tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59233172024-02-24T10:03:23.688+08:00Tochs. Thoughts On Climbing Happenings Scribbled & Serialized Koleksyon ng mga sinulat. Filing cabinet ng mga articles, mga akyat, social observations, happenings at kung ano ano pa. Observing and documenting what a curious mind sees and processes. Tuloy lang po.tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.comBlogger658125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-81871716015076465412024-02-24T10:02:00.006+08:002024-02-24T10:02:37.178+08:00Tips on Saving Planet Earth<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><span style="font-size: 15px;">he Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Inform. Inspire. Act.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">On a <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>personal level, every small contribution counts such as:</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">1. Reduce use of plastic particularly on water</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">2. Bike or walk instead of driving.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">3. Turn off electric power when not in use</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">4. Keep gas-based vehicles in condition particularly tire pressure</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">5. Eat locally and organically grown food. Reduce red meat in diet.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">6. Mind laundry chores on water and detergent use.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">7. Higher temperature setting on AC helps.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">8. Efficient driving.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">9. Recycle old goods.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">10. Tap public transpo even if inconvenient.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Where we see some saving the earth manifesting in the Philippines:</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Transpo</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Biking</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Bike lanes</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Jeep modernization</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Work from home</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Aircon refrigerants</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Shift from gas and diesel to other sources</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Electric cars</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Walkable cities</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">School/ Mall</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Garbage segregation drive</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Water conservation</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Energy conservation</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Recycled water</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Planting trees</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Temperature control</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Neutral rest rooms</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Reduce. Reuse. Recycle</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Barangay</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Garbage collection</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Plastic bottle collection</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Recycling</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• No noise after 10 p.m.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Junk shop</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Backyard gardening</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Commerce</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Recycling</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Green products</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Organic produce</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Paper/Green Bags</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Solar Energy</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• LED Lights/ TV</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• No drinking straws</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Raw material selection</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Chemical disposal</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Organic farming</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Environmental hazards disposal</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Food disposal</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Policies</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Tree planting</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Oil spill control</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• No videoke ordinance</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Septage management</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• PWD enabling</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• LGBT ordinance</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Tree cutting</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Ecosystem protection</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Harmful medical waste disposal</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Mangrove protection</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Nature parks</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Paperless transaction</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Carbon emission test</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Jeepney upgrade</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Foundation</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Coastal clean up</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Tree planting</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Ecosystem diversity</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Leave no trace outdoors drive</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Urban gardening</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Cottage industry support</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Cooperative creation</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Grand initiatives. Halving World GHGs Emission by 2030 from Information is Beautiful</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Increased solar energy</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Widespread wind energy</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Other renewable energy</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Better recycling of raw materials</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Less materials to make the same things</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Disassembling old products to make new ones</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Waste reduction in production of steel, plastics and other industrial materials</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Reduced use of refrigeration gases (CFCs HFCs)</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Low-carbon heating and cooling</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Low-carbon construction</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Retrofitting buildings with better insulation, energy efficient lighting</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Automation of temperature and lighting</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Electric vehicles</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Increased use of public transport</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Bikes, car-sharing and scooters</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• More efficient shipping of goods with reduced air transport</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Low-emission trucks</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Halting reforestation, planting trees</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Sustainable agriculture techniques</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Plant-based diets</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">• Reduced food waste</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Sone signs of deteriorating conditions:</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Air pollution. Mega typhoons. Heavy flooding. Scarce fish haul. Polluted rivers. Poisoned soil. Plastics in the sea and in the food that we eat. Poverty. Discrimination. New diseases. Airborne diseases. Dying species. Less diversity. Dwindling forest cover. Unpredictable weather. Unmanaged human waste. Noise pollution. Decreasing water table. Flattened mountains. Landslides. Mendicancy . . . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Inform. Inspire. Act.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbtp6AP2Bwd_yx6MV7VhAVXc5fWIbv7u9HwWlvP0GtO_LXQ6YYGwsBuK2lDOVfPp78qmzh6Eh1suhU1sqOaBy9wPICobnG9HGrz-dlQO9A0_WIR5O10Zfgzt30Q3EXGGHyyCV9F11Z4DGrwSgYfVOUNrKIIm4ZjRkSCoHWIH5GJYgMLGDmFRjjA/s1280/428628415_7500563846631050_7832016511328887992_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbtp6AP2Bwd_yx6MV7VhAVXc5fWIbv7u9HwWlvP0GtO_LXQ6YYGwsBuK2lDOVfPp78qmzh6Eh1suhU1sqOaBy9wPICobnG9HGrz-dlQO9A0_WIR5O10Zfgzt30Q3EXGGHyyCV9F11Z4DGrwSgYfVOUNrKIIm4ZjRkSCoHWIH5GJYgMLGDmFRjjA/w640-h360/428628415_7500563846631050_7832016511328887992_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpg3R566CUXHeuZT5AYZ7AlIMsmBeMBvFxvXuBKEfuXJZHziHVPX6Y_5T5REfi1oFyz4rSnvH4mTxinR7QmwDrAMM74MAizemhLrzzycao2U81vfV2SgCas_zzyxQTYFvdGQwJVd3h1V1hVVW8pRtq1UET4pm1inLx6dm6o4Wzyc-Sg4YfzuCDw/s1280/428639760_7507731239247644_9042404659971957752_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpg3R566CUXHeuZT5AYZ7AlIMsmBeMBvFxvXuBKEfuXJZHziHVPX6Y_5T5REfi1oFyz4rSnvH4mTxinR7QmwDrAMM74MAizemhLrzzycao2U81vfV2SgCas_zzyxQTYFvdGQwJVd3h1V1hVVW8pRtq1UET4pm1inLx6dm6o4Wzyc-Sg4YfzuCDw/w640-h360/428639760_7507731239247644_9042404659971957752_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrMEgf-Wsi_HQHktSD87GZ5YG8v04bt6YARfFOYB2239Yyej8eLZTf5IP499f7JFB2_0jjJEyXF4tmOt0EP1c0736RzfX4FhKXQmEbGJbmOkz4jl1f2q5JHuCvxsiuu2AVjqogtcKKFdT5KtLyO5B5lrt1D_oTGVPCW2rsBa93di4UB3qh2AApw/s1179/428643986_7520307834656651_9081104917904644304_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="1179" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrMEgf-Wsi_HQHktSD87GZ5YG8v04bt6YARfFOYB2239Yyej8eLZTf5IP499f7JFB2_0jjJEyXF4tmOt0EP1c0736RzfX4FhKXQmEbGJbmOkz4jl1f2q5JHuCvxsiuu2AVjqogtcKKFdT5KtLyO5B5lrt1D_oTGVPCW2rsBa93di4UB3qh2AApw/w640-h344/428643986_7520307834656651_9081104917904644304_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-49952799377958522592024-02-24T09:59:00.001+08:002024-02-24T09:59:14.922+08:00Planet Earth<p> <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">O</span></b>ur earth may no longer be habitable for future generations owing to overdevelopment, abuse, and inequality.</p><p>Scientists have identified the dangers of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions GHG, and carbon footprints.</p><p>Social activists have highlighted the appalling state of poverty, with residents having nothing to eat or drink.</p><p>We've witnessed inequalities, as well as a lack of access to quality education and career prospects.</p><p>Targets have been set with indicators to ensure that the present and future generations may enjoy life on this planet. Unfortunately, targets are off. Interventions are not sufficient.</p><p>Developments and harm we inflict on the world make it more challenging. If no new efforts or policies are implemented, the condition of degradation will accelerate, and doing nothing will make matters worse. More forceful interventions are necessary.</p><p>Where we are now in Greenhouse House Emissions GHG Transport. Land. Buildings. Industry. Energy. Justice and Equity.</p><p>If it is business as usual, the global temperature will rise further.</p><p>Through the UNDP and partner’s Movers Programme, I have been introduced to the five drivers of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals:</p><p>• Reducing poverty and increasing income</p><p>• Leading better health</p><p>• Driving sustainable growth</p><p>• Protecting the planet</p><p>• Preventing inequality</p><p>• Partnership</p><p>Given the current status of the world, the targets are overwhelming. This initiative focused on what everyone, particularly young, can do in small meaningful ways to help bring the objectives back on track within decades.</p><p>Starting with an awareness campaign, it encourages individuals to do all they can to prevent future deterioration.</p><p>Everyone may help on three levels, which are:</p><p>• Personal or individual</p><p>• Reaching out to the community as a whole</p><p>• Influencing system-level policy</p><p>Movers Programme Influencers gathered online week of 12 February 2024 to review modest and remarkable achievements from conducting over 100 workshops in 4 years, implementing community-based programs, influencing policy makers, involving in green related jobs, careers, and entrepreneurship to promote the 5 drivers of the SDGs.</p><p>From attending the programs online, the advocates from different Asian Pacific countries initially conducted workshops then launched activities withing their villages expanding to the nation and to the region.</p><p>Facilitators, resources persons, organizers and fellow movers challenge and inspire us to act.</p><p> ------</p><p>Technical info and insights learned primarily from the UNDP Movers Programme as a volunteer mentor, Youth Empowerment Project in Asia/ Pacific and UNDP, a community of dedicated individuals playing a crucial role in shaping the future of our youth, through SDGs.</p><p>https://creativecommons.org/choose/www.youthcolab.org/movers</p><p>https://www.youthcolab.org/movers</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Taka and One OK Rock performed a high-tech hard rock concert featuring balanced sounds, lights, video, and energized band accompaniment of Tomoya, Toru, and Ryota.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The performance featured well-crafted lyrics, sensational vocals, swag moves, a high jump, and a 25-second stretched high note.</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Taka, a young, seasoned vocalist, showcased his unique style and medium with messages on taking control of ones' life.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Song “We Are” dwells on the feeling of being underestimated and <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>undervalued, but ultimately overcoming these obstacles by standing tall and believing. "<i>Never tell yourself. You should be someone else. Stand up tall and say I'm not afraid.</i>”</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“Wasted Nights” is about living life fully at the present so as not to regret the past. "<i>I don't want to wait. I don't want to waste a night.</i>"</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"Stand Out Fit In" is conforming while standing out.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">One OK Rock was discovered by chance on YouTube just this year (2023). This September from a viewer to an audience, witnessed his concert live in Manila. In his online posts, Taka showcased their band's talents, music and engaging performances. In a smaller scale, he did that in Manila.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">He performed in Manila at the Araneta Coliseum this September 26, with an impressive following to a full 15k capacity venue.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Behind One OK Rock's great production values, grabbing messaging and musicality, cinematic visuals and effects, individual talents is their drive for perfection. Viewing their official videos, a sensitive fan feels it. They are "on the edge" all the time.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Tagged Luxury Disease Asia is their world tour staged in the U.S., Europe and major cities in Asia supporting the launch of their new releases.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">As a norm in this decade’s concerts with a large fan base, immediately after the concert, video clips are flooded on X Twitter and TikTok.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; 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relationship of a young Literature male student and a senior woman set in three
periods: in 1958 when they first met, in 1966 eight years after and in their
senior years in the mid-90s 29 years after the second passive encounter</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Movie deals with illiteracy, sexual drive, the Holocaust,
Nazi war crime, legal procedure, family, the past and secrecy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is thought provoking, morally devastating, hurting<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It all started by chance when Michael, a 15 year ago meets a
pretty German bus conductor Hannah in her mid-30s discovering a common passion:
Michael reading classic stories and poems, Hannah listening and sex<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Two of the many books read were "The Odyssey" by
Homer about a homecoming and "The Lady with Little Dog" by Anton
Chekov, a classic short story<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michael selects the pieces and reads; Hanna simply listens
and reacts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For reading to her, Michael is rewarded with sex<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hannah enjoys listening and learning, Michael as a
literature students proficient in 3 languages loves selecting pieces and the
reading<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michael's obsessions for Hanna starting with an affair to
lust to love however came to a painful abrupt end for him<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8 years later Michael as a law student sees her in court
proceedings accused in a Nazi war crime resulting in the death of 300 Jews
burned in a church<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michael was disturbed observing the legal procedure and was
simply a passive observer not interacting with her<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Secrets disclosed eventually unfolded when the two in due
course connected in a non-traditional medium via recorded readings of literary
works<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michael went through excruciating pain carrying the burden
to himself:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->As a young boy when the woman he fell in love
with suddenly disappeared</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Discovering her years later but with no contact
and interaction</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The woman he fell for is involved in a Nazi
crime</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->An info he knew which can absolve accusations
against her he withheld</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->A condition he learned later on which Hanna was
ashamed to disclose</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Secrets Michael kept to himself from his
immediate family, his schoolmates, his wife and growing daughter</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Never able to express how Hannah influenced him
where he is now and mutually how Hannah learned skills because of him</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The meet up that did not happen</li></ul><!--[if !supportLists]--><o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Reader shocks us with a powerful message that each one
of us may have a dark past that we have to eventually deal with<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How we deal with it may result in redemption, forgiveness,
moving on or tragically deeper remorse and destruction<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>"I reread the Odyssey at that time, which I had first
read in school and remembered as a story of a homecoming.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>But it is not a story of a homecoming.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>How could the Greeks who knew that one never enters the same
river twice, believe in homecoming?<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Odysseus does not return home to stay, but to set off again.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and
purposeless, successful and futile."</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bernhard Schlink, The Reader<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">•Quotes from The Reader
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/23684-der-vorleser<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Reviews https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-reader-2008<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Trailer
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0976051/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Trailer https://youtu.be/Qc3HDorGzBc<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Film Summary https://youtu.be/G3nN7PDsBd0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shown on TapMovies in HD of CignalTV<o:p></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-13687497458733226692023-04-17T19:05:00.000+08:002023-04-17T19:05:05.449+08:00Kindness in Taipei<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">10</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> incidents experiencing kindness and willingness to help by the Taiwanese (and others)</span></p><p>1. Buying a uBike, MRT, bus ticket and registering the load at 7-11 Xinyi Anhe district, the system kept of rejecting the registration. It required a certain format of the Taiwanese sourced cell number</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>• Lady customer of 7-11 helped us interpret some instructions even with language constraints</p><p>• Googling for solution for hours at 7-11, we could not find one. Looked for the uBike kiosk, there was none near the Taipei 101 area</p><p>• The ticketing frontliner at the MRT underground station used his cellphone to answer our query, where is the uBike kiosk</p><p>• Not able to satisfy us, he called on his fellow frontliner to assist us</p><p>• Finding the uBike station but without a kiosk, we spotted a young violinist parking his bike</p><p>• With some language constraints understanding our concern, he diagnosed our difficulty</p><p>• He gave us the correct format of the cellphone, add a “0” before the number</p><p>• It worked</p><p>• Thank you, student</p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXZesX9FBywbTq6BbyEL4XrD1jva8XTb0SPeKWA4UC1C19HwczXMRFgM-R_oWmAc17923oCcIm4jjn8qY6rjxVp74lR7_LLuqviACJWK99IyDTiNXSGt2W8Wah8Z8rG0G3gsYFpi9G5wTYvLbfsY7ehbPhdvhrfbphOxXicBT1idPSzmPMxQ/s1280/Slide1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXZesX9FBywbTq6BbyEL4XrD1jva8XTb0SPeKWA4UC1C19HwczXMRFgM-R_oWmAc17923oCcIm4jjn8qY6rjxVp74lR7_LLuqviACJWK99IyDTiNXSGt2W8Wah8Z8rG0G3gsYFpi9G5wTYvLbfsY7ehbPhdvhrfbphOxXicBT1idPSzmPMxQ/w640-h360/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>2. Following up our order of coffee and meals at a coffee shop in DadaoCheng to a lady barista who singlehandedly was processing all the orders and steps, a lady approached our table and assisted us</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>• She asked in English our requirements</p><p>• She followed up with the barista</p><p>• She delivered all orders and explained the story behind the food</p><p>• She also offered to teach us some Taiwanese expressions</p><p>• Then she served us complimentary desserts</p><p>• It turned out she was a fellow customer at “COFFEE” who speaks English and other languages</p><p>• Thank you, madam</p></blockquote><p>3.Looking at a leather store at a DadaoCheng alley, an elderly man alone in the shop was busy sewing a leather item</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>• He stood up and showed the items explaining as best as he can his creations</p><p>• After spending some time with us, he showed us a collection of biblical quotations embossed in small tags</p><p>• He asked us to select, then he put in a leather tag as a gift</p><p>• He asked for a name then showed us the process of embossing names manually and using a laser printer</p><p>• He asked us to emboss our names on the leather tag</p><p>• It touched us that a man of his age would go out of his way to attend to us random walk ins</p><p>• As he was so disciplined with his craft, procedural and charming in dealing with younger people, he reminded us of our father</p><p>• That moment alone made our visit to Taipei complete</p><p>• Thank you, Taco, for the gifts and your gentle presence</p></blockquote><p>4. Eating at Taiwan Mama at the Huashan Creative Park Zhongzheng District concept restaurant, the staff took our orders and served them</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>• Curious about the soy based raw bean curd, the attentive staff took time to explain us the process</p><p>• She went out of her way to find a link on how the bean curd in produced going through several steps</p><p>• Ending he explanation, I casually asked if she could prepare the dish</p><p>• Out of character, she flipped her hair and expressed something like “ako pa!” in Taiwanese drawing laughter and appreciation from us</p><p>• That cemented our cordial relationship with her</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEify2TNP9nwLTvVDw9lpfJQdANEVcCPC1WVGbcx_nzWQQxD1Ege7XPP0i77iyzpLHRXMTmuHJGPrmR1mgB6RaH9hJsuy79xD892bCiWcYoasFVXDZeXQtYvR0-QTwBQR2ZDhVp9dcD8s4rQmmgmr8JVc0g4Tz4Xujofk6HCNditlfhSz5gxtH0/s1280/Slide2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEify2TNP9nwLTvVDw9lpfJQdANEVcCPC1WVGbcx_nzWQQxD1Ege7XPP0i77iyzpLHRXMTmuHJGPrmR1mgB6RaH9hJsuy79xD892bCiWcYoasFVXDZeXQtYvR0-QTwBQR2ZDhVp9dcD8s4rQmmgmr8JVc0g4Tz4Xujofk6HCNditlfhSz5gxtH0/w640-h360/Slide2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></blockquote><p>5. Needing Taiwanese Dollars, I entered a bank at DadaoCheng district, I asked for help from a greeter at the entrance</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>• Understanding my need to purchase local currency, he directed me to the 2/F</p><p>• Without waiting, a male bank front liner attended to me</p><p>• I asked for options which he provided: Taiwanese Dollars can be purchased using American Dollars but not Philippine Pesos</p><p>• He added that I can also withdraw using my Philippine debit card using the ATM</p><p>• Choosing ATM, he went out of his counter and accompanied me to the ATM machines at the 1/F</p><p>• Not successful at first due to a wrong entry, he patiently waited for me to complete the transaction</p><p>• The attention he gave to a walk-in client who surely was not a gold account was exceptional</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>6. Taking the MRT for the first time, I looked at the posters and guides for instruction</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>• I then proceeded to the ticket counter to purchase</p><p>• I was quoted 25 Taiwanese Dollars from Belmen to Taipei 101 stations using the green and the red lines and was issued a token</p><p>• Observing how the commuters enter the turnpike, most of them were tapping cards not token</p><p>• I asked the lady at the counter how to use the token</p><p>• She stepped out of the counter, went outside and showed me the token tap sensor</p><p>• She then reminded me to change from green to the red line at the Chang Kai Shek station</p><p>• While I thought this was more than service, she then asked to look for a token slot different from the sensor when I exit at Taipei 101 station</p><p>• Truly this was exceptional considering she was speaking in Taiwanese</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuL64pz6lPA4bgL2Uw4Z8nH-F5sZ6-BelEaAmoWcRjmn2V7Pm4y3heEDMoGbyQGf9kG8xAFEx-QYrfMupR2vSXQBkemInT2eKbJuJOX5TRWm74jB-lze0PGKFjixYqNMktdRZ8t_MI8emq_C2j2WoDKP8t8gWA2XS-MheDMXsRXX0H5uEw2s/s1280/Slide3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuL64pz6lPA4bgL2Uw4Z8nH-F5sZ6-BelEaAmoWcRjmn2V7Pm4y3heEDMoGbyQGf9kG8xAFEx-QYrfMupR2vSXQBkemInT2eKbJuJOX5TRWm74jB-lze0PGKFjixYqNMktdRZ8t_MI8emq_C2j2WoDKP8t8gWA2XS-MheDMXsRXX0H5uEw2s/w640-h360/Slide3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>7. While resting for the next round of shops to inspect at the Huashan Creative Park, I made an effort to reply to a climbing friend who detected I was in Taipei<br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>• Sending a message via messenger, she asked the night before if we can meet up</p><p>• Replying 12 hours after, she asked where I was, when I was leaving and how many were we</p><p>• She immediately offered; I’ll host dinner at 7 at New Taipei City Banqiao district giving specific instructions on how to reach the place on a busy Friday night by MRT</p><p>• Coming from her plant, she reserved a table and ordered food</p><p>• Not familiar with the route, we were terribly late by 40 minutes</p><p>• Apologizing, she did not make us feel guilty, “you are my friend,” she said in fluent Pilipino</p><p>• On short notice, we were treated to a different filling evening hearing stories on how life is in Taiwan, how she deals and helps Filipino workers in her plant giving us a perspective on working in her country</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">• Thank you for a wonderful and different night</p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh3AsKPIGULAFONUyYfvxhKQTgJX6P7CyIDoTtkmVHt_gHH8K3LyMuRLtsApDcdlCLkeRpJzgQcN3KHNlI1Ey_ajykJfHuMKXmIQMNDrGFcWcElsjDS7r_ci6q7PEeo4MANGy1v1444k9-QGLG-repP-5NvpQhYeAbdFuzBTWoz4ujUNzYLU/s1280/Slide4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh3AsKPIGULAFONUyYfvxhKQTgJX6P7CyIDoTtkmVHt_gHH8K3LyMuRLtsApDcdlCLkeRpJzgQcN3KHNlI1Ey_ajykJfHuMKXmIQMNDrGFcWcElsjDS7r_ci6q7PEeo4MANGy1v1444k9-QGLG-repP-5NvpQhYeAbdFuzBTWoz4ujUNzYLU/w640-h360/Slide4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>8. At the Giant bike store in Sogo at the Zhongxiao district, the store officer provided us information critical in the selection and appreciation of bicycle and accessories<p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>• He explained within limited time the differences between Giant, Momentum and Liv brands</p><p>• The taxes inputted for the three different brands</p><p>• Bikes and models appropriate for daily commuting, long ride and relaxing chill</p><p>• Features of pinpointed bikes and packing for out-of-town dispatch</p><p>• His personal experience as a biker educating us in our selection of bikes appropriate for our needs</p><p>• Thank you, Giant staff</p></blockquote><br /><p> </p><p>9. On a rainy and cold Friday, we advanced the Xinbeitou hot spring visit by a day</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>• New to the place, my companion spotted a group of young Thailander ladies roaming around</p><p>• They offered to take our pictures and eventually led us to the initial phase of the walk</p><p>• Returning tourists, they were familiar with the area giving us suggestion on how to go about appreciating Xinbeitou on a wet morning</p><p>• After we established our bearings, they left us for their own planned activities</p><p>• While dining, we were seated behind a French lady on a solo trip</p><p>• She happened to be a pediatrician on a vacation leading to some exchanges on insights in English on France and Taiwan</p><p>• Two groups welcomed us with pleasantries that paved the way for nature to show us the splendor of the natural spring</p><p>• Thank you, tourists, from Thailand and France</p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWz2505X-2m_FFeAO3fO_wolCgB3vCvZlgjSZRh88_5TMxmVGVdVJCMOwFfUhuI42ekaGNCueso3DaYZKD2QPokDGoP8_Hgc_syfguaqIMdOOBNmwfocHDR1Sw_ynqL_2ImqemTN6IG4IG1Uc6nwJNz93_Ag6c_axbXBF6b-jCZ17bmdj1c8/s1280/Slide5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWz2505X-2m_FFeAO3fO_wolCgB3vCvZlgjSZRh88_5TMxmVGVdVJCMOwFfUhuI42ekaGNCueso3DaYZKD2QPokDGoP8_Hgc_syfguaqIMdOOBNmwfocHDR1Sw_ynqL_2ImqemTN6IG4IG1Uc6nwJNz93_Ag6c_axbXBF6b-jCZ17bmdj1c8/w640-h360/Slide5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p>10. Departing at the Taoyuan International Airport, I failed to process online an eTravel declaration card for RP Department of Health for returning travelers<p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>• What I had was an exit from the Philippines eTravel and my original vaccination IDs</p><p>• The front liner of China Airlines processed my check in requirements manually but asked to fill in the form online</p><p>• She stepped out of her counter, asked for my cell phone, gave me data access, and guided me with the info to fill in</p><p>• She declared that she already checked me in but will release the documents upon completion of the process</p><p>• She gave me a space where I can conveniently input until the QR code issuance</p><p>• I was told not to fall in line when I flash the QR code to her to release the documents</p><p>• I felt so important to the desk officer</p><p>• While seated on the plane, I found out she placed me in a 3-seater row all for myself</p><p>• Thank you, China Airlines desk officer</p></blockquote><p>On night of our arrival, in a company of family, we were invited to their friend for a special dinner at iconic Dian Shui Lou at the Nanjing District</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>• Without disclosing details, that dinner alone with the family already set the tone for a cherished out of country visit</p><p>• It set us up not only gastronomically to be open and accepting to the kind souls extending to guide us during the trip</p></blockquote><p>Taiwan treated me with exceptional customer service orientationAll of them went beyond servicing going the extra mile consistently to address a visitor’s need</p><p>Whether required as a professional or a citizen assisting someone in need, the core of their excellent servicing orientation is their value inherent in their DNA</p><p>The values of kindness, giving help to someone in need, strong sense of patriotism</p><p>What do they say of kindness, it is the fiber of the human spirit</p><p>It is an understanding of the reality that we all go through struggles</p><p>Kindness when extended unexpectedly heals validating the joy of being human</p><p>Thank you to my companions and friends for making the experience memorable</p><p>Taiwan’s infrastructure, the citizen’s service orientation and a seasoned company of travelers simply flowing with, and our adventurous spirit all surfaced in this fantastic break</p><p>Returning back to Terminal One in Manila, riding in a regular taxi, the registered driver set his conditions: not a metered ride, add a little for the ride back home in his run down but maintained taxi</p><p>Welcome back to the Philippines</p><p>---</p><p><i>Writer is a facilitator of a capability building module Collaboration for Value, a disciplined process of connecting with customers resulting in satisfying their needs</i></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-87711739328375840832023-03-04T10:56:00.008+08:002023-03-04T21:18:55.023+08:00Mini Meaty Strip in Kamuning: Bar Y Lasa Short Strip<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> A</span></b> fulfilled professional is developing a short food strip along Scout Ybardolaza st. Kamuning (same side as the Sacred Heart Parish Shrine) to add to the growing options of places to feast in the area.