Hello memories hoarders!
Do you have a motorcycle? How did you learn driving it? What
did you feel during time? Jittery? Excited? Are you injured or wounded during
the practice?
It’s been a week since I got wounded during my motorcycle
driving practice. I wasn’t able to share this post early because I undergone
the recovery period. It is very hard to write about this kind of incident
because the ideas are hard to weave. Now that I have recovered, I can now
narrate to you my dreary yet challenging experience.
Last April 23, I and my father went to the town proper of
our municipality to get the motorcycle that we negotiated in Guanzon Alaminos
branch a week before the said date. I am very eager to own a motorcycle because
it is a necessity on my job.
As a teacher, I need to be early to manage my classroom and
to see and talk with my students about how they are performing in the school.
To do it, I wake up as early as four in the morning to prepare myself for a
strenuous day and to ride in a public vehicle. The earliest arrive in our
barangay as early as six in the morning. In I fail to catch up the trip, I ride
in a jeepney that leaves our area at seven A.M. However, there are days that no
bus and jeepney travel going out the barangay. So, I ride in a tricycle which
the fare is fifteen pesos higher than fares in buses and jeepneys. In a day, I
spend around sixty pesos for the fare alone. The amount is too big for me who
only receives more than 16, 000 pesos amount as compensation.
My colleagues often give pieces of advice that I need to get my own
motorcycle because my fare in a day can buy two liters of gasoline. The
gasoline can last up to two days. They also mentioned that having a motorcycle
can give you the freedom to travel based on your own discretion. They are
absolutely right. After the office hours, I wait for a vehicle going to our
barangay. Waiting for a ride may last to ten and can extend to an hour. It is a
penitence for me. I reach our home at six in the evening.
The daily exhaustive traveling made up my mind to buy a
motorcycle. I planned the buying this summertime. I have an ample to practice.
So, I and my father went to Guanzon Alaminos and they promised that they are
going to deliver the motorcycle on their caravan.
After settling all the requirements, we brought home the
motorcycle with gladness. My father instructed me about motorcycle driving
while we are crossing the road toward home. I just listened to him without
understanding and remembering his teachings. I have a problem in following
instructions especially if these are given orally. I cannot pick all that I end
up failing. Most of the time, I learn through trial and error. This type of
attitude greatly affected me in the next day.
It was Sunday afternoon when I said to my father that I am
willing to start practicing. We went in the playground of Tondol National High
School to conduct it. The place is suitable on practicing how to drive. While
on our way, my heart pounded fast. I felt nervous about it. I was thinking that
I shouldn’t continue it because I am afraid to fall or get wounded. However, I
need to face my fear and possess bravery to enable me to learn driving.
My father oriented me about how to drive, control the brake
and stop running the vehicle. He showed me on how to do it. Then, it was my
turn. I prayed to God to help me learn it without being injured or wounded. I
do not know if God would affirm my prayer because I did not go to the church
that day. I rode on the motorcycle with mixed emotions. There are questions
sprouted on my mind. Can I do it? What if I will be wounded? Am I going to die
if I wrongly drive the motorcycle?
My father tried to assist me. He is sitting at the back part
to help me control things but because I am bigger than I, he cannot grip the
brake and other parts. So, I tried on my own. I struggled running the vehicle.
I ran it fast that I was in a panic mode how to control it. My father was
shouting. His yells heightened my fear. Because I do not know what to do, I
decided to jump off to save myself. I fell to the ground with my face hurt. My
father went immediately to the place where I fell to check me. He embraced me
tightly and checked my condition. His warm embrace was a sign for me that I am
still alive.
After checking me, he rose up the motorcycle and stopped it
from running. While he was doing it, I was touching my head to check if there
is blood oozing from it. I went near the motorcycle to see my face and I have
seen it with fresh wounds below my left eye and on the left part of my chin. I
saw blood but it did not intensify my feelings. We went back to our home to get
money for me to be clinically treated.
Thanks that there was a nurse in the health center of our
town. She immediately treated me. The treatment wasn’t painful. I should be
thankful that my wounds were not severe. With my condition, I wasn’t able to
attend the debut of my barangay mate.
The first two days of recovery was appalling. I cannot chew my food well because of my
wound. Washing my wound using the boiled guava leaves was like disgusting. But,
I need to do that to make the healing of my wounds fast. For three days, my
wounds healed fast.
Many people showed their concerns to me. I have proven that
my family is the best bastion of care and inspiration I ever have. Most of all,
I have proven that God still cares for me even I did not visit his abode during
that day. I am blessed that I am still able and breathing.
My Realization
I need to be careful in learning driving. I should be chary
in driving the motorcycle parts especially the parts for controlling the speed
of the vehicle. What matters most is I need to give God what is for him because
I know that my plans will be successful if I put God first. Lastly, I should
not be controlled by fear. I need to defeat it so that I can reach my goals
like being a pro in driving. Next week, I will resume my practice. Many people
are keep on saying to me that once a person who is practicing got wounded, he
will become better in driving. Now that I have experienced it, soon I can drive
my motorcycle efficiently.
Same experience with mine? Share it on the comment portion.
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