21 Sept. Bad dae for practising street
After a 3 hr long session of karoke wif VIncent, Zong Ren n Shuhui. (It was freezing there...wat a relief i didnt get hyper therma or something...
Went back home n after dinner i went to practise trials. Practise hopping in place, wheelie manual, trackstand.
The broken link
Was at e basketball court practicing. It was all well until this guy came n sit down at bench with his bike. He looked liek he was waiting for someone so i minded my own business. Then after 5 min he approached me n ask me how to go to boy's home n so after explain i tink he still didnt understand i lead e way to e place. Mission accompolished. On e way back was traveeling on e str road n tot hmm...why not..lets do a wheelie there..n i shifter too many gears n e e chain gave way. Whoazz...luckily not doing anything dangerous..Went back removed e broken chain now cannot go to e 3rd chainring coz its too short already. Need to buy one soon.
A flat.
After fixing up, i felt like going back there n trying out a manual i almost got it b4 e chain snapped. So i went down this time with my helmet coz can get injured one wat. Went manualing down e stairs at e basketball court. Almost did it but i pushed my weight forward when i manualed down e first stairs...after a few tries i decide to take a easier stairs first. I went over to another stairs to do..this time i failed. N in order to get back to e top i i climbed up this upslope n den when down. Below was a open drain i could clear easily. N i did but heard a hissing sound...flat tyre!!!...wahzz...sianzz..should have taken more precaution. haizz..
Expendiuture this month:
Wilson hyper hammer 6.3 -80
Restring-25
Brake Booster-10
Fox racing Tahoe glove-25
To get soon:
2.35 tires n inner tube $30 plus
inner tube- $8 (good one)
new bible- 430 plus (lightweight)
platform pedals -$50
rear n front blinking light- $20
27.5 inch handlebar- $30-60
-tis is not my birthdae wishlist, hmm....coming soon lehz!!!! juz wanna check how much i going to spend.
My birthdae wish is for all of u to be happy haha...serious..flash tt glamourous smile at me tts more than enough. =)
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Sunday, September 21, 2003
Saturday, September 20, 2003
F.W.N.R
(fridae westside nite ride)
8.05pm. Pacing ard e house. "Should i or should i not go??. I dont noe anyone there." ASk my dad for an option n he said i should try. Time den 8.16pm..okok little intro. fwnr is a ride wher e all e pple in e west gather to ride together. They usually meet at Adam Rd n their dist travelled is at least like 50km 0r more..
8.15pm. Had 45min to rush to Adam to meet them. Usuallly it takes me 50 to reach chuch so i told e guy i will be late n off i went i cycled really fast. Clocked like 25km/h ave. tts super fast. Anyway i arrived there like ten mins early. Went to buy a 1.5 l mineral water coz i didnt bring any. Shook hands when everyone.
When i arrived there were like 6 plus pple. Wahzz. All had very nice, pretty bikes. But wat caught my eye was e Santa Cruz HECKLER in e midst of all e other bikes. WAhzz..2.5 or 6 inch tires. I tot this guy wont be able to catch up. It was great, they were super frenly.
Have to seen group of pple cycling on e road with their blikies on???.
I did. N was part of it. Was super cool to like see e lights flashing. Like some christmas celebration. Haha. From Farrer we headed down to Holland V den to West Coast Highway to Pasir Panjang to Tuas. 50km.
Objective: Tuas
Travelling down west coast highway was ok but at Tuas wahzz..tts e real killer. There were many super long roads n e pple like to cycle fast i was like left behind. =*( so inferior ah pengs beat me hehe~ but ya they all quite old at least 30 plus. Only like 4 young adults out of like 15. Anyway ya e others joined us at West Coast there.
Tot e ride will end fast. Past industrial factories n all tot i was in Tuas but i was wrong. Wahzzz...dont noe tuas so long onezz. Alot of long roads n upslopes. So where near reaching e end I almost cannot take it liaozz...thighs feeling very weak n hands hurt.
Tuas got so many str. N super long road i tink they can land many planes there. It can be an emergency runaway.
30 years old n married wif a newborn
No i didnt try to pick up an auntie. Remember i mention e SANTA CRUS HECKLER??. Well e owners turns out to be a really frenly person n can chat lot of stuff coz he also into freeriding. But i was shocked when he told me his age along e road. 30 married with a newborn n intro freeriding. He's not ur regular vulgular n hardcore rider. But a cultured n composed one. Anyway his rig also quite amazing Heckler with Manitou Sherman n Sun RIms-Single Track with 2.6 no for ur normal road riding but he did very well catching up n also keeping pace. Dont noe wat's his secret n all e other's secret, cycle so long still not much signs of fatigue.
