Haziq's Blog

Monday, 4 July 2016

A 'spice' of my life: Getting a motorbike (B2 class) license [Part 1: Being a newbie and acquiring LDL]

Alhamdulillah! My very first moments on my first motorbike (a scooter really): Yamaha Ego S

Hey folks! May the peace be upon you guys In Shaa Allah. Today, I would like to share to you about some sweet and bitter moments on getting the crucial document I need to ride on the road-LICENSE. Yeah, it is license in which, once you dont bring it together, or you use a fake license, or license on behalf of a different person, well you should know the outcome: getting compounded for instance.
Tbh, at the first place, I havent had the interest on riding a motorbike. I was kinda afraid of motorbike accidents on the road, as I am sure that there are many drivers out there who still have their license, but they dont actually apply what they have learned in the driving institute. I can only, however, pray to Allah, that such incidents would not happen to me. Yes, I also had the incidents almost similar to these accidents, but on a bicycle. I once ramped on a car so badly until I hurt my own 'thing' cuz I was busy looking at the what nots at the handle. Alhamdulillah, I wasnt compounded for that. Anyway, my excitement built up when I was told that motorbikes can be very handy esp when going to the faculties in a university,which Ill be going in around late October 2016 in shaa allah.
Anyway, back to our story, we registered at the Metro Driving Academy (MDA) in Kampung Melayu Subang for about RM371. Yes, you MUST bring your IC for verification process about your identity. Upon registration, in my case, youll receive a text book and a book which contains roughly 500 questions for the thoery test later. In case if you wanna know the flow of getting the B2 license, follow the steps below:

1. I've already mentioned about the registration process a little bit.

2. Attend the KPP01 Theory Class. In case you dont know whats KPP, it stands for 'Kursus Pendidikan Pemandu'. Class lasts for about 5 hours and its OBLIGATORY to attend. Cuz youll get a great idea about the various signboards *interesting part*, what to do when you see a certain sign on the road, the various problems on the road and the no of demerit points youll acquire, and also learning about the various licenses. Once you attended the class, youll be awarded with a JPJL2A certificate, which you dont have to hold with you, and lasts for 1 year. Speaking of the traffic problems, let me share to you some of which I have learned:
Riding while being influenced by drugs and alcohol-15 points
Riding whilst racing-15 points
Disobeying traffic lights-10 points
Overspeeding more than the required speed limit by 1-25kmh-6 points

{BTW, THIS EXPLAINS WHY YOU CANNOT RIDE ON THE ROADS WITHOUT ANY LICENSE.}

3. Take the KPP01 test. Within 1 YEAR FROM DATE OF ATTENDING THEORY CLASS (due to the presence of yr JPJL2A certificate), youll need to book online with those in charge in yr driving institude first though, about 3 days b4 yr date of sitting. You MUST score at least 42/50 to pass!! Where to take the tests? Mine was at the MYEG place at Subang Permai. There, you must bring yr IC, and RM10 for the photo for yr Learners Driving License (LDL). Please remember to get the hardcopy of your results once youre done. Oh and one thing, PRACTISE B4 TAKING THE EXAM. I think among the best websites to practise is this one here:
http://jpjkpptest.com (CAUTION:you can use this website, but plz BEWARE OF ANY SUSPICIOUS ATTACKS!)
Or if you have a smartphone, download APK and download KPP Test. I am sure this app is safer!
https://m.apkpure.com/kpp-test/com.edu4you2go.kpp_test

{At this stage, you can already start buying your motorbike. Now most motor dealers wouldn't care if you guys dont have a license yet, but still the staffs may remind you that if anything happens, youre responsible for that. So have yr insurance ready, and of course, if you need to report to the police regarding this issue, I heard that you must have a license!!}

4. Send your necessary documents to your driving institude, esp yr statement of results, so you could get your LDL (Learner's Driving License). I heard it may take about 3-10 working days to create one.

