Bike Show

There was this bike show last weekend, The Asian International Motorcycle Expo. Apart from some disappointments for not finding any new Japanese bikes, and learned that it did not look anything close to "the largest motorcycle show ever to be held in Southeast Asia" (another typical marketing bullshit), it did bring back sweeter memories, as I found Ducati was there!

The Monster S4RS. This is the ONE.

The armpit-dryer with all the blings

The US$10,000 custom bike winner

Define "Low Rider"

This is fatter than the X5 tyre

No I didn't win this

Porky Engine

Bike babes

More bike babes

Biking is not entirely a guy's stuff. She's even armed with a Nikon!

The girls getting serious...

... but not our Police!

Problem of having wrong sized helmets

Bike babe v2.0

That's the only Harley I could find ;p

-HS

The Zoo! (2)

Home sweet home

4. Welcome to my home! It’s just a typical one with 16 bedrooms (by the way, my master bedroom is just slightly bigger than a typical house with a Jacuzzi ;)), 21 bathrooms, a swimming pool, a 2-hole mini golf course, 2 maids’ rooms, an orchard, a few gazebos…

Please don’t feel jealous, because I work hard for it you know! I serve the people, I help them, I work hard for the government so I deserve this. You don’t have to know how I got the money for all these; I’m a POLITICIAN! So what it slipped my mind about getting approval to build this house? So what if I forgot to pay assessment for my other property for the past 12 years? So what if I have not-so-legal restaurant on a government land? So what's your problem?

-hs

Heart Sick (11)

Day #5, Aug 3, 2006

It was getting almost unbearable; I stayed awake longer as the morphine wore off and I felt the time was not moving; I couldn't drink any water because of the tube in the throat and I was terribly thirsty... I was so thirsty I actually felt the coolness and sweetness of the high-energy nutrient they fed me via the nose!

Just as I thought I was about to crash anytime, the nurse came with the greatest news of the day: the doctors thought I was strong enough to be taken off from the ventilator! It was another agonizing wait of few centuries before they finally came, armed with another set of apparatus, and finally announced: “We are taking this tube out. Stay relaxed. And remember to breathe as soon as the tube is out ok?”

Of course I know how to breathe! But it was after they pulled the tube out then I understood why the reminder... Probably I've got used to the machine helping my lung for the past few days, it took a few seconds before I realized I needed air, my lung was like a bike being kick-started! A few serious chokes/coughs (c/w serious chest pain) later, I'm on my own! I considered this a big milestone.

I was later given some sips of water, and that evening I had a good dinner of some porridges and honey dews. I felt strong again, and I thought it's going to be over soon.

All systems standing by...

-hs

The ZOO!

As I scan the newspapers and Internet with a little more attention, I found more and more morons around us. Stubborn as I've always been, I told myself I needed 100 REASONS to admit that I'm actually living in a ZOO...

Here goes...

1. “Motorcyclists may be banned from expressways”. It sounded like a concerned POLITICIAN wanting to prevent accidents; but think again when he said, "...the other motorists pay to use these roads while such motorcyclists do not pay so they should abide by the road rules...". This came from the TOLL MINISTER, whose sole purpose in life is to burden the people by increasing toll rates all the time.

I can't help but think that his main grouch is the motorcyclists don’t pay toll, so he doesn't need them. Don't tell me only motorcyclists caused accidents on the highways? Might as well ban the cars and lorries too?


2. “If you cannot fight rape, better lay down and enjoy it”. And this POLITICIAN even claimed he's quoting a proverb from Confucius! What kind of animals are we keeping in our backyard?


3. “I forgot to pay duty”. This stupid fella ran out of excuse for trying to cheat the government and ended up with such low-IQ defense when caught. And the newspaper’s so kind it helped covering this POLITICIAN’s identity. Imagine if any NON-FAVORED-POLITICIAN on the street could get away with this lame excuse?


-hs