Impulse

When you're feeling down and out of shape, go shopping.
Buy the 3rd thing that caught your eye.
Have dinner at a junk-cum fast-food joint.
End the day with a Mojito. Baca lagi!

Rock vs Ironman

Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all
Or if he moves will he fall?
Is he 'live or dead?
Has he thoughts with in his head?
We'll just pass him there,
Why should we even care?



Black Sabbath - Ironman

Baca lagi!

Life

Dear God,

Can you please stop life from me? Baca lagi!

HIgh n Dry

Tonight, I met with an old friend, Jack. We havent met for a long time as I can remember. Well, the thing is, my day wasnt that good. In fact, it was horrible. Lucky I met Jack. At least I can keep my mind off it for a while. He and his charm just puts me in another dimension. Free of worries. Even for a moment. Maybe just what I needed. Maybe.

Fortunate of us, Steve White is performing. I dont know much about this guy but he sure is a hell of a guitar player. He even played his own rendition of Bunyi Gitar. So, Steve kept us entertained for the night.

Hmm... to those who made my day horrible today, fuck you. Baca lagi!

Kembang bontot

Kimberly Yap wears gold in the inaugural women triathlon event at the 23rd SEA Games in Manila.

How great is that? first time buat dah sapu gold! And fact: She started triathlon less than 1 year ago. She is 20.

Aku sungguh bangga!

Aku nak buat celebration run esok, bawak bendera Malaysia keliling taman KLCC. Ha! Baca lagi!

Carol Vessey

To my Carol, this is for you.




And so it is, Ed Stevens has left the building... Baca lagi!

Story telling time

Its 1:50 am. And its story time.

Tadi Afiq main dengan kakak, best. Afiq main mainan Afiq dengan kakak. And then, Afiq buum and then kakak *shrieking* and then kakak lumpat. Ok, goodnight.

Kids, arent they just adorable?

*Huh, wait till you get one and play with them diapers la!* Btw, I'm tired of reading about diapers oredi. Did you know that 64% of moms wake up in the middle of the night to change diapers?

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Too old to party la. Imagine I can just sit there at the bar with my Shirley Temple, and oblivious to the show, watched Everton beat Toonies. But that was until three half-drunk girls sat next to me la. ngeh ngeh ngeh. But my mind was far away to concentrate on the girls. Eye candy jer. Neway, credits to Ali n Zarin for the backdoor pass. Eventho I had to split earlier, I had a good time.

*pasni, boleh masuk kot pintu blakang lagi!*

newsflash: Barca 4 - Racing 1 *baru aku tau perasaan penyokong Chelsea* Baca lagi!

Osman Jailani

Its hard not to tell, whether fate is playing with you or not. Sometimes, its a test. Other times, they just give. You might say, "Hey that fucker is a real piece of shit than I am, but why does he get all the things?". You might just say that when things arent going your way. Ah..Im just dramatising here. Bla bla bla. I might just write a grainy documentary about how life should be.

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It has been a while since I had that punch-drunk look on my face. I usually had that whenever I finish a run that's more than 2 hours. Missed the feeling of dry salt on my skin, instead of sheens of sweat that would have been present if I'm not a salty sweater. Yeah, I can cook a decent meal after my runs with the salt I produce. Au naturel. Haha. 4 months to go. Will I do it? Should I? Well just to be darn emotional, I wont have anybody waiting for me at the finish line. Thats kind of sad after a gruelling 42k, aint it? Maybe I'll do it once I have somebody waiting for me at the finish line.

Huh, pathetic idiot.

Well maybe I'll just do it. 'Cos nowdays, who cares? Baca lagi!

Ed Stevens

What a way to retain your title. Through a rematch. Sergio Mora vs Peter Manfredo Jr. The outcome: Mora retained his title. Well, everybody deserves a second chance. Manfredo did better with his. But not good enough. Which you might ask, is it worth it to give a second chance?

Stallone said that, "Life is about two things. Its either a fight or a race."

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Motorola V3 Razr. Look cool eh? I'll be cleaning up toilets for the rest of my life to buy that sort of mobile. But, some people have their way. Keeping up with the jonesy or just plain boasting about your disposable income. I dunno.

For all I know, I might buy myself an O2. Haha.

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To a certain Carol Vassey, hi. Baca lagi!

Pangako Sayo

Gila best. Most of the game this week, were won by three-goal scoreline. Liverpool won 3-0, Barca won 3-0 as well and ManU won 3-1. Without Keane. Siapa la yang nak ganti Keane.

Minggu ni, banyak giler junk food went thru my throat. Chocloates, McD’s, burger sepah, teh tarik, dan apa juga sampah yang boleh sumbat la. Dahsyat. Everynite I will scour the kitchen to look for something to nibble. Fortunately, I don’t gain much weight. Tak tau la tapi maybe about 500g or so je. Hey, I’m blessed with high metabolic rate. Don’t envy me coz im beautiful. Hahahah!

