Be ready

It's been ages since I had a flat tire, and the one this morning was a wake up call:

Always check the spare inner tube, and invest on a portable tire inflator.

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Over the past Lenten season, I am again reminded to be ready.

For anything.

To ride...

…or not to ride. I’ve been looking at motorcycles for quite some time now — not just admiring them, but seriously considering owning one. Yet every time I’m close to buying, one of two things happens: 1) I see a news report about a fatal motorcycle accident, and it makes me afraid to ride; or 2) I encounter a kamote rider, and it makes me resent the motorcycle community. Choosing to bike was easy: it was the pandemic, and I needed to stay fit. But with a motorcycle, what reason could I possibly have? Save on fuel? Cut travel time? Or, most importantly, midlife crisis? ^^ Oh well — I’ll leave this one to the cosmos.