How To Enjoy The Biker Lifestyle: In 7 Steps!

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So, you want to live the motorcycle lifestyle? Well, good news! Many people in the Philippines are starting to spend a lot of their time on their motorcycle touring throughout the country and finding new destinations to explore and enjoy. If you are attracted to that lifestyle, it is not too hard to get started. Here are seven steps that will help you begin your motorcycling lifestyle without becoming completely detached from your normal life. Remember that the secret of enjoying the motorcycle lifestyle is to keep a balance between your everyday duties and responsibilities and finding the time to explore the world in the middle of all that! With that in mind, let's check out the 7 tips that we have for you.



1. Manage your finances

Living the biker lifestyle is not completely free of expenses which you'll have to shell out for fuel and other regular maintenance on your motorcycle to keep it in perfect performing order. In order to maintain a steady flow of money, you will need a steady job or a source of income that a generates money for you passively. Look for jobs that does not restrict you to a fixed place so that you can continue to enjoy the motorcycle lifestyle as well as keep on generating a steady income to meet your daily expenses. There are different ways of doing that: many riders in the Philippines are choosing to become YouTube creators and generate money by monetizing their channels; another way of generating online income is to get into affiliate marketing and make money through those avenues. Last but not the least, many riders are also choosing to become delivery people and earn money by delivering parcels from one part of the city to the next which satiates their wanderlust as well as gives them the opportunity to make money.



2. Set small goals

In order to sustain the motorcycle lifestyle, you need to set small goals for yourself but both financially and goals in life. A good way to do that is to follow the old biker lifestyle of making setting small expectations out of your life and then taking small steps towards your goal every single day a little bit at a time. For example, if you are planning to travel 10,000 kilometers in the next 30 days, you need to break them up into small journeys which you can complete in a day or two without stretching yourself or your machine. In addition to that you will also have to take care of your money matters because travelling such a long-distances will require you to have a backup plan to cover expenses that you cannot possibly anticipate. 

3. Have a side hustle

The most fundamental biker philosophy is to do whatever job to you without being picky about what you are doing unless it is something that is morally reprehensible for you. Always make sure to have a job with you that complements your desire to see the world as well as one that pays you handsomely so you don't have to work a lot of time and focus on travelling more rather than working long hours every day. Instead of focusing on making a lot of money in your life, the motorcycle lifestyle and philosophy that we recommend is to become rich in terms of experiences and connections with people around the world. Choose a side hustle or a passive source of income that lets you make more connections with people and create values in their lives and deliver happiness, which will enrich you emotionally and keep you motivated to overcome all the challenges that you are going to face while living a motorcycle lifestyle.



4. Care for your bike

You will also need a motorcycle that can sustain the stress and mechanical demands that you are going to make out of it while riding long distances every day. Choose lifestyle motorcycles which are recommended for long distance travelling such as adventure motorcycles and trusted commuter bikes which you can either purchase second hand from the used market or a brand-new bike that is within your budget. After purchasing a motorcycle, the main expenses that pile on over the years is regarding the maintenance and normal upkeep which is very important especially if you are planning to travel long distances because you do not want any problem to stop you in the middle of the road with no help! Before going out on a trip, make sure to take the motorcycle to a mechanic and have it thoroughly checked for mechanical faults and preemptive maintenance. It is also a good idea to replace the machine oil and other fluids if you have not done that for a very long period of time. For riding in cold conditions, you will need special winter tires which will keep you safe on slippery and snowy surfaces.



5. Take your safety seriously

Many riders in the Philippines living the biker lifestyle do not think a lot about their own safety which is a big mistake that can lead to a lot of expenses or worst, an accident, which is the last thing you want! Always make sure to use proper motorcycle riding gear including a high-quality branded helmet and other riding accessories such as gloves and boots at all times. In addition to that you will also need a comprehensive travel insurance plan that covers mechanical problems and other unanticipated expenses as well. Whenever you have to park your motorcycle in an unknown destination, lock it down properly using chains and padlocks to a fixed and stable post or structure.



6. Brush up on your camping & cooking skills

Living the motorcycle lifestyle means that you will have to be on the road most of the time, and that means you need to learn how to cook your own meals. For most men in the Philippines cooking is not a problem but if you have never done that before, check out a few YouTube videos or ask your female relatives to teach you a few basic skills. To cook your food on the road, you will also require camping stoves and fuel (butane cans) which you can purchase in bulk very cheap from online marketplaces.



7. Get a comprehensive travel insurance

Like we mentioned before, you will need comprehensive travel insurance to become completely stress-free and tension-free to enjoy your rides more and worry less about covering unseen expenses on the road. The most effective way of doing that is to purchase a comprehensive travel insurance that covers everything from health problems to mechanical problems on your motorcycle, along with roadside assistance assurance. Check out all the relevant travel insurance plans that you can find in the Philippines before setting out on the road to live the biker lifestyle!