</p><p>His advocacy is to provide opportunities for others to earn a living and to succeed. His long years of experience employed in multinational company, in operating restaurants and leisure outlets, training and providing spiritual advice are the drivers to support his passion and beliefs.</p><p>Currently, there are about 4 shops (of 7) operating since December 2022.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGpcp8zKDnMIdXNNBhIFJqO9UJoi5AKDkB_yVSPoiKXzjNQZb1gYDsFrdKwn3we4fYW3mcVBZ5rxwiNFAnKZSc1QlC6msmylvtlEI85Cn05mtWaEY_G_vtyysTfFAftfZYCCBf2vUxK3BCOLYL_vsWj2f3Ar1CysVJvPsrZLfXByH210ziTk/s3120/IMG_20230203_152450.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGpcp8zKDnMIdXNNBhIFJqO9UJoi5AKDkB_yVSPoiKXzjNQZb1gYDsFrdKwn3we4fYW3mcVBZ5rxwiNFAnKZSc1QlC6msmylvtlEI85Cn05mtWaEY_G_vtyysTfFAftfZYCCBf2vUxK3BCOLYL_vsWj2f3Ar1CysVJvPsrZLfXByH210ziTk/w400-h400/IMG_20230203_152450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Maong, known for grilled liempo, BBQ, tilapia etc is open 12-12 serving beer SMBPP at Php 65 0. Staff area friendly, go out of their way to serve. Recognizing the outlet is still to make a name, they will serve you well the best way they know given their limitation. No professional training, not schooled but willing.<p></p><p>Ivy, franchise owner of Maong just took a leap of faith to go into business choosing Maong because she likes the food and was smitten by the smell of BBQ being grilled.</p><p>She risked venturing even if the projections may not be encouraging for now but she is doing it to provide happy employment to her staff.</p><p>Likewise the mini food court operator Chito A. is doing this so he can set up an opportunity for others.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmY835x-GIMX5RuHIxP3KO-sCN0HFhs8SXn-YUbdQp0L1486oTweToQEwWSsK6gOeW5pWVlpgf_dt3LruSj3msTQyIGGu4EGqauDFMSqbvIWu5-97wwzqutpGGL1GnnczUNt-dGvt-M7SE9h6ZBcAk0e7j4ESQn9KhWbIbGoCkjKr2Ern8z34/s3120/IMG_20230205_155615.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmY835x-GIMX5RuHIxP3KO-sCN0HFhs8SXn-YUbdQp0L1486oTweToQEwWSsK6gOeW5pWVlpgf_dt3LruSj3msTQyIGGu4EGqauDFMSqbvIWu5-97wwzqutpGGL1GnnczUNt-dGvt-M7SE9h6ZBcAk0e7j4ESQn9KhWbIbGoCkjKr2Ern8z34/w400-h400/IMG_20230205_155615.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>So far, Maong and the specialty ribs outlet Happy Ribs are slowly getting noticed and tried out by food lovers. But they will have a lot to go to recover.<p></p><p>With good food, price within reach, variety of offerings, good infrastructure with decent CR and parking, it will slowly win the hearts and the tummies of the Kamuning and nearby residents.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTLzqupnuvF47Yr5vLkBwzK2cSPy74WaXjcPkT3ZwS_SAUaum6LrbNx4kxWK2tqJw2xdMLFhUA-xgrTf4Xr28_PugLoZ9TsiZgjaaXvO1Uz2rN4MtRwVHBp-MfIsRIJnOOGTAFzxyH6o5prWp9_u7NcvDT_SYqyMBOvAMWMNgPVy8PISNjEM/s1907/330496260_157636330429589_2471375159411176026_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1907" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTLzqupnuvF47Yr5vLkBwzK2cSPy74WaXjcPkT3ZwS_SAUaum6LrbNx4kxWK2tqJw2xdMLFhUA-xgrTf4Xr28_PugLoZ9TsiZgjaaXvO1Uz2rN4MtRwVHBp-MfIsRIJnOOGTAFzxyH6o5prWp9_u7NcvDT_SYqyMBOvAMWMNgPVy8PISNjEM/w400-h178/330496260_157636330429589_2471375159411176026_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>So ano ang intensyon ng food strip na ito sa pagitan ng Timog Avenue at Kamuning st.? Intindi ko, 'koncept karinderya offering a range of specialty food" na may front parking for cars at grills for bikes and the most decent CR in the Scout Ybarlolaza area.<p></p><p>Wala pa sa Google Map.</p><p>When people put their entrepreneurial skills on the line for others, suportahan!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-79093685162033792062023-02-17T17:25:00.002+08:002023-02-17T17:25:19.099+08:00Repurposing Miranila<p><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="font-size: large;">e</span><span style="font-size: large;">nry Miranila at Mariposa st. in Barangay Bagong Lipunan ng Crame is another output of Hanky Lee to add to the chain of heritage structures he "manages and repurposes"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfi9zQoz_fkQ0QOvbin99CXi-NbCKp8pSrcaIpPSXs55fhJyLq0axUVfS8OLTNBRnbK9yXZBlZp0Xqr9StmWtFONxTzMUVObOe5bEzZDOCh-5VNPDseXBRNknCJERGDHjgdSE43n7NEIInLcQ2RArzzFSD0zRBD5B9100H0zBxiI1DZbdaGhk/s4344/IMG_20230216_124644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfi9zQoz_fkQ0QOvbin99CXi-NbCKp8pSrcaIpPSXs55fhJyLq0axUVfS8OLTNBRnbK9yXZBlZp0Xqr9StmWtFONxTzMUVObOe5bEzZDOCh-5VNPDseXBRNknCJERGDHjgdSE43n7NEIInLcQ2RArzzFSD0zRBD5B9100H0zBxiI1DZbdaGhk/w400-h400/IMG_20230216_124644.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Last June 2022, I participated in the discussion organized by the Cagayan Heritage Conservation Society Community where Hanky hinted he will be opening one is Quezon City</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Then it was a secret but I spilled a spoiler</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now the structure is in place</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The article I posted then . . .</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">------</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">H</span></b>anky Lee, owner of the chain of Henry Heritage Hotels shared with the virtual participants of the Cagayan Heritage Conversation Series this 22 June 2022 the vision mission and programs of the chain and its link to repurposing heritage. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The presentation entitled “Managing and Repurposing Heritage Structures”, covered and elaborated the 3 pillars that guided the look, feel and experience of the chain and other insights.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">With The Henry Hotel Manila (in Pasay) and The Henry Hotel Dumaguete as concrete examples, the structures sit on properties with prominent structures constructed at a particular era. Structures are preserved, retrofitted preserving the dominant look converted into full-service hotel and restaurant.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFFk1zqhCNXMkVLNoyzWlJ0wWvkrARNwE9XmiXaacHjTD2ZKi9oWa70KbeJ_UU_3qmUIM9Z2ii59heB5KgEiHopdfofgAfw3M5jNlNbAi5OZ5MVa6uUEyockEpjYnGx9X2kfFL54CwVSxtn2gZo4fIcmyJO-n9xr7bUlPA3XtJ4sLxSYYYGQ/s4344/IMG_20230216_124626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFFk1zqhCNXMkVLNoyzWlJ0wWvkrARNwE9XmiXaacHjTD2ZKi9oWa70KbeJ_UU_3qmUIM9Z2ii59heB5KgEiHopdfofgAfw3M5jNlNbAi5OZ5MVa6uUEyockEpjYnGx9X2kfFL54CwVSxtn2gZo4fIcmyJO-n9xr7bUlPA3XtJ4sLxSYYYGQ/w400-h400/IMG_20230216_124626.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Each hotel promises a unique Filipino experience guided by these pillars which the owner and the support group diligently subscribe to:</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. Leverages on the Filipino people</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. Celebrates the Philippines</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. A sense of place</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The structure, facilities, amenities, garden, chop suey interiors are aesthetically designed without compromising the place’ authenticity. The current operating hotels in experience, service and infrastructure exemplify its vision of “enhancing and redefining Philippine hospitality.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">While aggressively expanding, it has now shifted from the original intention of heritage preservation to commercial stewardship. Currently though with the global condition, commercial viability is a challenge.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ufNzpaiprdmG1dNLaQJV5gr6sjOBV-fmIQbikCcm43PkiuIi3U9SFcP6iVBzapHfbN2GDtt3tFYgBN8NkwDV6vNJRxVkwozhlq2r9jkJSLeo4-QbrzNmWLmQN_QyCKbd2h7y7hhl6JPuK4F6vRk5QASUAVSnt0EpxVdTwjElK76amcWoRYI/s4344/IMG_20230216_124616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ufNzpaiprdmG1dNLaQJV5gr6sjOBV-fmIQbikCcm43PkiuIi3U9SFcP6iVBzapHfbN2GDtt3tFYgBN8NkwDV6vNJRxVkwozhlq2r9jkJSLeo4-QbrzNmWLmQN_QyCKbd2h7y7hhl6JPuK4F6vRk5QASUAVSnt0EpxVdTwjElK76amcWoRYI/w400-h400/IMG_20230216_124616.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">But the Hanky’s passion for repurposing heritage structures and his chosen vision to preserve and promote Philippine heritage will not be sidetracked; Hanky as a private entrepreneur will relentlessly pursue the defined experience by expanding using The Henry Hotel Manila and Dumaguete as the template.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">https://www.thehenryhotel.com/</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Session this 24 June 2022 Thursday at 3 PM is on the National Cultural Heritage Act, officially designated as Republic Act No. 10066. Law that created the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property and took other steps to preserve historic buildings that are over 50 years old. It was signed into law on March 25, 2009 (from Wikipedia)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIuJOUIy5DBBYFI9MfjnZNn2FJpDsvx1ivojZl3AgzGYTL4CtvnFtuDPX1hTL5BWJX_i0pn1iH30p57HwJ7DHVS7G6PqLOU9ilNTKxNTHCa8y7t6gA88ghp56LVY-XKEDNf9XglvFHMGqT9hhhRuPrPmh_2AqOpBbkR9ricK01oyjmOY25wQ/s4344/IMG_20230216_124609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIuJOUIy5DBBYFI9MfjnZNn2FJpDsvx1ivojZl3AgzGYTL4CtvnFtuDPX1hTL5BWJX_i0pn1iH30p57HwJ7DHVS7G6PqLOU9ilNTKxNTHCa8y7t6gA88ghp56LVY-XKEDNf9XglvFHMGqT9hhhRuPrPmh_2AqOpBbkR9ricK01oyjmOY25wQ/w400-h400/IMG_20230216_124609.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-81167079674744431242023-01-01T08:17:00.004+08:002023-01-07T09:48:29.228+08:00Baliktanaw 29 Years Ago<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><span style="font-size: 15px;">his April 2022, I received a message in my Messenger inbox saying “<i>Hi!</i>”</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">“<i>Hello po Sir, Magandang araw po sa inyo. Way back po 1993 po Mt. Pulag po may nameet po kayo na mga teens na sumubok akyatin ang mt pulag. Kung maalala po ninyo kasama ko po si Paul Soliman. Napasyal pa po kayo sa bahay namin sa qc. Anyway po sana maalala nyo po ako. Ingat po</i>”</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79jQH8VIsu-86J1r7r5hqXGiMg9MqLPpYbCpUIx2ViwsFdO59eUTk1uYfKegJCkaVa6IQkqFqSnKS4HAmmu1qbMLNZvn5GPYmh__65ckzojVwC-XS2jVwYTvKzRWfrPJ7muTPr5Li-krqT9PRJrYCisBpESxAg0ljBfETE7vcAROlniwfW2U/s3598/P1090029%20(2).JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2698" data-original-width="3598" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79jQH8VIsu-86J1r7r5hqXGiMg9MqLPpYbCpUIx2ViwsFdO59eUTk1uYfKegJCkaVa6IQkqFqSnKS4HAmmu1qbMLNZvn5GPYmh__65ckzojVwC-XS2jVwYTvKzRWfrPJ7muTPr5Li-krqT9PRJrYCisBpESxAg0ljBfETE7vcAROlniwfW2U/w400-h300/P1090029%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div>It was from Chris Junio, a high school graduate from Bautista Pangasinan who with their classmates and friends ventured on a climb <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>to Mt. Pulag base camp 26 December 1993 riding in their top down Wrangler Jeep travelling a distance of about 170 kilometers for 5 hours.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">With no climbing experience, they explored the place not sufficiently equipped with garments, tools and training to face the less than 0°C temperature of Mt. Pulag. At that time, coming from a storm and raining, it was freezing cold.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">That Pulag adventure was my 1st upon invitation of Ricky Francisco, the late Romy Antonio and friend Gregg Cordova and a motley group of the PNB Mountaineering Club of Jun Galang, Jessica, and Ding. I recall they were hesitant to include me in the pack because of no training experience.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Yet there was this group of barkada fresh from high school who were not even in their 20’s and even worse not informing their parents on their whereabouts of this daring escapade to celebrate their graduation.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZedGH5HX8Edt5QqTa1j5QedGKr_Oqrf1PQav6K-qU-MIZRmgZ7AGV-DoMzbikvgppgkC_2geMda70UXj68ItsuVR4JOhgorMgJipySIkrXCd2_eG6B9ew_eYaXO0moeFdxoYHO2nOwiSc84lbbqL6_vdpjY18NxJmDsZuxxdfR3ZbwvOuws/s3385/P1090034%20(2).JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2538" data-original-width="3385" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZedGH5HX8Edt5QqTa1j5QedGKr_Oqrf1PQav6K-qU-MIZRmgZ7AGV-DoMzbikvgppgkC_2geMda70UXj68ItsuVR4JOhgorMgJipySIkrXCd2_eG6B9ew_eYaXO0moeFdxoYHO2nOwiSc84lbbqL6_vdpjY18NxJmDsZuxxdfR3ZbwvOuws/w400-h300/P1090034%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Due to the rain and the strong rains, my 1st Pulag climb was aborted. We sought shelter at a cabin for the night. The following morning, that’s when we met this group from Bautista Pangasinan struggling to ascend to a certain destination.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">As it was also dangerous to proceed, we suggested that they go back. That’s when we learned that they left their vehicle somewhere. We offered them a ride in our rented jeepney to which they gladly accepted.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We eventually parted ways with both groups not succeeding.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Years after, I would get in touch with their leader Paul Soliman who eventually entered UP and stayed at Kalayaan. I learned that eventually, they summited the Mt. Pulag peak and some have taken climbing seriously. After some interactions, we lost contact until Chris’ message who perhaps had fond memories of their 1993 escapade.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I remember the lines on “Gentle Presence” by Joan Metzner" lifted from the book Gentle Presence by Earnest L. Tan on people slipping in and out of our lives.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div>"<i>Some people enter our lives like deer, slipping in and out of the woods. They touch our earth and as we step to look at them they disappear as quietly as they came. But you feel blessed for having experienced their gentle presence</i>.”</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdv8_AYkqy3hz1QuYn8ESXghxb2lcf64R_ho5iM4INNK3q1SkZ1ShN6Hgv8FzFBUwei7GZHg1KKhXfecEBS7oZLLbkFbJE0_aAs529OEN5QkiGPfCgRdDLciZOaoj175kqm80MhzPn_epHdcWodrKoGm-9mqU20mdMk8L5s3DhzHyCV84hdM/s3640/IMG_20230107_092805%20i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdv8_AYkqy3hz1QuYn8ESXghxb2lcf64R_ho5iM4INNK3q1SkZ1ShN6Hgv8FzFBUwei7GZHg1KKhXfecEBS7oZLLbkFbJE0_aAs529OEN5QkiGPfCgRdDLciZOaoj175kqm80MhzPn_epHdcWodrKoGm-9mqU20mdMk8L5s3DhzHyCV84hdM/w400-h300/IMG_20230107_092805%20i.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>My 1st Pulag attempt like the Bautista group was 29 years ago. I could not recall the details (some info need validation) but with the help of Chris and the foto of their group which Chris said he maybe have a copy; it may help me reconstruct those moments (the group eventually completed their Mt. Pulag climb).</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Like them, that Pulag adventure helped cement my relationship with nature and the mountains in the forthcoming years of our lives. For Chris and company to have remembered me and how those moments impacted on their lives, it was enough to validate life’s blessedness and its mystery.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">31 December 2022</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KXLg9vBtPyPphsOdu7RFjQziLz3HOcEqieT3A_tmzdIlxxYO6pAYtNX_vqzdmSHTfPAzo9wMFWSFJLtPlNU8b-H3vNHgXEh9jWZM-ki7IeFb2u_pK5oal2Kh8RNCdChKpFnLZ9Ko6ug4dNs7m97bpqftiG2qeK4L1x4JedLh2eNYc89k4mQ/s940/Slide1%20(2).JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="940" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KXLg9vBtPyPphsOdu7RFjQziLz3HOcEqieT3A_tmzdIlxxYO6pAYtNX_vqzdmSHTfPAzo9wMFWSFJLtPlNU8b-H3vNHgXEh9jWZM-ki7IeFb2u_pK5oal2Kh8RNCdChKpFnLZ9Ko6ug4dNs7m97bpqftiG2qeK4L1x4JedLh2eNYc89k4mQ/w640-h446/Slide1%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil55Eh4aOYuhNTtK-iST_jFhCx07h1JzlVjf9uZyHNqLLqmF01q4PPmlrd3nq2SYueBreNSJRSbwD1EADQ8UfVXE2wHL1SVF4HX_bS0Z2BK_q3VX6UQyD-22ajQTuluQ_VzsPgCgYbTAh8DjJ6locWfrcCaNFdqyzSC-zljqXDgWfgob3rsg0/s1013/Slide2%20(2).JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1013" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil55Eh4aOYuhNTtK-iST_jFhCx07h1JzlVjf9uZyHNqLLqmF01q4PPmlrd3nq2SYueBreNSJRSbwD1EADQ8UfVXE2wHL1SVF4HX_bS0Z2BK_q3VX6UQyD-22ajQTuluQ_VzsPgCgYbTAh8DjJ6locWfrcCaNFdqyzSC-zljqXDgWfgob3rsg0/w640-h446/Slide2%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-2408668537770223382022-12-22T07:48:00.002+08:002022-12-24T08:08:07.890+08:002022 Simbang Gabi at the Gesu. Messages on kindness<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "inherit", serif;">9th
Night of Simbang Gabi at the Gesu presided by Fr. Mon Bautista 23 December 2022
Friday</span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkL1mjksyw_rTn3Ahe2Z3efG_Ksv8DbQN5NTfxwrFCG2-y3DZDPdN3sGZPo7P8MoKAQK8zeBnNBlkTwXxz4KGmGRnfv7VTYsTv4ScZDc2F9Bi8I_RmwWq87HKnJUIcK9OqnEAdVIencDtpN-lYdcXUG9ymmygEHNen1hkN1gYVJQZMbj7dVk/s1080/319825050_3029690074004319_5034211677948362110_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkL1mjksyw_rTn3Ahe2Z3efG_Ksv8DbQN5NTfxwrFCG2-y3DZDPdN3sGZPo7P8MoKAQK8zeBnNBlkTwXxz4KGmGRnfv7VTYsTv4ScZDc2F9Bi8I_RmwWq87HKnJUIcK9OqnEAdVIencDtpN-lYdcXUG9ymmygEHNen1hkN1gYVJQZMbj7dVk/w400-h400/319825050_3029690074004319_5034211677948362110_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Who
is Nelson Mandela at 60? Christo Brand at 19?<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Guarding
the most dangerous terrorist prisoner no. 4664<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wife
of the Nelson asked if their 4-month-old granddaughter can see Winnie Mandela<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brand
allowed the smuggling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vocation
is one of the greatest indicators of divine graciousness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Defined
as kind, warmhearted, gentle, compassionate, tender<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Radical
mercy and goodness defined in Christianity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God
provides and also calls us. Invites us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So he
can do great things for us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we
want to experience God’s graciousness, we need to live vocation to the full<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
think more of career than vocation missing out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Career
is a language of power and success<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vocation
is a language of discipleship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vocations
are sacred<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Touching
people’s lives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With
God taking us and using us as agents of divine graciousness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vocation
regardless of our status, will affect how others will live out their vocations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Despite
Mandela and Brand’s difficult situation, they were not stopped from being
gracious<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s
gospel on John is his story of vocation and consecration on God<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">John,
Zachariah, Elizabeth put together is God not forgetting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Christmas
is graciousness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So we
can have a life of abundance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
Christmas, let us experience graciousness from God who is merciful kind and
tender<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">8th
Night of Simbang Gabi at the Gesu presided by Fr. Bong Dauhan 22 December 2022
Thursday</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
is your heart singing these days?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Composer
draws from experiences and feelings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Listener
relates according to experiences and feelings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Pasko
na naman Hangad na makapiling ka”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Malamig
ang simoy ng hangin”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Kumukutikutitap
bumubusibusilak”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Songs
express moments of sadness, happiness, and joy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Whatever
the feeling, God is with us, Emmanuel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God
speaks to our experiences and feelings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
given the responsibility, Mary experienced poverty and loneliness <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Accept,
take care of me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
given God’s grace, visited Elizabeth, sang The Magnificat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Experienced
the faithfulness of God<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She
returned to God the grace she received<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
do we respond to God’s blessings?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Are
we ready to receive?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A boy
who won a cash price giving it to his kuya for rice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Like
Mother Mary, aware of our blessings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deeply
aware God’s experience and feeling on us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sing
in our hearts of praise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Respond
to God’s will and humility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
humble hearts, rejoice in the hope that God continues to bless us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recognize
Jesus in our lives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
give us deep and lasting joy now and forever<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">7th Night of Simbang Gabi at the Gesu
presided by Fr. Kit Bautista 21 December 2022 Wednesday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The visitation is all about love and the joy of
loving<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth travelling long
distance while pregnant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Mary took serious risk because of her love for her
cousin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Action of kindness and mercy believing in God’s
will<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Excited with joy and gladness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Mary rejoiced with Elizabeth doing charity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Physical presence can be enough<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Mary demonstrated authentic charity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">“Blessed are you among women and blessed is the
fruit of thy womb Jesus” intuitively said by Elizabeth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Mary was consoled<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Good deeds done, we are already blessed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">God’s mercy and compassion always open to hearts
empty and full<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Mary is blessed. Magnificat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Proclamation of the might and glory of God<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">God visited Mary and John<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">This Christmas, God visited us to stay in us
forever<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">When God visits us, our status changes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">We need divine visitation to open heaven to bring
down blessings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">We change and become like him as St. Paul said<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Love and the joy of loving<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Maiden is called to enjoy the fields with her lover
in the previous reading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">This Christmas we give and we receive from our
loved ones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">When we give and receive at the same time, we
experience the spirit of Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">It is about loving and the joy in loving</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">6th Night of Simbang Gabi at the Gesu
presided by Fr. Ben Nebres 20 December 2022 Tuesday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">“Happy to celebrate the mass for the Ateneo
community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Prophet Isaiah gives us the promise of the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Emmanuel, God with us, God becoming one of us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The Annunciation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">God enters our human condition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">He identifies with the homeless, the refugees, the
displaced families<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Jesus gives us the gift of you, the gift of
Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Support to E Christmas cards and to the most needy
through the ACED Ateneo Center for Educational Development Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">To join the community of caring, loving, and
sharing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ateneo.edu%2Fimpact%2Fsocialdev%2Faced%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2BMbbYH-Zo5iPy7sBtL9a8S54QDPU8RZqF7QbV3PMbFgZDduKBD88YCoE&h=AT2gsOR3a4Rbvh2YMK9-YtksBE2oNzfUdhK0DfWYIfYmKJWsIK8ySetkxKK57ytfnjR82ckhrS4gYvWdwszWIrEdfGGsZDZr5UMqMAcbzmOr1s8BP8Yp8eXF3HYnN-WTsO2X&__tn__=-UK-R&c%5b0%5d=AT1PClxOUJLQDkvSbffVIoZfEMiE6_VIHUIuroATzqj1m-0BQ1HdhRWwDaLdVi2bQeXuSC70ApaK66uOpojPU25nZWjaP9M-Dp1uO5jwcp5Jh17p-3MJAwIo8GLTbSpJJzz5mtVDF3F9VZnuo4k8xrjN-PNazlv5PiWH7c4_HoJnA7lq-WKO" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">https://www.ateneo.edu/impact/socialdev/aced</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">What is the kingdom of Jesus?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The kingdom of Jesus is a kingdom of love and
caring for those in need<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Truly heartwarming memories visiting the centers.
