tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:36:51 +0000overlandadventuresAdventure BloggingbloggingenduroadventureDreams are for ChasingGraffiti and Urban ArtVideo BloggingAnnouncementsAdventure cyclingbicyclesendurance mountainbikingfilipinoKLR 650Ultra endurancedual sportmotorcyclesvideosFoodKLR650ReflectionsSustainable Livingcyclingmodifications29erCast a ShadowPinoy Flavordualsportphoto dumppinzgauer dieselprototyperallyweird fun1990 Isuzu TrooperArizona road ridingBlog RollBooksDecolonizationFlagstaff road ridingIntense CyclesParkourThoughtsTyphoon HaiyanTyphoon Yolandahuman rightsmoviesracingroad ridingsoapbox racingsustainable culture24hrs in the Old Publo29er bicycle4x45.5 29er50 proofAnimalsBaybaylanCDSGCRCDSGRCNCCity StuffDIYDiesel MotorcycleEpic RidesFROFacebookFairingsFlagstaff Mountain biking trailsGardeningGear ReviewGrace NonoHorizons UnlimitedHow ToIntenseIntense 29erIntense 5.5LAST WEEKENDLand RoverLand Rover Disco dieselLong Way RoundMagadanMotorcycle accidentsMotorcycle bagsNahko BearPoetryPrescottRAAMSex/gender disparitySingle speedTEDTodd SadowTransAmericaUnimogVelociraptorWealth InequalityWhiskey RowWhiskey offroadWolfman Luggagearcbutohdanceexpedition seriesgenerational disconnectionhand guardsindigenietyinventionklr650 seatmodsmotorbikemotorcyle fairingmusicokcolympicsprotopucker factor 9raptorsbmailsedonasexy bicyclesspy photosuspensiontraditional/ancestral medicinetreesvelocitrampwheat pasteworldtouryetiA Journal of Exploration, Endurance and Life.http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)Blogger335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-2774827600619388647Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:36:00 +00002014-02-10T05:36:51.851-07:00bloggingBooksDecolonizationFacebookfilipinoindigenietysustainable culturevideos I read a short article that noted the book, Internalized Oppression: the psychology of marginalized groups. The Psychology of Marginalized Groups and Why We Need to Stop Hating Ourselves. This was followed with a film cut of Morgan Freeman making a point on Black History Month  (which I think people took way out of context). "...Imma stop callin' you, a white man. And, Imma ask you http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2014/02/my-indigeniety-vs-non-indigeniety-tirade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-4157342156532161791Mon, 10 Feb 2014 10:02:00 +00002014-02-10T03:02:17.765-07:00bloggingReflectionsThoughtsI recently posted an adapted re-post of a Facebook conversation with a friend on a hot topic regarding Sexism.  Our conversation was dialectic and productive.  More than that however, it served as a catalyst to understand why this blog even exists.  I have been struggling with finding inspiration and purpose for this Velocitramp Blog for several years now.  I can't remember an instance of ever http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-existential-crisis-of-so-called.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-9177146547178840038Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:32:00 +00002014-02-10T02:34:14.897-07:00blogginghuman rightsReflectionsSex/gender disparitysustainable culturevideos Parts of this post is inspired and an adapted excerpt from a Facebook conversation. Short Film:  This is What Sexism Feels Like...To a Man. Slightly confusing in the beginning as I tried to follow -likely because my perspective is accustomed to a male-biased paradigm-...but the message is all too clear.Please watch...starts to really come together around 4:06 A friend posted a very http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2014/02/short-film-this-is-what-sexism-feels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-2080775235958132616Mon, 10 Feb 2014 05:33:00 +00002014-02-09T22:33:04.440-07:00BaybaylanfilipinoGrace Nonomusic I had the fortune of meeting her, along with the many culture bearers present, at the 2nd International Baybaylan Conference in 2013.  She sang on a few occasions as a part of her presentations. I remember closing my eyes that first time, preparing to receive her voice...only to be suddenly jerked open in wonderment and awe at its power!  It wasn't so much that I was surprised that it would be http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2014/02/ever-heard-of-grace-nono-filipina.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-4297447878941695649Mon, 02 Dec 2013 23:51:00 +00002013-12-02T16:57:57.223-07:00Adventure BloggingSustainable LivingThoughtsVideo BloggingOver the years my perception and angle on hope and positivity have gone through many shapes of -more or less- the same basis.  These days I contemplate if I have finally become hardened along with so much of the world population..