Monday, March 27, 2006
I'm suddenly craving for Italianni's pasta for lunch and I don't know why. Usually I would crave for Cibo's Margherita Pasta. Weird. Good thing I have tuna pasta in my lunch box. At least that would appease my craving a bit until the 30th.
Why is it that for the past two or three months I've always been in the red in the last days before payday? Do you guys experience the same thing?
11:20 AM
Friday, March 24, 2006
It's just 5:20 in the afternoon but I can't wait to call it a day and go home.
Yes, it's Friday. Thank God it's Friday. This week has been so hectic that I feel I'm practically crawling just to make it to the weekend. Come to think of it, things haven't slowed down since the start of the year. And with this pace, no matter what the outcome may be, I think we'll end up dead.
This Sunday, we'll be biking in the La Mesa nature reserve again. This time, except of me and King, it's going to be an all-Globe affair. The loop is just 13 kilometers so I'm planning to do three at the least.
5:30 PM
Monday, March 20, 2006
I'm so happy that I've finally conquered Maarat's Uphill. At the foot of the climb, Mike O accelerated and took the lead. So I stood up on the pedals and hammered a bit to get a hold of his wheel.
I made him set the pace. Although I was feeling great, I told myself to conserve my strength for the second half of the climb.
When we came upon the first major switchback, he took the steeper inner line while I took the knee-friendlier outer line. He came out of the switchback a few meters ahead of me, but that probably took a toll on him. After around 20 meters from the curve he stopped to rest.
One part of me was saying that I better stop, too. I've always stopped at one point of the climb before. The other half urged me to go further.
I pushed on.
Riding at my own pace, I wanted to find out how far I can go. King passed me a few meters after, but that didn't matter. I didn't feel as tired as before, so I went into my rhythm. When the climb leveled off a bit, I shifted one gear higher. And when I realized that I can go up one more gear, I clicked on the shifter. I was tempted to stand up but I keep reminding myself to save my strength.
I could sense that one of the riders from Globe was trying to catch up so I accelerated a bit and did some spinning. On the last curve, he took the inner line and fell off the pace.
At the peak, there were no people cheering nor barriers to stop them. Nonetheless, it felt really good to conquer my personal Ventoux.
9:44 AM
Friday, March 17, 2006
access denied.
with no hope for a password.
this is quite frustrating.
12:48 AM
Monday, March 06, 2006
Bataan
      
5:00 PM
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Mesala Moments: Trip to the Bike Shop
After our lunch, Moby and I took a tricycle and dropped by Extreme Bike Shop at the corner or Panay and Timog Avenues to pick up a new set of cross-country tires for my bike.
There were several tire selections there but I ended up with a nice and relatively cheap IRC Seracs, as recommended by John, the bike shop owner.
I noticed there were a lot of full-suspension bikes in the shop. There was even a Specialized Epic hanging on the wall. I asked the people there if they have the new Giant Anthem, and they said yes. They just sold one and the frame sells for P40K. Not bad.
As I was about to leave the shop, I saw the 2006 Rock Shox SID Race fork on display. They said they're selling it for P21K but they can give it to me for only P18,900 - a 10% discount. Wow!
5:50 PM
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