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Friday, 27 February 2026

Golf at Selesa Hill, Feb 2026

Taking advantage of the Puasa month’s offer at “Buy 3 free 1” package of RM210; me, James, Alex and his son Jonathan; we went to play at Selesa Hill Golf on Wednesday 25th Feb 2026. Honestly, we last played here ages ago and it seems that they have not done much to improve the conditions of the registration office. But the bathroom and toilets are relatively clean but couldn't understand why they can only provide 1 clean towel!!

The club has only 6 buggies, so it is strongly recommended that those who want to play, made and confirmed booking in advance.

The course is absolutely scenic and refreshing. Most fairways are narrow, with many blind spots and franked by forest on both sides. You will definitely not able to find your ball once it went off the fairways!! Unless you are a straight hitter, suggest playing conservatively or bring enough golf balls in your bag!! Sadly, to proof the point, I lost a ball on each of the first four holes while James was firing par after par😟😟！

Unfortunately, quite a number of the greens are also not in the prime conditions, most likely spoiled by the abundance of wild boars around. Some even have what seems to be motion detectors erected by the side. Obviously, they have spent quite an effort to repair and maintain these greens. However, it’s definitely a challenge to putt obviously due to the type of grass laid.

The green condition (:(:

In summary, we were quite happy to play a round here, though course is relatively short but the tranquil and fresh atmosphere amidst the lush greenery made the trip worthwhile 😒🤣😆

Unlike last time we went to play at Berjaya Hills GC, where he was welcomed
by 2 friendly Chimpanzee, this time he was greeted by a large "Untouchable" Black Knight!!

After the game, we have our lunch at Restaurant 126 at Janda Baik just across the road from Selesa Homes.

We had to order “Sang Har Mee” (freshwater prawn noodles) since we missed this the last time we came. The prawn is priced at RM 120/kg, which is roughly the cost of 2 big freshwater prawns. They tasted fantastic with the soup noodles 🤒🤪

Wednesday, 10 December 2025

Perth and Hanoi Golf Tours

Perth Golf Tour:

Alex and James and few of their friends went for a golf holiday in Perth from Nov 24 - 27, 2025, taking advantages of 2 courses which are fully reciprocal to our home club, KRTU.

Their itinerary:

24/11/2025 - Kwinana GC

25/11/2025 - Melville Glades GC (reciprocal) , afternoon game

26/11/2025 - Harfield Country GC (reciprocal)

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After resting for just 2 days, they went for another golf tour with a different group of friends, arranged by Dennes and his nephew.

This time, it's Hanoi! A 6 days 5 nights tour, covering 4 courses. Such a tight schedule that even the pro probably would find it hard to keep up!!

Apparently, the courses are beautiful, challenging and some has great scenery with hills, valley and water. Not to mention about those delicious food and after games activities.

Definitely highly recommended for those serious golfers, who likes to explore and enjoy the fun.

Monday, 7 July 2025

Banana Golf Club - Trip down memory lane

It was a pleasant surprise when I received a text message from Yim that our Banana Golf gang will be having a dinner gathering on Friday 4th July. Even though I have an appointment on that afternoon, I tell myself I must attend since I have not seen them for decades. Fortunately, I was able to make it in the very last minute. On the contrary, Jackson didn’t make “the cut” due to back pain. We truly missed him and prayed that he will be back to his best form soon.

The dinner was held at Ruyi Restaurant, Bangsar Shopping Center. The main highlight of the dinner was a 2.5kg Black Emperor fish, specially brought in by Winson from Kuching. Thanks very much to Winson for his thoughtfulness and generous contribution, i have a chance to eat this fish for the first time. According to him, this fish tastes much better than Empurau, which is way overrated.

By any dinner standard, it was huge for the table and very well prepared by the chef, although it was just steamed but coupled with the sauce; it tasted simply excellent. Even the scales were fried with salted egg mix with other flavoring ingredients to become another side dish!

As usual, dinner for the Banana Gang cannot go without getting high on liquor. Although I cannot drink due to my health conditions, the few just drank a mixture of whisky, brandy and Chinese white wine just like me drinking Chinese tea; this clearly shown that they must have drink regularly over the years.

I think my assumption is correct that they are not "high" at all after so many glasses, few of them even stayed back and enjoy their karaoke, singing their hearts out. My "tapek" to these guys..:):)

At the gathering, we also found out that I am almost 15 years “younger” than the youngest member there. Truly happy to hear that:):).

The gathering also brought back a lot of memories of those days we played golf together, where I remembered in every game we have to “compare cards" after the round, since everyone bets against the rest of the players.

During major outings, we have tournaments that award trophies and cash prizes for the Champion and 2 runners up. Eventually the Champion will have his handicap cut by 2 strokes while the Hcp of the 2 runners up will be cut by 1. And those who played 4 over his hcp (hope I remember this correctly) will have his hcp adjusted up by 1. This is to make the game fairer and more challenging so that there is a chance for the other players to catch up, while the winners have to work extra hard if he wishes to win again.

It was also recalled that in one of those games, the loser had to finish 1 bottle of beer at end of each hole!!! I am sure you can imagine the scenarios after a few holes!!

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Fond memories.........

If anyone has any idea where and when the following events were held, you are most welcome to send the details to me .......