Ironic

I found it from TT, thank you very much! very cynical but the truth is there. A short film about a young Chinese who decides to learn Irish. Ironically, he felt like an alien when he arrived in Dublin. Even, Irish can't recognize their own mother tongue! What a pity! :(

An Extraordinary

I just finished read a book written by Dato' Hasan Nawawi. The title of the book is 'Cabaran Berbasikal Mengililingi Dunia'. A story of an extraordinary journey by a senior government officer (he was 46 years old when he started kick the paddle) with his brother cycling around the world. I took about a week to finish the book and feel like I was a part of the adventures. He wrote his adventures very nicely. He took about a year to complete the journey started on Jan 2001. I felt a little sober at the end of the journey when he wrote that he felt so eager to hug his youngest son when he almost reaches the border between Thailand and Malaysia. His experiences inspired me to be like him, at least in my dream.

I turn to internet to find similar an extraordinary experience. I found a lot of foreigners especially westerner whose have such a great journey travelling around the world by bicycle. The recent one is Nicolai from Denmark who travel solo on bicycle. According his plan, he will finish in year 2010. Now, he is in Central America and will reach USA soon. I'm following his dairy and so excited to know what is next happen to him in his diary. you can reach him at worldtravellers.dk.

The other one is Rune Monstad from Norway. I think he is crazy but yet a funny person. He started his journey from Bolivia in year 2006 and now he is in Central Africa. Why I said crazy? from his blog Viking Biker, you can find that he is travelling by bicycle alone without any plan nor sponsor. He just let it be. He managed cycling alone cross Colombia, where criminals and drug gangsters are everywhere, he was rob in Seattle, USA but then he become famous and cycling alone in a snow storm crossing Canada. Here some of his opinion from his blog about people on cycling around the world that he met along his journey.

"Have seen many long distance bikers and you don't believe what they bike with. One 65 year old man bike from Mexico to Colombia with girl bike for and all his stuff in a backpack. Another one biked Central America with roadracing bike and 3 kg (7 lbs.) of stuff, he was shaking his head when he saw how much stuff i had. Then there was the guy that bike around the world with 60 kg (132 lbs.) of gear and bike 200 km (125 miles) everyday. Another one cross USA with a trailer for his dog. A homeless man bike with homemade bike and homemade trailer, he have biked around USA for 8 years. A 60 year old couple bike Central America with tandem bike, man in front off course. they fight a little about who pedal the most. Some bike in group, two or alone. I like to bike alone, you meet more people when you bike alone." source Viking Biker

From my opinion, beside a great adventure lies a braveheart. The hearts of a pure survivor which never break even has to face the toughest obstacle, calm to face any resistants and dare to dream higher than the others!.

Cameron Highlands

This was unplanned vacation. It came from my father in law's spontaneous idea. A day trip to Cameron Highlands. Although it was an ad-hoc vacation, we managed to book a hotel apartment and my father in law was successfully drags my sister in law and her family from Rawang to join us. Nothing much to say, just enjoy some photos that I took on that vacation :).

Alor Setar

On last Dec 2008, My family and in laws went to Alor Setar. A short day trip to satisfy my father in law's desire. He wants to see the changes of the city nowadays. For me who left the city for a past three years ago, there’s nothing much changes. The only obvious was the change of the route in the city. It’s much better than before. No more heavy jam in the city. We went to Alor Setar Tower, Muzium of Kedah. We had lunch at Sri Pumpong Restaurant, the best curry house in Alor Setar. It is Malay restaurant and it did satisfy my in law's taste. After Solat at Syed Bukhari Mousque, we went to Pekan Rabu. A must visit spot in Alor Setar. Lastly, we went to Restoren Abu where we had a special 'Mee rebus' before leave Alor Setar with new great memories. It is an instant visit for great experiences.

Facebook

When my friend asks me to join Facebook, I told him that we are not necessary to bring back our long lost memories. It's mean nothing to us. A few days later, my ex-PRK (Pegawai Rendah Kanan, when I was in PALAPES TD USM) found this blog and asked me to join facebook. With the heavy heart, I joined the facebook. My concern is, I don’t have much time to maintain too many sites that belong to me. I already have blog and fotopages and it takes ages to update.

Ironically, after I registered in Facebook, I'm addicted to it. I'm login almost everyday and impatiently wait any changes on my ‘wall’!. It’s become a new phenomenon for me. The reason is, Facebook make me able putting back every pieces of my long lost memories together. I found back one by one the person who once made me happy long time ago. It's a practical way to connect to someone we've ever met before. Hmm.. pardon me my friend, it’s necessary to bring back our long lost memories, the feeling is great. The feeling is so great!