Larina says:: Kuala Lumpur City Tour

Never had I ever thought that I would ride a bicycle in the heart of Kuala Lumpur city centre. You see, there's a very automatic reaction that transmits from the brain once I heard the word KL city.. - resentful, irritable, grumpy, you name it .. ALL because of the tireless traffic jam! So, it's an extremely rare occasion for me to drive my car to KL city let alone drive a bicycle! Malaysian drivers are (erm..) generally not very friendly - I still value my life.

Besides, I always have the impression that cycling is a leisure activity which is supposed to be carried only in a park. A park under extremely pleasant weather (emphasis added) - Spring in Australia or Britian perhaps? :D

From what I can recall, I cycled a handful of times during high school around my neighbourhood. My brother was bitten by a dog when we were walking around the neighbourhood during our primary school times. And when I got barked at and chased by dogs (not the friendly cuddly mongrels) back then, okay that's it. Bye bye cycling.

I recently started cycling with a bunch of my good friends. Started as a leisure activity around Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), a pretty good place for a freshie like me I must say - just rent a bicycle and return it once you are done. Hassle-free. After a few FIRM sessions, my cyclist friends (all gung-ho ones) tried to convince me to buy a bicycle so that I could join them out-of-FRIM. And well.. yup, I was convinced. But also thanks to TJ who wanted to sell his bicycle after he bought a better one, I got to own a bicycle at a minimum cost. Very costly LEH to play this kind of sports.. I'm now the owner of his Trinx a.k.a Monster. Speaking of which, I haven't paid him even though I have taken over possession of his bicycle. Lol!

And so, I braced KL city with my Monster and I'm glad I came back in one piece. Pheww!

Trinx a.k.a Monster

When the sun rises..

The groupie checking on the bikes before the ride -
Check out the poser Samantha a.k.a Sexy Sham (SS)

Looking good right ??

Cyclists have to follow the road rules too - stop at RED

That's Yun Shyan behind me

That's SS, TJ and Leonard

Leo, Lee and YS so stylo yo!

Selfie at the slope of Thean Hou Temple

Leo doing a "Merlion"

You wanna know what's a Merlion? Erm.. check out the image below. I learnt 'bout it on this day itself. Lesson learnt - don't eat or drink nescafe before you ride! Hahahaha