One sweats it out.
The other has it easy.
One rides his bike.
The other, ah well, his bike rides on top of him.
Working all day in the banana plantations of Madaum, Davao del Norte, is exhausting for him; he longs for the comfort of home. The P8 motorcycle ride is the fastest and easiest way of getting there. But he has one, big problem: what the hell is he going to do with his bike? ...
With only one leg, he has accepted his fate. He finds it hard to enjoy a stroll on the beach or a walk in the park. With his wheelchair, he is used to the pitiful stares from strangers; it no longer bothers him. In the silence of people's minds, he knows, he will always be labeled as incapacitated.
With only one leg, he has accepted his fate. He finds it hard to enjoy a stroll on the beach or a walk in the park. With his wheelchair, he is used to the pitiful stares from strangers; it no longer bothers him. In the silence of people's minds, he knows, he will always be labeled as incapacitated.
But not today. Not while he's on his bike.
Today he rides like the wind, and conquers a grueling, 35-kilometer climb towards Calinan, Davao City.
Who's incapacitated now?
(from my other blog. This story still inspires me!)
cried my heart out.
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