7 - It Felt Like Hell

"The Accident"

Ever since I was I kid, accidents were always following me. Wherever I go, wherever I walk, wherever I sit, accidents was always sneaking up behind me. It's like they're attracted to me or something. I'm like an accident magnet. I can't hide from it. One way or another, they'll just be around the corner ready to pounce on me like a cat waiting to catch its mouse.

One time, I was riding a motorcycle at Ilocos Norte along with a friend. He was actually teaching me how to ride one. We we're passing a road full of rocks that time. He suddenly put down his feet on the road why'll we were riding the motorcycle. We suddenly went out of balance and we fell off the motorcycle. I tried stopping the wheel from spinning by pulling the break. I ended up turning the gas instead. It revved faster and faster. That actually scared shiznitz out of me. Fortunately, we where far away from the wheel. My thigh ended up touching the exhaust. Good thing it wasn't that hot. My thigh could have been burned just like that time my leg touched the exhaust of motorcycle that was recently parked on the side of the road. I was jogging at that time with my friends. We decided to take a rest for a bit. I saw a motorcycle which was roughly the height of my elbow back when I was a kid. The problem there was, I was at the side where the exhaust was placed. I leaned a bit and then BOOM! Well it didn't explode, but yeah, my leg touched the exhaust which gave me a 1st degree burn. I walked home looking like a crippled man.

I experienced a lot more accidents after. But the most memorable one was the time my cousin burned my thigh. It was the most agonizing pain I've ever experienced and I hope I'd never experience it again.

Trumpilyo in action

It was during new year when it happened. I don't know what year though. It happened like this. It was new year's eve. Me and my family, along with my grandparents and relatives was having a new year party at our house. We where lighting up a lot of fireworks that my parents bought. We had the fountain which was like a fountain (duh) but instead of water coming out of the hole, its fireworks. Hence the name fountain (another duh). We also had lusis, which was a really long stick that when its lit up, it burns colorfully. We also had that thing called the trumpilyo which was hammered into a wall and when you light it up, it spins really fast.

My cousin Enar, whom I mentioned in my previous posts, was scared of the trumpilyo. We never knew at first. My dad hammered the trumpilyo on a wall. I was 15 feet away from it. I was seating down beside a table during that time and my cousin was around 8 feet away from it. My dad lit the trumpilyo. The moment the trumpilyo started spinning, my cousin who was holding a lit up lusis, ran towards the table I was beside at. He hid under it while he was still holding the lit up lusis. The lusis then accidentally touched my thigh and damn! Just damn! It burned my skin and almost made a hole in it. It felt like a thousand needles piercing through a delicate part of my body. The feeling was agonizing. I screamed so loud that its even louder than 10 fireworks exploding simultaneously. I was about to pummel his face, good thing I was able to suppress my anger and my brain told me that it was just an accident and that I should calm down, everything will be fine. So I just asked him to call my mom instead.

The next time my dad lights up a trumpilyo, I'm gonna make sure that Enar is not around.