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Saturday, July 01, 2006 Lifestyle July 2 2006 check out this article! I almost laughed my ass off when i saw it. The article is advising motorcyclists here to bulk up on protective gear because it could mean "spending seven days less in hospital if you meet with an accident". It would also help protect against abrasions, bruises and other injuries. Well i don't know about the situation in other countries but i have never seen a motorcyclist in singapore don any sort of protective gear other than the mandatory crash helmet. In fact, i have seen plenty of old uncles riding their scooter with their helmet sling unbuckled and wearing slippers. There were quite a few who leave their feet dangling while speeding at 70km/h or slump over their handlebars while navigating the singaporean streets nonchalantly. In comparison, our thighs had the fuel tank in a death grip and the handlebar was held rigidly to prevent even the slightest twitch. And that was just over the Bedok flyover. Things are really different from a bike and from within a car. When you are zipping along the expressway at 120km/h with yr dad at the wheel, you don't feel the speed. After a week we all got used to it. During our confidence riding from bedok to west coast, me and my buddy behind were going at a decent speed of 80-90 along the PIE, overtaking most of the heavy vehicles. (At first, it was farking scary but yeah you get used to me) Maybe this is how most bike accidents happen. You get familiar with the road, you get overconfident, you get careless... To tell the truth, at 90km/h, if the vehicle in front of me stopped suddenly or was involved in a crash, i would probably be in trouble. The thing was you don't think abt it when you are there, when you are actually riding on the road.... *the two of us ended up reaching the destination almost 15 minutes earlier than the rest of our group. It wasn't my fault anyway. not totally. my friend was supposed to check his back for the rest and since i was leading, i technically should only watch out for him and everytime i glanced at my mirrors, he was still there so basically, we had our half an hour of fun on the PIE before getting a royal screwing from the instructor :) Still, at least the protective gear in the papers look cool. N-COM helmet, G-GATOR goretex jacket( it is NOT breathable. trust me, ask any NSF haha), X-METAL gloves, tepor evo boots, THUNDER PANTS(lol). They would cost about half a year of my pay of course. But at least, they look better than SAF green helmets, elbow guards and knee gaurds (in army camouflage pattern duh!) and leggings. Top it off with green gardener gloves for everyone! Can you imagine going on to public roads with those on??? seriously man. btw, if you are interested in why some NS men seem to putting on weight when they should be shedding them, juz take a peek at the SAF Driving Circuit Canteen. Choose from a variety of mouth-watering culinary delights(i am not kidding!): hot dogs wrapped in a french toast(5/5) , hot dog buns, sardine toast(deep fried), curry puffs, spring rolls(they keep changing the fillings, i have a feeling they dump the previous day's leftovers inside and just drop them into the frying pan.), malay kueh, chinese kueh, nasi lemak(very very good), mee reubus, mee soto, mee goreng. basically, everything a self-respecting muslim food stall would have and more. Thoroughly sinful food. |
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