(within my own bubble of subjectivity and privilege, of course). I have been burned, have failed and hit rock bottom, have traded emotional blows with Loved Ones, and amhttp://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-pitfall-of-hyper-positive-thinking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-790986934746293772Fri, 29 Nov 2013 06:21:00 +00002013-11-28T23:21:59.852-07:00filipinoCheck Bay Area Artist Kristian Kabuay's 'Pre-Filipino' designs available on shirts, sweaters, hoodies and beanies. What's Pre-Filipino? Read more for yourself on the Shop Site: http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/11/pre-filipino-beanies-sweaters-and-shirts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-6529883790133935513Fri, 29 Nov 2013 04:08:00 +00002014-02-10T03:04:42.776-07:001990 Isuzu TrooperDreams are for Chasingoverlandadventurespinzgauer dieselHere's the plan: Move forward as planned to build up the Trooper...Finish only the modifications already started. Keep the truck in good working order... Install new shocks General Full Service and Tranny Service Complete wiring for all lights Complete Stove project Complete Carpeting for drawer system Install collapsable  computer station on passenger seat Late Spring: Purchase Vanagon,http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/11/future-overland-vehicle-plan-by-2015.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-2178250318850708630Fri, 29 Nov 2013 03:55:00 +00002013-11-28T20:55:24.725-07:00bloggingBooksDecolonization http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/11/internalized-oppressionther-psychology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-7523535986426489410Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:35:00 +00002013-11-12T17:35:12.834-07:00Typhoon HaiyanTyphoon Yolanda Image sourced from Manila Bulletin Typhoon Haiyan and climate  change Q&A How could climate change affect typhoons, hurricanes and tropical storms and is it possible to calculate this impact?   - Damian Carrington,The Guardian Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change -Foreign Policy In Focus and Walden Bello - The Nation Analysis: Did climate change cause Super Typhoon Haiyanhttp://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/11/super-typhoon-being-linked-to-climate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-6407455633582448611Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:09:00 +00002013-11-12T17:10:45.717-07:00DIYHow ToSustainable Living Four Tea Candles Two Clay Flower Pots One Small Bread Baking Container My current room is cool in the summer...getting a bit chilly now that fall has been well here.   Office work late into the night is requiring some bundling up! I will try this soon and report back. This video is being managed by Newsflare. http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-heat-your-small-room-for-15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-2291761777518798928Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:08:00 +00002013-11-12T14:08:51.536-07:00GardeningSustainable Living It's called a Walpini! Link: TreeHugger Benson Institute.org ForcedGreen http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/11/diy-build-underground-greenhouse-for-300.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-8645337306843309907Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:35:00 +00002013-11-12T13:35:12.677-07:00filipinoTyphoon HaiyanTyphoon Yolanda Filipino Climate Negotiator Warned Us Last Year and We Ignored Him This is a re-post an original web article by Emily Rauhala of Time.com Nov 11, 2013: Not a year ago, in the wake of Typhoon Bopha, the Philippines’ lead climate negotiator, Naderev Saño, delivered a tearful plea to diplomats assembled in Doha: "Madam chair, we have never had a typhoon like Bopha, which has wreaked havoc in a http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/11/filipino-climate-negotiator-warned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-7693994412281407687Wed, 06 Nov 2013 22:32:00 +00002013-11-06T15:34:59.460-07:00Poetry http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/11/blog-post_6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-8152307952235665951Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:37:00 +00002013-11-06T13:54:03.085-07:001990 Isuzu Trooperoverlandadventures A few pictures are worth a thousand words in some cases. Removing an old and installing a new Starter Motor for the 2.6L  really is simple. Three tools: 16mm Socket 12mm wrench Long angled pliers. Thank you to the folks at Planet Isuzu Forums for some of the only guidance available on the Web: "How to changer Starter on 1990 Trooper" http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/10/1990-26l-isuzu-trooper-replacing-starter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-6672887825765150854Mon, 20 May 2013 10:10:00 +00002013-07-15T02:17:00.324-07:00bloggingbutohdanceokc Luck of the draw... as it was put by my latest okc acquaintance.  