Well, i managed to do another 20 km last night..
Again with the same group that i cycled yesterday morning plus a few more of his children and the family of another doctor friend of mine from Country Height.This is their first night ride.
Well there were a dozen of us and we were the only ones on non motorised transport at the Putrajaya Boulevard and mosque.
The place was full of cars and people lepakking and enjoying the night view.
We were the only ones sweating it out. We managed to reach the PICC and what a breathtaking view it was...
Putrajaya is tailor made for night cycling...
Why not try it out..
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Saturday, January 06, 2007
My First Ride of The Year-Cycling
After starting the year with my driving up to the East coast , this morning i managed to cycle around Putrajaya with an old classmate of mine and his son from Melor, Kota Baru(He's here to enrol his son in an Institute in Bangi tomorrow) together with his big brother and sis in law and another cousin..
I managed about 20km plus....
No sweat really and could not cycle at a faster speed because this old classmate of mine was a bit tired from his long drive yesterday, and had to pace himself so that he does not burnt out.
Being a doctor, i guessed he knew what he was doing. Hence i was cycling at a slow pace and thus, it did not really burn out my calories as i had wanted to.
Maybe tonight i might ride again...
One of the things that i wanted to do this year is to seriously reduce my weight, and the only solution is to exercise and cycling seems to be the most appropriate means..
I embarked on this rekindled love of cycling last year....
Well, that is another long story maybe i might reproduce it again later..
I managed about 20km plus....
No sweat really and could not cycle at a faster speed because this old classmate of mine was a bit tired from his long drive yesterday, and had to pace himself so that he does not burnt out.
Being a doctor, i guessed he knew what he was doing. Hence i was cycling at a slow pace and thus, it did not really burn out my calories as i had wanted to.
Maybe tonight i might ride again...
One of the things that i wanted to do this year is to seriously reduce my weight, and the only solution is to exercise and cycling seems to be the most appropriate means..
I embarked on this rekindled love of cycling last year....
Well, that is another long story maybe i might reproduce it again later..
Friday, January 05, 2007
Reading
Chapter 22 of my first book for the year, Mental Revolution, discusses the Reading Tradition.
All of us knows the importance of Reading.
Iqra, the first revelation to our Prophet Muhammad, pbh, says that..
He was asked to read....
What a shock it must have been, asking Him to read, whence he was an illiterate, never attended kindergarten. Unlike the Standard One pupils now, who can read and write even before they attended their compulsary formal education...
But how did the Prophet read, when he does not know how to read?
Well, i guessed that he read with his Heart, with a little help from Allah swt...
The Prophet pbh, says that the best way of teaching is by doing..
Therefore i can imagine that He has been doing the good all his life and whence He was asked to read, it was a matter of putting One's heart and the words comes out naturally...
Do i make sense here?
I know all of us read everyday...yes reading the subtitles on the Hindustani, Tagalog, Thai or South American tv movies is also reading...or rather seeing and reading...
Reading the sms is also reading...
Chatting on the net is also reading...
Reading my blog is also reading...
So why do you read?
Get the book and read that out yourself..
All of us knows the importance of Reading.
Iqra, the first revelation to our Prophet Muhammad, pbh, says that..
He was asked to read....
What a shock it must have been, asking Him to read, whence he was an illiterate, never attended kindergarten. Unlike the Standard One pupils now, who can read and write even before they attended their compulsary formal education...
But how did the Prophet read, when he does not know how to read?
Well, i guessed that he read with his Heart, with a little help from Allah swt...
The Prophet pbh, says that the best way of teaching is by doing..
Therefore i can imagine that He has been doing the good all his life and whence He was asked to read, it was a matter of putting One's heart and the words comes out naturally...
Do i make sense here?
I know all of us read everyday...yes reading the subtitles on the Hindustani, Tagalog, Thai or South American tv movies is also reading...or rather seeing and reading...
Reading the sms is also reading...
Chatting on the net is also reading...
