A scooter obsessed 30-something Malaysian, living in the suburbs of Dublin, Ireland. Is also mad into Liverpool FC and dislikes jump-on-the-bandwagon-type football fans with a vengeance. Apologies but Chip cannot be found on Facebook, MySpace or Twitter. Neither can he be located on Gaydar. Chip can only be contacted on his blog at http://skuterhijau.blogspot.com/
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...in the last five years or so, that is.But when we do, we probably put up the best cup finals in the world.Wembley, London 2012Millenium Stadium, Cardiff 2006Ataturk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul 2005 (the mother of all cup finals!)Westfalenstadion, Dortmund 2001Long may the party continue!- Posted using...
I'm not sure about anyone else but I'd normally be slow to adapt to change especially when it involves switching between driving my car on a regular basis and then back to a scooter. Naturally, the same applies the other way around. So, after riding around regularly on my Vespa and then switching to the...
A few weeks ago, while on the way back from my weekly grocery shopping with the family, I decided to make a quick detour and head towards Bikeworld. The shop is (officially) the local sole distributors for Vespa scooters (except that they don't sell the PX...?), LML and now the new Lambretta as well. I had...
Having owned my Vespa for almost five years or so, I can safely come to the conclusion that the Vespa gets better when things around it get worse. The scooter laps up emergency road closures, inexplicable new one-way systems, dodgy tragfic lights and even flash floods with relative ease. So, when it came...
Years ago in tropical, smoggy Malaysia, as soon as I mentioned that I intended to further my studies in Dublin, the general response would have been between: Isn't that place that's in the middle of a civil war and bombs go off every now and again? Isn't it? Why the hell are you going there then?
It's hard work being a Liverpool supporter these days. During the Benitez era, most of us were forced to take crash courses in the merits of posession/pressing football and zonal marking. Well, at least the ones who actually bothered defending the Liverpool manager against the seemingly countless bumbling...
December. As well as being the (politically correct) Holiday Season, it's also the season of endless partying. I've got nothing against partying. In fact, I do enjoy the odd party now and again but when it comes to partying around this time of the year, I'd rather stay at home and keep as warm as I can. ...
Normally, I'd merely go through Phoenix Park on my way to work. On the Vespa, the 5 miles or so to get to the park from home is effortless and depending on traffic, would take anything between 5 minutes and 15 minutes. Not actually a long journey by any standard but, it's a little bit different when you...
The Vespa LX150 was done up by Piaggio's Malaysian distributors Naza Primera with the aim of latching onto the wave of excitement around the Malaysian football team's recent achievements. All well and good (and very bipartisan which makes good business sense) but then the distributor apparently went...
On a day when three former Liverpool players in the Chelsea squad looked more likely to score (well, at least on paper) against their former employer, it was ironically, the single former Chelsea player in red who settled things at the Bridge this evening. This fixture a few seasons ago would have been...
Finally, some common sense from those in authority on all things road and traffic related. Road safety campaigns have always focused on car drivers and motorcyclists but seldom (or is that never?) on cyclists. So, it was about time something like this popped up. If anything else, it in a way justifies all...
To many, the number 46 has different meanings. When I was young, it meant that my father couldn't sell off our banger of a Peugeot 504 and replace it with something that would better suit our growing family. We initially thought that it was the fugly ochre paint job but after speaking to some of our more...
How bold of me to ever question Ireland's finest weather forecasters? They said we should expect freezing temperatures at the end of October/early November but all that ever appeared was torrential rain followed by flash floods and then some unusually mild weather (for November that is). No frost and snow...
After a week or so (some might say SIX plus ONE days) of making life a living hell for some of my misguided friends, colleagues and acquaintences (plus the odd random dude), it was time for the wheel of (mis)fortune that is the Premier League to turn yet again. As a Liverpool fan, I am well aware that...
A whole month's amount of rain fell on Dublin on Monday night. A whole month. In a night. Roads turned into rivers as Dublin's rush hour traffic was brought to a standstill. Yours truly on the other hand, isn't in the business of hanging around inhaling toxic fumes from all the cars. Sure, I was soaked to...
Nope the recession isn't over just yet and the picture below isn't suggesting that I'm off on a shopping spree buying all the designer goods that I can get my hands on. It's just a good spot to park my Vespa when I'm in the Grafton Street area. Normally, I'd park the scooter there and walk away...
Most of us are well aware of the Friendly Derby. Although matters on the pitch are far from friendly, it makes the casual observer wonder why in the world the Merseyside derby is given the Friendly label. Look a little closer and you'll realise that it's the fans that give rise to the derby's name. ...
It's a trap! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
A new addition to the stable. And no, its not a scooter. I consider it a "performance upgrade" for the average, slightly "big-boned" scooter enthusiast. I have to say, the improvement in performance won't be apparent in the short-term so we'll have to wait a little while longer before any conclusions are...
At least he made technology work for us normal human beings as opposed to the other way around. To prove my point, here's something that my iPhone conjured up (with a bit of help from WordFoto) within a couple of minutes. Not bad I suppose given that I have zero artistic ability.