Went to changi for cycling w dad and the other ppl from his service on fri. Weather was pretty good (scorching sun but nice breeze).
Very unfortunate that one of the woman in our group of 16, a grandmother, clashed her bike with some other teenage guy (just a random cyclist) when he tried to overtake her. She dislocated her elbow and was lying on the ground for quite long (waiting for the ambulance). Must have been really really pain. She was sweating profusely and making whimpering noises with every breath. Ps Fu's wife comforted her and wiped her seat while me and sarah took turns to hold the umbrella. I felt so helpless. Really wished we could do sth to lessen the pain at that time. We were in a ulu, foresty area so dad had to go to the main road to locate the ambulance since they had problems locating us. Later on the paramedics came and tied a triangle sling for her and brought her to changi hospital. All the time, the guy who knocked the woman and his 2 friends helped to contact the ambulance/ provide tissue or whatever help they could. They were really responsible and the guy who was involved in the clash recounted the whole accident to the paramedic in a matter-of-fact way. He wasn't defensive or anything, and the adults in our group were quite heartened by their attitudes. Ps Fu's wife and the woman's granddaughter followed in the ambulance. The granddaughter didn't look like she understood anything (i hope she doesn't rmb this incident). As for me, i had even more fears of cycling (as a newbie). The 2nd time i cycled at ecp, my mom fell and sprained her ankle. And now this. Anw, there was no time to think about my fears as we had travelled quite far and now that 3 ppl had left for the hospital, the remaining of us had to think of how to return the additional 3 bikes to the shop. In the end dad and Ps Fu walked 2 bikes each all the way back to the rental shop. Sarah and Kai En took turns to walk 2 bikes each. The only compensation the whole time was the nice scenery and that it was not raining. The rest of us just walked our own bike back silently (no one was in the mood of riding/talking). After we returned the bikes (which was a long while later) and settled the stuff, we were finally ready to set off on the cycling trip again. We received news to confirm that it was a dislocation after an xray test (no hairline crack/ fracture or anything) and that she could go home after collecting the medicine. Everyone lightened up and we headed off for what unexpectedly turned out to be a VERY LONG ride to me, at least. Haha the younger ones went faster and further than me. But i was glad that we managed to cycle more than 10km (thanks to my dad) and overcome my fears. The young ones (zhi qian, kai en) and sarah (not so young), were really nice, friendly and helpful! Hope i can keep in contact with them :) Afterwards we went to changi village for a late lunch. Everyone was quite sehh by then haha.
The aftermath of this cycling trip came when i reached home. It wasn't even muscle ache. It was the growing-bone kinda pain. In almost every part of the body. Felt like my bones were just extending underneath my skin. Taking a cold shower didn't help. Anw, went to Sheng Kee, a HK eatery with dad and cyn that night. The food was pretty good. The bill was less fantastic. To be fair, we had a wide variety of food and were quite full by the time it came to desserts. Had problems sleeping that night - the growing-bone pain was sososo bad. Had to wake up to drink water and hydrate myself too, after all that sunburn. The intense pain in my left arm lasted an hour or so (during which i didn't dare to move my arm at all), but afterwards the pain just vanished. Like no pain/aches at all. So weird. Is this some kinda effect that cyclists experience? Or more likely i was too tense when riding the bike and grabbing the handles too tightly (despite repeated reminders from my dad to loosen up and enjoy the scenery lol).
Anw, i don't regret joining them for this trip which was initially planned to be at pulau ubin. I guess it's a good thing we changed to changi. Otherwise it would have been harder to call for help on the other island. And we had a good time all the same :)
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