tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22032076592926728972024-03-14T07:19:02.260-04:00Yoshitoshi's WorldYou don't need eyes to see, you need vision!Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-9078378806951288032010-01-12T13:27:00.002-05:002010-01-12T13:41:03.051-05:00Mr. BrightsideI have that song in my head... Mr. Brightside by The Killers. I do like their music but I am still torn after I went to see them in concert. Brandon Flowers (the singer) was a total jerk... and the band was in Lalaland making 0 connection with the crowd. A month before I went to see Depeche Mode and it was a total oposite experience... it was one of the best concerts I've gone..<br /><br />One of the best things of living in CA and 50 min from LA is that a lot of bands/singers come to this area. I love going to concerts and I made a promise to myself to go to at least 2-3 concerts per year.<br /><br />Last year was Depeche Mode, The Killers, and Fever Ray (aka The Knives)... making Fever Ray the WEIRDEST concert I've even been in my life... far weirdest than Tori Amos... seriously... we didn't stay to the whole thing... it really was weird... I mean WEIRD and for me to say such a thing you know it was well weird LOL... ok enough.<br /><br />The new year just started and I hope I get to see some of my favorite bands/singers... my wish list:<br />- Goldfrapp<br />- The Thievery Corporation<br />- RoykSopp (I had tickets to see them in Nov but I had to go to Harrisburg to a meeting grrrr)<br />- And anything else that sounds interesting<br /><br />Ok... so I confess... I like Lady GaGa... shame on me LOL but c'mon I am gay and I can't deny a good dancing song/music and I like her music... I missed her concert (in West Hollywood) couple months ago... darn... Dododo da da just dance...Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-64360094133402860922010-01-08T18:43:00.006-05:002010-01-08T19:06:39.146-05:00California!?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-i2kR36oSnyTphKYGjkUQ31qF9EkEPErdqGv_I0QkEqP9acuJ9NYBD5gtNNlDyMfKlF7e6KQYPZofNRcBTdXy-1v5HC5RbowIDV2UbwMWla-Ca_-g6cJqDkLZ0PL9_sVFaTpi-FUQYg/s1600-h/Beach.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424522046576003682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-i2kR36oSnyTphKYGjkUQ31qF9EkEPErdqGv_I0QkEqP9acuJ9NYBD5gtNNlDyMfKlF7e6KQYPZofNRcBTdXy-1v5HC5RbowIDV2UbwMWla-Ca_-g6cJqDkLZ0PL9_sVFaTpi-FUQYg/s320/Beach.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Ok once again I am back here posting... I really became a lazy person to a point that I didn't want to "share" my wonderful experiences with the rest of the world... at the end, does any one really reads my blog? is this just a way to satisfy myself by just writing my frustrations and good moments? I guess....</div><div>Anyways... here I am... Let's revisit my life in the last Hmmm 10 years or so:</div><div>- From Costa Rica to Florida (Space Coast)</div><div>- From Florida to North Carolina (Ashville) where for the first time my heart was broken (awww)</div><div>- From North Carolina to PA (Harrisburg) where I made great friends, my best friend... the lovely Frenchie = Sandrine (love you baby!) and then I found (actually she found me) the person that completes me, as cheesy as it might sound Claire took me from being someone with a broken heart to someone with a singing heart... </div><div>- And now from PA to California (Ventura-Carpinteria) in a new adventure.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Nop, I am not in the military... but at times it feels like... my company just moves me around because I can get things done! Period.</div><div></div><div>This was the hardest move of all, believe it or not. I had to leave my friends and best friend, and I had to leave Claire behind... it was hard... luckly for the both of us we decided to give it a try and for her to move all the way to CA to be with me... so far so good especially that I've never lived under the same roof with a girlfriend.</div><div></div><div>I am still getting used to everything. I new position. New people. New weather (well this one is easy to adjust). And new things to do... Now I've become a passionate "roadie" and try to bike every weekend... I used to bike after work but now with the time change is hard.</div><div></div><div>Soooo this is where I am. Making my life in so many ways once again, but I am happy... I couldn't ask for more... I have a wonderful partner (yes to me she is that), an amazing pet (my kitty, Faust), I still have my friend Sandrine... and work is going well... oh and I found the new passion of road biking =)<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424522227567035730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMhhX1VBxa4810d-LENU1RDFCdLNlPsUdLKYgjFM93MStvTGIcTxpclYKOzWbpQg3sCv5wfd7mEaTkoSCv4Z805f1j9OiKIly_R-kwinR8ovSABUBbcO-bxIndvbbIxQwLlsyGzo_crMQ/s320/Faust-Claire.JPG" border="0" />More to come...</div><div></div><div>Until then, keep on biking!</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-35064052063356122062009-01-19T16:36:00.003-05:002009-01-19T16:38:01.612-05:00Any Questions?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipT77ynye1-FwEwmok8YamxSgX8rwxrisaVgLavOAo9Abl95ZQSKdybZLibF9L50lYXMgkv2WKn4Cg7ab_aaN_c8lkjZBRifeiGFcW_10Nd5LHEidglA3MKeLqnTiPlPvw7RvRIf2QYlM/s1600-h/Rankings.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293122317825323170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipT77ynye1-FwEwmok8YamxSgX8rwxrisaVgLavOAo9Abl95ZQSKdybZLibF9L50lYXMgkv2WKn4Cg7ab_aaN_c8lkjZBRifeiGFcW_10Nd5LHEidglA3MKeLqnTiPlPvw7RvRIf2QYlM/s400/Rankings.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Not much to say... just LET'S GO MAGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><br /><div></div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-88907272421822805632009-01-09T16:33:00.003-05:002009-01-09T16:51:17.490-05:00Poor's Man Split Soup<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWyAu1zlyxs2eU9FicMAv5jx-7aTsQNrdVs3vML6SxYA8j7F3XQ24PCXW_kswumVa_sCkpJu9VO5fvIolPEcd25F1evmdMp2czC9axEFNcWwuIxltsBDSFODK2emAK-iMDjsMC0-Dis4/s1600-h/Soup.