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
Here Comes July
07-06-2009 Monday
Tell me it ain't July yet. Oh, it is? My, my, pinch me I must be dreaming. Time flies fast when you barely give it a second glance.
I've been consumed this past few days with struggling to keep my stats at work up and above the goal but I realized it's really hard to cram when the month is about to end. Lesson learned: Don't file a leave for more than a week at the beginning of the month. It makes your mind think about the vacation when you should be thinking that it's the start of the new month and you should focus on selling, selling, selling. Remember that I started June with a weeklong vacation? A vacation I very much needed, but looking back, vacation leaves should be filed at the end of every month, instead.
Since it's the start of July, I was focused with work especially now that we're on a high queue during the first few days of the new month. God, it was tiring like hell. One call after the other and the worse thing is that not every call is a sale, and for us Sales Agent whose performance is based on the number of sales we convert divided by the calls we received, we pretty much lose when they bombard us with crappy calls. We don't have much of a choice anyway. Whoever made that basis to determine our skills as sellers is a total shithead who doesn't deserve all the money he's getting from his cashcows which are us, the agents, who else.
That's also part of the reason why it took me a few days to update my blog. With all the calls we're getting, I don't have a few minutes to spare to open that little notepad on my pc and begin typing away some entries for this blog. I don't even have 2 minutes to stand up and get some hot water for my coffee! That's what a happens when we have a high volume of calls for the day. Almost 10 hours of talking non-stop and the only time that we can catch our breath or sip our hot coffee (which is most likely not that hot anymore) is during the 5-10 seconds interval after they hang-up the phone, and before the other call come in. The shitty, stinking life of a call center agent.
I'm done talking about work, now let's talk about me. Well, there's nothing new that might interest you but if you care enough to know, I am getting better on the motorcycle. Matter of fact, after ranting to Alex, he finally allowed me to have my motorcycle for the weekend, that is last Saturday and yesterday with the promise that I'll be very careful not to hit some passerby on the street, which I kept. I maybe a bit rough on the road but I'm also starting to gain control on the wheels and I'm out to prove that guys aren't the only creature made to drive a motorcycle.
Yesterday, I went to the parlor with my motorcycle and I'm also proud to say that I know how to park that thing already. Park it neatly so it's out of the way, that is. Haha. Before, I park anywhere I wanted to and Alex used to give me a look that says, '
You didn't just do that.' then he would grab the keys from my hand and park it the right way. I would laugh as he shook his head and wonder how the hell can he trust me alone on the motorcycle. Well, now I think I just proved him he can. My Honda Alpha is still in one piece, like what it is when he left it with me. I am still in one piece, no broken bones or scratches on my face, and most importantly, no human being harmed on the streets as I passed them by.
There's a sense of freedom I get when I'm driving. The wind blowing my hair, which is now cut short by the way (I don't wanna bother posting a photo of my new haircut because it's not something to talk about. It's not like I'm a famous celebrity or something that I would get people to care about what my hair looks like now), the howl of sounds around me which includes the steady roar of my Alpha, the horns of other vehicles, the chugging machine of a huge truck, even the whistle of a traffic enforcer and the pride I feel whenever a guy on another motorcycle will stare at me,maybe wondering if the person he's looking at is really a girl. Well, I got news for you, I am a girl, I drive this Alpha and I'm here to kick your butt.
Sorry if I sound too egoistic for my own good but I believe that if a girl can do something that most people think is only for guys, then it's not a gender thing, it's about being able to do something and being damn proud of it.
Labels: Honda Alpha, pink crimson, red
Honda Alpha
06-21-2009 Sunday
I would like to share some photos of my red Honda Alpha (soon to be pink, hopefully, when I can already afford a paint job for it). It's not the newest or most up-to-date model for a motorcycle but it's the fruit of my labor, that's more than enough of a reason to be proud of it. :)
(My Alex on my Alpha)
(My Damien right there..)
(Is that Damien in the background?? :) )
(Alex, Damien and the motorcycle)
As you can see, we still have some
pa-pogi things to do on that like mags, new side-mirror, seat-cover etc. But for now, I like it just the way it is.
Labels: alex, Honda Alpha, pink crimson, red
