Town councils should provide bicycle lanesI READ with much interest the recent suggestion put forward by a member of the Kuantan local council to have bicycle lanes to encourage people to cycle in times like these, (The Star, July 1).
I want to take this matter further; I suggest that bicycle lanes be made compulsory by all town councils. At the very least, we can encourage students to cycle to schools.
Cars are clogging the roads every morning and afternoon when schools start or dismiss. The reason why parents are forced to send their children to school in their cars is that cycling is not safe even in smaller towns like Batu Pahat in the absence of bicycle lanes.
I believe that if proper bicycle lanes are constructed, which can ensure the safety of cyclists, more students can be encouraged to cycle to and from schools or to tuition and so forth. This will definitely reduce the number of cars at peak hours as well as conserve fuel and ensure a healthy environment.
However, suggestions like these are often met with lots of negativity, as evidenced by that same suggestion at Majlis Perbandaran Kuantan. There was teasing at the suggestion during the meeting.
Our hot climate should not be used as a deterrent to many useful things we can do, like saving fuel, having a good exercise and saving the environment. If we talk of skin cancer due to exposure to sunlight as suggested by a councillor, is he prepared to discuss lung cancer when the towns are polluted with fumes?
Local councillors, especially those in Kuantan, should be objective in their discussions and not be selectively biased. These are the type of local councillors we least need at board meetings – those always finding some negative comments to make but who are not proactive.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Chelonian Sculpture almost coming!
....Hey guys, I have decided to make my version of the Chelonian Mutant...as soon as it's done, i'll post the pictures up...If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a comment or e-mail me at eric.gay789@gmail.com ..
Monday, April 6, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
USM Open Paintball League Results + Photos
1st- STALKERS2nd-Inexperienced
Teams:
1st- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S(Gratz)
2nd- Inexperienced (My team)(Gratz)
3rd- Lions 1st-Team STALKERS(Gratz)....(so sorry that I still din get your photo...)
My Story-
Day 1:
On the first day of the USM Open Paintball League, me and my team(5-man including me..) reached USM around 9.20am. At 10.00am, I changed to my paintball attire. We were given 1 box of pallets for each team which contained 2000 pallets. We made it to the Quater Finals at the first day.
Day 2:
We had bad news. One of my teammates couldn't make it because of his friend's birthday party. So..we had to play with only 4 players. We made it to the semi-finals..We almost made it to the finals..but I was called out for 1 for 1 because I got shot but I continued shooting although the marshall called me out. But luckily, our opponent gave up and surrendered..so we made it to the Finals thanks to them!...we played with Team S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S....we lost, but we still got 2nd placing...and congratulations to team S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S..good game!....we enjoyed the competition very much!!! I WANNA SAY THANKS TO ALL THE ORGANISERS, PLAYERS, MY TEAM..AND MOST, TEAM JOKERZ AS MARSHALS FOR THE COMPETITION!!!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
RED MEANS STOP!
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