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289414129579999202" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 275px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWyAu1zlyxs2eU9FicMAv5jx-7aTsQNrdVs3vML6SxYA8j7F3XQ24PCXW_kswumVa_sCkpJu9VO5fvIolPEcd25F1evmdMp2czC9axEFNcWwuIxltsBDSFODK2emAK-iMDjsMC0-Dis4/s320/Soup.jpg" border="0" /></a>I must start this blog by saying YAY to the GATORS!!!!! Yeap my team won the BCS National Chompionship… sure there will always be controversy about who is #1 in college football, but you know what? I don’t give a shit! The Gators won and end of the story… You don’t like it? Well too bad for you… go and cry on someone else shoulder =)<br /><br />Now with the split soup story…<br /><br />Today I felt like having a delicious lunch at my company’s cafeteria… I just wanted a little salad and a cup of soup as my tummy has been acting up. My soup options: looking like vomit chicken and rice… and looking like really bad vomit pea split soup…<br /><br />Well my girlfriend likes split soup and I really haven’t had much of it so I gave it a chance (like the song says “All we can sayyyyy is give peas a chance” LOL)… I thought split soup had ham but this one had little pieces of hot dog LOL… I tried as much as possible to skip those little pieces of yiacky stuff but ended up with one… of course, I didn’t eat it…<br /><br />Overall, the soup was ok… better than it looked… I am not sure why a cafeteria would make that kind of soup, really… it looks so bad that takes away any desire for people to buy it… the pot was almost full and I even got weird looks by other employees when they saw me buying it…<br /><br />So that’s my story today… wow…<br /><br />More to come… I’m going for happy hour with my friends with a wonderful temperature of 33 degrees… HHmmmm a little cold for this Southern gal!<br /><br />Till then keep on staying warm =)Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-44049096609087959482009-01-05T08:54:00.004-05:002009-01-05T09:18:38.934-05:00Happy New Year<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItOwLq1sN0Y3JTZafViLacqi1aOg05XsI-30S0u1A5yZE194jfuacxtMAsQgjOucHvoICqjFNJh1FnTH4BAgXjeF9cSg_p4i7OLfYb0DzvXwhD53EO8AQczcUATAL-UlDihk3FaU640w/s1600-h/Sportband.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287812044857957170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItOwLq1sN0Y3JTZafViLacqi1aOg05XsI-30S0u1A5yZE194jfuacxtMAsQgjOucHvoICqjFNJh1FnTH4BAgXjeF9cSg_p4i7OLfYb0DzvXwhD53EO8AQczcUATAL-UlDihk3FaU640w/s320/Sportband.jpg" border="0" /></a>Yup... a New Year... 2009... It will be a good one because I will make sure of it.<br /><br />Not sure why but I am full of optimism and in a good mood, which it is something rare for me being such a "Eeyore"ish person (for most of the time, not all the time though).<br /><br />Rolling back, I had a great time this Xmas with my gf and her craziness with her family and a marvelous New Year’s Eve celebration with my beloved friends and gf; Sandrine, thanks for the fondue it was excellent =)<br /><br />Sooooo… I am ready to kick this year in a good way.<br /><br />Running? Working out? I am doing it... my legs/feet have been hurting a little for running "a lot" (I mean I haven't been running a lot but running every time I go to the gym) but I think it was related to my running shoes (Mizuno), so I got the Nike Air Pegasus 25+. Long time ago when I used to actually be part of my country's track and field team I used to wear Air Pegasus for training and they were great. Moreover, the 25+ lets you use the Nike Sportband to keep track of your running performance which it is great when you are training (remember… I have a half marathon to run)… oh and Saturday I received the Sportband, yay! So I am excited to use it today.<br /><br />Ok back to do what I need to do… Till then keep on running… and celebrating…Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-22699442576589454562008-12-04T11:09:00.003-05:002008-12-04T16:26:33.912-05:00HMmmm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGfitrRpVXyGQIz3LnejKuj5cJNTjd_5Ach6OfJnC4bZ6dP11W10TqOBKUJWlp96bfSSzc5tunZH7ii4mfRFdFXd2sEMKJ73oTUdR5mzEk1YrlIDmNeY7rGNq7tvGAla-a4isqq-WbKk/s1600-h/Winter1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275968580772769202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGfitrRpVXyGQIz3LnejKuj5cJNTjd_5Ach6OfJnC4bZ6dP11W10TqOBKUJWlp96bfSSzc5tunZH7ii4mfRFdFXd2sEMKJ73oTUdR5mzEk1YrlIDmNeY7rGNq7tvGAla-a4isqq-WbKk/s320/Winter1.jpg" border="0" /></a> The temperature keeps on getting colder and colder… it rains… it sort of snows… or we have hail falling from the sky… none of this conditions make me a happy camper. Sure, I must say that when I used to live in FL my dream was to get away from the doors of Hades into a little colder place. Then, to my own fortune, I ended up in Asheville, NC. Great weather… not too cool… not too hot… sometimes we had a little snow but wasn’t a big deal; you could pretty much bike/run all year run.<br /><br />Well, now I am here in Harrisburg, PA and things are just wack! The summer/spring was super hot (almost like FL), the fall was like Asheville, and now the winter is like well nothing I’ve experienced before. I’ve been with the flu couple times = 3 weeks or so miserable (which have sidetracked me from training) and this weekend I got a cold (which was a shame because I went to DC in a mini-vacation just to get sick!). I guess I will eventually get used to the weather… the bad part is that I am sure when I get used to I'll be moved somewhere else (yeah there I go with my pessimist thought).<br /><br />Anyway, this weather is making me spend more time bundled with a warm blanket and a cute kitty (Faust)…<br /><br />Ok, more to come some other time, hopefully not another lame blog… I just need to stay positive… the weather shouldn’t be such a big factor to make me go HMmmm, HMmmm… the flu, cold, etc will go away and I just need to look up in a bright way just like Faust does =)Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-91982281185118873702008-11-07T11:10:00.000-05:002008-11-07T11:11:10.169-05:00Day 3Went to the gym last night… it was ok… I was into 20 min of running when nature called! Close call LOL…<br /><br />I am feeling ok, a little sore, and tired at times… I was thinking about going out to run after work but it gets so dark so soon that I prefer to take tonight as a break/recovering day and go tomorrow and then to the gym… The weather has been so nice (and hot yeah hot! Here I come again “this CPA weird weather!) that I should go out to run during the weekends so I get used to being outdoors instead of always indoor at the gym…<br /><br />I am also thinking (and notice I wrote “thinking”!!!) to start waking up a little bit early in the mornings so I can go and run at least 30 min and then get ready and go to work… then after work go to the gym and run another 20-30 min and do weights… Mmmm I will try to do so this up coming week. The following one will be hard as I will giving/conducting training… yeah super tolerance/patience me will be doing that… we shall see what happens…<br /><br /><strong>November 6 2008</strong><br />- 20 min running almost 2 miles (had to stop thanks to nature’s call LOL)<br />- 40 min intense biceps/triceps workout and a little bit of abs<br /><strong><br />November 7 2008</strong><br />- Break/recoveryYoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-36975029673194037282008-11-05T13:21:00.003-05:002008-11-07T11:13:16.926-05:00Day TwoSore, sore, sore from Monday… it is amazing how bad your body can hurt after getting back to the gym…<br /><br /><strong>Nov 4 2008:<br /></strong>- Elections day: first time in my life I was able to vote! Yay! But totally disappointed with the outcome…<br />- Run: 20 min almost 2 miles<br />- Workout: shoulders 45 min<br /><br /><strong>Nov 5 2008:</strong><br />- Off although I have lots of laundry to do and that is a workout itself. 