Memories for all time.............

Everytime my heart looks back

All it sees is the foundation
The upbringing
The times

What cant be encased in the natural
Will be encased in the spiritual
In the soul in the spirit
For eternity remembers
What we do in life, echoes in eternity

The journey is memorable
The pain was forgettable
The joy was out of this world
And the heart still remains there
The have more of life

But for now
Memories play the role of a long ago era
When it was then........an experience

Our very own 3 Stooges.....
(Aizat, Wen Han, Alif)

Chow Kit has come to ACS.......nah kiddin.......lepak gang......
(Yue Kiong, Kaixun, Aizat, Asyraf, Wen Han, Alif, Terry)

Thats wat they call gaya.
(Evelyn, Khairunnisa, Angie, Amy)

Lesbians? Heck no.......just can stay away from each other
(Cheah Yen and Lin Foong)

Beverly Girls 32000
(Chin Ping, Ivy, Chin Yee, Siew Ying, Adelene, Lee King ,Mei Hwei)

Where will u find two gals praising our waste management system?
(Amy and Khairunnisa)

The athlete......
(Darren)

Dancing to the music of "Ayam Kepak"

(Cheah Yen, Chian Yin, Huey Ling, Lin Foong)

Always remembered.......
(Mee Soon, Terry, Alif, Loga)

Buddies + Brains = Craziness? Answer : Yes....
(Darren and Chee Eng)

Moulin Rouge reenacted
(Cheah Yen, Lin Foong, Chin Peng, Mei Hwei, Chian Yin, Huey Ling, Adelene, Ivy, Pei Xuan)

Brothers........in class only
(Kai Wei and Joseph)

The hysterical group.......
(Yue Keong, Kaixun, Kai Wei, Wen Han, Joseph, Darren, Mee Soon)

Arm wrestling minus the table?
(Kharunnisa and Chin Peng)

Malay beauties
(Munira, Fadhilah, Raja Nur Mahirah, Nurfathiah)

It would be a crime not to include the lady of the class, Pn Che Suzannah
(Caroline, Pei Xuan, Khairunnisa, Angie, Amy, Cheah Yen, Ivy)

Best of Buds
(Caroline and Caryn)

Who can ever forget them? Monitor and Assistant?
(Su Mee Soon and Chew Mei Hwei)

Another duo
(Chandra and Sagunthalai)

All the guys

Remind me to never pose like them...........
(Cheah Yen and Amy)

Well some love and peace to all i guess........
(Amy and Cheah Yen)

Best couple.........no doubt........
(Peter Tok and Lin Foong)

Strange Foreign Beauties
(Chian Yin and Huey Ling)

Finally........all the girls

Wait.........i aint done yet.....its not the end...........


Ok......now thats more like it

Thank You 5 Science 1

The End

Memories that last a lifetime............

This is something u all have to see from my school days! The most precious videos i have had from SMK Methodist ACS, Sitiawan.

This video was taken during the class photo session for the school magazine. So we happen to lepak at the school forum.........when we were all enjoying the pic taking moments........this happened...............

Narration by Tan Chee Eng n Darren Chan


This was during our preparation for the district Science and Innovation Carnival. Our projet was a Solar Hotdog Cooker which uses a parabolic mirror to focus light at a focal point to cook hotdogs. It really works as a hotdog is cooked in 5 minutes with sunlight. Temperature recorded at the focal point exceeded 100 Celcius. HOT! So as we dismantled the huge thing to be loaded in the car............drama unfolded...........

Actors : Tan Chee Eng, Darren Chan, Eve Teo

Memories..............*sniff*

Genting Sempah route profile

Heya folks........still feeling the KOM fever here. SO i managed to get the actual mountain profile for Genting Sempah.

The pic shows the genting sempah route that cyclist always use. The most bottom at 0KM is from the Islamic School. Even from there out actual altitude is abt 100+ meters.

