birthday outing #2
WE FINALLY MADE IT TO EAST COAST.
after many attempts to go cycling, the weather finally allowed us to have a good windy, shady day at the beach.
we were very excited to leave the house for a day of cycling. tee-hee.
we strolled all the way from alvin's to the bicycle shop and chose our bikes.
i had no idea what to do. i stared at the bikes, and chose something not too high, for fear of not being able to mount my 'steed'. alvin saw me prodding the bikes uncertainly, so he tried to guide me by asking me to check the bikes. i 'tested' the brakes and rolled my choice back and forth. well, as long as it could roll on two wheels and brake to avoid hit and runs, can pass liao. so ok we set off!
i had a really shaky start. i couldn't cycle straight, and barely made my way out of the bicycle kiosk coz the road was so crowded, arghhh. anyway, i pressed on with alvin following behind (in case i fall) and continued down the road...
both of us kept shouting back and forth: 'what is this??' 'it's the BRAKE!!' and 'what gear is for what??' 'arghhhhhh'... in this manner, i learnt how to change gears! :D
was growing abit more confident about cycling, until we hit the end of the road... alvin suggested the ECP (omg are u nuts??!?!), i told him to er, somethingalongthelinesofgoanddie (yes i am a terrible girlfriend, of course i knew he was joking, i just hope he knew i was joking too *weak laugh*).
so alvin made a nice little turn at the end road, while i hopped off my bike, turned it around, got back on, and started peddling... past alvin's incredulous face.
after abit, he caught up with me, and shouted, 'eh u don't know how to turn ah???'
'nope!!' *continues peddling*
he went ahead of me and made a left turn. i followed along, looking suspicious.
i asked, 'eh we turn in for what?'
'you need to learn how to turn.'
'aiyah, no need la! i can just get off my bike and...' i am quelled by his DO-U-WANT-TO-LEARN-HOW-TO-RIDE-A-BIKE-ANOT look.
sulkily, i watched him do a turn, and i tried to follow.
a bad attempt! but no matter! after alvin taught me how to position my legs (it was like a dance move, i swear) and when i made one fabulous turn immediately after, i got cocky.
'HAHAHA!! so easy! ok let's go macdonald's for ice-cream cone.'
'eh, not so fast; you need to do more turns...'
'okokok. easypeasy. i'll do THREE consecutive turns ok?'
it was not easy. somehow, i just kept only doing 2.5 turns. like, more than 10 times!! i've decided to call the place: the vortex of only 2.5 turns.
we were stuck there for 45 minutes!!! gahhhh!!
anyway, after i managed my 3 turns (while alvin was on the phone, so he couldn't video it) and a turn on my left, we finally left the 'vortex of only 2.5 turns' and continued on.
that was when i fell. spectacularly.
it started off like this: alvin noticed something on my back, so my body twisted to allow my hand to fly to my back. the front wheel turned, i lost control of my bike, and before i knew it, the bike toppled, skidded, and then somehow... somehow i landed on my back. and my hairband clanged to the tar about a metre away.
alvin said i did a mini-somersault off the bike... my back was merely scratched, and not even bleeding! it's a miracle!!
aileen reckons i've fallen down so many times in the past, because i was preparing for this one day when i'd have scraped my knee and probably gotten pinned under my bike, if not for all the training in the past.
hallelujah! :D
when i got up, the mostly female crowd just stared from the sides. i think they were shocked. haha. i picked up my hairband, alvin fixed my chain, and we were off!! (mainly because i was sibei paiseh la.)
then alvin tried to wash my wound, and i don't know what gave him the idea but he decided to pour his entire water bottle down my back. i sat on my bicycle, squelching as i peddled, and everytime i went over a hump.
we passed by macdonald's... i didn't want to touch a cone with my dirty hands. and i had a wet butt. then ahoy! we saw...
NEW ZEALAND'S NATURAL.
alvin couldn't stop laughing at our reactions. coz we were riding in the straight line at high speed, then when NZN came into view, both our heads whipped towards its direction and automatically made a bee-line for it. i kinda expected screeching tyres as we turned sharply to our left simultaneously. hahaha.
we had their chocolate thickshake. *slobber* as you can tell, we were very satisfied:
this picture of alvin is priceless.
so then, we continued on. by this time, i seemed to be cycling much better, making fast and sharp turns like, damn seh la, and changing gears (though they seemed to be not working very well... they kept making sounds)... i tell u, i really felt very seh man. darn good feeling.
so i kept peddling on like a madwoman, up and down little slopes, turning while applying abit of my brakes, and cycling DAMN FAST...