60 steps! Up and down with a basket full of clothes. Three trips down and three up: 60 steps x 6 = 360 steps!!! With couple lbs of clothes! Yeah I end up with my breathless… but heck a good way to keep my gluteus in shape LOLYoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-31989758645307135802008-11-04T13:05:00.001-05:002008-11-04T13:11:56.601-05:00New ChapterSo here I am, back to do some major blogging =)<br /><br />I got side tracked for a while… didn’t do much (or I can say almost none) mtn biking this year. I didn’t get in a real work-out routing. And I just stop training…<br /><br />Now is the time to get back… enough excuses… I want to get back to the things I enjoy, mtn biking will have to wait until the winter passes by, but working out and running are back. Yesterday, Monday Nov 3 2008 I started a new chapter in my life where I will keep on training to my goal of running my first half marathon on May 3 (Frederick Half Marathon) followed by the Baltimore one (October 2009) so I can complete the “Double Dare,” run some 5K’s every month (if they are around here), and mtn bike.<br /><br />I will blog my progress at training and any competitions I might be part of…<br /><br /><strong>November 04 2008:<br /></strong>- Run: 15 min 1 ½ mile. Yes this is pitiful but I just came out from a week with a horrible flu…<br />- Workout: 45 min chest and back. Good pain…Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-18716538380880966662008-10-13T09:47:00.005-04:002008-11-07T11:10:17.704-05:00Seasons Change…The leaves are turning red now… I can’t believe how fast time goes by… soon it’ll be a year living here…<br /><br />I haven’t post much… and not sure how long it will take me to post again… not sure why I haven’t post that much lately but I’ve found other priorities, perhaps now that I have internet at my place I’ll post more… not sure…<br /><br />If one would have a crystal ball so that it can see the future...<br /><br />The song of this season for me:<br /><br /><u>Evergreen by Faithless<br /></u><br />Running with my rain face on<br />Today I woke up feeling sad<br />I know that you said that one day I would be glad<br />Hold the Choirs of Winter,<br />The Birds are calling to me and<br />All the leaves I came to love are falling<br /><br />Ribbons on evergreen, owls that pull them apart<br />I can hear you singing my funny valentine<br />Oh you know that breaks my heart<br /><br />Hold the choirs of winter,<br />The Birds are calling to me and<br />All the leaves I came to love<br />Oh you know that breaks my heart<br /><br />Oh you know that breaks my heart<br /><br />Running with my rain face on<br />No idea of what to say<br />No idea of what to do<br />In this fear that never goes (away…)<br />Waiting for all my dreams (waiting, all my dreams…)<br /><br />Oh you know it breaks my heart…<br /><br />Hold the Choirs of Winter,<br />The Birds are calling to me and<br />All the leaves I came to love<br />Oh you know it breaks my heart<br /><br />Oh you know it breaks my heart<br />Oh you know That breaks my heartYoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-37082701859157686532008-07-24T14:54:00.004-04:002009-01-05T09:17:20.847-05:00I Love SAP!<div align="justify">Everything going on in my life is all good…<br /><br />I haven’t been writing much in my blog or at least as much as I used to especially compared to last year. I was thinking “why so?”; well life has been much busier this year since coming (or was drafted) into the SAP implementation project and since being relocated to Harrisburg PA (thanks to my company). I can’t believe that more than half of the year is gone and our fiscal year is pretty much over.<br /><br />I’ve been in a constant environment of changes, movements, and learning/dealing with things that I didn’t know/dealt with before…<br /><br />My life is so consumed with never-ending meetings, I can’t believe how many meetings I have to attend at work… deal with this, deal with that, dealing with situations that no one dealt with before, dealing with people that are so different from each other, dealing with people from different parts of the business, dealing with people from different parts of the division/company… Oh what a world… But I like it… I like all the “drama” and the fact that I feel productive. I like what I am doing (although at times I can bitch about it) because I am doing something of big impact to my corporation. I am proud of being part of this project and my team… And I know all this interaction and "dealings" will help me in the future as I know I'll keep on moving up within the corporation.<br /><br />Moreover, my personal life is overall great. I love my friends, they have become my urban family and I enjoy so much the time we spend together… Our email talks… our going out… their support and acceptance at my “gayness” LOL, they are just amazing… here is a picture with my girls… ahh… love y’all! =)</div><br /><div align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226656202880138402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuHNL_Ham5GOBtAi6NNWb4lBsMZura4uxSc-Kp_DzI6PFyLq2pTCyOz9sml10vfxgCbLTAv-eHSXSqZHc3ER9PZHzSS5LMJ1_s7N2fxJggtATGnkweqdsvZqt94WU4bV46FkfKi9IdAQ/s320/the4fantastic.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />I finally have my own furniture, my own space, my own image… everything is exactly the way I always wanted it to be… all clean, modern furniture/decoration… it took me a little longer than others but it is finally done and I did it all by myself! And guess what? I can also parallel park LOL LOL LOL that is a BIG deal to me… Gym is back in my routing… and Faust is the cutiest cat in the world... Ah I am so blessed!<br /><br />It is all good!