Cycle Away

This is something new for KL. oBike is a bike sharing system where you use a smartphone app to book a bicycle point one point to another in town. That saved you from hailing a cab or Uber while helping to reduce pollution as well as keeping you healthy.

I downloaded the early this week, topped up some credit but has yet to use the service. The bikes in town were parked strategically making picking and dropping off the bike convenient. Anita was keen to try as well and we might just try that in the coming few weekends.

Hopefully the service could be maintained as the idea was certainly a good one. My fear was our culture of maintenance and responsibility were still generally lacking. The service owner must keep their bicycles in good nick, otherwise the public would stop using them once the initial novelty wore off.

As it stood, it was certainly a welcome sight when you see a row of bicycles parked neatly as you leave the MRT.

Now It's Azizul Time!

Datuk Lee Chong Wei returned to Malaysia to a hero's welcome earlier today. And now, the hopes of Malaysia for a medal lies on the shoulder of Azizulhasni Awang who just qualified to the finals of Men's Keirin. the race is coming up in half an hour or so. He will be competing with six others.

The twittersphere is abuzz with excitement. So far, no clown politician has yet to make any monkey statement ala the aftermath of Chong Wei's match. We shall see what pans out .......

Update on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 1:12AM by Haris Abdul Rahman

Oh dear! I must have jinxed it again. Azizul was boxed in and couldn't find another gear to keep up with the pace. He still should be proud to be in the reckoning. Definitely an Olympic-class athlete. Well done!