My fascination on two-wheeled vehicles started during my elementary days. I learned to ride a bike using a mini racer that my Dad had. I was so small that I can’t reach the pedals and used the body as the seat but I still managed. Our first family vehicle was a trike on a Yamaha RS100. After a 2 year stint in Saudi, my dad bought this as a means of living for our family. My brother and I had great memories about this trike. We would sneak out and push it off our garage to go to Catwalk at Quezon Ave for a fun night at the strip LOLZ. The tricycle is still running and is now being used by a cousin in my parent's hometown in Pampanga.  I guess we never liked cars because we were not raised with one. All we had were bicycles and a trike.

I had my first scooter right after I got married. I bought a Honda Dio2 50cc scooter and used it as a commute vehicle to my workplace which is just 3km+ from our house. It served the purpose but I cannot use it on main roads because it’s a smuggled scooter which doesn’t have a registration. I upgraded to a Honda Wave 125cc after a couple of years and sold the Dio. I love that motorbike. It opened my door to joy of riding and touring. Through it, I was able to hook-up with a group of riders in Tondo, called Manila Moto Club (M2C). My first long ride was in Tagaytay using the Wave. After a year, my upgrade itch hit me and I got the fastest underbone bike in the Philippines, the Suzuki Raider 150. This bike was damn fast and I clocked in 130kph as my fastest onboard any motorcycle. I had a chance to tour Sagada with my club mates which was one-heck of an experience. Until … I had an offer to work here in Singapore. My wife and I decided to sell the Raider to my cousin and used the money to set up a computer to be used as daily communication with my family.  It was July 2007. After 6 months …. I got myself the coolest scooter ever.. a VESPA. I guess I need another blog for this topic. Hahaahaha.



from left: my son's bike, Honda Dio2, Suzuki Raider and the Toyota Revo



I never liked commuting and driving cars. My parents were able to buy a white Toyota Revo in 1999 after my brother graduated from college but I learned driving late around the time my second child, Louis was born (2002). I had no choice but to learn because my brother, Kutz was getting furious for being the designated driver..always!  It may sound funny and weird to anyone but I don’t get excited when I see some fancy sports car. I am the type of person who’ll go to a Moto GP instead of an F1 race, a motorcycle show rather than a car show and rather be sweating in the afternoon sun on my mesh jacket rather than cooling it out on a van. I still don’t commute when going to the office in Singapore… I ride a MarinQuad XC mountain bike. :-)