Daily life

Saturday,I had a long ride to Salak Tinggi,if i'm not mistaken. This is my first time cycling with the famous P2K group. From Petaling Jaya Carrefour to Putrajaya to Bangi Airport then to Salak Tinggi. I'm not familiar with the road but i know its a flat road when we were on the way to Salak Tinggi. Many people says that P2K is strong,now i know why,because they are good at flat roads and average on hills. There are few ex-national cyclist in the team so they are consider above average lah. Anyway,I ate the wrong nutrition bar while on the way and got myself stomach discomfort. Well,can consider as stomach pain already because they are speeding like hell and i'm having trouble with my stomach but still I can tahan a bit lah. After that,went to Erican and ate A&W chicken burger,very lousy indeed. Met jia yang,park wah and shan kai,its yi shin's birthday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY YI SHIN =) He never reads my blog anyway. Next day,Sunday,had a recovery ride at Genting Sempah with my new tire =p. Met with the uncles I've cycled before and asked me if i'm interested to cycle up Cameron. What do you think ? Of course lah,60km uphill only. A very good training especially Uncle Don is going so I'll be training my ass off until 11/10. Its a sunday. If anyone interested just tell me =) There wont be any car to back you up because he said last time no one needed it so this time they wont have any. So you have to cycling your ass up to Equatorial Hotel no matter what ! =) After cycled,went back home and had Accounts tuition and went to Mines then now home blogging. Well,i've this weird feeling you know. I'm still thinking whether to trade in my bike or not . Its a Taiwan-made,Raleigh brand bike. I bought it for almost 1k+ and now trading it out ? A bit of mm seh tak right? Let me tell you abit about my Raleigh bikey. Its my first road-bike,its almost 3 years old by now and I used it to cycle through alot of hills before. I can still recall each hill I used this bike to cycle! 2x Frasers hill,Genting Highlands once,Cameron highlands once and maybe second time on 11th of October,14x of Genting Sempah include today,5x Titi, and many many times of Hulu Langat! Its like my partner and I dont sell or betray my partner =) But still reconsidering whether to buy

Or

Help me out =(

Bad Day

Woke up 6:30 a.m and still blur even after washing my face and slept abit in the car while on the way to Genting Sempah. Reached there around 7:30 a.m and Uncle JN is already there! (Dont know what is JN? Go and google "JooNgan".) Guess what ?! He rode the Colnago Ferarri ! Kids,you might see a Ferrari car in the TV before. Ever see a Ferrari Bicycle before? Let me show you =)

You must be thinking of the price by now,Am I right? Its not really expensive though. If you dont want any upgrades,just pure Ferrari Colnago then its around RM30,000+. Cant imagine ? Its really cheap already loh,I've got a 21k Colnago also in my house right now but its a old model lah.If I'm not mistaken its the 2007 version. Each year it has new model and every year its very special! My father bought the Colnago for 21k plus and guess what? Its a secondhand frame. Meaning the body frame is secondhand. Dont laugh cause you could hardly find a 20k+ bicycle in KL. Okay,back to the story of my BAD DAY. So we were warming up on beginning and I think around 1 km or more.Suddenly a guy with sleeveless shirt,long cycling pants cut through a group of us and guess what? HE LOOKED BEHIND AND GAVE US THE LOOK! Humiliating,looking-down,underestimating, and evil look! If he had wished good morning I would have let him go. He thought I'm with the uncles and I'm some k-leh-feh rider lah. I wont let him go so easily. I changed to lower gear * means faster * and catch up with him. He gave me the look again! This time with words. He asked "Where are you going?". I answered "Up the hill". He asked again "Genting Highlands?". I said "No,to the T-junction". Immediatly,he knows that we are surely going to race for 14km uphill ! But his look shows something . A look which tells me that I'm not going to last long if he sprints and have a break-away from me. Thats what I thought only . But thats what he was actually thinking of . He sprints and tried to break-away from me and my brother. He wasn't really sprinting really fast cuz he knows he is not going to last the next 14km. So he didnt really show real sign of very fast sprint. He just keeps on adding the speed and hopefully to get me off his tail. But sorry,man. You gave me that look and I'm gonna kill you till the end. I followed him for 5-6km i think. I had a strategy planned under my sleeves,you see. After a while,he showed a few sign of tiring. He is slowing down,gasping for air and on the verge of falling down his bike ALMOST! What else can I do ? Sprinttt lahhh! I gave him a heart attack and a very hard time. I break away almost 300 metres away. I was kinda easy on him cuz you know lah. Kids nowadays cannot take too much pressure ^^. I kept a short distance between us and wondering when he was going to catch up. He backed down for a km i think . He and my bro is behind and he is drafting my bro. And my bro helped him out! Both of them teamed to screw me up. And now I'm having a hard time! It was kinda windy in the morning and it was kinda hilly behind the last few km. So I only managed to pull another few km until they catched up but it was the finishing already. So I backed down let the kid and my bro win. =( What to do? Learn to lose before you win =) It was a nice race though,not much people can give me a hard time on hills. I love hills very much =) Well,then overall the entire ride was 48km. Had a bee stung me during my downhill. And my tire puncture for the 3rd time of my new Rim in 2 months! Bad day! All for today! Good nites!

