Aye, Aye, Captain!

Ahoy!

So, do you remember that one episode on the fifth season of Sex and The City when the girls encountered these navy sailors all over New York City? Supposedly it was the day when the navy ship harbored in the city and the sailors had a few days to get off the ship to take a break and have fun.

Well. Today feels exactly like that day.

Seriously! I should look up the calendar and see what day is today! So, alright, what happened was, I came back from work, and as usual, I had to go to Jurong Point first. I already made plan to go see Sophia anyway at the mall. Upon entering the mall, I was overwhelmed by the sight of over 10 western men in uniform! Whoa.

So imagine this. Times 20.

Okay, so they may not be "sailors". From the uniforms, they were more likely to be some army soldiers. But hey, 'soldier' doesn't have the ring to 'aye, aye'. And I'm feeling highly nautical these days, so let's leave it at that. I'm sticking to 'sailors'! No complaints! Aye, aye, captain!

I saw about 8 standing in line for the ATM machine, and many more scattered around the mall! Oh c'mon. Why are you looking at me like that? Haha. Doesn't everyone kind of a have a thing for men in uniforms? ;)

Hahaha. So yeah, that was really funny. I still don't know what day is today and how come so many foreign sailors came out to play! It's like a holiday! =p Well, some eye-candies after a long hard day at work doesn't hurt. ;)

Gardiner to Bowdoinham by Bike


We had a very pleasant ride in Smithfield yesterday. The weather held up nicely - not quite as hot as the past week, with lots of shade and a nice breeze. Beautiful roads, especially the great run along the shore of North Pond, with virtually no traffic. We met some other cyclists mid-ride, visiting for the summer, and stopped to chat and talk-up rides - they may join us on a few coming up. Speaking of which, we have a great one coming up this Saturday in Gardiner, heading down the coast to Bowdoinham - a great tune-up ride for the BCM Lobster Ride the following weekend. Hope you can all join us!


Saturday, July 17th - GARDINER
"Biking to Bowdoinham" - a tour of the southern Kennebec Valley through Gardiner, Richmond and Bowdoinham.
START: 10:00 AM, at the Laura Richards School, Rt. 201 in Gardiner, 1.5 miles south of the junction of Rt. 201 and Rt.s 126/9 (the junction near the A-1 Diner). The school is a new brick building with a "spiked ball" sculpture, on the west side of Rt. 201, on the left past the Gardiner Armory (just as you enter the "thickly settled" area). Park in the lot on the north side of the school.
DISTANCE: 40-45 miles.
TERRAIN: Moderately hilly.
HIGHLIGHTS: quiet back roads along streams and farmland south & west of Gardiner.
LEADER: Joe Renda.