Archive for January, 2009

Streets: Utilitarian Corridors or Livable Public Space

Wed, Jan 14, 2009

Here’s something I found while surfing the ‘net. It’s a cool concept, where they “reclaim” unused space within the city and transform it into livable public spaces.

It’s an inspiration I want to duplicate here… but I (or WE) would need to come up with something that will eliminate the KA-CHING sound inside government officials’ heads [...]

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Quick fix

Sun, Jan 11, 2009

My eldest son has been sick (viral infection) since Wednesday and even with my wife home I couldn’t leave the kids alone with her though she has given me the go signal yesterday to ride today but I was still hesitant. My decision to ride would depend on how my son is doing.

My alarm clock [...]

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Bang, bang, baby!

Sun, Jan 4, 2009

Today’s destination: The Shotgun Trail in San Mateo, Rizal (though, this isn’t the original plan, but it’s nearby). This will be my first time to ride this trail as it’s quite far from where I live and ever since I started mountain biking I always bike from home (I only started last year, almost the [...]

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Family above all

Sat, Jan 3, 2009

Today being a Saturday I didn’t need to contact my riding group, The Backout Boys, if there is a ride. Weekends are the group’s riding days.
Some of us have prior commitments on this day, though, and instead of pedaling all the way to Sta. Rosa, with one of us already informing the group he will [...]

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The MTB Junkie signing in!

Thu, Jan 1, 2009

The idea behind The MTB Junkie was given to me by my wife, on this day, the first day of 2009. As of this writing I have only been mountain biking for less than a year, and with every ride, with every time I mount the saddle, I’ve felt myself slowly getting addicted to riding [...]

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