Desaru Pengerang International Triathlon

August,3 more bloody months and its SPM but still I go outstation and skip school. And if you ask me whether I'm ready for SPM or not then I will answer you just the same. Okok lah! ^^ Okay,back to the main topic. I went to Desaru,which is located at Johor for this triathlon event. If i'm not mistaken,i think this would be the 10th year. Its really nice to have competition like once in two weeks but its so nice when you dont get any prize home =( . Well,this event is a bit special because I can say it is the toughest of the toughest triathlons among the others event. This saturday event is the half-ironman or so-called 70.3,which is half the distance of the original ironman distance. If you haven't heard of it then let me give you a shock first. First,swim 2 kilometres then cycle for 90 kilometres and last but not least a half-marathon running of 21km. Its only half iron-man that means you are only 50% ONLYYY! Not something very very big because kinda lot of people dont it but its a great accomplishment anyway. If you look at me,then dont get yourself wrong =) I have not reach such level yet but my roommate does! =D My family slept at the hotel where the event was held but I was at another hotel which is located around 3km from the event so I have to cycle there for two days and so is my roommate! My roommate is doing the half-ironman on saturday and I'm doing the sprint which is like many times shorter than the half-ironman. I'm not being looked-down or anything because my roommate is a very nice person =) Both of our bikes worth 20k EACH! So when we leave our room,we are actually leaving 40k+ inside. Luckily its a double-locked door.^^. We arrived on friday evening and took a short ride then had dinner. After dinner,we went back to hotel and my roommate and I watched TV till kinda late until around 12. I was kinda worried if he hadnt have enough sleep then it would be a total disaster for him tomorrow since its his first half-ironman. Well,the next morning he woke up at 6 to have breakfast and everything and the event held at 9. His swim was quite well though and his cycle is ok lah because he only start cycling when he was 40 but his running was quite good . And overall,he finished his half-ironman in 7hours and he ate the total of 12 PowerGel . From 9 o clock morning until 4 o clock evening. Imagine the pain and everything. He even skipped his lunch,man! I have to admit. He's the MAN! He didnt complained or say anything about leg pain or anything after his race and that is really something. I cant explained it in words because the pain you suffered during the race is undescridable! Its not something a normal person can do. If its sprint maybe some normal people can finish but slow only lah but this half-ironman is really something! Well,it was my turn then on sunday. I did quite well lah,not proud or anything,just feel that I can actually do better than someone. I'm not really satisfied on this race because someone just light the fire in me and until now it wont go off. Not anger,its unsatisfaction. I will tell the story when I reached a level. Dont worry,I will definately blog it . Stay tuned ^^. I finished 10th out of 20 or 30+ in my category and 25th around 140+ people. My assumption only. Well,overall it was quite not-so satisfying. I will definately do something about it just the matter of time. Well,I'm actually planning on doing the Langkawi Ironman next year February but well,not so confident lah cuz havent do half-ironman suddenly go do ironman like a bit...sohai? LOL! Sorry for the bad word,ladies.=) Well,you must be still wondering who the heck is my roommate and still looking for pictures right? Kinda bored though only words all the time . Somebody says my blog like essay! =( you know who you are! XD Here's some random photos lah. Enjoy.

Still looking for my roommate? No need see here,see there lah! Its the first picture on the left with the who hands-up. He is a doctor and triathlete ^^. I know you must have thought that even him can do then I can do lah the half-ironman. But sorry guys if you are some normal person then stop dreaming! You will see him swim pass you,cycle pass you or run pass you and you will be lying on the floor and sitting the ambulance car coming back! And you have no comment about it! ^^ So stop dreaming and start training NOW! *If you are interested*. Wayne? You know what I'm talking about? XD

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The thing I hate about blogging is everytime I have to think of a title . This one's about my first Dualthlon and also my worst nightmare. Went to Baling,Kedah on friday and went to Thailand.Not the Bangkok part,if im not mistaken its "Betong" i think. Went there had lunch and everything,actually nothing much there just womens with uncles. White and hairless uncles with womens. Dirty womens I can say. Not my cup of tea at all ! Went back at night around 10 something. Cut the boring part about saturday cause actually I did nothing other than eat,sleep and eat. Okay,here's where my nightmare starts. Woke up at 6:30 morning and prepared for the race and ate a weird flavour of PowerBar.Well,actually I've prepared alot for this race and hoping to get some cash back because my wallet kept singing

