Biking in the City (Part 2)

Wew! I got lazy and almost decided to throw this whole blogging stint completely into the bin.  It's been a while, I've been busy lately (sorta..busybusyhan?).

Should I continue this "Biking in the City" story.  I kinda lost the momentum. Nyahaha!!  I'll just make this short just to bring this to an end.  So as I was saying...

I drove down the hill to the main road of V. Rama.  It was indeed scary to ride along with all the jeeps, cars and big trucks that you have to compete with for a share of the road add to the fact that I had to ride with a flat tire!  I was self-conscious the whole while.  I feel paranoid when people stare at me as if they were thinking and snickering "What the hell is she doing?","Does she even know how to bike?","Pffft..such a noob!","What is she doing with a flat tire?", "Is she committing suicide?".  Yah! I know, I am a pessimist like that but somehow it was overshadowed by my wanting to brave the city road.

I had a lot of bloopers!!!Super!!

1. When I had to cross the street, I had to step down (is there such a term?) from my bike and like carry or drag (?) it to cross the street.  Yeah! I looked lame and pathetic.  What?! I was too terrified to do it while riding the bike.  Drivers here are so not forgiving I tell you (well, mostly).  I had a mini nervous breakdown when I had to cross from Lola Eat to the other side of the road and it was a very wide road, mind you and there were no traffic lights there or even just a simple pedestrian lane. Gosh! As I attempted  the most death defying stunt I had ever had in my dear life, my legs were trembling but of course I tried to not show it in my expression.  So, as I was able to cross the first half of the road, I got stuck at the middle of since the rides on the second half of the road DID NOT GIVE THEIR WAY TO POOR LITTLE ME!  As I was standing at the middle of the road, with all the cars going fast and furious on both sides of the road, I thought of backing out.  Good thing this driver of one humongous cargo truck stopped and gave me way to cross.  Perhaps he was cautious he might squash me to the ground.  Thanks man!

How I wish there would even be a bike lane here.

2. I decided to take the short route which is the road behind the 7eleven to Lola Eats.  However, I forgot to note that the exit way from 7eleven was barricaded with chains.  I would lose face from all the onlookers there if I would retreat.  So I tried to loosen the chains to no avail.  So I just summoned all my chakra and  lifted the bike to be able to pass over the chain.

Keep cool.  Keep calm.

3. The funniest thing is that the one that almost hit me was not a car, not a jeep but a fellow biker and as I was almost near CDUH, I got all giddy and exited that my legs just collapsed.  Come on legs! Just when were almost at the finish line that you had to betray me.  I was lucky no one saw my pathetic fall. Teehee.

Mama be like...

4. I did not know how to bring down the stand of the bike so the guard at CDUH assisted me in doing so.  Kuya knows better than the actual owner of the bike.  What the heck! I feel so ashamed at that time.

5. When I was already on my way home, I was so exhausted that I just dragged my bike from an area in Guadalupe to home.

That was quite a long post for what was supposedly a short, quickie follow through.

So here is the route that I took on the way to CDUH.

And this is the route on the way home.  I did not disclose the exact end of this route for safety purposes (as if anyone is reading this..haha..feelingera lang?)

And that's how the epic journey ended!