Sunday, June 17, 2007

Rainy Days
I always like rainy days, especially when the wind blow strongly without any lightning of course.
Yesterday seemed to be the very first time I got turned off by the rain.

Day:
This is my first time coarching over at kallang side. Everything seemed so perfect during the start. I was partnered with mr goh (someone i've worked and comfortable with), the class size was minimized as some couldn't come (so it is easier to teach) and the people are from RV ncc, so all were very well behaved and had positive attitude.

What delighted me was that i saw quite afew familer faces along the way, there is bochun my npcc junior who is now in yr 2 temasek poly, brian my bmt mate (N01 S04 B02), Yihui (an acquaintance whom i've spent 4 days with together, and i was really jealous of him as mentioned in the post 3 months ago)

Everything was going on smoothly until it rained heavily and we were stuck in the sea. Since Only left the last part on REscue, uncle goh decided to press on and get it over and done with. That was when i found jiong Rui, a student who did the victim role and capsized, to be silvering and pale. He denied his status when i first asked him how he was, but soon gave in and was 'frozen', feverish and stale. It was decided that i tow him back to shore (which is a good 10 mins distance during peak condition). The current was strong and choppy. Uncle goh conveniently sent in 3 'escort' to assist me 'in case anything happens'.

IT was a good 10 mins straineous paddling when one escort behind screamed. Kelvin capsized. I had to think quickly. To rescue the capsized or to sent the sick back. Analysing the danger. I immmediately got Tzeyong to stay with him ( hopefully to use the knowledge he just learnt to pick him up). Cheeling followed me to settle one problem at a time.
Jiong rui was sent back to shore and his teacher attended him, cheeling handled the kayaks and i went back to sea to continue with the rescue. As expected, the beginners were having a hard time due to the environment.... All in a day's work...


Night:

It started raining (again) at 930pm when we were already at Labardour park. It took us quite sometime to look for a shelter and we were all wet as a result. Eventually, i accepted the fact that the rain will only weaken and not stop, hence we pressed on.

seriously, there are 1001 ways we could have died along the way. Night cycling is really very dangerous. All of us were cold and tired when we reached jalan kayu for roti parta. To make things worst, jiacai's bike punctured becos of a thumbtack. The event had to be cut.

We took taxi and head back to east coast park at 5am. Waited until 8am for the bike store to open, when it started raining heavily again.....

The only logical explanation was that yongcheng, who we rejected him to come for the event , got a voodoo bike doll and kept on splashing water on it and piercing it with thumbtacks...

Catching the falling leaves ...[5:46 PM]

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