Totiegraphy - as viewed from my eyes and my camera viewfinder...

CHRISTmas of 2020...

2020-12-24T15:17:00.001+08:00

...just leaving it here...

Cheers! 🍻

Kapetolyo Coffee Shop...

2020-12-10T19:21:00.002+08:00

Dateline: 06 December 2020

..as this is new, i've (we've) got to try their coffee for #coffeelover like me (us)!

Customer's queue from outside...

Ambaguio's Finest (coffee of the day from Nueva Vizcaya) and banana loaf...

The coffee bites and leaves an after-taste :P

Am I going back here? Let's see...

Faces and places that I saw in Marikina...

2020-12-03T17:20:00.000+08:00

Dateline: 30 November 2020

...from my bike ride on this blog entry, here's some snap outtakes of what i saw along the way;

Marikina Bridge

St. Michael The Archangel

Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of the Abandoned

Sandugo outlet

It's been awhile...

2020-12-03T16:58:00.001+08:00

...really been awhile since my last entry on this blog! What's keepin' me busy since? 😔

...anyways, aside from my other blog, i'll try to keep this active also 😊

...lezgetiton! 👌

"Unusual" Katips Traffic...

2018-04-06T21:36:00.000+08:00

Dateline: 30 March 2018

...during my annual "bisikleta iglesia"

Pasyal sa Gateway Mall

2018-01-30T16:41:00.001+08:00

Dateline: 09 November 2017 (super backlog...)

...nang minsang magawi sa Gateway Mall, Cubao...

Teppanyaki

2017-01-26T11:20:00.000+08:00

Dateline : 02 January 2017

Teppanyaki Brothers

Issa and I has been daring to try this wayback when we saw it at TriNoma foodcourt when we were looking for a place to eat. But instead, I ended up ordering at S&R and she at a Korean store.

Finally, was able to try them when we (together with Daisy) went to TriNoma for a stroll.

Our verdict - great food for a great price!

Lingap Bata Center Advocacy

2015-07-21T15:06:00.003+08:00

After quite some time, I'm back in doing what I love most - doing advocacy works!

This time I'm with another bike group, BBFI. They're only more than a year in the biking community but this isn't the first time they did doing that.

And the beneficiary this time, the Lingap Bata Center in Sta. Maria, Bulacan.

Without further adieu, let me share some snaps I took during the event;

Complete album here...

Bike blessing at Antipolo

2014-10-02T14:28:00.000+08:00

...with my TSP (Tiklop Society of the Philippines) group happened last September 28, 2014...

As I woke-up late, I just followed and meet them at the church compound.

Here's the only photo I took along the way;

And the Strava route...

Till my next ride adventure...

TSP - Super "HOT" Thursday Ride

2014-05-02T11:24:00.001+08:00

...coinciding 01May2014 Labor Day with a scorching heat of 36.4 °C...

The usual drill... Allow me to share some snaps, but this time, also with grabbed snaps from some of my co-TSPeeps...

Starting point - UP Diliman (LSD meet-up area). Pic from Dello St. Michael...

Starting point - UP Diliman (LSD meet-up area). Pic from Josef Reyes...

2nd stop - Rajah Sulayman Park (MAD meet-up area). Pic from Josef Reyes...

2nd stop - Rajah Sulayman Park (MAD meet-up area). Pic from Jojo Leng...

3rd stop - R.O.X. BGC (TNF meet-up area). Pic from Josef Reyes...

4th stop - Ortigas Park (WET meet-up area). Pic from Abner Sapien...

5th stop - Q Plaza Commercial Center (T3 meet-up area). Pic from Abner Sapien...

Then back to UP Diliman (LSD meet-up area). Pic from Cesar Platon...

And headed to Laurel St. for some refreshments. Pic from Michael Baroma...

My "bike porn" snaps;

While enroute to UP Diliman...

At R.O.X. BGC...

At Ortigas Park...

Strava route;

Till my next ride adventure...

