[berkeley]

the best things
aren't quite free. My May 2003 issue of Bicycling magazine tells me that my road bike habit will cost me $7/day until I'm 75 years old. This cost accounts for tubes, clothes (spandex, oh how i love that spandex), energy food, wheels, shoes, tires, pumps, pedals, socks, and bikes. Yes, bikes. I thought i only needed one for the rest of my life, but apparently i'll be buying a new one every 4 years. Well, being the resourceful little filipina that Lola taught me to be, i can stretch my bike to 8 years i bet.

But i was talking about the best things in life. I just got home from a ride up into the Berkeley Hills. I got a workout, saw the sun shine down onto the golden gate (and emeryville, the Oakland docks, San Francisco's skyline, etc.), felt the wind on my back, got a bird's eye view of little cars zooming up and down Berkeley city streets, and best of all, i think i saw time stand still.

It was beginning to rain, but the sun was at an angle low enough so that it illuminated everything in sight. Instead of being overcast as it would have been earlier in the day, it was even brighter outside than usual. Raindrops became diamonds. for $7. I'll take two.