Bike ride to Antipolo Church and Tanay on New Years day

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
January 1, 2017

My first activity for the year  was riding to Antipolo Church to listen to the mass, and get blessing for the new year.  I shook hands with about 8 bikers, mostly oldies and seniors like me who waited for the mass to finish.   We finished the mass by 8:30 and then biked down to Teresa, Morong, Baras and Tanay.  I was in Tanay by 9:30.  Oh I missed the free food at Pisong Kape which according to other kapadyak is done annually during New Year.

I looked for place to eat and there was none at Tanay and Morong.   In Morong  I guess it was group of Jeff, Val and Ed Valdez who overtook me between Lagundi and Maybancal  I did not catch up with them

I found my food:  crackers, coffee, and BJ (buko juice) at sari sari store right before the diversion.  There the group of Mambog riders arrived with Mr.  Aragon  very much ahead.  They all brought roadies with compact chain rings. (I had 53 39 chain ring and still rode via diversion road. Now I find it easier to ride home via diversion. Just short hard effort and no traffic hazards)

I did not realize that it could be that long and I will be home by 12:00.  Well any way I left by 7:30 am.

Really, as as a cyclist, you have to resourceful and ingenious

Wheels of Happiness

January 1, 2014

                                 The cleverly mounted flashlights

Happy New Year everyone.  We look at the new year with hope courage and much aspirations to be better.  And we look at the past year with smile and thought that it was satisfying year.

I for one feel that I have become a much stronger, faster and more patient cyclist. There were things that I did not learn early on.

1.  I now can pedal at high gear:   50 x12 for say a km or two.  Before I used to believe that such high gear is not for me.  I ride at 39 or 34 chain ring.  Therefore, these days, I can ride at 30+ kph

2.  I can surge, accelerate as I go hill climbing.  Before, I literally was just at walking speed while climbing

3.  I can ride longer at sustained top speed say 30+  without losing breath or painful thighs for 5 or more kms.  This used to be just 2 km or less

On Being ingenious and resourceful

I Tried to Bike today But I had to turn Back Because of too much Pollution

Bike and Save the Earth

I could bike but I would hardly save the earth today, let alone my health.  Visibility was poor, and it was difficult to breathe.  After dropping by the church in Tayuman, I decided to call it  a day.  I could not afford to fill up my lungs with more pollutants (pulutan yes for my stomach)

Maybe the warmer air will lift up the smoke and gentle wind will waft the same to China sea.

        My SARS bike on top of a hill, ole hi hi (to the tune of Lonely goatherd)

                          The sun rises over a very smoky planet

         This may be Syria, or Somalia or Afghanistan after a fierce battle

                    The sun and townscape are hardly visible

       

                    Even the forests were not spared by the firecracker smoke

                         Nice view but the background is smog filled

          The streets are deserted after last midnight revelry;  smog everywhere

    We Could Hardly See the l00 meters away at 7 am.?!

        Street Littered with Firecracker Wrappers

N.B.:   blogging may be one reason why there is less demand for photo journalists, journalists, or newspaper reporters.   Many iphone users too, you tube, mms are being used by every one to report what is happening

P.S.    This morning I felt itchy all over.  It must be pollutants from the firecracker smoke that settled on my skin.