat post, headset / stem cap and the XTR chain.. These were the few last minute add on parts for my bike. As you know, the XTR chain was left to soaked in the ICE WAX.
When we arrived, I was so glad to see my bike on the working stand.. Shows that work was done. What a sigh of relief when Armijn said that my bike was ready. Which was when I handed over to him the XTR chain... Basically the bike was ready once the new chain was installed and tuned. Here is a close up shot (by CS)...
New hubs :: New chain :: New cassette
Oh... That is not all... Don't recall if I told you about my Deore crank. Armijn called before and said that the crank was UN-removable. Barbaric methods had to be used... Well, nothing was documented, but for sure... Here is the outcome...
FUBAR Deore crank
So when it was my turn to test ride my Tank Fobia... Realised the real tire was touching the frame. Been having this problem from the start liow. Armijn said that it was the spokes length. 1 side shorter than the other, or something like that.. If he would have told me earlier, I would have gotten them spokes replaced as well. Doesn't matter, all in not lost ! Solution... Changed to new tire ! Maxxis High Roller 2.35.. Which surprisingly was a thinner tire compared to my ex-Specialized Enduro 2.3inch. So... With all my problems solved. Only thing left to do was to pay for the service and be on my way. Total damage was RM420nett. Of course, that is not including the other parts bought from the other bike shops. Whatever it is... I got my bike back ! And now in smooth running condition, hope it stays that way...
There after, we were supposed to join those other bloggers at Friendster Cafe. But somehow, we literally back tracked our way out. Instead we headed down and join my high school friends for a gathering.. Nothing like being in the company of people that knows your name... We met at OldTownKopitiam Taipan USJ. Just a sample, more photos can be viewed at our HT's Forum...
I'll be pretty much riding on road, over the weekdays, whenever possible. Have to revive my stamina mar.. If not how to even make it up to Kiara's tarmac cross junction ?
That is all... It is already Monday morning, I'm staying to feel cranky liow. Signs of Monday Blues, for sure !
~::NK the wOOfer::~
My Taekwondo uniform
Check it out.. adidas dobuk, very rare that you'll find with this logo.
If there is anyone going to KOREA, or from KOREA... That can get me more new Taekwondo WTF uniform, I'll be every so greatful.
~::NK the wOOfer::~
Thursday, July 12, 2007
<~::XTR::~>
Really... for real, I made cake last night..
As you might have known by now, I've got a few purchased parts - all yet to be installed. Still nicely hidden from the sun, stored in my cabinet drawer. So finally getting the parts and the bike back together. In fact, at this current moment, my Tank Fobia is en route to Project Maheez. Body guarded by both Keat and CS. Heheheheehe...
Wait... TCSS stories later.. Now back to my XTR cake 1st...
Last night, I finally took out my XTR chain.. Sprayed it heavily with WD40, with the intention of washing away the grease / lube already on the chain. Honestly, not really that effective.. Then hor I kasi wash the fella with KAO Attack ! powder. Washed it double time, still not good enough.. After drying the chain, can still feel the lube still on the chain.
Finally, I used dish washing liquid... Soaked it in the kitchen basin, luckily parents were out watching news on the TV. Mom would shout at me for doing that.. Anyhow, after soaking it awhile then rinsed it. The chain became BLING BLING ! Here... see below...
See how clean the XTR chain is... So once I dried it, using old newspapers and kitchen paper towels. I put the chain into a plastic container. The only thing left to do is to drown it with ICE WAX... I think I must have squeezed almost half a bottle of the ICE WAX, at least quarter of the new bottle went into soaking the XTR chain.
Actually I think it looks more like custard, rather than cake.. But definitely not something appetizing. Gonna leave it so soak till Saturday afternoon.. Then, wipe off the excessive ICE WAX, give it a nice rinse. DONE ! ! ! I think so... Have to ask CS and see if correct or not. After all he is the one that taught me these steps...