Paskuhan Gawad Kalinga, centers in Cavite, Gabaldon, Cabiao, Marawi, Payatas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">"Nakaroas" because they took care of each
other, cared for each other and trusted in God<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The power of choosing to listen to the children<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The power of caring and love<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The kingdom Jesus brought to us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">And we are invited to be part of it<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">May the kingdom reign over us and our children”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The power of choosing to listen to the children<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The power of caring and love<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">May the kingdom reign over us and our children”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfrttR6-NL89WFFZKkKitBGZgBTAHps_cKBobN9w7ItXnTVMQ%2Fviewform%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0p1fsKoqovCPIHhvlHATaI8lYfkrAquNv2H13Qw0s7zOIPc4owBk6Zdmg&h=AT2fnMGNLqxYy_17gEhjUSQw7MnG5Fvq8hCsekBQrcYla6-wpabzRfEMN_YZR8dChsZSobH4eAFWSZBsk8YjvwK2RUycU1tV3ShY7agIgSEaPFvkgwUOBcfgQpAa-KeJYulv&__tn__=-UK-R&c%5b0%5d=AT1PClxOUJLQDkvSbffVIoZfEMiE6_VIHUIuroATzqj1m-0BQ1HdhRWwDaLdVi2bQeXuSC70ApaK66uOpojPU25nZWjaP9M-Dp1uO5jwcp5Jh17p-3MJAwIo8GLTbSpJJzz5mtVDF3F9VZnuo4k8xrjN-PNazlv5PiWH7c4_HoJnA7lq-WKO" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSfrttR6.../viewform</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">5th Night of Simbang Gabi at the Gesu
presided by Fr. Errol Nebrao 19 December 2022 Monday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Reference to the movie Claus Netflix in 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Sta. Claus origin came from two ordinary persons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Postman and a toymaker delivering toys<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Shift in characters in the past readings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Shift to Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Who is Mary?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Ordinary person, young 14 years old<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Annunciation and getting pregnant and betrothed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">No heritage, nothing special<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">But she was special as she was chosen by the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Mary confused by the news and the choice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Role in the salvation of all people<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Angel Gabriel assuring her not to be afraid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Mary responded to the Lord, be it done to me
according to thy word<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Even with questions why me?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">A woman with humility, surprise, wonder, faith and
obedience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">We too are called to be greater than ourselves<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Others needing our help<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Ordinary people are needed not extraordinary are
needed to share the experience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">As ordinary, we can do something<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Jasper and Claus, toymaker and postman asked why
they are doing this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">A true selfless act always sparks another<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Small acts of love, small acts of care<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Nothing grand, fancy and big<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Journey with Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">In her humility, surprise, wonder, faith, and
obedience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">So we can be ready to say to the Lord, let ii be
done to me according to thy word<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">4th Night of Simbang Gabi at the Gesu
presided by Fr. Oliver Dy 18 Dec 2022 Sunday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">4th Advent of Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">"To learn from the virtues of younger Joseph<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Symbolized as sleeping popularized by Pope Francis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Joseph is an upright person. Obedient. With a
strong faith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Jewish rites of marriage: Betrothal and Marriage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Wife conceived with a child not his<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Joseph as a righteous man<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">With depth to see through complexity of dreams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Showed acts of obedience as discerned in his dreams
in his version of loving God<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Points we can bring to our prayer"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">3rd Night of Simbang Gabi at the Gesu presided by
Fr. Manoling Francisco 17 Dec 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">3rd Advent of Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">“Gods plans for us exceed our expectation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">God takes a risk with us human beings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Where is God’s promise of redemption?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The transformation of society requires the
conversion of the heart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">God winning the heart of Paul first, planted in his
heart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">nourished by grace to establish inclusive
communities in Asia and Europe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">While we bemoan the prevalence of hatred and
violence in the world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Are we men and women of peace and mercy?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Are we honest and just in our dealings?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Have we embraced the truth about ourselves and only
speak the truth to others?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Transformation has to grow quietly and invisibly
within<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">For God to redeem the world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Grace has to bring about the conversion of our
hearts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">This Christmas we pray that God’s eternal word be
born in our hearts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">So we become channels of redemptive love in the
world”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">2nd Night of Simbang Gabi at the Gesu
presided by Fr Vic de Jesus<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">This Christmas, we celebrate the light that St.
John the Baptist testified<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">St. John said he is the lamp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Jesus in contrast said he is the light<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Jesus said we are the light<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Two reasons to celebrate light: God is light. We
are the light<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">We are the light of the world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Let our light shine, to dispel darkness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">To see what is important<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Appreciate the mystery of the light<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Continue the tradition of lights of Christmas in
electric, non-electric in the parol and in other forms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The light symbolizes the significance of the birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">“A child a child sleeping in the night will give us
goodness and light”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Random Notes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Flive%2FYY-Y0Ul4igo%3Ffeature%3Dshare%26fbclid%3DIwAR1FQAmKy-cchjKQfBbSdqkE8litljAY8KCDYkf6YAHHGkR1mr4KM6vqcT4&h=AT37WgsutAcMOqP_R9PkFYHYmQozHtbrXeO-MMFfbMsXchoCoMR7bJJKYeeixVXCE4R49AgEZgrYrvhxY8pRtkxmdwF7z042CNCOf5gd_kl1D1khd0zW2wvU6uakTKuFaHN0&__tn__=-UK-R&c%5b0%5d=AT1DWFyh3f9Xpi7RzO0LZJ-OJz4dHFcrPZSISS9e79lhlT6RA5L5cqy5MVw06IygIy1fNyoc-_lH0HA74TWtcS7MWwYufvaNIOXG3RxRKkPzzKtt6Zdvibk2upCq77jWfL23QQPi3fPF9sShiA9KEco0mExvQbDuUUZyfX6xC90yZfH1QfnY" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">https://www.youtube.com/live/YY-Y0Ul4igo?feature=share</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">1st night of Simbang Gabi 15 Dec 2022
Gesu presided by Fr. Arnel Aquino<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Ang dalaw<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Ang pagbigay pangako ay sapat na. Para na ring
naisitupad na ito.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Kapag natupad, extra na ito (in the context that
those losing hope just needed to hear a promise to lift their spirits)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">When tatay in bilibid was promised a visit under
the Puno ng Pangako, it was enough joy for him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">When after 13 years of preparing every week, he was
visited finally by his wife, he was estatic. It felt like redemption.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">We free to roam around are imprisoned too with our
struggles. We too long for that dalaw, that Jesus visits through people, events
or even a dream.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Theme of the 2022 Simbang Gab is "Magalak sa
Pagasa", “Be pleased with the hope.” Fr. Aquino opened this season with a
homily that St. John the Baptist's message of the coming is not happening as he
has been waiting. A visit is what he hoped for.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Fr. Aquino's wish for us this Christmas is we
receive a dalaw from Jesus so that like tatay, we feel the joy of redemption.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Notes updated 16 Dec<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-30973236987098125622022-10-29T20:20:00.003+08:002022-10-29T20:20:28.946+08:00Khimo and Kice<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span>yphoon Paeng signaled that I should stay home for at least 2 days over this long holiday weekend.</p><p>This gave me a chance to update my playlist and list of artists on YouTube leading me to Idol Philippines Season 2.</p><p>Two young male finalists captured the netizen’s approval, the grand winner <b>Khimo Gumatay</b>, a pure Filipino residing in Makati City and <b>Kice So,</b> a Guimaras-based fun-loving maverick Ilonggo beach lover claiming to be a bohemian.</p><p>Khimo, my choice as a stereotyped winner with a wide vocal range and trained technique that amazes, and stuns provides him the versality to sing any dramatic, big performance song.</p><p>Kice on the other hand has a distinct singing voice and projection that captivates and communicates; he is more daring and experimental with preferred genres still maintaining his own distinct signature statement. He has Chinese and Swedish DNA imbibing the endearing Ilonggo culture speaking in English most of the time.</p><p>From their interviews, Khimo is more seasoned and has peaked as a performer having participated in several grand singing competition before although young at 22.</p><p>While Kice, practically a novice with limited signing engagements with a band or a solo acoustic artist, in the beach, in Boracay in regional events is as he claimed still learning the craft, open to try new techniques yet firm with his charming distinct refreshing signature style.</p><p>Khimo won the hearts of the judges and the voting audience with his rendition of “End of the World” by Boyz II Men <a href="https://youtu.be/YDO6uXW1BZs">https://youtu.be/YDO6uXW1BZs</a></p><p>Kice is firm in owning his style putting drama to “Basket Case” by Green Day acknowledging his uniqueness, unconventional approach relating to the message of the song <a href="https://youtu.be/faNlWfs-XUQ">https://youtu.be/faNlWfs-XUQ</a></p><p>As he prepares to execute his interpretation, it is clear he is an artist, knows what he wants, his current limitations yet open to what professional coaches suggest enhancing. He does not need coaching anymore on how to charm and mesmerize his audience.</p><p>Khimo per my appreciation is destined to take the male path of Dulce. He owned the song “Find One Hundred Ways” by James Ingram in a duet with Martin on ASAP after winning the championship <a href="https://youtu.be/QKKNcUKIDB8">https://youtu.be/QKKNcUKIDB8</a> and “One Sweet Day” of Mariah Carey with Regine Velasquez, another contest favorite. h<a href="ttps://youtu.be/bI4jmbCKjIo">ttps://youtu.be/bI4jmbCKjIo</a></p><p>Kice is articulate. He says he owes it to his fan base and to the network for landing in top 3. What I appreciate about him is his statement of respect for Khimo, “Khimo deserves the spot more than anyone else, this is for you man!” 1:95 <a href="https://youtu.be/S266eUCn_io">https://youtu.be/S266eUCn_io</a></p><p>The landscape has changed. Singers are getting younger. The world is getting more competitive. Cycle of ups and downs is more pervasive.</p><p>May the two get the big breaks they earned and excel in their fields using their talents to express thoughts, emotions, sentiments not captured by other art forms.</p><p>We eagerly watch the progress of their career paths. Good luck to the 22-year-olds Khimo and Kice.</p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-88019678087351203082022-10-18T08:42:00.002+08:002022-10-18T19:23:05.485+08:00Take 1 Netflix Series<p> <i><span style="font-size: medium;">“Kung bilang na ang buhay ko, ano ang gusto mong gawin na ikasasaya mo na maitatatak sa iyo?”</span></i></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b>o the Korean musical artists on Take 1, “<i>If you were to create one dream performance, what will it be, what single song and for whom do you want to perform it and in what stage?</i>”</p><p>Netflix presented these questions to 7 Korean artists. First, they should be exemplary in their field with multiple hit songs They can define their dream and can execute. They must accept the challenge.</p><p>Sky is the limit; without any constraints, the artists dreamt big!</p><p>The brainstorming process was documented in One Take and the performance to be completed within a short time frame measured in hours of about 1 month.</p><p>The artists presented their grand dreams meaningful to them, grand in terms of intentions, setting and production, emotion, complexity, innovation, scale.</p><p>Created from the 7 Korean singers of different genres and their chosen stage were:</p><p>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Sumi Jo</b>. “Not one to back down from a challenge, Sumi Jo combines classical music with Korean sounds and aesthetics for her performance of a whimsical aria.”. Opera-Theater</p><p>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>AKMU</b>. “The sibling duo AKMU overcome many technical difficulties while preparing an ambitious production that involves skydivers and a multitude of dancers.” Pop-Airstrip</p><p>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Yim Jae-beum</b>. “Yim Jae-beum returns to the stage after a six-year hiatus with a bare-bones performance that lets music do what it does best — heal and comfort.” Ballad-Open air roof deck </p><p>4.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Rain</b> (Jung Ji-hoon). “Jung Ji-hoon, also known by the stage name RAIN, pours his heart into an elaborate spectacle as the first to perform at an iconic house.” Rock-Korean President The Blue House</p><p>5.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Lena Park</b>. “Lena Park reflects on her life as she tackles a song she once deemed too difficult. With special guests in attendance, she's in for an emotional ride.” Diva-Open air barge docked beside an iconic park</p><p>6.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>You Hee-yul</b>. “You Hee-yul comes back to the humble venue where he and his band first got their start. The fans share their memories of growing up with his music.” Hesitant Composer/Producer-Concert Hall</p><p>7.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>MAMAMOO</b>. “After two years of building separate careers, the four members of MAMAMOO come together to bring forth a mashup of their team’s hit songs.” K-Pop-street level outdoors with 2 stages accessed through a tunnel outside of Seoul</p><p>Watch the episodes on Netflix. As the production team sets up the stage which has turned out to be logistical nightmares, the artists master their craft to deliver their performance of the lifetime.</p><p>Each episode shows the challenges and struggles to realize their one single dream concept in Take 1 of the vision the artists owned.</p><p>See perfection driving the talented artists and their support captured cinematically and audally with Korea's state-of-the-art equipment.</p><p>Imagine what would have been the outcome if these supports were provided to our talented Pinoy artists!</p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/ph/title/81536826">https://www.netflix.com/ph/title/81536826</a></p><p><a href="https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/korean-music-variety-show-take-1-coming-to-netflix-in-october-2022/">https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/korean-music-variety-show-take-1-coming-to-netflix-in-october-2022/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/tv/netflix-trailer-korean-music-reality-show-take-1-mamamoo-akmu-rain-3310682?fbclid=IwAR1XQioIryhcu1Wf0sGLhmWMxNF15HwC7FVeXLrL5Py-Re6UewL2xvfEANc">Netflix drops trailer for Korean music reality show 'Take 1', starring MAMAMOO, AKMU and more (nme.com)</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/vzU5XTjkP6o">https://youtu.be/vzU5XTjkP6o</a></p><p><a href="https://fb.watch/gdCFD-stHn/">https://fb.watch/gdCFD-stHn/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZd1ISdYJ-8ntgSgTGOzDst_OLyjRi51_8ab2jyVmPKvQg_cPpmz-yst2adyXwhsKwV62Ck567Y68jl2byVVlbTpLamCsEHViT9cl8oVb3D4UGZHBN0Dpcai5n7X9RUoy81dxSglK7pYaOmjSM0QE96XhvVftF0y_h27gB8dLgkmlaoyDUojg/s1895/Take%201.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1895" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZd1ISdYJ-8ntgSgTGOzDst_OLyjRi51_8ab2jyVmPKvQg_cPpmz-yst2adyXwhsKwV62Ck567Y68jl2byVVlbTpLamCsEHViT9cl8oVb3D4UGZHBN0Dpcai5n7X9RUoy81dxSglK7pYaOmjSM0QE96XhvVftF0y_h27gB8dLgkmlaoyDUojg/w640-h316/Take%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bD9k0weLQBzwH_7JiQAmXir9Giu3Fw-LdnyKTa2QmeU5FbL3cmVYIy14rVm2vnHqt_kfMuy02-ieG9YbbhfOH7Rl_HBkFxVErzsEP2t23-94aseK4HvnCLUfe8hw-UkjQzNU5eVGsa_0Oea4HbDC5x0qgjoHfrq3DBTA_rMtDkfmDWYfE3A/s1889/Take%201%20ii.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1889" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bD9k0weLQBzwH_7JiQAmXir9Giu3Fw-LdnyKTa2QmeU5FbL3cmVYIy14rVm2vnHqt_kfMuy02-ieG9YbbhfOH7Rl_HBkFxVErzsEP2t23-94aseK4HvnCLUfe8hw-UkjQzNU5eVGsa_0Oea4HbDC5x0qgjoHfrq3DBTA_rMtDkfmDWYfE3A/w640-h314/Take%201%20ii.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-14663716812318547662022-10-13T13:09:00.001+08:002022-10-13T18:35:07.265+08:00Home2Home Biking Around the World<p><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> “To see the world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.</span></i>” -William Blake</p><p></p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span></b>y chance, I viewed in full on Netflix, a subject of interest, biking globally around the world. “Besser Welt als Nie”, the German title translated as “Home2Home” is a documentary of Dennis Kailing released in 2020 about his biking around the world not just in a day or multi day or even months but for two years and 1 month covering 7 continents.<p>This was triggered by his boredom of doing repetitive routine daily, the desire to take a big break. Even with limited biking proficiency, he embarked on a bold extreme adventure to experience the diverse world in landscape, culture, weather, conditions, people, plants, and animals outside of his comfort German zone.</p><p>After about two hours completing the semi-docu/movie joining Dennis in his journey:</p><p>• Infinity at the palm of your hand. I saw the world at a glance-41 countries 7 continents 43,600 kilometers 295,000 meters of elevation gain. </p><p>• Eternity in an hour-761 days, 2,353 hours of cycling time, 515 different sleeping places</p><p>• Heaven in a wildflower-the thrill of the uncertainty, the joy of interacting with all types of people, the appreciation for hospitality, the understanding of culture, the universality of being human, the return home to family</p><p>Dennis started his journey with a sendoff by his family, a leisure chill ride in Europe his home continent, crossing to Asia, the Western part with a distinct Asian culture (Turkey and United Arab Emirates), the Southern part (Iran, Nepal, India), and the exotic Southern-Eastern side (Myanmar, Timor-Leste, Indonesia). Asia was his gateway to a small landlocked continent Australia his takeoff point to North and South America (USA and Latin America) and his enroute back to Europe.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlFFJ0bKzESIoXM2IrHYl_mfqNL21TMTH8ReQN4QzUEYarCYuaDKXT9O3J7RUBTR6mFCKlkPGXw2c69ZL4pCeS4atH8qQsimy66SKVTPJ8rbq6RIY7MWIhq4hsIm0Lsg2R2nigdI3QsmO2O1FcSw0kw9qk_ZQeTqkrpuQzXApmqytwRuKonE/s640/Thumpnail.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlFFJ0bKzESIoXM2IrHYl_mfqNL21TMTH8ReQN4QzUEYarCYuaDKXT9O3J7RUBTR6mFCKlkPGXw2c69ZL4pCeS4atH8qQsimy66SKVTPJ8rbq6RIY7MWIhq4hsIm0Lsg2R2nigdI3QsmO2O1FcSw0kw9qk_ZQeTqkrpuQzXApmqytwRuKonE/w400-h266/Thumpnail.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Dennis learned the universal language of being human despite the language differences to understand a diverse culture through body language, gestures, emotion, appreciation, hunger and even pain. He enjoyed the freedom of solo riding but at times longed for the joy of a company to share the burden and to double the fun. He is no superman, getting sick from fatigue and food in Asia, almost giving up in the endless pedaling in Australia crossing from the deserted Western side to progressive urbanized Eastern and Southern part.</p><p>His bike equipped with panniers both front and back for his basic stuff go through breakdown from the usual flat tires (63 per his count), parts replacement (bottom bracket, crankset, cassette, brakes, inner and outer tires etc.) and temporary fixes from unexpected accidents. Not proficient at bike repairs, he eventually learned how doing them faster and smarter eventually.</p><p>He brags of the versatility of traveling globally in a bike when he shows how it is packed for a flight, stored inside the tent, used to flirt in Iran’s “dordor”. He stacks it when hitchhiking in trucks. It performs in ascents flowing fluidly in descents. It can take all types of weather and winds. Bike repairs can be done easily as parts and fixes are readily available anywhere.</p><p>When going through low moments, Dennis would get boosted recharging from the locals who host him, fellow bikers who share his crazy drive, his visualized target of the next destination and at times the thoughts of home and the time and event-based targets as Christmas, birthday, preset meet up with friends. Frustrations at not getting permits, visas, interception at checkpoints, uncooperative weather, dwindling resources, bike breakdowns are overcome by his determination to cross and face the adventure of a different situation he set out to see each day.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCtPBRIoHXXtCzsUp0iXiSqdLK7wwFxInbuVF4t90w1-07wW8F210dDTbtr8BgKp-ct9D-0-ADiqHNdK6qwX-t6Xx1qBxI14Jcc0Iay8VIh1YNq58BCi-akY02BZtprEUubOcYQKLRwhl8xm1RvOmkYtkP8CAyYcgs76T3-er1xUksuXUxvA/s1890/H2H%20i.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1890" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCtPBRIoHXXtCzsUp0iXiSqdLK7wwFxInbuVF4t90w1-07wW8F210dDTbtr8BgKp-ct9D-0-ADiqHNdK6qwX-t6Xx1qBxI14Jcc0Iay8VIh1YNq58BCi-akY02BZtprEUubOcYQKLRwhl8xm1RvOmkYtkP8CAyYcgs76T3-er1xUksuXUxvA/w400-h179/H2H%20i.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>His memories of the exciting, at times unpredictable experiences, the beauty of the places, landscapes he has seen, exposure to the biodiversity of flora and fauna and the kindness he received from people across seven continents are enough drives for him to complete the journey he set.<p></p><p>Two years and 1 month after, five months ahead of what his father set as his return date, Dennis returned to Hessen Germany recharged with a different perspective in life. No longer bored and questioning life’s purpose and perhaps having found the formula for happiness.</p><p>He ends his Home2Home with these learnings which he would not have realized had he not pursued this bold adventure foremost of which recognizing that the greatest adventure is returning to home.</p><p>The magic to happiness is, “<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Two wheels, time and the freedom to decide where to go next is more than enough”</span></i></p><p>------------</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times;">“What was it all about?<br />Once again, I’m where I didn’t want to be back then<br />But I probably won’t stay for long<br />During my journey, I think I discovered what I need to be happy right now<br />It’s not the money, an expensive car or the latest smartphone<br />Two wheels, time and the freedom to decide where to go next is more than enough<br />And the assertion that the world is so dangerous<br />My travels gave me a different perspective<br />The opposite is the true<br />We human beings stick together<br />Everywhere I went, strangers helped and supported me on this journey<br />A conversation at the side of the road, a cup of tea<br />An invitation for dinner or even to spend the night<br />And most of the time, the most special thing was something way simpler<br />What . . . What remains is love<br />And having an open mind<br />And what we do not accept is<br />That they don’t smile<br />What’s next for me?<br />I don’t know yet<br />Because one thing became clear during my journey:<br />The biggest adventure hides in uncertainty<br />The world is waiting<br />It wants to be discovered”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDeY97QugXvU6Uv2rc8yKiBi3nynXUmttq3fBBwPhXblrfISrOaThw9kqaYdt08ZzBH2za92B2VozN2Vs2wmsSXL-OffSsAIrN4AeqJLFKzHcyaner-oPC1K8W0AEz7gRmavf1mhVQIyOaAeUV3KpIUCINeLzVufzUuJhFMvybS44XYOI0mM/s1079/Smile%201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1079" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDeY97QugXvU6Uv2rc8yKiBi3nynXUmttq3fBBwPhXblrfISrOaThw9kqaYdt08ZzBH2za92B2VozN2Vs2wmsSXL-OffSsAIrN4AeqJLFKzHcyaner-oPC1K8W0AEz7gRmavf1mhVQIyOaAeUV3KpIUCINeLzVufzUuJhFMvybS44XYOI0mM/w640-h428/Smile%201.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOf9MKKXD2h2jNy9Oz3cOYaQVlgccgR83A5VLMn_EJM5DJSg0JpNdfN0W7I87TTZ6Oc1tm1929BtrDUVPQX051I-e0dcUnnhQXZ6nw48aShm56O0cPExrgVfunP0jvfnagV_xFbtrRCnuGvLkmJU_NIdxj3j_I3tPwajchb8hPRl8ilqlqfw/s1081/Smile%20ii.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1081" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOf9MKKXD2h2jNy9Oz3cOYaQVlgccgR83A5VLMn_EJM5DJSg0JpNdfN0W7I87TTZ6Oc1tm1929BtrDUVPQX051I-e0dcUnnhQXZ6nw48aShm56O0cPExrgVfunP0jvfnagV_xFbtrRCnuGvLkmJU_NIdxj3j_I3tPwajchb8hPRl8ilqlqfw/w640-h426/Smile%20ii.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdY3eiJvRtP0IO56-LvR1UJR5r1UaXi4lWZmNkbnveA8P8nau2YUQkGLUPnQUpNUJ-oyTx1xiBJhaA4eMVe7PigOA0HS2RI-lP7vXb2Wq_Nokdnh3zUIw8aCxYFBc8DRtiweR4TxhB3UHni0np-sNIQ6fqblHoGuotFU9vTUE4rNS6aZngoUU/s1280/Smile%20iii.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdY3eiJvRtP0IO56-LvR1UJR5r1UaXi4lWZmNkbnveA8P8nau2YUQkGLUPnQUpNUJ-oyTx1xiBJhaA4eMVe7PigOA0HS2RI-lP7vXb2Wq_Nokdnh3zUIw8aCxYFBc8DRtiweR4TxhB3UHni0np-sNIQ6fqblHoGuotFU9vTUE4rNS6aZngoUU/w640-h360/Smile%20iii.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: medium;">Besser Welt als Nie. Home2Home<br />Dennis Kailing 2020</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times;"><br />https://youtu.be/vIVd-QxC4Bk<br />https://youtu.be/s5tcJaiKPzo<br />https://youtu.be/RKfIgg16ZGM<br />https://youtu.be/-ujQjR276hs</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-28432845811044719382022-10-08T18:29:00.004+08:002022-10-08T18:35:19.530+08:00 Sculptures of Pinoy Daily Workers in QC<p> Sculptures of Pinoy Daily Workers in QC</p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span></b>tatues were installed in QC honoring the contribution and importance of the pinoy daily workers spotted in the streets of QC. </p><p>Initially spotted in February 2021 during the pandemic, a revisit was made this October 2022 walking and biking. The lane is clean, walkable all throughout this upscale district of the city.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaDB_BMqKevHmfkITVIxoMx6waspQLZ4Xit5TWao9tdZjHtjRDnbzXtfAQOYs2iQMBf2oMZ_zhOtqOU5gAhcOj8B1Fe85OXjwEdjRzc0X0n6tnhIEGkqQKagJdHdDtNQ0JdKPDehdVixF5dKmVwXHtBvcMq4DJSEOoQt9kpQqXQrcq9IN-NM/s4344/IMG_20221007_121120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaDB_BMqKevHmfkITVIxoMx6waspQLZ4Xit5TWao9tdZjHtjRDnbzXtfAQOYs2iQMBf2oMZ_zhOtqOU5gAhcOj8B1Fe85OXjwEdjRzc0X0n6tnhIEGkqQKagJdHdDtNQ0JdKPDehdVixF5dKmVwXHtBvcMq4DJSEOoQt9kpQqXQrcq9IN-NM/s320/IMG_20221007_121120.