hijacking mother poon's hotspot on her (still) 12GB data plan. whahas.
ok, the no.1 topic of the night is........ my new bike!
on a romantic night of 14th Feb, i found my true, hard love. hahahs.
and on that night i........... fell twice. hahas
looking at it,
but really, i was really afraid of it. from 135cc to 400cc, i felt the weight.
while trying to negotiate a right turn, i just couldn't handle it so i fell.
i went to the petrol station, pumped petrol, tried to turn out and fell again. ahhas. totally CMI. and really thank God for all the uncles in the world who came by to help me. sigh.
but when i first ride on the PIE, shiok ttm. the response, the smoothness, super swee. it felt all worth it.
finally reach home. couldn't park at all coz it was up slope. dun talk about turning, can't even reverse. so i had to go up one round before coming back to the parking lot.
i went up, put my bag down, wanted to go down and practice, but by then, i realized that i was shaking. i was actually quite scared. was feeling all fatigue alrdy also. i felt so scared that with all the butterflies fluttering in my stomach, i couldn't eat dinner at all. throughout the night, i was very uneasy. mother poon asked how's the bike, i told her its big, good, and fine, but i guess being my mother and having all kinds of mother sense, she was worried.
idky i was so scared also. i mean like, i've skidded, and then recovered emotionally fast after just a few mins/hours, but this time it was different. hahas. it felt likka reallllyyyyyyy old feeling. in primary sch, i was damn afraid of gg to the dentist. at the mention of the word 'dentist' by mother poon who was intending to bring me downstairs to get my tooth plucked out, i would go all silence and feeling all the tension and all. on the very next mention of that word, i would literally break down. ahhahahs. yup, that afraid.
i still rmbr friday night leading up to sat night. i went to the airshow on sat morng. nope, didn't ride there. took a cab to meet estee to go down. though i was excited through the airshow, i still felt the jitters. when estee asked me how's the bike and all, i felt that anxiety and almost cried. ahhas. wah lau. heing i didn't, but i didn't expect myself at that kind of stage.
after the airshow, i went to get my seat cut and installed a bar raiser and the exhaust protector. the fork is already at max lowest, and i think my suspension can be turned 2 more notches down. #lastresort. but after that, it felt much better. played rugby in the evening, and then rode back. and for the record, with the butterflies flying in my stomach the whole day, i didn't eat at all. surprised that i survived a 15s game w/o dinner, breakfast and lunch. went home, tried to park in the position that i wanted, and just couldn't do it.
and the more i tried, the more i realized that i was almost caught in a dead end. i couldn't reverse. couldn't move forward and for some reason, i couldn't get my gear in the neutral position.
felt helpless man. my neighborhood biker friend wasn't around, so i called you.
really glad to see you. not so much because u're here to help me, but it was just too long that i've seen or spoken to you. though i still wasn't feeling too well from all the mixed distractions and anxiety, i enjoyed the chill time with you. but anyway, thanks for coming down to my rescue. really, it really wasn't staged just to see you. but all i could think of was you ok.
so yea, i'm pretty glad for the intense butterflies. for they have given me all the power to finally msg you again, and thank you, yet again for not abandoning me as how u should have.
sunday morng.
went to church. surprised that i was able to wake up early and on time. not only time, for some reason, i wasn't really that tired at all!
a little embarrassed abt my big bike and the loud vrooom vroom sound. but jerome fell in love with my love. hahas.
our first photo together.
i can so hide behind my bike and u'll not seee me at all.
monday, day 1 of work and battle with the peak hour jam. woke up 15 mins earliers, just in case. hahahas.
and.... it wasn't that bad at all! :) now its alrdy tues, and i'm starting to get abit more comfortable.
still abit apprehensive, especially at turns and tight spaces, but i'm starting to fall in love with him abit more. whahas. with one of my teammate's inspiration, i've decided to name it, my White Knight. whahahas. i mean like, since sg's fighter planes are the Black Knights, why not right. whahahahs. (sorry sparky, pls know that i still love you and miss you alot)
but seriously, even with all the jitters, anxiety, i still love this bike coz of the feeling. not sure if its worth it though.
howeverrr......... i'm still thinking if i should sell it back / to ppl (got a few potential buyers alrdy!).
i mean like, i bought a bike to save cost, and be at a convenience. if this bike is not gg to help me save on cost as well as give me the convenience i need (like secretly camouflaging my bike in some small illegal corner of singapore), then i really need to reconsider. i'm looking at the 2b fazer, but i dont think it'll be as versatile as my spark. perhaps get another spark and zheng it till it feels likka super4. whhahahhas. idk. almost gave up, but i think i'll give it another try for a month before deciding again.
in the mean time, pls pray that i'm skill enough to be safe. i guess its time that i throw out all my bad habits and start riding with good techniques.
and thank you all for your kind encouragements, advices and well wishes.
my friend's friend recently passed away because of a bike accident (on the day i got my bike). and another of my friend is wheelchair-bound for another 6 motths also because of a bike accident that smashed her hips and broke her shin into 2.
yea, ride safe guys.
ok, next topic.... AIR SHOW!
actually no topic. just more photos. glad to see the boys on duty. hahhahas.
estee with her pilot on his F16 and me with my fellow sub-collegue. :)
Trade days and public day. Work and friends. Business and fun.
it's only the place where u'll see the landing gears all so clean.
not a big fan of the A350. but its a new plane, beautiful wing tip. and thanks for challenging the market and your fellow competitors, be it direct or in-direct. aviation industry FTW. hwhahahs.
Korea's Black Eagles are so awesome.
he's here with his batch mates on his off day. still say i aviation siaow.
public dayyy! massive crowds.
because taking photo with airplanes is too mainstream. ahhahas
so yep. pretty a fulfilling wkend.
managed to watch The Lion Men with mother poon too. i think her last cinema movie was like the 881 movie.
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so many decisions.
i think my brain is going to explode.
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