I woke up this morning undecided whether I’ll bike or not. I just did my morning routine and afterwards, I prepared myself for biking. Our uniform color for today is blue. At 7am, my sister and I went to where the United Bikers Marikina group meets. It was a light morning and meeting the group of bikers was the booster of the morning.
Mami Tere, my sister, and I joined the United Bikers Marikina group when they began pedalling from the meeting place to White Plains. It was something new to me because I had never biked to that place before but I just followed the group. The biking of the group was smoothly going on at Katipunan Ave. in Concepcion, Marikina when suddenly Mami Tere turned left towards Rainbow St., telling my sister and I that we will not join the group. I was relieved at first, thinking that it was the direction from the Lord, because I had thought that with the group, if ever I can’t make it to elevations, though Mami Tere said that there are no elevations there, I will just walk my way up.
We biked our way to where we should go in the first place, and that is at the ylang-ylang tree to collect flowers to be put in the altar. We passed by Panorama and that area is where a long elevation is. I was beginning to struggle but I pushed myself to the limit, changing the gears so it will be easier, until I had decided to remove my mask from one ear and let it hanging on the other. I was relieved and I felt easier to breathe, making pedaling a breeze for me with the adjusted gears. I made it to the gate of Rancho 3 without stepping down from my bike. That was an accomplishment! Not only did my accomplishment stop there because I was able to make it to other elevations without stepping down. I just needed to pull down my mask.
At the ylang-ylang tree, we collected flowers. Aside from that, it was the place for us to rest. Our stick, which we use to pick the flowers is gone because the woman last time had broken it. Luckily, there is another stick there, though the former is better than what we used.
When we had enough, we were supposed to go to Goto Gusto in Parang but I told them that there is no bike parking there, so we detoured and had our breakfast at Gen. Ordoñez. I treated them Goto and Okoy. I did enjoy the okoy with the vinegar. I thought the sauce was perfect for the spring roll or okoy.
After eating, our plan was to go to Kuya Rollie’s house to deliver the jersey that he ordered from my sister. Many bikers find our uniform good-looking that’s why they order. My sister orders them from Shopee and pays for the shipping fee. I find the shop owner blessed because my sister acts as the promoter of his or her products. Later on, we met Kuya Jun Tailor and took a photo with him.
Going to Kuya Rollie was not that smooth. We needed to ask directions going to the place where my sister knew he lives. We even met along the way, my sister’s colleague, Celine, who happens to live in the same area where we searched. We also saw her cat with different colors of eyes named Blue. A few moments later, the clouds couldn’t hold the water it has, so the rain poured. My sister and I were under the tree while Mami Tere went under the plant, covering herself with a plastic roof. My sister and I let ourselves be wet under the rain, just protecting our cellphones. In a few minutes, the rain was slowly dying down so we went biking towards home.
At home, we changed our wet clothes and then went to the nearby mall, in Bonchon, to eat lunch. We redeemed Shopee Share Treats, and my sister bought from Foodpanda for pick-up. While we were discussing what to redeem, Kuya Rollie came along and paid the jersey. We found out that he doesn’t live in Cainta anymore, instead, they live in Nangka, Marikina City. It was a good idea that we left Cainta already after raining instead of looking for their house.
There are milestones for today for me and something new for me which is letting ourselves be wet under the rain. It was indeed priceless memories shared in biking.
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