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Curious initially about the two life sized statues spotted at Mother Ignacia st. corner Scout Borromeo, an inquiry was made with the QC City Administration office via online last year. The QC City Administration office replied stating they were part of a contest as an appreciation to the service done by workers who are mainly daily wage workers and always in the streets.<p></p><p><br />Winners of the art contest earned recognition in the Department of Budget Management (DBM) national program meriting installation and funding at the QC's Green Open Reclaimed Access Lane (GORA Lane). This is a straight route starting at Mother Ignacia corner Segreant Esquerra Avenue at the back of ABS-CBN ending at Aurora Boulevard and Hemady st.near the back gate of St. Paul University QC.</p><p>GORA Lane is a 4-kilometer stretch is a walkable and bikable smooth pedestrian lane that spans several Barangays and one bridge from Barangay South Triangle, Laging Handa, Obrero, Kristong Hari, and Mariana and Tobias-Hemady Bridge Road.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihEbWFMhw0hGB6eMBhTTFNeh-7Sw1dMYeRU-TQmHT_P93imNpWM-A4TGRFc-9MQ9DG7snMa6ZGNNuLoVU3eLNCkbWct4cdm5_XXDoCXQL6xpzFpoo0JNJ_HA8ogH2bldU9AWAc-LGObU4F9K10_yCeFJtIXXFChO31xIJttvoe7X7cHDl03I/s4344/IMG_20221007_130027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihEbWFMhw0hGB6eMBhTTFNeh-7Sw1dMYeRU-TQmHT_P93imNpWM-A4TGRFc-9MQ9DG7snMa6ZGNNuLoVU3eLNCkbWct4cdm5_XXDoCXQL6xpzFpoo0JNJ_HA8ogH2bldU9AWAc-LGObU4F9K10_yCeFJtIXXFChO31xIJttvoe7X7cHDl03I/s320/IMG_20221007_130027.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>26 statues were erected this 2021 to add visual delight to walkers. Works were done by the artists affiliated with Artalyer. ARTALYER is a Fine Arts and Decorative Arts Workshop Studio dedicated to assist and help broaden the knowledge of anyone interested to learn the Basic and Advance.<p></p><p>Statues spotted in sequence: <i>manggagawa, photographer at babaeng subject, mangtataho at batang customer, street sweeper, visually impaired male, lalaking hawak ang cell phone, senior citizen at caregiver, athleta, ice cream vendor at bata, namamalengkeng ina, lolo at lola, mamang nagbebenta ng sigarilyo, mamang naglalako ng peryodiko, policewoman, security guard, mamang magbebenta ng pandesal, mamang lalake, batang lalake, mangtataho, babaeng naka handbag</i>.</p><p>Created before the pandemic, not included in the series are the delivery crew who dominated the roads for almost three years and the health workers who are stationed mainly indoors at the health centers though they should have been honored too.</p><p>The city creating them statues gives them recognition as we do to our national heroes though nameless.</p><p>View them in the well-maintained pedestrian lane, put face masks on their faces as some did, lay flowers. Just appreciating the works is a way of honoring them for what they have been doing.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPz4mZS21sa9PcggtueiXmpeFZAJDnWq5Xwhj0-1VwvNYysHowS_YDi5mzZrr4lK80uYJWSxWi0Vld-sQPGqPMufK-9xWN_MB-XL-nZPTsl9PBxE7HGCuTi1WqYVgdLRZTAM--epvqW7dWHCJoFG3trSaQDWViR25c-Q9RUxBTxWRixJfYkc/s4344/IMG_20221007_124213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPz4mZS21sa9PcggtueiXmpeFZAJDnWq5Xwhj0-1VwvNYysHowS_YDi5mzZrr4lK80uYJWSxWi0Vld-sQPGqPMufK-9xWN_MB-XL-nZPTsl9PBxE7HGCuTi1WqYVgdLRZTAM--epvqW7dWHCJoFG3trSaQDWViR25c-Q9RUxBTxWRixJfYkc/s320/IMG_20221007_124213.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Some practical notes:<p></p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hemady from Aurora Boulevard to E. Rodriquez Avenue is a one way towards Christ the King Mission Seminary</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The short strip from E. Rodriguez Avenue to the Tobias-Hemady Bridge Road has 4 statues</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A bridge connects Hemady to Scout Tobias. Prepare for a sharp descent and a short abrupt ascent</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>At the corner of Roces Avenue and Scout Tobias, there is a standee showing the GORA map and some attractions in QC</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>There are no seats from the start to end. Enter some food outlets for food and a seat</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>There are at least three bakeries along Scout Tobias st.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVNf_HUg0vFakfHUx-v2oG8ukA69IrcQ2OkCIYVQunfsynkYpdpubYE0mClvLvxUN1SW6mSGIFFTh1KZ9LsxwvDeOW2TSLMLY3zzllhG4ibFngeLYOpks0f1Xi_7kg0OIgMzU6FZ8MDLtzjCeJ5Hoz5fAlXwx0Sy8JMHY1fdtTgQiCfPILf4/s3120/IMG_20221007_114911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVNf_HUg0vFakfHUx-v2oG8ukA69IrcQ2OkCIYVQunfsynkYpdpubYE0mClvLvxUN1SW6mSGIFFTh1KZ9LsxwvDeOW2TSLMLY3zzllhG4ibFngeLYOpks0f1Xi_7kg0OIgMzU6FZ8MDLtzjCeJ5Hoz5fAlXwx0Sy8JMHY1fdtTgQiCfPILf4/s320/IMG_20221007_114911.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-2774316954306560922022-09-12T22:54:00.004+08:002022-10-05T20:51:14.421+08:00Gentle Presence<p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;">here are people in our lives that come in and out of our lives whether socially, professionally or personally.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">I may be like this to some, who come in and out of their influence and circle.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">In my personal vision I declared decades ago, "I can get in and out of adventures for as long as I have a place to come home to and move up and around again."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">For now, it is retreating back home to prepare for the next possibilities.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Personally, I express my thanks for the enriching moments and the gifts of presence of the people who I encountered.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">---------------</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b>Gentle Presence</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipAbYO_FTIXdScL0Nht0dxpdPr89XGEXtL13AB_z9N9vueUMeSC-BdTsKTuHo8CHfawpMySbmZ_pSV7c5MN9mifp5xbmpVnFAqDq_Fwp6h5VvQg__GOhnNdAfBdqhOFwdgefPjD4CXZkCkj0J9SAZZNEmNQB60yNrPfVmmgaOn_08T3d_VA9k/s294/gentlbk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="180" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipAbYO_FTIXdScL0Nht0dxpdPr89XGEXtL13AB_z9N9vueUMeSC-BdTsKTuHo8CHfawpMySbmZ_pSV7c5MN9mifp5xbmpVnFAqDq_Fwp6h5VvQg__GOhnNdAfBdqhOFwdgefPjD4CXZkCkj0J9SAZZNEmNQB60yNrPfVmmgaOn_08T3d_VA9k/s1600/gentlbk.jpg" width="180" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Some people enter our lives like deer, slipping in and out of the woods.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">They touch our earth and as we step to look at them they disappear as quietly as they came.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">But you feel blessed for having experienced their gentle presence.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">"Presence" by Joan Metzner" lifted from the book Gentle Presence by Earnest L. Tan</span></p><p>-------------</p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">May mga tao sa ating buhay na pumapasok at lumalabas sa ating buhay mapasosyal man, propesyonal o personal.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">Maaaring ganito ako sa ilan, na pumapasok at lumalabas sa kanilang impluwensya at sirkulo.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">Sa aking personal na pananaw na idineklara ko ilang dekada na ang nakalilipas, "Maaari akong pumasok at lumabas sa mga pakikipagsapalaran hangga't mayroon akong lugar na mauuwian at lumipat muli at muli."</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">Sa ngayon, umuurong ito pauwi upang maghanda para sa mga susunod na posibilidad.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">Sa aking personal na karanasa, ipinapahayag ko ang aking pasasalamat sa mga nakakapagpayamang sandali at sa mga regalo ng presensya sa </span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>mga taong nakasalamuha ko</i></span><i><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></i></p><p>------------</p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Banayad na Presensya</span></i></b></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">May mga taong pumapasok sa ating buhay tulad ng mga usa, na nadulas sa loob at labas ng kakahuyan.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hinawakan nila ang ating lupa at habang humahakbang tayo para tingnan sila ay nawawala sila nang tahimik gaya ng pagdating nila.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">Ngunit pakiramdam mo ay pinagpala dahil naranasan mo ang kanilang banayad na presensya.</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"Presence" ni Joan Metzner"</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-68390191067509194262022-08-21T22:19:00.003+08:002022-08-21T22:19:24.279+08:00Danger Lurks<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">E</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;">xtreme sports excite because they take away the monotony and humdrum of routine living. New experiences and situations show up unexpectedly catching one by surprise. One cannot really prepare for them, but one can maintain composure and presence of mind to cope with them.</span></span></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Looking back, I recall several encounters which only now after watching National Geographic and Discovery Channels on getting lost, face to face with snakes, friendly elements, accidents, <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>paranormal forces, I have been exposed to life threatening incidents which I have endured and survived.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1228" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLQjOtIJjdtGB2s7_oW4djMAsKfBD8rCzaiQpNjwpS__VykMAfBIYRDFWNScTu3_PrkRSFeNRKXo8uUz1pwJfZyKqDgJoGrFrkTBpib3UP8CKU1MX0dz42-p5_XdSpv_Lqy1Kl4Jr43HvTW3THqyeG6NHKe1mvC2eGGSEEZuv_zjb4wYW7do/s320/Batanes%20Map%20ii.jpg" width="246" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">While Trekking in the forested trail in Batanes in the early 90’s, green thin long snake landed at the backpack of the lead a few meters in front of me. Fortunately, it drifted away swiftly, and I kept on walking quietly.</span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">On my return from the Halcon peak to Lantuyan in 1999 with Mitch, Jo TJ, tired and exhausted, I had to cross a wall that got eroded that drops to a rocky surface about 50 meters down. The rocks I was holding on to were slipping and I was getting ready to fall preferably at the back using my backpack as support. Suddenly, as if a miracle happened, I recalled someone lifting me up to the landed platform a few meters away. I took it nonchalantly and proceeded to meet up with my friends TJ and Mitch on the other side.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In the late 90’s, when Pico de Loro was still not that popular as Mt. Maculot, I joined a PALMC group for an overnight climb. We camped at the slopes accessible to the staging point of the peak. That night, I was awakened by a hissing sound which turned out to be snakes outside the tent. I kept still thinking it would go away in a while to which they did. I never discussed it the following day but got a validation that snakes do abound in the slopes.</span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One of my most memorable and difficult climbs was the 1999 Tawangan-Pulag traverse of PALMC with the Loyola Mountaineers. It was a long and cold climb as somewhere midway; it was raining nonstop. Cold wind was blowing hard where the temperature dropped slightly above 5°C while trekking. Due to exhaustion, the energy needed to fuel a strenuous trek was slowly getting depleted. Somehow, the technical outfits, and a handful of candy bars kept us going until we reached the campsite to recharge and to raise our body temperatures.</span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Man vs. Man. There was a potential threat to life not by nature but with guns and ideology. Our climb to Mt. Natib was timed with the 1996 ASEAN meet at Subic Bay where Heads of States including US President Bill Clinton would attend. Apparently, there was a military clean up at the Bataan mountain noted as a lair of friendly forces. In a ridge, we were unexpectedly entrapped by rebels. We were given a quick lecture on their cause and eventually released safe and sound. We continued with our socials that night as if nothing happened.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuQz9VFwA4Nrws3TtD1GvpANCyVOrEdfsnQcu-qgv43MmmtmWsf5d2-5fGBNTXdprtdFeQgZ_UNL_jMyFBn_GfLBVgqxMnlh5Wd0xVHtvS9sTzzy7xz_dk_qOaCcb_zhCnb3SzGOsih24LrILWyhle8QKFEXiQX3nfWZ7NGncIiDBu3qIOBs/s1600/Batanes%20Caricature.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1217" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuQz9VFwA4Nrws3TtD1GvpANCyVOrEdfsnQcu-qgv43MmmtmWsf5d2-5fGBNTXdprtdFeQgZ_UNL_jMyFBn_GfLBVgqxMnlh5Wd0xVHtvS9sTzzy7xz_dk_qOaCcb_zhCnb3SzGOsih24LrILWyhle8QKFEXiQX3nfWZ7NGncIiDBu3qIOBs/s320/Batanes%20Caricature.jpg" width="243" /></span></a></div></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In 1994 when we were just starting, we were hot on unexplored expeditions relying only on topical maps for destinations. An attractive target for us was Mt. Silangan in Bataan (Marucdok Morong) known for Kairukan waterfall and sharp drops. Novice as we were, our group, composed of young climbers got lost in place which could be a potential habitat of unknown forces. Relying on our instincts, we were eventually led to a ledge which was one of the most awesome sites we have ever discovered.</span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A similar situation is a solo climb in Caliraya to meet up friends Mitch, Bernard of Solid Bank at the waterfalls which is only less than 20 minutes away from the Japanese garden. By stroke of luck, I ended up circling around the area from early afternoon to sunrise going nowhere with no one to ask directions from. I eventually found the asphalted road the next morning but missed the company of friends. What could explain this? Folklore they say just like what lost trekkers experience in Banahaw and San Cristobal.</span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There are minor incidents. Such as tripping at the rice terraces in a Cordillera traverse breaking my favorite lightweight high-tech umbrella at the rice field. My umbrella saved me from the fall.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJDpK2dQnqBoOtVAI_fnn364OBGqISRxZ3l2olPVrML_jR4QJnDusmP0MU9hAtqlvaJyZCIbrofnDJMpZ41O2lbc6hNP8kwagdCNOT5Zcm1bnLWmkULIUlX56PwAhi6eScko2c8zBMODBFddynIr1I4z5UmUoBou66cSBtSZdzB0n5fZzaLY/s1081/Mt%20Amuyao%20Map%20i.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1081" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJDpK2dQnqBoOtVAI_fnn364OBGqISRxZ3l2olPVrML_jR4QJnDusmP0MU9hAtqlvaJyZCIbrofnDJMpZ41O2lbc6hNP8kwagdCNOT5Zcm1bnLWmkULIUlX56PwAhi6eScko2c8zBMODBFddynIr1I4z5UmUoBou66cSBtSZdzB0n5fZzaLY/s320/Mt%20Amuyao%20Map%20i.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In the same region, sometime in May 2000, our Mt. Amuyao trek was welcomed by large and hard hailstones while trekking. Without protective helmets, to get hit in the head can be fatal. In the company of heavyweights, Butch Sebastian, Regie Pablo, Tony Boy De Leon, Justin, Mike Vaca and Jong Narciso, nothing major though can happen.</span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The worst is surviving socials in a company of heavy drinkers and senior veteran climbers especially with people one is not comfortable with. But with the passing of the night, fellow climbers tone down too.</span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Danger lurks in unfamiliar territories and situations. As I look back and recall about the danger trekking lurks, I am reminded of what St. Augustine wrote about adventure</span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">“People travel to wonder</span></i></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at the height of mountains</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at the huge waves of the sea</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at the long courses of rivers</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at the vast compass of the ocean</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at the circular motion of the stars</span></i></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>and yet they pass by themselves without wondering</i>”</span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Indeed now, I wonder how I managed. I believe that while there are forces that threaten, there too are strong and good forces that protect. I am thankful that I overcame them because I have been guarded. Be careful.</span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Happy Thanksgiving</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Originally written 30 Nov 2009</span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">---</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mt. Silangan adventure climb in the company of Dan Sevilla, Meluchi Adriano, Rowena Altuna, Joey Ansaldo, Gustavo Ansaldo, Nana Araneta, Carlos Arambulo, Ayres Arcilla, Randy Arcilla, Ronald Arcilla, Alan Barona, Trisha Besa, Chacha Cordero, Gregg Cordova, Joy Dawis, Ricky Francisco, Joan Fabe, Jun Galang, Ricky Gonzales, Paolo Gonzales, Joy Jesena, Dexter Lansang, Claude G. Sta. Clara, Bill Ty, Jun Galang, Nelson Malabanan</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-60819497859736010162022-08-11T13:45:00.005+08:002022-08-11T13:47:24.749+08:00Journal of TSP Articles Part 3<p> Wednesday Evening Tagpuan’s 20-kilometer loop with slopes training this <b><span style="font-size: large;">10 August 2022</span></b></p><p>How did the slopes training fare? True to WET’s reputation, what was planned is most likely what will happen, to the letter</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDnhfk6Nn1MeJkgMfyjZYmVjyWUG3QxD8zxpxH9VZVIqdaLHc5hz2vCJJDBHhNKRpNFUPtxGYHWNxKeRbwuOxMIPbg9I20CbZlwFy4gxFReDvbN1fib1Iy-aNl4Al3wLKI692v1nz7UNLZq8tzrzsZu8wNGgU3N0r09YIT-yGeR6vKWnpuus/s2048/296786360_1146117746004054_9025163706520292509_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDnhfk6Nn1MeJkgMfyjZYmVjyWUG3QxD8zxpxH9VZVIqdaLHc5hz2vCJJDBHhNKRpNFUPtxGYHWNxKeRbwuOxMIPbg9I20CbZlwFy4gxFReDvbN1fib1Iy-aNl4Al3wLKI692v1nz7UNLZq8tzrzsZu8wNGgU3N0r09YIT-yGeR6vKWnpuus/w400-h300/296786360_1146117746004054_9025163706520292509_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>After a brief warm up, RL Osang immediately shocked the group to a short ULTRA ahon. Then we were given a chance to warm up again for an extended run from Pasig’s Capitol Commons to Mandaluyong’s Shaw Boulevard to F. Martinez Avue, to another very brief ahon going up the Makati-Mandaluyong bridge. The stop light upon landing at Makati’s Makati Avenue was like a recovery but it was not that necessary for this batch of healthy kasmala tropa.<p></p><p>Snaking around the side streets of Makati Avenues night district, we were exposed to another short ahon crossing the Estrella-Pantaleon bridge to go back to Mandaluyong. Landing at Barangka Drive, we went straight to DM Guevarra st., then to Calbayog for another short shock ending at Samat st. From Shaw we turned right to EDSA until Producer’s when RL Osang declared time to eat pares for the tomguts na bikers.</p><p>River then transformed the cafeteria to a comedy bar getting to know 1st timers Pawi and seasoned biker Jun. While 1st timers to WET, their biking credentials show as drawn out by the host as sakalam. They were welcomed warmly by the WET regulars accepting Pawi and Jun like members of an extended family.</p><p>Such is the character of WET of TSP. Under Ritchie Tulipat’s quiet leadership and ma’am Osang nurturing guidance, the culture is homey, warm, welcoming, casual and cordial. But don’t be deceived by the gentleness as WET is acknowledged for loooooooong and exteeeeeeeeeended night rides. Known for kilometric loops, previous rides this July brought a huge number of folding bikers to Tambo Paranaque, an uncharted area in TSP or to Circuit Makati and Tejeros, the domains of TNF and MAD. Despite their advanced preconditioning on the nature and degree of difficulty, folding bikers whether regulars, from other areas or newbies still show up.</p><p>Because aside from being at the center of Metro Manila and scheduled in the middle of the week, WET always levels up the nightly rides with interesting routes and sights, distances and gradients. Ma’am Osang known for reliability, dependability and consistency can command a troll of supporters very quickly to marshal and to sweep whether number of participants is few or many and even very many.</p><p>Two incidents at the Mandaluyong area are testaments to how WET is like family. A bolt of my headset was slightly loose causing a slight jarring. Ken S. of MAD advised tightening it before the condition worsens. Quickly, Warren the sweeper for the night came to the rescue to my embarrassment. Such a minor adjustment caused the entire entourage to stop. But as Ken said, better early before it causes an accident.</p><p>Later on, Don’s long seat post was slowly sinking. Everyone stopped, Gerry took a look and Warren improvised the sheen’s support to keep it stable. Despite the delay, no one complained because sa TSP, walang iwanan.</p><p>After the short yet unnoticed delays, to our surprise though, “ilang kembot na lang,” it was dinner time and shortly after, an extended enjoyable social. Like family, we enjoyed eating together, exchanging stories, poking fun at each other and celebrating the success of the night ride planning the next ones.</p><p>WET conditioned us to an ahon training. The regulars did not notice. Neither did the newbies nor the oldies. Because after the 20-kilometer loop, it did not feel like it 20 or hours as it seemed just like a stroll at the park. Because we were cared for by a family.</p><p>As I asked Jomar, a WET regular how the ride was, he said “convenient.” Taga Mandaluyong lang ako causing Jared to laugh and shout, “wala ka talagang makukuhang interview dyan!” Like family, asaran is in the blood for fun.</p><p>WET’s Loop Training went smoothly and safely. But did we notice that it was ma’am Osang calling the shots taking over from Ritchie who was indisposed that evening. It was as if it was not led by a novice as we were confidently managed. But only a few noticed that behind Osang was Ritchie’s visible, invisible and felt guidance. Somewhere at F. Martinez st. under a tree, RL Richie took video of the night ride and was with us physically although invisible but 100% in spirit. Surely he was pleased how it went.</p><p>Wow, what a family!</p><p>Salamat muli.</p><p>Thanks to Efren R. for providing the stills.</p><p><br /></p><p>------</p><p>To celebrate the National Heroes Day on the last Mondays of August (29 August), Tuesday Nights at the Fort TNF Ride Leader Pepe Daradal posted a month-long folding bike rides originating at the 7th Ave corner 28thst. at the BGC. It opened with the ride to the Ang Supremo monument at Taguig this 2 August.</p><p>National Heroes Day commemorates the Cry of Pugad Lawin, a revolt that kicked off the 1896 Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire and the long struggle toward that country’s independence. Andres Bonifacio played a significant role in the revolt against Spain. It was in San Juan where he rallied behind Katipuneros of Kataastaasang, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or KKK to take control of El Deposito a water reservoir in San Juan that used to hold the water supply of Manila.</p><p>This <b><span style="font-size: large;">9 August, Tuesday TNF</span></b> enjoined members to honor Andres Bonifacio via a ride to the KKK Shrine at Pinaglabanan and Valenzuela st. in San Juan City crossing over from Taguig to Makati, Mandaluyong and Manila.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJMrUkQDowBEsMLKIUPky1XCFhd6khlcQy8yMihx3h5GW30BPfQbEJ0gPt9480hsnlhXyEhI5oFvhR3oSHD0ztmQ93ZlptltNR6P9oLe-DdZDZF6sJ2Npb9rsZJaJzm_y4WRIXtVYsqaSUcLF19l5Z3DRCAafr_qzq6Ljmmmf4w2iLZB6Zw4/s4344/IMG_20220809_210859.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJMrUkQDowBEsMLKIUPky1XCFhd6khlcQy8yMihx3h5GW30BPfQbEJ0gPt9480hsnlhXyEhI5oFvhR3oSHD0ztmQ93ZlptltNR6P9oLe-DdZDZF6sJ2Npb9rsZJaJzm_y4WRIXtVYsqaSUcLF19l5Z3DRCAafr_qzq6Ljmmmf4w2iLZB6Zw4/w400-h400/IMG_20220809_210859.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>“If you build it and they will come” quoting from the movie Field of Dreams, truly they came. Not only the Katipuneros but folding bikers who support the Monday to Friday night rides of Tiklop Society of the Philippines.<p></p><p>That historic night 9 August at the BGC, troops from M.A.D. from Manila, T3 from Marikina, a small delegation of LSD from QC and of course TNF from Taguig (and for a full line up Ma’am Osang of W.E.T. joined us later) congregated to the meet-up place to manifest their support behind Pepe’s call. Coming from a rained out Kartilya sa Katipunan to Old Pasig ride of M.A.D. the night before, Lance greeted the arriving riders with “bitin the night before, kaya nandito tayo lahat!”</p><p>What a sight to see at least 36 bikers per RL Bongski’s informal count rallying behind two causes, revolt against the oppressive rule of Spain and the revolution of the mobility of the folding bike. Even the guards at BGC were containing the bikers and those coming from all over Metro Manila to keep the pedestrian lane near ROX Lane O open. We as law abiding citizens cooperated of course.</p><p>Led by Jonathan, Warren sweeping and Joseph L. adding marshals to manage the clusters, we went out of BGC via McKinley Road at Forbes Park, entered the Makati Business District at Ayala Avenue to Makati Avenue crossing Sen Gil Puyat Avenue and Kalayaan Ave to get across to Mandaluyong via the old Makati-Mandaluyong bridge. After circling halfway at the Maysilo Circle, we proceeded to F. Martinez Ave to be at Shaw Boulevard. It must be a challenge for marshals Pitz, Nor and C. Gregory to contain the bikers as at F. Martinez Avenue, we shared the dedicated bike lane with pedestrians and parked tricycles. Cut by the traffic lights and crossing 4-wheeled vehicles, the bike train was spliced into several smaller groups but eventually catching up with the lead pack.</p><p>From Shaw Boulevard, we passed by Gomezville, Hoover, Blumentritt, F. Manalo. N.Domingo, Pinaglabanan and finally at the corner of Valenzuela st. to reach the marker of the KKK monument and the El Deposito Museum (gate only) for the traditional picture taking.</p><p>Due to the size of the delegates, no single food outlet open that night along N. Domingo st. could accommodate all, so it was KKK, kanya kanyang kainan.</p><p>What a historic night for TSP this August. Ensuring that this moment is documented well, we would spot RL Pepe in several spots taking shots at the entourage from start to finish. Like the Katipuneros, one of these days, we the folding bikers can look back at these stills, videos and articles and say, “we built it and they came.” We have added a revolutionary viable option to mass transport using our folding bike. That 9 August 2022, we biked together as one.</p><p>------</p><p>(Notable that we crisscrossed on streets we’ve passed before just this July. BGC to Makati was TNF’s business district to Mandaluyong barangay ride this July, Shaw to San Juan was WET’s Ortigas to Circuit Makati and Okada rides. Shaw Boulevard is the access road bikers from the North and East would take to bring us back to QC, Marikina, Pasig.</p><p>Learning to navigate through these streets adds to our personal mobility as bikers as it is a proof that the roads we took at the night rides are safe to take when biking on our own. That’s the practical benefit of joining the Monday to Friday night rides for us. As Eli mentioned the night before, the RLs and their teams check the routes for the infrastructure and the peace, order and safety condition of the area in the evening prior to declaring the routes.)</p><p>Nanghiram ng larawan kina Efren at sir Bongski</p><p><br /></p><p>------</p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">August 8</span></b> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fAC6yvF2iST6mNIfc5s6FFIqQYSSWcjuLxCik5JuHW48DPBlqlaMCmv4GlAyJZ8KCylB0fgJTEelh3CkSITpOUboaqJOkTtO9pkYt7IjO7IufYi2MHc9XBO7wQ-hBfJIg2hdLFPIkMFTtS0snbcW5f75qmloSf7kpHfjrTZHwhwoEoDNRWk/s5184/IMG_20220808_232303.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3880" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fAC6yvF2iST6mNIfc5s6FFIqQYSSWcjuLxCik5JuHW48DPBlqlaMCmv4GlAyJZ8KCylB0fgJTEelh3CkSITpOUboaqJOkTtO9pkYt7IjO7IufYi2MHc9XBO7wQ-hBfJIg2hdLFPIkMFTtS0snbcW5f75qmloSf7kpHfjrTZHwhwoEoDNRWk/w400-h300/IMG_20220808_232303.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Each TSP night ride has a unique offering. M.A.D’s Double Eight ride had surprises but pleasant ones.<p></p><p>Monday After Dark, the opening salvo for the week after the August Tiklop General Assembly presented the ahons and lusongs of Pasig from Kartilya ng Katipunan. Nothing historical nor thematic this time but a smooth ride to an old city Pasig, Rizal.</p><p>Monday joiners are always surprised. Prior to the ride out, Efren from Las Pinas shared some durian candies. Some associates gave out TIklop and MAD stickers. Lucky early birds got face masks. A soft drizzle after a large show up gave us a feel of what’s in store for the night.</p><p>Ride started out like before. Moving out from Kartilya we would be led out of the city of Manila to the next city.</p><p>Somewhere along Valenzuela st. at Bacood Sta. Mesa, there were early signs of a heavy downpour. 19 bikers in their folding bikes took shelter at the Unioil Station canopy to put on raincoats and jackets. All of a sudden, we were trapped as the rains poured harder.