The X - axis is distance and the Y- axis is altitude. Peak altitude, which is where the finish line was is at abt 600 meters. Distance is roughly25km but usually we all start counting from then Hospital Orang Asli (HOA) which is abt 7km from 0km.

Avegare gradient for genting sempah (or any hill tat u wana calculate) is : (Total Altitude Gained/ Total Distace traveled) x 100.

So GS is roughly (600m/15000m) x 100 = approx 4%.

4% is really shallow for a climb. Genting Highlands route on the other hand is about (1200/17000) x 100 = 7%. But some places it shoots to 20%......which means u go up 20 meters in 100m of distance traveled. Awesome..........

KOM Official Results

So heres what u and me have been waiting for..... King Of the Mountains results hehe

Yeah baby, i finished!

Name : Darren Chan Wai Mun
Race number : 100
Position : 62
Time : 43 minutes 16 seconds
Avg Speed : 20.9km

Can check the link if u dont believe me - http://kom.way2ride.com/
Hehe

Overall im pretty happy with my performance

^^

KOM Part 2 - More photos

More photos from King Of Mountains race. Enjoy them!!

King Of the Mountains Bike Race 2008 - Genting Sempah

Well something that i have always wanted to join on a big scale event.......joining a bike race. I remember back in secondary when seeing all those TdF and TdL reports........i wondered, when can i feel what its like to be in a race.

Heres the chance now. After registering and paying the fee plus collecting my lucky number 100 tag, Sunday (13/04/08) arrived. My preparation for this was really shallow coz i was busy lately. But then i just went ahead and give all that i have.

Got up at arnd 6.45am and wanted to go there early. To my horror i was drizzling. I did want to wait there.......but i thought it be even better to go there early to get all things sorted out. So what the heck.........i rode in the rain at 7am on a sunday. And mind u, its freezing cold. And the faster u go, the colder it gets...........brrr............i was wishing for a windbreaker badly. Now i know why they need to keep warm in the rain.

I reached the starting point which is at the Islamic School in Gombak. Nice little space for bikes n cars to park. Expected riders to turn up were over 180.......maybe 200 or more. This is a phenomenal sight to see........considering IM IN IT! Haha. Since it was only 7.30am.......just lepak around see who comes in. Lots of vans and cars with bikes all over the place. Banners for Polar heart rate monitors and PowerBar were all over as they are the main sponsors. Thanks to them, the entrance fee was kept real low. And we get 1 free PowerBar as well. ^^

I finally saw Mr Jamil, the first rider i met in KL since i brought my bike. Was good to see him in this race. We really chatted and caught up with one another. And fortunately Benny , store manager for Bike Boutique was on scene as well to provide free bike checkups and tuning. Jamil had a flat tyre........just what the doc ordered.

Time of start was at 8.30. More riders came in.......far as JB and Melaka n Kedah n even EAst coast. Once again i got really excited. Did a few warm up rounds so i didnt get cold legs. Then saw some of my riding mates. Even saw Khalid who came from home. Came here the night before.

Organisers got the field to line up at abt 8.30am. It was suppose to be a 7km rolling start. We dont race until we reach the proper 0km mark after the Orang Asli Hospital. At 8.45......we were let off in one big bunch. We had 5 police bikes to help clear the way and make things easy for 200 riders to cram on one small road. I was still nervous to go in the main peloton as im affraid of crashes. But no sooner than i thought..............the bunch uped the pace to 40kmh! It was suppose to be a slow start. But then they went fast.........and we havent even reached 0km. Haiz.......so early suffer liao. How will i get up sempah with this kind of pace? Boys from the Armed Forces and the National Sports Council were dominating the pack........as well as our own W2R guys. I just hung at the back drafting.

As we crossed traffics lights.........took corners...........people saw us. Wonder what they felt seeing this peloton racing past them. I forgot to set my meter so i was really a bit blur abt my distance n avg speed. But luckily i knw the route well enough.

