No bike ride today, January 1, 2016; it is raining

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
January 1, 2016

I can not bike today. There is a light drizzle.  It is going to be cold and dirty ride if I do so now, if not dangerous because of slick road.  It was raining at 12:00 midnight.  This failed to dampen the massive fireworks display last night.  Wow they had money to burn, which I find rather odd if they worked hard for the money.   (It must have been several hundreds of thousands of pesos worth of fireworks.

Yesterday though, to prepare for the coming new year, I did the following to my three bikes (2 roadies and 1 MTB)

1. washed them thoroughly with soap and water and wiped them dry;

2.  replaced the bike pads of the SARS bike.  It was tricky, since I had to readjust the centring, the cable tightness, the alignment of the pads with the rim, etc.  It was a work for a mechanic.

3.  replaced the cable for the FD of SARS bike.

Now they are ready for the 2016 rides

Happy and prosperous new year every one.

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.