What drives you?

      Have you ever wanted to just let yourself free from all the problems in life? If you are to look at my last post, it's about a game called flower. Sometimes, I don't want to be in touch of technology when I relax and feel at peace so I go out. With what? My bike. I go biking around Baguio, I know not everyone can see the fun and excitement of biking but it really makes me feel happy and I could just forget everything that makes me sad when I'm riding. The beauty of the City cannot also be seen by all the locals but It really is a scene that would take your breath away...

 

 This is my Cannondale F4.

• Frame CO2 SL Alloy HeadShok
• Fork HeadShok Super Fatty Ultra DL, 80 mm
• Rear Shock N/A
• Rims WTB Speed Disc All Mountain, 32 hole
• Hubs Formula DC 20, DC 22
• Spokes Stainless Steel
• Tires CST Caballero, 26 x 2.1"
• Pedals Wellgo alloy platform
• Crank Shimano FC-M4428, 22/32/44
• Chain KMC 9-speed
• Rear Cogs SRAM PG-950, 11-34
• Bottom Bracket Shimano Octalink
• Front Derailleur SRAM X-7
• Rear Derailleur SRAM X-7
• Shifters SRAM X-5 Trigger 9-speed
• Handlebars Cannondale C3, 20 mm rise
• Stem Cannondale XC3 HeadShok, 31.8 mm
• Headset Cannondale HeadShok Si
• Brakeset Avid Juicy 3 160/160mm
• Brakelevers Avid Juicy 3
• Saddle Cannondale XC
• Seat Post Kalloy SP-359
• Sizes S, M, L, X
• Extras Cannondale V-Tech Grip

      As I've used a lot of bikes, this is my 1st bike which is really built for mountainous trails. I could probably say that this is also my favorite bike because of the Hydraulic Brake-discs and shocks that were created for downhill and uphill trails.

     I know that people usually perceive biking as a very tiring sport but it's not actually the point. The point here is that the bikers who ride enjoys what they're doing. As a biker, I could not explain the feeling of biking to you but if you were to ride, I know all will be clear to you. The adrenaline rush that we bikers feel when were biking is a whole lot different than any other sport. Yes it's tiring to bike, uphill that is; but after you're on the top, and you'll bike down the slope, there's the excitement that nothing else could explain.
  
     Biking not only is exciting but it is beautiful. There are routes that no car, motorcycle or any contraption could go that a bike could. Those are the undisturbed routes of the mountains, fields, hills and so much more... The view of these kinds of environments are just beautiful. The sun's rays trying to pass through the trees as we bike through the path carved only by the rubber tires of the bikes... The beautiful horizon that we see... The flowery fields with the winds trying to keep us cool... The birds chirping... Oh men, that is just beautiful in every way!

    I hope that everyone would be able to know the feeling of these kinds of stuff. I hope that everyone would be able to try biking. Biking is my sport. My leisure time. My peace. My piece of life. Biking drives me.

Have you fogotten?

          Another game from the Play Station Network Store. This game is a whole lot different than any other game that you've played before. Flower is an interactive game wherein you use the six-axis remote control to be the wind; tilt the remote however you want and the wind will do what you do. The objective of the game is to beautify your surroundings by collecting all the petals of the  flowers that have not bloomed yet. Sounds boring? It's not actually a competitive game, the sole reason of the game is to let us players be reminded of what we have forgotten, the beauty of this world.

        Every flower has it's own story. There are 6 flowers; some flowers just want to beautify the landscape; some  flowers just want to soar up in the winds; some are lonely in an environment destroyed by humans and still tries to make the flowers live; some are in total darkness and are the "light" petals; and some are in the cities trying to make it vibrant.

        This is a very special game for me because whenever I feel that I am lonely, saddened or problematic, I just turn to this game; I can't actually explain my feelings but in a term that I can say, all my negative feelings will be gone and I'll just have a smile on my face that I can't really remove. There was one time that I really had a serious problem about school and I tried to forget about it and believe that I can really do it but I wasn't able to forget about it, after that I remembered that I had a game that could probably help me forget so I turned the game on and in a couple of minutes, I really forgot about that problem.

      Some of my friends don't actually see the good in this game, they'd just play around and make it look as if it was a racing game. That sucks for me because I wanted to really show that this game could really make you feel at ease and relaxed. No matter, at least I can see that this game could really do some good to me. Every second that I played this game all I remembered were the smiles that I had and the way I felt, relaxed.

      I hope that there would be more games like this. Games that would help people remember the things that we should have not forgotten. Flower, thanks for the experience that I would not forget. May it bring the joy to everyone the way it has brought joy to me. Thank you for the experience!