Anw bit the dust with it and took on to learning cycling. No way I was gonna ride a double bike sia...but I was lucky to have fantastic teachers in Tony, Simon and Selina, espeically Selina who grabbed the centre of the bike for better stabilisation and running all the way with me. Took 15 min to get the groove and we were off!!
I swear that got more unglam photos of me cos Peiyi was happily shooting pics and videos the whole time when I was taking module BIK1001
Ok yea! BIK1001 completed....forced to do act cute pose with Peiyi, but it's time to set off!
Cycled a distance to this "famous" jetty which, according to our resident cycling veteran Selina, is where everybody takes a pic here
Hurhur...nice matching T-shirts to go together eh?
Group shot
Take 5 towards the end stretch of the cycling route near Changi...I'm bloody tired and burnt out now (who the heck does IPPT in the morning and then hop right into learning cycling in one day? Thought cycling wasn't supposed to be tiring)...BUT
....OMFG!! I love my bike!!
Ok yea! BIK1001 completed....forced to do act cute pose with Peiyi, but it's time to set off!
Cycled a distance to this "famous" jetty which, according to our resident cycling veteran Selina, is where everybody takes a pic here
Hurhur...nice matching T-shirts to go together eh?
Group shot
Take 5 towards the end stretch of the cycling route near Changi...I'm bloody tired and burnt out now (who the heck does IPPT in the morning and then hop right into learning cycling in one day? Thought cycling wasn't supposed to be tiring)...BUT
....OMFG!! I love my bike!!
However, on the return route to the rental shop that's when everything did not went too smoothly...I guess everyone's rushing to go back but I could not really keep up, especially for a beginner, there were times I stumbled and stopped. And also thanks to Tony's "shortcut", ended up with some ridiculous scenarios:
1) Shortcut involves weaving through throngs of the crowd on a busy saturday evening at Long Beach and the foodie corner...near misses with the crowd and crashed into a couple....after that, another near miss with a toddler crossing the road which I stopped in time only to have the bike brake up and hit into my butt..and an angry mother chiding the boy...oops!
2) An innocent point of the finger directing to the shortcut by Tony was a miscommunication as he wanted to point out to me this super high step in the way, but it looked as if he was pointing me to head on in that direction...had i continued, I'm sure I would be doing bike stunts in the air le!
3) Entry into the twilight zone.....cycling paths that led into un-lighted forested areas?!? Hmm.....not exactly what I had in mind....
4) And cycling along-side the road....hmm....I did not know BIK1001 so intensive liaoz sia....grazed the side of the railings lots of times
Well but it was good fun while it lasted. Couple of injuries at the end of the day, but surprisingly it's all to the fingers and not the legs. Cos of abrasion with the bike handles during braking. Anw was glad that I could cycle now...guess I missed out on quite alot when I could not cycle in Europe...they had amazing tours conducted on bicycles and it's a quick way to cover the place quickly.
1) Shortcut involves weaving through throngs of the crowd on a busy saturday evening at Long Beach and the foodie corner...near misses with the crowd and crashed into a couple....after that, another near miss with a toddler crossing the road which I stopped in time only to have the bike brake up and hit into my butt..and an angry mother chiding the boy...oops!
2) An innocent point of the finger directing to the shortcut by Tony was a miscommunication as he wanted to point out to me this super high step in the way, but it looked as if he was pointing me to head on in that direction...had i continued, I'm sure I would be doing bike stunts in the air le!
3) Entry into the twilight zone.....cycling paths that led into un-lighted forested areas?!? Hmm.....not exactly what I had in mind....
4) And cycling along-side the road....hmm....I did not know BIK1001 so intensive liaoz sia....grazed the side of the railings lots of times
Well but it was good fun while it lasted. Couple of injuries at the end of the day, but surprisingly it's all to the fingers and not the legs. Cos of abrasion with the bike handles during braking. Anw was glad that I could cycle now...guess I missed out on quite alot when I could not cycle in Europe...they had amazing tours conducted on bicycles and it's a quick way to cover the place quickly.
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