6th Firefly Brigade Christmas Gift-giving Ride

"You will find, as you look back on your life, that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others." - Henry Drummond

Facebook is indeed a wonderful thing. Not only does it reconnect people but it helps the community in a lot of ways. I saw this invite from my Facebook, I believe that this is indeed a cause worth sharing and spending time on.

Photo credit: Crisostomo Family

Each year for the past five years, we don our santa claus and fairy costumes to go around Metro Manila to give out lootbags to kariton families and roadside public servants along our usual bike commute routes to school, work or errands.

Be a part of this annual yuletide CMR... no registration fees to be collected.

When December 17, Saturday
Registration 3.00-3.30pm Meet, Mingle, be Merry!
Assembly/Briefing 3.45
Ride Out 4.00pm
Lootbag-giving 4.00-6.30pm
ETA FB HQ 7pm


Requirements for joining the ride:
1) A happy yuletide disposition and willingness and physical capacity to carry at least 2 lootbags in your own backpack for the duration of the ride

*In case of back problems, you can be our candy man or woman... carry candies for giving away to kids, street families, traffic enforcers, takatak boys/girls and bystanders.

2) Contribute two lootbags (more if you like!) for the ride

3) Wear a Xmas Costume or have a Xmas accent on your bicycle...

4) If under 18 years of age, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

5) Must have blinkers, wear a helmet (if not wearing a santa hat), enough water for the ride


Suggested Contents of Loot Pack:
Option A
2kgs rice
2 Sachets of sardines or corned beef or any ulam in sachets
3 mami noodles
1 pack candies

Option B
Tasty Bread
2 Sachets of sardines or corned beef or any ulam in sachets
3 mami noodles
1 pack candies

Optional additionals:
facetowel, new/pre-owned good condition clothing, slippers
crackers, blanket

You may also donate in bulk any of the following, we'll pack it for you!
Cash
Rice Packs
Rice Cavans
In Sachet Goods (sardines or corned beef or ulam)
Candies
Mami
Pre-owned shirts big enough for wrapping loot in
Food for After-ride Xmas Dinner

We will accept goods at Firefly Brigade's Headquarters:
169 Kamias Road near corner Langka St., Kamias, QC

from December 10-15, Drop-off times are from 1-6pm only. 


-- Christmas is the season for giving.. What better way to give than to combine your passion for biking with gift giving? :D

You may also come early on ride day to help pack last minute donations.

Firefly Urban Night Fun Ride : Bike Advocacy Awareness

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.
      -Thomas Carlyle



Why do we bike?
You may ask --


I personally love the cool wind in my face as I bike my way around.
The sense of freedom that one has by just turning the wheels, by just pedalling..

Biking is one of life's simple pleasures that my dad had taught me when I was a little kid. I had good memories of him as he supported me and I felt his sense of pride as he watched me go about my merry way with my bike.

So I in turn ask, "Why not?"

As we grew older, we forgot how it feels to be free as a kid.
Busy with our day to day lives, we tend to forget how life is at its best in simplicity.

Simple, clean, fun -- this is what this post is about.
Sharing with you one of my advocacies: Biking.

A short fun night urban night ride on NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Assembly at 4.00pm SM MOA at the Firefly Lighting Xmas Tree area (near the Police Station)
where we have been invited to the pre-lighting activities of the Firefly Lighting Christmas Ride.

Ride around SM MOA at 4.30-5.30pm
then ride out to Manila and where our wings will take us!
Attach xmas accents to your ride para mas fun!
We'll also be announcing our Xmas Gift-giving plans.

Pace: 10-15kph
Kms: 10kms aorund SM MOA
Beyond SM MOA: 10-15kms

Requirement: No helmet, No Ride!
A fun, happy disposition and a love of night riding :)


No registration fees.
A funky, fun, useful surprise await early birds and participants  at the pre-lighting event :)


First 100 participants get a shirt. :) 


We're also signing a big get well soon card for Carmela Yap, a lady biker who is recovering from a jeep-bike accident


- An invitation from Firefly Brigade.. Come and join!

Bike To Light : 10,000 Bottle of Lights

BIKE TO LIGHT : Deliver 10,000 Bottle Lights to Filipino homes

On November 30, take part in a monumental campaign to deliver light to thousands of homes in Metro Manila.

... ... Join hundreds of bikers to help bring 10,000 solar bottle bulbs from Camp Aguinaldo to the historical Pinaglabanan Shrine, where they will be distributed amongst volunteers and installed in 30 communities.

