Category: Selangor

Be a Bit CRAZY

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Life lesson 02 While Paramotoring:

It is Okay to Be a Bit CRAZY

Q1 2014: After a few months of training to control my paramotor wing and engine, I successfully took off a few solo paramotor flights. A rewarding experience, at least I know that I can do this. The training process was messy but the experience was insanely awesome. Both my big toenails fell off due to the shoe pressure while practising the ground training to balance my paramotor wing. My radio died on air and I had to land on my own without the radio guidance of my paramotor instructor, on my first solo takeoff.

And a lot more unusual incidents along my 7 years of paramotoring.

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Targeting The Grand View

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Life Lesson 01 While Paramotoring:

The Hassle for The Grand View

As I pushed aside the struggles and the annoyances I had experienced while doing my best to fit in with the team, I realized that the GRAND view from my Paramotor front seat was worth the hassle. Despite all the negative talk behind my back, the joy of witnessing the best landscape view during sunsets and sunrises overruled the obstacle. A priceless experience and I am glad that I stubbornly decided to stick around.

The mistakes, the nuisance and the inconvenience mature me.

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Hiking Bukit Saga in Cheras

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Bukit Saga is located in the middle of Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, about 20 km from my Subang Jaya home.

We were looking for a place to do a quick hike before the Ramadhan month started. Since Bukit Saga was the nearest, we decided to give it a try. Expect lots of uphill steps along the trek and please use any hiking app on your phone to guide your way deeper into the jungle as the routes were not properly marked.

I use my Kommot app to guide my way along the trek.

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Hiking Bukit Melati in Nilai

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Yep … out of curiosity, I did a half-day hike to Bukit Melati, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. The place is in the middle of a residential area at Bandar Baru Nilai, an old rubber and palm tree plantation converted into a recreation area.

  • Location: Bukit Melati / Melati Hill, Nilai
  • How to go: Waze for Melati Hill trailhead
  • Attraction: A half-day friendly-hike trail
  • Difficulty: Easy hike
  • Distance out and back: 3.6km full
  • Estimated time spent: 1 hour 30 minutes hike full circle
  • Tips: This place is very crowded during weekends/ public holidays. The best time to enjoy this place is during weekdays.
  • Leech level: I saw one leech while hiking 😳
  • Entrance Fee: None
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Hiking Denai Tiga Puteri

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If you are looking for a good hiking spot around Klang Valley then you should try this trail.

A community-managed low-land forest area and a well-maintained hiking spot within the city area, Kota Damansara Community Trail is my choice for my speed hiking training during weekdays. The attraction of this easy 3.3 km trail from the entrance to the Tiga Puteri Peak, is a lookout spot overviewing north and southbound traffic thundering along the NKVE with a glimpse view of Kota Damansara township in the distance.

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