Selamat bro.. selamaaattt ! \m/

Today, a big day for one of my best buddy Nawir… happy marriage broh semoga berpanjangan hingga ke akhirnya. Im glad I can come to his special day today just to congratulate and greet him ‘selamat’ and furthermore it is a matter of respect to brothers. Brother of ‘metal kapak’ ahaha… I just remember to his trademark logo - a music note with crosses axes that represent his soul in music and to him it implies as hard and ol’skol metal tune and I so called it as “rock kapak”! hahah. Bah bro bila tah kao membagi logo mu atu? Kan ku lakat arah guitar brohh hahha..

D zaman bujangnya, he is one cool guy, calm to almost on everything and above all we share something in common, “metal music”!!!.. yeahh \m/… we both are “die hard” fans of metal music (extreme metals are excluded anyway!) and always be keen on fast and heavy riffing.. We used to play in a band once and still have. Miss the old days pal ahaha… lot of memories to recall, but the best part was “TANGKAPPP”.. Broo, if u r reading this, I bet you will burst with laughters hahaha.. ahahaha..

Okey bro, wish you all the best… semoga berkekalan dan berpanjangan dan sentiasa dalam perlindungan Allah SWT… amin. Heavy metal sampai ke anak cucu ! ahahah..

Grind sneakers...

Finally a pair of Harley Davidson grind sneakers arrived today after a month plus plus of waiting. I thought I was dealing with a scam irresponsible retailer since the shipment took more time than I expected. But thanks god.. finally, fuhh. I assume something wrong with the correspondence address or entah lah… yg penting sampai. I always keen to sneakers, especially chuck’s.. and it doubles my excitement as I knew there are harley’s sneakers. I made this as one of my favorite collection.. but of course pakai lah jua (okey hun!..) I m looking forward for the static low cut harley’s sneaker.

Appreciate..

Happy 25th Independence Day to all Bruneian, a silver jubilee everyone !… meaning we have been celebrating “Merdeka” for more then 2 decades now… alhamdullilah. We were having good time (and still have) to live as “Negara merdeka” in peaceful prosperous way leads by our loving monarch. We should be thankful to Allah SWT for the blessing and always be grateful for letting us to breath in such wealthy, peaceful kingdom.

Every year we celebrate “Merdeka” as to recall the memoir of the achievement of our independent. This year I joined “Merdeka ride” with my fellow bikers. Actually it is not pleasure of riding that I seek but the main purpose was to give support to the organizer as they were making merdeka ride as well doing fund rising for unfortunate Palestinians. I believe this is one of good way to appreciate our given wealth by not forgetting our brothers and sisters who are suffering and need hands. The ride began at 7 am with 100 bikes and more, every rider donated and rode to Seria and the capital for more fund rising. Alhamdullilah, most Bruneians are kind-hearted, I m proud for their concerns, god bless the donors. But somehow I was freaking shock, as there was a middle-age man was stating “ramai lagi org Brunei susah”… mannn,.. come on.. how “susah” is ours compare to Gaza ?. We live in a very peaceful country, less taxes, fine welfares and great hospitality etc... shuykur tah! Oh Yes, recently our country experienced "rain-flooding" phenomena, but obviously not as worse as Gaza’s fatal by war. This man should be ashamed to himself, he suppose to support the charity at least even he has nothing to donate. Pray to God for our peace and wealth, shyukur dengan apa yang telah dikurniakan.

The ride was very enjoying! all scooters and big bikes were unite and share something in common, to ride for a sake of love and care to others. I reckoned every participant was happy riding on that day, satisfaction clearly can be seen on every face even the heat was striking furiously but "support spirit" were flaming, this shows unity among all Bruneian riders. Kudos to the committee for the flawless function and thank a million to the donors.. God bless you all. Thanks to police traffics of Brunei for escorting us and taking care of our convoy.

Afterall, motorcycling is not all about wild and free but doing good deeds too. Happy merdeka to all... peace, love & respect and ride hard !!!

Auxiliary

Hello guys… Ive just finished installing aux cable for my grand Vitara after months of thinking on how my ipod gonna works with my stock GV’s stereo head unit. Well actually there is a device for playing ipod in GVs. It is like integration kit needs to be installed to the HU but the price is killing me, I was thinking I just need a cable to connect with. Somehow I tried griffin road trip (by apple) which is actually FM modulator, since the review is quite exceptional due to their smartscan technology… yup I agreed to the sound quality but not clarity. In other words I was not satisfied with the sound especially whenever I want to hear heavy metal music in my car... meaning I still need a cable! my god, rugi rugi… baik plg ku bali saja integration kit atu… but since I already telajak membali griffin modulator, I must find something that help me from overspending.

I made research in internet, reading forums… bla bla so many tips popped out which were mostly DIY thingy. I tried out a tip given by a member in Vitara owner’s club forum which resulting to useless effort… ‘no success’ to be clearer. Then I went to several car audio stores to find out if there is any possibility they can make me an aux cable for my GV, to my surprise they were saying that it is impossible and not making sense to create an aux extension from my stock HU unless I buy a new aftermarket HU... whattt?!!.. Even after I told them it is actually possible since there are people in Grand Vitara now listening to their mp3s using a simple auxiliary cable installed.

