“Kereta kalau bawak takpayah laju-laju, tapi kene maintain cepat. Laju tak cepat tak gune, buat accident je.” – Oreedo
(“There’s no need to drive fast, as the risks for accidents are higher. Drive quickly instead.” – Oreedo)
True to his words, Oreedo was one of the lead cars that took us Touge-ing last Sunday. A few days before that, I asked Oreedo whether there was a Touge on the weekend, and he said he’ll get back to me a.s.a.p.
He got back to me on Friday saying that the Touge session is confirmed on July 11th, Sunday. Come Sunday, we gathered at the designated Kedai Kopi to wait for everyone. After a few cursings, reminiscing and outright insults, we gathered our things, checked our tyre pressure and started the slow warming-up drive towards our first checkpoint.
After everyone has arrived, we turned off the hazard lights and started the journey. Ariel and Oreedo started to pick up speed after the first corner and off we went.
We went through Gombak, heading towards Genting Sempah. On the way there, we stopped at the first Touge checkpoint (under a bridge) for a few minutes before entering the highway through Genting Sempah to head towards Bukit Tinggi.
We took a short break at the new shop area in Bukit Tinggi before coming back down as our stomachs were vibrating with heavy metal music due to hunger.
The driving down was much faster, with a few close calls, probably because of the delicious Yong Tau Foo that was waiting for us. One car actually went off the road and managed to stop right before going off-roading on a 90-degrees hill.
The writer had some interesting lessons learned in Taking Corners 101 and The Fundamentals of Not Stepping On The Brake Pedal While Taking Corners.
words: Al-mu Syahrisyawal Ahmad pix: Syafril Ismail & Al-mu Syahrisyawal Ahmad
Comments
hohoho… it was a splendid day!
nice to meet u guys again… especially syawal since his late astina…
Salam.
Nice write & pics.
Love this image (image 22).
p/s:
Syawal…nnt tlg email pics tu kt aku. hehehe. tq.
Nice weekend…see all of U again in the next session
Huhuhu…. enche syawal & geg…… terima kasih kerana sudi bersama kami penchenta alam yg marhain ini….
anyone can be fast…. but only a few will be quick….
have a safe & amp; pleasant drive….
patut arr laju.. minum milo!
i miss this activity….bila la mau terjebak lagi,..haihhh
hahahaha…. yayayaya…. minum milo saya jadi sihat dan cepat!
cepat lah on fb.. ramai meminati anda!
fb??? tak mauuuu……. nanti bila dah ada EPMC FAn Club baru aku buat….
Syawal, itu tarikh ada errata……. 11 Julai….
hahaha ok wait n see..
Iya la Abg Oreedo, cepat la bikin FB…I dah tak sabar nak add U ni…mwahh! mwaahh! mwahhh!
“Kereta kalau bawak tak payah laju-laju, tapi kene maintain cepat. Laju tak cepat tak gune, buat accident je.”
– Oreedo
hmmm…
so reed coined another catchy tagline for his touge campaign.
Duh, I have to be quick on my feet, have to think something to respond quickly…
haha but on a serious note:
gampang kome bestnyaaa layan touge bersama masta2…
lantas aku mencemburui korang…but wait..
where’s the detailed story about the near transcendental incidents, the so called (no pun intended) clos calls?
ehee nak jugak tau ceritanya, sapa, kenapa, di mana…?
all in all, nice reports!
keep up de karipap, and may the force be with you…
hahaha… ade jugak close calls that i didn’t mentioned that day… the moment i understeered and almost ran into an oncoming cyclist who was quite fast on downhill and uses more than half of the road. Master Oreedo was far up ahead…
nice write up..rugi ta mai dgn r888 yg mengeras kat rumah…
defoe join u guys nxt time
mabeles!
ek eh…almu lah.. ^_^