</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-6535733937836013972008-06-09T12:57:00.005-04:002008-12-09T07:44:48.813-05:00First Pride<div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0Yuw8-53inpcx1f3wWUZeHeTGT8zqwvemEUDrg6DMpAqTdhSRrTcqOMOSpdu4isxmyM-edtRz-VmAW_ySjWJHAbRO2S2loPb7JIOXXKdqQmX1oHcJqPsoflGRAYzQY7GMgH6pU9p5GA/s1600-h/dykes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209927864515180338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0Yuw8-53inpcx1f3wWUZeHeTGT8zqwvemEUDrg6DMpAqTdhSRrTcqOMOSpdu4isxmyM-edtRz-VmAW_ySjWJHAbRO2S2loPb7JIOXXKdqQmX1oHcJqPsoflGRAYzQY7GMgH6pU9p5GA/s200/dykes.jpg" border="0" /></a> This weekend I went to Philly to enjoy the Philly Pride festivities. I was really excited to go being this my first “pride” experience. You see, it has taken me what is seems a long time to finally be “out and about” and be proud of being queer. In the past, I never allowed myself to enjoy any pride festivities or even say “I am gay”… to me that was something that it was my own “personal business” and something I deal with it… no a business for anyone else to know…<br /><br />Anyways, now I am passed those “dark age” years and I just feel happy with the real and total person I am… I am happy to be out… I am happy to be the real me… It feels like I can finally breathe… SO… I had all the excitement built up of my first pride… but now I must say I feel the same way I felt the first time I went to Disney = total disappointment.<br /><br />I remember growing up I used to dream about the day I would go to Disney… it seemed almost an impossible dream… especially being a girl from Costa Rica (with a single mom so not much money around), how in the heck would I ever go to Disney… well years later when I moved to FL I was finally able to go… Ah I remember the excitement… I couldn’t sleep… I couldn’t believe I was going to Epcot… I went to all the Disney parks (except Animal Kingdom) and the more I went the more disappointed and almost “betrayed” I felt… my dreams went to trash… Disney was not what I was expecting… all those years of dreaming for that day I step a foot in Disney… all those years… for NOTHING!<br /><br />Well, this weekend I felt a little similar to my Disney experience, no as bad but similar. There were also other issues happening that made this experience perhaps not as pleasant as I would have liked it but they were not the determinant factor, they just contributed to the cause =) Also, what a freakinig weather!!! I haven't experienced weather in the high 90's since moving from FL, oh Gosh! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhtLbfrJ8c8eXU0zEVeGPhbIMpnVB-inle5gcYaa9rxJOWK9rT4vCdW20H5hcLJiw7OxkvmX3zTmM_nr8kxl4ESHx63PRqhSNzRRU_JmbV0yU02u1c7uNLZjWq4z-UzHagNfaUPwiYyA/s1600-h/rainbow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209928027431559330" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhtLbfrJ8c8eXU0zEVeGPhbIMpnVB-inle5gcYaa9rxJOWK9rT4vCdW20H5hcLJiw7OxkvmX3zTmM_nr8kxl4ESHx63PRqhSNzRRU_JmbV0yU02u1c7uNLZjWq4z-UzHagNfaUPwiYyA/s200/rainbow.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I will not say that I will never go back to Philly Pride…. I might go again… but this time I know what I am going to see… the typical stuff = dykes on bikes (opening the parade see pic) and of course a big rainbow flag… oh and many gay people… Lesbians of all ages at the lesbian club… gay guys with their talks on the streets/restaurants… etc, etc…<br /><br />And that’s about it.</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-51391142105371096932008-05-23T14:24:00.015-04:002008-12-09T07:44:48.978-05:00Yay! I am back!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTRw2ax24-Q9qIO9ewaPKP9ZCw8ULx1O08e8qd3fnwUzWkdhDgOheybSm1vbKwnIx-_HufsOE39x1eRcYjYSreQLDXnmqHgCvkYbzK5bJJmDkZXSZeXMZOIEgM_D_EdxGWyOLMQiziLQ/s1600-h/Smile.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203648425515924242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTRw2ax24-Q9qIO9ewaPKP9ZCw8ULx1O08e8qd3fnwUzWkdhDgOheybSm1vbKwnIx-_HufsOE39x1eRcYjYSreQLDXnmqHgCvkYbzK5bJJmDkZXSZeXMZOIEgM_D_EdxGWyOLMQiziLQ/s200/Smile.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQD5C3X1CvUm96f6stXz4hGPL-UGHv4qpS94jvExgBPL8xfUd4YuysPOMUjZcujjjUXPHPxjWSV8IUWmFKnDf0a3V35tzG1XKdC6dyAHrcmMFC17H8Ssh_N_tMT3TP8oDX_J3CnMfQ83M/s1600-h/Smile.jpg"></a>Ok so I have been gone from my blog for a while! Actually for months! I really neglected it but life has been busy!<br /><br />Work has been taking a big part of my time and life… the project I've been working on is just taking some of the best energy and effort out of me! Crazy schedules… from 7 am to who knows… to 5ish… to 6ish… no lunch breaks… not loo breaks… you get the idea!<br /><br />Also, I finally got my “goods” from Asheville and I am starting to get my flat in a livable way… I still need more furniture but I am getting there…<br /><br />Friends also get part of my time… ah they are really the best… very fortunate that I’ve found my “gang” here… we enjoy life as much as we can… a good meal and glass of wine!<br /><br />Also, I’ve done some mtn bike riding but it is difficult to do it as often as I used to due to work and the schedule… In addition, my precious bike decided to give me some technical problems (too long to explain) so my bike friend Jim took my bike this weekend to tune it up, clean it, give it a good maintenance so it will be ready for hopefully a ride Wednesday (depeding on work schedule and weather). We are also going to try to make Sunday mornings our ritual day for mtn biking… that’s at least one day at week! I will try to add more as the weather continues to get better. </div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-64038160456354676222008-04-08T15:49:00.005-04:002008-04-08T16:04:34.414-04:00Frederick’s Half Marathon<div align="justify">It is official, I’ve signed for the Federick’s Half Marathon in MD on May 4. Yay! LOL.<br /><br />I think I am going to be in trouuuubleeee… they said it takes about 16 weeks to be in shape and ready to run a full and/or half marathon… would 16 days be a good equivalent? LOL LOL<br /><br />So why am I doing it? For three specific reasons (not in importance of order):<br />- Because I want to get out of my lazy mood and get in a constant training mood and be motivated. Once I sign into something and have paid $65!!!! You bet I’ll take my behind to the place, show up, and try to do something! LOL.<br />- I want to get points torwards the Blue Ridge Cup… AND I am going to sign for the Baltimore Half Marathon so I can complite the “Double Dare” and get a little extra medal… awww how cute! LOL.<br />- I always wanted to run a half marathon. My ex used to run one each month and I thought that was crazy and admirable and really got me into “you can do it” but I really never did it, but this is a new year and it is time for me to stop with excuses and do it!<br /><br />Would I be able to run the full half marathon? Gosh I hope so but I know at least I can run half of it before walking LOL LOL I don’t want to walk the whole thing! I have some pride! Plus you need to keep a 14 min mile pace if not they will take you out of the race!<br /><br />I want to do some kind of running race every month. Mtn biking around here is though… I am supposed to go to some rides with my friend Jim but probably end up with other cross training like road biking… BTW, I really want to go to Utah or/and Colorado and do my serious mtn biking trip…<br /><br />So there you have it! I’ve been good at going to the gym and running… although my eating is getting so messed up still having no furniture and cooking stuff (yes still no furniture, no tv, etc… I think I’ll have everything back or bought when I am ready to move out of my apt LOL).