After months of practicing, I am still at it! So so so tiring... LOL... but so much fun... :)
An update of my bike trial quest at: Learning Bike Trial Basics.
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Saturday, 16 February 2008
Wildgeeks goes Eel Fishing
Been a while since I blog in wildgeeks, well, the geeks are not just about mountain biking, but basically, an adventure club I would call it. So couple of weeks back, we decided to follow my dad to go eel fishing since we have not done it before.Jack, KC and myself followed my dad to Sekinchan to search for eels in the paddy fields. Not known to many and I got reminded about this when I visit the paddy museum in Kedah that paddy fields is actually a habitat to various kind of fishes, birds and also eels in this case.
The local eels or belut in Malay basically lives in the paddy fields especially on the drain like water irrigation along the fields. The best time to fish for them during harvesting season at the fields where the water level is lowered.
The trick is simple, walk along these water irrigation drains, then look for hole in the mud under the swallow water and most likely there's an eel in it. These eels are trapped and with low water, they have less food and therefore are hungry and easy catch in someway. We were actually 1-2 weeks late for the season as most fields have started to seed or some are spraying pesticides, therefore it was quite difficult for us to find dry drains to fish.
Anyhow, we got some sotong and squid for the task, just put them on the hook (we are just using a bamboo stick with a string tied with a fishing hook which the end have been flatten) and aim the hook into the hole. Move it around the hole and soon you will see a snake like head coming out to check it out. Its not as easy we thought, the first few bites, the eel managed to get away with our bait!!!But finally I caught one, that's when KC got a bit soar, hehehe... then I caught a second one... you can imagine him complaining... hahahaha... but soon KC got his own eel, now you imagine Jack's face... hahahaha... determined, Jack kept on searching and trying... sadly, it's really not his day or maybe like KC said, no skill... muhahaha!
Anyhow, its pretty excited, especially when you can see the eel's head and trying to put the bait next to it and getting ready to pull, but if you pull too hard, the eel will let go or the hook will run through the eel's mouth (its very soft) and it will get away. So we hard to pull just at the right time. According to my dad's friends whom have done it many times, if we go at the right season, every drop of the bait you get an eel and could get buckets of them in a day!
We didn't catch that many that day but it was really a fun experience for me, will probably do it again say in May-June during the next harvest season. Jack, stop searching with the binocular, your search continues in May and please, catch something this time... hahahaha :PMore eel fishing pix here http://picasaweb.google.com/kctang/20080128EelFishing
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
Another Trip to Sg. Pening-Pening
Location: Sg. Pening Pening, Kajang
Map:
Description:
Quite an interesting trip this time around. Everyone assembled in a mamak coffee shop close to the Giant Superstore in Kajang at about 9:00am.
First off, we get to see Joe with his newly acquired Proton T-Bolt. Unfortunately or fortunately, while testing the bike, the joint holding the derailleur to the frame broke. So the Rooster and the Tracker tried to help out by trying to shorten the chain to at least enable Joe to ride his bike, albeit at a constant single speed. But the thought of cycling Sg. Pening-Pening on a single speed is daunting. However, I must say that I have to tapek (salute) Joe for being able to make it all the way, minus the bitching... LOL.
As soon as we made it to the abandoned Kajang Firing Range, I had a puncture on my front tire, which was quickly fixed. After that we reached the section after the farm shed to prepared for a long push uphill. This was when the bitching started.... hahahaha...
With the exception of Henry, Naga, Edwin and me, the rest had never been on this trail before. All in all, everyone made it to the top and beyond. After speaking to some rubber tappers, we were thinking of cycling all the way in and into the Nirvana trail and from there take the main road to loop back to Kajang Giant.
Unfortunately, some of us have an appointment and we all decided to turn back and head back out. The return leg was, of course, downhill all the way! It was exhilarating and adrenalin pumping good! There were a few non-serious downhill falls, with the most notable being Sean jumping over his bike as it slid and twisted on the front tire. The front brake cable snapped and he had to depend on his rear brake the rest of the way. I guess it is at this point that Sean earned his nick, the Twister! LOL!!!
All in all, I think everyone enjoyed themselves albeit some comments about the trail being too pushy and not enough cycling... LOL. For me, I felt that it was an excellent ride! We shall make it all the way to Nirvana the next round... :-)
Some videos and photos from the geeks:
The Pening-Pening Geeks:
Thank You:
We want to extend our thanks to Uni Bike Shop (N03 00.550, E101 48.284 - located a couple of doors down from the mamak coffee shop) for being so helpful. They helped Joe fixed the chain (RM15) on this bike and Sean's front brake cable (FOC).
Map:
Description:
Quite an interesting trip this time around. Everyone assembled in a mamak coffee shop close to the Giant Superstore in Kajang at about 9:00am.
First off, we get to see Joe with his newly acquired Proton T-Bolt. Unfortunately or fortunately, while testing the bike, the joint holding the derailleur to the frame broke. So the Rooster and the Tracker tried to help out by trying to shorten the chain to at least enable Joe to ride his bike, albeit at a constant single speed. But the thought of cycling Sg. Pening-Pening on a single speed is daunting. However, I must say that I have to tapek (salute) Joe for being able to make it all the way, minus the bitching... LOL.
As soon as we made it to the abandoned Kajang Firing Range, I had a puncture on my front tire, which was quickly fixed. After that we reached the section after the farm shed to prepared for a long push uphill. This was when the bitching started.... hahahaha...
With the exception of Henry, Naga, Edwin and me, the rest had never been on this trail before. All in all, everyone made it to the top and beyond. After speaking to some rubber tappers, we were thinking of cycling all the way in and into the Nirvana trail and from there take the main road to loop back to Kajang Giant.
Unfortunately, some of us have an appointment and we all decided to turn back and head back out. The return leg was, of course, downhill all the way! It was exhilarating and adrenalin pumping good! There were a few non-serious downhill falls, with the most notable being Sean jumping over his bike as it slid and twisted on the front tire. The front brake cable snapped and he had to depend on his rear brake the rest of the way. I guess it is at this point that Sean earned his nick, the Twister! LOL!!!
All in all, I think everyone enjoyed themselves albeit some comments about the trail being too pushy and not enough cycling... LOL. For me, I felt that it was an excellent ride! We shall make it all the way to Nirvana the next round... :-)
Some videos and photos from the geeks:
The Pening-Pening Geeks:
- 5k Naga
- Tracker Henry
- Iron Man George
- Edwin Tau Foo Fa
- Sean the Twister
- Oracle Joe
- Rooster John
- Gunner Jack
Thank You:
We want to extend our thanks to Uni Bike Shop (N03 00.550, E101 48.284 - located a couple of doors down from the mamak coffee shop) for being so helpful. They helped Joe fixed the chain (RM15) on this bike and Sean's front brake cable (FOC).
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