Thursday, June 26, 2008

By Bike To Malaysia

Whispers:
SBC and her sister is in Kota Kinabalu now. She call me in the middle of the day...
SBC: I hav found the "Yoyo" shop that you told me the other day... but what should I have???
Me: Pearl Milky Tea or Sea Coconut Milky Tea
SBC: where got??? All also in Mandarin one... You are bluffing me ah???
Me: Check nicely first...
SBC: Oh, I see it... Oh, I see it... Okay, bye bye... (hang up)
Me: ????
(It happens somehow like this la... Make me long for going back to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. How I wish to go back there soon...)

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Saw something very interesting today in The Star Metro. A Malaysian, who is currently residing in Gattieres, France (near Nice), is currently on his way back to his hometown in Segamat, Malaysia by travelling on a modified motorbike, a BMW F650GS Dakar.

Along the way, Sheen Kua (the name of the man) would be crossing 22 countries and clocking up a total distance of 35,000km in the process.

The journey started in mid-April 2008 and Sheen Kua is expected to reach his hometown by end of July 2008. Apart from being a childhood dream, Sheen Kua actually hope that he would be able to help raise funds for The Good Shepherd Welfare Home in Segamat, and to create awareness of the place which is run solely on public donations.

Some of the place the he has pass though (according to the pictures posted in his website are: Cremona, Venice, Slovenska Bistrica, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Istanbul, Ankara Cappadocia, Erzincan Dogubayazit, Iran, Uzbekistan, Khazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Currently, he is somewhere in Pakistan. He plans to have his motorbike air-freighted either from New Delhi, India or from Kathmandu, Nepal to Bangkok in Thailand, from where he will continue his ride south to Malaysia.

After Malaysia (with some rest and quality time with his family (which would be flying down from France), he would embark on his second leg of his journey through Indonesia and Australia.

To keep track of Sheen Kua's journey, check out his website here. Remember to leave a comment/encouragement for him...

Here are two pictures of Sheen during part of his journey...

Gambatte!!!

Sheen Kua in Cremona
(Coutesy of http://www.bybike2malaysia.com)

Sheen Kua in Istanbul
(Picture courtesy of TheStar Online)

p.s.: Someday, I wish I could do something similar... Someday...

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