My Partial Bisikleta Iglesia

2014-04-21T16:29:00.000+08:00

After doing an errand last Holy Wednesday, and while near some churches in the area, I decided to drop-by to few churches. And so far here they are below;

Binondo Church (Minor Basilica of St. Lorenzo Ruiz)

Sta. Cruz Church

Quiapo Church (Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene)

San Sebastian Church (Basilica Minore de San Sebastian)

Sto. Domingo Church

I was able to visit five (5) churches before the sun goes down and it started to get dark.

More photos here...

My Strava route for this ride...

Till my next ride adventure...

Saturday (04122014) Errand Ride

2014-04-14T10:21:00.002+08:00

After doing some business stuff (shipped items to Davao City via JRS Regalado), I decided to do other errand (to look/find for "Screw It" store) for some needed "metric screws". I've long been trying to find it and finally, I was able to locate it.

As I took a spin on my way there, allow me to share a few snaps I saw along the way...

At Good Shepherd Cathedral compound...

At UP Diliman Oblation compound...

Having been born and raised in Parañaque, I'm not a devotee of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Baclaran. But rather I'm thankful that my birthday falls on the same day of its feast day. So I was surprise to learn that there's also a Perpetual Help chapel in Cubao area.

My Strava route...

Till my next ride adventure...

17March2014 - BTH

2014-03-18T10:19:00.001+08:00

Prior on going home, I passed-by to a co-TSP's house, but it's closed. It's unusual that at that earlier day of the week, there's no one in sight...

So I just opted to take a spin around Mapayapa Village area then to Regalado Avenue via Republic Avenue before heading home.

The route I took;

From this Strava entry...

Till my next ride adventure...

KorEnda at Good Shepherd Cathedral

2014-03-12T16:26:00.001+08:00

...just infront of the said cathedral along Regalado Avenue, Quezon City

From this Strava route;

Till my next ride adventure...

Errand Ride

2014-03-05T11:06:00.001+08:00

Route;

Home-Holy Spirit-Kaliraya St.-"Mental" aka Tapa Supreme-Holy Spirit-Home

Total Distance - 44.6 KMs based on this Strava route;

And my first time to go and eat on this place that what my co-TSPeeps are calling, "Mental"...

One of the meals that is classic to my fellow co-TSPeeps, "baconsilog";

The "leaf" and the "bird" (Moi's Dahon Metro and Edward's Peugeot Birdy);

Till my next ride adventure...

Project Neos 2.0

2014-02-27T11:12:00.000+08:00

This Neos 2.0 RD (rear derailleur) has been with me for quite some time since I begged (Trans: "Arbor") for it from a friend and a co-biker/co-TSP, Edward P. Santos.

Being bugged (and having almost always doing RD tuning) with the "stock" RD on my KorEnda (Enda Leo 16" folding bike) since I acquired it sometime November last year, I decided that I really need to make provisions as my Enda Leo doesn't have "drop-out" to install this or any other after-market RD.

So last Saturday (February 22), prior on my (our) ride, I passed-by to some machine shops along "Killer Highway" (Commonwealth Avenue) and look for a shop who can do the provisions I need. After dropping-by for two (2) shops, alas there's a shop who had the "special" threading bit whose diameter is almost exact with the mounting bolt of the said RD.

I was able to fix/install it the next day as I am too tired when I went home after our ride. So here goes the result;

Hopefully it holds true what it says that it's actuation is 1:1. Same with SRAM. Let's see...

24February2014 - BTH

2014-02-25T10:18:00.000+08:00

The usual prepping-up (getting GPS position of my Android phone) before I ride-out;

Selfie time;

My Strava route;

Till my next ride adventure...

Daang Hari & Digman Ride

2014-02-24T11:52:00.000+08:00

Ride day - 22February2014

Total distance - 128.6 Kms. based on this Strava route;

While we're (with Alvin & Phi) in Daang Hari road area, we went to Fernbrook's but sadly we weren't allowed to go in...

So I (we) just took some pics outside;

With Alvin at the background...

