today, tomorrow & forever

I love you today, tomorrow & forever
I love you in health, sickness, as long as we're together
For richer, poorer, Altis, Myvi or Harrier
Whether we have Foie Gras, durian or just plain water
Whether stay in flat, semi-d or in bukit antarabangsa

I love you today, tomorrow & forever

I think its love when you..

I think its love when you
Buy the groceries and never forgets my ‘stuff’
Give me a neck rub, when you need one yourself
Make hot, tasty Milo for me
Pick out gifts for those events when I didn’t care
Remember my family events better than me
Remind me to be thankful when I start to grumble
Take care of the children when I need to rest

I know its love from both the little and big things you do
And I love you too.

Ring
First thing in the morning
I kiss & caress my darling 
Her ring on my finger
It follows me when she's not near
Reminding me of my dear

Nine years in the making
The ring's unbroken, intact
Scratched & dulled, but intact
Much like me & my dear, in fact
Still together, still in Love

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I did wrong and know it
Acted foolish and blew it
Misplaced suspicions
Baseless accusations
Wild assumptions
I did it, I acknowledge

You carried on, bearing the grief
You were stronger to forgive
Held fast to the promise of ‘I do’
Grateful for forgiveness
I now love you more
More than ever before.

Mountain Biking..

I’m relatively new to the sport of mountain biking, been at it only for the past 8 months (with one of the 8 months away on holiday), so just 7 months at it, technically. So, I’m still learning the ropes as I go along. 

I got into this quite by accident (relax, not the downhill crash kind of accident!). My first invitation to ride came from one of my suppliers (Winston) who shared his passion for the sport with me during our lunch meetings, but I brushed it aside with the usual excuses, work, family..etc, basically, I was just not interested and couldn’t imagine myself riding a bicycle again after so many years, wasn’t sure if I could still balance on a bike let alone riding it on some secondary jungle trail! The fear of falling flat on my butt at the first attempt and embarrassing myself keeps replaying in my mind. This prompting to ride came also from another source in the form of a church friend (Chow), who was considerably more persistent.

At some later time, my wife, who always had a desire to cycle around the house for general exercise, decided to buy a bicycle and we went to Sungai Way and got a t-bolt along with a bicycle for my 7 year old daughter. 

When Chow found out that I (or rather, my wife) had a MTB and not doing much with it (what a surprise!), he was bugging me no end to ride with him to FRIM, finally I relented and drudgingly dragged myself and the t-bolt out to FRIM at the un-earthly hour (for me anyways) of 7am on a Saturday morning, the outcome of that was a pleasant surprise. Firstly, I didn’t fall as I feared but instead quite enjoyed the whole experience. That first ride lead on to become a weekly fixed routine on my calendar and before I knew it, I was hooked! I grew to love the freedom to move freely almost anywhere, the trill of coming downhill fast (by my standards), avoiding obstacles, trying my best not to fall, the reward of a beautiful scenery at the top after an arduous climb, the heavy breathing (although it’s my own ;-)) and lastly the increasing fitness, health and general well being, it all felt wonderful. I even lost some excess weight and inches and can now fit into my old clothes!

It wasn’t long before I felt that cycling once a week was not enough, that’s when I was told about the trails in Kiara and thankfully, I live just 15 minutes away. My first ride there was on the tar road and I actually got lost! Took me at least 30 minutes and a lot of uphill climbs to get myself out of there. Eventually, I got someone to give me a guided tour and I was formally introduced to the 2k single track trail and it was love at first sight, and I’ve been riding there at least twice a week since then.

Just as I was beginning to enjoy my new found riding experience and thinking that I was doing pretty good, I was given a sound lesson on biking. I met two other riders and was offered to join them through the 2k trail, I agreed and (wisely) offered to go last, 5 seconds into the trail, and I completely lost sight of them! Well, I still love riding and am now more determined to ride more often and get better… 

See you at the trails!!