<br /><br />Till then keep on training! Oh yeah and tonight GO LADIES VOLS! </div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-440659162552965592008-04-02T15:18:00.002-04:002008-12-09T07:44:49.211-05:00Yay!<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgN9FC5GWskGQuZWiJA6mP7dg5mhUuhvGiTlu5RxhNJhiKRkNRqlgH4vnH3P8z4intHc-FDVRsTJ5rcCKW6OgYGI5yjOQP4-aFmd4qV8xxR_F9RDc77JSAbuKz4Qa0NDY1tYPuAE6Bxaw/s1600-h/SunsetH.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184729797810016050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgN9FC5GWskGQuZWiJA6mP7dg5mhUuhvGiTlu5RxhNJhiKRkNRqlgH4vnH3P8z4intHc-FDVRsTJ5rcCKW6OgYGI5yjOQP4-aFmd4qV8xxR_F9RDc77JSAbuKz4Qa0NDY1tYPuAE6Bxaw/s320/SunsetH.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />After days (or weeks or months) of complaining about Harrisburg’s weather yesterday afternoon was the difference I’ve been waiting…<br /><br />I came out from work and it was sunny, blue skies, and warm… yes warm! I almost had to pinch myself to make sure I was not dreaming…It was actually a reality! It was a perfect (if it is such a thing as perfection) afternoon… it finally felt like spring!<br /><br />I went back to my sanctuary = apartment (btw still no furniture and I might not have some in sometime… that’s another story but let’s put it this way BillMeLater is the worse, liars, criminals company in the net!) and changed into my running clothes… put my running-training shoes on and hit the road!<br /><br />I crossed my street and started to run along the river… crossed an old bridge to City Island…came back to Downtown… ran more along the river… overall I did one hour! That’s probably the longest I’ve ran in a while or at least since I moved up here.<br /><br />Everyone was out enjoying the beautiful afternoon… runners… bikers… walkers… people walking their dogs… couples holding hands… I really was happy!<br /><br />Today the weather has changed again. It is very windy and chill… the weather here is so strange, can change so easily… But regardless of I am still happy for such a beautiful afternoon yesterday! Tonight I am hitting the gym… thus far I’ve managed to run Monday and Tuesday so gym tonight. I’ve been waking up early each day this week thinking “I’m going running” but the morning is cold that I just jumped back to bed… ahhhh lazy… but I hope I will get this “running in the morning” routing in my system so I can really get back in shape to do more… </div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-24803635607289087292008-03-31T16:11:00.001-04:002008-03-31T16:15:40.230-04:00Another Perfect Day in Central PA<div align="justify">It has been a while since I wrote anything in my blog… but I don’t have much to write… sport related? Nothing… watching March Madness whenever I can especially that I don’t have a TV (can you believe that! Each night when I get to my apt feels like going to a sanctuary or church… silence…).<br /><br />Most days I am just tired… the weather here is gloomy… rainy… and if it is sunny it is always windy and cold… People tell me “you are lucky! This winter was a mild one!” oh well yeah woopy! Who gives a shit what they tell me… what really matters to me is how it feels and to me it feels just like another shitty day.<br /><br />I try to bring myself up and not be such an Eeyore (I’ve been compared to him way too many times) but it is hard you know…<br /><br />This weekend was a mix of highs and lows… I finally decided to stop being in such a stage of “puff” and told myself “ok Monday you are getting up early like normal people do… up at 6:30 am and get out to run at least 30 min… then go to work and get there at 8:00 am like everyone does…” Well I actually woke-up at 6:30 am… I took a look outside the window and what did I see?? Shitty weather… gloomy, almost raining, people wearing heavy coats, and the wind blowing hard. What did I do? Jumped back to bed LOL.<br /><br />The only good thing about this is that I actually got up at a normal time and got to work at 8:00 am, WOW LOL. Tonight I am going to the gym! I will try tomorrow to run… but it has been raining the whole day today and it is so cold… hopefully it won’t be like that tomorrow morning…</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-27638511855343920772008-03-20T16:05:00.002-04:002008-03-20T16:10:05.935-04:00The Constant<div align="justify">Since I moved here to Harrisburg there has been a constant: shitty weather. I think all my blogs since moving here have a mention of it… snow, freeze, and now rain… and more rain… until today. Today has been a beautiful day; the sun is out, the sky blue, but a little chilly and windy… but heck it is like paradise compared to the past weeks…<br /><br />Last weekend I went to visit my friend Karen to her place at MA and the whole weekend was gloomy/grey and it seemed that whenever we headed out of her house it would start to rain… gosh!! Then back to Harrisburg and it was raining all the time.<br /><br />All this weather didn’t help me with the moving… yes I am STILL in the moving process… I think this has been the most painful and dragging move I’ve ever had! Today I woke up hurting everywhere and with little sleep thanks to Faust never-ending meow, he was driving me crazy!! But well I can’t really get upset with him, it is a new place and it takes time (and furniture) to get used to… oh yeah I order my furniture yesterday, yay! I will FINALLY have a real bed =)<br /><br />I’m tired… I’ll spend this holiday weekend cleaning, and cleaning, and more cleaning, and oh yeah cleaning more… the place really needs deep cleaning!!! But I am getting there in couple weeks the apartment should be the way I need/want it to be =)<br /><br />Oh gosh just looking forward everything when this moving is finally done to get back to all my activities such as work-out, mtn biking, running and do some races! </div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-15508797238984372332008-03-12T11:39:00.009-04:002008-12-09T07:44:49.442-05:00Food<div align="justify">Last night while talking on the phone with Miss Karen she pointed out that I have a “photographic food mind” or something like that because it seems I’ve posted plenty of pictures of food in my blog.<br /><br />I never had someone pointing that out and I never even thought about it! Therefore, today I went thru my blog and indeed I have a collection of food pictures LOL…<br /><br />I think everyone has their own “thing” they like to take pictures of and I guess my “thing” is food.<br /><br />I actually find food interesting, I love to eat but the most interesting aspect of it is and what attracts me is actually the amount of food that Americans serve/eat… gosh it is always the “extra-extra more in your plate for your money” deal.