Somebody call 911

So I'm kinda nervous because its my first dualthlon and I've to get top5 at least to get prize money.I've never won any prize money in my entire 17 years of life.Seriously. So its a bit pressure lah,you know lah,have to save money for september mah so if i win then can eat drumstik at school everyday lah if not then eat bread loh.What to do,for the sake of someone mah.Ok,cut the crap.I've to run 6km,cycle 32km and another 5km run. From what I think,it will be ok lah because I thought i was strong enough. My first 6km run was not bad although I was pretty lack behind but I intentionally save some energy for my cycle. I think i did around less than half an hour for my 6km which is not bad for MY standard. And the cycle.It was a total disaster. I wouldn't blame much lah because I also kinda understand them . Well,let me explain a bit about cycling first before I tell you what happened. In cycling,there's something called "drafting" and drafting means you follow or stay behind another cyclist and if the front cyclist is leading,that means there's no cyclist in front of him,then your front cyclist is advantaging you. I cant explain it but let me just tell you. If the leading cyclist compare to you behind him,he spends 8-10% more energy than you,that means you are conserving 8-10% of energy. It might sounds little,but when you are on the bike with 40km/h,you'll be crying your lungs out if you are leading.So here's the story. I was actually a solo rider at first and i passed through around 10 or more people and guess what? I didnt actually look behind because I was not familiar with the road so I was focusing on the road.But when I was climbing up the hill,i heard a lot of sound.Guess what sound? Gasping for air that sound. And I looked behind. Around 7 uncle behind me. And I was like. OMFG. Die loh,I have to lead all the way and my water is running out already. So just like I expected lah,dehydrated on my 5km run. And worst part is that there was no water station. After walking for 2km only got water station,then i took two bottles of water put on my back pocket and slowly walk until a stage I decide to call for an ambulance or taxi to ride me back to the hotel. Guess what? No taxi lah...teruk lah the town i tell you..car also less pass by. So I sat down on the roadside and wait for an ambulance or taxi to pass by.

Something like this. XD

But there was no taxi or ambulance at all,not even a car. So what to do? Have to slowly walk back loh..And I made it after all. This is the first time I ever sat down on the roadside on a race and having so dehydrated. So so so...Dont know what to say other than tiring on that time.So this is the lesson for those who read this. Train very hard so that when you go for competition you will be satisfied because you have trained hard. *I'm not satisfied*

Kem Bakat Basikal 09 at Ipoh

Wake up,Breakfast,Train,Lunch,Class,Train,Dinner and Sleep. And there goes my one week holiday . I did the same thing over and over again for 1 week. The rule on this camp is simple . Train Hard,Cycle Fast . This camp is for those "Pelapis-Pelapis Negeri" (State Cyclist). Unfortunately,I'm not . == . Why I'm in this camp? Idk. My coach only told me "Go get experience LAH". And there I go like a dummy . Well,I've nothing much to talk about what I did at the camp except for training and eat only . I can only tell you what I ate,how much I trained and some funny stuffs. Lets start with the so-called "Nutrition" by the Malays at the camp. I attended some of the Nutrition classes where they tell you what to eat and what not to eat . Its pretty simple actually and everyone knows probably. Eat 1 hour before you train,Do not eat spicy,oily food and do not drink milk . I dont know how to explain what are the causes for spicy food but if you think it is good then eat it and try having some hard training and you know what happens . And for oily food , it will slows down your recovery because your body system is busy burning the oil that you ate and with that,you might need to wait for 2-3 days for full recovery instead of 1/2-1 day of full recovery. You get what I mean? And for milk,it takes even longer to burn it because it contains a big amount of saturated fats and it is really bad if you take it before training . Some might say I'm wrong,Yes,Milk contains a lot of proteins,carbohydrates and lots of vitamins . But with the highly-tech nutritious drink nowadays,is there any need for the milk ? Nutritious drink might cost more than your milk but it is better than your fatty milk. I'm not saying you shouldnt drink milk anymore but I'm just telling you whats bad and whats good about it . No offence . And so,now I'll tell you my training programme . For the morning workout is around 4 hours plus i think. The training starts at 8 and ends around 12 something . For the evening,starts at 4 after the classes and end at 7 plus . So its almost around 7 - 8 hours a day of training ,everyday for a week! Its even worst than your Malaysia National Service i think . But the good thing about this camp is,I totally realised something.Something that tells me about my own life and whats life is all about . And few things happened during the camp but i wont tell what it is . I realised I've changed after this camp . I dont know what the hell I had change about myself but I can feel I dont think about others feelings anymore because all of the time I've only been spending time thinking of other peoples feelings and thinking about everything just on other people and for myself,I just dont care . This is not selfishness,this is what life is about . If you cant take care of yourself,dont care about other peoples business . These are some few shots at the camp .

