Our journey started on 26 June 2015 with buddies from Street Coyote MC Singapore Glenn and Tahir who together bring abundance of riding experience to share. I and Tahir have been riding to Malaysia for the 5th time now and we share many memorable riding moments together for the past 2 years. As for Glenn, this is my first ride with the 'legendary' SCMC icon and I have learnt much from his vast riding experience.
Alamak... side stand spring came out!
Our first petrol stop at Gelang Patah Petron petrol station
We decided to use Tuas Second Link for the crossing because of heavy traffic in Causeway Woodlands checkpoint and everyone knows that could be disastrous waiting time. Our first rest stop on way to Mersing was a local coffee shop who sell one the best meat soup in Jementah. You need to slow down once you reach Jementah otherwise you could easily missed the shop. Please take note for our Muslim friends, this shop do not sell Halal dishes.
We reached Mersing around 26 June 2015 time 1200pm and this place always bring back memories to me and especially to Street Coyote MC who lost one of their family member, ArchAngel here to a boat incident few years ago. The beach in Mersing never lost it charms.
Handsome men from Singapore, Penang and Shah Rukh Khan
After a short break in Mersing, we continue our ride trip to Cherating Pahang and since this is my (and Tahir) first riding trip to Cherating... one word... Far!
Do you see the similarity between the two photos above?
I remembered we reached Cherating Caltex petrol station at about 700pm ++ because we can hear clearly local mosque reciting the Holy Maghrib which also means break fast time for our Muslim friends.
Dinner over at Little Bali Cherating
Like most our previous rides, we never believe to book our accommodation in advance as we prefer to arrive and choose the place we like to stay. We went for Residence Inn Cherating just simply because they are clean and have best rate for Biker's. We also learned that the owner of the hotel is a Harley Davidson rider and have his ride parked in front of hotel lobby.
27 June 2015 Residence Inn Cherating
27 June 2015
We left Residence Inn Cherating after breakfast and only found out that Kampung Batu Hitam is actually 33km away!
The current full address of Baitul Husna Bukit Sekilau is No. 5, Lorong 18 Kampung Batu Hitam 26100 Beserah Kuantan Pahang Darul Makmur.
Please take note that Baitul Husna Bukit Sekilau homes will be shifting to their own building sometimes early 2016.
Baitul Husna Bukit Sekilau
Glenn sharing his life experience with the girls
Common hall
List of children and their study timetable
It always good to bring cheers to the children
Donations from the public
Glenn explaining safe riding culture
Steven and Hasanin exchanging views
After spending almost 2 hours in the homes, Mr Hasanin is kind enough to fetch all of us to town in his private car to purchase donations items for the homes.
Banner in front of the new building
Hasanin showing the team around the new building
The construction of the new building is expected to complete by end of 2015 and it should be ready for occupancy sometimes early 2016. Our team has decided to proceed with the purchase of new bedding's and electrical appliances for the new home.
We did our appliances at local SengHeng electrical
The new 700L SHARP 2 door fridge
All our electrical items are bought with extended
warranty coverage totally to RM 3246.00
Every children deserve a new bed
The friendly staff from Hong Loong Furniture shop
The owner is very kind to provide us best rate in town
We could not ask for a better deal
After spending approximately 2hours in Kuantan town for shopping, we finally returned to Baitul Husna to bid farewell to the children before heading to Genting Highlands. Tahir always wanted to ride to Genting Highlands without success and today we have Glenn with us, I am sure he will able to bring us there.
We take this opportunity to congrats Encik Hasanin and his team
for their hard work and dedication to Baitul Husna
Please find below full style contact for Baitul Husna Bukit Sekilau;
Address
BAITUL HUSNA No. 5, Lorong 18 Kampung Batu Hitam 26100 Beserah Kuantan Pahang Darul Makmur
Email
baitulhusnabukitsekilau@gmail.com
Contact
+60 010 925 7549
Balance from previous RM 6050.56
Total donations collected SGD 2250,
equivalent to RM 6300 (exchange rate of RM 2.80= SGD 1.00)
Total balance RM 12350.56
Donations spent electrical RM 3246.00
Donations spent beddings RM 4500.00
Total spending this trip RM 7746.00
Balance carried forward RM 4604.56
Journey to Genting Highlands
This is our first ride across the East Coast Expressway from Kuantan to Karak, subsequently exit to Genting Highlands.
The three musketeers!
The trip from Kuantan to Genting Highlands took us approximately 4hours including meal breaks. Due to Holy Ramdan month, we are lucky to find some shops along ECE are still open for business.
It was one of the best ride we had to Genting Highlands... less traffic and perfect weather. Everything a biker could wish for.
Bikers rules!
Here we come
Misty Genting Highlands
We left Genting Highlands on the 28 June 2015 and heads directly to Kuala Lumpur to meet up with our friend Chandru at the Hard Rock Cafe KL for lunch. We did not spend much time in Kuala Lumpur this time around and we left to Singapore immediately after lunch.
Rest stop at Machap Johor
A good wash out after 1000km ride
Our dinner at Gelang Patah Johor before we heads home
We covered approximately 1100km
Again, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all our generous donors to keep World Tour For Children moving forward. This is our fifth year running since we started on Christmas Day 2010 at the Penang Shan Home and we believe we will continue to expand our influence and awareness to more people in the world.
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Best regards
Steven Foong
12 Aug 2015