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176881422234671794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="218" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0axV90eJwzHdbZjKm_0xou8O0lmc7tAZqd2Od6cAaDvwE-NifZnH6HQx9zyH_ZjfHwP1oEVakuMb3b4DBnh_Ne6PgGy7YOjooMwJ_U07eJb8C7UrKec1lYb_jGahVAwRwHV8_I8nlZq4/s320/BigB-fast.jpg" width="290" border="0" /> I mean look at this breakfast (see picture above) this is the “Capitol Breakfast,” for $7.35 (plus taxes of course) you get the following:</div><div align="justify">- 2 elephant eggs (LOL LOL the elephant is for the size not because they are elephant eggs LOL)<br />- Like a pound of home-fries (oh they were good!!!)<br />- A bunch of bacon strips<br />- 2 huge French toast<br />- Unlimited coffee<br /><br />I guarantee you that breakfast was more than the 2000 calories daily “normal” intake! Of course, I ate almost all of it… you know wasting food is a sin LOL, but that was the meal of the day! I was not able to eat anything else! And that day (Sunday) I burned a lot of it by going 5 times up and down 41 steps to my apartment (I was moving boxes from the hotel to my new place which it is not ready yet… that’s another story…). I think most Americans eat that for breakfast and/or lunch and then have dinner and others might have some munchies too!<br /><br />My work trainers always keep on talking about how come French people can eat all they eat and not be overweight… my co-worker, Sandrine (being French), explains that French people eat all the time… at least 4-5 times per day but in smaller amounts than Americans and in a little healthier way (even though Frenchies eat a good amount of cheese!)… So that might be the secret to not be overweight… who knows…<br /><br />Meanwhile I will continue taking pictures of food/dishes that catch my attention… those that I can’t help to say “OMG what did I order???” LOL LOL LOL…</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-63070085021209143562008-03-07T15:25:00.002-05:002008-12-09T07:44:49.601-05:00Lickdale (what a name!), crashing, moving, and racing…<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D6OZ0AoUw_s6AhdgZQO0ho4C8v6gTZPRIGHNjnl9tIuQrSZ551BPps-q1gI0CiSVoLBhJVU8S0gm1jedeJw9FVQezuJ5w06yVq48yJXqiCJuhOLx6L7jC5f9eQJ_qRL_xo9RfhmiYOE/s1600-h/Biking.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175098976447093394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D6OZ0AoUw_s6AhdgZQO0ho4C8v6gTZPRIGHNjnl9tIuQrSZ551BPps-q1gI0CiSVoLBhJVU8S0gm1jedeJw9FVQezuJ5w06yVq48yJXqiCJuhOLx6L7jC5f9eQJ_qRL_xo9RfhmiYOE/s320/Biking.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">Last weekend I finally took my mtn bike for a ride or at least that was the thought! After getting some info from Jim about places to mtn bike I decided to just drive to Lickdale (lol lol what a name!) and ride in was what supposed to be some nice trails. Well as you might know I am directional challenged and I really never found the trails. However, I decided to park my car on a camping area and take off from there.<br /><br />Saturday I did mostly what I call now “rural mtn biking” = ride your mtn bike on rural roads LOL. It was a different scene than the one I am used to… I went thru a lot of farms and saw plenty of dead animals on the side of the roads… making me think “Hmmm could I be the next one?” Then started to snow and got really windy… but I kept on going, I ended up doing over 2 hrs and some miles, I would have kept on going but it was getting dark and the snow was bad… I could see how bad I could be in a road bike meaning how fanatic I would be and maybe spend hrs and hrs riding… maybe it is not a good idea for me to get one! </div><div align="justify"><br />Sunday I went again to Lickdale and this time I found some trails. The whole time while I was riding I saw a lot of signs “No Trespassing” but well I kept on going I thought “they are not going to shoot me, nahh..?” Also, while I was riding I kept on hearing thunder thinking that it was going to rain soon… well I was with all these thoughts and I came across a knocked tree over the trail… I thought “I can jump that little thing” oh yeah sure… Prazzzz I crashed LOL LOL I am not going into details… just lets put it this way it was a stupid fall and I ended up with a beat up and cut right leg. Great crash! Oh and remember the thunder I was hearing? Monday I told my co-workers about my adventure during the weekend and they told me that the area in Lickdale I was biking is used for testing bombing and the thunder I was hearing was actually bombs LOL LOL…<br /><br />Today I am picking up the keys of my apt! Yay! I’ll be cleaning the place and moving some of my stuff this weekend… I need to finally buy furniture; I don’t even have a bed! =)<br /><br />Finally, today I received couple emails for some up coming running races. I am seriously thinking about doing the “double dare” one half marathon in May at MD and another half marathon in Oct also in MD… I think I have time to get ready for the one in May and definitely will be ready for Oct. I told my dearest friend Karen that I am going to start running in the mornings (especially now thanks to the location of my apartment) and working out at the gym in the evenings after work, she thought I was nuts. We shall see…<br /><br />Well, back to work… till then keep on going!</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-33460540458349268232008-02-27T12:36:00.002-05:002008-12-09T07:44:49.989-05:00Take Me Out Mtn Biking Take Me Out To The Snowwww…<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXcmrFzB5LOyKP0gBdg4Kbcthx9CPcLVRdFfMy3zX_OMoaq1bOiOD7KqoH5UWkfNF5ZTZTxxUhZSQdfhsD2s9enOuZFw1CquvOInNap2g3U8lWfG6lRaW9Q0zsYvJoB987uUf_Nc_OAw/s1600-h/Swatara+Park+Trails+07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171715539144493314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXcmrFzB5LOyKP0gBdg4Kbcthx9CPcLVRdFfMy3zX_OMoaq1bOiOD7KqoH5UWkfNF5ZTZTxxUhZSQdfhsD2s9enOuZFw1CquvOInNap2g3U8lWfG6lRaW9Q0zsYvJoB987uUf_Nc_OAw/s320/Swatara+Park+Trails+07.jpg" border="0" /></a>Yay! I finally found someone that is a true mtn biker… Thank Goodness!!! I thought I was alone in this world LOL… He works in the same company I work but in another division and building… but we have been emailing each other and talking ever since one person “hooked” us up. He is my type of guy because he even does rides at night!!! YAY! That is so cool… he was telling me about his ride on the snow… another trip to Utah… etc… he pretty much does the same things I used to and has done the rides I want to (like Utah and Colorado).