Friday, April 20, 2007
16th April 2007
Firstly, Happy 1st Anniversary to my darling, Chang Boon Khim.
It's been 1 year with loads of good and bad encounters but we have gone through all the tough ones even for the most recent tough situation.
Loads of pictures to share with you guys but I am not going to post all of them for sure.
So... where were we.... Ahhh.... yes....
Thailand, Hatyai for SONGKRAN, aka water festival... which is a new year for the Thais.
It's really a total different culture and you can really see how they enjoyed themselves and so did we.
We did our prayers before we set off on our way to Hatyai.
It's sure a long trip all the way up there. 12 hours to be specific.... it really tests our butts.... IRON BUTT... woohooo....
Some pictures before we set off from Petronas
Halfway along to trip... taking breaks... it's sure damn humid.
This is Mr. Den Den
My secondary schoolmate - Jun Hui
SV650 aka Lawrence
And yes... its me and DEAR... halfway reaching Hatyai!!!
Hot and wet trip throughout....
It was a good safe trip there except that Darling miss cue and the left box hit onto Vincent's exhaust and darling almost lost control of his bike.
By the time we reached Hatyai itself, it was already 7pm Thai time. Time a good dinner at one of the restaurants at 'Lee Gardens'. Its sure damn cheap.... it's like about 1760baht for a sumptuous dinner.
Oh man.... you should see this pic.... the no. of ppl in a small tutu car.
18 ppl!!!
We sure know how to SQUEEZE!!!!
1 night gone and next was the EVE of SONGKRAN....
And SONGKRAN started early.... -.-'''
Ok.... plan was that we were supposed to head for some tim sum breakfast and then to the waterfalls... but Kwan, Annie, Dudu, Jenni, Roger, Dear and me decided to give it a miss....
We had to pay 200 baht each just to get to the waterfalls.... but they end up paying only 20 baht each....
So these are what we missed...
The ride....
The tim sum....
The waterfall.... look how clear the waters are...
Pay money!!!
They sure are having fun...
and and.... firecrackers.... which can no longer be seen in Singapore... :'(
We..... decided to head to Lee Garden shopping area and those pasa malam style shops along the streets. I sure did buy quite a lot of my stuff.... heehee....
Breakfast
So the pouring of water festival started early and I ganna.... got SPLASHED... my darling almost wanna whack them as they almost cause me to trip and fall.
But after going back to the hotel to put our stuff down and meeting up with the rest at 6pm for dinner and the REAL SONGKRAN... its totally different feeling....
Hello BUG STORE!!!
Sure it was loads of fun.... and on the actual day itself.
With BIG, REALLY BIG BUCKETS of water outside the hotel and not lacking the WATERGUNS!!!
Just splashing and splashing...
And let me introduce.... Alan's Mr. Duckie watergun which is a little cock-eye...
Finally it was time to head down to Kuantan.... we took the country roads rather than the NSH as we wanted to have a view of the great scenery.
Baling Highway
Ride was great all the way only till here.....
I felt something not right... his bike just kept brushing onto the road for more than 5 corners...
The next thing which we did not want but actually happened...
WE CRASHED...
The next thing we knew was that we flew and landed....
According to Roger, I landed 5 metres away from where the bike fell. Roger called out to me, my Darling called out to me....
But I could not hear anything.... I did not respond...
I was motionless...
I just could not move...
I was trying so hard to breathe...
I lost my breath for more than 5 seconds...
I was in pain on my right ribcage and back...
I didnt move only until Annie came running to me and shaking me....
I forced myself to breathe...
I just had to make myself breathe...
Next thing I knew, I was standing and walking towards my dear who was injured in his right leg and could not move... then I fell to the ground again...
Thankfully it happened slightly after the railing and not before as it was a downslope from what I remembered. Then came a jeep of army soldiers who assisted us to Gerik Hospital.
I was screaming in pain and still trying to breathe...
Too pain......
But I am glad to be fully geared up with my riding jacket, my SHOEI full face, Rachel's riding pants and army boots....
Without all these, I really would not want to imagine how I would be like....
Route 76 section 29... classified 'DIRTY'...
According to the police, 3 fellas died at the exact spot we crashed...
Now my dear is resting at home as he can't move much without clutches. I took MC not rest but to complete my project assignments... how sick...
Would not want to imagine the bike repair cost as yet... but hoping that the 4D we bought will strike and we will need to worry so much...
Not long after we crashed... Roger crashed too...
This return trip is not good...
After that we missed all the fun.... Oh well...
Doesn't it look fun and nice..... BUT.....
We had to waste time making police report and from there we took a taxi from Gerik town to Ipoh where my friend stays. Thank God I have a friend who helped us alot. Took us in for a night and fed us dinner and gave us water. Really thankful!!! Sean chaffeured me to get bus tickets with early timings to get back to Singapore.
Coaxed my dear to sleep after taking medication...
Cleaned up my darling in the morning so that he will be comfortable during the ride home...
Sean brought us for breakfast and bought bread before we set off.
I was supposed to meet Sean but didnt expect to meet up with him in such a manner. Oh boy!!!
Thank you Sean!!
Me and dear will definitely head down to Ipoh once again soon... not only to return the clutches to him and also to give the family a treat for their kindness.
After an 8 hour ride of bus coach; Sri Maju, we finally reached Singapore...
Sri Maju.... recommended bus to travel to Malaysia... comfy seats and with personal TV with different varieties of movies.
By the time we reached home at Serangoon, Dear was thinking of how to explain to his parents, sister, brother and aunt....
Anyway, we didnt trust the procedure over the Malaysia Hospital, we headed to SGH for further check up and this time, we get to see the physical x-ray...
Doctors say xray are fine for the both of us.... I should be suffering from chest contusion... which make me cant walk for a long distance nor carry heavy stuff... Its like mini heart attack.
Dear cant walk still with but is afraid that his knee ligament tear.... or something like this... hmmm....
Dear's injuries... multiple abrasions...
My poor darling in wheelchair... unable to walk...
Me.... loads of brusies on my leg, back, shoulder and arms.... and this funny inprint from the inner lining of the riding pants due to the extreme heat.
Oh well... it is really a chapter of a story in our life....
Riders!!! please be fully geared up esp when you are on trips and ride at your own pace... there is no hurry! Cheers :)
Oh oh.... one thing I'm very proud to show off now after all my hard work....
MY DRIVING LICENSE
And FYI!!!! It's Class3 and not 3A.... it's manual car not AUTO car.... any freak will be able to know how to drive an Auto drive....
Salsaera Paradiz signing off lovingly 4/20/2007 12:26:00 AM
