'..Fuschia colored rice?'

Overheard at breakfast this morning, which could only mean one thing, that you are in Kelantan. And the fuschia colored rice, is part of the famous ‘Nasi Kerabu’.

Row, row, row your boat...

These past couple of years, I have not done justice to this blog. Of almost 200 posts on 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat', not even 10% is dedicated to rowing, so I would like to make an additional target to achieve this year. To be a member of The Million Meter Club. To be able to be inducted into that club, one would have to row one million meters, either on on water or on the indoor rower, also known as the rowing ergometer. Read about indoor rowing here and concept2 here

To know more about the Million Meter Club, read here.

Rest is part of training, no?

Rest is part of training. Period.

2100hrs Make my way back from KT after the event ended at 1830hrs. Packing etc takes another hour.

0300hrs Just got back from the East Coast and later tonight is the usual training session in Putrajaya. 

1130hrs Met CH and Wari, who did not go to the East Coast and discussed about the ride tonite. Both of them are looking forward to tonight's ride. Me? In all enthusiasm, agreed to meet them at the RV place at 2030hrs.

1700hrs Started to feel the effects of long waking hours and travel (the past two days) and lack of rest. Dehydration too. Starts to have doubts about tonight's session, but played it down. Need to be resolute about training.

2015hrs My body feels heavy and creaky, throat dry and movement lethargic. Decided to take a rain check for tonight. SMSd wari to inform so that they do not wait up for me. So much for being resolute, hehehe.

Sorry guys, can't make it tonight. But rest is also part of training, right?

Somewhere near the border of two states...

I am on my way to the East Coast now for an office related work. As I was sitting in the van, I suddenly realise that I was nearing one of my targets for 2009. Near the border of two neighboring states. Genting Sempah.

One day I will ride and triumph over you. Period.

This (lazy) week in perspective...

This week has been a lazy week, cycling wise. Since the last 'kayuhan malas lepak santai' to Putrajaya, haven't been on the saddle one bit this week. Been eating and enjoying food it seems :) Last week was a good week on the bike. Cycled in excess of 200km in total. Maybe too much so soon, so I might as well cut it a bit this week. Maybe do some total of 70-80km only :)

Lei called me (surprisingly) yesterday, and true enough, just to inform me that he  had picked up his trusty Scott XS and eager for the next ride. His Klein is rested, can't afford to be left behind on all the future rides by speedsters on RBs. I think that is also the same thing that ran thru Suhaimi PPZs mind, when he got himself a new bling, bling half carbon Fuji. Hehehe... I would like to think that its not about the bike. Just like what Lance says.

I am looking forward to the ride tomorrow night. Need to get my legs moving for the ride up to Perez on Sunday. Better keep my hydration status in check. Don't want to be dehydrated for the Sunday ride.

A welcomed breather

As I was driving to work today (nope, I am not riding today), I make a detour to the filling station. Checked my wallet, "Hmm, maybe I'll just put in 20 bucks", moreover, the free petrol competition is over already. Proceeded to the counter, make the payment and walk to the pump. Pumped the petrol in, and suddenly, one thing caught my eyes. 

Total litres. 10.001 litres. Hmmm...

Later on the radio I heard that the government, reduces further the price of fuel by 15 cents to 2 dollars per litre.. From an all-time high of 2.70/litre in June, this will surely put a breather into my (and many of the motorists) transportation expenses. Not that I am going to ride Scotty any less soon. 

Thank you for hearing our plight my dear ministers (and wish that the oil price would continue with their downward trend)

Snippets from Key-are-ra

Snippets from Kiara

AIM - To reinforce and expand expertise by aiming for 50% staff member to have post graduate qualification by 2012.

-There is two way to do this, either by increasing opportunity to further study OR fire everybody till we get the proposed percentage. Unfortunately, the second choice is the easier of the two to do, and require less money...

Quote. "We need to get the spine right, straightened up to get things moving..."

-Has it ever occur that maybe the spine has scoliosis? Who knows...hehehe :)

In one of the sessions, the participants are asked to wish unconditionally to the person sitting next to them.

-To wish unconditionally to others in retrospect is actually an exercise of wishing the same for ourself, as a form of positive reinforcement

Later, the participants are asked to tell the person sitting in front of them of at least three good things about that person (and will be told the same in return), and for the next person, and the next in succession

-It allows us to evaluate what and how we actually project ourself to others, while looking at ourself from other people's point of view. We would definitely know whether we have been successful in putting up a good facade/mask all this while.