</p><p>But containing us at the gas station naturally led to an advanced socials. While nothing historical was scheduled for the evening, there were historical revelations in that more than 30-minute stay. Almost all the pumps were surrounded with bikes and bikers. Luckily, there were no spotted gas customers for the duration of our stay.</p><p>In one corner were Alfred, Toto, Ray, C. Gregory, Joseph at times Joseph L and Yen. At the other side were Louie, Efren. Ronel, Pitz. Lance was roving.</p><p>First, Alfred, a Monday mainstay narrated to us a small group cornered in one pump station his long rides. A seafarer, his accessibility to MAD’s meet up place hooked him to TSP night rides. With knowledge on mechanical parts, it interested Engineer C. Gregory and DIY bike hardware wizard Ray R. Suddenly the pump station turned into an impromptu bike repair station and a lecture forum.</p><p>Anticipating the rain would not stop, C. Gregory surprised the small group by pulling out two folding stools from his rear carrier bags for a more comfortable set up to Alfred’s talk. It turned out that Alfred is a colleague of solo long ride marathoner Kris K. thus making the sessions more engaging.</p><p>But the highlight of extended talk which defeats all the historical themes of RL Eli was this discovery. Eli dropped by the area and engaged in the conversation making Ray declare with pride, “matagal na po akong sumasama sa Tiklop. Karamihan ng long rides eleven years ago sinasamahan ko gamit ng ibang bisikleta pa. Naalala ko pa Ma'am Eli, sa isang long ride from Caloocan to Clark via MacArthur Highway sa isang madilim na tulay, may sumemplang na babae na ang pangalan ay Winter naka purple bike. Ang tagal ko na po siyang hinahanap at kukumustahin sana.”</p><p>Looking at Eli, he asked, “kilala niyo po ba siya?” Eli was shocked! Like the biblical verses, she declared, “ikaw ba ang umalalay sa akin at nagdala sa akin sa hospital?” “Ako yon, binago ko lang ang pangalan ko sa FB.” “Eto pa nga ang sugat ko sa noo!”</p><p></p><p>Stories like that under the heavy rain give RL Eli, young Ray and us attentive listeners goose bumps. It was like an episode of Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho where suddenly the biological parents of an orphan were found via DNA testing.</p><p>The long stay at Unioil, the deafening sound of the rains and the deferred night bike ride to Pasig did not matter anymore hearing these stories. The surprises of possible delay due to the rains were there but calculated. It was expected. But to hear stories of closure were something else enough to make MAD this double eight of August a special and memorable one.</p><p></p><p>When the rain stopped, we were leisurely diverted to Kalentong for an interesting lugawan meals at the popular Lugawan sa Tejeros. Amazing how lugawan managed to serve the orders not only of the hungry and active bikers but their other guests as well. Orders were placed at a counter, numbers issued out to be called when the food is ready. Hearing your number called was like winning in a raffle.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSdW6oGvm1CilFlyDCBZWRAnFe4Cs3NiI6JhdRApKpbTODSasLExDHXakXlIFDiobfSndyt-d7lBKGETigCDGGi6N9_R-JSmnNbvJxDfazzUHWREMSaU3T1eIBIWVGAuWh2GK5fsVg_gnM6L4IWw9fXi8w6QVl1wXDDjknufVCGC-ZTozxBA/s3120/IMG_20220808_211501.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSdW6oGvm1CilFlyDCBZWRAnFe4Cs3NiI6JhdRApKpbTODSasLExDHXakXlIFDiobfSndyt-d7lBKGETigCDGGi6N9_R-JSmnNbvJxDfazzUHWREMSaU3T1eIBIWVGAuWh2GK5fsVg_gnM6L4IWw9fXi8w6QVl1wXDDjknufVCGC-ZTozxBA/s320/IMG_20220808_211501.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The waiting time did not matter as we were also waiting for the drizzle to stop enjoying short talks. The wait gave me a chance to ask RL Eli her biking history. She narrated how MAD came about and how she, working in Pasig was hooked to the WET night rides until she got the chance to lead the Monday rides. As a resident of Manila, MAD was convenient for her. How Eli loves biking, seeing the night spots, appreciating what she sees is another discussion when the rides are deferred by rains sometime.<p></p><p>Salamat Rl Eli, Louie, marshals and sweeper Yen for the well planned Monday nights. Kakaiba pero masaya pa rin.</p><p>Such is the magic of TSP’s rides. It is not only the ride, but the people you meet and the stories they share. Biking is healthy to the body, engaging with bikers is adding life to the healthy body.</p><p>Pero ang ending, bisikleta at kasamahan pa din. Sa paguwi sa Norte, fellow North East resident Joseph V. could not help but praise fellow QC biker Glenn’s wise decision not to join MAD this Monday. “Ang galing niya, hindi nabasa ang bago niyang bisikleta!”</p><p>For me, it was Ray and Eli's night.</p><p>Ika nga, nagumpisa sa bisikleta, sa kwentuhan at sa gabayan. At kapag binalikan, natutuklasan mo na, oo nga, ang saya pala! Di pa kasama ang kainan at inuman diyan.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-63622476482261807102022-07-27T16:22:00.008+08:002022-07-30T14:42:47.460+08:00Journal of Articles riding with Tiklop Society of the Philippines TSP 2<div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">T3 for TTT. Tagpuan sa Tropical ng mga Taga-East. Tropical (Q-Plaza 24 hours) to Tropical (Shaw Boulevard 24 hours)</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">T3 on <b>29 July 2022</b> Friday caps the end of the July night rides of TSP</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsceY0MZwnnCJYKlVw74aPBBTabHkFMfO-ndL6wwjzJedCVzCoblzfSdOXUncFMLpFHOMyveg9FjA5SVnWxd0yW5mFgJlFMhtgH5RfmoFyCrLRkD1sK7ywPiE24wZul5zyPrTUz3w-UnDMMqWfdXZ_6UIkO3IditZap_DGJjzNElEjqyr8QmQ/s2000/294985235_728075621749530_1999553635565161433_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="2000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsceY0MZwnnCJYKlVw74aPBBTabHkFMfO-ndL6wwjzJedCVzCoblzfSdOXUncFMLpFHOMyveg9FjA5SVnWxd0yW5mFgJlFMhtgH5RfmoFyCrLRkD1sK7ywPiE24wZul5zyPrTUz3w-UnDMMqWfdXZ_6UIkO3IditZap_DGJjzNElEjqyr8QmQ/w400-h180/294985235_728075621749530_1999553635565161433_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Weather permitted the group led by RL Bongski Reyes to bike from Tropical Hut Q Plaza Cainta to Calle Industria of Libis Quezon City then to C5 Pasig at a fast pace. All flat then surprises the group to a short gradual ascent at Pineda st reaching the peak at Orchids and Rosas. In a few minutes of relaxed pedaling, we were at Tropical Hut Shaw Boulevard for an extended dinner. The guard allowed the bikers in folding bikes to park at the cordoned area in front giving preferential VIP treatment.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Typical of Bongski night rides, it was well attended, rightly paced and novel. There were instances of light drizzles but did not bother the participants.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Friday T3 marks the completion of our personal goals to complete the Monday to Friday night rides of Tiklop. Each night has a unique feature but with a commonality, ride the TSP way. The night rides brought a herd of bikers to different places with historical values, places with business significance, a relatively a long stretch, to routes with prolonged ahons and to simple chill rides made possible because there was a ride, the weather permitted, bikes did not break down and the spirit was there.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Strava log from place of residence to the night ride and back for the week registered 198 kilometers of safe and enjoyable ride. For the week of 25 July, Joseph Lee, Kris Kinesis and I completed all. Try biking around Metro Manila for 5 consecutive nights. Good for the health. Get the most out of your folding bike. Meet different people. Discover new routes. Have a different food trip. Ika nga nila, habang kaya at may bisikleta, padyak na!</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">25-Jul-2022 Monday MAD 34.98 km meet up at Kartilya ng Katipunan Manila</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">26-Jul Tuesday TNF 36.75 km meet up at BGC in front of ROX 7th Avenue BGC Taguig</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">27-Jul Wednesday WET 57.73 km meet up at Ortigas Park Ortigas Pasig</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">28-Jul Thursday LSD 38.98 meet up at UP Grandstand in front of the UP School of Business Administration QC</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">29-Jul Friday TTT 30.09 km meet up at Q Plaza Cainta</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Sa lumang awitin “Around the World” ni Nat King Cole, isinasara ko ang buong linggong pagpapadyak sa gabi kasama ng mga bikers na naka folding bike ng Tiklop Society of the Philippines</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Around the TSP I’ve searched for you</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I pedaled on, in a folding bike to keep a rendezvous</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I knew somewhere, sometime, somehow</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">You would plan a ride, in the night, while I wait for an invite</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It might have been in MAD</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Or in TNF, WET, LSD or TT and T</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">No more will I go all around the Metro in just a bike</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">For I have found night rides in TSP</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk51-vjcZ-Y&fbclid=IwAR0vnxUKYm7R7a3sTPymIMHCrgIXTG4pu3NlTNAxeL4Zpzvs-3rutKiMJWU" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk51-vjcZ-Y</a></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Larawan kuha ni KK</div></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>---</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>28 July 2022</b>. Inaraw araw hanggang makarating sa Lingkuhang Sikad sa Diliman nitong Huwebes</span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />Monday, it was MAD, Meeting after Dark touring around the sites related to the 24 scouts who perished in a plane crash enroute to the 11th Boy Scout World Jamboree crisscrossing boundaries to complete 3 related sites</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jPOdO3OpZarV6yISqP3D2Uj_e2KlzdlJRp8nZDfUgD2lpSe2xPE6l7SKT5clh_jxDQmtawZpzkh6A5FqTw9pz0EhBWe_vSoeL72KKRnPdODd-CQO6A-OsaF_FlaGWcD6htSclhwwE7VS6xVyO17rACv8DgCWk6YiXhIqYnLFSXpmo_g59bQ/s2048/296485683_5592981154056005_5204136319883906084_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jPOdO3OpZarV6yISqP3D2Uj_e2KlzdlJRp8nZDfUgD2lpSe2xPE6l7SKT5clh_jxDQmtawZpzkh6A5FqTw9pz0EhBWe_vSoeL72KKRnPdODd-CQO6A-OsaF_FlaGWcD6htSclhwwE7VS6xVyO17rACv8DgCWk6YiXhIqYnLFSXpmo_g59bQ/w400-h180/296485683_5592981154056005_5204136319883906084_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Tuesday, it was TNF, Tuesdays Nights at the Fort featuring the business centers of BGC, Makati and the residential barangay in Mandaluyong, a feel of the bike to work</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Wednesday was WET, Wednesday Evening Tagpuan meeting fellow folding biker enthusiasts in a ride to Metro Manila’s 6 cities an achievement in go for distance</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Friday, 29 July it will be T3 Tagpuan sa Tropical ng mga TagaEast, a chill ride to business centers close to Marikina traveling to QC, Pasig and Mandaluyong which will close the 25-29 July TSP night rides</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What did Lingguhan Sikad sa Diliman LSD under RL Jonest offer to the membership this Thursday 28 July?</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">LSD offered a sampler of a long stretch of ahon preceded by a preparatory flat chill glide in the 25-kilometer “Tour de Batasan.” Starting from the premiere state university UP it ends at the Quezon Memorial Circle site of the mausoleum of President Manuel L. Quezon passing at the vicinity of Batasang Pambansa Complex, seat of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To a citizen interested in historical milestones, the coverage alone is significant. UP Diliman was established in 1949. The shrine of Quezon Memorial was created in 1952 and completed in 1978, and the sessions at House of Representative just opened this 25 July 2022</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To the biker, the features of the roads from start to end is a planners’ ideal chill ride building up to a climax after a challenging long stretch of ascent. Strava recorded 39 kilometers and 296 elevation gain. First phase brought us from UP via Katipunan to a relaxed riverside ride at the Riverpark with strollers and bikers</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We shared the road with motorists and other bikers going up to J.P. Rizal all the way to Barangay Parang for an affordable dinner with a variety of food offerings at Fairlane Market. Consider this stop as a carbo loading to the final climax of ahon after crossing the Marikina river at the Batasan-San Mateo bridge finally reaching the intersection of Batasan Road and Batasan San Mateo Road</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All 8, Ray, Gerry, Kris, Matt, Chito, Marion, Joseph, Kyle in a folding bike were led by RL Jonest to the intersection indicating end of ahon</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Completing LSD for me was an accomplishment both for my physical capability and the Dahon Metro’s durability tested on various road surfaces for consecutive nights. I can only thank all the dedicated RLs of other days for the invite for this feat</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Planning for TSP night rides requires competency, familiarity with the landscape of the route, info on the capabilities of the participants, knowing technical, weather, infrastructure conditions, understanding the mission of the TSP and a feel of what the folding bikers are looking for</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We appreciate the effort of the LSD RL to plan this ahon sampler. Originally planned for 21 July, it was cancelled due to rainy weather threat and the tight security at the Batasan area for the SONA. This 28 July, when at 7PM, dark clouds were hovering over the Diliman area, there was another threat of cancellation. But the regulars of LSD who show up for the casual interaction, familiar with each other’s motivation for biking and throwing full support behind the RL were lucky to benefit from the weather improvement. “Tour de Batasan” was a go</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Jonest, the newest addition to the roster of seasoned Tiklop night rides invested time and effort in creating “Tour de Batasan,” understanding the pace of each one, accepting the heavy accountability of leading a pack of bikers with diverse interest, open and listening, adjusting pace based on the groups’ rhythm succeeded in making this ride different. Pace was regulated and was not much of problem in both phases</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">His leadership style is different but delivering results. Behind each LSD rides though are solid participants enjoying the rides and seeing everyone succeeds like the 30 June “Philippine Loop Kyusi Edition,” the 14 July "Gawa tayo ng Saranggola” and the 22 July diverted “Diliman Chill Ride.” They contribute to create what an LSD night ride looks like</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What makes this 28 July 2022 “Tour de Batasan” differently satisfying is participants realizing what LSD is going through contributed and placed their stakes to ensure thrilling, enjoyable and memorable Thursday night rides for the folding bikers. The participants had ownership along with the RL on this ride of 39 kilometers with a 296 elevation gain thus the deeper level of engagement</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Salamat sa lahat pati ako nakinabang. Sa technical tips ni Matt, sa practical outlook ni Kyle, sa suporta ni Joseph, sa pagdalo ni Marion, sa kakulitan ni Herbert, sa documentation ni Kris, sa pagkakalog at GCash ni Ray, sa wisdom ni Gerry</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Riders with different levels of personal leadership adapted to the needs and the conditions of what the big city of QC and LSD have to offer</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When RL plans for the LSD Thursday night rides, he will take into account the learnings that made Thursdays of July an important day in the Monday to Friday TSP night rides: exploit the possibilities of what the big city has to offer to excite the bikers, feel of the needs of the bikers whether hard core, newbies, tap the wisdom of the TSP leadership fellow RLs and capitalize on the loyalty and inputs of bikers who want Thursday to stand out for its uniqueness</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When school opens this August 2022, we look forward to an explosion of exciting nights participated in by new bikers eager to enjoy the TSP way.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Salamat muli kay KK for the documentation</span></div></div><p>---</p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">33.8 kilometers in 6 hours <b>27 July 2022</b></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Midway this week, RL Ritchie Tulipat challenged the Tiklop enthusiasts to 33.8 kilometers of well-paved roads add 10 to 30 kilometers more of enroute and back to the Ortigas Park from your residence.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_TAqc2GmJSxWzUb-vtepPX-0EUmq9iMJD0FfOAQE2_vWTqZhc8IfOuuX-uMbtAASEIpzBTK6mZlpTL8i8S9SRxsMzvUstqLXiOh4qVoEXPwkZ6ukg1rb45sPVkwfMh0S-8pTk_UuWmZicQ-o2hP1rj7Rg8d4PuUwVbGVGhUIIEiQ6y-F85c/s2048/296055663_432694755459913_1621889361031948189_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_TAqc2GmJSxWzUb-vtepPX-0EUmq9iMJD0FfOAQE2_vWTqZhc8IfOuuX-uMbtAASEIpzBTK6mZlpTL8i8S9SRxsMzvUstqLXiOh4qVoEXPwkZ6ukg1rb45sPVkwfMh0S-8pTk_UuWmZicQ-o2hP1rj7Rg8d4PuUwVbGVGhUIIEiQ6y-F85c/w400-h180/296055663_432694755459913_1621889361031948189_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Yet more than 25 showed up. There even was a catastrophe of epic proportion early this morning that hit hard the Cordilleras and the Ilocos region</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Why that interest? RL Ritchie did not expect a huge show up at the meet up</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">First, it’s an interesting route. A loop from Ortigas Pasig to Mandaluyong to Taguig, Pasay, Paranaque returning via Manila, Mandaluyong back to Pasig. Counting six cities that’s already intimidating.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Second, it’s a night ride. It guarantees a cool ride with less traffic. It might even be quieter</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The attractions: the globe at MOA may look different in the evening than at daytime, BGC, airport, Old Panaderos, Tambo Paranaque, Sta Ana church, Zobel Roxas by night. There was no promise though of winning at the casino but still bikers came</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There’s a new bridge to inspect, the Santa Monica–Lawton Bridge, also known as the Kalayaan Bridge and Bonifacio Global City–Ortigas Link Bridge which has a lined bike lane leading to Kalayaan but none going to BGC. “Pasubok”</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Meet up is at Ortigas at the Ortigas Park and is at the center of Metro Manila making it convenient for the joiners. 7-11, McDo, Red Ribbon, Goldilocks are nearby for last minute food and beverage loading. There are rest room facilities. There is even a bike repair station right in front. Joseph is there early always to welcome the early birds</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">People are getting hooked, already hooked, wanting to be hooked again either to the folding bike, the rides or the company</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Coalitions have been established. “Nandito nanaman tayo.” Parang kagabi lang.” “2nd time ko na dito.” Sharing common interest makes bonding easy</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">May makikilalang iba. Thanks Ma’am Osang for the River interview segment. We got to know better WET 1st timers Efren and Rey. Both exemplary bike riders. Efren who resides in Las Pinas went out of his way to join the meet up at the Ortigas Park. Rey, who purchased his Dahon Boardwalk in Japan years ago shared with us how biking made it convenient for him as an Engineer to be mobile during the uncertain lockdown times</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Bikers are levelling up from short rides to long rides needing longer rides to practice. Long urban night rides help meet their Strava challenge. “Nagpapakondisyon” “Kailangan ng mileage”</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Their folding bikes are subjected to endurance and long-distance biking to assure correctness of choice and get validation from fellow folding bike owners. “Try ko lang katorse.” “Nagpalit ng crankset.” “Kaooverhaul lang ‘dre!” “Dagdag ngipin.” “Testingin ang bagong ilaw sa gabi”</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There’s a grand slam bet of completing MAD. TNF, WET. LSD and TTT this week. Three down, two to go for the week</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There are some other reasons why TSP night rides are habit forming, addicting, satisfying, enjoyable and there are nights of choices with some nights preferred for personal preferences. RL Ritchie even supported this. “Di lang ito. Bawat gabi mula Lunes hanggang Byernes may TSK ride”</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Despite reasons, what prevails is, it’s fun joining a night ride in a group in safe company where you are led, put on track by marshals and seeing no one is left behind by the sweeper. Salamat Warren, Jonathan at Joseph</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Behind the successful WET night rides is Ritchie who plans the ride with Ma’am Osang always supportive making sure the plan succeeds</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">“May time.” “Next month pa ago sasampa. Sinusulit lang.” “Practice, gusto kong mag Baguio this month.” “Kailangan magpapayat.” “Kababalik lang sa Pinas dala ng Boardwalk. May makakasama naman.” “Malapit sa office.” “OK ang return trip, malapit sa bahay.” “Paguwi, may nakakasama.” “Bagong mapupuntahan.” Masarap daw ang food sa Maty’s, dinadayuhan.” “May Visa kay Misis”</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">33.8 kilometers in 6 hours? Parang wala lang pag TSP and company</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">What’s your reason?</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Larawan mula kay Rosanna. Strava data mula kay KK. Larawan ni Ma’am Osang mula kay KK</div></div><p><br /></p><p><b>26 July 2022</b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span></b>iking at the Philippines’ premiere business centers</p><p>Ride Leader Pepe Daradal posted an invite 26 July to join the Tuesday Nights at the Fort for a short chill ride starting at the Bonifacio Global City.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLLLZcWN3LAbAPgaMpFuNOHwLCzw2qJLeHR94NF3MUCdfxxR6fHu2JgNM2632dHh78Eq2h6l3OxnZ9ybZDJ_rAuHo8LZk5IqW7UWnL-5k9mRkWmVvIafcnEfeqrp-zYzfwo4O9TyufjQMvp_ytFuHhqMXy4A3jlEIKuKv5j-iWziCvrCrc1Q/s2048/296187382_432143192181736_2095931046444595779_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLLLZcWN3LAbAPgaMpFuNOHwLCzw2qJLeHR94NF3MUCdfxxR6fHu2JgNM2632dHh78Eq2h6l3OxnZ9ybZDJ_rAuHo8LZk5IqW7UWnL-5k9mRkWmVvIafcnEfeqrp-zYzfwo4O9TyufjQMvp_ytFuHhqMXy4A3jlEIKuKv5j-iWziCvrCrc1Q/w400-h180/296187382_432143192181736_2095931046444595779_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Completing my rounds of appreciating the various biking landscapes in Metro Manila, immediately I expressed my intention to join. Never mind if there was a threat of the thunderstorm that Tuesday afternoon and my unfamiliarity of crossing C5 to BGC via CP Garcia Avenue and C5 bridge.<p></p><p>Biking in a folding bike the TNF TSP way captures to me, a working professional’s urban commuting at the country’s premier business districts.</p><p>What a difference it was being at the BGC by designated RL Jonathan, fresh from his Baguio trip compared to cities in the North. Pepe and Jonathan’s route brought us around the BGC complex biking on world class road surfaces with designated bike lanes. As we pass through several parking areas, I can spot racks with a look different from the traditional bike racks in the other parks of the city.</p><p>The illumination on the streets was not just from the street posts but from the imposing lights of the modern building. Biking comfortably, I was awed not just by the sights and sounds of the modern city but also from the high performing folding bikes of fellow bikers.</p><p>From the new city, we were led to the original business center, Makati. Passing at the most expensive village in the country, the roads of Mckinley Road gave us a ride like no other, smooth, uninterrupted, flowing under huge acacia trees deserving of the high-end tires of Brompton bikes and Dahon. Biking in surfaces like these gives one a confidence of zero flat tire. Believe me in the saying, “the rich are different from you and me.”</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICXxbrHFGRMIcrT7hgBIcl_hPQklirmIG8By1-NMgU34D3i7afLt_AcNu0BiqIxPeBjTg9dkGl8RU-wai2u3gebIFuFXZ7LZ9G5-kFh54gAussijm3aHwFOa7pxEzagssFax6O0bXasUqje7f4vJwIOHD6NLRBa35UwzqJWNOQIesMZfPvEM/s2048/296156727_432142658848456_6673988538349091072_n%20(1).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICXxbrHFGRMIcrT7hgBIcl_hPQklirmIG8By1-NMgU34D3i7afLt_AcNu0BiqIxPeBjTg9dkGl8RU-wai2u3gebIFuFXZ7LZ9G5-kFh54gAussijm3aHwFOa7pxEzagssFax6O0bXasUqje7f4vJwIOHD6NLRBa35UwzqJWNOQIesMZfPvEM/w400-h180/296156727_432142658848456_6673988538349091072_n%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Highlight that night for me was the stop over at the Philippine Stock Exchange along Ayala Avenue. With the open space almost to ourselves, bikers with visual eyes feasted on the play of lights and shadows and the space. Photographing the bicycles with the bikers must have added a premium value to our equipment. Thanks to Pepe’s cinematic skills and Kris' critical eye, we viewed our bikes differently.<p></p><p>If Binondo has its Philippine-China Friendship bridge, Makati and Mandaluyong have their China funded Estrella-Pantaleon bridge linking Rockwell from J.P Rizal to Barangka Drive. The route led us to Kape Urban, a biker’s hub. After several turns from the bridge, our world suddenly shifted from a world class business center to a regular barangay, a journey from work to a quiet home.</p><p>After a brief socials, those going back to Taguig took the Rockwell bridge while those from the North went via Boni Avenue and EDSA.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRkw49EZC0RnyQ4w7tIxNsTdhK3hK7YF6BGd3LCQoVVBAMvWTdNqGgjmUyIeYvi3iPMR9anq3suwTgM6YKg85PUg_GtSioXX7ne9NMewGveJir6QERNr-mu9b65danTZTahADN0cs0bTVSa6JTSNv96dZDREvS9SyHD1TlIagBggLOAaUZmo/s1425/296150801_432142102181845_1808453831176927901_n%20TNF.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRkw49EZC0RnyQ4w7tIxNsTdhK3hK7YF6BGd3LCQoVVBAMvWTdNqGgjmUyIeYvi3iPMR9anq3suwTgM6YKg85PUg_GtSioXX7ne9NMewGveJir6QERNr-mu9b65danTZTahADN0cs0bTVSa6JTSNv96dZDREvS9SyHD1TlIagBggLOAaUZmo/s320/296150801_432142102181845_1808453831176927901_n%20TNF.jpg" width="243" /></a></div>On a regular working day, the 3 cities are not as quiet as we experienced at TNF. Going to office and back home, there is always the ordeal of a mad rush for public transport space and a parking slot not considering the high expense of moving and parking.<p></p><p>That 26 July Tuesday Nights at the Fort simulated for us how a folding bike can make bike to work a very convenient solution. Bike in a protected space, carry your bike at your work station without worrying for space and the cost. And we wish, the feel is always like the relaxing, cool Tuesday Nights at the Fort with Pepe.</p><p>The visual coverage was a bonus for us.</p><p>Salamat Pepe, Jonathan, Joseph and sa lahat ng mga joiners. Kay Kris Kinesis sa mga larawan at Strava record.</p><p><br /></p><p>---</p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></b><span style="font-size: 15px;">iklop subscribers start their Mondays with an invitation from MAD, Monday after Dark for a themed night rides that meet up regularly at the Kartilya ng Katipunan in Manila.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This<b> 25 July 2022</b>, to honor and perpetuate the memory of the 24 scouts who died in the place crash 59 years ago enroute to Marathon Greece for the 11th World Scout Jamboree, theme was scouting. Boy Scouts of the Philippines is a non-formal education that aims to inculcate through outdoor activities love for God and country.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSZ8bFSV027h5BY6_1JvyLGihN7wwFMEqdQW6GBZvJcqRm_zkL3D7PXOBTKUWy2S7vDEpNakxamSV7ak-Y37VlnvDCHP2qDBK_o0XCsAxWgOkQXWVVVTf2iw4RZvAPLR91xIx7sS01RfuZgzAMZY1U2hhJ5c4xmPOXQjf01fwuwvrgyCoJE8/s4344/IMG_20220725_205419.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSZ8bFSV027h5BY6_1JvyLGihN7wwFMEqdQW6GBZvJcqRm_zkL3D7PXOBTKUWy2S7vDEpNakxamSV7ak-Y37VlnvDCHP2qDBK_o0XCsAxWgOkQXWVVVTf2iw4RZvAPLR91xIx7sS01RfuZgzAMZY1U2hhJ5c4xmPOXQjf01fwuwvrgyCoJE8/w400-h400/IMG_20220725_205419.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Eli Shelah Chacon designed an approximately 15-kilometer run starting in Manila to Quezon City to visit the Boy Scout Circle. Ride out started with a visit to the BSP Headquarters at the National Lopez st., a few minutes bike from the Kartilya ending the Manila rounds at Blumentritt Road for the BSP Cenotaph at the entrance of the North Cemetery complex.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Passing through N. S. Amoranto st. the group of about 20 bikers led by RL Louie Villanueva, marshals Twod Ferds Noriel Sarad Gange, Alfred Florenz, Jonest Rovy Obrique and sweepers Zonic Osorio and Yen Arce delivered the folding bikers’ enthusiasts to the final destination in Quezon City at the Timog circle.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Cycling initially with a tourist’ view, focus was shifted to assessing the road infrastructure’s friendliness to the bikers.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Early part of the route from Natividad Lopez st. to Legarda before crossing to Lacson Avenue had dedicated bike lanes and illumination relatively bright except in some portions of Legarda towards Nagtahan.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Traffic at Lacson was relatively light but without a dedicated bike lane. Pedaling along Tuazon and Maceda sts. in Sampaloc was easy guided by street lights through there were no bike lanes. At the outer lanes, drainage grills and PLDT manholes were intuitively avoided swerving bikers to the center lanes. This is typical of some conditions in Metro Manila bike lanes.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgVEJdd99UypWXTD7yNvE6M4tn0LsxPLuFE65EBfo7OqBsIcCZUu71WaSgnd57AI9BrqCFxkSgBZh36sgoNN-tKJwOqSv7bqgHvWTFcEzCIn40n9Wka-LzQf7Nr3ouV3x12p78zGVM4UESsr52IKhSQpHINu-qpLVQ5cDKAYu3MepiZEoU9s/s3120/IMG_20220725_183700.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgVEJdd99UypWXTD7yNvE6M4tn0LsxPLuFE65EBfo7OqBsIcCZUu71WaSgnd57AI9BrqCFxkSgBZh36sgoNN-tKJwOqSv7bqgHvWTFcEzCIn40n9Wka-LzQf7Nr3ouV3x12p78zGVM4UESsr52IKhSQpHINu-qpLVQ5cDKAYu3MepiZEoU9s/s320/IMG_20220725_183700.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>To cross though A. Bonifacio to the North Cemetery was a challenge as this is a busy thoroughfare with big trucks and buses plying the main street. Traffic light was not operational.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Cruising to QC from D. Tuazon st. to Quezon Avenue until Timog was relaxed as the road surfaces were smooth, dedicated bike lanes in place (except Timog though newly asphalted) and streets generally well-lit.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Boy Scouts Oath reminds us that following their oath, we can safely reach our destinations supported by fellow bikers.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">“On my honor, I will do my best</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">To help other people at all times</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight”</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Maging laging handa!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We obey traffic rules, be helpful and be responsible for ourselves and our equipment.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Salamat Eli, RL Louie, sa mga marshals at sweepers at sa dalawang taga MAD sa tulong sa gulong.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ibang larawan galing sa pahina ni Kris Kinesis</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-78835123639690854622022-07-15T21:53:00.011+08:002022-08-05T19:33:07.624+08:00Journal of Articles riding with Tiklop Society of the Philippines TSP 1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span></b>neaking Marikina by Night in a Folding Bike 22 July 2022</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziGkxxnyb4XyHvimy099vAF0kFR7bEVRSiBgLlmnHta8i-tpI8PSMr5bH6fTtP9Soqnt6MlxikzTGQtuJSm8YxvWh2VWFrqyokVQAOeg4JZ-m6-w0UeWvPgSJYOfQVTppYB1fGWjx_1KVpQwtVVB8-7R_XYwcT8QqIkKecgoer-HOJxS44iA/s4344/IMG_20220722_201640.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziGkxxnyb4XyHvimy099vAF0kFR7bEVRSiBgLlmnHta8i-tpI8PSMr5bH6fTtP9Soqnt6MlxikzTGQtuJSm8YxvWh2VWFrqyokVQAOeg4JZ-m6-w0UeWvPgSJYOfQVTppYB1fGWjx_1KVpQwtVVB8-7R_XYwcT8QqIkKecgoer-HOJxS44iA/s320/IMG_20220722_201640.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Marikina should honor T3 Ride Leader Bongski Reyes, a homegrown Marikeňo for showcasing the lure, splendor, orderliness of the compact city at night to folding bikers while quietly sneaking around the city.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