Suddenly in front the bunch was in chaos as 2 or 3 riders fell. One was at the road side.......looks ok to me but must be a bit dazed. Crashes at 40kmh are not pretty. I can wreck the bike n rider sometimes. i managed to gain some position up the field. We just passed the Hospital and the starting line is just after a small bridge. I heard the air horn go off and we were underway racing. The peloton just kept going ahead. I couldnt follow. I didnt want to follow coz i knw i will get in trouble. I just kept the first few km high pace to catch up some time. Behind me are still more riders esp the Mountain Bikes coz they are heavy and slower. In front a line of riders strung out along the road. Slowy i caught some.

After the first hairpin which where the real climb starts i was alone for a while. Then i caught two guys in front and just followed a while. It was Tabira and another guy actually. So i passed them steady at abt 23kmh. They tried to follow me. I just kept pace and after a while i lost them. There is a section of road abt 3km long which is flat and there i turned up the gears and made like a train on tracks. Soon i caught another two riders. A chinese guy. and then the other i realised was Alim. His pace is as good as mine so i stuck to him. Two guys working together is better.

At this point already a million thoughts ran in my brain. Wheres the peloton? how far are they in front. whats my actualy ride time (i forgot to time n set everything coz things just went too fast to stop and check). i kept pace with Alim around 19-20kmh. Using my second lightest gear to get a nice good cadence. The chinese guy eventually fell behind.....just me and Alim most of the time. My legs were already hurting. I was taking extremely huge breaths of air. My heart rate was almost at max level. And i still had to go on. I pushed really hard. Didnt give into temptation to slow.

Alim really tried to lose me a couple of times. Sudden bursts of sprints. But i manage to catch. But at one point he led me abt 10 meters and i was just keen to keep my own pace. In front we found a few more slow riders. Potong sayur we did. LOL.

In Genting Sempah, if u reach the transmission tower......ur nearing the end but u will be getting the most punishment........ 4 short steep climbs. One is really short abt 30 meters........the longest is abt 100 meters. And these are tiny switchbacks actually. Switchbacks are like hairpins........sharp corners but goes UP in elevation. But i have found a way to tackle these guys and i knew which ones i can attack and which ones i just keep steady.

The first SB i manage to reel in alim........and i was along side him now. Then he went behind me. Now mind u my legs were in deep hot pain by now but i didnt want to slow down. And i didnt want to let Alim get ahead of me. On the second shallow SB i opened up a small gap. we had a girl rider tagging us also for a while after she drafted behind some cars......which was really "main tak aci" aka "not fair". well i didnt mind at all. So 3 of us stuck together. I heard there was abt 2km left to climb and i just sat and conserved energy for the final push. My strategy was to attack on the final corner. To many that is a hell corner coz its steep, but i love it for some reason and i can climb it really nicely. And the last 2 SB's are actually just 200 meters apart. So after the 3rd one i was ahead of alim and the girl. And i kept a distance with some pace. And as soon i got to the last corner i dropped 2 gears to my 21 rear cogset and stood up and mashed the pedals. This time i really split the 3 of us apart and my tactic worked. I had destroyed the small group i was in. Haha. Finally something worked in this race.

And i saw the 1km marker as soon i got to the top............so i pushed some more........i constantly checked back to see if anyone followed me. up until 500 meters i still couldnt see anyone. I kept pushing. There was just one more small bend to go before i see the finish line. I kept at around 25kmh. And soon........the sight i was waiting for........the FINISH line. I took one finaly look back and i saw them 100 meters back. I just sat up as i came across the line. And now i can finally REST.

MY heart pounding. taking lots of air. And i was exhausted. Legs were like jelly. But i made it to the line. Happy to finish a race. Then Alim and some others came in. I found a place to rest waiting for the other frends to come in. One by one they came. Few minits apart. And after was all said and done......we gathered and talked abt the ride, sharing wat we went through and chit chatting. We had to wait for all to finish then only will the prized be given. I got from Alim that his time in was 46minits. So i should be at 45 minits since i was a bit infront. A personal best for me up this 550 meter tall mountain. Its taller than KLCC by 100 meters!