Reading my blog is also reading...
So why do you read?
Get the book and read that out yourself..
Thursday, January 04, 2007
My First Book of The Year
Whilst i was waiting for my 2015 flight at Langkawi Airport yesterday,i got myself my first book for the year..Although it is an old book, nonetheless, i remember skimming/reading through it a very long time ago when i was still very young...i said skimming/reading through,because i did not actually read it per se..the book in it's original form is in Bahasa Melayu...
So in actual fact i did not read the old book then. The title of the book is all too familiar and the recognised author too was the father of my wife's classmate from Jitra, Kedah.
He was a famous son from Jitra,from where i grew up, beside the small path of Salleh Khan rubber trees and the padi fields behind the government office up on the hill along Jalan Changloon....
The English version is called Mental Revolution...as usual i skimmed through, the moment i got the book, managing to reach Chapter 11 by the time the plane landed...
And just before i wrote this i skimmed through the Conclusion chapter of the book and the last line is all encompassing
about what the Mental Revolution is all about...Quote" <strong>Before we can attain this progress, we must first change our attitudes to open the way to it. This is what the mental revolution ia all about."Unquote.
And that is exactly what i wanted to do this year, if i had not done so in some areas...Change my attitude to certain things that have dragged me down or impeded my advance...
Don't be shy to get the book and go through it.
It can make a world of a difference...
So in actual fact i did not read the old book then. The title of the book is all too familiar and the recognised author too was the father of my wife's classmate from Jitra, Kedah.
He was a famous son from Jitra,from where i grew up, beside the small path of Salleh Khan rubber trees and the padi fields behind the government office up on the hill along Jalan Changloon....
The English version is called Mental Revolution...as usual i skimmed through, the moment i got the book, managing to reach Chapter 11 by the time the plane landed...
And just before i wrote this i skimmed through the Conclusion chapter of the book and the last line is all encompassing
about what the Mental Revolution is all about...Quote" <strong>Before we can attain this progress, we must first change our attitudes to open the way to it. This is what the mental revolution ia all about."Unquote.
And that is exactly what i wanted to do this year, if i had not done so in some areas...Change my attitude to certain things that have dragged me down or impeded my advance...
Don't be shy to get the book and go through it.
It can make a world of a difference...
Week One of 2007
I have yet to get a good diary.
I have had a few free ones but they were all taken up by the children.
I am still using the monthly planner of 2006 that has Jan 2007 in it.
Today is the 4th day of the year.
I have travelled more than a thousand kilometres since then...
Well a day before New Year, after the Aidil Adha prayers, i drove alone to Kota Baru, through N-S Highway via Lenggong-Gerik-Banding-Jeli-Rantau Panjang-Pasir Mas and arriving in Peringat with the final destination at Melor..for a wedding of a friend's daughter on New Year's Day...Took me about 6 hrs plus-minus very fast driving..
Just before the first day of new year ended, at about 2315 hrs, i drove back to Putrajaya using the same route and arriving at 0500 hrs..another 6 hrs plus-minus...still driving alone..
Took a short nap and woke up at 0730 and took another nap and woken up again at 0945 hrs and got ready to board a flight to Langkawi at 1155 hrs..from Sepang LCCT..
Arrived in Langkawi on time(no usual delay from Air Asia)..
Did not move around that much in Langkawi..luckily..
And the next day, in the evening took the 2015 flight back to LCCT Sepang..
Well that was how i started my new year..
Definitely there were plenty of happenings but i am too tired to jot them down here. Suffice to say that it is quite a mouthfull to swallow...
Maybe i will pen them down as i go along in this New Year, which i hope will be full of surprises and adventures....
Happy New Beginning and may God bless everyone...
I have had a few free ones but they were all taken up by the children.
I am still using the monthly planner of 2006 that has Jan 2007 in it.
Today is the 4th day of the year.
I have travelled more than a thousand kilometres since then...
