Farewell, Alpha

01-27-2010 Wednesday

With much regret, I have decided to sell my preloved Honda Wave Alpha, as much as I would like to keep it I have two reasons for selling it: 1. After the accident, my gramma has forbidden me to ride the motorcycle and she doesn't want to see that thing anymore, 2. I desperately need the money for the rehab bill of my mom.

If only I can keep it, I definitely would but the circumstances are really asking me to give it up. Besides, I don't want Alex to get on a motorcycle until he learns to be more careful instead of always thinking about racing against other riders.

I advertised my motorcycle for sale at two different trusted websites and just the day after that, we have received countless calls and text inquiries about it. A lot of interested buyers and for the past few days, we have been dead busy in dealing with all the meet ups to accomodate all the interested buyers with a reasonable price offer for the motorcycle.

Finally, we settled a deal with this guy from Laguna, who was kind enough to bare with us even though we're always two to three hours late on a meet up. I was trying to handle all these things at once, so it was really hard for me. I was sick, I had a bad cough and flu and I frequently throw up.

Alex and I tried to do all this in a rush, because he has things to do and I also need to get some rest if I wanted to still be alive for many more years. In between visiting the doctor, we were running around to negotiate with the buyer.

It's just today that we've officially closed the deal, and sold the beloved motorcycle for Php17,000. It's not in a really good shape and Alex didn't tell all the details in the ad that we posted so bottomline, we did not get the Php20,000 we're both expecting. I told him I hope he'll know how to sell the right way because he's the one more disappointed about it.

As for me, I'm satisfied that all this was over and I can finally rest. On the other hand, I'm also saddened that I have to sell that beloved thing. I am melodramatic, let me all remind you, so I hope you don't get surprised if I'm gonna say that the motorcycle has a lot of memories on it. When I bought it, I met Alex and he helped me get started with the motorcycle stuff. He taught me how to drive, we went to places with it, we were all over the place, celebrating our freedom of being able to go anywhere without having to commute.

I will miss that red thing. I will miss the roaring sound of it whenever Alex would come to our house, I will miss the wind against my face, the feel of Alex's warmth as I clung to him through out the wonderful joyride, the sound of it's horn, the feel of the accelerator in the palm of my hand, the grease, dirt, cleaning it all, everything about the motorcycle has meant lot to me. Alex is planning to get a newer one when he has enough money and I told him that's fine but I know it will never be the same as my Honda Alpha.

Another thing that I'm also gonna miss is the time Alex has spent with me throughout our selling ordeal. He has stayed at our house for almost 5 days combined and I know that as much as I wanted to avoid being used to it, I can't help it. I miss seeing him first thing in the morning, I miss him watching over me in my sleep when I was battling with a fever. I know now that the motorcycle is gone, I have a feeling that I'll rarely see him, he'll be busy with something else to be able to earn enough money for a new motorcycle. His assurance is not something I'm really counting on, I knew him too well.

Ok, Alpha's gone bye-bye. I wonder what or who's next on the farewell list.

Labels: alex, buyer, deed, Honda Alpha, pink crimson, red, seller

posted by Monica-Lynne @ 4:45 PM