Now, back to some TCSS stories.. Was on the phone with Armijn, got to know that he might be going down to Singapore tomorrow for a day trip. Or rather a shopping trip to me, grab bike parts. Heheheehehe... Apa lagi, I pun kasi pesan sama dia.. Tolong angkat 1 set RED mavic rims, itupun kalu dia ada jumpa itu barang. Oh oh... Ade jugak kirim dia beli itu Salsa RED hubs QR.
So hopefully, by Saturday evening.. I'll have my bike all ready, with all the upgraded parts. Plus hopefully some more added new parts from Singapore ! Gonna collect my bike, just before going for the Malaysia Blogger's Day @ Friendster Cafe...
wOOfer out
~::NK the wOOfer::~
As you might have known by now, I've got a few purchased parts - all yet to be installed. Still nicely hidden from the sun, stored in my cabinet drawer. So finally getting the parts and the bike back together. In fact, at this current moment, my Tank Fobia is en route to Project Maheez. Body guarded by both Keat and CS. Heheheheehe...
Wait... TCSS stories later.. Now back to my XTR cake 1st...
Last night, I finally took out my XTR chain.. Sprayed it heavily with WD40, with the intention of washing away the grease / lube already on the chain. Honestly, not really that effective.. Then hor I kasi wash the fella with KAO Attack ! powder. Washed it double time, still not good enough.. After drying the chain, can still feel the lube still on the chain.
Finally, I used dish washing liquid... Soaked it in the kitchen basin, luckily parents were out watching news on the TV. Mom would shout at me for doing that.. Anyhow, after soaking it awhile then rinsed it. The chain became BLING BLING ! Here... see below...
See how clean the XTR chain is... So once I dried it, using old newspapers and kitchen paper towels. I put the chain into a plastic container. The only thing left to do is to drown it with ICE WAX... I think I must have squeezed almost half a bottle of the ICE WAX, at least quarter of the new bottle went into soaking the XTR chain.
Actually I think it looks more like custard, rather than cake.. But definitely not something appetizing. Gonna leave it so soak till Saturday afternoon.. Then, wipe off the excessive ICE WAX, give it a nice rinse. DONE ! ! ! I think so... Have to ask CS and see if correct or not. After all he is the one that taught me these steps... Now, back to some TCSS stories.. Was on the phone with Armijn, got to know that he might be going down to Singapore tomorrow for a day trip. Or rather a shopping trip to me, grab bike parts. Heheheehehe... Apa lagi, I pun kasi pesan sama dia.. Tolong angkat 1 set RED mavic rims, itupun kalu dia ada jumpa itu barang. Oh oh... Ade jugak kirim dia beli itu Salsa RED hubs QR.
So hopefully, by Saturday evening.. I'll have my bike all ready, with all the upgraded parts. Plus hopefully some more added new parts from Singapore ! Gonna collect my bike, just before going for the Malaysia Blogger's Day @ Friendster Cafe...
wOOfer out
~::NK the wOOfer::~
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Food ! Glorious Food !
This blog has gone from mountain biking stuffs... to Photography... there was even a blog on a bomb scare, now... Gonna put up a blog on FOOD ! Why food ? Probably today was quite a mood swing day for me. One of those day that no matter how hard you try to concentrate on work, but then nothing is going your way, and nothing really gets done ! Something when things go so wrong, you can always take comfort in food. Just have something nice.. indulge in something sinful, I'm still talking about food here. How about this for a sinful indulgence...
So what do you think ? Isn't just sinful ? Dah lar ice cream, got melted chocolate dipping some more. Of course there are other side items to go with it ler. Checkout the fruits on the side of the platter.. Give me this over sex, for sure it'll cheer up a ANY bad day...
Today I was supposed to be together with my Tammy... But I guess was a tad too late to make my decision. Or rather I shouldn't have waited. Since I've decided to go for this Saturday nite's event (Malaysia Blogger's Day ! @ Friendster Cafe), wanted to get my Tammy and bring her along. in fact I've been emailing shashinki.com for Tammy's availability since yesterday morning. This morning called Key Color Mid Valley, said that Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens was still available. Thought wanna wait for CS confirmation with KC Subang Parade 1st, mana tau ke.. can get slightly cheaper price. But alas... decided to get from KC MV, called them to book the unit, only to received bad news of it (just) being SOLD !
