Cycle of Life

My life's journey is like cycling. I don't know where the heck I got this concept from, but through biking, biking and more biking, I felt that my life is like a journey of long distance cycling.

My life is constantly full of ambiguities. Though there is a final destination in mind, but I don't have a clue on how to get there (so you know how mess up my life can be at times). But my life is kindda interesting just like biking. Picture it this way: I'm riding my life journey. In my life, I meet different people and experience different feelings. Just like biking, I see a lot of stuff, be it happy, much afraid or purely mixed emotions. Biking gives me the opportunity to meet people who shared the common interest as me, it brings me to places that I have never been. Sometimes I bike alone, sometimes I have some kakis to join in my ride. Sometimes I join other people's ride. But the ultimate intention is just to have fun and make the ride as interesting/meaningful as possible. Same goes to my motto of life, to make my life as interesting and meaningful before my time ends.

Whenever I'm down or frustrated, I will hit the road on my bike to vent my anger. The sound of speed and wind cures my pain. I love to hear the wheel churning and feel the wind against my face. That is freedom. That's when I feel I'm soaring. That's my freedom. That's when I'm so alive!

When faced with a slope, that's where life's obstacles is at. It is never easy to reach the top. Peddling at constant speed, face up on the top: "Don't stop till you reach the top!" Life has many obstacles which you have to overcome, don't quit or avoid it, just push right through it. And once you reached the top, take a deep breath and look behind: "Yay, you've made it!!!" Felt victorious and that's when you know you have pass through your obstacles. There are some killer slopes that I have not succeeded in climbing up with my bike. I might stop halfway to get down and push my bike. But rest assured I won't give up. I will go back to train myself and hit the same route once again with the spirit of conquering it.

When faced with bumpy and uneven trails, that's where life's challenges is at. I meet my own fears. I dare not tread over it for the fear of falling from my bike. It is time to brace myself up and go for it. Life is filled with tough challenges that you need to overcome. You might fall, you might be injured or hurt yourself. But that is training, to mould yourself into a better person. That is the training for improving my biking skills. After every trail session, I felt a sense of satisfaction that I have overcome my own fears and completed the journey.

Biking is a kind of exploration. Like a life which you have to explore too, or you will never know where your strengths and destinations are. When I'm biking, I'm putting my life into risk. My life suddenly depends on me. If I don't balance myself, I'm faced with the risk of falling. When I'm not alert, I'm in a position of being hit by oncoming/ongoing traffic. When I'm tired, I'm prone to falling asleep and that's it! :p

Most time, I can't stop for toilet breaks when I'm alone, cos' I can't leave my bike unattended. Endurance comes in at this moment. :) No matter what, I have to hit home. Like my life, I can't stop at most time, I have to continue on and on: to strive, to pursue. Cycling has taught me endurance and perservance. Back then, I was weak and there is no stamina cos' I hardly did any exercise. But my biking kakis were always there to give me the push that I need (though often I never made it). Yet right now, I'm all alone with either my Gentle Giant or my NOVA. There is no one to encourage, but I learnt something called self-motivation. So probably once in a while you might see this 'Siao Girl' talking to herself as she pants along the road on her black Giant XTC Team or blue NOVA Nebula. Probably that's me you see.