Little hey! Little ho!

Hello world! It's been a long time yeah? Well, I'm back!

I've completed my prac3 just now and I'll be off to prac4 sometime next week? Haven't booked yet. Figure 8 was a lil tough for me. Poor eyeline really affects the way your bike goes in the course. BUUUUUUT!! I did it! In 10.6 secs! Yeah baby! (You can't go above 11 secs to pass.)

Anyway, it was finally my turn to be tested. There was the instructor, let's call him J, standing at the side with a stopwatch in his hand. And, ZOOM!, off I went. Did it perfectly until the end of the course where I was supposed to make a 90deg turn and brake. It was when I was just about to do that turn when J was telling me the timing, at the same time. Naturally, I applied the rear brake lever (beneath the right foot, remember?) a lil too hard and the bike skidded. One of the most important rules in riding is not to apply brakes while cornering.. and I did just that. Therefore, the bike fell on the left. And remember my right foot? Oh yeah, it was now on top of the bike. My jeans kind of rode up and there was that BARE SKIN which had to be in contact with the engine! And then I got off the fallen bike and pulled back the jeans to discover a white patch (the size of the 'O' you form with your index finger and thumb), just above my right ankle.

Like WTF? White skin?? And I just discovered that's THIRD DEGREE BURN!

Btw, fyi, 1st deg: pink to red (sunburn), 2nd deg: entirely red 3rd deg: WHITE, brown, yellow, black and lastly, 4th deg: blackened skin

Anyway, J helped to park my bike and I followed him to the tap to rinse my wound. Then, I went to the sitting area while he got to the office to get the first aid kit. The whole experience while sitting there was so _____________. It went something like this..

J takes some facial cotton swabs to dry the wound.

J: Okay, so how?
S: Erm? I don't know. Cover it?
J: You sure you want to cover?
S: I think so... I'm sure you have some basic first aid skills????(insert Heh expression)
J: Ya lah, I have.. Okay, cover to protect it from dust. So you won't get infection.

J takes out a cotton bud and used it to scrape some ZAMBUK. And there I was, cringing in pain, telling myself that that thing is very heaty. Bloody hell... Then, he took out a bigger gauze to cover the wound.

J: You want the smooth side or the rough side? The rough side will stick to the wound when it's dried but the smooth one won't.
S: Er.. okaaaay.. the smooth one.

He takes out the tape and asks again.

J: You want the brown one or the white one? If you use the brown one and then you want to take it off, your leg hair will be plucked off.
S: The white one.. -__________-"

By this time, I was thinking, "Waddeheck?" Why he ask this kind of questions? And as I was telling Fad, was he waiting for me to make the wrong choice? Crazy bugger...

Anyway, I continued to ride after that.. And I passedddddddddddddddd!!!

Now, I'm fine... the wound is covered and I'm limping abit.

I've got work later.. so yeah, ciao! Take care of yourselves, you guys!