Here it is... My old school mountain bike!!! My 'GT Pantera' started life in year 1997... After doing some research, I can confirm that it was from year 1997 because of the front shock... 'Rock Shox' launches the 'Indy' series in year 1997 and my bike came with a 'Indy XC' hence I can confirm the date it was born... Not bad for a 14 years old bike... Everything still intact and running smoothly...

Last week I send my bike for some maintenance on both the front and back derailleurs... The shifters got jam up and I'm thinking of replacing the cables but the trusty bicycle shop managed to fix it without breaking a sweat!!! (sorry about the dirty chain!!! will degrease it when I'm free!!!)

Perfect shifting now!!! Both my front and back derailleurs are from 'Shimano'... Sadly the model (Shimano STX-RC) had been long discontinued... 

Besides fixing my derailleurs, I asked them to true my wheel as well since the back one was way out of true!!! Both rims are straight now and the brake pad have stop rubbing the rims... Finally!!! 

The only problem that I have with my bike right now is the 'Rock Shox' front suspension... The damping is way too soft and totally no rebound!!! So when I'm riding, the 'Rock Shox' seems more like a rigid fork to me... Anyway I've been toying with this idea... Replace the front suspension with a carbon fiber rigid fork!!! I know a lot of you will said a mountain bike suppose to have at least a front suspension... But I don't really see the point in my case... Because nowadays, I don't go offroad anymore... I'm riding on road now... So what is the point of having a front suspension when it will be totally under utilize!!! Furthermore, do you know how much the front suspension weight??? HEAVY compare to a carbon fiber rigid fork!!! 

But finding one with 'Vee brake' mount is going to be tough as almost all mountain bike gone disc!!! Not going the disc route as I find them really heavy... a 'Vee brake' is so much lighter in comparison... Again I don't go offroad and I'm not going to ride in the rain so I believe I don't really need the extra stopping power of the disc... 

 Change my brake pad as well... The old one was all worn out!!!

Another 'Publika' post... Please bear with me cause I'm really in love with 'Publika'!!! One of the most artistic shopping complex that I have ever step foot in... 

Seems like the display is always changing... I'm very sure this was not around the last time I went... This makes 'Publika' even cooler and not forgetting more pictures for me...

As most of you know, last weekend 'PIKOM' is having it's usual 'PC Fair' in 'Kuala Lumpur Convention Center' which is just right next to 'KLCC'... This is the last of the 'PC Fair' for year 2011!!! Since my buddy is busy with it's own business nowadays, I didn't ask him out as I know he will be busy during the weekend... So I ask my darling to tag along... 

The reason for us going to 'PC Fair' was...... errr I also don't really know the purpose... Maybe for some photo taking??? Yeah that's the original plan I supposed... But when we reached 'Kuala Lumpur Convention Center', I don't really feel like taking pictures!!! I have no idea what got into me... Still, I whipped out my trusty 'DSLR' and snapped some pictures... 

Since I don't really have the mood, we just walked around aimlessly... In fact, we were searching for the exit where we can leave 'PC Fair' and maybe do some window shopping at 'KLCC'... Suddenly something caught our attention... 

It was 'DiGi' booth... They were having promotions for android phone and we decided to take a peek...(I'm thinking of joining android camp nowadays after reading up some reviews)... Wow they were promoting 'Samsung Galaxy SII' and the plan looked really tempting... RM1199 for the phone if you signed up for their data plan... I know their data plan sucks sometimes but it is really cheap... 3GB data plan cost RM48 per month instead of the usual RM68... My darling decided to sign up the plan and she got herself a white 'Samsung Galaxy SII'!!! (I'm still waiting for 'Samsung Galaxy Nexus' or maybe 'Samsung Galaxy Note' or even 'Motorola Droid Razr')...

I really hate to admit that I dislike 'Samsung' phones!!! I hated it because I find the build quality really cheap... Too plasticky for my liking... But you know what, the phone actually grew on me... The more I touched it, the more I liked it!!! Another thing that I must admit, 'ANDROID' was just plain awesome!!! My next phone will definitely be an android phone!!! 

Okay, these are the pictures that I took that day.. Only four in total!!! Using my 'Sigma 50mm F1.4 for all these shots... All these pictures were taken at F1.4 except the last one and I'm really happy with the performance of the lens... Sharp even wide open and really nice bokeh!!! Enjoy...

This was taken at F3.5 if I'm not mistaken...

Every year during 'Christmas' time, remember to bring along your camera when you're going to 'Pavilion'... I assure you won't leave disappointed!!! This must be one of the best 'Christmas' decoration in 'Malaysia'!!! 

This year's theme... 'Christmas Wonderland'!!! I find the theme spot on because everybody is enjoying it... Kids enjoying the 'Merry-Go-Round' while adults enjoying taking pictures or being taken or even cam-whoring!!! 

The structural design of 'Pavilion' makes the decoration grander and in my opinion, no matter how much effort the other shopping complexes put in, they can't really compete with 'Pavilion'...

This year 'Pavilion' decided to include a 'Merry-Go-Round' which is a godsend for the kids!!!

Lets see what the others shopping complexes can come up with... I've been to 'KLCC' and I'm sad to say that the decoration sucks... I don't even bother to take pictures of it... Next stop should be 'Gardens' or 'One Utama'!!! Or maybe 'Publika'???