In the T3 Friday 1 July ride, he toured the group to the Northeast side of Marikina cycling the ups and downs of the well-paved and predominantly lit bike lanes of Concepcion Dos, Marikina Heights, Concepcion Uno. Fresh from a thunderstorm, it was a chill, cool ride giving us a glimpse of what Marikina residential area is like on Christmas.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
This T3 22 July, he treated the 15 folding bikers mostly from Marikina with several others from neighboring cities to the other and a flatter side of the city.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
The group's composition was predominantly the regulars to T3's night rides. After the general briefing on the route coverage and the destination, RL Bongski gave special attention to the newbies welcoming them and checking on their pace in keeping with the group through marshal and the sweeper. Ride out usually starts with a prayer led by Joseph to give thanks and to ask for protection.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJ0zn3dabVcF_RlNfxHRetJUosnH-h4mbLLWLU2m51CKRslyfaiVqvCtjDsqXyf2-QAdv4IOC3VaeYB5Sm-QKMW9sU-6HG_efnMYqEuuXTuAqmah32ea8sP3WsM1bHcsUcT04Jnm3m0GkHs93tsxXV64tgq_pYKfj06nb_4bOnwyzX8RpEck/s3120/IMG_20220722_211928.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJ0zn3dabVcF_RlNfxHRetJUosnH-h4mbLLWLU2m51CKRslyfaiVqvCtjDsqXyf2-QAdv4IOC3VaeYB5Sm-QKMW9sU-6HG_efnMYqEuuXTuAqmah32ea8sP3WsM1bHcsUcT04Jnm3m0GkHs93tsxXV64tgq_pYKfj06nb_4bOnwyzX8RpEck/s320/IMG_20220722_211928.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Passing through Cainta via the F. Mariano Avenue backdoor from Q Plaza and Sta. Lucia, we were led to the Northwest side of the city.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Upon crossing the footbridge pushing our bikes at the dedicated railing, we landed at a different city, at Nicanor Reyes st. Marikina at Barangays Calumpang and San Roque. From there we passed at Barangay Santa Elena, site of the freedom park, city hall and public market. Two other joiners hooked up with the group at the freedom park.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Pass the stop light of A. Bonifacio st. the group was now at Barangay Sto. Nino to make a brief courtesy call to the owner of a bike resource Valley V. Bikes, an established supporter of folding bikes. From there, it was a fast trip to Barangay Malanday, Barangay Parang, Barangay Nangka, Barangay Marikina Heights, Barangay Concepcion Uno.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
To complete the loop, RL exposed us to a variety of objects and places. We prepared a fruit salad passing through streets at Barangay Nangka named after fruits. At Barangay Parang, we went around the world. (though not directly covered, I remembered making a turn on streets named after local flowers making as biologists as well.) Returning to Barangay Malanday, we proceeded to Malaya st. to connect to a unique concept coffee shop and resto tucked at the side street of Mejia st.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Like the other night rides, given the infrastructure invested by the city on the roads, drainage, street markings, standardized street signs with barangays enjoyed by capable and enlightened bikers and reliable folding bikes (of different brands, models and now tire sizes) it was a brisk, safe comfortable ride. With Joel sweeping the string, everyone reached the destination without a strain.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Tuesday Night at the Fort TNF RL Pepe Daradal supported the ride acting as marshal keeping the herd intact and at the same time documenting the ride. We were glad too that Jaime Tan joined the group and is recovering physically from a previous mishap. His bike has been restored to running condition.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjv7Vi93kTzv7uZz7OhYO_CfMv1kH3LcrIE5if9KBvHMrVC9SKRkTcesIWdFvrB-RHpE1Kl0u8-aGgqhOZn1CU-SkoIE2VYvSBXGmCpVlXMy2-Wjhwwyv4F2WX9ssczWB4JqmNSdEP_flOI0I5gABcS4acrMppx5kNePzOordmy-IWJQ2RF4g/s3120/IMG_20220722_200759.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjv7Vi93kTzv7uZz7OhYO_CfMv1kH3LcrIE5if9KBvHMrVC9SKRkTcesIWdFvrB-RHpE1Kl0u8-aGgqhOZn1CU-SkoIE2VYvSBXGmCpVlXMy2-Wjhwwyv4F2WX9ssczWB4JqmNSdEP_flOI0I5gABcS4acrMppx5kNePzOordmy-IWJQ2RF4g/s320/IMG_20220722_200759.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">T3 that night not only promoted the city as a residential and business destination but a tourist attraction as well. The venue Birds and Beans is a unique concept food outlet with about thousands of collectibles spread around the space. While waiting for food, beverage, and coffee to be served, your attention is drawn to these objects triggering a conversation. But the novelty objects were no contest to topics more interesting to the group: folding bikes, rides, upgrades, innovations. Newbie for the night, Vince from BGC who came with RL Pepe surely learned a lot about biking technically and a feel of the TSP way.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
RL Bongski and this fellow Marikeňo toured us guests to the possibilities of going around the city at night conveniently and safely in a folding bike. As it was generally a "<i>konting pagpapawis</i>" ride, it was a joyride of the various faces of Marikina by night. Upon crossing a footbridge, we were at the commercial area. After a few pedals we were in the public market and the seat of local government. Crossing the main street, we were in another cluster of residential area.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
T3 is not only promoting the T3 night rides, but camaraderie tied together by a shared interest, fun in biking. In showing us around his city, sharing with us his biking playground of which he is well familiar with, Bongski and his friends are contributing to the cause of Tiklop, biking as a means of transpo and connecting to places and with people (in the 2 rides this July alone, I passed by 13 of the 16 Barangays of the city).</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
It is no wonder that even the health officials of Marikina sought his support and his passion for biking to promote good health and well-being to the citizens of the city for a DOH event of 31 July Sunday.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<i>Habang pumapadyak at nakikita ang napakaraming kumukutitap na ilaw sa kayle ng Marikina, ramdam ang kasiyahan ng lahat.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>
Salamat muli.</i>
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Riverpark ride out to start ride to other barangays of Marikina last 12 May in a collaboration ride of over 120 bikers. Bonski welcome at 7:21. Documentation courtesy of Kris Kinesis</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<a href="https://youtu.be/S6jClxK0PBE">https://youtu.be/S6jClxK0PBE</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Shout out to Cofi, Nell, Joel, Toye, Weng, Yvonne, Joseph, Joseph and fellow bikers for encouraging me to write about the night rides and RL for allowing me to do a write up</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">---</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">21 July 2022</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSlTTkVpAPda5Pnx0LW_IqJAICCGHzT3G8eGcnJ0k1StcgaDNwiVvowkgrcA0PtyRv2DZcE-AZi3g1FQ4D_QfscX4J7k7q338L5vKgf3ylFUsNlLK8-JieBW_deaZsrXvrDCMttGfVdxyK8tB-7gOHqfeEtNbhmvFUUAxrklpEnxJ1AzjJyc/s4344/IMG_20220721_233517.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSlTTkVpAPda5Pnx0LW_IqJAICCGHzT3G8eGcnJ0k1StcgaDNwiVvowkgrcA0PtyRv2DZcE-AZi3g1FQ4D_QfscX4J7k7q338L5vKgf3ylFUsNlLK8-JieBW_deaZsrXvrDCMttGfVdxyK8tB-7gOHqfeEtNbhmvFUUAxrklpEnxJ1AzjJyc/s320/IMG_20220721_233517.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It has been raining almost the entire Thursday morning 21 July planned schedule ride of TSP LSD. Midafternoon, the dark clouds cleared indicating fair weather late PM until the evening.
Sometime about 4PM, RL posted a message of cancellation of the LSD Batasan ahon due to potentially inclement weather.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Yet as now entrenched in their Thursday routines, at least 7 persons were at the UP Sunken Garden for the regular lingguhan ride. I, Jonest, Gerry, C. Gregory, Glenn, Ray, and Herbert were at the usual meet up place. Celebrity biker Kris, known for his 30,000 kilometer plus solo biking long mileage joined later so did Joseph who followed from Pasig.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
With no threats of rain, Herbert certified mahaRoute of Dahon Route Philippines designed a UP Diliman loop that would at least approximate the ups and downs of the declared LSD bike run.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
The initial 7 that increased to 9 gamely went through 2 loops of the Diliman route going North, South then crossing to the science complex on the East side. There were even surprise turns at Juan Luna and Palaris sts.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfCLdeS6xQlsed44taLZAOD-vm7MMz3jxET9gCzpRMRWXu7G9akjsdCa-muesV9E8EUDUezUfwr2ehbdL-sqisqq5XbFMmS47Q8bomp6jVC0XMHbbNx0Z6Wo-k-3YeEABHEpkBmFYTzwaqi0jFbhWvsp4GHyXA0z2CeF_ZH7RM3LvxB0cwQI/s1422/295222421_10223552302534065_1497778011949456059_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1422" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfCLdeS6xQlsed44taLZAOD-vm7MMz3jxET9gCzpRMRWXu7G9akjsdCa-muesV9E8EUDUezUfwr2ehbdL-sqisqq5XbFMmS47Q8bomp6jVC0XMHbbNx0Z6Wo-k-3YeEABHEpkBmFYTzwaqi0jFbhWvsp4GHyXA0z2CeF_ZH7RM3LvxB0cwQI/w400-h180/295222421_10223552302534065_1497778011949456059_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Like the usual TSP rides, the participants came in their folding bikes, all Dahon installed with front and rear LED lights, participants protected by helmets. General directions were provided estimated to cover at least 8 kilometers by Herbert. Jonest, C. Gregory, Glenn and Kris all familiar with the campus provided inputs. The customary picture taking was done in front of the UP Alumni Hall.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Ride was a chill with no drizzle at all, comfortable at cool 26°C temperature and a slight breeze. As in the regular bike runs, there were lead packers and those taking their sweet time to catch up with the pack.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Ride ended at the Sunken Garden leading to a discussion on technicals. As Herbert was an advocate of Dahon Route, features and benefits of the durability, versatility of the model were given airtime.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
No ride ends without meals and socials which was done at a food outlet along Maginhawa st. where group of 7 talked endlessly about the WET ride the night before, the prospects of restaging the Batasan Ahon ride and the plan to join the T3 Friday ride.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Before we knew it without noticing it was already past midnight. We thanked Batasan RL Jonest for being around despite the cancellation, Herbert for leading the Diliman run and the original Magnificent 7 who can be counted upon to keep the lingguhan ride a regularity.
Before Kris left those headed for San Mateo, Commonwealth, Novaliches, Pasig and Cubao, this solo biker said, “<i>Ang saya naman ng tropang ito. Ok na ako sa short group rides.”</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">
There must be something about TSP group biking runs. Even the younger ones Ryan and Glenn who left after the loops are looking forward to the next ride. Gerry who has work commitments plans to be at the T3 send off.
<br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kitakits</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">---</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Last 15 July 2022</span></b><span style="font-size: 15px;">, a day after the buck full moon showed up at the Quezon Memorial Circle during the Lingguhang Sikad ng Diliman, the Magnificent 7 completed in connecting the dots outlining the Saranggola of QC.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcbdwUmOIpBCRvAm5RQqpIAGRl7YIpceA9b8VkQ2Vq4GfVbn6wWfSMdRqWqniecrhPmy1VkuPWu1Vg3KVwpLrafybPsLIUMeOtQM_YckRadfsYigfng8vvlzzX3xHWi3GU3K6J2vDgKA7-CJeAsn3VYkcm3NZ9O9is_AfbUaMuB2Sh-Kd_qA/s4344/IMG_20220720_184440.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4344" data-original-width="4344" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcbdwUmOIpBCRvAm5RQqpIAGRl7YIpceA9b8VkQ2Vq4GfVbn6wWfSMdRqWqniecrhPmy1VkuPWu1Vg3KVwpLrafybPsLIUMeOtQM_YckRadfsYigfng8vvlzzX3xHWi3GU3K6J2vDgKA7-CJeAsn3VYkcm3NZ9O9is_AfbUaMuB2Sh-Kd_qA/s320/IMG_20220720_184440.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>As it was just a small group with different backgrounds with a shared interest on biking, the group then strangers to each other now had something in common to discuss the next time around.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">This 20 July Wednesday, at the W.E.T. Wednesday Evening Tagpuan ride of TSP, the 4 met again but this time mingling with about 20 other regulars riding repeatedly assembling at the Ortigas Park of Emerald Avenue of Ortigas Business Center. Glenn, Ray, Kris and I were welcomed warmly by the Ride Leader Ritchie Tulipat to run Metro Manila’s Southwest circuit taking Emerald Avenue, Shaw Boulevard, Gomezville, Arellano st. Marcos st., Mencias st., Zamora st., Ortega st., P. Guevarra st., New Panaderos, M. Roxas st., Lugawan sa Tejeros ending at the final destination Circuit Makati.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 12-kilometer run drove the herd out of the business center to the well-paved dedicated bike lanes of Mandaluyong and San Juan to the side streets of Manila’s food strip ending at the Circuit Makati, a riverfront redevelopment project by Ayala Land on the site of the former Santa Ana racetrack.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">To reach the former racetrack, we were treated to a series of <i>ahons</i> and <i>lusongs</i> of Barangay Addition Hills in Mandaluyong delighting mostly the regulars, challenging the newbies but providing thrill to everyone. As if the adventure was not enough, we backtracked again to double the thrill with Ride Leader Ritchie checking on everyone’s whereabouts acting multiple roles as a ride leader, marshal and at times a sweeper.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">After the brief roller coaster ride, 1st timers to W.E.T. were viewing the sights and sounds of Manila like relaxed tourists spotting Manila’s version of food strip along Tejeros then finally awed at the modern structures and wide-open space of the circuit.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Looking for the area to settle and to gather for the group photo, we circled the circuit from the amphitheater to the interactive mural wall until finding the perfect parking for the group, an open parking space fronting the tented area at the corner of Theater and Riverfront Drives. With bikes well-secured in an enclosed area, food stalls open and a corner space exclusively for the bikers in a tented area, socializing was set.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Part of the tradition of TSP WET after meals was a program facilitated by an energetic master of ceremonies highlighted by the introduction of 1st time participants to WET. I, an oldie but a WET newbie, Vince C., a family man with a powerful light, an auto detailing specialist who has been biking with his wife and son, Vance, a bike to work newbie but now hooked to long distance biking and minutes later (after a song performance on stage of a WET regular displayed her singing talent with the live band to the delight of the bikers), Ray, a database architect who in previous LSD run disclosed trading his mountain bike for a folding bike completed the welcoming ceremony.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was a night of a display of the might of the folding bikers traversing the business center of Pasig, to the main thoroughfare of Mandaluyong now associated as the city of those in power, the heritage residential area of Barangay Addition Hills to portions of the posh residential area of San Juan to the old city of Manila and finally, the commercially developed property in Makati beside the Pasig river.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">The evening of 20 July where an army started and completed an organized ride was not only pure fun, a food feast and not only promoting biking but to quote from TSP’s mission, seeded a meaning beyond biking.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">As Herbert of Dahon Route Philippines, a certified mahaRoute was leading the group back to North East of Metro Manila, I asked while pedaling and conversing how has this safe and fun ride added meaning to biking. As the group parted ways at the intersection of SM Megamall leaving a smaller of QC residents composed of Glenn, Ray, Greg, Kris and myself, I remembered some stories shared during the LSD socials last week.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">We were in a company of a low-profile young biker making a statement on folding bike and over a 100-kilometer run. In the LSD ride and in this successfully completed WET ride, he has been actively documenting, tracking distances, capturing in a map the patterns of the route.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kris Gozum popularly known in the social media as Kris Kinesis disclosed, he is a late bloomer biker and a late advocate of travelling. To his family, he is a discrete biker not disclosing his interest and passion for the recreation. He went through some lows in life for personal and professional reasons among them the havoc the pandemic Covid-19 caused him professionally and ethically.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">During this time, with his folding Dahon bike keeping him company and sane, he opened himself to the possibilities of what lies ahead of him. First, he wanted to prove that folding bike can go beyond urban commuting, transporting, and marketing. Then he wanted to explore other areas of the Philippines which he denied himself since his childhood days.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thus, began his over a 100-kilometer solo folding bike runs. Living with available resources and his planning skills, he did the Manila-Bicol ride in 8 days in March 2021. Retreating to his home province in Romblon with his mother, using a borrowed mountain bike, he did a Romblon, Romblon Island 100-kilometer loop done last May 4, 2022. That was the only time, his mother realized he was biking and was a disobedient child. Yet she accepted. He biked to coastal area Aurora-Baler in April 2022, looped the North Luzon from Manila to Region 2 (Nueva Vizcaya, Isabel, Cagayan) connecting to Region 1 (Ilocos) and to the highlands of the Cordilleras among others.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">In his over 100-kilometer runs, Kris faced challenges he never experienced before, biking in the dark such as the threat of security, chased by dogs and 4 legged animals, technical difficulties, depleting resources, managing physical condition, looking for food and accommodation in an unexplored area.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Slowly after completing several hundreds of biking in a folding bike, it put him back on track but not completely. There are dreams still to be fulfilled, priorities to be placed.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kris showed us the possibilities of life and the power of the enduring human spirit. His well-documented achievements which happened only in the last few months inspire us what can be done. Casually, during rides, he is paying it forward by documenting, video capturing, data recording TSP rides. Perhaps not consciously realizing it, Kris to me is a folding bike’s, Dahon’s brand ambassador. If the mountain or race bike can, the folding bike can. If I can, surely you can too.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">To the bikers, it pushes us to probe, if it can be done, how can Kris help me break my own personal record? To the non-bikers, how can Kris help me push beyond my limits professionally, emotionally, academically? Kris and several other folding bikers are resources available to us within reach.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">In QC, I asked how else I can put more meaning to organized biking. In the company of the WET bikers, inspired by fellow bikers’ newbies or seasoned and listening to Kris’ advocacy, I am beginning to see how we are helping make this world a better place.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each of us has a story of tell regardless of its grandness. But it is our story that makes living exciting.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sa paghihiwalay sa kanto ng Kamuning at Kamias, tanong ko kay Ray, “<i>Ano kaya ang kwento natin ngayong gabi?</i>” “<i>Tignan natin ang kalalabasan</i>,” sagot niya. Sabi naman ni Glenn, “<i>Aabangan!</i>”</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>RL Ritchie at sa iyong mga kasamahan, maraming salamat po. Hanggang sa susunod.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>---</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJA13CSY_hoGsMebbTlc5Ml8aVhRBbayUVnFuuf_joPr2KnNDLBaRQ_S3uauAGK6a-vdBAnD7DaNSoCY0kCYqNA2BakViFle-RaBLmpFEbioK-b4OQZMDdCH9a0TC17crW2Dc_bMaGi5b6cWLBmuzP4C1UTz-GES0wj38rSOu7lKwDDvvh5Hg/s2048/294060240_10221200362415335_1404747862997780882_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJA13CSY_hoGsMebbTlc5Ml8aVhRBbayUVnFuuf_joPr2KnNDLBaRQ_S3uauAGK6a-vdBAnD7DaNSoCY0kCYqNA2BakViFle-RaBLmpFEbioK-b4OQZMDdCH9a0TC17crW2Dc_bMaGi5b6cWLBmuzP4C1UTz-GES0wj38rSOu7lKwDDvvh5Hg/w480-h640/294060240_10221200362415335_1404747862997780882_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><div><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Magnificent 7 of the 14 July 2022 Thursday</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> "<i>Lingguhan
Sikad sa Diliman</i>" (LSD)</span></div></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Matt, Ray, Glenn, Gerry, Chito, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KrisKinesis">Kris K.</a>, Jonest.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt;">A
motley group with different backgrounds coming from different places gathered
at the UP Diliman grounds past 6:30 PM in a dark roofed area at the sunken
garden seeking protection from the drizzle.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The participants came in different models, makes of Dahon and
Tern with a commonality, folding bikes. They showed up for various reasons but
what was common was biking a chill ride with a group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Yet despite a threat of stronger rain and the relatively small
number of participants, ride leader proceeded with "Gawa tayo ng
Saranggola" ride, an estimated 21-kilometer stretch that connects Hilaga
(North), Silangan (East), Timog (South), Kanluran (West), QC’s major
thoroughfare to create a saranggola, a kite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Jonest, the ride leader fresh from his personal milestone, a long-haul
ride from Baguio to Sagada led guiding the group to the streets to take. With a
limited selection of participants, he appointed Kris as the sweeper. Kris is a
seasoned biker who completed too the Baguio to Sagada bike run years ago.
Starting with only 6, we were guided by imaginary marshals. At 7:25 PM, after
the short drizzle, we rode out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Pace was relatively relaxed. Ride was comfortable contributed
mainly by the cold winds that usually come after a drizzle. Landscape was dark.
Bikers using the bike lane flowing with our direction was sparse giving the
impression that the dedicated bike lane of the N E S W route was exclusive to
the 7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ending North Avenue which we successfully crossed taking a short
narrow gravel trail, we were treated to a dramatic lighting of the Quezon
Memorial Circle monument under a still fully illuminated buck full moon (day
after 13 July) and a play of neon lights from the Suntrust Capitol Plaza
towards the South. "<i>Nasa ilalim ng puting ilaw, sa dilaw na buwan.</i>"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After a brief photo opp session, we headed towards Maginhawa st.
reaching a food outlet serving Ilocano delicacies at about 9:20 PM still under
fair weather condition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">At the post bike run dinner, we honored the ride leader by
listening to his Sagada travails, perhaps his way of debriefing himself and
destressing from his coaching profession. We too heard stories from Matt,
Gerry, Ray, Kris, Glen from returning to biking, transitioning from mountain
bike to a folding bike, routes taken, motivation for biking and anecdotes on
LSD’s, T3’s, MAD’s memorable rides not discussed with others before. Even
medical conditions were put on the table.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The benefit of a small group in a socials is a deepening of
appreciation of the persons you are with. It did not matter whether this was
the first or second interaction. What mattered was unique personal stories were
shared.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After getting to know why biker’s join TSP folding bike’s run,
we got to know better technical matters about choice of bicycles and other
specialized stuff the seasoned ones are more than willing to contribute to the
group such as Tern vs. Dahon, SUV, SUV touring bike, carriers, wheel set etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When the staff politely collected the plates, tables past 10:45,
we knew we have overstayed. And we, this motley group with different
backgrounds with a shared interest on biking, the magnificent 7 have something
in common to discuss the next time around as we are no longer strangers to each
other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The kite has not yet flown that high but it has taken off.
