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I wish…
September 24, 2009 by Leeman, under Enlightenment, Friendship, Love Economics, Road Biking.
…you can hear, see, feel what I hear, see and feel. Obviously, who really knows how to respond to entries like this?
At one time, it was almost nice to have a student actually listen to me, but I was no mentor. Far from. In his perspective, yes. In mine; I was far from being eternal. With modesty aside, even if my perspective transcended humanity, I still resided in a human perspective.
Tonight, I drink alone again. Sake cups my brother got me for my 30th birthday with Port, cheap Port, but Port nevertheless. I contemplated the Taylor Fladgate Special Reserve I usually indulge in or the Cape Ruby. I got the Cape Ruby. Half the price, half the taste, but it does its job.
Indeed, I have cheapened my worth, aside from social protocol. [sigh] Social protocol.
There is so much I want to say, but I don’t think my blog here deserves to see my words. I need someone to share a bottle of Port with, that I can trust my mind to… Trust… Not trust. No, rather, to be able to swim in it. It saddens me that as I grow older, I realize that no one can swim in it as I do. Everyone else, simply, tries to fish it up.
Fish die out of the water. (more…)
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My Babies
July 3, 2009 by admin, under Road Biking, Trail Biking.
Ironhorse Sonic 02 fs/ht Mountain bike (2002) – June 23rd, 2003: has clocked roughly 5500 km
Trek Equinox 5 Tri/Road bike (2007) – June 9th, 2009: has clocked roughly 350 kilometres so far
About a week ago, I went on a night ride with Jason. That was 12:30am roughly. We met up at 7-11 near Pat’s place. Jason swore he saw Pat drove by him as he rode up to meet me. Talk about destiny eh? ^_^
After some things and a lot of boyish giggling on Jason’s part, my ride home was quite nice. I took Westminster Highway east and as I took to my aerobars, I looked north and a flood of nostalgia passed through me. Though the feelings quickly faded, some memories of past times and the associated sensations still lingered until the view became blocked by a forest of trees.
The view of north Richmond, Vancouver, the lights on top of Cypress and Grouse, the cool-ish air around me, 35km/hr, the reminder of all those nights driving up and down that road thinking about Virginia, walking up and down that road in the rain with Tom, the times Carlo, Jacek, Tom, Roger, Jon and I walked around the Lansdowne area, some of us high, some of us drunk, me completely sober, to see how the city changed before my eyes from my childhood to my adult years – all these things… This is my city. (more…)
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Spirit of Cypress (49km)
May 11, 2009 by Leeman, under Road Biking, Trail Biking.
To finish off what we tried to do on Friday, which was supposed to be a 6pm Ditchmond 40k ride that was cut in half due to my slowness, we went on a 49.7km ride from Richmond to UBC and back. We also did a little Pacific Spirit.
Our ride started at Jason’s place near Steveston around 2:10pm. Went through Pacific Spirit, ended up at The Village, ate at Vera’s Burgers, went to the corner store to check out the cute Korean girl clerk, then rode back home. We had Om… Omelet Fried Rice Japanese Fusion Supreme for dinner and watched The Wrestler.
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Tour De Patrick III (53km)
May 3, 2009 by Leeman, under Road Biking.
Pat, Jason and yours truly @ the Vancouver Convention Centre and yes, that is a deliberate blurry picture. We rode from Pat’s place, across the Arthur Liang, up through Cypress and at the Lost Lagoon. Then we explored the new Convention Centre for a bit, then headed to Japadog’s. Afterwards, we rode back home in the chilly weather.
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