Wedding dinner Msia style.

I was invited to my colleague's wedding dinner last Sat in Melaka, the home of the chendols and round chicken rice.
Been to Melaka for a number of times so nothing new to me... maybe just that it's another part of Melaka.

The rest of my colleagues drove there in the afternoon... I had a night class so, no choice loh.. had to wait until my night class to finish before i can go... Also, I'm waiting for this trip to test out my latest gadget, Hepco & Becker 30L junior side panniers !! (ok.. they are not exactly new.. i got them 2nd hand)

So off i went after my class at 930pm. Reach GP Esso at around 10pm, luckily there was no jam. Standard stuff.. pump petrol, pee, drink alot of water and off i go..

Was testing the boxes... n true enough.. no aerodynamics with this side panniers on.. Once the meter go pass 160km/hr, the bike starts to wobble.. *guess the rear's too heavy then*
It's kind of no fun then.. knowing that it restricts u.. but then again.. with the panniers.. you can bring alot of stuff on a trip.. so got to give and take.. my bike isn't meant for fast touring anyway... i'm just turning it into a budget tourer... haha..

So i can play around now that i have 3 boxes.. most of the time in sg will just be the top box... since the ger complains about difficulty with mounting the bike... (i'm thinking.. she just needs more practicing... wahaha...)

These few days riding alone... I have been practicing with moving between vehicles with the panniers.. i think i'm ok with them already... since the rear is only half an inch wider then my mirror.. its easy to gauge the space required..
ok... so back to the top box again now that i m home... side panniers put aside... (that's y i got them 2nd hand.. i predicted this..) *but i really like the feeling of 3 boxes... can carry soooo many things... haii.. no choice loh.. give n take*

I think only on days when there's lots of stuff that needs to be carried out OR if we go touring 2-up, then you'll probably see the 3 boxes in action.

ho ho ho.. enough of the boxes.. nobody can imagine.. motorcycle boxes also can blog so long?!?! Aiyah.. u don understand 1 lah... unless u r a true blue touring fan... Better go back to main topic b4 kena complain... (don't u just luv Singlish? I do and I'm proud of it !! )

So... as predicted by me... i reached there in 2 hours time.. nv pia too fast ok... just going at a constant speed of 140 - 160km/hr.. and with a little traffic.. and no stops.. i'm not exactly tired after that also.. guess its becos I'm used to it already.. (fast ever done was 1.5hrs from Melaka town to GP Esso at 180km/hr nonstop.. with a BMW GS1200 and Honda Blackbird 1100... ok i'm the smallest cc and slowest too..)

Exited 231 Ayer Keroh.. went pass the familiar scenes... 1st Petronas.. then Melaka Zoo then Macdonalds.. then 1st traffic light junction turn left.... then go straight again... until Orna Golf Resort.. ok.. rather easy.. but... WHERE IS THE CHALET ?!?!

Stuck in the middle of nowhere.. i decided to ride to the Golf Course reception and ask the guard.. where is chalet num 1.. he told me its the other direction at the round about.. ok.. go to the roundabout.. read the signboard.. "Maintainence house".. wah lau.. standard man.. kok up signboards in msia... but i just rode in... pitch dark... no signboard... it's really not for the 1st time riders...

Ok.. where the hell are the houses !??! kept on riding in slowly... n finally.. i see something... a house... rode pass it... to the next house.. so dark also cannot see any signboard lah...
so... carry on.. again.. luckily.. in the next house i see 4 cars... 1 presage, 1 wish, 1 jazz and 1 ignis sports... ok lah... this should be the house !! *press the horn* and out came MC... alright.. confirmed liao...

parked my bike n went in... ok.. kena allocated 2 x di lum, 1 x pillow for the night... no more rooms left for me.. but i'm ok with that lah.. as long as got aircon n hot water to bath.. i'm cool..

Check out My "room"

Oh.. it's a 3 storey chalet btw.

This is how it looks like in daytime.

The signboard that says "Chalet 1".

U tell me lah.. how to see this signboard in darkness!??!

Some views around the chalet.

He turned his own car into the wedding car.

The restoran

Too many things to write man... tired liao.. shall stop here..

I'm back !!

Not exactly been to anywhere... just that life was pretty hectic for me recently with the work and study eating all my time.. i hardly have time for tv... today's a long afternoon becos my boss jio me for lunch... for a short catch up session...
(for a moment, i tot wat happened man.. did i do anything wrong recently that was discovered? =P )

Things that happened during these few mths..

- I won an ipod nano 2 during a company contest.
- My team had a restructure, now I report to a European supervisor in Holland.
- Had fun playing her Wii.
- Cleared the irritating IPPT once again. *phew*
- Had a lousy dinner at Buckaroos for my birthday.. haha.. but i had fun trying to console her on my birthday.
- My tail frame broke.
- I got myself the Hepco & Becker side racks and 2nd hand 30L side panniers for my birthday. (nah.. that's just an excuse to mod the bike)
- Spend a bomb on my bike maintenance. Very poor this month.

Ok lah... too little time too many things.. n I can't really study nowadays, the energy level is weak and unwilling... i shall do 2 modules the max next sem..

It's going to be a very tight next 2 weeks again.. 1 assignment deadline today, 1 online quiz to complete within these 3 days, colleague's wedding in Melaka this weekend, 2 assignments due date on next Tue and Thur.

OMG and godspeed.