Summary: So, you want to live the motorcycle lifestyle? Well, good news! Many people in the Philippines are starting to spend a lot of their time on their motorcycle touring throughout the country and finding new destinations to explore and enjoy. Here are seven steps that will help you begin your motorcycling lifestyle without becoming completely detached from your normal life.

Pia Cayetano fumes after Risa Hontiveros called for probe over 2019 SEA Games Facilities

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"Sen. Pia Cayetano fumes after Sen. Risa Hontiveros called for full-scale probe into the P9.5 billion funding used to construct sports facilities for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games"

Pia's brother Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano served then as the chairman of the PH Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee. 

Pia blasts Risa for her allegations: "I am embarrassed that we choose to make a political issue out of a world-class facility...So paano, puro bulok na lang tayo?"

Pia: "Paano magiging "white elephant"? Do you even know what are the conditions of our sports facilities para sabihin mong 'yong world-class na 'yon magiging white elephant?"

Pia really popped a vein about this investigation.

Like Pia girl....do you have something to hide that mere suggestion of investigating the SEA Games facilities in New Clark City really got you mad?

But basically, Pia's statements do not address the issues Risa raised.

May tinatago ka 'teh? Takot kang mabulatlat yan sa kapatid mo kasi may cut ka din?

Guilty agad 'teh ang pakiramdam namin sa rant mo. Ibabalik ko madalas sabihin ng mga DDS, kung walang ginagawang masama, wag matakot.

No Pia, we respect and honor the National Athletes, the infrastructure is not the athlete. We love them... But not the Overpriced Cauldron by another Cayetano, your brother Alan Peter..

Pia should not be angry! Simply present to the public an audited report and let the documents speak for itself!

Sige let’s change the headline. Let’s make it about you fuming mad and being defensive about the cauldron and other white elephant built in New Clark City. Investigation ang hinihingi, at hindi pa kayo sinasabihang guilty. Takot na takot na ba kayo? Lol.

If Pia Cayetano really gave a damn about Pinoy athletes, the more she should push for the investigation for any anomalies in the SEA Games hosting to ensure that all money went to the improvement of facilities, purchase of equipment, ++, and not a single dime sa own pocket ng iba.

Pia's impassioned 'patriotic' rage over Risa's call for investigation into the P9 billion sports arena deal? Too much. Way overboard reaction. They're hiding dirt, is my impression. And desperately so. Facts are facts and they want them hidden.

Wow. The true colors of Pia Cayetano, which she has carefully concealed for decades, are now on full display. From being exposed as a fake feminist to being your run of the mill trapo.

My disappointment for Pia continues to grow. A “feminist” but has enabled the fascist misogynist actions of Duterte. A supposed bike advocate but has no meaningful legislation on active mobility. “Anti-corruption” but fumes at a probe bc her brother is involved.

Remember that time that Hidilyn Diaz (women's weightlifting silver medalist in the Rio Olympics) literally went to her IG account to ask for private sponsorship.

I would like to know kung nasaan si Pia Cayetano nung mga panahon na yun.

What a joke.

Wtf happened to her? She was like the future of Philippines' politics back in the day. His dad was one of the most respected Senators too.

Money, honestly. Politics is the family business and siding with the administration, whoever they are, possibly gets them profits.

Corruption must be huge enough for Alan Cayetano to spend years behind bars under a just regime and law-abiding Supreme Court.

Probably the same (albeit feigned) enraged reaction I make to my wife when she points to me as the culprit to an offense to their olfactory. 

Histrionics.

Sorry Pia, you continue to swim the abyss. You became shameless with your "gigil" reaction to the impending probe. If it's built out of public funds, we're interested to have it probed especially that COA flagged it. Why not welcome it to clear your bro's name?! Takot?! 

Pia Cayetano is cancelled!

Vice Ganda: Sinong mas straight?

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Vice Ganda got disowned by his own community. 

Practice lang.

It's clear that Vice Ganda did not know about the series. He and the it entire show didn't get the advocacy and the message of GSP. So, never again!  

The question 'Sino ang mas straight?' Not funny!

You can see how Ian and Paolo got awkward with the question. 

Asking that assumes na meron laging guy/girl sa relationship. Putting LGBT in heteronormative (straight relationship) expectations.

For queer relations, there may be two gays or two lesbians or any combo, would not matter. And besides, personal matters are best left personal.

1. Stop  who's the guy/girl in queer relations and stop making gameshows out of very personal matters.

2. Being LGBT+ does not auto-remold one's backward attitudes on SOGIE.

3. Educate, take up space and fight.

Vice Ganda should know better, but she seems busy being a tool for heteronormative media.

It saddens me that actors from a BL series were treated as sexual objects and pressed with heteronormative standards in the show. Vice Ganda, you could have done better. listen to the LGBT community. You should all not be regressing.

It isn't the first time that Vice Ganda has this tone-deaf remarks. For someone that has been in the entertainment industry for more than a decade w/ such privilege, it's disappointing that he still chooses to be ignorant on crucial matters such as LGBT discourses. Nakakapagod.

You know what needs straightening? 

