Pedaling Upwards

I never use Hungarian notation. I hate the ugly look a variable name will become with the use of Hungarian notation. Sigh... I can’t simply bypass them. My implementation should conform to previous works.

How could one enjoy using this type of naming convention? Nevertheless, I should learn to accept this notation...

This blog has not been public during the past one month or about. I have decided to make it so, so that I can have enough time to re-think the initial intention of maintaining a weblog to the public. I kept on wondering why I write articles to the public. This question popped up every time I finished an entry and marked it “publish.”

I have never come to a satisfactory conclusion. Maybe it is just a simple share. I now decide to:

• Mainly write in English
• More technical stuff, some bike/travel records, and less diaries

Hopefully this is what I am, and I can be someone who knows how to review everything.

Yesterday was not your day. I was shocked to hear that bad news from your bro. Thank god I was in Taipei, so that I could be there in time to wait for the good news. Out of the operation room, I cannot but pray for you every second. How much I wanted to hear your optimistic laugh again! I was so desperate for an OK from your surgeon!

It was so heartbreaking upon witnessing the doctor holding your smashed spleen out of the OR. It was so sorrowful to hear you saying sorry to your parents. We also wept in silence for you, but we know you can come through in the end because you are such a well man that we both recognize all along.

You are now still in the ICU at this moment, recovering, making it through those lonely and horrible hours by yourself. I know that kind of feeling. You must have been brave all along. I will come to see you as many times as I can. You must know that we are all by your sides. Your task is to recover well enough so as to leave the ICU. You have been looking after me all those 15 years. It’s my turn now to do this for you. Please be calm, please get better. As you have told me before, everything will be fine. Hold your own, know your name, you are that best someone I always know about.

[colorlife’s back in Taiwan! From left to right, cryolite, starryalley, takethat, colorlife, xsoho, platform, and platform’s wife]

For me, (whom is always the youngest among them) we’ve known each other for 8 years. Most of our friendship has developed in the first 2 or 3 years, when we were struggling to be bathed in the starry skies together. What an unforgettable period of time in our lives!

Most of us are now working in Taipei, a place distinctly different from where we met. Others keep on studying, just like colorlife. She has been in Taiwan for a short stay, and we have made ourself there for this joyful and rare dinner party.

For some reasons, I enjoy the days with them. Cryolite has been riding road bike and training hard too. I’m expecting some bike trips with him when he moves to Sijhih. Best wishes for those valuable friends from NCKU Astronomy club!
Best wishes for colorlife for her research life in MA, USA!

Additional few photos available here.

The founder and owner of BikeID website, Ray, has known me for a long time.
In contrast, I hadn’t until May 1st this year, when redjava, single, and I were attending the bike competition of Mt. Ta-Shiue in Taichung. I was solely recognized when waiting in the line for the proof of race completion. So my blog has earned me extra friendships, in an unexpected way.

[BikeID screenshot as taken on 2009/6/24]

Some stories about him is available in this news.

Basically, his idea and website are to provide a platform for cyclists (or fan of some other outdoor sports), on which they share bike things and log personal training/biking data. The core principle and service they provide is a growing database of owned/named bikes. Through the site, a stolen bike will have a better visibility to be learned from visitors of BikeID, and hence have a greater opportunity to be retrieved.

I have become a guest of Ray, who invited me to a dinner tonight. He, who is a father of a 1-year-old, and a 10-year cyclist, looks just as energetic as a young big boy, as stated in the interview in the link above. His passions and thoughts are valuable. I am really honored to become one of his friends.

Take a quick look at his site. Become a member today. To have dreams come true is everybody’s wish. But the process to make it come true is what counts the most. He is making dreams and practicing it too. Best wishes for him!