Today I rode to Johor Bahru with my wife for a breakfast ride.

Today I rode to Johor Bahru with my wife for a breakfast ride. Rode my new motorcycle, the Yamaha XMAX 300 Tech Max, commonly known as XMAX. 

Now, if you are fellow motorcyclist who loves to go touring, you will understand the joy of riding. Never mind the destination you are headed, its just the pure joy of riding. It is therapeutic for me. I am thankful my wife enjoys it too (that's what she say and if she is lying, she hides it pretty well).

I have been on many trips across the border to JB. Did regular trips to Malacca during pre-covid days and a few trips to KL. I enjoyed all of them (except when there is a heavy downpour!).

So today, we googled and saw this site - https://eatbook.sg/johor-bahru-cafes/. Decided to give some of the cafes a try over the next few weeks. Today we tried the cafe called The Replacement – Lodge & Kitchen . A decent cafe. Along that street there were many other cafes / restaurant. Plan to try some of them soon too.

Man, this blog entry is rather nostalgic. It's like those days where you simply write how your day went...haha!

However, a blog entry on the joy of motorcycling cannot be told in one post. It needs many more to do it justice!

Hope to share more on how i started, the good and bad days of riding and the multiple bikes before deciding i finally found that one bike (you know that's a lie, because one bike is never enough!).

Good night.

-SMN

Last blogged date was in Aug 2023.

 Last blogged date was in Aug 2023. 

I admit, that was terribly long ago when considering that i promised to blog more frequently. School was a factor. Laziness was another. It is not that there is nothing to write about. It is too much unstructured thoughts which can be chaotic and it takes too much time to put into writing in a coherent manner.

For instance, i would like to talk about investing and finance. The subject is not only voluminous but also operates in the subjective realms where any opinion likely has a counter-argument. But, agreeably, that is not a good reason not to talk about it. The trick is to narrow the topic and offer a short summary. Perhaps someday I can talk and write more about it because it is important i track my thoughts on this subject. I have found that what i held to true in finance may be no longer be true. So it is important to remind myself that it's perfectly fine to be wrong. It's the learning from the wrong that is pivotal.

And since we are at the subject of finance, i was saddened to hear the passing of Charlie Munger a couple of months back. No doubt many saw it coming since he was approaching 100 years old. More than investing, both Munger and Warren Buffett have shared wisdom that there is more to life than just investing. May Munger rest in peace. Interestingly, Munger was a fan of Lee Kuan Yew, so much so that he has a bust of LKY at his home.

Says a lot about Munger and also about LKY. There is no mention that they ever met personally. Who knows, may be they did since LKY is know to travel to US and meet the top officials and business leaders.

To end, will blog more often. About bikes, bags, books, football and everything. I enjoy reading back some of my old posts. Even more satisfying is to know there are no followers of the blog. With followers, it would be tiresome to question every blog post if it comes off as offensive before posting it. To any one who eventually comes across this blog and reads it, i hope you will read all or most of the posts to know that my intent is never to offend. Sometimes it may come as so. But i hope you see my intent of it.

Thanks and good night.

-SMN