tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348782492972851822025-08-16T15:50:59.516+08:00The stuff that makes me....Arnaz M. Khairulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17001258749957191685noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534878249297285182.post-82268714657309826152012-12-22T11:44:00.000+08:002012-12-22T11:44:00.134+08:00

Charlie Chaplin's words some seven decades ago from the 1940 movie The Great Dictator is probably the greatest speech ever. We've progressed, but only with more fancy machinery. Humans still are the same, if not worse. From the regular corporate back-stabber to the warring factions of governments and rebels, there's less decency in the world. People twist their words and are more brutal in

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I'd like to congratulate Philippe Gilbert of Belgium and the BMC Racing Team for a truly remarkable victory achieved in the UCI Road World Championships road race in Limburg, Holland on Sunday. No other rider in that front pack would have had the balls to attempt what he did - a solo attack in the final 2 kilometres from a lead pack of about 30 riders that surged towards the finish at breakneck

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Not many are worthy of such a statement from myself as Karim Ibrahim, the controversial but long-serving personality in Malaysian athletics that from today finally becomes FORMER Malaysian Athletics Union (MAU) deputy president. It has been 19 years of destruction, in my humble opinion, that athletics has gone through especially with him having a hand in every possible controversy within the

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It started of with this fat Korean rapper doing this: That sparked a parody craze which Malaysians have gone mad about We now have KL Style: Penang Style: Georgetown Style: The 1Malaysia Johor Style: Segamat, Johor Style: Batu Pahat, Johor Style: The Historical City of Melaka Style: Orang Sabah Style: Gangnam Style -Sabah (Lahad Datu version): They even made one for Hari

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I would turn 15 just six days later and in those days as any football/sports fan in this part of the world would attest, we craved every bit of live coverage. It didn't matter which team we supported, a live football match or any match on TV would be an event not to be missed. There I was in front of the TV at home (no viewing at mamak stalls in those days) with my little three-year old brother,

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Julien Simon ascended the top of the podium in the Tour du Finistere decked in his Saur-Sojasun kit on Saturday, April 14. That signaled the Frenchman's arrival on the big stage having turned professional with the former Credit Agricole team in 2008. Saturday's victory in the Tour du Finistere was the 26-year old Julien Simon's first victory in his home country. But wait a minute! Julian Simon

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Well, by now you'd be sure to have known about the DRB-Hicom takeover of Proton, the resignation of chairman Datuk Seri Nadzmi Salleh, then Datuk Seri Syed Zainal the MD... That put Proton's position as a cash cow for the Dany Bahar-led and Proton-owned Group Lotus up for debate. The first bomb was dropped when it was announced that Lotus were to pull the plug on the much debated

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I'd complained weeks earlier about garbage being dumped along Bukit Hantu in Hulu Langat, and that the country's most popular cycling routes continue to be ruined by irresponsible litterbugs. This picture was taken 200 metres from the summit of the second king of the mountains point at Genting Perez, on Stage Five of the 17th edition of Le Tour de Langkawi on February 28. That says it all. It

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"Colnago is known for its iconic ace of clubs logo but the C59 Ottanta has a special head badge: the original ‘Eagle and Arrow’ logo that was created in 1954 inspired by a headline in the local newspaper that described Colnago as fast as an arrow when he won a race." - taken from Colnago.com article describing the C59 Ottanta, a limited edition bike created by the master Ernesto Colnago. Read it

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Well I struggled up what is known as Bukit Hantu in Hulu Langat this morning en route to my favourite nasi lemak bungkus breakfast joint in the whole world at Sg Tekala. This picture was taken on my bike as my heart rate monitor read I was at 85% and needing to pump all the air I could get through my lungs. This was a good 400-metre stretch along one of the more popular hill climb routes

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When a buddy asked me to check out the Colnago Master a couple of days ago and tell him where he could get his hands on it in Malaysia, I told him try looking up some popular sites for second hand classics. He told me no, he wanted the brand new 2012 Colnago Master. I thought it was discontinued in 2008 after a Proton Wira-like production lifespan and serving up countless smiles from avid

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Well, is the ERL telling us they allow garbage on board their trains but not folding bikes? RTM sportscaster Faisal Jamal recently sold off his under-utilised mountain bike, after deciding his preferred mode of cycling would be a combination between exercise and commuting. A recent hike in attention on folding bikes and Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd, the holding company for the LRT, KL Monorail

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Thought I'd just share this nice piece that totally reminds me of the countless conversations I've had with so many cycling buddies. The video serves a good cause... And a purpose. Tells you to: "Screw the bike porn, let's just do the ride!"

