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Blue Wave Incident 2
2008-06-04 09:46:00 I posted the Blue Wave incident (see previous post) to simply report what a fellow Firefly experienced. He had posted his report in the Firefly Brigade Forum where issues about cycling and its concomitant social responsibilities are discussed. There, you can read something about the environment, like global warming and how cyclists are helping in ... More About: Incident
UP Padyak Project
2008-05-29 02:12:00 The University of the Philippines (UP) through the members and alumni of the UP Mountaineers has come up starting this school year with a very laudable project called “UP Padyak”. Its aim is to promote the bicycle as a cheap but safe and reliable means of transportation. At the same time, it ... More About: Project
May 17, 2008 is World Hypertension Day
2008-05-16 13:58:00 The World Hypertension League has initiated the celebration of World Hypertension Day to highlight the ever present danger of high blood pressure. I myself has been diagnosed to have this disease eight years ago together with diabetes. Hypertension and diabetes is certainly not a good combination as it leads to heart disease, which ... More About: 2008
You too can Bike to Work
2008-05-15 13:17:00 I could already hear a lot of arguments against this: No, I can’t because it’s too hot; no, I can’t because traffic in Metro Manila is horrible and the pollution is very high; no I can’t because it’s beneath me to ride a bike. I guess all of these are kind of valid because ... More About: Work , Bike
A Thanksgiving Party for the 10th ToF Marshals and Volunteers
2008-05-13 15:55:00 As I have posted before, the 10th Tour of the Fireflies was a huge success. Estimates of the number of participants ranged from 5,000 to 7,000 bikers, which included the youngest at 5 years old. Now as a gesture of thanks to the volunteer marshals and other personnel who kept the peloton safe and sound ... More About: Party , Thanksgiving , Volunteers
Cars and Bike Racks
2008-05-13 07:59:00 I have a neighbor who is selling his car. He has confided to me that he is looking for a brand new one. If I had the money, perhaps I would consider buying it because after all, he has been taking good care of it. He cleans and polishes it almost everyday and you ... More About: Cars , Bike
When and How to Avail of a Probate Attorney
2008-05-13 07:34:00 Considering my current financial situation, I would really appreciate having someone who could give me an inheritance that I could use to make my life more comfortable and easier to manage. This may be a pipe dream, but one could never know if there’s one out there for you. If you are one of the ... More About: Attorney , Probate
If My Uncle Were a Rich Man
2008-05-13 07:29:00 Urban legends about running into an unexpected inheritance from a previously unknown relative or institution are all over the internet. You might have heard one of them or may have even received scam letters or emails telling you that you have inherited such an amount from such a person. What a wonderful event this ... More About: Rich , Uncle
Got Back from the Hospital
2008-05-12 11:45:00 I wasn’t able to post last week that I will be hospitalized last weekend. The reason was that I didn’t really want to go and I was hoping something will happen before I had to actually go to the hospital that will give me an excuse not to go on with the planned operation. Nothing ... More About: Hospital , Back
My Youngest Daughter is One Happy Biker
2008-05-05 09:56:00 My youngest child, Alyssa celebrated her 5th birthday last April 29. We gave her a bicycle fit for her size as a gift. It had training wheels so that she could get on to it without fear. After 3 days of being used and abused, the mounting bracket of the training wheels broke off so ... More About: Happy , Biker , Daughter
Dr. Joy Barredo in Manila
2008-05-03 05:41:00 I just received an email from Dr. Joy of Usapang Pinoy saying that finally, she we will coming to Manila to fulfill her promise of giving free consultation for those who wish to work in the United Kingdom. She has changed the schedule though. Instead of May 6 it will be tomorrow, May ...
Bike Commuters in Need
2008-05-03 05:08:00 I often meet a lot of other bike commuters on their way to work. Thus I have made friends with people who, like me, wants a healthy lifestyle and to save money too. I have seen daily wage earners biking even if they live 20 kilometers or so from their work just to keep a ... More About: Bike
I Bought My First Bike on Credit
2008-05-03 04:06:00 Expenses mount as people choose to we live their preferred lifestyle. It may not be grand but at least more comfortable and enjoyable. Often, they resort to credit cards and other loans to finance the acquisition of whatever they fancy. In my case, I actually bought my first bike through my wife’s credit ... More About: Credit , Bike
A Push from Behind
2008-05-03 03:20:00 We all have different needs and each of them requires some clever ways to solve. But sometimes, we run out of creative juices to do so, just like a biker who loses steam midway along a race or a trail ride. Just like what happened to me in one uphill climb during a ride ... More About: Push
A Very Successful Staging of the 10th Tour of the Fireflies
2008-04-21 12:11:00 Ten years as a whole is a definite milestone for any undertaking. And much more if those ten years have been spent advocating for a very worthwhile effort to save the environment and promote the bicycle as a mainstream mode of transportation for the masses. The Fireflies were once again at the pole position in yesterday’s ... More About: Philippines , Earth Day , Tour , Staging
This Biker wants to bike in the UK. Want to join me?
