My Bike

Hi All,

During my college second year, I was asking my father to buy a new bike for me. He told first get driving license then let me see. I informed this to Kathiravan (friend of mine). He told it’s very easy to obtain driving license. Immediately, we decided to take driving license for both of us, since he too didn’t have driving license. But he knew to ride but I didn’t know how to ride bike. I told him that, I don’t know bike riding, he told just you have to ride in such a way that you have to put shape of eight using your bike. So we joined a driving school and on the same day itself we obtained the learner's license and our driving exam day was after a week.

During the week, I even forgot about the driving exam, but a day before the driving exam only I remembered tomorrow is driving exam and called Kathiravan over the phone and asked him to bring his father's two wheeler, so that I can learn driving. He was helping me for almost three hours and he made me to put eight by riding. I have to thank him for his patience.

Next day, we appeared for the driving exam. First I was called for the driving exam and without any struggle I passed the driving exam and next Kathiravan was called for the driving exam and he too passed the driving exam with ease. After few hours they issued the driving license on the same day. After getting the driving license I went to my father's office and shown him that now I have the driving license. So now buy a new bike for me, he just told okay.

After three days, that’s was on 03/08/2006 I was coming back to home from college. When I reached the my street beginning I was able to see a new blue color bike (Yamaha Gladiator) was there in front of my home. Initially I thought that maybe some other person's bike and also had a guess like my father might brought that one for me. When I entered home my mother came smiling towards me and shown me the bike key. I was in for a surprise and she asked me to get ready we can go to temple. I told just oh! okay (Because I don’t have any experience in riding bike inside the city and also not even ride the bike other than one and second gear). I got the key from my mother and went near the bike and took the bike to park without starting the bike.

After parking the bike, I went inside the home and my mother was ready for going to temple. She said come on we can go to temple, I told will go tomorrow and she told No No.. we have to go now and she kept on telling me get ready get ready.. I got irritated and in angry voice I told I don’t know riding the bike inside the city she was in for a surprise and asked in loud voice “Don’t know riding?” I just told "Yes".

To be continued…

Thanks,

Ramesh Kumar Gurusamy.