The latest addition

These are the latest addition to our household- XDS foldable bikes. 

Before transform

This is mine and Peter has a similar one, except that its black and white in color and has 8 speeds settings. Mine is only 7 speeds but I dont really give a damn as the highest I would go is 4. ;p. We call the bikes the "autobots", as in the robots-changing-autos in transformers, because when its in folded position, it can be really small, but when it is fully unfolded and assembled, tada! it transform into bikes, geddit? (why did I even bother to explain, of course you know what is autobots).    

Transform!

I know it looks small and mobile but don't get fool by the look. It pretty heavy, around 12 kg. The fella really give me double dose of exercises. First, cycling, secondly carry up and down staircase. If you have been to my place before, then you know exactly what I'm talking about. Its freaking 4 floors of staircase!! 

It all started with Peter's friend, who is an avid biker. The fella is crazy about biking and despite of multiple falls and injuries he had, he still cycles hours every week, without fail. I don't know how it all happened but suddenly everyone in the group is into bikes, including my dear husband. Then one good old Saturday morning, I dont know how it occurred but somehow we swiped our credit card and bought 2 foldable bikes. So, dont ever underestimate peer pressure.   

Last Saturday we went for cycling at Taman Metropolitan Park, Kepong. Peter's friends were all gear up wearing full biker suit and helmet, while Peter was in his flip flop. Hahaha... His friend has an Alza which can carry 4 bikes!!! 2 foldable bikes at the back compartment and another 2 fastened on the top of the car roof.  And mind you, theirs are mountain bike, which looks absolutely stunning standing on the top of the roof, under the big bright sun. 

Taman Metropolitan is such a great place to cycle and I really enjoyed the entire biking experience. As you all know, the park is famous for its wide open space for kite flying activities, if you drive pass the park on MMR2 highway on Saturday afternoon, you will definitely not miss the beautiful sight of hundreds of colorful kites flying in the blue sky. However, the 95 hectares park also has a proper bike lane and interesting terrain like up/ down the hill, circling the lake, into the tropical forest, across the bridge etc. I was pleasantly surprise at how beautiful the place is. Its like a gem in the middle of the hustle and bustle of KL city.

After 3 rounds of cycling (approximately 12 km), we decided to call it a day and head for lunch. And we went to this 100 years old restaurant called Setapak Teochew Restaurant along Jalan Genting Klang which serves the best Teochew Bak Min (white noodle) in town. Oh, and the pork rolls is definitely the food to die for. I don't know whether it was the serious workout or the excessive amount of crispy lard bits in the noodles, the food somehow tasted extra tasty that day.   

Anyway, it was a great Saturday, good companion, good workout and good food. Couldn't ask for more. 

Level 75 and going strong!

This is a geeky post, you can close this page now if you don't like computer games. 

I was facebook-less for more than 28 years of my life, until recently my friend can stand no more of my stubbornness she went ahead create an account for me. 

"It doesnt matter if you don't use it actively, just use it to see our pictures online", my friend said. Well, that's true, as Gods know since when everyone started to post picture online as though the word "privacy" never existed. And 99% of the time I have no idea what donkey pictures of me my friends had showcased to the rest of the world. Anyway, that's not what I wanted to write about today. 

Back in those face-bookless days, I did felt left out at times when all my friends are busy seeding, planting and harvesting crops in their virtual world. To make it worse, i am a BIG FAN of time management games like farmville. However its ridiculous to create a facebook account just because I wanted to play those games. I am way too proud to do that.

Then I found Farmerama, which is a farming games that doesn't required a facebook account to play. Since that day onwards, I'm hooked. I spent countless of hours on my farm, clicking and clicking non stop, repeating the cycle of seeding, watering, planting, harvesting, selling etc. everyday. But I'm not alone here, there were like millions of players out there from different corners of the world who farm religiously like me everyday. I have 24 "neighbours" and we chat every now and then. And the funny thing is I have a pair of  husband and wife and a player who have 2 farms in my neighbour panel!

  

My farms!!! Click on the picture to see in full size 

When it first started, Peter was greatly annoyed with my never ending clicking. There was one time, I went away with my girlfriends for an overnight trip to Malacca. When I called my dear husband that night, the first thing I said to him was:

"can you help me to plant?" 

And that sent him to a fit of rage. 

Anyway, we have reconciled and established a mutual understanding. I can click till the cow goes home as long as he is still the first in my life. ;)  

A few weeks ago, I celebrated a great achievement of Level 75, and my name was published on the honors board. 

Yeah yeah, I am such a show off.