Yamaha DD-65

I just wasted my few ringgits to buy the Yamaha DD-65 digital Drum. I was so bored, not in a good mood (I rarely talk about work and complaint about it) and so I shop around and saw this gadget on sale. Without any hesitation I bought this 8-pad digital drum and knowing that I should have save the bucks for emergency use. What the heck. I just wanna drum, so fuck it ~ regret later. Now I have only 50 buck until the next paycheck. Yikes!.



Here's the Yamaha DD65



You can read about it in Yamaha coporation website www.yamaha.com

It sounds great and I can plug my players to it and play along. Further more, there's MIDI-to-USB output so I can transfer between my pc to this machine and send the notes to dictate by music software. Well, I haven't tried them yet since I didn't buy the cable yet.





Nevertheless, this thing performs well although it could use some newer technologies such as USB interface or flash memory card slots instead of cable. With some of the phones today capable of pairing using bluetooth, this drum should at least have that feature in case you got bored with all the preset songs.

Enjoy the video.

Ride to Muar

Last Saturday, we went to our friend’s hometown in Muar, Johore. 3 of us, a Ninja 250r, a ZX636R and a K9 GSX1000R met at MacDonalds Bandar Baru Bangi to have some breakfast and planned routes for our journey. It was raining and we waited until it stopped. Owh, the pictures will not be captioned. Sorry about that.





About 10.30 a.m. we made our move exiting through Bangi Tol Plaza and headed for our first rest stop at Ayer keroh RNR. We arrived there about 11.00 a.m. After a quick stop, we head for Tangkak Tol Plaza to exit for Muar.

The first stop from the Tol Plaza exit is a Muslim graveyard (I forgot the name of the place). My ZX636 friend stopped by to give a prayer to his late mother who passed away last year. His father also passed away but not buried in Johor but somewhere in Pahang. We talked about family and friends and how much we have to care for them and so.








Enough with the chatting, we continued our journey to Sg. Nibong where the GXSR friend home is. The road quite bumpy and not recommend for speed exceeding 100km/h. Lots of lorries carrying palm oil produce from the palm estates.






Upon arriving to his house, we were greeted by his mother and his daughter, and in-laws. The prepared lunch and you should try Johor’s Asam Pedas. Distinctly, has a unique taste it really stood out from typical asam pedas like Penang, Melaka and Selangor to name a few. The Chicken Asam Pedas and Fried mackerel fish with soy chili sauce enough made me eat 3 rounds of them. Bloated, sweating and feeling sleepy we chat with some his old timers. You can find more info on the link below.







As we prepared for our journey back, my friend recommended to stop by at Parit Simin. It’s a small fisherman quayside – on a mangrove with lots of monkeys around.









After that, we drop by Tanjung Emas for a quick dinner before we head straight back to KL. Total mileage covered is 432 kilometers. Not bad for a day trip.







Some link if you interested to know more about:

1. Asam Pedas - how to make one..yummy
2. Muar - must go
3. Tanjung Emas, Muar - Nice riverview
4. Rojak petis - It is a combination of local vegetables mix with special black colored sauce made mostly from shrimp(Otak Udang). (No link found)
5. Parit Simin - ..Some monkey business
6. Torpedo Scad - ..stuff 'em..grilled 'em..eat 'em and smile

Riding in the New Year

Friday, 1st January 2010 - Me and my office friends went out for a short-half-day ride to Bentong, Pahang. There are 2 Ninja 250Rs, one Honda CBR 600RR, one CBR 600F3, a Kawasaki ER6N and a mean ZX636R.





We headed out for rendezvous point at Petronas Station at Tesco Ampang, KL. After regrouping there, we ride to BHPetrol Station at Gombak to wait for another ER6N biker.




When all is ready, we race up to Bentong. Traffic on that morning was quite light and considering its 9.30 a.m, the air is fresh and great for some knee scraping laps. Of which I didn't want to do, and yes the chicken strips are still there. Average speed? 130-160km/h.





We stopped for our breakfast at a local stall. The nasi lemak is good and the roti canai is crispy. After the meal, smokings and toilet visits, we headed for some few laps and head back towards Kuala Lumpur.

We stopped again for a quick rest, relief and fruits before the Gombak Tol Plaza. We watched other biker groups coming down from Awana, Genting and some of them went towards Kuantan.





Next ride will probably be Kuala Klawang.