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I think my brain is getting slower. Termakan semut kot.

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Speaking of junk food, I've just finished watching Supersize Me, a documentary film about the effects of obesity and other health problems that McD brings. The guy, who happens to be the film maker, is on McD diet for 30 days and he must have 3 square meals everyday. From 185lbs, his weight plummets to 210lbs in 30 days! His cholesterol levels, soared up the roof. His liver, is 'pickling' like of an alcoholic. Damn. McD could do you shit. And guess what. The time he took to lose those 25lbs, is 4 months (if im not mistaken).

So those who wants to gain some weight, go and include McD in one of your meals for 10 days. You'll sure to gain weight.

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Look, I have caused enough trouble. I dont need to do more.

Baca lagi!

apaapa

Its easier if you can see what future lies for you. Isnt it? Yeah, I know thats not how things goes. If that is the case then I can start buying nombor ekor. 3D? 4D? 3+1D? Gila apa orang yang beratur beli nombor ekor tu. And sadly, some of them are Malays.

Meski telah memiliki telaga
Tangan masih memegang tali
Sedang orang mencapai timba.
Berbuahlah pisang tiga kali
Melayu itu masih bermimpi
Walaupun sudah mengenal universiti
Masih berdagang di rumah sendiri.

Usman Awang

Pendatang Burma pun boleh jadi kaya raya kat tanah kita ni! Percayalah! Orang Melayu, gemarnya kerja enteng. Main untung atas angin. Kontrak yang ada dijual ke orang lain. Jadi broker kontrak. Usahanya biar sikit. Janji untung besar. Orang yag dapat peluang, dibazirkan peluang tu. Orang yang tak dapat peluang, makin susah nak dapat peluang.

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30 kilo beras pulut is hell lot. Imagine kacau wajik with 30kg pulut? Tercabut tangan aku. Haha. Tapi untungnya besar lah. Peluhnya pun banyak.

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Ali, beli nasik makan sorang. Hehe..

Baca lagi!

Divine intervention

I was supposed to race last Sunday. But I didnt make it to the starting line. Somehow, it might have been a 'divine intervention' from the powers that be to prevent me from racing that day. I was down with food poisoning and fever.

I heard everybody had fun. Grunge, in his first tri race as a relay team got 10th. Erin set a blistering time of 28:04 for her swim. Fuyoh. And Grunge, you not bad osso la. 54 mins. That supposed to be PR rite? Ajeep osso I heard went all the way till 7th lap. Azwar got 20th, Eugene got 3rd (bila mamat ni nak kalahkan foreigners?) and the lurvley Vic defended her title.

Well, congratulations all. Hope the regulars will comeback stronger next year and the newbies, I hope you get the bug. The tri bug.

to Norman, if you're reading this: nko boleh plak bangun pagi Ahad ek? khakhakhaa..... Baca lagi!

My Stupid Mouth

My stupid mouth
Has got me in trouble
I said too much again
To a date over dinner yesterday
And I could see
She was offended
She said "well anyway..."
Just dying for a subject change

Oh, another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one soon

We bit our lips
She looked out the window
Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
I played a quick game of chess with the
salt and pepper shaker
And I could see clearly
An indelible line was drawn
Between what was good, what just
slipped out and what went wrong

Oh, the way she feels
about me has changed
Thanks for playing, try again.
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one

I'm never speaking up again It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery
Than she desert me

Oh I'm never speaking up again
Starting now

One more thing
Why is it my fault?
So maybe I try too hard
But it's all because of this desire
I just wanna be liked, I just wanna be funny
Looks like the jokes on me
So call me captain backfire

Oh, another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one

I'm never speaking up again. It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery
Than she desert me

Oh I'm never speaking up again
Starting now

John Mayer

Baca lagi!

Mintak nyawa!

Yesterday, i thougt of testing ke'poweran' of my running. You know la after a while tak lari race pace, things get rusty. Indeed. End up the whole pengunjung Tasik Titiwangsa saw me berlari macam nenek tua semalam. Dengan gaya yg lagi dasyat dari Paula Radcliff. And it was a minute slower than usual. Perghh. Sums up, status triathlon this sunday is just for FUN.

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Before I went running, I actually wanted to berenang. *Yan, jom berenang oi!* Tapi pool selayang tu selamba tutup tak ikut time. babi. Inilah dia public services. Korokmu! Sekali aku berak dalam pool tu baru tau! Dah camna ni tak train berenang? Nak jadi last lagik out of the water? Bukit Jalil ramai national athlete. Cheras water polo buat training. Mano den nak poei?