ARGS IU Day

Last saturday,I was supposed to go for a long ride from home to hulu langat and estimate around 100km . Well,as usual as it is,I woke up late and ended up procrastinated it to sunday. And I did cycled around more than a 100kms and I was suprised that I still have that kind of long lasting stamina . Lets get back to the saturday part =p. I had a short ride at home and took a bath then went to have my brunch and attended my vocal class at TGS.After that,I took a taxi to maluri to wait for Tayshaun Prince. He was tuitioning and we were already pretty late . We took LRT to ampang and a taxi to the venue where the IU day is . It was quite frustrating at a moment,taking taxi then LRT then taxi . So I expected the IU to be kinda interesting or entertaining at least . We paid RM15 and went in then the MC said "This is what you all have been waiting for ! Its refreshment time!" Me and TP was stunned and we were looking at each other and hope there will be some nice food to eat as we both are pretty hungry .Well,we went out and got a burger,some sweets and 2 cups of orange water.And that was it.Our RM15 just flew away said TP. After the refreshments,we went back in and sat back our own place.And for your information,me and TP dont know anyone except MBS students at there and we were like those newbies walking around and look at people talking and laughing while both of us hanging around like a tree . It was quite dissapointing =( The show was quite "OK" lah although I dont really know what the heck they are trying to say and I dont know what the heck its all about since I was late for almost an hour and missed most of the parts.But according to Marcus's opinion,it was better than PESS and SBU ! *No hard feelings to any of the interactors* After that,me,marcus and TP went back by taking LRT and we were supposed to meet Oxy at Jusco and I think she waited almost half an hour .We went to have a look at the sports department which me and TP wanted to buy a basketball shoe together. It cost around RM70 and we have less than RM10 in our pockets . Kiss goodbye to the shoe =( After a heart-breaking moment looking at the shoe without buying it,we went to meet oxy and ate some ice cream . Me and TP ate the Mcflurry Oreo and guess what ? The cup was smaller than before a lot ! It was like only half of the cup than the before one . Well and thats for the day ! And ! Breaking News!!! New Orleans Lost 1-3 to Nuggets ! They lost for 121-63 in the fourth match ! It was so dissapointing! Hope the fifth round would be better! And another breaking news! Lakers just sent Jazz back home with a 4-1 in the fifth game and there goes Daven Williams packing his bag ready to go home!!! XD

The Man !

As days gone by

As each days passes by,SPM is getting closer and closer . People are scared,afraid and frightened . I'm sitting here blogging and act as if nothing is happening . My results might just be my expectation . I'm hopeless and thats true . Failure is my life . Perhaps this is what I wanted for . Many people wants a better life,a better future and the best results for SPM . I'm not that kind of people . I dont care if my life is bad,worst or anything . The life that im living right now is uncertain . The road of mine is dark and I've lost my way of path and I do not wish to find any light or paths because all I feel like is to live my life in the fastest way . I do not wish for a long life . I wish for a short life with or without happiness,wealth or anything because if I ever wanted anything badly,I would not get it,I can never get it . Its weird but its fated . You work hard for something,and harder and harder until you reach it but it seems like even if you work harder,it doesnt reach,its like a never-ending road and you can never find the ending on the road . Life has been miserable lately . Thats what im already used to everyday . Thats me,thats my life!

Introduction

A little bit of intro to my new blog and a little bit about myself . My name is Hoe thean,17,currently living and studying in KL,a part-time student and a part-time cyclist . I've a wonderful life because I have lovely friends that share a same game that we loved to play although we get a bit rough on each other sometimes . Well,thats the good part of my life and the bad part is going back home and getting screwed everyday by lunatics in the house . So this is how my life works. Starting with a lovely morning in the school with friends and going back home end up having a screwed up day and dont mention in the night when I already have a bad afternoon but when its not raining in the evening . I'll get a chance to get out of the damn house and go to shoot some hoops ^^.Thats the best part of my day ! Where and when you can really have a peaceful moment of the day by shooting some hoops alone and do some workouts and forget every damn single thing that makes you frustrated . Trust me,its even better than you going to vacations ! So,fill your empty evening with something useful rather than sitting at home ! ^^

Thats almost half part of me,another half would kill you guys and could drive you guys crazy reading all my grandma stories . I have two parts of my life . A normal life and a love life . That is why I've a very complicated life to explain to you all so its hard to explain briefly and clearly . Anyway,I'll be updating very often so stay tuned for another chapter ~

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