Roxy : Almost Perfect

Roxy at the wheel hospital

Roxy's driver's side front tire had been leaking air for a while now.  Little by little, the air would leak out, but not to the point of it being dangerous.  I would have to refill it every other day, but that was fine with me. After a few weeks of this though, it got a little irritating, so I decided to bring her to the vulcanizing shop.  Lo and behold, the wheel had a dent and a small crack!  No wonder the air was escaping!  I had to use Roxy's spare wheel (which is the original 14" wheel) while all the other wheels were 17" in diameter!  Talk about stupid looking!

I was using that setup for a few days while I was looking for a place that would repair my rim for a decent price.  One day, while I was biking the backroads near our village, I came across a tire center that offered wheel alignment, balancing, tire mounting, and wheel repairs! :D  So I went home and got Roxy.  I brought her to the wheel repair shop and they quoted me Php1000 for the repair.  After around an hour and a half of soldering and massaging, my wheel was good as new!  :)  Good thing it's near my place, because as soon as I got home, I realized that the center cap was missing.  I got back on my bike and went over to the place, and the center cap was promptly found and handed over. 

So there you have it, Roxy's good as new again!  The only thing I would do is give her a good paint job, and she'll be back to perfect condition.  But I don't want to give her a so-so paint job just to sell her.  I'd rather sell her as is and have the buyer give her a nice paint job OR I could have her painted good and sell her at a higher price.  Hmmmm...  I'll think about it.

UPCAT Passer

Oh yes!

I finally got my UPCAT PASSER baller IDs!  Thank you thank you Nadine Narciso for getting them for me! :D  I bought 5 of them because I wanted to give them away to some of my older friends who are loud and proud UP students!  Woot!  I'll be keeping one on to show how proud I am of PEYUPS.  Now if only AF were to make some... :D

2011 Year Planning and Pigout Session

Our Spread

Last Saturday, Hundred One Events and Exhibits had its first pigout planning session at my house.  I got home at around 7pm from an afternoon spent in UP with old friends.  By around 8pm, our manager/organizer Dexter and his wife (and our very own mamabear) Chelle arrived.  They brought food, and I mean FOOD.  Inihaw na Liempo, Pancit Canton, Lechon Manok, Atsara, and two One-pound Burgers!  It was a FEAST!  The funny part is, they were only feeding four people!

Each slice is a quarter pounder, people!

Our meeting lasted til around 1am, and by that time, we were about halfway through the food.  At least we had leftovers to eat the next day!


It's been a while since 101 Events had a workshop, and it's about time that we got back into gear.  I can't tell you the exact schedule yet, but I know that 2011 is gonna be an awesome year! 

*BUUUURP!!!*

200Kms in a Week!

Mikaela

I did it!  201 grueling kilometers on my bike since last Thursday!  :D  My goal was to do 200Kms from last Thursday until this Friday (tomorrow).  What makes this goal extra challenging is that I don't have gears on my bike.  It's what's called a single speed, just like the BMX you had as a kid.  I've been riding single speed (SS) exclusively for a little over a year now.  On Thursday, I did 53Kms with my friend Bong, going to Makati and back (I live in Fairview).  Then Friday was New Year's eve, so Friday and Saturday were no bike days for me.  On Sunday, logged in 46Kms with my friend Ruelo, going to Greenhills and back.  On Monday, I did a solo bike ride to National Book Store along Congressional Avenue for a cool 15Kms.  Then I got sick... Monday night was horrible.  I was sneezing and blowing my nose and coughing.  Tuesday was worse.  I was bed ridden.  I couldn't get out of bed, and my whole body ached.  I thought my goal was done for.  Wednesday morning, I was feeling a little bit better, and I biked in the afternoon, just because I couldn't stand staying in bed for 2 whole days.  It was hard, but I managed to clock in 31Kms, going around Katipunan and Teacher's Village.  That ride made me feel a lot better.  That evening, I met up with a bunch of my photographer friends for a late Xmas get together.  I got home at around 3am and got to sleep at around 5am.  I woke up at 11, and had lunch with my brother and sister in law.  I was thinking that my goal was just a bit out of reach because Friday I would be busy with a one on one workshop.  But then my brother said "kaya yan, bike ka ngayon papuntang Makati and back." It was then I realized, yeah, no excuses.  I'll do it.

I got my gear ready, and I left the house around 2pm.  By around 3pm, I was along Gilmore.  3:45 I reached Makati.  I didn't have anywhere to go, so I just decided to visit Saguijo, one of my favorite haunts.  It's a bar with live bands along Guijo Street, and it's one of the places I feel most at home in.  I stopped to rest for about 5 minutes then started heading back.  By the time I reached Gilmore again, my back was starting to hurt.  So was my butt!  But I trudged on.  Tomas Morato, Kamuning, Kamias... Maginhawa... UP!  I stopped by Ate Vicky's (our favorite awesomest food cart outside Archi!) and ordered  a big bottle of C2 Iced Tea and a cheesy chicken burger.  I really needed that recharge!  I looked at my odometer and realized that I was still short 11Kms to reach my 200Km goal.  But the thing is, the distance from UP to my house is only around 6Kms!  So what I did was go around the academic oval (2.2Kms) twice and a half to fill in the needed mileage.  Then I started home.  By this time, my thighs were burning because of all the biking I've been doing, and partly because I had just recovered from a flu.  But of course, I HAD to get home.  So slowly but surely, I biked home.  By the time I got back (around 6:30pm), I had logged in 56.63 Kms, bringing my total to 201Kms! :D  I was stoked!  I AM stoked!  I set a goal, and I did it!  And that makes me realize that I can do so many things.  All I really have to do is put my mind to it.  Yeah, I really believe that.  Maybe I'll try for another 200Kms this coming week! :)