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The impending, most drastic change in Formula 1 engine regulations looms in 2013. The current 2.4-litre normally aspirated V8 engines will be replaced by turbocharged 1.6-litre four-cylinder ones, which are more environmentally polite. Fuel consumption, it is estimated, will be reduced by a minimum of 35%, more so with a focus on energy recovery that produce power without burning fuel, as in

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I've been trying to maintain a stance that Malaysia's triumph in the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, albeit much awaited, is nothing to shout about. All we've done is emerge champions of the South East Asian region, which doesn't have a single representative in the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar next week that features the top 16 teams in Asia. I can't blame most Malaysians for over-emphasising the significance

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SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEARSEBASTIAN VETTEL (Ger) Red Bull Racing (Formula 1) - He's the youngest EVERYTHING in Formula One. Youngest grand prix driver at 19, youngest pole sitter at 21, the same year he became the youngest race winner and to cap it all at just 23 this year, he's the sport's youngest ever world champion. He topped my list for having survived and won what was an extreme,

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Well, sad year for me as a Manchester United & Selangor fan. All both won were the minor honours - United the English League Cup and Selangor, just the MSL title. Let's just have a a look back on what 2010 offered, beginning with this first installment.CONTROVERSY OF THE YEAR Enjoyed a great start to the year here in Malaysia when the Lotus Racing team made their debut in Formula One. In the

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From the burning of the Jalur Gemilang, to constant taunting online and in the press, some Indonesians just failed to accept that they were well and truly defeated in the AFF Suzuki Cup final, though there are voices in that country issuing calls that are more mature in nature, urging them to look forward and take the positives from this tournament. Some Indonesian newspapers alleged everything

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There needed to be some results and in the space of 12 months, the national under-23 and senior football team provided two. The under-23s won the Sea Games gold for the first time since 1989 in Laos last December and with the nucleus of that team forming the senior squad, last night they won the AFF Suzuki Cup for the first time ever. It is a great moment for fans in the country, who've longed

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JULIA Perez, summarised, is Indonesia's answer to everything from Mary Carey to Larissa Riquelme, or at least she tries her very best to pick up where those headline-makers left off. She's this controversial bombshell famed for having an affair with an Argentine footballer playing in the Liga Indonesia, while still married to a Frenchman. She's dumped her French husband from whom she gained

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Well, the time I've spent not updating this blog out of my own displeasure with doing it, is nothing compared to the length of the wait Malaysia has had before we could feel a little sense of pride in our football team. A long way from the embarassing 5-1 group stage defeat to Indonesia coach K. Rajagobal's men have come and if the 2-0 aggregate semi-final win over Vietnam, courtesy of both

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We're dreaming no more alright...I couldn't believe my ears when I heard about them. Even thought of it as a joke, or destined to be one. But the pictures say it all and the moment I saw it before my eyes at the Royal Horticultural Hall in London last Friday (Feb 10), this James Morrison song kept strumming in my head. I began covering F1 at the tailend of Alex Yoong's shortlived career and had

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I must say it took some time before I really understood cycling. But when I did, it was eternal love. Still is and I'd like for it to always be that way. It was so simple when there was nothing to shout about. The same as you'd probably have in a relationship. As the writer, I'd only watched and tried to do what I could to stop the sport from being raped beyond recognition. Malaysian cycling

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It should be about perseverance paying off, but what transpired in the NPC-Milo Inter-Media 9-a-Side Hockey & Netball Championships 2010 at Kelab Aman on Jan 23 made me think again. Well it could be because our NST "A" team, which I led, emerged champions in hockey. It tasted so sweet that we're still talking about it in the office. It ended my personal nine-year wait since I joined the NST, to

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I must say I've usually been quite impressed by the enthusiasm shown by some of the women folk at the New Straits Times when it comes to sport. Just over a year ago, we got some of them to put on their futsal shoes and take on the best of the media world in the NPC Inter-Media Futsal Championships in 2008. They actually comitted to a month-long training regime under makeshift coach Nelson

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