End Of My Motorcycling Days?

Finally 'sold off' one of my untouchables today… my valuable assets that are classified as untouchables is my motorcycle and one of my guitars ( I got three guitars by the way!). Today, I went over to LTA with a friend and did a change of ownership of my motorcycle officially. Earlier in the afternoon, I rode out my Phantom for the last time together with all the motorcycle accessories I have to find my friend.

As I took the public transport (MRT) back home alone… I can’t help feeling that this is the sort of scenario that you would have dropped a few tears… Unfortunately, I didn’t… I didn't feel that sad… a motorcycle is just a motorcycle. So it is just a normal lonely train ride back home haha!

And so could this signal the end of my motorcycling days? When I was young, we all think that motorcycling is super cool and you can always find willing girls to cruise around. Unfortunately, throughout my four years of motorcycling, I didn’t find a single girlfriend… and so this myth is dispelled! There even was a girl that I liked a lot who hated motorcycles! To add to this sad fact, I had to endure four years of bad hair days ( I bet nobody knows that the helmet wear makes your hair so FLAT that it cannot be restyled with just some water and a comb!!!). Of course, you will have to deal with getting hurt ( I am okay with this… a man should be able to take some pain)

*One last look at my phantom...*

Aside from all these… motorcycling is really quite fun! I remembered one very nice day when I rode out my motorcycle on a nice Sunday morning to East Coast Park via the East Coast Park Expressway (ECP) to roller blade with a friend of mine. The feeling is so 'zen'… not much cars on the road… the soft breeze blowing… the spectacular sight of the business towers of Shenton Way … the Sheares bridge… This is motorcycling and you just don’t get this feeling in a mini environment of a car.

Anyway for the time being, my motorcycling days are over. Who knows… maybe 18 months later I might get a new bike again… For now I can just hug my guitar and sleep!


*If you noticed, there's a very boliao photog squatting in the reflection!*