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Jalan dah start jem, kedai dah banyak bukak, orang kat kedai mamak pun dah ramai. Everything back to normal after a week long holiday. Now, mulalah acara open haus yang berderet-deret starting this weekend. Makan lagi. Tapi aku tarak kisah punya. Genetically slim. Hehehe... Kalau terasa berat sikit, pi lari laa. Tak pun pi kayuh beskal besi tu ke. Speaking of beskal, last sunday i went DOWN hulu langat trail. Went down sebab i was from kuala pilah. So aku ikut Jelebu>>Hulu Langat>>Ampang *konon nak lari dari jem*. Jalan dia, fuyoh! Kalau siapa yg dok buat Broga loop tu, aku memang tabik spring la. toing toing toing!! Jalan macam ular, dah lak tu, berbukit-bukit! Anyway sampai hulu langat tu, jalan dia not bad jugak la. banyak bukit and still winding. Hmm...bila nak kayuh ke situ ah? Baca lagi!

Raya jugak ye...

Despite tak berkuih raya, people sambut raya jugak la. Raya is raya, no other way about it. Walaupun tak buat kuih raya. Yang ada cuma ketupat daun palas, rendang minang, ketupat nasi with kuah kacang and kek buah. Yang lain sumer kerepek and kacang. Hahaha. Orang laki mana nak buat biskut raya duh. Kalau anda perhatikan, yang perempuan cuma dua. Seorang dah berumur dan tak larat. Yang tinggal sorang lagi hanya buat kuih raya untuk 'hadiah' (or in other words, menunjuk) kat orang kampung dia. So, takde la biskut raya. Beli? Sori la, kalau tak sedap, sampai tahun depan pun tak abis lagi. Gerenti.

Lepas berdrama swasta (mintak ampun satu famili) pagi tu, we all gerak ke Kualo Pilah visiting relatives on my dad's side. I have no datuk or nenek anymore. Just managed to meet with nenek belah bapak. She died 9 years ago. Other than that, nada. And, aku tak penah merasa jadik cucu pun. God bless her soul.

Kat Kolo Pilah, singgah rumah sepupu bapak aku di hilir. And, home made lomang welcomed us. Pergh, yang dinanti-nanti! Lemang KL tak best la, even Pak Ali ke, Pak Abu ke, hapa ke. Kena pulak ngan teh kaw. Adoih. And for the sake of menyental, my mom already booked 2 batang lemang untuk dibawa balik. Hahhaah...gluttony!
There, jumpa la ramai sepupu bapak aku and some sepupu aku. Sepupu aku ni ada yang albino. So cik adik sekalian, takyah la cari saya buat laki, nanti anak kuar jadi putih.

Lepas tu plak, headed on to hulu plak. Yes. Ulu Gachong. To the house where my dad was born. At the gate....


...ada sekor anak kambing tersepit! Hahaha!!!! Puas la mengembek kambing tu mintak tolong. Lama jugak aku tak jejak kaki kat rumah ni. Well, the fact that takde sapa except mak ngah n pak ngah n my albino cousin doesnt make it interesting. But, this is the nearest thing to kampung that I have.
Aku ingat lagi sebelum ada proper plumbing, aku kena mandi kat perigi yang sejuk. Buurrrr!! And kalau tengah malam nak kencing, tak pegi dah kat belakang umah tu. Pakai bukak tingkap, currrrrrr! Golap gilo malam wei! Petang-petang, sibuk main 'orang-orangan' kat bendang. Main tembak senapang buluh. Main sliding kat tangga batu sampai terseliuh tangan. Those were the days.

Malam tu pulak, elektrik tak cukup or not enough voltage. Gila. Sebijik macam zaman sebelum perang (except tv n astro ada pulak!!?). So makan dalam gelap la kitaorang. Cuma diterangi cahaya lilin. Nasib baik tak tido sana. Kalau tak, jenuh mengipas laa..



On the way balik, 'street king' sedang menunggu atas jalan. Bukan mat rempit, tapi LEMBU. Lembu kat sana jadi raja atas jalan. Tido, lepak, berak atas jalan. Sampai kekadang berebut jalan ngan menatang tu. Tapi tu ok lagi. Cuba pegi Jemapoh (where I have some relatives as well), lagi bersepah lembu dia. From Jemapoh to Manchestee. Hehe.

All in all, it was a good way to spend first raya visiting rather than terperuk kat rumah tengok tv. Kalau dulu, tv selalu tunjuk sarkis. Sekarang, sibuk tunjuk Mawi and AF pelancau tu. Kalau korang takde, lagi ramai rakyat Malaysia berziarah tau! Baca lagi!

SELAMAT BERPUASA ENAM!

