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微笑-ing的ColaHave a dose of 可樂 @ Cola's 心情 Vending Machine 18 mars Europe here we come!
We have the plans finalized! Roni did most of the leg work. After taking several classes at Rick Steve's in Edmonds, we have finally figured out where to go, what to do, and how long.
First we're going to land in Paris, France and stay there a couple days. While at Paris, we meet up with Inggrid and Denice and visit Arleen @ INSEAD in Fountainbleau. After touring Paris for a couple days, we will fly down to Venice, Italy.
8 août I'm an uncle!First, CONGRATULATIONS to Eleanor and Jason for producing such an adorable little girl!!! Now, I'm an uncle!!! Eleanor and Jason just had a daughter at 9:32pm on Aug 8th, 2008 (YES 08.08.08!!!). Hmmmm... I wonder if Eleanor held on to the daughter one more day just to have a cool birthday... O_o j/k. She is so adorable!!! She weighs in at 2.7kg and 48cm! I can't wait to finally see her. I am so happy for them!
The only foreseeable problem is Jason will have to share Father's day(爸爸節). Jason will not have a day to celebrate himself. Jason and I already share a birthday, now he will have to share father's day with his daughter.
Date: August 8th, 2008 (08.08.08)
Time: 21:32pm
Location: Taipei
Weight: 2.67kg
Length: 48cm
21 juillet MS Bike Ride in Sweet Home, OR, Adventures in OregonWOOHOO!!! Tony and I just completed the Multiple Sclerosis(MS) Bike Tour @ Sweet Home, OR (near central Oregon State). The entire event spans over two days (a total of 155 miles). The First day is a 100.3 mile loop up north. 2nd day is a 55 mile loop towards the south. We camped in Tony's "TENT"... or the trunk of Tony's car (Killed-by-mafia-and-stuck-in-the-trunk- style). Good fun times! The next morning, we met up with the rest of the the Fish-4-Cure group (almost 20 in all mostly Tony's co-workers at NOAA). Most of us had the Fish-4-cure bicycling uniforms. Some decided the fish on a bicycle picture isn't enough, so they decorated themselves with salmon dolls strapped around each leg (I called that guy salmon legs). We got our maps and gear. When requesting a map, an old lady smiled at us and said, "We did not show the hills, " with an evil Mr. Burns/Dr. Evil like tone.
Off we went at 8:00 AM. At approximately 8:15.4842421787-ish AM after dodging killer semi-trucks and making way into the middle of no-where, I heard a weird sound. I broke my first sweat. The noise did not sound good. I asked Tony if he sees anything wrong with my bike. "John your rear tire's flat," Tony said. SHIT!!!!
Its a great thing Tony was next to me, because I had no experience changing a flat on a bicycle before. It is much different than a car (we don't care spare tire+ wheels on bicycles). We were on the road side trying to replace my flat. After getting the tire in, and having help from some other nice bikers, I heard a hissing sound from my bicycle. "What is that hissing sound??!?!" I asked myself. That's not good. Congratulations John! You bought a brand new tire tube WITH HOLES!!!! (I'll have to write a letter of complaint about quality to the makers). Its a good thing Tony also carried a spare, with same tire size. After more frustration, we got the new set of tires on and NO HISSING SOUNDS!!! We can finally continue. Off we go... AGAIN...
We finally got to the first rest stop (12 miles or so from start line). I got my tires checked and the guys in the ambulances were keeping a eye on us because for some reason we did look like we were about to pass out. At the stop, they provided us with snacks and all sorts of goodies. We started to pig out on bananas, hummus, bread, in the light weight all you-can-eat-buffet. (not the brightest of ideas).
We continued on our merry ways pushing ourselves to continue. Then we got to, where I call, the MOUNTAIN OF DEATH!!! This was a steep mountain even by a car's standard. We were expected to scale it on a bicycle. I do not know exactly how tall the MOUNTAIN OF DEATH was, but it was not a piece of cake. During our "climb" up, a SUV tailed us to make sure we don't pass out from exhaustion, or become roadkill. When we made it to the top, we took a couple of breathers. Our jaws dropped we noticed the road ahead. It dropped to the abyss (probably sea-level) and back up to our elevation (MOUNTAIN OF DEATH aka. mini Everest). I'm guessing these are the hills the old lady was smiling about. Going down the hill was easy, we were clocked going approx 42 mph. But the way up was a bitch. We collected as much momentum, but you can only get so much momentum to climb a WALL with a bicycle... Tony was trying to reach go with the momentum, on the way up mini Everest, he noticed his peddling did not have any effects. His chains came off from the gear! His shoes were attached to his pedals so it was hard to remove his legs from the pedals. Tuuuunk, Tony flopped to the side, getting a couple of scratches to his legs. All was good, Tony did not become roadkill. We got back on our feet and pushed on.
After more miles of exhaustive bicycling, I continued on the course. At this point I lost Master Yang (Tony). Throughout the entire course so far, there are some really obvious road signs to indicate when we should turn. However, there is a point where I saw some graffiti like symbols on the road. and I excused it as such. I kept on going on my merry way until I felt it weird that I haven't seen a bicyclist for miles... SHIT, I'm LOST. I found my way back, and went back to the graffiti, to re-examine the symbol. The sign told me to U-TURN!!! CRAP-O!!! I got back on course...
Continued to the most foul smelling Cow-Fart Bio-Hazard zone. Bicycling through miles of EXTREME COW FARTS... It's not your regular cow fart, but it was like I was breathing with my nose glued to the anus of a cow. Concentrated Cow-farts. Bio-Terrorism grade cow-farts. Later, I raced a train (later the bicycling trail will cross the train tracks). Then got lost a couple more times.
At a rest stop, one of the volunteer asked me how I trained for the event. I told her that this is basically the third time I'm on this new road bike. My training for the course consists of swiping the credit card and finding a place in my garage for the road bike. "So you decided to just go 100 miles without any training?" she asked. "Why not?" I responded. "mmmkay," She glanced at the emergency medical technician possibly pointing me out as a potential victim. After many hours of sweat, breathing cow-fart, and racing a train (and winning), I finally got back to Sweet Home, OR. It was a great feeling to be back. I can finally say to myself, "you made it. You had many excuses to quit, but you didn't. You pushed on through pain. And you made it!" It was a great moment crossing the Finish line. I pumped my fist and roared! Well, I didn't exactly roar, but more like said the word, "roar." I was awarded a medal for completion of the course, and it FELT GREAT!!!
The following shows a little diagram of the bicycle route:
Map of our Adventure!
Tony and I speeding after conquering the MOUNTAIN OF DEATH!!! 24 juin Avenue Q June 19th. We went to watch Avenue Q. It was great! I first heard of AveQ a while back, but Temer reminded me about the coming tour while having a conversation about the Internet in the Philosophy club. I do not watch many musicals, but I have to classify this as a 'must see', because 1) Its different from other musicals. 2) Puppets! Puppets! Puppets!!! 3) Its an Seseme Street for a mature audience 4) Its hilarious! 5) Puppet Sex! Who could resist?!?! 6) Great advice from Bad Idea Bears! 7) "The internet is great..." Anyway, you should see it if you have the chance. 29 mai Palms Springs for 5 days ANYONE?Hey, I'm interested in knowing if anyone is interested in going to Palm Springs CA for 5 days? Golf in golfing heaven anyone? Or relax under the sun/spa? Any takers? |
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