busy saturday

Woke up very early to get shopping done today. Supposed to meet Eugene and Cavin to go shopping but our time table clashed and I went ahead to get the stuff that was in my area first.

As I was about to leave, Junlong came just in time to pass me his super 4 and the related paperwork. I had passed him my driving licence and ic to do the change of sub rider paperwork the previous night. Had a short chat with him and his brother, then proceeded to shopping after drawing cash from the ATM machine.

First, I went to get the Sigma bicycle speedometer at the neighbourhood bicycle shop.

Then I proceeded to Ubi to make the front number plate for the KTM. While I was there, I realized I had not paid this month's installment for the spark, so I popped by to make payment as well.

After that, I decided to go Sim Lim to get the leds and other electronics stuff that I wanted without Eugene and co since the weather didn't looked too good. Managed to get home dry and sun burnt instead.

In the late afternoon, I managed to fix up the KTM and did some servicing to the wave and spark too. Got a cut on my left thumb around half inch long due to the sharp edges on the plastics. Luckily, it was not too deep since the fingernail caught it dead.

Now i am just waiting for Faz to come pick up the bike and do some final settings. The wave probably needs to be sent for an engine overhaul since the smoke from the exhaust is getting worse. Gonna send it in to M1 motoring for a warranty claim since the smoke was spotted a few days after getting the bike. Lets see how it goes.

LOST!!!

Had an unforgettable Christmas evening yesterday. Popped over to Bjorn's place for the Christmas dinner which his mum had prepared for us. It was absolutely fabulous and we were stuffed after a second round of helpings.

Thomas called and he popped by later to hang out and also had a taste of the food even though he had dinner at home.

After that, I went over to Eugene's place to meet him for some shopping at Mustafa shopping centre. Had an incident that needed to take place in his home, so we took a while there. After that, we proceeded to pick up an unusual guest, Cavin. Then we went to the shopping centre.

Bought some stuff and I think we were all quite satisfied with our purchases. We went to Jalan Kayu for some food before splitting for home. On the way there, Eugene was so engrossed in talking to Cavin that he scrapped the right side of his bike against the kerb which was narrowing. Sparks flew and I thought he was going to go down for sure by the way he was wobbling out of control. Luckily, he managed to re-gain control and we managed to reach our destination safely. After a round of food, we went home separately.

Here is where all hell broke loose. I had a friend who left his KTM200 in my care for servicing and the bike was parked, locked and covered with a bike cover around noon time.

When I came home from shopping at 4.30am, the bike was nowhere to be seen. I looked around the whole car park and the bike was nowhere to be found. I called Faz immediately to confirm the lot he had parked his bike and we decided it was really stolen. I dropped my stuff at home and went to pick him up at his place.

Reached his place about 5.45am. I was quite tired and angry that the bike was
missing. After reaching my car park, the lost bike was miraculously found in the same parking lot and we also found the broken lock and bike cover in the nearby dustbin. The lock had been cut by a professional cutter, so we suspect the fella is either staying nearby or had planned to steal the bike.


























We concluded the idiot was incompetent to start the bike, so he parked the bike back at its original lot.

Fixed up the bike with my old lock and we shoot straight to Mustafa shopping centre to get the disc locks which I told Eugene not to buy earlier. Came home and locked the bike once more, feeling tired and all. Then we had breakfast and my friend went home by MRT afterward.

What a way to spend the boxing day morning. We were glad that the thief had moved the bike back to the original lot and the bike wasn't missing anything after that. Also, the incident reminded us that we must never take the security of our bikes for granted and in fact, anything else that is of great importance to us.

updating......

The D&D was a fantastic event with much of it spent drinking and making a fool of ourselves. Bjorn came along since I had no partner for the night and he was impressed with the quality or our D&D party. Won a $100 Takashimaya voucher in the consolation draw after the event was over. Gave it to my mum for her to go shopping.

Picked up my stamp at the QA department last week and I can officially stamp off my own work now. Quite pleased with the progress I am making although the road to success is still a long way to go.

It has been a long year juggling work, school and my own time. Hopefully, I can gain more recognition next year and step up to the next level. Currently more than halfway through my studies, the determination to complete the course is burning in me.

Looking back, the occasional thought of giving up which lingers in my mind now and then is still quite vivid. I am just glad that I didn't succumbed to the thoughts and gave up.

Losing focus is one of the many things one must fight in a lifetime. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, but why bother to look over the fence when you don't eat grass anyway.

let the good times roll!

As Kawasaki says it. Tomorrow is the company D&D. Its time to have fun after a long year of work and this will be my first time attending a D&D party. Think we are gonna get drunk and all and hopefully, the event will be smooth and eventless apart from the events organized.

my new ride came and it was great. The wave really lives up to its reputation in fuel economy and power. The bike is more powerful than my spark 110 and the work done to the bike prior to collection was very good. Apart from the noisy mod exhaust, the bike rode well. Kudos to M1 motoring and Royston for the good deal he gave me. Only thing left to be done is replacing the worn clutch and the smoke emitting from the exahust which will be covered under warranty.

Just had my appraisal done and it was very good. The results came as a surprise as the ratings were quite difficult to get very good results. Well done to me! Think a promotion is in view but lets keep our fingers crossed. Remember, Nothing is confirmed until it is done.

I am starting to get orders for some of the mods I do and I think its a good time too since school holidays are coming and I will have more time to work the bikes. Many new ideas are flooding to my head and its hard to decide whether the ideas are feasible or crap. Lets just keep them in view for now.