Mobil station
We stopped there. That was like our second break. Time to interact. I chose Poser.(hecl\kler guy) n this guy callled Jian Sheng. I realised we are all into freeriding but they two not so hardcore, me a bit more but juz no guts to do so n that i haven learnt e tricks of e trade. Hey!! Getting there soon k?? Some more time. N i tried Poser's bike at e first break n tried again on e second. E sus was like 'swosh" so plush even e rear shock...swosh so cool. But heavy lahz but not as heavy Yan's bike..e pics in my last week's entry. Anyway riding his bike was like changing from a horse to a bull. His profile was so much bigger. Handlebar wider by 3.5 inches. e frame so big n fat, E rims so wide. Very diff feel from mine.
All e best in ur freeride endeavour!!!.
Game over
I left e group so after e break. But not after long roads n long roads n long roads again.
Reached Jln Buroh turned in to pandan looop was a quite found my way back home.
Teban gardens to Jurong Town rd to Jurong EAst to Jurng West.
I muz say those uncles are really very very fast. Who impressed me most in Jeremy e organiser whoazz..his stamina tink quite good..can cycle n turn back to check on e rest n then keep up i dont tnoe how.Yawn...tired. Nitez.
FRame chck in case frame breaks:
Got money- Santa Cruz HECKLER(me dream for quite sime time)
Not much money- Identit Dr Jerkyll, on-one gimp
No money-Da Bomb cr8
Friday, September 19, 2003
Thursday, September 18, 2003
When I survey the wondrous cross
where the young Prince of Glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
save in the cross of Christ, my God:
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
See, from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were an offering far too small;
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.
- When I survey the wondrous cross, Isaac Watts (1674-1748), 1707
Tis song is juz too meaningful..pls pls..read it again carefully.
Romans 6:11-14
11In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. 14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Basic Theory
Did my basic theory todae. I took e test with Wee jin n alot other strangers. WeeJin was a bit late n i was 30 mins early. Meet up with a seller at clementi b4 tt. Wanted to study more at mac's but judging drom the time i tot i had not much so i took a train str. to Queenstown. E mrt was super fast dont noe why. Ok back to e story. When wee Jin reached we went up to take e test. The pple were already with their qn booklets n e invigilators were giving their briefings. I past my pen to Weejin n used my pencil intead. Upon seeing this one of the invigilators went up to me n told me tt I could only use a pen for e test. I asked him if i could use his pen den. He said i would have to go out to dont noe where to purchase one. I was quite angry by then. "Fine" i said. I stood up making sure e chair made a loud screeching sound n was abt to leave when someone lent me his extra pen. "Wat nonsense." I uttered under my breathe. Anyway i tink i did not bad for e test but i tink not good enough.
Made some mistakes n forgot wat some of the signs meant.
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Condolences.
A second-year NTU undergraduate out on a cycling expedition died after being hit by a car.
This happened just a week after police announced the number of fatal road accidents in the first half of the year rose 22 per cent compared to the same period last year.
It was along Jalan Bahar near NTU where the accident happened on a Saturday afternoon.
23-year-old Alvin Ho and two other students were cycling back to the university from East Coast Park when he was hit by a car.
The impact of the collision flung him towards a bus stop and he died on the spot.
At his home on Sunday, Alvin's sister said she was too upset to speak.
Police have released the driver, a 31-year-old man, on a $10,000 bail.
He was believed to have been speeding towards the PIE at the time of accident and has been charged with performing a reckless act.
Reckless driving, police said, are the cause of most road accidents.
The driver in this instance was allegedly drunk when the accident happened.
If so, he has done so much to promote cycling in NTU...he actually wrote to SACA and offered to promote the Mountain Bike Championship in his school when there was no cycling club....even offered to meet up with me one early morning to collect posters from me...and eventually formed a team to support the race....really sorry to hear about this tragic incident.
On behalf of SACA, our condolences to his family, friends and relatives. May he rest in peace. -Merciless
never met Alvin personally, I should say I'm proud that he succeeded in something 3 'generations' of students in NTU failed to do. To get cycling recognised as a legitimate sport in NTU. Though not in a formal way, but at the very least he took the opportunity when he had it and shoved it in the faced of some very stubborn and archaic administrators. -Maxevv
If u guys confused this guy, successfully pushed for a cycling club in NTU.
Haizz... Deepest condolences.
Always admired pple who werent afraid to attempt great/near impossible things
Rest in peace.
Sunday, September 14, 2003
From Karene's blog
When I survey the wondrous cross
where the young Prince of Glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
save in the cross of Christ, my God:
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
See, from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were an offering far too small;
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.
- When I survey the wondrous cross, Isaac Watts (1674-1748), 1707