Well a day before New Year, after the Aidil Adha prayers, i drove alone to Kota Baru, through N-S Highway via Lenggong-Gerik-Banding-Jeli-Rantau Panjang-Pasir Mas and arriving in Peringat with the final destination at Melor..for a wedding of a friend's daughter on New Year's Day...Took me about 6 hrs plus-minus very fast driving..
Just before the first day of new year ended, at about 2315 hrs, i drove back to Putrajaya using the same route and arriving at 0500 hrs..another 6 hrs plus-minus...still driving alone..
Took a short nap and woke up at 0730 and took another nap and woken up again at 0945 hrs and got ready to board a flight to Langkawi at 1155 hrs..from Sepang LCCT..
Arrived in Langkawi on time(no usual delay from Air Asia)..
Did not move around that much in Langkawi..luckily..
And the next day, in the evening took the 2015 flight back to LCCT Sepang..
Well that was how i started my new year..
Definitely there were plenty of happenings but i am too tired to jot them down here. Suffice to say that it is quite a mouthfull to swallow...
Maybe i will pen them down as i go along in this New Year, which i hope will be full of surprises and adventures....
Happy New Beginning and may God bless everyone...
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Week Fifty Two
Monday,25th Christmas Day 2006 is the start of the last day of the year.
Week No. 52.
I have yet to get myself a Diary. Come to think of it, do i really need one. For this year i have only filled up the organiser part of the diary,i.e. the Monthly planner..filling up every small things on the small space....
The pages of the diary is still fresh and blank....and to think that i have been carrying the diary in my briefcase throughout the year...just another weight in my daily carrying of objects ranging from the laptop,the pda, the handphone and the camera...plus the wallet off course..
Maybe for next year, i might just as well remove the pages of the month in the diary and only use the monthly planner or better still use the one page yearly planner...
What is the use of a diary if you do not fill it up.
Likewise my Nokia 9300i complete with u-name it, is still under utilised...still have not got used to jotting down everything....
Maybe a simple hand phone is just what i need...which i have actually,... the second cheapest Nokia with the FM radio which i use for my cycling...using another number off course only known to a handfull for emergency purpose...
Likewise this laptop that i am using at the moment...is still under utilised...mostly used in the bedroom or sometimes out of office...
So, after 52 weeks, i have realised that i have been carrying unnecessary baggage!!!
Maybe in Week One of 2007, i will carry less...maybe just some memories of 2006 and not the liabilities....
It is wise to start with Light and Easy....warming up first..
So Week One will start on MONDAY, but then again Monday is a Holiday. But then again Tuesday is yet another holiday, a replacement for the Sunday Hari Raya Haji overlapping the Sunday Holiday and the Monday New Year Holiday.....
But then again when it comes to holidays, nobody's complaining...overlapping holidays are zealously adhered to..as opposed to overlapping work days!!!
Week No. 52.
I have yet to get myself a Diary. Come to think of it, do i really need one. For this year i have only filled up the organiser part of the diary,i.e. the Monthly planner..filling up every small things on the small space....
The pages of the diary is still fresh and blank....and to think that i have been carrying the diary in my briefcase throughout the year...just another weight in my daily carrying of objects ranging from the laptop,the pda, the handphone and the camera...plus the wallet off course..
Maybe for next year, i might just as well remove the pages of the month in the diary and only use the monthly planner or better still use the one page yearly planner...
What is the use of a diary if you do not fill it up.
Likewise my Nokia 9300i complete with u-name it, is still under utilised...still have not got used to jotting down everything....
Maybe a simple hand phone is just what i need...which i have actually,... the second cheapest Nokia with the FM radio which i use for my cycling...using another number off course only known to a handfull for emergency purpose...
Likewise this laptop that i am using at the moment...is still under utilised...mostly used in the bedroom or sometimes out of office...
So, after 52 weeks, i have realised that i have been carrying unnecessary baggage!!!
Maybe in Week One of 2007, i will carry less...maybe just some memories of 2006 and not the liabilities....