The world of Butoh and the discovery the body,emotion and soul through explorative and raw movement. Disturbing... discomforting... unsettling... the discomfort comes from the feeling of having witnessed someone on the brink between animal/human.. [it is] shamanic voyeurism... the body, the flesh, the human on display http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/05/butoh-body-weather-laboratory-and-karl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-3814621509444841971Mon, 20 May 2013 08:34:00 +00002013-05-20T01:34:30.833-07:00overlandadventurespinzgauer dieselVideo Blogging http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/05/pinzguer-on-trials-course.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-8235245911816001232Fri, 17 May 2013 08:17:00 +00002013-05-17T01:17:26.756-07:00Video Blogging http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-to-be-alone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-667268122058357907Thu, 16 May 2013 20:44:00 +00002013-05-16T14:07:44.868-07:00filipinoSustainable Livingtraditional/ancestral medicineI took an interesting turn of choices and decided to open an account on OkCupid. OkCupid is a free dating/social network that most frequent to land potential dates and/or booty calls. I've learned a lot already. It turns out, I am not the only one who utilizes it for simply connecting (non-romantically) with other like minded individuals who live relatively local to each other. An now I am http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/05/sustainable-existence-reaching-out-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-725850607133037969Fri, 03 May 2013 20:02:00 +00002013-05-03T13:02:11.349-07:00bloggingGraffiti and Urban Art Located in Paris, France. The building served as a bathhouse in the late 1800s, became a favorite nightclub of entertainment elites and eventually condemned...which lead to its present incarnation:  The owners of the building have hired street artists to create Urban Art Pieces through out.  How incredible would it be to see this with one's own eyes?! Opens April 30,2013 Links: Juxtapoz http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/05/juxtpoz-magazine-les-bains-douches.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-5774188621702269081Fri, 03 May 2013 09:09:00 +00002013-05-03T02:09:57.923-07:004x4Land RoveroverlandadventuresVideo BloggingSo good. Part One Part 2 Part Three Wishin' I was out tool'n and wasting precious fuel.  Dang.  Interesting how that works. http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/05/land-rovers-in-wallaroo-state-park.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-4653113061108644363Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:25:00 +00002013-04-30T17:44:37.831-07:00bloggingLand Rover Disco dieseloverlandadventurespinzgauer dieselUnimogPossible? Looks as so... Expedition Portal_Forum Just tinkering with the idea of getting a project vehicle for the future. When I start to travel again in a few years, I'll need a space to come back to; possibly based near Lake Tahoe in Nevada or back in Northern AZ. Been thinking about a Penzgaur 4x4, but the diesel models are way out of price range.  Well, who am kidding?  I'm just http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/04/landrover-discovery-i-diesel-conversion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-2906188955269034030Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:24:00 +00002013-04-27T21:36:07.877-07:00ParkourVideo Blogging Wiki: Parkourhttp://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-parkour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-647867332222676636Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:18:00 +00002013-04-27T21:18:25.910-07:00bloggingParkourVideo Blogging http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/04/ryan-doyle-2013-parkour-in-baku-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-7537170019743168316Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:12:00 +00002013-04-23T02:12:11.841-07:00Blog RollTEDVideo Blogging The discovery of a special region of the brain dedicated to thinking about other people's minds...located above and behind the right ear.   Right Temporoparietal Junction (RTPJ). ...you thinkin what I'm thinkin? Blog Roll: Disruption of the RTPJ Brain Damage- Confusing causes and condtions Theory of Mind: How Brains think about thoughts TPJ-Wiki OBE Lucid Dreaming and Hallucinations... http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/04/ted-talk-how-we-read-each-others-minds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36565285.post-557277896639537401Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:48:00 +00002013-05-01T14:16:49.077-07:00generational disconnectionNahko BearVideo Blogging Nahko Bear- Apache, Puerto Rican and Filipino ancestry.  Music is his healing modality.  It brings into harmony all that seems separate.  The individual experience of cultural-diversity along with generational disconnection is not unique.  I am always grateful for the reminder.  And more so, that there are others who are empowered through such struggles of identity. Listened to this about http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2013/04/nahko-bear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Velocitramp Gocila)0