Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Puteri Harbour, Johor Bahru


Among the destination for cyclist around JB is the Puteri Harbour, situated at Nusajaya. Me with OJCT team member, Bro Amar and Hur Jun start off from Dataran Bandaraya. as for Hur Jun this is the second night for him as he has rode here last night. Well being an avid rider, he takes any opportunity to ride. My ride today is the 1987 Look. Yup the bike is still around. I really have a special attachment with this bike. Fisrtly because it was bought by my father as a gift when I enroll at ITM Shah Alam. At time I did not asked for the bike, he surprises me with the bike when I came home from JB. cant really remember the date though, but still can remember my excitement on that day. Father always knows what I like. 


Ok. back to the ride. We start off, around 0900hrs, taking the seaside route and the Nusajaya hiway. the only hills are the flyovers. Well, not very challengging if you are a regular with the route, as for me, my smoking habits really saya something about the hills. each and every time I climb those hills, I always pledge no to smoke, and as always, after the torture is over, yes you guessed it, reach for my cancer stcik.  

Upon reaching Puteri harbour, we came acroos another three riders who are heading the same destination, so we decided to tag along. not much to chat about aourselves, as we were to busy focusing on the dark road, and some off road too. They took us on an alternative route heading towards Puteri Harbour. According to Hur Jun, it was a short cut, and it was short, as by you realise it, you already reached the Puteri Harbour. As the other riders continue their rides, my team member, had to take time and enjoy the scene, and of course photographs. 
Then we ride to Anjung Nusajaya for light supper. So far we rode around 24km, Hur Jun is a teacher can saya a young lad and a strong rider. Bro Amar, as we called it in his wassap tagline, also a strong rider, It takes all my effort just trying to keep up with them. That the problem when you stopped riding for a while then trying to start back takes a lot of ride time to recover my full level. Need to get back my top performance in 2010.
After a quick stop at the famous palace gate, we head back to Dataran JB. Well, today I drove to Dataran from home, so no rush for me.

OJCT

Its official now, my newest cycling club. OJCT otherwise known as Orang Johor Cycling Team. I first meet the leader, Arshata at his house when I'm interested in his event T-shirt. After a brief encounter, things went well, and I started joing him and his team mates cycling. A mix type of rider with different levels of fitness. OJCT has been around for quite some time, I guess this is my official announcement that I joined OJCT. Well, with the team jersey and all.   
I'l; be posting more and a lot, since OJCT organises a lot of events, mainly in Johor Bahru.
For now, will update later though, have to prepare for tonight's ride.