I Love To Ride My Bike

It's Sunday morning, and it's a car free day!

sms-ing bunch of friends, no immediate replies (they replying and calling when I was on my stops, excuses and excuses he2x)

so I just grab my bike (that I bought because a friend of mine bought a nice yellow 'bike to work' edition)

and destination Monas! (=National Monument Obelisk) ladies and gentlemen

so packed with a bottle of cold water and exciting anticipation of a free main road ahead, I just pedaling my bike slow but sure (halah ^_^)

at first it was easy because the bike is made of aluminum alloy so it's quite light

but after a while it's getting heavy and I'm in the land of thirst, so I stop once in a while to take pictures and sipping water

I'm not quite sure is it me or is it the heat but I have a feeling that the girls along the way seem to cheer me up quietly with their eyes and wish me not to give up until I reach the ultimate destination he3x (btw the shining sun looks bright that morning)

then at last that tall figure coming to sight, I'm approaching Monas!
and considerably still in a good shape :-)

after that I'm cruising back to my home with a happy feeling, probably caused by the sense of accomplishment ^_^

bike: a couple of million

accessories: a couple of hundred thousand

bragging to my friends that I'm riding my bike to monas alone: priceless ^_^

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Attracted to

Sometime I wonder why I’m attracted to someone or something, just like anyone would wonder why they have special interest on particular things. 

The trigger could be anything (including your genes or hormones perhaps), and it’s likely endorsed or nurtured by our surroundings and environment

Let me give a glimpse example of things that I’m attracted to, and by any chance endorsed by comic books, magazines, novels and stuff like that:

1. Jet Fighters

I have natural affection to jet fighter airplanes such as F-15 Eagle, F-14 Tomcat, Panavia Tornado and many others. 

Perhaps it’s because when I was a little kid I saw calendar next to the kitchen wall that depicts beautifully majestic jet fighters, and so most likely it was my trigger.

And perhaps that trigger endorsed by Tanguy & Laverdure comics, also by articles on boy’s magazine back then. 

If someone ask me what I want to be when I grow up back then, definitely I’d reply: I want to be a fighter pilot! 

hmmm… lucky me that fateful calendar didn’t depict a bearded man with his guitar and weary eyes stare furiously as money fell from the sky and says Rhoma Irama, Hujan Duit (=Money Rain)

2. Cuisine Delights 

I’m sure everyone who ever read Asterix comics, would know the reader’s excitement and anticipation when the comics illustrate Obelix enjoys his yummy roasted wild boar, as it’s the most enjoyable thing in the world.

I recall when I’m still a little kid that I have really high praise for Padang/Minang girls, because I think their traditional cuisine was so spicy and yummy, as a kid I imagine If I marry ‘one of them’ then perhaps we could enjoy this wonderful cuisines ‘together’ for the rest of our life.

Also back then if I saw a girl who’s enjoying bakso (meatballs clear soup) with bihun (rice noodles) or mie ayam (boiled chicken noodle) sometimes I discreetly gaze at her and subjectively think that she’s cute and loveable he3x, probably back then as a kid my ‘attractive girl’ definition subjectively influenced by her cuisine preferences.

3. Good Person 

Hmmm… because I read a lot since I was a kid, (also read other people’s mind too )

I think I have a lot of admirations for people with good behaviour and good intention 

In one way or another my admiration perhaps inspired by these comics and stuffs like: Trigan Empire, Storm, Si Janggut Merah (=Red Beard), Safan, Eppo (btw if you could find me this magazine perhaps I’d give you a big hug), Tintin, Lucky Luke, Bobo, Ananda, Hai, Tanguy & Laverdure, RA Kosasih’s wayang comics, cerita silat (=chinese martial arts epic-series) Enid Blyton’s series, City Hunter, Harry Potter series and many more…