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Dear Diary,

Dec 14: Finally arrived in America for the first time. News about the possibility of a White Christmas!

Dec 15: Wife and I sat by the window all day watching the snowflakes gently drifting down, covering the trees and the ground. Like the Christmas card my sister sent me. Oh, how beautiful!!! (Nicer than the ash fall of Mt.Pinatubo!)

Dec 16: Awoke to a lovely blanket of crystal white snow covering the landscape. What a fantastic sight! I really enjoyed shoveling my sister’s driveway. It was really FUN!!! A snow plow accidentally covered up the driveway. He waved. He reminded me of Santa Claus. I waved back to this nice citizen and shoveled again…no problem.

Dec 17: Wow! 5 more inches of snow! The temperature dropped down to 5 degrees. The snowplow covered the driveway again with a compacted snow. I guess I’ll have to shovel again. It’s quite fun though, I think this will be one my fat burners here. But it is really cold out!!! BRRRRRRR……….

Dec 18: The temp went up a little and the snow on the street turned into a slush mixed with dirt and became brownish-gray. Then at night, the temp went down again and became icy. A tree limb snapped and fell on my sister’s new car. Shucks!!!

More snow and ice predicted. Sho-shovel na naman ako?!!! Ah lec*e, suma-sakit na ang likod ko !!! Whew… I miss my houseboy so much!!!

Dec 19: P****** na! ang Lamig!!!! The snow plow came by 2X today. First he covered the streets with “sand”, then came back and pushed the snow and ice mixed with the dirty sand on the driveway again. Eh, t****na, ako NA NAMAN ang mag-sho-shovel noon eh!!!!!!!! Ang hirap pala kung araw-araw mong ginagawa!!! Kung nasa Pilipinas ito pinag-mumura ko na yung t***-inang driver na yon!!! L**HE!!!

Dec 20: Power went off due to the weather and cold. Sinisipon na kaming lahat dito!!. Used kerosene heater which tipped over. Putr*gis, nasunog yung mga kilay at pilik mata ko. H*ndot!!! Buwisit na bansa ito!!!

Dec 21: More snow predicted. Wind chill -7 degrees!!! Nag li-leak na yung bubong ng utol ko. All the plumbing pipes are frozen. Naku h*ndot, walang pang katulong! Mukhang ako nanaman ang gagawa!!! T***ina, ang hirap ng buhay na walang maid!!! Pagbumalik pa yung hayop na snowplow na yon, sa-salubungin ko na siya ng chainsaw at palakol !!!

Dec 22: Anak ng p**a, ang ginaw! Inabangan ko yung snowplow, hinabol ko ng itak at ina-tempt kong saksakin yung driver, pero nakatakas ang kupal. Hindi ko mahabol dahil ang sakit ng mga daliri, toes at likod ko, at lumalabo na ang paningin ko. Nabubulag na yata ako!

Dec 23: Lumamig nanaman!!! Dumami na naman ang SNOW. Sabi sa tv na aabot hanggang Abril daw ang winter season!!!

Anooooh?!!! Ayoko na dito!!! Inyo na snow nyo!!! UUWI NA ‘KO SA PILIPINAS!!

I have been a BMX rider during the nineties. And I have experienced doing some vert and flatland tricks. Like lookback, can-can, tabletop, one-footer, one-hander, and cancan are some of what I can my aerial moves. Then on freestyle I can do a miami hopper, cherry picker, decade, whiplash, and my favorite tail-spin.

Never did I imagine that BMXers nowadays would perform a double tail-whip on air! “OMG that guy must have sold his soul to the devil!” Its a figure of speech by our group whenever we saw awesome stunts that are very so difficult to duplicate.

If only we have this kind of place to practice those amazing bmx stunts during our heyday, I could have done backflip too. The first time I saw a backflip was with the movie “Helltrack” with Jose Yanez doing it during a bmx race. Anyway I’ve seen Pinoy BMX riders are now somehow at par with their foreign counterpart, as the last time I have watched a BMX sport event at the Westgate Automall Parking Area in Filinvest Alabang where many pinoy riders are doing backflips like taking candy from a baby.

Fieldshear or Alpinestar mesh jacket would be a perfect gift for myself this coming Christmas. If only budget permits, I would also consider buying other things to complete my riding get ups. By the way im referring to a biker’s riding apparel and not an equestrian riding apparel haha.

Other things on my wishlist are – the Air Tech touring boots from Oxtar, Velocity gloves with carbon fiber protection, an elbow protector and reflex knee/shin guard by MSR Racing, a touring helmet made by Shoei, Phoenix mesh pants from Joe Rocket and lots of money on my wallet to buy it lol. For the meantime I think the mesh jacket will be my priority, coz the wind is kinda chilly nowadays hehe.