"<i>Di pa matayog ang lipad, pero lumipad na!</i>"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Thank you to the ride leader and to LSD for the preparation and
guidance in making this happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">March 29<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The 8.7-kilometer folding bike night run spearheaded by M.A.D
(Manila After Dark, a Manila based group of TSP) started at the Kartilya ng
Katipunan, Bonifacio shrine beside the Manila City Hall ending at UP Diliman Sunken
Garden.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Participated by quite a number (at least 35 at the Kartilya),
route course led by Ride Leader Louie, the train of bikers passed through 3
LGU's main thoroughfares with established and respected bike lanes: Manila, San
Juan and Quezon City.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">To see a stretch of bikers on the road on a Monday night
leisurely pedaling with white headlights and blinking red rear lights is quite
an impression to both the riding and the walking public who spotted the run.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">There truly is a large base of bikers already sharing the road
with the 4-wheel vehicles and the pedestrians. You would hear shouts, "<i>ang
dami nila!</i>" "<i>ang liliit ng gulong at bisikleta!</i>"
Surely quite a strong force, biking is a viable mode of transport in the city.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The LGUs too should be glad that their well-paved, safely lit
dedicated bike lanes are appreciated by the bikers on a recreational travel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The bikers pedaling for fun, completing the course is
fulfilling, validating good health, reliable equipment, instilling safety
consciousness, good judgement and respect for each other's pace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">To the marshals who saw to our safety, correctness of turns and
regulated pacing, thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">To fellow bikers, hard core, veterans, oldies, novice,
millennials and to those who extended hellos, salamat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">To MAD, RL and organizers, taga pindot, maraming salamat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">24 March 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Sunken Garden to Greenfield Mandaluyong 11.5 kms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">LSD organizers set the Thursday 24 March 2022 night ride from UP
Sunken Garden Diliman QC to Greenfield Mandaluyong, an 11.5-kilometer stretch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Route selected as announced by Ride Leader Jonest Obrique to
destination is via Katipunan crossing Aurora Boulevard to White Plains,
Greenmeadows, Ortigas Ave, Meralco Ave, Julia Vargas, San Miguel Ave crossing
Shaw Boulevard to Mayflower st.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Leaving at 7:35 PM after briefing and a short prayer,
destination was reached at 8:51 per Relive capture. Short stops were made at
the corner of Katipunan and Boni Serrano (Petron Station) to meet up other
bikers, Ortigas Avenue before turning left to Meralco Ave. Traffic lights were
respected with some instances the traffic enforcers recognized the train of
bikers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">RL braced the group for some surprises: along Katipunan to the
Quirino Hospital and Meralco Ave which all successfully negotiated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Weather was fine that evening. Vehicular traffic was relatively
light.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Upon reaching the Greenfield Food Park, participants checked out
the food stalls for meals and drinks milling around for short interactions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The TSP safely led the group of about 20 to a light and hassle-free
activity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Salamat po.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">July 3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4VVH0eJmgV86SCzh3mc_uaIxvvVSJx3rS9gJY-NHTVWpO-7Uqurr_s3iOk-0LKmEPnWZAMfWsWk4EIBRykzFEQvStOOiWB78-0Ht2j7MisFnHOIKTfKYtFUlXltilseHuKRKa6usEpZawKfTssUW1Jw3fQNNjn3ity1uWGFjG7-V2wxCm-G8/s2048/292047385_5519780691376052_3543172305209673545_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4VVH0eJmgV86SCzh3mc_uaIxvvVSJx3rS9gJY-NHTVWpO-7Uqurr_s3iOk-0LKmEPnWZAMfWsWk4EIBRykzFEQvStOOiWB78-0Ht2j7MisFnHOIKTfKYtFUlXltilseHuKRKa6usEpZawKfTssUW1Jw3fQNNjn3ity1uWGFjG7-V2wxCm-G8/w400-h300/292047385_5519780691376052_3543172305209673545_n.jpg" width="400" /></a>How a 1st Timer Attendee is Appreciating and Making the Most of
a TiGAs July 2022 UP Diliman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">With so many attendees, initial behavior was ●Observing both
people and the bikes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After which ●Listening to the highlights of June night rides
from MAD, LSD and T3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">●Milling around next for old acquaintances and new ones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Taking the chance to say an extended ●Thanking to those who
welcomed riders like us to the night rides, Bongski of T3 for the Marikina
ikot, Eli of MAD and Jonest of LSD for the Visayas run, Ric the moderator for
posting my articles, Klaid for making us feel at home, Jayson and Gerry for
seeing through our safe rides<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In the company of fellow Dahon collector and a metallurgical
masteral graduate of the host university ●Discussing technically the values of
iconic models Boardwalk with JP and the model closest to Brompton standards,
Dahon MU N360 with Joseph inspecting the actual bikes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Seriously ●Asking tips and ●Listening to a Boardwalk user and a
long-distance biker, also a 1st time attendee to TiGAs on how to level up a
current bike for better performance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">●Connecting with TSP influencer Pio Fortuno on shared interest
and soliciting ideas how else we can contribute to advance the mission of TSP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ending the assembly ●Planning for the next ride or the next part
to add for enhancement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Sa pagpadyak paalis, ●Organizing my thoughts on how to write
this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Nabuo naman. Salamat po.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">July 2 at 10:59 AM<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>· <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">TSP. T3 the East Way under RL Bongski Reyes Friday 1
July 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmQ_Bw1DyDwb0ErPDaYjshYko9rG9FudHl3mChgO8yVqz2JKh6dprZ1UHNrBELFG5yawI6UygCZnro4VzWFC2AjBbYMnzVjoerspl1Dd9kA6AMh9b598bwfOGmAck_vtgh4s3FUYIIEj0FOelVC1pK3GVnriEx8TFOI0UzHNpLJf3C_XNw3I/s2048/291932378_5516126445074810_8102347318579818982_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmQ_Bw1DyDwb0ErPDaYjshYko9rG9FudHl3mChgO8yVqz2JKh6dprZ1UHNrBELFG5yawI6UygCZnro4VzWFC2AjBbYMnzVjoerspl1Dd9kA6AMh9b598bwfOGmAck_vtgh4s3FUYIIEj0FOelVC1pK3GVnriEx8TFOI0UzHNpLJf3C_XNw3I/w400-h400/291932378_5516126445074810_8102347318579818982_n.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Each TSP geographical unit follows the TSP way in night rides:
helmets, lights, vaccination, lead, sweep, use of folding bike, set route
regular weekly rides led by a ride leader among others. Influenced by a diverse
composition of core and regular members and its location, each unit has its
uniqueness. With a center in the Cainta/Marikina area, Marikina being one of
the pioneering LGUs to set up a dedicated bike lane in the country, T3 Tagpuan
sa Tropical Hut na Taga East weekly night ride sets an expectation unique from
LSD and MAD. T3 is based in a valley with a location equipped with terrain and
infrastructure enjoyable for biking. The valley is a gateway to challenging
long rides popular among biking enthusiasts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The biking playground of T3 has a well paved national highway
Marilaque with a dedicated bike lane on the outer lane shared not with the
motorists but with the pedestrians. As one enters the city, one bikes at smooth
world class asphalted primary and secondary roads with bike lanes defined by
white lines and cat’s eye making the lanes visible by night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">T3 is playground to its regulars mostly residents of the area
and nearby cities sharing a strong common interest: passion for biking in a
folding bike mostly Dahon and enjoying each other’s company whether in the meet
up place, on the road and after bike socials. T3 puts special attention to
safety citing the importance of quality helmet after a recent accident of a
fellow biker where the helmet absorbed the impact more than the head<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">With a solid bonding core group, new and returning participants
might feel a little alienated but T3 led by RL Bongski welcomed 1st timers like
me to its core at the start felt until the closing socials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Rained out by strong downpour about past 7PM, the open-air
roofed facilities of Q Plaza in Cainta served as our temporary shelter until
the weather improved. The rain did not deter the group from continuing the
ride. From then on, it was a comfortable, safe, cool, dark and enjoyable ride
with at 25°C only with passing clouds without the shower.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Friday night ride technically sounded like a long ride
covering several cities in the East: Pasig, Cainta, Antipolo and Marikina. From
Marilague, we passed by barangays Mayamot and Masinag in Antipolo. Within
Marikina, loop passed through several big barangays, Concepcion Dos, Marikina
Heights until destination at Concepcion Uno. In actuality, It was as Bongski
defined it, “Ikot Marikina lang tapos konti tambay at kwentuhan.” Ride was
about an hour covering at least 22 kilometers mainly on flat terrain with a
little ahon and lusong at General Ordonez Avenue and East Drive in Marikina
Heights.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">That Friday night ride showcased a ride that validates one’s
passion for biking; riding in a reliable folding bike and seeing various models
and speeds of folding Dahon bikes, a short, sweet and cool ride in Marikina’s
well paved and lit bike lanes, a manageable company of about 15 bikers in one
herd broken only at the Masinag Marilaque-Sumulong stop light and the fun,
cordial, light company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Evening was capped with a kwentuhan at Concepcion Uno with a
filing full meal prepared by host Pastor to celebrate the July birthdays of
bikers and friends. Surprise of the evening which I understand a tradition of
T3 was the entertainment provided by of top-rated biker singers facilitated by
Weng who belted songs that ranged from ballads to OPM to hard rock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After Gerry, a fellow biker at LSD’s Philippine Loop Kyusi
edition just a night ago expressed his thanks singing “Salamat” by the Dawn
dedicated to the organizers, hosts, celebrants and with the threat of another
strong rain, we said our thanks and biked our way out of Marikina to our
respective homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I would have sung, “Sana maulit muli” but the threat of the rain
was real.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Salamat TSP Salamat Tropang T3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">----<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Meet up at Q Plaza in Cainta. Side road access to Marilague
Highway towards Antipolo passing through 2 barangays, Masinag and Mayamot right
to Hon B. Soliven Cainta linking after the bridge to Lilac st. Marikina
Concepcion Dos to Panorama st. Marikina Heights to Concepcion Dos side street
connecting to Lilac st. to General Ordonez Ave. to East Drive passing thru
Liwasang Kalayaan to Katipunan to J. Molina st. to E. Santos st. Concepcion Uno<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">March 18 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Lingguhan Sikad sa Diliman. Thursday 6:30 PM 17 March 2022
organized by the Tiklop Society of the Philippines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A night ride of folding bike bikers following an estimated 25-kilometer
route starting and ending at the UP Diliman Bahay ng Alumni participated by 27
bikers (unofficial).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Participants rode in Dahon and Brompton bikes among others of
different models and makes with a variety of accessories rode by a diverse age
group mostly perhaps in their 30's and older coming from QC, Manila, Caloocan.
Farthest I recalled was from Montalban, the closest from Katipunan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Road Leader Shao disclosed the route close to 8 PM which will
take the herd to CP Garcia, Katipunan, Luzon Ave. then sneak into Republic Ave,
Sauyo exiting to Commonwealth Ave via Regalado Highway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Navigating through Republic Ave at the narrow 2-lane Luzon Ave
brought almost half of the participants to a standstill for about 20 minutes
due to a monstrous traffic bottleneck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Eventually the entire herd met up snaking its way around
Republic Ave to Sauyo until De Leon st at Barangay Holy Spirit until the way
out to Commonwealth Ave via Holy Spirit Drive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Taking Quezon Memorial Circle, it was a leisure cool ride back
to Bahay ng Alumni past 10:30 PM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Heavy snacks (Jollibee Hotdog, ube pie, siopao, Come, Sprite)
surprised the participants care of an organizer celebrating her birthday with
the successful bikers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The LSD put to test the Dahon Metro, Relive App Huawei phone and
power bank and my stamina and presence of mind to keep with an over 20-kilometer
ride at night in a herd in a new uncharted route. Survived also the hot spots
swerving from the outer lane of Katipunan to the flyover to cross to Luzon Ave
and the second half of the Quezon Memorial Circle crossing the intersections of
North Ave, Quezon Ave, East Ave (Thanks to the marshal who saw that we crossed
safely )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Riding in a folding bike was just sakto, not competitively
speedy nor dragging slow. A 7-speed gear was sufficient to handle the sloping
roads from Sauyo to De Leon streets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Thank you TSP and for the stolen short talks with some
participants. Especially for making the adventure enjoyable and safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">#TSP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8BjulhD7lZQA1aVc-EILW12IzvOEjeSWr1U4Thk0_B3UcVO0TllDEuL7o51V6WTSxefeZd0NfNbGNbZvrUqBRuE1PmV-fByYabYLQ_98VMZ8MHqK34BCb-a58iG_xFLoz0GhGGQ2TDQitoQ1J7sByxmUcA5aisjBLt9fwrrJrcpDdqK9jF4/s2048/292020018_10161806017709018_6473542294129972454_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8BjulhD7lZQA1aVc-EILW12IzvOEjeSWr1U4Thk0_B3UcVO0TllDEuL7o51V6WTSxefeZd0NfNbGNbZvrUqBRuE1PmV-fByYabYLQ_98VMZ8MHqK34BCb-a58iG_xFLoz0GhGGQ2TDQitoQ1J7sByxmUcA5aisjBLt9fwrrJrcpDdqK9jF4/w640-h480/292020018_10161806017709018_6473542294129972454_n.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">---</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jonest Rovy Obrique led the LSD (Lingguhang Sikad sa
Diliman) this memorable <b>30 last day of June 2022,</b> resuming the weekly ride after a
short hiatus.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Tagged as the Philippine Loop Kyusi edition, it brought the
bikers in folding bikes to an estimated short and brief ride from UP Diliman
Sunken Garden at about past 7PM Thursday to Dunkin’ at the Visayas Avenue. As
previously posted and announced prior to the ride, it brought the initial 14
participants riding in different models, brands, genres, editions of folding
bikes to Katipunan, Luzon, Congressional, Mindanao, Road 1 then to the
destination. Leads, sweep and marshals were introduced.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Short and safe, it was a cool, well-paced ride navigating
with minimal risk the Katipunan-Commonwealth swerve to the flyover and the left
turn from Congressional to Mindanao Avenue.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Riding The Tiklop Society Way, the must protocols are
inherent and in the DNA of the participants, whether old-timers, returning
bikers or newbies. Helmets were worn, lights both front and back and even in
the helmet were in place, masks were worn, traffic rules followed, bikers from
the led to the sweep stuck to the dedicated bike lane</p><p class="MsoNormal">As a recognition to the donut outlets’ biker friendly
policy, the lead chose a branch along Visayas as the destination. The group
hung out beside a well-equipped bike repair station. Stories were shared sipping coffee, biting
pastries without holes at the al fresco setting.</p><p class="MsoNormal">True to TSP’s mission, it brought a relatively modest decent
crowd that evening a venue to enjoy their bicycles in a safe route. That
evening, different from the others I witnessed, interesting stories were shared
like Jayson’s enduring biking and the a family of Bacolod Brompton riders
disclosing interesting marketing trivia.</p><p class="MsoNormal">From the start to the end including the ride home, I was
trailing behind Jayson appreciating his pace and hand signals. Only towards the
end did I find out about his long-distance feats (Bicol, Mountain Province
among others). Lodi!</p><p class="MsoNormal">On the way home I again trailed behind him appreciating how
he ensured our ride safety in the tricky QC Elliptical Circle. Jayson reminded
me to post a TD (touch down) which I did not. Perhaps this short article will
do.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Salamat TSP, LSD. Hanggang sa susunod.</p><div><br /></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-48176338774732860082022-07-01T08:30:00.009+08:002022-07-16T17:27:40.390+08:00QC Repair Bike Stations<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "inherit", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">1</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">4
April 2022 on a Holy Thursday, I was biking from MOA in Pasay to QC. I
witnessed how the commuters were stuck at EDSA because of the breakdown in
transpo system. No public rides were available for the exodus after work of the
public mainly the working group.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWXcsqlSwA7ldEI6BcPFpGfRICrfR05oogoEj--uKjlmtehhn2_srwufg2LwRn2a8GZlZk9BcT_xUlB2doiA8F52uijMHWBalWbHHhzXYdFCLI8yzE_pRBlQTDQmxI2SG9OL3C6BpZm2WEwkZcx8DXeTMZ25HwFIGpKG9fNVA1iXlnNl9-sQ/s2048/278446075_5288799134474210_197603750734399718_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWXcsqlSwA7ldEI6BcPFpGfRICrfR05oogoEj--uKjlmtehhn2_srwufg2LwRn2a8GZlZk9BcT_xUlB2doiA8F52uijMHWBalWbHHhzXYdFCLI8yzE_pRBlQTDQmxI2SG9OL3C6BpZm2WEwkZcx8DXeTMZ25HwFIGpKG9fNVA1iXlnNl9-sQ/s320/278446075_5288799134474210_197603750734399718_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thousands
of commuters spilled on the highway to be able to spot 1st available transpo
legal or illegal just to be able to get home</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Due
to the sheer number, the dedicated bike lane was no longer respected. This diverted
me to a drainage cover somewhere at Megamall trapping and deflating my rear
tire.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I had
to look for a gas station to check on the air walking. From Megamall, the
nearest one was the Shell Station at Ortigas. Failed to inflate, I walked back
to EDSA and planned to walk all the way to Murphy to look for a vulcanizing
shop.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Luckily,
there was a good Samaritan biking from his working place in Pasig going home to
San Juan who spotted me near Meralco stopped and offered to patch my interior.
That put me back on the bike to pedal.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was
not aware then of the bike repair stations along EDSA. In reciprocation for the
good deed extended to me, sparing me too from being stranded like the thousand
commuters that day, I thought I’d draw up a list of the bike repair stations,
inspect their tools and publicize for my handful of links to appreciate.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the list arranged geographically from my perspective. Someday, this will be
helpful to some.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>North</b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3eLNxpXV6fw6ACezWc4U575uCafd-Yf4FWzt6dJlwqxKs0VU95qjg7iQlML6tWcOSbp4Q0lqOLHx1k-Q8no-aVeL7E_kwei7KN55XqnY2BVnAopX9814ItlnfnBDTu07lijxnTq83UcdWcrouYsG-yWjRUGCVA8ZhbGmn2xrMn9l5_x9h8fE/s2015/278539931_5288590091161781_7049070462495284465_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3eLNxpXV6fw6ACezWc4U575uCafd-Yf4FWzt6dJlwqxKs0VU95qjg7iQlML6tWcOSbp4Q0lqOLHx1k-Q8no-aVeL7E_kwei7KN55XqnY2BVnAopX9814ItlnfnBDTu07lijxnTq83UcdWcrouYsG-yWjRUGCVA8ZhbGmn2xrMn9l5_x9h8fE/s320/278539931_5288590091161781_7049070462495284465_n.jpg" width="239" /></a></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">1. SM North Tower Bike Parking Area North Avenue Barangay Sto. Cristo QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">2. MMDA Motorcycle Bicycle Repair Station at EDSA corner Quezon Boulevard Barangay West Triangle QC Trinoma side</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">3. De 'Ja Brew Coffee Shop 118 Matahimik st. Barangay Teachers Village QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">4. Dunkin Donut Drive Thru Visayas Avenue Barangay Vasra QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">5. EDSA corner Kamias Barangay East Kamias QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">6. Araneta Coliseum South Gate 3/F Bike Parking Barangay Socorro Cubao QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">7. EDSA corner P. Tuazon Barangay San Roque Cubao QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">8. 15th Avenue Barangay San Roque Cubao QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">9. Malvar st. corner F. Castillo Barangay Bagumbuhay Project 4 QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">10. Hi-Top Supermarket Aurora Blvd corner F. Castillo st. Barangay Bagumbuhay Project 4 QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">11. Tindalo st. corner Anonas st. Barangay Quirino 3-A QC (behind fire truck)</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">12. P. Tuazon Blvd near 21st Ave Barangay Tagumpay Project 4 QC (in front of Watson's)</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">13. KJ st. corner K10th st. Barangay East Kamias QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">14. Caltex Station Kamias Road corner Anonas st. Barangay East Kamias QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">15. Villa Beatriz st corner Commonwealth Avenue Barangay Matandang Balara QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">16. Don Antonio Heights Commonwealth Ave Barangay Holy Spirit QC</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">17. Microtel Hotel UP-Ayala Technohub Commonwealth Ave Barangay UP Campus QC</span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>East</b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">1. Katipunan Avenue corner Aurora Boulevard Barangay Loyola Heights QC<br />2. Katipunan Ave corner Park 9 Alley beside Regis Center Barangay Loyola Heights QC<br />3. UP Town Katipunan Avenue Barangay UP Campus QC<br />4. C5 Katipunan Avenue Barangay Pansol QC (in front of UP Town)<br />5. C5 Katipunan Avenue Barangay Pansol QC (in front of MWSS)<br />6. Kaingin 1 Barangay Pansol QC (from MWSS going to Barangay Tumana Marikina)<br />7. Petron Station Commonwealth Avenue Barangay Matandang Balara QC (beside Toyota)<br />8. Feria st corner Commonwealth Avenue Barangay Matandang Balara QC<br />9. Robinsons Metro East Bike Parking Area Marcos Highway Barangay De La Paz Pasig<br />10. SM Marikina Side Bike Parking Marcos Highway Barangay Calumpang Marikina<br />11. Decathlon Masinag Bike Parking G/F Marcos Highway Barangay Mayamot Antipolo</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>South</b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">1. EDSA corner Ortigas Avenue Barangay Ugong Norte QC<br />2. People Power Monument EDSA corner White Plains Avenue Barangay Camp Aguinaldo QC<br />3. EDSA corner Santolan Avenue Barangay Camp Aguinaldo QC<br />4. Giraffe st. Green Meadows Barangay Ugong Norte QC<br />5. EDSA corner P. Tuazon Barangay San Roque Cubao QC<br />6. Petron Station 337 Katipunan Avenue corner Boni Serrano Avenue Barangay Bayanihan QC<br />7. FVR Road Barangay Blue Ridge-B Libis QC (near Blue Ridge-B gate towards Twin Peak Drive)<br />8. Eulogio Rodriguez Avenue Jr. Avenue Petron Station Barangay Bagumbayan QC (in front of Padre Pio Church entrance near Calle Industria)<br />9. Shell Station St. Ignatius Katipunan Avenue Barangay St. Ignatius QC</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">West</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Dunkin Donut Drive Thru Timog Avenue corner 11th Jamboree Barangay Sacred Heart
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Works of arts capture and document moments in history communicate social insights</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYdXw0ukSaYm4lhMJeRBC59pqJLo_SztUR8kkX_Vbtyshb29CQEUF4Kx3HjwOSBsf7XbPRcVK3vyjkuA6HAJZ_-iGqoQn5QDnyyapcIWuaLTk5RHfXKO8OXSn8Dcad8Mp0lkpEyJdkNz-Ayt05KuNWvQ7W_uiUX_Yp3nLgYI1yXVtAJ8WvQ8/s1356/Bayang%20Pinapangarap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1356" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYdXw0ukSaYm4lhMJeRBC59pqJLo_SztUR8kkX_Vbtyshb29CQEUF4Kx3HjwOSBsf7XbPRcVK3vyjkuA6HAJZ_-iGqoQn5QDnyyapcIWuaLTk5RHfXKO8OXSn8Dcad8Mp0lkpEyJdkNz-Ayt05KuNWvQ7W_uiUX_Yp3nLgYI1yXVtAJ8WvQ8/w400-h224/Bayang%20Pinapangarap.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Bayang Pinapangarap</i> as an excellently crafted art form draws it out for you either arousing or making you angry, sad, cry and resigned, passively resisting, moving forward or progressing to the next level</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In song and dance, the presentation flashes back to the 124 years of fighting for sovereignty as first envisioned by Apolinario Mabini transitioning to different rules where true independence was never achieved and autonomy challenged up til now</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGeuvvM6I8BaxMN8zz_8xQ1v08A9YbLPPTRNgjZHnckmq6myDRWglzyPHde_O62oxHwipx5iIO8OQ8F_52pJJMfcA5FpJhX0jIFtTIMh7F2VdHTWxDqF3_EAuuV3DI4_OUEuEjT0nu95kZ_4ApnivlBx-CJbSR570UF9DLcstvKO9cbRChVeY/s1349/Arman%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="1349" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGeuvvM6I8BaxMN8zz_8xQ1v08A9YbLPPTRNgjZHnckmq6myDRWglzyPHde_O62oxHwipx5iIO8OQ8F_52pJJMfcA5FpJhX0jIFtTIMh7F2VdHTWxDqF3_EAuuV3DI4_OUEuEjT0nu95kZ_4ApnivlBx-CJbSR570UF9DLcstvKO9cbRChVeY/w400-h221/Arman%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Arman Ferrer's “<i>Salamin ng Buhay ko</i>” dramatizes the divided disparity. Bullet Dimas assures us that no love is as heroic as love for the country in “<i>Aling Pagibig pa?</i>”. Bituin Escalante's "<i>Bayan kong Pangarap</i>" challenges us on the distorted new norm reminding us to hold on for the truth to surface to realize our collective dream</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Bayang Pinapangarap</i> tells us who are tired and have given up that the struggle never stops banking on the youth to take over in the fight for sovereignty. What will free us truly is founded on the truth</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bTGFLYpEGE96rpYCwTBnRIVT2rDKOOnxeBZ6Uw_v5ypixV8g4pOS5-vKYDb8zxioAhIrgQ0j3IM0Sn5s14QvxRw4NCXJ99_5jiFnvCIz7QxZWaLuq6wu1m0CugvgiYtihuzllh33tWKZ6r29YBEtYjN-yXz-tqrkwhL0z3z5D2pi0ZM9IMM/s1359/Bullet%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1359" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bTGFLYpEGE96rpYCwTBnRIVT2rDKOOnxeBZ6Uw_v5ypixV8g4pOS5-vKYDb8zxioAhIrgQ0j3IM0Sn5s14QvxRw4NCXJ99_5jiFnvCIz7QxZWaLuq6wu1m0CugvgiYtihuzllh33tWKZ6r29YBEtYjN-yXz-tqrkwhL0z3z5D2pi0ZM9IMM/w400-h223/Bullet%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Our strong sense of patriotism and nationalism "<i>O Bayan ko</i>” will make us rise up and that we can. What next to do in this continuing struggle lies too in our own hands</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Tuloy ba or tigil na?</i> Time is running out</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Galing ng tropa nina Maestro Ryan at Floy Q.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This 12 June 2022, the awakened ones were at the Metropolitan while the rest seeking for necessities were at the dolomite beach; 14M were indoors, 31M at the outdoors</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Invest 2 hours up to 7PM only today 13 June 2022</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://fb.watch/dCyyaRztd-/">https://fb.watch/dCyyaRztd-/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">#bayangpinapangarap</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-8764370042101674732022-06-09T22:40:00.003+08:002022-06-09T22:46:00.262+08:00Poem Mother from the movie "Slam"<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "inherit", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">hat
