Sunday, March 30, 2008

like a biker gang gone engine-less.

the whole experience of overnight cycling is not something that i can sum up in words, but i'll try my best anyway. (i really should be trying to get some sleep now but even my sleep mechanism can't seem to kick in. i think it's some form of jetlag.)

as sianying mentioned, for the first time in my life, i discovered that i had the capacity to care about somebody else's life more than i did my own. and that revelation actually made me feel vaguely less human. i mean, humans are supposed to be selfish by nature, no? not insinuating anything, of course.

and goodness, i learned that patience is a virtue. yes, despite this phrase being as overused as "silence is golden" and whatever other cliche phrases, patience is a freaking virtue. well, there must be some sliver of truth to something that is repeated so often shouldn't it? last night/this morning, i learned that lesson very well indeed. i won't say i'm particularly good at the whole "patience" thing, but i really, really tried.

the moment when we reached the end point was a culmination of all that we had gone through in the past few hours--our muscles burning in protest, the bicycle grease, the constant encouragement, the hoarse voice, the fear, the abrasions, cuts, aches. i'm really proud of my buddy and i, along with everyone else involved. we did it. (:

okay, the tiredness just kicked in. off to a nap, i go.

Posted by STINKY @ 8:22 PM