14
Jun
2006
Regular weekend [or was it?]
Boy do I feel like I wrote a similar entry before. I guess it is not the first time when I had a jam packed weekend to talk about.
Let’s start at the beginning. It was Friday afternoon and I left work without my laptop. Reason being was because the IT department was given an order to relocate the development subdivision to a new domain. In other words, change absolutely everything in order to improve our way of life [Make our life a living hell]. In my typical state of euphoria I consecrated on the positive. Leaving the laptop at work ensured that I would have a programming free weekend. That alone was enough to put a smile on my face.
So there I was leaving my troubles behind embarking in to the new adventure.
First thing’s first. For a while now I wanted to improve my means of transportation. By that I mean I wanted to get a new bike. And by new I mean something top of the line. More specifically I wanted to get a new road bike, nothing as crazy as Neel Armstrong but something in the same area. Haven already checked out a local pro-bike shop I was eager to see other bikes and hopefully cheaper prices [the goal was to visit another hipped-up bike outlet]. Heading through the downtown area I managed to stop by one of the largest shopping malls in the province. Due to its popularity it was recognized as a national Tourist attraction [allowing me to take pictures at free will – you can check out my gallery for some of the shots that I managed to get over the weekend].
The bike shop although quite expensive proved to be quite useful. I got the chance to narrow down my ideal bike. The salesman suggested taking my measurements, and with a weird in-scene apparatus I discovered [somewhat awkwardly] that I was build for a 56 frame.
Maybe it was because of the outrageous prices but while walking back to the bus station I could not help but shiver from the chilling wind that was blowing through the streets in the opposite direction. Taking shelter at the local star-bucks I treated my self to a delightfully warm Apple-sider… mmm mmm mmm was that stuff refreshing. By the time I got home it was really late and without wasting any time I headed straight to bed.
After eleven hours of sleep, that’s right boys and girls ELEVEN hours of sleep I was refreshed and rejuvenated to take charge of another beautiful day. The weather outside was still quite chilly but despite that I decided to hit the bike shops yet again. Visiting Ciclepath I got the chance to test ride one of the bikes. Besides the fact that it was the smoothest ride I ever experienced I was really impressed by the intricate breaking system. These breaks resemble something that you would find in a standard automobile.
Following that I meat with my gang and we found our selves at a basketball court. We quickly split up in to two groups and began the game. As usual there were some injuries involved; my share included getting nailed in the face a few times and scraping my hands on the rusty pavement [luckily nothing serious]. Overall it was a very enjoyable activity; I would have to say that I definitely need to work on my dribbling skills having found difficult getting-by multiple defenders.
The evening finished off with one of those intellectually challenged discussions. Abortion, politics, stem-sell research were a few of the controversial topics floating around the tables. Although clearly out of my place I enjoyed listening to my fellow intellects, and once in a while jotting down programming related ideas. Yet again we finished quite late and I found my self heading straight to bed upon arriving at home.
After another ten and a half hours of sleep I was ready for more action. Yet again in search of a perfect bike deal [I still yet to own a new road bike]; I rushed to the lakeshore area to check another sports store. While in the area I noticed a dragon-boat-racing event that was taking place. Having my trusty Nikon I parked the car and found a spot right in front of the action. I believe these races were only to qualify for a big regatta that is scheduled to take place on June 24th, which as you would imagine I am intending to attend. I noticed that in these races you really had to watch for the teams who were giving it all, unfortunately there were those who seemed like they were trying to win a face squelching competition rather then the actual race. After watching four consecutive rushes and taking some beautiful shots, I packed my stuff and headed to my university gym where I enjoyed an exhilarating upper body workout.
Closer to the evening I visited a golf driving range to test out my new driver [which seems to work much better then my old one – I was managing to hit 250-300 yard drives]. I played a GREAT round of ping-pong with a good friend who required some of my secret Russian medicine, after having his finger bruised up in a game of basketball. And I finished off the day by cooking up one of my weekday feasts composed of ground-beef balls with pasta.
The 10+ sleeping sessions ended and I returned to my typical working routines. I am looking forward to the next weekend. We are planning to have a BBQ, watch another regatta and visit Wonderland. And to top it all off the weather is promising to be quite delicious.
Anyways that’s all for now, I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend as much as I have.
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