A journey of my life

I have been dreaming about owning a BMW GS for a long time. It all started back in 2002 when I envisioned taking a bike tour with my wife sitting behind me, hugging me from behind. At that time, the model was the R1150GS. In 2003, I bought an MZ125SM with a beak that closely resembled the GS. Many people mistook it for a BMW, but it was actually a smaller 125cc MZ supermotard. In 2004, I watched the TV series "Long Way Round" and was immediately enamored with the GS after seeing Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman embark on a 31,000km adventure from London to New York, going through Europe, Asia, Alaska, and America. I have had a passion for motorcycles since childhood, but the GS is the ultimate one for me. Unfortunately, big cc motorcycles are very expensive in Malaysia due to import taxes. In 2014, when I was ready to buy a big cc bike, the 1200GS had a hefty price tag that I couldn't justify. The cost was equivalent to half the price of my apartment, so I opted for a ch...

We signed up for the race early this year in February, hoping to be fully prepared for it when the time comes. But a month later Fiza was hospitalized with a back problem and then she was busy with her classes & a new career. I also was buried with tons of workload, I always came home late and had to do my office works at home. It left us with almost no training. We only started training a month before the race with 3 times running a week for about 8-15km mileage without trail running. Yes, we didn't do any trail running at all this year. TMBT is well known as the most grueling trail course compared to any other trail event in Malaysia. There are many people who DNF even for the 50km and 30km category and immediately we regret we signed up for 50km, we think we will be DNFed too. To make it worse I left all my 20 packets of power gel given by Laif at home. Then Fiza's water bladder was leaking too. And I brought the wrong shoes for the race. All recipes for a di...

Long overdue ride with my sayang

Fiza took part in the relay team for the swimming leg. However, it was an unfortunate event when we lost 2 triathletes including one of our dear friends Cupido Kelvin who drowned during the race. We didn't know about it only after the race finished. RIP Kelvin 😭

Ian's reporting day as a college student in MMU. I'm proud of you! Be a good student.

One day we decided to go ride to Melaka together with Auni & Harraz as pillions. It was a spontaneous decision. It seems they enjoy the ride and a little bit of heat actually...haha. In Melaka, we check-in a budget apartment owned by Fiza's friend. At night we strolled along Jonker Street and Kampung Morten. The next day, we went to several museums and historical landmarks around Bandar Hilir. Later that day, my in-laws joined us and we went for more jalan-jalan & makan-makan. A great small weekend gateway. Should try to do it more often.   

This year I didn't take part because as usual, I don't want to get bitten by sea lice again like last year. I also need to take care of Fiza because she insisted to participate despite her back problem. So, I borrow an inflatable canoe from OP Dr Syed Dollah to accompany Fiza in the sea in case anything wrong happens. Luckily, there was nothing bad happened. Fiza managed to complete her swim within the cut-off time.  After the event, we went jalan-jalan around Kuala Terengganu. We slept over in a relative's house for one night before heading back to Kuala Lumpur the next day.