2nd August 2016 Tasik Biru Ghost Hunt

Ghost Hunting Ride :-

Tail lights...

   The warm up ride before Burung Hantu in October. Someone suggested, 20 agreed. So off we went to Tasik Biru in Sungai Buloh for a night ride. the idea was to test out the lights needed for the upcoming ride in Malacca. Also to check how many of the old folks needed new spectacles for night blurry vision. Our resident eye specialist Batman Tong was absent. However, we were sure he would welcome any extra business coming from this end of the rainbow. Slightly fading but still a rainbow nonetheless...

Ghost hunting begins.

   With the average median age within the riding group touching 50's now, poor eye sight is the current concern. Soon to be caught up by poor hearing. As concerned riding buddies, we will try to address one problem at a time. The current prevailing one was to avoid fellow riders riding into each other or reaching out for help and grabs another person's twinkie instead of his hand. Getting hold of a sweaty todger is the least thing i plan to do during this lifetime. Especially when the said todger belongs to a centurion.
   At 1900 hours, most riders were present and ready for the ride. Excitement and spirits were high. The group could barely wait for supper to come. Having roti canai after ride is very motivating indeed. So much so, the group had to be held back from rushing off into the darkness.
   Well, except for 2 old farts who decided to show up 30 minutes late.

   We waved good bye and wished them well. Off we went into the darkening skies following Tailook. A trail of blinkers lead into the oil palm estate which will be our playground for the next 5 hours.
   Trail was pretty much intact and remained the same since the last time we came for the ride. Except for a few bit that was flattened down and muddy. That was ok i guess, considering we still managed to squeeze out 30 clicks of night time riding that day. Pretty much palm oil trails the entire night. Flowy and smooth for most of the way. Rode through a couple of tunnels and climb up pretty much all the monsoon drain we could find and ended up in a petrol station right smack in the middle of nowhere. Which was a pretty welcomed treat really.

That is 100k worth of muddy bikes.

   Didn't think the station owner was pleased seeing 20 mud covered old chimps parked in front of his station drinking Coke at 11pm. He was mighty concerned. Can't quite blame him now can we? What was he to do if one old chimps decides to get a heart attack from drinking ice cold Coke and drops dead there and there itself? Would have been a mighty mess to clean up eh? I would be pissed if i were him... All the mud and sweaty jerseys to burn and get rid of. Disposing a sweaty muddy body would be asking too much in exchange for a can of Coke.

One chimp stops chewing his food.

   It was then that i noticed how well trained and conditioned these bunch of old chimps have become. I have never believed that it is possible to train a bunch of 50 year olds. What more, a bunch of 20 chimps. Together in a group.
   Watching on tv, the difficulties a shepherd had to endure to round up even a simple minded bunch of goats. I was amazed at how easy it was to round up this bunch of old chimps. You did not have to shout. Or wave a stick at anyone. No need to make threats or fists waving. It was almost magical really.
   To get the group to shut up and get in line. All you need to do is...

11 well behaved chimps.

More well trained chimps.

   Whip out your phone and offer to take photos.

Even the mighty caveman froze for the camera.

   You can almost stop planet earth from spinning i tell you. Everything comes to a complete standstill. Circus monkeys would be put to shame.
   It is amazing what a mobile phone camera can do these day and age. The chimps goes into a trance like motion. Without being told, every chimp would stop whatever it was doing and pose for the camera. A buck naked Pamela Anderson appearing then and there itself would be ignored. This phenomenon should be studied. I mean seriously looked into.
   I really really like Pamela.

   Un'believeable...