Sunday, June 1, 2008

Penang to Hatyai

At about 6.30am in the morning , when I reached St John Ambulance HQ, there were some 70-80 people standby there to get ready for the flag-off by the CM YAB Lim Guan Eng.I felt so touch . I knew I have done the right thing to honour my promise, that is to continue this expedition.I appreciated very much what Dato Dr Yee (St John Ambulance), Dr Oh (Hospice of Penang) , Mr Ong and Mdm Yeap (Family Planning Association) and their fellow members have assisted to make this flag-off a grand and meaningful one.I moved around to shoke hand with every one who attended this grand flagg-off.
Dr Yee have emphasised numerous times in our meeting that the amount collected to hit the target of RM500,000 for this charity fund was not of great important. He stressed that the successfully completion of this journey will carry the most meaningful of all.He said that the Penang site should look forward for healthy life ,to create more green for the next generation and assist those in needs.
At about 7.00am , a speech was addressed by CM before flag-off. The speech by CM to support this project was so touch. He agreed that we should try our best to contribute to the society as to create a harmony, healthy and peaceful society.
Before the flag-off, I hag my wife and said good bye to her and I will miss her during the journey.
The convoy arraged by Dato Dr Yee to escort us to the ferry was so great. It includes 2 ambulance cars, 2 ambulance motors and 6 ambulance bicycles, 20 supporting bicycles teams from my comrades , YB Koay Teang Hai , the YB of Pulau Tikus, 80 cyclists from the Classic Cycling Club and from Tanjong Bunga and Penang Chinese Swimming Club and others.
There were also two 4x4 escorted us to Hatyai. After crossing over to Butterworth by ferry, there were 20 cyclists accompanied us right up to Hatyai.
On the way to Hatyai, we passed through Kepala Batas, Sungai Petani, Alor Setar, Jitra, Changlung and Bukit Kayu Hitam. The weather was so clear until we were struck by rain from Alor Star.
We were cycling at the speed of 25-30km/hr, rushing toward Hatyai hopefully reaching Hatyai before 9.00pm. After crossing Bukit Kayu Hitam , we were struck by the rain all the way to Hatyai.
It was a great experience to cycle such a long distance of 229km from Penang to Hatyai, and we managed to reached Hatyai as scheduled.
It is possible for one achieve his goal if he dare to dream , dare to take actions to plan properly and take the first step to carry out his plan and with persistancy.
I am very happy that I have make the first step to get Penang to promote a "GREEN, HEALTH and LOVE" by planting more trees (one million trees), to promote cycling (building a special bicycle lane in Georgetown / Tanjong Bunga) and encourage a caring society (projecting more charity projects).

3 comments:

Unknown said...

YB congrats on your successful cycling trip and I do support you in your suggestion to build cycling lane. I hope it is not only in Georgetown n Tg Bungah but hopefully it can be expanded to places of interest too. Just think of the amount of fossil fuel we can conserver n the exercise we will all get! Kill two birds with one DAP!!! Go for it.

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