13 June 2007

Habal -Habal

I rode the habal-habal today. It was quite refreshing and scary and dyahi at the same time.

So, many eyebrows are raised. What is a habal-habal?

The only way for me to get to work at times is if I drive or if I wait in line for the FX going to Ayala. Then when I get to the Shell Station, if i'm not late I would be lucky to catch the company shuttle and and if I am (which is most of the time) late, I would wait in line again for the bus. The bus is very madalang so the pila would reach to maybe 100 meters and usually tayuan. Around the area, there would be men in motorcycles who charges 20P for the hatid ride to your building. They are called habal habal.


Anyways, it was scary and kadiri too because I had to wear a helmet (it's the law) yuck! yuck!I dont know how many people had worn it and if those people had dandruffs or any infestation living on their heads. Yuck! yuck!

However, I felt free riding a motorcycle in the city for the first time, along the roads of Forbes going to global city. I was half-smiling the whole time. Half proud of myself for being not so maarte and holding on to madman's motorcycle.

It was nice. At least I got to do it before I leave. :)




2 Comments:

  1. Unknown said...
    Hm..I do it most of the time(^^) with my brother/ my father as the driver. It's really fun riding a motorcycle. Actually I prefer it than a car. But bcoz of our climate, riding motorcycle seems to be uncomfortable at times, especially during hot weather.
    It's quite dangerous too(^^,)
    Aymi said...
    This habal-habal ride inspired me to do a follow-up story -- a love story actually for a short film.
    coming soon!

    The Rain soundtrack on this blog--listen to it while reading my story...

    Soon!

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