Thursday, 19 November 2015

First experience of Laser Tagging

On the 19th of November 2015, me and my other schoolmates, including Hani, Nina and Hakim, played a game called 'Laser Tag' in the Laser Warzone's arena at ecurve (or e@curve). I gathered in front of the arena after I had performed my Zuhr prayers, and wore a vest, which comes with a phaser (a gun which emits laser). The phaser that I used was named "DELTA". There are other names that I knew like "Tank"(used by Hariz), "Sonic"(used by Taqi) and "Turbo"(used by my bro, Hakim). By the way, I was in the blue team, together with Hariz, Taqi, Momin, Izzah, Farah, Nina, Sorfina and Rafidah. Here is the video of us while we were in the waiting hall:

Not long afterward, the battle began. During the first battle, I wasn't that aggressive. In fact, it was my first time playing laser tagging. The arena was dark, very cold, and has lots of walls so my teammates and I can hide. After some time, I began running around the arena. If we were tagged, our phasers turned white and deactivated for a few seconds. I remembered that I often tagged Hilman and Tengku. To be honest, I felt like being in a real war, and I really felt like losing. But alhamdulillah, I came in 10th place for the first battle, and blue team came in first! Whilst the green team came in second.

After taking a break, talking with other teammates, the second battle opened its doors. This time, I was pretty accustomed to laser tagging, and I could now be more aggressive. I even jumped, whilst running, hoping to avoid lasers. I was so exhausted after the battle ended. When I looked at the scoreboard, I was so shocked, that alhamdulillah, I improved significantly, achieving the 4th place. I knew Hariz came in first, followed by Taqi and Hazeman.

How much do I pay for the laser tagging? Well, since I was considered as a student, playing two battles costed me RM27, with an additional RM2 for the lockers. Me and my teammates didn't want to play laser tagging with infinite number of battles, as they wanted to watch a movie.

Anyway, this experience was not a dull moment for me, although my bro was still not satisfied, until he wanted to play again.

To summarise the whole post, I uploaded my new video about this experience:

Thursday, 20 June 2013

KRS Marching at Field

On the 20/6/2013, it was my first time in KRS to be held in field. It was so hot during that time. After our Arabic lessons, me and my schoolmates took a ride on a bus to the field. Surprisingly, it wasn't that far. During that time, Ammar was our commander. He was a little strict, but I don't really care about it, though. Because of the hotness itself, I was seriously sweating whilst the event was still on. Although it's hot, I just ignored it. Some command words given by Ammar to us was like, "KE KANAN, LURUS!!" and "SKUAD, SEDIA!!!" I was quite amazed to see his good effort on being a commander although he's a new student. So far, the event was really full of discipline to me.

Sunday, 9 June 2013

1st Semester Holiday 2013:- Legoland & Universal Studios Singapore

After the exhaustion during the KRS camp, we went to Legoland on the 29th of May 2013. Before we departed, we woke up early as we wanted to arrive at Legoland early. We departed at around 5:00am. After a long and sleepy journey, we arrived at our destination. This was the second time going there, as I've been there since last year. After the park had opened, I woke up with excitement, running to my first ride, the Project X roller coaster. Although the track was small, it was so thrilling!! Next, we tried Aquazone Water Racers. In this ride, the boats go around a circle whilst in high speeds. Then, we went to Dragon Apparentice. This ride was enough for my parents, but to me, it isn't because the ride was so short although it was a two-round ride. The Dragon roller-coaster was the coolest ride to me, because during the ride, we entered a dark place, then a small drop, and finally the main track itself. This was the first time I rode the coaster whilst recording myself (not my father). This is the prove showing so:-