FREE FIRST PRINT ' LITER OF LIGHT' T-SHIRTS FOR THE FIRST 1000 BIKERS
... FOOD AND DRINKS TO KEEP UP THE ENERGY OF ALL YOU REVOLUTIONARIES

Be part of the documentary that will be shot on this day which snippets will be shown in Durban South Aftrica on December 6, 2011 on the Climate Change Convention where Liter of Light is invited to speak to 500 world leaders ! Help make this BIG for the Philippines who is leading the way in community built solar lighting.

This Bonifacio Day, commemorate history. Make history. Be a part of a new revolution!

To register - www.isanglitrongliwanag.org/biketolight

ROUTE MAP

Technology at Work : Health & Fitness Online

We are living in the NOW generation.

In today's modern world, it is not unusual for one to read the daily news in her mobile phone, send messages to various groups of friends in just a flick of a finger, or even work and reply mails in the middle of a metro-traffic situation.

From the net

Technology has made it easy for all of us -- this made me realize that we have at our finger tips instant access to all the information we need (unlike a few years back, we have to go to the library to do our research and spend hours and hours of reading and taking down notes!)

This got me really interested in finding ways on how to simplify our quest for tracking and monitoring progress for our fitness goals; interestingly, kudos to Mr. Technology, I was able to stumble upon this infographic from greatist.com.

*PinayFitness.ph' long term goal is to be a community that connects with others having similar goals (forums, contributors, the works) with the vision of helping each other achieve  personal improvement

Read and learn my friends!

Bike Forest Bike!!!

Today, upon checking out my Facebook, I saw this event from The Firefly Brigade - Phils.  It caught my attention because it brought back memories of the days when biking for me was just like breathing air.   Bike to work from Makati to Alabang and back; bike to the trails of Montalban (Padyak All The Way); heck, even bike to do groceries in SM Makati!
	My pink KHS bike and Mel's blue Trek Looking at my old pink bike, I was having flashbacks of how urban riding was so much fun that I have to re post this as an invite to all bike enthusiasts out there. Mel of WOWPinay, Ricky of Firefly Brigade, Rissa of PinayFitness 11.12.11; 7am to 10am; Marikina City Hall A Partnership Fun Ride to  highlight the International Year of the Forest, the 2nd Annual Science Film Festival and Clean Air Month.

Pinays in Sports

 THIS PAGE will feature articles about our home-grown Filipina Athletes and Weekend Warriors who shares the same passion for the sports.

Pinay Fitness is open for contributors as we want to hear from you.

Email us at pinayfitness(at)gmail(dot)com

Off-road Mountainbiking with Ani De  Leon Brown in the island of Boracay

Rissa with First Filipino/a Ironman Kona Hawaii Quafier, Ani De Leon Brown

Kanlungan ni Maria : "Sharing" as a Form of Spiritual Fitness

Christmas Season. A time for giving. A time for loving. A time for sharing. 

We have often been talking about Physical Fitness, Mental Fitness and all other form of fitness that support our over-all well being, but this season, have you stopped for a while to reflect and consider focusing on Spiritual Fitness?

Spiritual fitness is so simple that most of us fail to practice it for ourselves. This blog's link made me realize that we do not need a gym membership to be spiritually fit. Spiritual fitness, starts with nourishing the spirit within -- it is putting God first in our lives; and as the Good Book had it written, "Faith without works is dead", there is nourishment in sharing what we have with others.

LMV RFAC Relief Operation, Bulacan

I remember every year, when I was still in the corporate world, it has been a tradition for us to get involved in charity events. 

Now that I'm on my own and helping hubby out with the business, "Find a need and fill it" hits the mark for me and as I was talking to my motor cyle riding sisters; Las Marias Viajeras, I thought that this is indeed very timely.

As I am a proud member of the group (No.07), it feels such a privilege to be with a group that helping out with various causes like tree planting, helping out flood victims, the poor remote areas where a car cannot go to but motorcycles can -- and this November 27, 2011, we will be visiting  Kanlungan ni Maria : Home for the Aged

 LMV FB, Tree planting Activity, Riders of Mother Earth

The said institution is looking for kind sponsors and those who have the heart to give and donate any amount for their cause to help  promote the welfare of old people living in the institution.

They are located in #17 Lanzones St, Nayong Silangan Subdv, Antipolo, Philippines.

LMV, together with Pinay Fitness, will visit the Institution for gift giving on November 27, 2011 and is currently open for donations and help on this project.