La Ronde July 2002 Montreal QC Canada

Pauly Boy at La Ronde, 2002

Interesting how this turned out, can't remember what I did with the setting :)


our dear Pauly Boy (Tita Nil to his right) at La Ronde (6 Flags), Montreal, QC

more photos from the CD archives - yeah baby!!

Tour De L'Ile Montreal- Montreal Bike Fest 2002

Trish and Paul (my two roadie kiddies) Pre-Road Bike time.

We had lots of fun riding together in this 2002 version of the Tour De L'Ile Montreal.


2002 Tour De L'Ile Montreal, l-r: Tito Lits, Trish, and Paul, this was before Paul and Trish switched to road bikes :)

Happy Birthday Tita Nene

Happy Birthday Tita Nene!!

Cavendish Blvd. apartment, 1980s, Cote St-Luc, QC

Evening bike ride to the Old Port of Montreal

Webcam, Old Montreal: http://www.montrealcam.com/en-placecartier.html

Webcam, Old Port of Montreal: http://www.montrealcam.com/en-svpm.html

At around 7:00PM I drove by car to 53rd ave Lachine and Lakeshore, rode by bike from there to the Old Port and back.

I do not recommend this for the faint of heart. Hardly anyone on the bike path between 53rd ave Lachine and Old Port of Montreal. Personal safety is another concerned. Thank God I wasn't mug or hijacked :)

Also, you need to have a good headlight or lighting system ( I use a 15W Vista Lite head light system with two nightstick NiMH batteries) and back up flashers, front and back. It was providential that by the time I got back to 53rd ave in Lachine my night stick batteries completely drained out, power off :) I would have ridden in the dark, even though there are street lamps along the route, many are not working so there are stretches where it is just plain dark, black.

There was a battleship, a destroyer I think it was, docked at the port and there was also the Crystal Symphony ship at the Old Port of Montreal. I noticed a few Pinoys (Filipinos), probaby part of the cruise ship's crew, using the public telephones outside the customs & immigration area. I decided it was not a good idea to hang around and chat with them because I'll get back much later and the night was starting to get colder too.

My feet was freezing by the time I got back to the car :) and as I said earlier, my headlight batteries were gone by then (perfect timing, I thought).

Shella's life in here!- with her fat amos, read on :)

Shella's life in here! Blog

Excerpt:
"Hello its me shella!
Today was a good day in my time. My fat amo have gaven me a present gift for my 20 years today. She's telling me that come the time for teeth she will paying for halve of the costs. You see i have a no teeth in the front of my lips. its only 3 that is gone not there ok. i dont know where to it has been but its a long time already. i think when i was a child it had fell some time. my mather always tell me that when i became a growned woman she will give me teeths. but mather (inay) is have no moneys."

North Conway, New Hampshire 2002 Photos Found

Swift River Covered Bridge, July 2002, North Conway, New Hampshire USA, l-r: Tim, Trish, Len, Marv, Tito Lits, Paul, Bebot, Aubrey in front of one of the many covered bridges in
New Hampshire


Found the back up CD with photos from our North Conway, NH visit back in 2002. The photos were originally uploaded to Webshots. Webshots did not have a "limited" FREE photo album hosting when it first started; it was only later that Webshots notified users that they needed to upgrade their FREE membership to a PAID membership if they wanted the rest of the photos in the photo album to be preserved otherwise only 10 ALBUMS with 24 photos per album will be allowed. I did not upgrade my FREE membership and therefore I lost a lot of pictures previously uploaded. I will upload the rest of the North Conway pictures to Webshots soon.


crossing the State line, from New Hampshire to Maine

Price of gasoline down a few cents

It's almost mid-week now and this evening, on my way back home from a bike ride, I saw the Petro Canada sign, the one on Sources and Anselme Lavigne, showing 92.4 cents per liter, down from 98.4 cents per liter earlier today.

Check back on an earlier post about the roller coaster ride, yet almost predictable, gasoling price swing.