We rode it many times until I felt satisfied. I then tried the Dino Island, where we washed ourselves during the splashdown!! After all the excitement, we checked in at Tune hotel. When I first looked at our room, it's cozy although the room was quite small. We got our chance to rejuvenate our energy for the tomorrow. At the same time, we learned to fill in the data for the immigration process tomorrow. After a cool rest, at around 7:00am, we departed to Singapore. (the FIRST time going there by CAR!!) As we arrived at the border, we went for an immigration process. It doesn't take so long, alhamdulillah!! I was so happy when I saw the park in reality! I was so excited until I ran to our first ride, Transformers The Ride. It was the first time being there and we were able to ride in a Transformers movie. The next ride is the Battlestar Galactica. It was said that it is the tallest duel roller coaster in the world. Here, I chose the Human (red track) not Cylon (blue track) because there was no inversions like loops, corkscrews and so on. It was the first time we rode a roller coaster without chains. So far, the ride made me exhilarated!! Then, we tried Rapids Adventure, where we travel on a river with dinosaurs around us, then a dark tunnel and finally the splashdown. After the ride, we hop in the Canopy Flyer and then, the Revenge Of The Mummy. This ride was so dark, scary and thrilling until we rode for another time! After our lunch and our prayers, we rode Transformers The Ride and Battlestar Galactica again as they were fun. After the adventure at the park, we took a monorail to try the Luge ride. It was cool as we were able to ride a toboggan downhill, so we rode for another 2 times. Then, we have to get back to our hotel, which was a grief moment to me. On the final day, we packed our stuffs and went back early because we have to go for our Friday prayers. So far, the trip was VERY cool, fun and exciting!!!!

Wednesday, 5 June 2013

A Crazy Race

This video shows a race which sounds unbelievable. Thanks to the Top Gear for the effort for making this video.

Skip to 5:19 for the race...

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Another KRS Camp

On the 25th of May 2013, IISKD organized another KRS camp, which was held at Rimba Kalong, Ulu Yam. It involves primary & secondary students this time. There were 8 groups in this camp, which I was in the eighth group. The members of the group were me, my brother, Wazir, Syed Abdul Rahman, Ammar Aimaan, Mahyaddin, Adi Putra & Luqman Haqeem Elias, with our facilitators, Mohd. Hassan and Afiq. Sometimes, Syammil (Assiyah's brother) became our facilitator as well. After we finished our jamaah on Zuhor and Asar prayers, we built our tent. Then, we were asked to make our dinner using natural stove (which was to cook using fire). Well, it looked similar with the last camp. The food we ate was rice, egg and sardine. Close to 11pm, night-walk activity began. At the first part of the activity, it was a solo walk. Compared with the old camp, I felt less afraid. During the solo walk, secondary 4 students apparently pretended to become ghosts. I heard that they were wearing masks, poncho and so on. At the second part, we have to be blindfolded as we go back to the campsite. Luckily, as we heard thunder, we opened the cloth and continued. Since it was raining, we slept in a hall, not in our tent. At the second day, we did our morning assembly. At around 8:30am, we started training to march. Unfortunately, during the event, I got a stomach ache and also diarrhea. Alhamdulillah, it occurred only once. I was given a rest after eating medicine and drinking tea. At 3:00pm, the disease had recovered and I participated in another KRS activity, which was to learn self defense and fighting (which looks quite similar with Karate). The event took ALMOST 3 HOURS!! However, I did well at that time. After our Maghrib and Isya prayers, we did our exam (for increasing our rank to Corporal). It was surprising until almost all questions are tough. However, some are like peanuts only (like questions based on Hafazan & Tajweed). After we did our exams, we watched primary students playing indoor games. We were too sleepy for a moment. On the third day, we went for jungle trekking to a waterfall. But, we have to be disciplined by following the KRS rules. At the checkpoint, we maked up one of our group members, which was Mahyaddin. We were too creative until we made some sort of an archery for him. At the waterfall, I just played with stones and even with my empty water bottle. At 2:30pm. Puan Harliana (Zaim Taqi's mother, board of governors) inspected each and every tent. She said that we only made 3 gadgets, which was sad, because some groups made 5 gadgets. Then she gave a closure speech, saying that the winner based on uniform category was Group 7, whilst on the number of gadgets, the winner was Group 3. Then, we packed up and depart. We finally arrived just a few minutes before Maghrib prayer. So far, in my perspective, this camp was more brutal and challenging than the last camp. However, it was fun, exhilarating and also, not a dull moment.