Later i found out the winner was clocked at 33minits to the line. Seriously nuts. And what more since they are National Sports Council riders training under national coaches. There should be an elite category and a general category. Other wise the results wont be really justified.

After all the prize giving and all.........we went back down the mountain. Balik rumah and rested. But later one went to PC Fair with Zhang Song to find a new motherboard for Faiths pc. And then i went to attend church's second service at 5pm. Honestly i was sleepy n tired n dozed off a lot of the time. Sorry God but i was really tired. So i didnt really rest until later at night after the Man Utd vs Arsenal match.

My legs were so damn sore. But anyway...........Man Utd beat Arsenal 2-1.......... wohooo!

So next years KOM i hope to improve my time and postition.

p/s : Official positions and times be out later this week after all things are sorted out with the organisers.

KOM Photos!!

Here are some KOM photos from the race. Courtesy of mr Jamil and G2Cycles. Later more pics n the story coming soon.

All systems go!

Its me on race day morning! Howdy guys!

Me n Mr Jamil having some time to make history.........

On your marks riders!

Go Go Go!!!!

The pack on the move!

Can see me? Im in the centre behind the red jersey rider. ^^

The riders arriving at the finish.....

Sprint to the max! And an MTB beats a roadbike.........malu siot!

Haiz...........tak menang menang lagi tahun ni........

We are one hot bunch of guys arent we?

Posing cool........steady.........control hansem

Just did u all see that pink elephant in the forest? I swear it was pink!!

A Night with Planetshakers - FGA (12/4/08)

This night was supposed to be a single small event with Planetshakers at the FGA Hall in Jalan Kuchai Lama. PS was just stopping over and since they were here, wat the heck, sure go la.

Its not a full confrence. Just a small short night with preaching by Rev Jamie Haith from England.

So like 25 of us World HArvest Hardcore Planetshaker ppl gathered at BRJ at abt 5.45 in afternoon, had dinner then by 6.25 we left. Took abt 1 hr to reach there.......along the way jokes came out loose. IT was so funny the jokes we shared.........esp with guys like me , Jason n Daniel, Vighnath, Moses, Narvin and the two girls tagging along. 5 cars all together but i tink our one was the one with all the jokes and laughter inside.

7.30 we reached FGA and to be honest we were late abit to get good placings. Already seas of ppl were lining up to enter the main hall. I mean esp among the Christian Youth, if PS were to come to KL.......expect thousands to turn up.

So after park car and line up to go up. Me n Vigh were like just want to enter the main hall, and as i wanted to step in.......the doors shut us out. NO ROOM. FULL HOUSE.

And as a result, we had to be directed to the overflow in the next building..........which means we wont be getting a live show.

Well this was when God really told me in my heart, "Son, if u really want to worship Me, i challenge u to do it without being live in the same hall as PS. As long your heart is on worship, anywhere will do."

So i said to myself, im going to worship n praise God in that overflow with the same heart if i were at the main hall. Its a challenge....esp when its on a screen. The overflow was large also but not as large as the main hall..........at least 2000 ppl fitted in there. The overflow had close to 1000 also.

So us WHC members sat at one corner front rows just infront of the screen. haha.......nice place man. Then at 8pm things got underway. But i turned around and saw the ppl, esp the Christian youths that they were obviously disappointed not to be in the main hall. I just can feel it.

But i can tell we were in good spirits and as soon as the band started playing.......no one in tat overflow clapped but us........and as soon we raised the spirits of the whole corner.......it spread throughout the whole hall.........as long we worshiped with heart, Gods presence will come down and bring the same to the others. And guess what? We were rocking away for Jesus man!!! We all got up, we jumped about like mad ppl..........mad for God. We sang out hearts out to God, raised our hands and we got the crowd going pretty well.

