Seeing this old bicycle at Casa Gorordo Museum instantly took me back to my childhood.
As a little girl growing up in Cataingan, Masbate, one of my greatest adventures was riding my bicycle to our small downtown. I was so proud to have a bike of my own. It gave me a sense of freedom – the joy of exploring, sometimes with my parents’ permission, and sometimes… not quite. 😊
Back then, those trips to town felt like grand adventures. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would travel across the Philippines and around the world – for work, for storytelling, and for the simple joy of discovering new places and meeting people from different cultures.
Life has a beautiful way of surprising us. Looking back, perhaps those little bicycle rides through Cataingan were the first chapters of a much bigger journey.