Tag: Banciao

  • LED Christmas @ Xinpu

    While it seems strange to me to post about Christmas in 2011, I was fortunate enough to capture these pics well after New Year’s, as the LED spectacle kept on going. It took me a few times to capture the LEDs right, but all in all, they were pretty amazing since the building is quite…

  • 21.3 KM Dusk Bike Ride Banciao Yonghe

    I have been trying to go for a bike ride for the last few days, but on Friday, the wife came home and disrupted my routine. On Saturday, it didn’t pan out. Today, I was extremely tired, but drank a few strong milk teas and got ready to go on my ride. The ride felt…

  • 28 KM Banciao to Bitan Loop Bike Ride

    I wanted to go out yesterday, but I had to do some work and by the time I was getting ready, it was already supper and I needed to eat something. I was really itching to go out, but decided to go tomorrow. I initially wanted to go for 50-100km, but in retrospect, I think…

  • Taiwan Land of the Four Eyes

    Yesterday, on my way home from work, I stopped at the usual optometrist store. I bought the cleaning solution, AO Sept, that I use for my disposable lenses. I use the liquid every day, since I take out my contacts every night, ―sometimes I only wear them for a few hours. It fizzes and bubbles…

  • 50 KM Night Bike Ride

    I wanted to go out on a bike ride yesterday, but was busy with work. So today, after coming home, I went out on a ride. It was about 5:30PM. I came back at around 7PM. It felt really good. I was a bit slower than a few weeks ago, but it was still a…

  • 6.6 Km Night Run

    Tonight, I decided to go for another run. I was a bit sore from yesterday’s run, but I need to train, so I told my wife that I was going out. She said that she would join me. I was surprised, but liked having company. We took the same riverside route. It was along the…

  • 6.6 KM Night Run

    After Chad bought some running shoes, I suggested that we go run together tonight. I hadn’t worked out for about a month and was jonesing for some endurance sports. Having someone else run with you holds you accountable. It’s been a while since I seriously ran. I really love biking, but it’s not as good…

  • Thai Vietnamese Stand

    Chad told me that there was a really good food stand near my house. They serve Thai-Vietnamese food. The only trouble is finding out when it’s open. As usual, stands tend to have strange schedules. The sisters who operated the stand/restaurant told me that they are open every day, from 3PM to 10PM. I’d come…

  • A Metric Century Night Bike Ride

    I was way too tired last week to go out on bike rides. I was back at teaching fulltime, around 28 hours a week, on top of that, I was covering some freelance blog posts at Unplggd. That meant that I was going to bed very late and waking up early. My system included a…

  • 70 KM Night Bike Ride

    You may wonder why I keep posting all of these Kuota KOM images. The answer is pretty simple. It’s the bike that I’m trying to get. So I was supposed to do at least 100 km, but only managed to do 70. The advantage of doing loops is that you have the flexibility of stopping…