Memandangkan Raya dah dekat, orang pun sibuk nak balik kampung and aku pun takde duit nak antor kad raya bebanyak,

SELAMAT HARI RAYA
SELAMAT BERPUASA ENAM!!

Kepada kengkawan (not in any particular order), grunge, fahi, fiza, yan, bee, Geng Projek, codie, amir, lan, maza, syima, ochid, kett, bob, aidil, conda, bebudak sdar dan usm yang aku kenal.

Kepada azwar, ajeep, bacin, haris, rohaizad, dan semua runners.

Kepada bebudak fitness first yang ada lagi, ex-bos aku kat samanea, pengurusan key message, suhardi dari shout acs, and bahagian komunikasi korporat tnb.


Kepada mak dan abah.

Kepada sepasang ibu bapa tu, pukullah lagi anak ko sampai lebam.

Kepada semua yang baca blog ni, maaf zahir batin kalau ada terkasar bahasa, terkutuk, ter'boring', dan sebagainya.

MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN.

Baca lagi!

Maybe the 'year' hasn't ended yet...

Thinking about doing the KL International Triathlon this 13th Nov at Tasik Titiwangsa. Hehe, will be running around the lake, in the city in-- mind you, swimming trunks! Heck what did I just said? Thinking? Yang pegi ride memalam buta tu training pebenda? For sure I will join! So that means, another event, another medal. Like I'm sure if I could finish it.



After the race, I'm contemplating of having a post-race party at Planet Hollywood that night. Yes, Planet beb. Betul. Tarak sombong punya. Baru la rasa macam Kona sikit kan. Btw, ada special event that nite that will sure to tickle you crazy. So sesiapa yang berminat, move your butts Tasik Titiwangsa and Planet Hollywood that day for a blast! At the entrance of Planet, just say you're a friend of mine.

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Ajeep dok angau frame Look. Haha. Anyway, the frame is nice looking and heck, its carbon! For 3 grand, I personally think its worth the money. The dropouts seems 'replacable' if broken. More plus points.Then after you have this frame, tak padan la dengan gruppo Sora. Must have Ultegra! Muahaha ==>evil laugh. Why? Because boleh aku dapat Sora dia! Muahaha again. As for me pulak, lepas aku dapat Sora Ajeep, then only I will think about another frame. My Canonndale. Ohh. Kalau tak pun Trek Equinox pun bolehlah. Ceh. Berangan mat jenin. Untuk pengetahuan anda, penulis menaiki basikal besi buatan Slovakia yang berat nak mampus. Sila lawati www.vector-bike.sk . Azwar cakap kalau aku naik basikal ringan mesti laju punya. Kan best kalau betul...

Alamak, dok cerita ceriti pasal basikal, running shoes tu dah berapa kurun? Hmm lets see. I think its 2 years old. Or about. Same age as my active life. Hah! Very setahun jagung! A lot more should be expected from my shoes... Baca lagi!

Lapar dan gelap

Tak bangun sahur. Lagi. Semua gara-gara nite ride which usually end at the wee hours of the morning. Lepas ni kena tune balik tido.

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Gelap giler kat luar. Hujan kerap sekarang ni. All because the Intermonsoon thing. Its actually a transition from one monsoon to another. Expect frequent thunderstorm accompanied by heavy rain during late afternoon and early night. Total amount of rainfall should be.......

oi ingat aku ni weather channel ka?

Tapi bila hujan, selalu angin kuat. Masa ride Saturday, kena tolak ngan angin almost knocked us off our bikes. Kuat!

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Apsal la KeyMessage ni tak bayo lagi aku nih? dah nak raya ni agak-agak la. Kang aku hantar hamper raya buat perli kang baru tau. Pekerja picisan cam aku ni nak gak raya, or something like it.

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Apsal aku rasa nyampah gila ha? Kha kha khaa persetankan orang lain. Insignificant others! Baca lagi!

What did you do last night?

We snuck away, three crazy guys whose lives typically orbit the poles of, something. At about 10, we rendezvous at the usual spot. Though the sky was intermittently blazing with lightning, we cranked away. Wishing that the heavens would wait before showering us.

Almost oblivious to the landmarks, our worlds reduced to the smell of the night's chilly air, the rasp of our breathing, our blinking tail lights.

Almost 2 hours and 40km later, the heavens finally opened up. As we packed our bike, talking about how the ride went, the rain kept on pouring. While the chilly night air bit at our damp skin, we talked the night away.

At 3am, we parted our ways and I just realized, that I clocked an extra day of life. I dont mean to gloat, but I am. Baca lagi!

Knocked off

I dont feel well today. In fact, it all started last nite. Panas semacam.

Planned to ride this morning. Blarhh. Sahur pun tak terbangun. When I woke up, its like ada batu in my head. Shit. Sakit some other time la.

Gotta rest a bit today. Baca lagi!