Then I emailed a fren who’s made this cable as my last resort. He sells this cable for $32US and comes with detailed installation instructions. Thanks man for saving my ass… and now I can play my ipod in my GV with clear sound and in addition it is connected to the griffin that acts as ipod charger and as my ipod portable modulator when needed. So those who has Grand Vitara 2007 and up model try this... hemmm and probably it works for Swift too.

Me and Bob

It has been awhile I didn’t update my blog, it is nearly end of January and I have nothing to post. It is not because Im forgetting my blog but many things happened ups and downs, works and social life’s related. Anyway, best thing turned out in January where I met my best fellow, Bob.

Who is Bob? Well I knew Bob from a friend, an Australian guy and he used to be as Bob’s best friend. Unfortunately he has to leave Bob due to his working commitment where he is reassigned to another location and find difficulty bringing Bob along. I know it’s hard to leave Bob especially after nearly 2 years of being together. But no worries mate, Bob is in a good hand!. Besides you will be having a new fellow over there man.

I m hoping Bob will be fine with me... I guess we just need somekind of mutual needs… suits each other well, understanding and most important he’ll go where ever I intend to go without talking back. I remember a time when I took Bob home. It was raining heavily, we went home together in rain, cold and dirt, but this fellow made me so inspire thus I don’t gave a damn to whatever nasty weather impending… he will never complaint.

I m quite content of having bob as part of my side, whoa I think it sounds a lil weird and gay now… hahah but don’t get me wrong because Bob is not a mortal. I ll be posting Bob’s photo soon as I finished doing some little ‘tweak’ on him. Stay tune folks !

Les Paul

I went to KB today with a fren to get his 101 Paiste cymbal (18inches) together with boom stand cymbal. The plan was this, to get the cymbal at Seria plaza while the stand at KB since both of these places offer different prices, unfortunately the stand was out of stock ! Hence, all items were purchased from Seria plaza, heheh.. I guess my fren has over spent his budget for these two items as it was out of his expectation.., nda apa geng bonos!. Upon arrival at Seria Plaza the first thing I did (and this is what I always do anyway!) was to take a deep good look at the Gibson Les Paul where it is kept safe for display just before the entrance. I m a fan of Gibson moreover it is Les Paul series ! how cool is that ?!. This guitar has been displayed for more than a year now and still no buyers ! I bet it is expansive compare to others.. but it is Gibson! One of finest guitar manufacturer… sigh. I asked the Taukeh for the price and guess what, it is nearly BND 3k ! Goshhh… hahah isn’t it for a pro?. I know it is way too pricy but I can’t stop staring and thinking how would it feels playing with it and I know it is worth the price. I wonder who will be the owner of this exquisite guitar ?!

For 3K I don’t think I can afford it… meskipun bonos! Furthermore I m not qualified to have it since I m in a category of amateur in music arena.. pity. However, I will keep on dreaming for Gibson Les Paul because dream may come true if you re not dreaming in day light ! apakannn?.

For now I m happy with my two guitars, where one of it is Epiphone SG series by Gibson.. at least it is by Gibson heheh. For the other one is Fender Stratocaster Mexico and I still hearts it! But yeah, maybe one day insyAllah I will get any of those Les Paul .. who knows!

AWAS! kayu mati di atas

I was having a super fun + tiring + exploring + wondering + enjoying kinda family hiking today. I was so eager walking surrounded by the greens and fresh oxygen in the very morning. Cold mist covered Shahbandar recreation park made the morning breeze so refreshing and excites me. As I arrived most of the family were doing warm up.. while me? so busy preparing my camera and ipod thus, I only participated some of the warm ups. We started to climb the steps at 7 or so. I must say ramai yang kecundang menaiki tangga for the first bukit ani. But still some of us managed to complete the first steep steps!. And I guess because of this steps made us split into groups. I was with uncle Awang's family and I think I was the person who was at the very behind along the route.... ia tah gambar yang ku snap banyak yang dari belakang gaya nyamo heheh.

Along the hiking there were many things that attract to my attention.. the breathtaking scenery from the hill's top, flaura and fauna, the creatures but the most outstanding ones is the concrete steps?!. well, I was wondering how do they do concrete steps along the hills in the middle of the jungle ? I mean mcm mana dorang mengangkat simin untuk membuat tangga di tangah2 hutan ani? barat jua simin ani... mannn... dorang memang handal. I salute to "the people" in undertaking this matter... with all the concrete steps it helps alot... mun inda ramai yang tegelincir especilly in this rainny season. Besides, kalau ada gerai di tangah2 hutan shahbandar ani lagi best... dapat singgah membali aying piasau, inda jua karing leher.

I was not sure berapa bukit I managed to climb.. certainly not to the last spot. Walau bagaimanapun sekurang-kurangnya dapat meng hiking kan diri time2 cuti ani and most important I burnt lots of calories !... sampai kasut uncle Awang pun tercedra and tepaksa di bandage heheh. Moreover it was fun joining our family gathering especially aktiviti-aktiviti yang macam ani. Exhausting but yet fun and made this hiking trip as 'no regret' holiday activity to participate and cant wait for another sort of activity in future. Cihmers, u may browse the photos here and feel free to link. Peace to all kayu2 mati and the environment.