With Phi...

Off to Barangay Digman after;

To eat this;

Along the way when we're near St. Joseph Parish Church, Phi requested that we pass-by. So here it goes;

Complete album set...

Till my next ride adventure...

19February2014 - BTH

2014-02-20T09:39:00.001+08:00

Forgot to take pics of "prepping-up" as I saw this;

Cool! ;-P

Then pedaled to Snack Shack;

While waiting...

Can't wait for this!

My Strava route;

Till my next ride adventure...

18February2014 - BTH

2014-02-20T07:57:00.002+08:00

The usual prepping-up;

At UP Diliman Oblation;

Strava log screencap;

http://www.strava.com/activities/114337194

Till my next ride adventure...

TSP - Raiders of the Lost Ark 2 Ride

2014-02-17T12:20:00.002+08:00

...and this is my 3rd time to go to this historical site. First was last August 18, 2012 then the second was last April 5, 2013.

As usual, allow me to share some snaps as we go along the way;

Kilometer reading from my home place to our meeting place...

1st rest-stop...

TSPeeps...

Paying respect before heading down...

Moi with TresCinco...

At Petroglyphs...

Snack break before going back to the meeting area...

Strava scrrenshot...

The complete album...

Till my next ride adventure...

12February2014 - BTH

2014-02-13T14:36:00.000+08:00

While waiting for my Android "GPS Logger" app to get position fix;

At Oblation;

UP Fair;

Strava log screenshot;

http://www.strava.com/activities/112931139

Till my next ride adventure...

11February2014 - BTH

2014-02-12T14:17:00.001+08:00

Prepping-up (actually waiting for the Android built-in GPS chipset to get its position fix);

Photo-ops at Oblation;

Android Strava route screenshot;

Till my next ride adventure...

My 11th PPG Approved Photo

2014-02-11T10:07:00.000+08:00

This was the last update I made with the photos I submitted and being scrutinized (international voting by Pentaxians all around the world) on Pentax Photo Gallery (PPG). I forgot that I missed updating it with my 9th & 10th approved photo. But nevertheless, here it is...

I momentarily stopped using my dSLR for more than a year, I think, when I went into biking. As dSLR added more weight when you're out on the road for almost a day or so...

But sometime last January, I took my first & only dSLR for a spin around Malate area and took some snaps. Two (2) of them were submitted to the said gallery and gladly, this one gets approved.

Here's the link to the approved photo;

http://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/share/20284685#.Uvl8fck9UkM.google_plusone_share

And my complete gallery;

http://pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/totiebruno

Calinawan Cave Ride

2014-02-10T11:11:00.001+08:00

http://www.strava.com/activities/112308663

Aside from my Tanay Parola (+ Tanay Cathedral) and Daranak Falls bike rides, added to my "bucket list" is this Calinawan Cave bike travel/exploration...

This time we were 6 (bike buddies from TSP namely - Alvin Lim, Angelo Amparo, Chris Alvarez, Eli "Winter Knives" Chacon, Phi Añez and myself) who conquered the scorching afternoon heat on the way to the said cave.

Original plan is to also include Daranak Falls but wasn't able to do so due to time constraint.

Again, allow me to share some snaps as we go along the way;

At Teresa view deck...

Other angle...

Our usual refreshment/snack area after the descent at Teresa...

Lunch break!


With Angelo, Phi and Alvin...

Almost "half-way" of the road leading to the cave...

More to go, literally...

Harkor (hardcore) Angelo! ;-P

This time, the views from the cave;

The "cavers"...

The guide said that the rock formation on the right looks like a face. And I think it's true!

Rock formations...

Shining... Shimmering... Splendid!

Some other rock formations...

Passageway...

Used to be bats home/nest...

The exit...

Complete album set..

This bike travel not only explored what we saw on the road, rather the history behind Calinawan Cave. And surely we will go back as what our tour guide Jhepoy said, that they'll start opening levels 3 & 4 of the cave comes March.

Till my next ride adventure...