As part of my pre-exam psyching-myself-to-mug plans, i went on a solo trip to kuantan this morning.. it’s been a good one, and surely it deserves a good blogpost..but for now, presenting the trip… in numbers..

1 rider 10am setoff 0 riding buddies 1 gortex jacket 1 pair gortex boots 1 digicam 5 stops - Johor Bahru, Mersing, Kuantan, Segamat, Gelang Patah 4 WW2 pillboxes on the way to mersing 1 lane per direction most of the way 20 corners to mersing n kuantan, @ least 4 full tanks of petrol 4 pm is lunch time 1 pizza for lunch @ Swiss Inn, ate half, remainer packed for dinner 1 sundae for lunch 20 mins walk on the beach 150 metres: distance from beach edge to water edge (low tide) 10 dead monkeys, @ least. Roadkill 1 dead monkey in the middle of the road, which i nearly ran over ~3 crushed dogs ~4 dead n stiff dogs ~5 dead cats ~10 dead rats @ least 2 accidents, none for me 4 victims 0 dead 1 broken foot 1 stuck under car 1 missing ALOT of flesh on right foot 1 stop to help out (1st accident) 2 calls for ambulance 1 LED torch as beacon to direct away traffic 0 assistance for other accident…too mortified by 1st one to stop for 2nd one..plus already alot of ppl 1 talkative kopi uncle @ GP 1 burger ayam special 1 teh 1 ice cream 170 : top speed of the day in km/h on NSH 11000rpm, max rev of the day 100%: percentage of journey planned to be covered on mostly single lane trunk roads 14.5% percentage of journey on north-south highway cos too tired to take any more trunk roads 132km: dist from JB to Mersing 200km: Mersing to Kuantan ~180km: Kuantan to Segamat ~206km: Segamat to GP 718km: Total distance 230km: Part of journey where it wasnt raining 150km: Torrential rain 11.30pm end time 2 sore knees 2 sore hands 1 sore neck 1 sore butt 2 sore shoulders 2 sore ankles 1.5 lost balls 0: percentage of body not affected in anyway 1 busted boot 1 pair of wet jeans 1 pair of wet gloves, 1 pair of hands, stained by black leather Infinity: Satisfaction level of rider