Saturday, December 31, 2011

My bike threw me off.... On a slope!!

Yup... the title says it all. Only the severity of the damage done due to the accident is yet unknown. So basically I now have a sprained wrist ( hope it's just sprained though, not broken or anything worse than a sprain) and it needs to heal fast lol. This on top of two knees with abrasion and arasion on the left side of my face as well. Ouchhh! Really, OUCH!
As a result, I am typing with just my right hand now (thankfully my right hand is okay I might add). My left hand is next to useless now except for the elbow which I use to support myself in getting up and sitting down.
So what happened exactly?
I had set off with high spirits to go cycling towards South Buona Vista Rd yesterday. As usual, I got onto Boon Lay Way via the Jurong Central Park PCN. This time though, I decided to try out taking the slope down to the canal without using the brakes. On many previous occasions, that similar thought had occured to me but I'd never dared to do so for fear of losing control of my bike. As I had reasoned with myself on countless occasions that this could not happen so long as I was keeping vigilant and alert, somehow I made the decision there and then to ride down without using the brakes at all.
Then, as I rushed down the slope, I felt the bike speed up way too fast! I panicked then. I can't remember if I did hit the brakes but the next thing I knew, I had fallen face first onto the ground and my head was giddy. My bike was inches away from where I fell. The first thing I realized was that my knees were grazed and bleeding, My face felt painful too so that might have been grazed too. My only concern though was to check if I had hit my head.
From the way I fell, I was sure that the bike had flipped and thrown me off, face- first. Anyways, I wheeled my bike back home and also realised that the right hand brakes were damaged due to the accident.
So after visiting the clinic with my grandparents, my wounds have now been properly treated and bandaged. Even my left wrist has been bandaged lols. Seems a little 'kua zhang' to me lols. Anyways, my wounds had better receive proper treatment coz I have gatherings to attend on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of Jan. Therefore, hope I recover fast enough lols.

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