Depending on what time you ride

Sunrise, Sunset

This is how it looks like in the early afternoon.

Sunset, around 6:00PM

hardly any ripple on the water

we raced towards Rene Levesque park to get a better view of the sunset

for the rest of the photos from this album

Many ways to die; one way to live

According to the National Safety Council, there are 871 ways to die. Some of the more interesting ones include: ignition or melting of nightwear; fireworks discharge; fall involving bed, chair or other furniture and riding a bus.

There may be many ways to die, but only one way to live, as a loving father. We're not promised tomorrow here on earth. We only have today. That's why it's called the Present. Make it count for you and your family.

Have you told them lately how much you love and appreciate them?

I Love You Mon Kiddies! :-)

NEW CRANBERRY RESEARCH TO TAKE TO HEART

NEW CRANBERRY RESEARCH TO TAKE TO HEART

From Beverageworld.com

OCTOBER 25, 2004

NEW CRANBERRY RESEARCH TO TAKE TO HEART
Copyright (C) 2004 CNW, All Rights Reserved

TORONTO -- New findings reveal that fall's favorite berry, the cranberry, boosts good cholesterol and shields the heart with its unique antioxidant power. For years, red wine and grape juice have been touted as heart health drinks. But, now scientists are discovering that cranberry juice may also be good for the heart, according to recent clinical study results revealed at the Canadian Cardiovascular Society's Annual Congress in Calgary, Alberta.

Conducted at Laval University, in Quebec City, the study indicates that light cranberry cocktail improves circulation by increasing the level of HDL (good cholesterol) by eight per cent and by acting as a powerful antioxidant. The 12-week study, looked at 30 men, aged 18 to 70 who were slightly overweight, had an elevated LDL (bad cholesterol) level, were not taking medication and were given Ocean Spray Light Cranberry Cocktail.

> more <

Rode our bikes into the sunset

After church T.Nil and I went to her favorite shopping place, the "Dollar Store", looking for hardware she needs for the curtains.

A Pasta dish and meatballs were waiting for us when we got home, T.Nil cooked it earlier. That was lunch for us.

Pam wanted to go to Ikea, but knowing the parking situation at Ikea during weekends we decided not to go with them.

At around 3:00PM I looked out the window and saw this bright bright sunny day, temperature was around 11C, moderate wind, so I decided I'd go for a bike ride along the Lachine Canal bike path. I called up Pilo and we agreed to meet each other along the canal route.

We had some head winds on our way to the Old Port of Montreal, but manageable; I think we're just in a much better conditioning, as we were still cruising at close to 30kph against the wind. We also knew that on the way back it would be a much easier ride.

Had coffee at Beaver Tails downtown, before heading back to Lachine. On the way back we caught the sunset and the opportunity to take pictures of the sunset, so we raced to the Parc Rene Levesque. I have uploaded the pictures to the Webshots Album page. Check it out :)

At 6:30PM, the sun down already, we were still at the Rene Levesque Park. As a matter of fact we decided to go around the island park a few more times, stopping a few times when we spotted some good photo opportunity (photos with the moon in the background, the row of street lamps).

> photos at the Webshots photo album page <

Sunset along the Lachine Canal bike path

Photos taken along the Lachine Canal Bike Path

Sunset along the Lachine Canal bike path- we raced towards Rene Levesque park to get a better view of the sunset

Sunset along the Lachine Canal bike path- taken around 6:00PM, the church bells toll in the background as if to call attention to this awesome view of His creation

Sunset along the Lachine Canal bike path- Tito Lits, black on black, but what about that background eh?!

