Singapore part 2

At a food court in Waterloo st

A discovery: the Adstragold microbrewery at Chijmes

Nick Chia's T3 Bicycle shop in Upper East Coast

Green move: Singapore MRT allows folding bicycle in its train service

Nick and his wife at their bike shops in Upper East coast road, Singapore

Barely weeks after a quick run to Singapore, I had to accompany Michelle who attended the OSEAH exhibition in Suntec City convention centre.
For me, my mission was to locate the Com Shop, a place where I used to get my radio stuff.
The store had moved from Sim Lim square to the Upper East coast road which is roughly about a 25-minute bus ride from Victoria Street.
I picked up my Icom V-85's battery pack for my extra radio set and a speaker mike to go with it.
The next day, I spent much of my time searchinig for electronics and visiting the Velocity sports mall in Nouvena junction.
Later, I went back to the Upper East Coast road and caught up with Nick Chia, owner of T3 Bicycles whom I haven't met for years.
We caught up for lost times and after three days and two nights in the island republic, its time to head back to KL..

Putrajaya Interpark Ride series 05

Michelle and I at the starting line in series 05 of the interparks ride

This was oneof the toughest section of the entire ride

The fifth interparks series ride in Putrajaya was a memorable affair.
Like usual, Michelle and I woke up really early to join in the ride a day after our Ipoh city ride.
We did an 18-km loop around Putrajaya and was taken to some really cool locations around this planned administrative city.
In the first leg of the ride, one of the lady cyclist had crashed at a sloped corner.
I saw the lady lying unconscious with blood flowing from her face.
Later, we found out that she suffered a fractured arm and lacerations on her face as she crashed after losing control of her bicycle.
To sum it up, the ride was enjoyable and this time, Michelle won a helmet at the lucky draw.

Ipoh ride

Mrs Samo riding along the Kinta river

At the Garden Villa during the launch of Ipoh's lost heritage exhibition

I've successfully completed the Ipoh ride on Nov 27 after a careful reconnaissance trip made earlier in the week.
There were some additional riders who joined us in Ipoh and two of them, local boys, had taken lead around Bandar Bijeh Timah.
One suggested that we go against traffic which I objected as the ride leader.
We started from the Ipoh Central train station towards the old town and had breakfast after linking up with three other riders.
From there, the folding bike adventurers proceeded towards Ipoh's new town and a visit to the lost heritage exhibition launch at Garden Villa, some 15-minutes away from the train station.
We concluded the ride after lunch and took the 2pm ETS train back to KL.