if Tapat will not prevail?</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrxGix8V9XHZnDRgYxbk3pmyUA7oJggPJ1y7rM9eAV-FU1tkI8Sn_o3B5iWNeEV4U_Apg1xidrAMZiOnq_XbSUY8J7I6tytKbOngueZTCW16YFoQbAmOAmVsFXZ0_dgxUhX1T9QzgO7_zn4HzvQhhXtvmtuYaJ-smc6uaBg5MtRnGESpuj2M/s1408/280092869_5349488445071945_3730529611771808784_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrxGix8V9XHZnDRgYxbk3pmyUA7oJggPJ1y7rM9eAV-FU1tkI8Sn_o3B5iWNeEV4U_Apg1xidrAMZiOnq_XbSUY8J7I6tytKbOngueZTCW16YFoQbAmOAmVsFXZ0_dgxUhX1T9QzgO7_zn4HzvQhhXtvmtuYaJ-smc6uaBg5MtRnGESpuj2M/w306-h400/280092869_5349488445071945_3730529611771808784_n.jpg" width="306" /></a></div>Bracing
myself by appreciating a poem by Slam poet Candy Royalle<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mother
by Australian spoken word writer and artist Candy Royalle as performed in the
movie “Slam” about a Palestinian poetry performer living in Australia who went
missing suspected to be an Islamic extremist</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Featured
in CinemaWorld, nominated for Best Director and Grand Prize 2018 Tallinn Black
Nights Film Festival</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mother
they will not make me forget<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
cannot silence this tongue<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These
stories from your womb to my mouth<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Your
fears and your strengths<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
carry your cells in my particles<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Your
atoms in my blood<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am
made of you mother<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
and your displacement<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Because
men gather stripping people of earth beneath<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Feet
not caring the dirt is sacred<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dirt
beneath nails magic from which olive trees flourish<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fruit
oil thick and golden pouring across<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Invaders<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
they push back the line<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Men
to make innocent guilty<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
though we made our own genocide, mother<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
push back the line<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bulldozers
rifles missiles white phosphorus massacres and mass graves<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
push back the line, mother<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Imprisoning
the young so they will never grow into warriors<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stones
in their hands to stones in our shoes<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
sink quick in the sorrows of we who mourn them, mother<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
will not make me forget<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
cannot silence this tongue<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These
stories from your womb to my mouth<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Interpretation
from the movie <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FIiWwhij23QM%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3h4SogOcWU3WfeDevzyWDzfYBOQAr9D28i1bOE2-sG5-aCn0AGq8YlFTI&h=AT1jbRmfo1Xc30XgaYZ6pUmN5oUXkM4oVxsCCiPXpubQDjfmQ25fIPN4_9CLOvN6c2Sqwdk2Z2YruueeVlahimi8uAd6fPFxygfdkiHrquRQpRo87lC9vi3uMerfI2EarnOdFAwJ4sIogC3LjI6g&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c%5b0%5d=AT0OGXzDmZIrOj1POmCLB10_dPp0nv9V8d3IsypHYliS9sMJ1rss3vIWtMcKs1sswcDR6BAY186k6mYxpwHxzhYMfZi_KvlLF7zt7rlCYa3RrQmJmZM0Rimo0jf3iVI4_PJVNIpITJr0rr2l1zliWiwwihNP1YDzVf-eaw0Vsp34bNoBAkVVSHvwNBDByEptClTsb9g2uSyj" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">https://youtu.be/IiWwhij23QM</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Slam
review <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F9CtA5g6QGgk%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0QRPpluBlZAzXeXSszx1tmd7J6lQgeOz8rH_4-GC6fVDHs6Zjrdn2Qw3Q&h=AT3LyRGirvBGbnd2Y5PxgbbWSR92lEVhIhvTnrKB7UVoky40qX1CwbV6v1Dpx2Rmx4tDFP3P1JWQEGWl0pvn1_XNk2opMqAzKfvvjZpyT0hs90gv3F_GbyL_irnh8PX028WEAPXc8RqexP2gRbrS&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c%5b0%5d=AT0OGXzDmZIrOj1POmCLB10_dPp0nv9V8d3IsypHYliS9sMJ1rss3vIWtMcKs1sswcDR6BAY186k6mYxpwHxzhYMfZi_KvlLF7zt7rlCYa3RrQmJmZM0Rimo0jf3iVI4_PJVNIpITJr0rr2l1zliWiwwihNP1YDzVf-eaw0Vsp34bNoBAkVVSHvwNBDByEptClTsb9g2uSyj" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">https://youtu.be/9CtA5g6QGgk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Schedule
<a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcinemaworld.asia%2Fmovie%2Fslam%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR35vPj7VTCfUrCoJrjxhppUwELpaqd9Uzsu1B4N9r4p-kBcMMKGCO0P8h4&h=AT249la-ji58qVNaT_OzPYFspWTIg240YAgnxXlk2hqyy0MQRXTVQPCSHDphTZY4IaCO1Kl4YJ_g5aN0WIIpuG5XSjmk1pA5kaB6K8WR3YURCjU2g9I-OuaI2LLo7N-DF58cxHLeS7bG4tChUDfQ&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c%5b0%5d=AT0OGXzDmZIrOj1POmCLB10_dPp0nv9V8d3IsypHYliS9sMJ1rss3vIWtMcKs1sswcDR6BAY186k6mYxpwHxzhYMfZi_KvlLF7zt7rlCYa3RrQmJmZM0Rimo0jf3iVI4_PJVNIpITJr0rr2l1zliWiwwihNP1YDzVf-eaw0Vsp34bNoBAkVVSHvwNBDByEptClTsb9g2uSyj" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">https://cinemaworld.asia/movie/slam/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- - -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">ranslated
to Filipino by Google Translate</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIWDOmBXohnep2RKRPqskCO4cjDzp0DTzNcVubhSYN3iOgtryQ0HZnpm3M4iHiqReqvmR06FxGml0k5NXtx3jyNU64hfJ690dGrUmSBZRVHGeECZEMp2YSHuxhdpB4kIoRtexPUR9jWzojUFAh5c8IEK-OfwkpV9wocV1eyjY2Fja1JQpB2k/s688/Mother.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="688" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIWDOmBXohnep2RKRPqskCO4cjDzp0DTzNcVubhSYN3iOgtryQ0HZnpm3M4iHiqReqvmR06FxGml0k5NXtx3jyNU64hfJ690dGrUmSBZRVHGeECZEMp2YSHuxhdpB4kIoRtexPUR9jWzojUFAh5c8IEK-OfwkpV9wocV1eyjY2Fja1JQpB2k/w400-h234/Mother.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/IiWwhij23QM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/IiWwhij23QM</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Ina
hindi nila ako makakalimutan<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hindi
nila maaaring patahimikin ang dila na ito<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ang
mga kwentong ito mula sa iyong sinapupunan hanggang sa aking bibig<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ang
iyong mga takot at ang iyong mga lakas<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dinadala
ko ang iyong mga cell sa aking mga particle<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ang
iyong mga atomo sa aking dugo<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ako
ay ginawa ng iyong ina<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ikaw
at ang iyong displacement<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dahil
ang mga tao ay nagtitipon ng paghuhubad ng mga tao sa ilalim ng lupa<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Walang
pakialam ang paa<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ang
dumi ay sagrado<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dumi
sa ilalim ng mga kuko<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Salamangka
kung saan umuunlad ang mga puno ng olibo<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fruit
oil makapal at gintong pagbuhos<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mga
mananalakay<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Habang
tinutulak nila pabalik ang linya<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mga
lalaki na gumawa ng inosente na nagkasala<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Para
bang gumawa tayo ng sarili nating genocide, nanay<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ibinalik
nila ang linya<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bulldozers
rifles missiles white phosphorus massacres at mass graves<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ibinalik
nila ang linya, ina<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ikinulong
ang mga kabataan upang hindi na sila maging mandirigma<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mga
bato sa kanilang mga kamay sa mga bato sa aming mga sapatos<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mabilis
silang nahuhulog sa kalungkutan naming nagdadalamhati sa kanila ina<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hindi
nila ako makakalimutan<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hindi
nila maaaring patahimikin ang dila na ito<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ang
mga kwentong ito mula sa iyong sinapupunan hanggang sa aking bibig<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-2092786955605332222022-04-28T10:59:00.001+08:002022-06-09T19:35:19.046+08:00Bike me to church. Bosoboso Nuestra Senora dela Annunciata<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">henever we bike, we would set as target destination the Catholic Church.</span></span></span></h2><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiXEOQqulpS5cwmzSlzTGn1tc3EduZxw-xvFMUv9JWcAf1yZ99CIJCnq9Osf1km1gOtBVQYF09V9RhY7IWGkOPR-nTKrawQm_WfADGMkdQrqGdngTeIpVa1ukWDayVVX9uVE-frcVZucqBlG-GKHMITKB-_ZX7_z9F1TCebrEAC59jLOo3vE/s2048/279351856_5324570110897112_4225133418603662957_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiXEOQqulpS5cwmzSlzTGn1tc3EduZxw-xvFMUv9JWcAf1yZ99CIJCnq9Osf1km1gOtBVQYF09V9RhY7IWGkOPR-nTKrawQm_WfADGMkdQrqGdngTeIpVa1ukWDayVVX9uVE-frcVZucqBlG-GKHMITKB-_ZX7_z9F1TCebrEAC59jLOo3vE/w400-h400/279351856_5324570110897112_4225133418603662957_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The physical structure of the edifice tells the era, and the influence. Activities in the vicinity indicate the devotion of the townsfolks to their faith. Marker narrates the church’s historical heritage.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Pedaling about 30 kilometers from Quezon City to the Old Sitio of Bosoboso in Barangay San Jose Antipolo City in a long stretch of <i>ahon </i>and <i>lusong</i> (ascent and descent) for 3 hours, we discovered a quaint beautiful church with historical significance, Nuestra Señora dela Annunciates <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBCldL9-k9BTbiHXC9mBhOvN2KegmmNIBvuukFbGuVYtYTjZTnlEkxPWLFs_U19lLXW3y1dwqBHi66u2KtsEKcGOnb9UhYgZIyauA8NUNGorcMpjTkn1qvaqe0-d19HTtBiZ53TZhpxooNPzCn_6-PLRMNd76UP8X3zE3D3H7LPGDvKfbS2M/s2048/279283078_5324492404238216_7789749550621644238_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBCldL9-k9BTbiHXC9mBhOvN2KegmmNIBvuukFbGuVYtYTjZTnlEkxPWLFs_U19lLXW3y1dwqBHi66u2KtsEKcGOnb9UhYgZIyauA8NUNGorcMpjTkn1qvaqe0-d19HTtBiZ53TZhpxooNPzCn_6-PLRMNd76UP8X3zE3D3H7LPGDvKfbS2M/w400-h400/279283078_5324492404238216_7789749550621644238_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Located at a remote mountain range about 3 kilometers from the Marikina-Laguna-Infanta highway, (Marilaque Road), it was built circa 1700 by the Jesuits. Expelled, it was turned over to the Recollect. In 1880, it was destroyed by an earthquake. In 1930, the local folks abandoned the place to give way to a construction of a dam which was eventually abandoned. During the Japanese war in 1943, it was razed by fire restored only in 1993 by the initiative of the residents.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">In February 10 2019, the heart relic of St, Camillus de Lellis, patron saint of doctors, health workers and the sick was brought to the parish. Nuestra Senora dela Annuciata is part of the Diocese of Antipolo. (The Camillian fathers operate a seminary in my barangay where I would hear mass outside the gate seeking protection from COVID-19 during the lockdown.)</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Today, Old Sitio Bosoboso stands as a sitio with a low population density unlike the other barangays near Antipolo City. I pray that it remains that way, in a quiet and isolated place conducive to escape from the complicated life in the metropolis.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkY3ZkdpuI_EaT94wxOgk_dZ7534OOafIbldSKUitsjLpW2pKCGvthh3prGWfnRHrwMTHZFr3i9wTSG5dA2JyD-h9uEp6QK8SqKPkgccUrboo1Obp1XUgvDC2kuJC0xbInU80s7xxZqkaeet9BhSb0DnIfU7WLYhOZ7aGA_CRCkTmTUYvWiU/s2048/279292224_5324568737563916_876556804269042993_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkY3ZkdpuI_EaT94wxOgk_dZ7534OOafIbldSKUitsjLpW2pKCGvthh3prGWfnRHrwMTHZFr3i9wTSG5dA2JyD-h9uEp6QK8SqKPkgccUrboo1Obp1XUgvDC2kuJC0xbInU80s7xxZqkaeet9BhSb0DnIfU7WLYhOZ7aGA_CRCkTmTUYvWiU/s320/279292224_5324568737563916_876556804269042993_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Thankful that I discovered Nuestra Senora, grateful for good health to still bike long distance, I seeded a prayer of gratitude for continued protection.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Returning back home with better familiarity of the terrain, good control on the handle bar, better feel of the gear shifting, stronger and higher level of confidence, we breezed through the <i>ahon</i> and enjoyable <i>lusong</i>.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">With the help of 2 young bikers residents of the ace going to Cogeo who offered to pace us, the return was not as difficult. At several points, they were there patiently waiting for us to pass through making our ride back light and pleasant.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Nuestra and St. Camillius quickly answered our prayers.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-16633108778192312072022-04-28T10:57:00.003+08:002022-06-09T19:42:25.371+08:00Bosoboso Bike Run<div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">O</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;">n a whim Thursday on April Fools day 2022, I was invited to a bike run up to Blue Mountain in Barangay Bagong Nayon Antipolo from QC.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KRn94xd_7gI2GDOtxNtepBIFUnkfO5Vl_wwyinRiKcSfuPdnYKUXvtqVb-pYyWWU1XzAFn4zXRmjoWWGipXaet96bF-h69yJFokA-GqnT-l5X2D-2BY--JbS3g-YdGxc_a__BUcTPG-klPo5votUv9cBUHUbG8dx5JRdoyuhMusp6LrLQXw/s2048/277249782_5255364241151033_3785073997200966020_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KRn94xd_7gI2GDOtxNtepBIFUnkfO5Vl_wwyinRiKcSfuPdnYKUXvtqVb-pYyWWU1XzAFn4zXRmjoWWGipXaet96bF-h69yJFokA-GqnT-l5X2D-2BY--JbS3g-YdGxc_a__BUcTPG-klPo5votUv9cBUHUbG8dx5JRdoyuhMusp6LrLQXw/w400-h400/277249782_5255364241151033_3785073997200966020_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">On impulse, we decided to bike all the way East where our stamina and equipment can bring us. A risk for us who have not biked that way before.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I recall our young bike techs who would tune and repair our bikes in Marikina citing every time Bosoboso as a biking destination as if daring us.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />That perhaps influenced the whim. We reached Bosoboso and went beyond the convention center. We aimed for a historical landmark, the church which was merely an imagined target. Yet we made it and back without any advanced information and tips except from what the bike techs narrated to us.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At home, needing to know more about what we accomplished, led me to DrewTV’s channel on YouTube featuring his Bosoboso church solo trek.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Gn09m-9U7tiB_YJntBktQ9IQh4dQQeWno6-FraW-AWIHFg7jsoSVTLJ8M0Ed3P1EtjVLMgd6Dz-2GPVlWSttyI9xJ0G7PzyEUCA6zfxw5-LM6xWqxRYKDHP5WPTSE8V3hxD-UdXekCg6j9IMLuzWJ0Lh9-A08uKYTJ0LSBtw69TJNzHlJ94/s2048/277775616_5255255617828562_3142210403939336855_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Gn09m-9U7tiB_YJntBktQ9IQh4dQQeWno6-FraW-AWIHFg7jsoSVTLJ8M0Ed3P1EtjVLMgd6Dz-2GPVlWSttyI9xJ0G7PzyEUCA6zfxw5-LM6xWqxRYKDHP5WPTSE8V3hxD-UdXekCg6j9IMLuzWJ0Lh9-A08uKYTJ0LSBtw69TJNzHlJ94/s320/277775616_5255255617828562_3142210403939336855_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I enjoyed his coverage. He shows the route from start to finish capturing it in his high definition camera. Broadcast on a HD home theater, it shows in detail the video and audio of the ride from his GoPro camera held stretched in his left arm or from his vest or his handlebar. He talks to you from a perspective of a newbie explorer with a sense of wonder where his plan will bring him “<i>paahon na tayo guys!</i>”. He addresses the newbies giving ratings and recommendations. He is candid, casual and honest about the difficulty of the <i>ahon</i> and <i>lusong</i> “<i>maiksi lang ang recovery</i>” “tumukod tayo” “<i>budol itong ride na ito</i>”. He is fact based “<i>nakaka ilang kilometro na tayo guys</i>” “<i>hingal hingal</i>”.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As an IT practitioner, he maps its out, times it and documents it (in a separate app).</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He documents to share the joy of biking to newbies to his Marikina co-bikers and to his social-media fan base, I being a new convert.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Peter Andrew F. knows how to appreciate the outdoors. Count the number of times he says, “<i>ang ganda ng view dito guys</i>.” He enjoys the discovery and the thrill of completion. That perhaps is his appeal, narrating what he likes doing with a sense of wonder, honesty and joy taking pride that he starts from his residence in Marikina.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">His Bosoboso feature led me to view all of his other 2020 and 2021 runs which I hope to cover too (North of Metro Manila only).</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But his local feature ended in 2022 as we now see him covering in more expensive bike and clothing equipment, in more developed roads in Europe though quite familiar to me but certainly not my home.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Still appreciated though but different when he starts it with the usual, “<i>naguumpisa ako sa aking bahay sa Marikina</i>” and ending it with “<i>dito na po magtatapos ang vlog ko sa bahay ko sa Marikina</i>.”</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This comment is long but this is my way of saying, “<i>Salamat. May mga bago akong pupuntahan. At pinadali mo ang aking pananaliksik in high definition sound and color</i>.”</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Notes sinulat ng naulan na Martes 5 April sa Kenny Rogers</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nuestra Señora dela Annunciata Church <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://youtu.be/RB7QdANvgpQ?fbclid=IwAR2z6q9RYgrYlryo08n3fRbj1kts7ootR4m-7-L-6h59nGCNU0gDVjEUmz8" original_target="https://youtu.be/rb7qdanvgpq?fbclid=iwar2z6q9rygrylryo08n3frbj1kts7ootr4m-7-l-6h59ngcnu0gdvjeumz8" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank" waprocessedanchor="true" waprocessedid="yy0pv">https://youtu.be/RB7QdANvgpQ</a><div mcafee_wa_ann="{"rep":6,"cat":[147,179],"ufg":2,"url":"https://youtu.be/rb7qdanvgpq?fbclid=iwar2z6q9rygrylryo08n3frbj1kts7ootr4m-7-l-6h59ngcnu0gdvjeumz8","dossierUrl":"https://youtu.be/rb7qdanvgpq?fbclid=iwar2z6q9rygrylryo08n3frbj1kts7ootr4m-7-l-6h59ngcnu0gdvjeumz8"}" style="cursor: default; display: inline-block; float: none; font-family: inherit; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: 1;" waprocessedid="yy0pv"><div class="mcafee_ok" id="0DE9E47C-871A-4F90-8440-B190C216800A_16" style="background-image: url("chrome-extension://fheoggkfdfchfphceeifdbepaooicaho/images/annotation/green_icon.svg?secret=s1lyne"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sierra Madre Loop</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://youtu.be/En7RcMdTK-M?fbclid=IwAR3bGtfDabe9I5e_leG-hnh4osktlnyeYrDmzVA9q0kVdXHkoOLA0EnXUXU" original_target="https://youtu.be/en7rcmdtk-m?fbclid=iwar3bgtfdabe9i5e_leg-hnh4osktlnyeyrdmzva9q0kvdxhkoola0enxuxu" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank" waprocessedanchor="true" waprocessedid="kosjud">https://youtu.be/En7RcMdTK-M</a><div mcafee_wa_ann="{"rep":6,"cat":[147,179],"ufg":2,"url":"https://youtu.be/en7rcmdtk-m?fbclid=iwar3bgtfdabe9i5e_leg-hnh4osktlnyeyrdmzva9q0kvdxhkoola0enxuxu","dossierUrl":"https://youtu.be/en7rcmdtk-m?fbclid=iwar3bgtfdabe9i5e_leg-hnh4osktlnyeyrdmzva9q0kvdxhkoola0enxuxu"}" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; cursor: default; display: inline-block; float: none; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: 1;" waprocessedid="kosjud"></div></span></div></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923317.post-50101472382648170982022-04-28T10:56:00.005+08:002022-06-09T20:22:07.719+08:00Coureur. CinemaWorld Movie<p><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>O</b></span>n CinemaWorld <b>Coureur</b>, a Belgian film about a teenage boy aspiring to win a race like his father confronting personal relationship and the conduct of a cycling competition</span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMK6oM-Nt8LV7XGsKhcOZw19o5zUadzeSBtYZNGdk3xVrfRLFsaOh1HbAB2atLOg7JOnlxjgXM5Hu67-Q6v_lrk0_KRH9VzQ_-0CyS5fWT68A8xftEuMbPvTgEBa1dmna10Fo-yG4oWk63pagJ2sNFi6vIcUVz4LxDrMne4KgdgNBUUv43Fe0/s1774/278770369_5300649479955842_999020332368578859_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1774" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMK6oM-Nt8LV7XGsKhcOZw19o5zUadzeSBtYZNGdk3xVrfRLFsaOh1HbAB2atLOg7JOnlxjgXM5Hu67-Q6v_lrk0_KRH9VzQ_-0CyS5fWT68A8xftEuMbPvTgEBa1dmna10Fo-yG4oWk63pagJ2sNFi6vIcUVz4LxDrMne4KgdgNBUUv43Fe0/s320/278770369_5300649479955842_999020332368578859_n.jpg" width="195" /></a></div>Reveals the substances, behaviours, diet, laboratory tests, techniques, coaching styles, selections happening in a training of young European athletes aspiring to be professional champion cyclists</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"When you are just starting to bike, you feel every stroke of the pedal, every pebble, every pothole, every bend until at some point, you won't feel anything anymore"</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Entry in the 2019 Rotterdam International Film Festival</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://cinemaworld.asia/movie/coureur/?fbclid=IwAR0VqMWDk7UJ4hlXZOc2awCS2EKlnhIfa39FuFwcTZfV2mgTS3QCITFlR2k" original_target="https://cinemaworld.asia/movie/coureur/?fbclid=iwar0vqmwdk7uj4hlxzoc2awcs2eklnhifa39fufwctzfv2mgts3qcitflr2k" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/366496/?fbclid=IwAR2Wtpne5bS3WbdKqvBovchVNdft3-MMcynLgz1yxhyH9pmBEBsCFxIwfBs" original_target="https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/366496/?fbclid=iwar2wtpne5bs3wbdkqvbovchvndft3-mmcynlgz1yxhyh9pmbebscfxiwfbs" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span></b><span style="font-size: 15px;">dvanced Bisita Bikelesia 15 churches on Holy Tuesday usually done on a Holy Thursday</span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We offer ourselves as an expression of our love and gratitude for suffering and dying for us for our redemption</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Acknowledging the almighty</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Saying thanks</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Asking for forgiveness</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Praying for interventions for intentions</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WME7GNy8arCz25WcKcez9mhjp2fWULxLidS8NzLdzSRTEFFA6J7MN1OQ6-69UhgJSpAQXbac7R6Q1O5gr5bJcP332jqFV3ni8aQ82To5UMb_dRWQguxcJ6-kYVv7kRb-9Uhvuost-8aUWPHuRqNzpQew9DWvItLv5o7Q3oiph3_G4ylAhlY/s960/278454021_5285419171478873_4030365111775282952_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WME7GNy8arCz25WcKcez9mhjp2fWULxLidS8NzLdzSRTEFFA6J7MN1OQ6-69UhgJSpAQXbac7R6Q1O5gr5bJcP332jqFV3ni8aQ82To5UMb_dRWQguxcJ6-kYVv7kRb-9Uhvuost-8aUWPHuRqNzpQew9DWvItLv5o7Q3oiph3_G4ylAhlY/s320/278454021_5285419171478873_4030365111775282952_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>1.Our Lady of Pentecost Parish</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">2. St. Camillius Formation Chapel</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">3. Congreration of the Passion of Jesus Christ</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">4. St. Camillius Provinciate Chapel</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">5. Cenacle Sisters</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">6. Holy Family Crusade Chapel</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">7. Sta. Maria Della Strada Parish Church</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">8. Nuestra Señora dela Paz y Buen Viaje Parish Matandang Balara</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">9. Parish of the Holy Sacrifice UP Diliman</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">10. Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Claret</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">11. Holy Family Parish Kamias</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">12. Nativity of the Lord Parish Ermin Garcia</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">13. Parish of St. Joseph Aurora Boulevard</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">14. Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Project 4</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">15. Real Monasterio De Sta Clara Katipunan</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5sEY58gmvkc2hAoxZTyjyY8OvMMh2jgp_LItwQgIITvApn6eOEs9pvwu7ZPrPCv7vYs_WHrWnC1nuxwWBWF7j2oxCTX0TEKwtnnhfT7PXA8U_mbigRiNLXyso20nde0540kfXiIAiRn20JM8rf5xOFseQvelnMVq5RczX_hvuOSDZ-zK3X8/s960/278448827_5285419568145500_5805468755238872406_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5sEY58gmvkc2hAoxZTyjyY8OvMMh2jgp_LItwQgIITvApn6eOEs9pvwu7ZPrPCv7vYs_WHrWnC1nuxwWBWF7j2oxCTX0TEKwtnnhfT7PXA8U_mbigRiNLXyso20nde0540kfXiIAiRn20JM8rf5xOFseQvelnMVq5RczX_hvuOSDZ-zK3X8/s320/278448827_5285419568145500_5805468755238872406_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Kasama ang mga bisitang taga Bacoor, Kubaw, Kamuning</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Post feed from www.tochs.blogspot.com</div>tochshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262930692895643112noreply@blogger.com0