i couldn't walk the next day.
after many attempts to go cycling, the weather finally allowed us to have a good windy, shady day at the beach.
we were very excited to leave the house for a day of cycling. tee-hee.
we strolled all the way from alvin's to the bicycle shop and chose our bikes.
i had no idea what to do. i stared at the bikes, and chose something not too high, for fear of not being able to mount my 'steed'. alvin saw me prodding the bikes uncertainly, so he tried to guide me by asking me to check the bikes. i 'tested' the brakes and rolled my choice back and forth. well, as long as it could roll on two wheels and brake to avoid hit and runs, can pass liao. so ok we set off!
i had a really shaky start. i couldn't cycle straight, and barely made my way out of the bicycle kiosk coz the road was so crowded, arghhh. anyway, i pressed on with alvin following behind (in case i fall) and continued down the road...
both of us kept shouting back and forth: 'what is this??' 'it's the BRAKE!!' and 'what gear is for what??' 'arghhhhhh'... in this manner, i learnt how to change gears! :D
was growing abit more confident about cycling, until we hit the end of the road... alvin suggested the ECP (omg are u nuts??!?!), i told him to er, somethingalongthelinesofgoanddie (yes i am a terrible girlfriend, of course i knew he was joking, i just hope he knew i was joking too *weak laugh*).
so alvin made a nice little turn at the end road, while i hopped off my bike, turned it around, got back on, and started peddling... past alvin's incredulous face.
after abit, he caught up with me, and shouted, 'eh u don't know how to turn ah???'
'nope!!' *continues peddling*
he went ahead of me and made a left turn. i followed along, looking suspicious.
i asked, 'eh we turn in for what?'
'you need to learn how to turn.'
'aiyah, no need la! i can just get off my bike and...' i am quelled by his DO-U-WANT-TO-LEARN-HOW-TO-RIDE-A-BIKE-ANOT look.
sulkily, i watched him do a turn, and i tried to follow.
a bad attempt! but no matter! after alvin taught me how to position my legs (it was like a dance move, i swear) and when i made one fabulous turn immediately after, i got cocky.
'HAHAHA!! so easy! ok let's go macdonald's for ice-cream cone.'
'eh, not so fast; you need to do more turns...'
'okokok. easypeasy. i'll do THREE consecutive turns ok?'
it was not easy. somehow, i just kept only doing 2.5 turns. like, more than 10 times!! i've decided to call the place: the vortex of only 2.5 turns.
we were stuck there for 45 minutes!!! gahhhh!!
anyway, after i managed my 3 turns (while alvin was on the phone, so he couldn't video it) and a turn on my left, we finally left the 'vortex of only 2.5 turns' and continued on.
that was when i fell. spectacularly.
it started off like this: alvin noticed something on my back, so my body twisted to allow my hand to fly to my back. the front wheel turned, i lost control of my bike, and before i knew it, the bike toppled, skidded, and then somehow... somehow i landed on my back. and my hairband clanged to the tar about a metre away.
alvin said i did a mini-somersault off the bike... my back was merely scratched, and not even bleeding! it's a miracle!!
aileen reckons i've fallen down so many times in the past, because i was preparing for this one day when i'd have scraped my knee and probably gotten pinned under my bike, if not for all the training in the past.
hallelujah! :D
when i got up, the mostly female crowd just stared from the sides. i think they were shocked. haha. i picked up my hairband, alvin fixed my chain, and we were off!! (mainly because i was sibei paiseh la.)
then alvin tried to wash my wound, and i don't know what gave him the idea but he decided to pour his entire water bottle down my back. i sat on my bicycle, squelching as i peddled, and everytime i went over a hump.
we passed by macdonald's... i didn't want to touch a cone with my dirty hands. and i had a wet butt. then ahoy! we saw...
NEW ZEALAND'S NATURAL.
alvin couldn't stop laughing at our reactions. coz we were riding in the straight line at high speed, then when NZN came into view, both our heads whipped towards its direction and automatically made a bee-line for it. i kinda expected screeching tyres as we turned sharply to our left simultaneously. hahaha.
we had their chocolate thickshake. *slobber* as you can tell, we were very satisfied:
this picture of alvin is priceless.
so then, we continued on. by this time, i seemed to be cycling much better, making fast and sharp turns like, damn seh la, and changing gears (though they seemed to be not working very well... they kept making sounds)... i tell u, i really felt very seh man. darn good feeling.
so i kept peddling on like a madwoman, up and down little slopes, turning while applying abit of my brakes, and cycling DAMN FAST...
i couldn't walk the next day.
posted by feline @ 4:04 PM