It is wise to start with Light and Easy....warming up first..
So Week One will start on MONDAY, but then again Monday is a Holiday. But then again Tuesday is yet another holiday, a replacement for the Sunday Hari Raya Haji overlapping the Sunday Holiday and the Monday New Year Holiday.....
But then again when it comes to holidays, nobody's complaining...overlapping holidays are zealously adhered to..as opposed to overlapping work days!!!
Friday, December 22, 2006
Another new year,another new beginning
2007 is just round the corner. Another new year, another new beginning.Nevermind if the ending of 2006 has not been to your satisfaction,you can always begin again in 2007.
After all everything starts with Number 1, and every new calendar starts with January.
Once you get your new diary, one of the first thing that you do is jot down the important dates,the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and other important dates that is relevant to your life.....
Your bornday is one of them, not so much as a reminder but out of curiousity you just want to know, what day it will be...whether it is over a weekend or in the middle of the week.
I know mine will be on a Monday...
However, it has never crossed your mind, when your goneday will be in the new calendar...
Obviously, you do not know unless you are serving a death sentence and the date has been fixed!!!!
Why am i fussing about this because, over the last few days i was having my A-musings of Second Thoughts on death by cancer.
Yes the BIG C, you never know when it will strike and when you know, it is too late...
I do not know and have never seen the sufferings of a cancer patient, so i cannot say anything about it. Thank God that, thus far none of my family members have succumb because of that...
I was told that the pain is unbearable....
But comparing cancer death to death in a road accident, the consolation in cancer death is that you will have some time frame to make amends and seek forgiveness before you finally bunk off.
That might be the only consolation, despite the fact that you are counting the days, when the day will come...
Oh what a thought to ponder on, whilst awaiting the new year!!!
So my new year's resolution this time is "Please God, help me be nice to my dear ones , if i have not been that nice all this while,
make me a simpler person to be with and take away all my prejudices and stereotyping of other people...in simpler term...make me make less comments on other people....they are entitled to be what they want to be, even if it is the most idiotic thing....."
It is not too late to make another new beginning, because every moment is a new beginning, until death...when the old compulsary questions are asked...questions which you have been told over and over again in your life time...there is no new question or booby trap questions...just the plain simple question....beginning with "Who....?
Let us begin a new beginning...good luck..
After all everything starts with Number 1, and every new calendar starts with January.
Once you get your new diary, one of the first thing that you do is jot down the important dates,the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and other important dates that is relevant to your life.....
Your bornday is one of them, not so much as a reminder but out of curiousity you just want to know, what day it will be...whether it is over a weekend or in the middle of the week.
I know mine will be on a Monday...
However, it has never crossed your mind, when your goneday will be in the new calendar...
Obviously, you do not know unless you are serving a death sentence and the date has been fixed!!!!
Why am i fussing about this because, over the last few days i was having my A-musings of Second Thoughts on death by cancer.
Yes the BIG C, you never know when it will strike and when you know, it is too late...
I do not know and have never seen the sufferings of a cancer patient, so i cannot say anything about it. Thank God that, thus far none of my family members have succumb because of that...
I was told that the pain is unbearable....
But comparing cancer death to death in a road accident, the consolation in cancer death is that you will have some time frame to make amends and seek forgiveness before you finally bunk off.
That might be the only consolation, despite the fact that you are counting the days, when the day will come...
Oh what a thought to ponder on, whilst awaiting the new year!!!
So my new year's resolution this time is "Please God, help me be nice to my dear ones , if i have not been that nice all this while,
make me a simpler person to be with and take away all my prejudices and stereotyping of other people...in simpler term...make me make less comments on other people....they are entitled to be what they want to be, even if it is the most idiotic thing....."
It is not too late to make another new beginning, because every moment is a new beginning, until death...when the old compulsary questions are asked...questions which you have been told over and over again in your life time...there is no new question or booby trap questions...just the plain simple question....beginning with "Who....?
Let us begin a new beginning...good luck..
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