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Saturday at antique show

This post should be out two weeks ago, well.... forget about shoulda, coulda and woulda..........

The moment I set my eyes on this bicycle, I fell in love with it. All I thought was how wonderful it was to paddle this beauty every morning from my place to work. I even mapped out the route I would be taking while my eyes were roving all over it. I even thought about the type of padlock I wanted to get.

The owner of the stall was sitting on a lawn chair surounded by his merchandize, lawn ornaments;  birdbaths, animal statues, sea captains staues, mermaids and light house statues. He was furiously fanning himself with a folded magazine.

He squinted his eyes and looked up at me when he heard me approaching him.

"I bet this mermaid looks nice in your garden ma'am. His mermaid flipped on his tongue I thought I heard him said mehmaid.

"I'm sure she does, but how much are you asking for that bicycle?"

Without turning his head to look at the bicycle he said, "That's not for sale ma'am. I ride it. "

"Oohhh....I like it very much. I already pictured myself riding it to work."

"She's a beauty, ain't she?"

"She sure is."

Bummer.

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My plan was to run another 10 or so miles like I did last Saturday. I already furious at myself for skipping two days of running opportunity on Tuesday and Thursday.I didn't plan to go to antique show but whenopened my email at dawn, Ginny said she's going to antique show with Marylou. Interested? Why not?

We arrived at the antique site around noon. After Marylou found a parking spot was looking for a picnic table. We were starving.

I like the one side picnic table.

 

Pre Fourth of July

We were at 4th of July Boston  Pops dress   rehearsal earlier. We watched the concert at City Hall for about an hour and walked up to Hatch Shell to watch the rehearsal. The place was already packed.

Hat off to Ginny. She's excellent at squeezing ourselves in between the pack to get a good spot even the closest we could get was about 250 meters away from the stage.

When Neil Diamond came out on the stage for a second time and sang Sweet Caroline, the crowd went wild .

I remember when was working at an assembly line at NS (National Semiconductor) between 1976-1978, they had a piped in music on all the production floors.  The music/songs were on 24 hours. We heard Neil Diamond, Al Green,Credence Clearwater Revival, Kool & The Gang, The Styx, Donna Summer, John Lennon, Neil Sedaka, Paul Anka, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Black Sabbath, The Temptations, Santana, Earth, Wind dnd Fire, Granfunk Railroad,Elton John, Commodores, Led Zeppelin, Jackson 5, Fleetwood Mac,Bee Gees, Three Dogs Night, Queens, Chicago, The Eagles, Bob Marley and a bunch of other top performers over and over until we memorized the lyrics. 

The management didn't put any local songs , (Malay, Chinese or Indian songs) except for Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deevali, and it was fine with all of us. Nobody complained about it.

I wonder where they are now? Rani, Swee Tin, Phaik Ngoh, Surinder Singh, Alice Chua, Kak Laila, Janet (the line leader) and a lot more colorful and fine group of girls to work with.

While I Was Walking

A few shots from  miles and miles of walk I had last Sunday. The walk ended at Hynes Convention Center where the Boston Health Expo  ran into a second day (last day).

I took some free tests/screenings which a couple of the results I need to discuss with my doctor when I see him in August. 

 

 

 

I had blood pressure check up and body fat/Body Mass Index at Brigham & Women  Hospital pavillion. The blood pressure was excellent. I have 17.2% body fat or 22.4 lb fat, yikes....and 107.6 lean (fat free ) weight. BMI is 23.9%

From Newton-Wellesley Hospital pavillion I took Bone Density Screening. My T-Score was -1.5 : my bone mass is 10% to 15% below normal. Where did all those vibrant and colorful vegetables and fruitsI've been eating go? And how about the vitamins and free weight excercise that I've been faithfully taking? Boy...getting old is a bitch.

On positive and bright side, I did well on Fall Risk Test at Mass General Hospital pavillion.

Finally I had my opportunity to get some shots of bronze frogs at Tadpole Playground without the children in sight.

Make Ways for Ducklings sculptures were installed in 1987 by sculpture Nancy Schon.

The characters were inspired by Robert McCloskey children book by the same title. One of the ducklings, Jack, was stolen in 1999 and later was found Boston College's lirary cubicle. Boston .

Every year they have parade   on Mother's Day.