Nice dinner with our friends on Sunday evening, and we watched the Silverstone FI Grand Prix. Wow!!!! Hammy has redeemed himself (for now). Started to watch the tennis, but went to bed when it got rained off. Shame as it turned out to be a cracker! It would have been a long night if I had stayed up to watch it.
Had my fairly regular round of Golf with 'Loose Cannons' on Tuesday at Tasik Puteri. I was runner up and just missed out on the whisky. Having won it last month, I might have been persuaded to open the bottle over lunch if I had won it this time again!
Today had an appointment at Subang Jaya Medical Centre to have my eyes tested, to see if my glaucoma is getting any worse.
Thankfully the answer is no, but I need to have regular check-ups (6 monthly) to ensure the condition is not getting worse. If it does get worse, I will need medication (eye drops) for life to prevent Optic Nerve damage. Horrible thought.
What with this and my 15 mm 'pet gall stone', I guess old age is creeping up
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Golf consumed a large chunk of Friday. I played Templar Park off the blue T's with 5 friends, and for the first time since November 2007, I never got a single par!. This course is Japanese designed and managed, and therefore like most Japanese courses it is measured in yards. However having played this course quite a number of times before, I knew it plays very long. In fact most people find that if you assume meters where the distance is indicated, and select a club accordingly you will probably be about right.
Five of us showered and adjourned to the Royal Selangor Club Annex, near the Bukit Kiara Club and had a very enjoyable lunch and a few beverages.
On Saturday I finally managed to finish the 'tweaks' to my mountain bike and it is now ready for the trails again.
Later I had a swim with my youngest boy. Actually it was more of 'wading through the pool' whilst flinging a tennis ball back and forth to each other.
Now that I am Chairman of our Condominium's Joint Management Committee, I decided to check through the draft minutes of our most recent committee meeting. Why does a secretary compose minutes in a spreadsheet?? I would have thought a word document type of software would be much more appropriate!
A visit to the Mall, some food at Mr Ho's and a bit of shopping rounded off the day.
I promised not to watch the lady's final of Wimbledon, as I knew a Williams sister was going to win, however I did watch a couple of games and the presentation ceremony.
I also needed to know who was on 'Pole' for the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone, before a radio newscaster spoiled it for me, so I watched the earlier recording. Good result for Kovalainen (half a second faster that Webber in the 'Red Bull'. The latter was the biggest surprise of the two, given the performance of that team to date and the fact that Coulthard could only finish 11th in his final British Grand Prix race. He just announced this week-end that his will be his very last F1 season!
Today had a lazy start, but then did 50kms on my road bike along the M/C lane of the Federal Highway.
Later carried out a few 'long over due' tasks around the house, and tonight we are having dinner
with some friends at their place in PJ.
Five of us showered and adjourned to the Royal Selangor Club Annex, near the Bukit Kiara Club and had a very enjoyable lunch and a few beverages.
On Saturday I finally managed to finish the 'tweaks' to my mountain bike and it is now ready for the trails again.
Later I had a swim with my youngest boy. Actually it was more of 'wading through the pool' whilst flinging a tennis ball back and forth to each other.
Now that I am Chairman of our Condominium's Joint Management Committee, I decided to check through the draft minutes of our most recent committee meeting. Why does a secretary compose minutes in a spreadsheet?? I would have thought a word document type of software would be much more appropriate!
A visit to the Mall, some food at Mr Ho's and a bit of shopping rounded off the day.
I promised not to watch the lady's final of Wimbledon, as I knew a Williams sister was going to win, however I did watch a couple of games and the presentation ceremony.
I also needed to know who was on 'Pole' for the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone, before a radio newscaster spoiled it for me, so I watched the earlier recording. Good result for Kovalainen (half a second faster that Webber in the 'Red Bull'. The latter was the biggest surprise of the two, given the performance of that team to date and the fact that Coulthard could only finish 11th in his final British Grand Prix race. He just announced this week-end that his will be his very last F1 season!
Today had a lazy start, but then did 50kms on my road bike along the M/C lane of the Federal Highway.
