But you can control what you think about the situation.

You don’t control the external events that happen, but you decide whether they’re good or bad.

Whether they are fair or unfair.

Our recent motorbike tour in Ha Giang was a bit dangerous, if you never rode a bike before, I wouldn’t recommend it

I heard some people die on the loop, but anyways

Our Ha Giang motorbike tour required us to be on the bike for 5+ hours a day.

When we first got there, we didn’t realize but they rented us a shitty bike. Me and S are not that heavy, but we are heavy enough for the bike to struggle.

To put in perspective, throughout the tour, we had to go upill constantly, we basically going up and down multiple mountains, and hill (idk the elevation lingo but those hills were steep)

Our bike - the 110cc was having a hard time pulling itself(plus me and S) up hill.

But,

I can sit here and complain about the bike all I want, or I can look at it from a different angle.

The fact that I couldn’t rely on the horsepower of the bike means this is a challenge for me and my driving skill.

As it turned out, I actually had a lot of fun, and I glad we got a shitty bike.

The fact that going up hill was hard, require me to be extra careful with saving the momentum when driving, and my riding style relied heavily on momentum. I learned to take wider turns that allow the speed to stay high and you don’t have to use the brake everytime you turn (if you do this, pls be careful lol)

Oh here’s the cherry on top, the brakes were shitty (yeah it was kinda dangerous lmao)…

[Before we continue, the bike was semi-automatic, which means I can shift gear from N-1-2-3-4 it’s like driving a manual car with out a clutch pedal]

The fact that the brakes didn’t work that well means it was the perfect opportunity for me to learn how to engine brake.

When driving, we often rely too much on the brakes, but not the engine.

If you are going fast on 4th gear, and you downshift to 3rd. You will experience a force that pulls the bike back, slows it down dramatically, that’s what they call engine braking.

But yeah, we often walk into a situation with no control, but we can control our attitudes towards it.

So next time you get dealt shitty cards, just eat the loss and move on, or use that hand to your advantage.

You don’t control the external events that happen, but you decide whether they’re good or bad.

Whether they are fair or unfair.