The worship n praise was awesome and great. God's presence was there.

And we heard Pastor Jamie Haith's message from the book of Matthew in the Bible about how Jesus called His 12 disciples to follow Him.

Then He said to them 'Follow me, and i will make u fishers of men.' And they immediately left their nets and followed Him (Matthew 4:19-20)

Here Jesus came upon some fishermen, going abt their business, and all He did was just ask them to follow Him. He just chose 12 of them. But Jesus, who is God the Lord Almighty, and why would He choose such simple ppl to be the foundation of the Christian faith?

As fishermen, they were uneducated, simple life ppl, smelly from all that fish, and would just like to be the way they are. But Jesus still called them, AS THEY ARE. He didnt mind who they were, as long they followed. Follow what He taught, where He went and do what He did.

If Jesus just appeared infront of u, and He asked u to follow Him, what would u say of think of? Surely u will have second thoughts. Normal human response anyway. But what does your heart say? Will u follow for something greater than life itself? Surely there is more to life than just this we are living now. Just that many have been looking high and low for it when it is directly in front of them.

Jesus chose them, though they were also sinners, have never heard of the Gospel, not a religious and holy group like the Pharisees and the Scribes. But He chose them. Its their heart He is after. He sees the heart.

And like the same as today, God doesnt mind who are u. Where u are from, what u did before in the past. Whether u were a rotten grumpy road rage with serious attitudes. Whether u nailed someone to the floor. Whether u were a thief. Whether u were a coward or a homosexual. Jesus still wants you to follow Him. He has put aside all that is unworthy. He has said that whoever follows Him and does His work of spreading the name of God are trully rewarded in heaven.That is His assurance. But it takes a heart that believes.

You just have to come before God and just be as you are, and let Him take all that burden away from your shoulders. Whatever tat is troubling you, your concerns, your life. Coz when u give your life to Jesus, He is going to take care of it. Thought sometimes u encounter a hard time, God will not give u something u cannot handle. All He wants to do sometimes is put us through parental training. Otherwise we wont know how to handle things and learn

Just like me. I wanted to go in the main hall so badly. But i cant. I did feel disappointed. Yet He taught me, worship is free to be done anywhere. I didnt need live Planetshakers. I just needed a live God to sing and praise to. Its all about God. If it wasnt about God then life has no meaning. No matter how hard u try to search for it.

Some people refer the bible, BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. Which is kind of true. There are instructions in there. There arent tons prayers to memorize and recite in there. No. The bible isnt JUST for Christians. Its for everyone. Its not a religious book. Its a relationship guide with God. It is not a law book. But it is a book to get u to know God closer.

So we wrapped up the night with a finaly worship and lots of more praises and jumping n shouting and crying for God. And i was all really up beat spiritually.

Planetshakers has released their 2008 album titled Free. Just to let u see the lyrics and a video of the song. Well its a drummer playing to the song but then again can just listen to the song to hear what is it like. Its really cool. Enjoy!

Free - Henry Seeley
Planetshakers 2008

Your my Savior
You have set me free forever
It is by Your grace and power
That You have set me free

You saved me
You set me free
You healed me
You made me see
You set me free

You give me all that i need
You give me
Come and run to me
You set me free

All i want to do
Is praise You
Coz You have set me free

You are the way
I will live for You all my days
Never will i hold back my praise
Coz You have set me free

Theres freedom in the name of Jesus
Freedom from all shame
Theres freedom in the name of Jesus
Freedom from all pain
Theres freedom in the name of Jesus
Freedom from all sin
Theres freedom in the name of Jesus
Freedom in the name of Jesus

KLIM (part 2)

Jon, eat your heart out............ LOL!

Found this at Pacesetters foto archive for last months KLIM.

Finally a foto to remember at least.............

Hope u know whic person is me.

Below is something i made........hehehe