Later carried out a few 'long over due' tasks around the house, and tonight we are having dinner
with some friends at their place in PJ.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Government Building day
Busy day today. My wife went to the British High Com to collected her new 48 page passport. Her old one was 36 pages with 3 years to run, but no pages left, so had to get a new one. She was going to get another 36 pager, until I queried if she was planning to do less travelling over the next 10 years!....hence the change of mind and the extra cost of 12 more pages!!
Then off we go to the Ministry of Immigresen (second time in one week), but this time with a COMPLETE set of forms to renew our MM2H five year visa. We will know in seven working days if all is in order, and then we can collect.
Next we paid a visit to the Ministry of Finance (also in Putrajaya). What an impressive building.
We met with an extremely pleasant, knowledgeable, and helpful young lady, who spoke perfect English, and she answered all our queries promptly and efficiently. We were most impressed.
After the Epic Bash http://www.klmbh.org on Sunday, my mountain bike required some 'fine tuning' and brake pad replacement, so this task was the last of the day before the family and I enjoyed a delightful meal at Robson Restaurant.
http://www.j2kfm.com/robson-heights-seafood-restaurant-kuala-lumpur/comment-page-1/#comment-80983
Then off we go to the Ministry of Immigresen (second time in one week), but this time with a COMPLETE set of forms to renew our MM2H five year visa. We will know in seven working days if all is in order, and then we can collect.
Next we paid a visit to the Ministry of Finance (also in Putrajaya). What an impressive building.
We met with an extremely pleasant, knowledgeable, and helpful young lady, who spoke perfect English, and she answered all our queries promptly and efficiently. We were most impressed.
After the Epic Bash http://www.klmbh.org on Sunday, my mountain bike required some 'fine tuning' and brake pad replacement, so this task was the last of the day before the family and I enjoyed a delightful meal at Robson Restaurant.
http://www.j2kfm.com/robson-heights-seafood-restaurant-kuala-lumpur/comment-page-1/#comment-80983
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
First posting 2nd July 2008
It is so easy to set up a 'blog' these days and everyone is doing it..........so why not me?
I spend hours on the computer most days, so I might as well add a little bit of stuff which is of interest to me, and hopefully some of it will be of interest to others as well.
I am still recovering from 'The Epic Bash' KLMBH (Kuala Lumpur Mountain Bike Hash) which took place over 45k of very wet and muddy terrain in Hulu Renning, about an hour drive north East of KL. I was 'on the move' for just a little less than 5 hours, & managed to complete both loops despite my rear wheel brake pad being worn to the metal.
It was very enjoyable despite the conditions, and cramp only set in during the last 5k, and I managed to utilise 4,111 calories according to my trusty Polar Heart Rate Monitor.
Yesterday I should have played golf, but as it was an hour's drive south of KL, and I needed to visit Immigration to renew my MM2H visa, I gave it a miss.
The foray to Immigration was thwarted though due to the fact that 15 months worth of Bank statements showing considerably more sterling was being deposited into the local bank each month then is actually required (for qualification purposes). Proof was needed as to where that money was coming from. I do have the necessary proof, and will return again in the next few days!
I spend hours on the computer most days, so I might as well add a little bit of stuff which is of interest to me, and hopefully some of it will be of interest to others as well.
I am still recovering from 'The Epic Bash' KLMBH (Kuala Lumpur Mountain Bike Hash) which took place over 45k of very wet and muddy terrain in Hulu Renning, about an hour drive north East of KL. I was 'on the move' for just a little less than 5 hours, & managed to complete both loops despite my rear wheel brake pad being worn to the metal.
It was very enjoyable despite the conditions, and cramp only set in during the last 5k, and I managed to utilise 4,111 calories according to my trusty Polar Heart Rate Monitor.
Yesterday I should have played golf, but as it was an hour's drive south of KL, and I needed to visit Immigration to renew my MM2H visa, I gave it a miss.
The foray to Immigration was thwarted though due to the fact that 15 months worth of Bank statements showing considerably more sterling was being deposited into the local bank each month then is actually required (for qualification purposes). Proof was needed as to where that money was coming from. I do have the necessary proof, and will return again in the next few days!
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