Sunset along the Lachine Canal bike path- Pilo and what spectacular background, oh, the bike's nice too, by the entrance of Rene Levesque Park

Sunset along the Lachine Canal bike path- bikes park along side the canal, the sunlight breaking through the silhouette of the elevated expressway

> More cycling photos in our Webshots photo album, the sceneries along the way <

Smile like you're not feeling any pain

Pilo, please remind me to invite Nick the next time we go for a ride.

l-r: Tito Lits (Lito), my cousin Pilo, my sister Lenny and her daughter Aubrey (Aubeyone) and son Timmy (Timster) and brother Nick-Nick (or simply Nick, or when mom's angry with him, Nicanor)

everyone smiled at the camera after being reminded, particularly Nick, to "smile as if you are really enjoying this ride" :) Ou, ou, my bum, my legs, my, my :) it just gets better Nicky, hang in there!!

> More cycling photos in our Webshots photo album, the sceneries along the way <

Fall scenes along the Canal

pretty soon snow will cover the ground, meanwhile, it is still dry and good to ride, we shall ride again today

> More cycling photos in our Webshots photo album, the sceneries along the way <

all the leaves are gone, but the sky is still blue and the grass is still green :) 

Autumn foliage along the bike path

Carefree Highway

"carefree highway"


bikers keep left, kayakers keep to the right

> More cycling photos in our Webshots photo album, the sceneries along the way <

along the Lachine Canal Bike Path, October 23,2004

a Filipino mom's food, cooking and recipes journal

a Filipino mom's food, cooking and recipes journal

You folks gotta check out this site often, even bookmark it.

Happy Birthday Grace (Ging-Ging)!!

It's my sister Grace's birthday today- Yahoo!! Yehey!! Cheers!!
Kainan na naman (another fiesta / feast) We'll see you later tonight!!

Happy Birthday Grace aka Ging-Ging!!

Tito Pilo baked another masterpiece of a cake, it looks similar to this one that he made when we were at Mont St-Anne, Quebec. Mmmmm gooooood!! (Bebot and my sister Lenny blowing the candle)

Trusting in the Lord's Will

I am posting this daily inspirational that I receive from the Dr.
Robert Schuller Ministries (Hour of Power / Crystal Cathedral) in the
hope that the story and message may be an encouragement to those
people, families that are going through a similar life challenge.

Colin, somewhere in Switzerland, prior to his operation in France. We love you bro!!

In our church family we have our brother Colin who is still "fighting for his life" after a brain aneurism procedure was performed on him a few months ago. He has been moved from the Jewish General Hospital ICU into a private room. His loved ones and many other brothers and sisters in Christ, all over the world, are still hoping and praying for a miracle from our Lord, that Colin may pull out from this state of health and have a full recovery.

The Medical prognosis is not very good. The Supernatural prognosis and ultimate decision comes from the Lord God above.

Be blessed!!
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Patience And Forgiveness Part II

By Dr. Robert Schuller

"We can rejoice, also, when we run into problems and trials for we
know that they are good for us, they help us learn to be patient." -
Romans 5:3

My friend, Pat Nordberg, had an aneurism in her brain. Brain surgery
left her a wounded, mental cripple. Some time later, she was in the
nursery of her church and noticed a brain-damaged child who was being
completely ignored. Pat, with her wounded mind, felt sorry for this
little child. She put the little girl's head on her lap, and through
that touch of love, the child broke down and cried. Pat thought, "Oh,
God, if just loving a little brain-damaged child could help her this
much, what could I do if I were a psychologist?" She decided then that
God wanted her to become a child psychologist.

She enrolled in college and worked very hard, averaging only three
hours of sleep at night! Still, her wounded mind could not retain what
she read, so she had only a C average to begin with. But she would not
quit!

Fourteen years after her surgery, Pat finally got her Master of Arts
degree! Today, she is one of the most therapeutic healing Christian
child psychologists in the public school system!

Harness the pyramiding power of time

--
Tito Lits
have you ridden your bike lately?
http://lovetoride.blogspot.com

How much is the price of gasoline in your area?

Just like a roller coaster ride, up and down and up and down, almost predictable, price rises closer it gets to the weekend, price drops around the middle of the week, Wednesday or Thursday.

I better be riding my bike more often for short trips, to the bank, post office, church, store, etc.


how much is the price of gas in your area?