The twisted backward notion that homosexual relations need to fit heteronormative expectations. The failure to understand the complexity of LGBT beyond sexual stuff.

Goes to show that both our media and culture are intensely backward, and it will take a lot more than BL shows and a Twitter echo chamber to change the conditions that make them in the first place. Educate, educate, struggle, struggle.

Eh divided nga ang LGBT. Mas marami, wapakels. Yung iba sila pa mismo una manlait. Look at Vice. Patawa lang sya dahil dun pera niya. Yun lang nakita nyang role niya.

It is simply the unwillingless to see the world in terms other than the received heteronormative orthodoxies. I would be embarrassed to be involved with something this outdated.

No more educating. I should be allowed to hate the likes of Vice Ganda who possesses both social and economic capital, who has had all the time to learn about this community should they actually wanted to, yet never did.

If you're still wondering why so many Filipinos admire Vice Ganda but deny the LGBT+ basic human rights, it's because Vice reduces her gender identity to only a form of entertainment or whatever that sells, instead of utilizing her platform to amplify the plight of the community.

Unless he actually learns about sensitivity and makes use of his influence for good, Vice Ganda will never be a respectable gay icon.

He is an icon, alright. But in so many wrong ways.

Ang foundation ng career niya ay base sa insensitivity.

He doesn't have the respect of a huge chunk of the community. No sensible queer person respects him.

Walang ambag sa sariling community kasi. He is a gay person so full of himself. He will never be effective to represent the LGBT community.

Vice Ganda is not an LGBT ally. The only thing the comedian knows is horribly making fun of people, including those who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. Tasteless, cheap comedy.

Of course Vice Ganda's still problematic. Let's not forget that they enabled Duterte's rise to power. Only gets serious and political when it affects them, and continues to perpetuate tropes against members of the LGBTQ+ community with "sino ang mas straight/tigasin/kulot?

Even when the ABS-CBN shutdown happened, AFAIK they didn't even bat an eyelash

They just setup shop sa YouTube.

Literally just one tweet about praying and that was it. Back to business, because it didn't affect their livelihood. The privilege.

Make it make sense? Also the subtle innuendos with the other terms listed? Just shows all y'all do is sexualize and use the LGBTQIA+ community for entertainment. 

Vice Ganda pulling off a stunt like that for the straights? I'm not surprised because majority of the bitch's demographic are straight ppl so he will perform what is appealing to the straights which is "funny" gay stereotypical jokes. Gross. 

Also LGBTs don't recognize Vice Ganda as part of the community.

How does it feel to be a queer and a tool of hetero-patriarchy? I dunno, ask Vice Ganda

Hetero-patriarchy - In feminist/queer theory, it's a socio-political system where (primarily) cisgender heterosexual males exert authority/dominance over cisgender/non-conforming females or other sexual orientations and gender identities.

It seeks to reinforce heteronormative values as the only identity acceptable meanwhile oppressing other genders, gender identities, and other sexual orientations through domination of the media space, pushing anti-LGBTQIA+ policies, reinforcing hetero social norms etc.

Vice Ganda is the problematic gay y'all need to call out. They don't acknowledge nor do they apologize for any problematic thing they do.

How can Filipino families be acceptive of the gays when they are seeing vice ganda as an “example.” 

Instead of apologizing and learning they dismiss it by saying "toxic kayo dapat good vibes lang" then proceeds to justify what they did.

It's proof that Vice Ganda is tone deaf and having a queer person on your team does not mean you have a queer-friendly show.

Isn’t there anyone on it's Showtime Na’s team that is part of the LGBT+ community that could’ve flagged this and explained why it’s wrong? 2020 na guys, nandiyan pa din kayo. 

This is exactly the “stereotyping” that they talked about in #GSP. The irony of it happening to the actors in real life is very telling of how much work there is to be done SMH.

This is exactly the micro-aggression talked about in #GSP what a shame.

How ironic given how the series teaches us the exact opposite.

Nakakahiya! Kesehodang hindi tungkol sa sexuality ang buong tanong mali pa rin sya! Just for the sake of viewership ganito ang gagawin Ng It's Showtime Na sa mga guests nila?!

Vice Ganda’s always been a problematic gay, the way this sis never learns.

Really the range of his humor is making other people feel bad or uncomfortable from his bad jokes. He literally only has like one or two movies that were actually tolerable to watch.

Paolo’s awkward smile and Jan’s shift in body language after that awful question left Vice Ganda’s mouth. 

I understand the frustration, it was an unfair situation that happened on It's Showtime Na and it deserves the criticism that it's getting. 

Vice Ganda and Ellen DeGeneres are in the same category of "could've been the icons we needed but..."

But we shouldn’t put all the blame to Vice Ganda only because the one who was really at fault and should also be blamed here is the segment producer/writer.

Though that doesn’t mean Vice Ganda is excused, because she’s still accountable for this as a host of this segment.

It's OK to be angry, but it must be directed towards the root of the problem. Be angry at Vice Ganda if you must. She's been at that business for so long. She has the resources to be educated.