<br /><br />He gave me the Swatara State Park map with the mtn bike trails… If the weather is nice I am going this Saturday… you bet!!! I want to do some more training at the gym and some rides on my own and then join him and couple other guys that ride with him. I feel I am not in a good shape to even keep up with a grandma LOL and I have a little bit of pride when it comes to biking… so that’s why I want to train for a bit on my own.<br /><br />Also, after hearing almost everyone telling me “get a road bike” I surrender! My new found mtn bike buddy, Jim, told me the same and he even does organized rides Saturdays and 2 times during the week… so there… I am getting a darn road bike. The good thing is that he told me he might be able to find me an used one… that is great! That’s the way to start in every sport… don’t go for the fancy expense brand new stuff, try the sport first with a used or ok bike and then as you progress and like it go for the upgrade… until you end up with a carbon frame super expensive bike =)<br /><br />What else? Keep on gym training… 4 miles in 32 minutes (not bad)… doing free weights… trying to watch my diet (although I must say Harrisburg has the best French fries I’ve ever had in my life!!! The ones I’ve had are sooo crunchy and still soft inside… they are so good…ok ok enough… I need to stop eating fries!!!)… still searching for apartments… dealing with my relocation… getting headaches at work… etc, etc… pretty much same ole same ole…<br /><br />Till then keep on snowing (pufffff)</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-65819754280754821182008-02-20T14:44:00.004-05:002008-12-09T07:44:50.120-05:00A Pound of Fries, Apartments, The Ridge Cup, and Road Biking…<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAinjB5f-7Reaj2-SBjueu8Lv82651F-UGKTDF8Pv3wASYSWy9dXZdFi51ejUKTb1axB0t2ZpaPiACbiOUaw0_NNq2PTjMt7RzlNUAOL1Z9m-jcuotWXy6wBbvHGeTdjdgJIZh-1aIN8/s1600-h/Big-Fries.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169151048531790066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="220" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAinjB5f-7Reaj2-SBjueu8Lv82651F-UGKTDF8Pv3wASYSWy9dXZdFi51ejUKTb1axB0t2ZpaPiACbiOUaw0_NNq2PTjMt7RzlNUAOL1Z9m-jcuotWXy6wBbvHGeTdjdgJIZh-1aIN8/s320/Big-Fries.JPG" width="300" border="0" /></a>Last night I had chicken wings in my mind… I am not a big wings eater or lover but my body was asking for really unhealthy food after going for couple weeks eating very healthy.<br /><br />Well I made sure I hit the gym hard and did 3.7 miles in 30 min! Then, I did a light shoulders work-out…after that, I deserved the wings and a pint of beer right? I started to drive around and I ended in a little bar and grill called “Underdog.” It looked like one of those places locals go… and when I walked in I was correct. The funniest thing is that I felt the whole bar turned around and stared at me, I believe this was a reaction to perhaps me being out of the local scene or (the biggest probability) was me wearing a University of Florida – Gators t-shirt LOL…<br /><br />The wings were pretty good, garlic-hot, beer was a Stela Artois, and they gave me like a pound of curly fries that was amazing… but they were pretty good too! Overall, I will go there again, the prices were great, the service was good… big screens-TVs, the only part that I didn’t like was that it was a little too smoky for my taste… they should do the same like in FL where all places that serve food are not allowed to have smoke area inside.<br /><br />So I’ve been looking for apartments to rent. I’m going to see one tonight and couple tomorrow… I hope to find a place by the end of this month-beginning of next one…<br /><br />The 2008 Blue Ridge Cup is here! (<a href="http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blueridgecup/BRC_Home.php">http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blueridgecup/BRC_Home.php</a>) I am so excited! Another good excuse to get my butt out of the sofa and hit the gym-train hard! I am determinate to do a race every month… well at least the ones in VA-WVA because now it would be really hard to drive/travel all the way to NC-SC. I also want to finally run my first half marathon this year… maybe August in celebration of getting one year older (b-day).<br /><br />Finally, I’ve been asking about mtn biking in PA and people just look at me like “oh poor thing”… everyone that I’ve talked to they tell me “you need to get a road bike”… I am not crazy at the idea of it, but it is looking like that might be a good probability plus other fellow mtn bikers have told me that road bike is a good cross training…<br /><br />Well, going to the gym tonight again… I finally joined one and the way I see it (especially with my very crazy-busy personal life LOL – being sarcastic!-) I can go and work out almost everyday! Yay!<br /><br />Till then keep on working out and eating a pound of fries! (nahh LOL).</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-77299950414687170722008-02-15T11:36:00.004-05:002008-12-09T07:44:50.297-05:00The Flu, Snow, and More Snow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0D_cDEXZj-k9mgqyPpWaBUTVagITRYBp7s83IwVbFgae5H-_bOYV-bz72obQ7XpzbwGsOSVxf0Zk0iuY0e9RVIeCbjAS2fR6kVhzzXP3LiPTTcOOIiCI67nvmL5q0BwmFJLkzuL813TE/s1600-h/LotsSnow.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167250516913375458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0D_cDEXZj-k9mgqyPpWaBUTVagITRYBp7s83IwVbFgae5H-_bOYV-bz72obQ7XpzbwGsOSVxf0Zk0iuY0e9RVIeCbjAS2fR6kVhzzXP3LiPTTcOOIiCI67nvmL5q0BwmFJLkzuL813TE/s320/LotsSnow.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>I am finally in Harrisburg.<br /><br />I left Asheville Saturday (it was such a beautiful day) around 6:30 pm and arrived to Harrisburg at 4:00 am Sunday. It was a long trip but I had fun!<br /><br />Faust was a great little boy... although I had to stop every now and then to give him some love and pet him, making him feel that everything was ok...<br /><br />Well, I went to sleep at 4:20 am and then woke-up around 9:15 am... when I looked outside the window there it was... snow... OMG! And not only that, the temperature was really low and super windy. When I was trying to move things out of my car I was feeling like the cold/wind were going thru my skin/muscles…<br /><br />Anyways, so that has been pretty much the weather here... cold, windy, and snowy...<br /><br />Today is the second day I've spent it at the hotel room because I caught the cold/flu that is going around... I am feeling sick, tired, beat-up... I am staying in, resting, drinking liquids and hopefully after hibernating this weekend I'll be all ready to go next week.<br /><br />Mtn biking and running... well will need to wait until I am better. I'm looking for a gym around and for a mtn bike group (a friend I recently made that lives here in Harrisburg told me about a mtn bike group so she is going to send me the info)...<br /><br />Till then keep on hopefully getting better and fight this darn flu!