This is Dudot, which is probably just his nickname. He’s a local in our area who resides at the squatter’s area. He earns a living by driving a pedicab or sidecar as it popularly known here. He has a bad leg. If I can remember correctly, it’s his right leg. The right leg is abnormally shorter and thinner than the other, a defect he said he got from having Polio as a child. People would say that his right leg is like that small right fin of NEMO which was often called bad fin in the animated movie “Finding Nemo”. It didn’t stop our little NEMO from swimming just as fine as any other fish with regular set of fins and helping others. Dudot here does the same, everyday he pedals his bike as if he has a perfect pair of strong legs and while one would have assumed this bad leg would be a weakness, Dudot makes a living out of it. This just proves to us that it is not about being able; it is sometimes about becoming able. As I always say, it is not about what life makes of you, it is what you make out of life.
The interiors are often filled with stickers, the exteriors wearing the names of their children, wife or whoever owns the bike. Sidecar. The ride costs a minimum of 20 pesos-30 pesos. They can take you to Divisoria and 168 mall for 40 pesos. They take me to Morayta for 50 pesos. I know I can take the jeepney since its cheaper, but I prefer the pedicab more often because then I could have privacy. I can go directly to a certain destination without having to stop for another passenger. At least that’s how it is in our area. I believe in other areas, the pay is per person (7-10 and even 20 pesos each) and yes, other passengers can take the ride with you, given that you are both going in the same direction.
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