Took it as a sign... It is not our time to be together yet. Tammy would have to wait.. I'm sure she'll understand...
Today was supposed to pass my whole bike + all the other upgrade parts to Armijn, Project Maheez. Was thinking of lugging the bike into my car boot, but then since Keat said he can help me drop it in the afternoon. Then ok lor, at least I don't have to rush after work. But sadly, Keat went there around 2ish pm.. The LBS was closed. Sigh.. wasted trip.. Though the time was predetermined before, I guess Armijn might have been caught up with his day job (?)..
GOD knows WHEN WILL MY BIKE WILL EVER BE READY FOR RIDE again ?! From previous phone conversation, the Tank Lights hubs were supposed to be in by today. Anyhow, my RED Mavic 317 is there, so he can start building the rear wheel 1st. He did say that Tank Fobia would be ride-ready by Saturday night.. Another day goes by, might just be another weekend without ride...
Think enough about today liow... Decided to leave office on time, since whole day also not very productive. Hopefully boss don't read this.. It is just 1 of those days ya boss..
Oh Oh !! Yesterday night, finally went to watch Transformers ! But before that, 3 of us had dinner @ SOHO 1Utama.. The food there is good, to me it tastes rather authentic. But who am I to judge, I'm Chinese but can't speak Mandarin well. Anyhow despite the bill came to close RM100nett. The food was GOOD.. Especially the Aromatic Crispy Duck..
There is actually half a duck there.. Doesn't quite look like it rite, but it came served intact. The waiter ripped it and shredded the meat for us. Even the bones were good and crispy.. Worth a try and also for the ambiance...
Oh... now back to the TRANSFORMER movie... It was really really really good and worth all the wait. The action in the movie was superb ! The whole movie, you'll be like left breathless. I was really on the edge of my seat, anticipating what the next scene is gonna be like. If only I don't have to blink throughout the movie.. But nothing is perfect, IMHO they have overdid with the ROBOTS, too much damn details. Seeing the screws and nuts or bolts.. Kind of takes away the originality of the actual character / robots. Would be nice if they used back the cartoon's theme song.. And more of the phrases used... Oh well... Not possible to please everyone mar...
Autobots... Transformer... And roll out !
~::NK the wOOfer::~
So what do you think ? Isn't just sinful ? Dah lar ice cream, got melted chocolate dipping some more. Of course there are other side items to go with it ler. Checkout the fruits on the side of the platter.. Give me this over sex, for sure it'll cheer up a ANY bad day...Today I was supposed to be together with my Tammy... But I guess was a tad too late to make my decision. Or rather I shouldn't have waited. Since I've decided to go for this Saturday nite's event (Malaysia Blogger's Day ! @ Friendster Cafe), wanted to get my Tammy and bring her along. in fact I've been emailing shashinki.com for Tammy's availability since yesterday morning. This morning called Key Color Mid Valley, said that Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens was still available. Thought wanna wait for CS confirmation with KC Subang Parade 1st, mana tau ke.. can get slightly cheaper price. But alas... decided to get from KC MV, called them to book the unit, only to received bad news of it (just) being SOLD !
Took it as a sign... It is not our time to be together yet. Tammy would have to wait.. I'm sure she'll understand...
Today was supposed to pass my whole bike + all the other upgrade parts to Armijn, Project Maheez. Was thinking of lugging the bike into my car boot, but then since Keat said he can help me drop it in the afternoon. Then ok lor, at least I don't have to rush after work. But sadly, Keat went there around 2ish pm.. The LBS was closed. Sigh.. wasted trip.. Though the time was predetermined before, I guess Armijn might have been caught up with his day job (?)..
GOD knows WHEN WILL MY BIKE WILL EVER BE READY FOR RIDE again ?! From previous phone conversation, the Tank Lights hubs were supposed to be in by today. Anyhow, my RED Mavic 317 is there, so he can start building the rear wheel 1st. He did say that Tank Fobia would be ride-ready by Saturday night.. Another day goes by, might just be another weekend without ride...