2008-04-14 10:55:00 Now this is way off topic but still it is true that I do want to bike in the UK (well, not just bike of course but to work there if possible) and Dr. Joy Barredo of Usapang Pinoy, a radio program broadcast in Norwich, England (and can be heard through the internet) might just ... More About: Bike , Join , Biker
We are Looking for Volunteers for the 10th Tour of the Fireflies
2008-04-07 05:36:00 The 10th Tour of the Fireflies will be on April 20, 2008. It will start at 6:30 am returning to the starting point at Tiendesitas, Pasig City at around 12:00 noon. Last year we had volunteers from Ecorescue who manned the registration booths at Tiendesitas. The Firefly Brigade is once again asking for help and ... More About: Earth Day , Volunteers
Bad News/Good News
2007-10-10 14:49:00 I have been blogging for the past eight months here in wordpress.com and I must say that these eight months have educational for me. I have learned a lot of new things, not only about biking but more importantly, about dealing with people from the blogosphere ( a term I hardly understood until I ... More About: News , Good News , Bad News , Good
Biking Moves These Filipinas
2007-10-09 15:12:00 Which is more fun: cook the family?s favorite dish, or go to the mall and window shop? Which is more stressful: review for a coming long test, or wait for the pizza that you ordered an hour ago? Fun and stress could never be uttered in the same sentence; they seem to contradict each other. But ... More About: Philippines , Filipinas , Biking , Moves
From a Smiling Blogger Mom to a Thoughtful Biker
2007-10-06 17:02:00 Moderation is a must for everything. However, there are certain things that one could never have enough of: like receiving gifts in Christmas, having a lot of true friends, biking in the rain, having the road all to yourself, a carbon mtb frame like this, a parking space in a crowded parking lot, ... More About: Blogger , Biker
Bike Repair and Other Life Experiences
2007-10-05 11:49:00 Lessons learned the hard way usually last a lifetime. Those experiences that came our way and left indelible marks on our memory would always come to the fore when we experience something new that reminds us of the past. However, we still forget to heed the voice of experience. When it comes to physical discomfort ... More About: Life , Bike , Experiences , Repair , Erie
Caught in the Rain Biking
2007-10-02 13:26:00 The Philippines lies in the path of typhoons in the Pacific. So it is not surprising that the country would have hundreds of weather disturbances annually, each causing several millions of pesos (dollars) in damages, both to lives and properties. But as with anything else, they bring both good and bad effects to our citizens. ... More About: Rain , Caught , Biking
September 30 is World Heart Day
2007-09-29 15:45:00 I was watching a Spanish TV program in the internet when. to my surprise, they showed an ad announcing that September 30 , 2007 is World Heart Day I have posted here on several occasions that I have a heart condition, which is primarily the reason why I took up biking as a sport/recreational activity. ...
Cancer Warriors Foundation B4L Ends Tomorrow
2007-09-29 12:50:00 I received a text message from Eric last Thursday, informing me that they were already in Cagayan de Oro and preparing for the trip to Malaybalay, Bukidnon. They were to start pedaling early the next day. It would be a two day ride across the mountain, before they could reach Davao City, their ... More About: Asia , Foundation , Cancer , Warriors , Tomorrow
MapMyRide: My Daily Bike to Work Route
2007-09-27 08:00:00 I found this website while using Stumbleupon. It is called MapMyRide. It lets you map any route you take, whether it is for cycling, hiking or running. You can create as many maps as you can and search for other rides/routes for you to take. You can view in different modes: map, ... More About: Daily , Work , Bike , Route
Robin Williams in RV, Fatherhood and an Almost Non-Bike Issue
2007-09-26 12:20:00 We rented the movie RV last Sunday night and after watching it, I must say I learned some almost non-biking lessons from that movie. I say almost non-biking lessons because indeed, there was a scene were Williams rode a chopper bicycle to get to an important meeting he had to attend, under pain of ... More About: Robin Williams , Bike , Fatherhood , Robin
Car Free Day Highlights and some Bike for Life News
2007-09-24 16:44:00 The ride took off right after Mike’s short introduction. It was around 4:35 that the peloton started to pedal out of the Araneta Center, starting from Bike City out to P. Tuazon. The route took us through EDSA, Ortigas, E. Rodriguez Jr. and Tomas Morato. Along Ortigas, just after we passed Greenhills, Audie from the ... More About: News , Life , Free , Highlights
World Car Free Day - Philippine Edition
2007-09-23 16:24:00 What was supposed to be a car free day almost turned out to be a bike free day. Saturday, September 22 started with a cloudy sky and by midday, it was already raining hard. I was apprehensive that the planned car free day ride in the afternoon would be called off. But since no message ... More About: Asia , World , Free , Edition , Lippi
My Desktop Free View
2007-09-21 14:51:00 We come to know our blogsphere friends through their posts; this is where they reveal themselves to us, how they are at a particular time, how they see the world, what makes them happy, where their interests lie, who the most important people in their lives are, etc. Their avatars or pictures, also show ... More About: Desktop , Free , View
From an Alien to a Biker: You Make Me Smile
More articles from this author:2007-09-19 11:29:00 In a world full of strangers (what a cliché!), we seldom could find a reason to smile.People we meet on the way have their own agenda, which to us is as obscure as a square circle, and so we do not really give a hoot. But there comes a time too, that some of ... More About: Alien , Smile , Biker , Make 1, 2, 3 |
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