</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-87171786768621335252008-02-07T14:31:00.000-05:002008-12-09T07:44:50.816-05:00Getting Ready To Move… Fixing Things<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKY8hL4Y1VhwMDp9yqiA1dRJygs8MKhnMwzJ74hlcB23ZZPQ1PjcJl5yMrJE0Q5cHMqAhIn9zy765A-q12H55jvO81sBz27rrP-NZSk0satNCOU45LCVLG8fBpBf0gLtSO3ZsQ5UjEYQc/s1600-h/Repair.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164327215708461970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKY8hL4Y1VhwMDp9yqiA1dRJygs8MKhnMwzJ74hlcB23ZZPQ1PjcJl5yMrJE0Q5cHMqAhIn9zy765A-q12H55jvO81sBz27rrP-NZSk0satNCOU45LCVLG8fBpBf0gLtSO3ZsQ5UjEYQc/s320/Repair.jpg" border="0" /></a>I can’t believe how much crap I have now that I am packing and preparing to departure for good to Harrisburg.<br /><br />This whole week I’ve been moving things, packing, sorting, and just trying to figure out how in the heck I ended up with more things that I thought I had. I can’t believe how many glasses I have, really!!! I have three sets of wine glasses, two of water glasses, one set just for cappuccino (like if I drink that many!), one for regular coffee, one for beer…<br /><br />And Gosh I must have been in the mood for Thai food one day that I went shopping at the market LOL, I have like ten boxes of Thai noodles and sauces, beans… 10 cans of all kind of different beans plus couple bags of beans LOL LOL… And to my disbelieve I found out that I ate way too much take-out Chinese food when I counted the fortune cookies I have… I am not even going to write the number because I feel a little embarrassed LOL.<br /><br />With all the moving you start to find places that maybe, without any initial harm, you might have created a little hole and now you would like to fix so hopefully you can get your full deposit back.<br /><br />I consider myself a not at all handy person… not that I am lazy it is that it is not in my veins to pick up a hammer and fix stuff… I prefer to pay someone to do things and do them right the first time. I know if I try to do it I’ll spend more time and money! Still, I decided to “fix” a hole I made when I was trying to put a bar to hang clothes (one of the few “home improvement” projects I took on LOL). As you can see it is not the prettiest thing isn’t it? LOL I guess that really reaffirms that I am not into fixing things…<br /><br />Where is my friend Karen (oh yeah in Mass LOL) or Caryn (oh yeah working some weird schedules) or Jeff (oh yeah wooing some ladies) when I need them LOL they are the ones who tell me they are into home improvement and can fix it all… Oh well… Keep on packing!</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-41067553333827431812008-02-04T19:02:00.000-05:002008-12-09T07:44:51.024-05:00No Race, No Problem… Tsali The Solution!<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTwLY2qOXj_ZFN3FOCL9qvMq9wxngJTly6f7oL7-sgLHhYlJqJyDoytHORNo1uQwB05d5dp7A-NPqUmumlwEQ6UkDGgJcUgDiVKitS9Veee6939_lIDmtAoqYgOfSsAxiHNOZe8Bl1nw/s1600-h/tsali.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163281816373648258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTwLY2qOXj_ZFN3FOCL9qvMq9wxngJTly6f7oL7-sgLHhYlJqJyDoytHORNo1uQwB05d5dp7A-NPqUmumlwEQ6UkDGgJcUgDiVKitS9Veee6939_lIDmtAoqYgOfSsAxiHNOZe8Bl1nw/s320/tsali.JPG" border="0" /></a>Soooooo… just like the title says I didn’t do the race. How come? I arrived really late or if you want to see it this way really early Saturday… I’ve got back to my place at 1ish am and finally went to bed at 2ish am…<br /><br />I set up all the alarms I could so I would get up in time to go to the race… but I never heard them… I was supposed to be up at 9 am in order to be on time at the race but when I woke up it was 10:20 Ops!<br /><br />I was not upset… I mean maybe I was pushing myself a little too much by trying to do a race the day after coming back from a hectic trip (let’s put it this way I will try to avoid as much as possible any flight connection to Charlotte’s airport!! And when I am carrying Faust –my cat- with me!).<br /><br />Still, I went ahead with the plan of mtn biking. Got everything ready and left to Fontana… it was a 2 hrs drive (160 miles round trip) so I could bike Tsali’s trails… It was such a perfect day! The weather was perfect: 60ish, blue skies, not a lot of people around… I was sooo happy to be back mtn biking.<br /><br />I did both loops – Mouse Branch first = 8.7 miles and then Thompson Loop = 7.3 miles. I haven’t been to Tsali in almost 7-8 months! Ahh it was really nice… and it was really especial to be back alone just to think about life, the way things are unraveling now with my career… and life… I think everything really happens for a reason and thus far for good reasons (at least in my case). I am very blessed!<br /><br />At the end I did more miles than what I signed up for the race, race = 7-14 miles.<br /><br />I’m planning on doing some mtn biking this week but it has been raining… I also want to do some trail running… I hope the weather gets better.<br /><br />Till then keep on biking!!!<br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">Pst: Not the best pic of Tsali but I forgot about taking a pic until the end... so it happened to be where there were not too many trees LOL duh LOL.</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203207659292672897.post-12540093227150680852008-01-31T23:19:00.000-05:002008-01-31T23:26:50.221-05:00Just Starting Once Again<div align="justify">Since I've been at Harrisburg PA I haven't been doing much of training/working out... Well that has been changing since last week and since my race is in couple days I knew I needed to get to some "shape" once again.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Therefore, I've been going to the gym doing some good cardio and weights, mostly focusing on my legs. It really feels good to be back at the gym and working out... getting all out... the good and the bad, it just makes me feel better.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Tomorrow I'm leaving to go back to "Ashevegas"... I am looking forward it but at the same time I feel strange to leave Harrisburg... it feels like this is already home to me. Well I'll be back in a week or two it is strange how quickly I can get used to a new place.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Anyways, looking forward my race on Saturday and doing some mtn biking while I am at Asheville. I am also looking forward seeing people at church on Sunday, my "Unitarian Young Adults" they said they are waiting for me... that was nice to know!</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">I'll post pics from my race... also I am happy to know that some of my fellow Pisgah SORBA members are going to be there, YAYIE!</div>Yoshitoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242269969192601370noreply@blogger.com0