Think enough about today liow... Decided to leave office on time, since whole day also not very productive. Hopefully boss don't read this.. It is just 1 of those days ya boss..
Oh Oh !! Yesterday night, finally went to watch Transformers ! But before that, 3 of us had dinner @ SOHO 1Utama.. The food there is good, to me it tastes rather authentic. But who am I to judge, I'm Chinese but can't speak Mandarin well. Anyhow despite the bill came to close RM100nett. The food was GOOD.. Especially the Aromatic Crispy Duck..
There is actually half a duck there.. Doesn't quite look like it rite, but it came served intact. The waiter ripped it and shredded the meat for us. Even the bones were good and crispy.. Worth a try and also for the ambiance...Oh... now back to the TRANSFORMER movie... It was really really really good and worth all the wait. The action in the movie was superb ! The whole movie, you'll be like left breathless. I was really on the edge of my seat, anticipating what the next scene is gonna be like. If only I don't have to blink throughout the movie.. But nothing is perfect, IMHO they have overdid with the ROBOTS, too much damn details. Seeing the screws and nuts or bolts.. Kind of takes away the originality of the actual character / robots. Would be nice if they used back the cartoon's theme song.. And more of the phrases used... Oh well... Not possible to please everyone mar...
Autobots... Transformer... And roll out !
~::NK the wOOfer::~
Monday, July 09, 2007
I'm back!!
It was a long long long time i haven't post anything here since i injured my backbone few months back. Now i'm back but yet ready to get back on my bike yet. When will it be? Not sure. Hopefully soon.
From Mountain Biking, HT'er had a slightly changes. These days, you can just NK posting some non-bike related topic. After all, this is a blog for HT'ers. Nothing specified!! We will try to include as many things as possible but try to make it majority bike related.
Here my return to the blog. A shot that i feel is one of my best one.
From Mountain Biking, HT'er had a slightly changes. These days, you can just NK posting some non-bike related topic. After all, this is a blog for HT'ers. Nothing specified!! We will try to include as many things as possible but try to make it majority bike related.
Here my return to the blog. A shot that i feel is one of my best one.
Enjoy!! Feel free to comment me in Flickr!! See you around!! And i will participate in MTB with a different manner!!
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Malaysia's Blogger's Day ; 14 July 2007
Hello all...
Look at what I found...
For more info... please visit this link ; http://miccobayb.blogspot.com/2007/06/kl-bloggers-night-out.html
Looks interesting... Sure gonna be a jam packed event ! The Friendster cafe, is actually very near to Project Maheez.
~::NK the wOOfer::~
Sunday, July 08, 2007
All I wanna do is just... RIDE...
Another weekend has just passed... And it was another weekend of NO RIDE for me. I really thought that this weekend, I'll be able to fit in a ride. But sadly, my rear wheel was not ready... Project Maheez was sent with the wrong hubs, 36 holes - instead of 32 holes. But it was good that Armijn loaned me a spare rear wheel. Which SADLY, didn't quite aligned to my bike.. It was seriously out of alignment, the disc is touching the pad, even the tire is rubbing against the frame. How to ride rite ???
What to do... wait for another week lor. I hope that by middle of next week, I'll be able to get my wheel ready. I think at the same time, I'll bring all my new parts to be installed. Quite a list of new parts... Then from there, once everything is ON. Hopefully the bike will NOT give me further problems.
Probably then I should consider a new frame.. No No NO ! A full new bike ! I wonder then, would it be a full sus mountain bike ? Or I'll probably switch to a Road Bike... We'll see what happens then. Hopefully and I pray that nothing will go wrong liow...
~::NK the wOOfer::~
What to do... wait for another week lor. I hope that by middle of next week, I'll be able to get my wheel ready. I think at the same time, I'll bring all my new parts to be installed. Quite a list of new parts... Then from there, once everything is ON. Hopefully the bike will NOT give me further problems.
Probably then I should consider a new frame.. No No NO ! A full new bike ! I wonder then, would it be a full sus mountain bike ? Or I'll probably switch to a Road Bike... We'll see what happens then. Hopefully and I pray that nothing will go wrong liow...
~::NK the wOOfer::~
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