Cadel Evans, Tour de France 2011 Champion

Congratulations to Cadel Evans!! So happy for you!! You deserved it - you worked hard for it - never gave up the dream!!

Wishing you some more wins and successes to come!!

Tour de France 2011: Pierre Rolland takes France's first stage win

Stage 19: Modane Valfréjus to Alpe-d'Huez

Tour de France 2011: Pierre Rolland takes France's first stage win

• Frenchman takes over white jersey with Alpe-d'Huez win
• Andy Schleck takes over yellow jersey from Thomas Voeckler

France's Pierre Rolland stage 19 of the 2011 Tour de France on Alpe d'Huez. Photograph: Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images

High heat & humidity warning still in effect.

Keep cool and hydrated.

A good day to pass in an air conditioned mall - just watch your wallet. :)

High School Commencement Exercises - Invitation and Program

From the archives of classmate Ronnie Nolasco.

Don Bosco Technical Institute (now Don Bosco College), High School batch of 1971, Mandaluyong, Rizal, Philippines.

I call it macro-zooming

Getting to know my FujiPix Camera, still.

Determination

A battered Klodi is down but not out.

Today's Ride, part 2

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Part 2: From Lachine to Gare Centrale downtown Montreal

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Today's Ride, part 1

Beware of crazy truckers on the road who does not want to share the road with cyclists. One tried to run me off the road, Sources Blvd (near Belmont).

You may have to download the Google Earth Plug-In to view the video fly-over. It's cool.

I used my BlackBerry Torch and the iMapMyRide Application - Free version.

Part 1: Pierrefonds to Lachine

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Friday Night & Dinner at Mom and Dad’s

Mom prepared a dish with Jack Fruit (Langka), some small slices of pork, coconut milk (gata), other green veggies, seasoned with some shrimp paste (bagoong) which she knows I like very much, and Len, Marv, and Aubrey were coming up from Ottawa- so dinner was set at their place.

Wen, Mike, and the girls were coming, and Paul was already there (he came by right after their work picnic that was held at Parc Angrignon). Mom  prepared a noodle dish (pancit mixed with some thin slices of veggies, Chinese sausage, pork, etc.) for the girls (Emma and Abby) anticipating that they may not like the taste of the Jack Fruit dish.

Rosie assisting Mom, noticed Mom wearing her cooking goggles as she was pan frying fish.

Cooking / frying goggles

Mom busy in the kitchen

Pancit dish

Teamwork, Dad busy slicing – what do I know around the kitchen?
I am good at tasting, eating the dishes Mom and Dad prepares and I take the pictures.

Yummy!! Thanks Mom and Dad!! <3

Fourth of July Ride

Start point - Pierrefonds
Destination - St. Anne de Bellevue

Round Trip

Pierrefonds Blvd, bike path > Left on Chateau Pierrefonds > Continue on to Chateau Kirkland > towards the Colisee Kirkland > Chemin St. Marie > Veteran's Memorial Blvd (I believe it is) > St. Anne Blvd

Return via John Abbott College campus, over the Highway 40 overpass to Chemin St. Marie.

Wanted it to be an easy, leisurely ride, started on a slow pace to help warm up overall, and before you know it you are in St. Anne's about 21 kms later.

Fireworks were flying in France as well as the USA today as American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) took his first career stage win

Tour de France

Stage 3: Olonne-Sur-Mer to Redon, 198km/123mi

By Cathy Mehl

Fireworks were flying in France as well as the USA today as American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) took his first career stage win in the Tour de France, a win dedicated to his best friend Wouter Weylandt of Leopard-Trek who suffered a fatal accident in the Giro d’Italia last May. Second and third places went to Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil) and Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil of Movistar. Team RadioShack celebrated American Independence Day by staying safe in the peloton with Chris Horner, Jani Brajkovic, Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Klöden continuing to hold their GC positions at 10-seconds off the yellow jersey of Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo).

“Today was a typical day for the first week of the Tour de France,” said Team Manager Johan Bruyneel at the end of the day. “Fast, windy, a lot of nerves in the peloton. Everybody wants to be in the front. I think we did a good job and we kept everybody out of trouble. We were in the front on the Pont du St. Nazaire (bridge) where it was supposed to be windy, and it was windy. After that the goal was to stay focused, keep the team together and make sure nobody was involved in any crashes. You can’t prevent crashes of course, but having the guys up front and protected helps as much as possible. You can’t exclude the possibility of a crash in the front but usually they happen from one-third back to the back of the peloton where guys are fighting to move up. Fortunately today was one more day without problems. So mission accomplished,” concluded a satisfied Johan Bruyneel.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/teamradioshack/news_mission-accomplished/

Canada Day Bike Ride

Municipalities we covered:
Brossard> La Prairie> Candiac> St. Catherine> Verdun> Montreal> St. Lambert> Back to Brossard