Travelog: Me and our journey

Di sebuah negara, tibalah masanya untuk seorang raja yang sudah tua untuk turun dari tahta. Raja tersebut membuat keputusan untuk tidak melantik pewaris dari kalangan anak-anak baginda atau sahabat seperti kebiasaanya. Raja tersebut membuat keputusan untuk melantik dari kalangan rakyat jelata. Pada suatu hari, raja tersebut memanggil anak-anak muda ke istana dan berkata “Memandangkan usia beta yang sudah tua, beta rasa sudah tiba masanya untuk beta turun dari tahta dan melantik salah seorang dari kamu bagi menggantikan tempat beta. Pada hari ini, beta akan memberi sebutir biji benih yang sangat istimewa. Beta mahu setiap seorang dari kamu menyemai biji benih ini dan dan tunjukkan pada beta pohon tersebut dalam tempoh setahun yang akan datang. Beta akan melantik salah seorang dari kalangan kamu berdasarkan pohon yang kamu bawa”. Maka pulanglah anak-anak muda ke rumah dengan masing-masing dengan membawa sebutir biji benih. Salah seorang pemuda tersebut bernama Ling. Apabila Ling...

Hari ini ada verification visit di sebuah syarikat di Ayer Keroh, Melaka. Macam biasa, handphone letak pada 'silent mode' sebab takut kacau masa tengah mesyuarat berbunyi. Dekat tengahari baru perasan ada miss call dari no telefon yang takde dalam direktori, nombor bermula dari 8885 XXXX. Tak pasti miss call dari siapa. Call back beberapa kali tapi tak berangkat. Tanya kawan, katanya macam nombor Putrajaya. Hati dah tak sedap. Agak-agak ada dua sebab dapat panggilan dari Putrajaya, (satu) dari Bahagian Pinjaman JPA...tapi rasanya pinjaman study JPA dah habis bayar. (Kedua) sebab permohonan Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan (HLP) untuk buat PhD..mungkin, tapi tak nak mengharap sangat... Call back lagi..dan kali ni berjawab, saya kenalkan diri "Saya Rashidi, tadi ada miss call, maaf tak dapat jawab sebab dalam mesyuarat". "En. Rashidi dapat tak lagi news?". Aku tanya balik "News apa?". "Permohonan HLP dah berjaya". Aku pause dalam dua ...

This was so called a 'Charity Ride' for PK Yeoh. He got hit by a car while cycling along MEX Highway about two weeks earlier. This was the first cycling event that we joined. It started at R&R Seri Kembangan. Everybody was told to gather around 7.30 a.m. When we arrived there at 7.20 a.m, the crowd was already there with all kinds of bikes from road bikes, mountain bikes until folded bikes. The total distance was 35 km. It's enough for a start. R.A.S.H.I.D.I.SAID

Dua minggu lalu, lepas beli basikal saya dan isteri bercadang hendak berkayuh. Tak pernah berkayuh lagi ni....pengalaman pertama. Tak tahu macamana bila naik bukit, turun bukit, masa mana nak tukar gear tinggi dan rendah. Abang Jamie (Tokey Pinarello di Kajang) ada bagitau tapi tak ingat dah. Barang cycling isteri sudah seminggu sampai dari UK tapi saya punya belum sampai complete kecuali boot dengan jersey. Tapi tak apa sebab kemaruk nak berbasikal punya pasal. Malam sebelum, masukkan energy drink dalam botol dan masukkan dalam peti ais biar sejuk. Mula-mula rancang nak kayuh dari rumah di Ampang tapi tak sure macamana nak masuk MEX dengan basikal. Akhirnya, tukar plan pergi dengan kereta dan parking di R&R Seri Kembangan, MEX Highway. Mula kayuh dari situ senang sikit. Esok pagi-pagi bangun dalam pukul 6.00 pagi. Pukul 6.45 pagi naikkan dua-dua basikal saya dan isteri ke atas rack. Pukul 7.10 pagi cam tu bertolak dan sampai R&R Seri Kembangan dalam pukul 7.20 pagi. Bila s...

I am not very sure how and when. Suddently, I decided to go into cycling. Yap, it was just like that. I have a few friends that are already into cycling like  Akula Matiau  and Azahari. I had no interest in cycling while I was in Geneva a few years ago. I didn't see it interesting.  Cycling is not like riding superbike because I'll be the only one riding it - the seat is for one anyway :P This time is with my wife. The main reason why I'm into cycling is because I want to exercise. At least to maintain my weight under 70 kg and to keep my waist below 32 inches...haha. We spent about two weeks searching for suitable bikes and of course the bikes that are within our budget. It's quite hard for a people like me that knows nothing about cycling - what bike, what gears, prices, brands, types of bikes etc. Majority of the existing websites say nothing about these basic things. They are more interested on jamborees and cyclin...

View from the Rock - Pic courtesy of Wikipedia Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. It has an area of 6.7 km2 and shares its northern border with the Province of Cádiz in Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region. Aerial view of Gibraltar - Courtesy of World Maritime From Malaga, it only took us around 1 hour and 41 minutes drive to reach Gibraltar.  The view was excellent since we are using the coastal route of Costa del Sol.  We passed by several beautiful beaches and exclusive beach resorts that attract people to Southern Spain. The terrain was flat here compared to those previous trips to Granada and Cordoba.  Towards the end of the Southern Spain, the flat terrace becomes hilly and we made a stop at the top of the hill.  There was a rest area here where people can look beyond the hill towards Gibraltar.  It was ...

The last day in Spain was spent exploring the city of Malaga until our departure time to Geneve. Malaga province with its Costa del Sol has around 160km of beaches facing the Mediterranean sea. We decided to visit one of the beaches known as Los Alamos beach.  Oh yeah! its winter time, so we would not able to see the typical beach view of people sunbathing, swimming and surfing.  It's just that we missed beach view since Switzerland is a land-locked country and that seeing beaches were like a-dream-come-true experience! In fact, its the first time for Alya to see the sea and beaches while Ashraf and Afif were so awed by the powerful waves.  It was very windy and the sound of big waves crashing towards the beach was so awesome for them. Easyjet's Network in Europe So we bid adios to Spain and headed to the Malaga Costa del Sol airport only to find out that our flight was cancelled! The only flight was in another two days! Luckily, Easyjet's ...