I'm moving on SaturdayFound out landlady wants her house back (this was in October that we knew) so our lease was not renewed. Luckily, a house in our neighborhood (literally on the same alley) was for rent, so we're moving there. Axey moved out into a guys house with his brother and a couple other friends. We (Sinead, Diana, and I) are sharing the new house with a friend, Clare, and someone else Sinead knows. Girls house for the win! Very excited as I will now have lots of windows and an armchair (which reclines!!) for reading in my room. My First Motorbike Crash . . . Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for asking. :)So last Wednesday (day before Thanksgiving), I had my first motorbike crash.
What happened!?! ... Well you see, what had happened was ... I was driving home from school on an interstate (here I guess it's just the highway as there are no states) access road. I'm slowing down to pass a big truck (general size/shape of Uhaul truck if you need a visual), then it's just stopped. Of course I'm not in the proper passing position yet so the corner of it nails the front of my bike, it spins out, and falls over into the road. First thoughts: "Oh shit, am I about to get run over?!!?" Second thoughts: "I should probably get out of the road." Third thoughts: "Well damn, I hope my bike still runs." Upon inspection to move the bike, lots of body damage to the bike and it's still running. I turn it off and get to the side. A Grab driver (local Uber) saw me crash and comes over. I'm like "is it okay to drive?" Don't think he understood the words I was saying but he helped inspect my bike and was like *shrug* + a face that says "yea, I think it's okay to drive." It starts up and I drive off. Wheel seems a bit off and as you can see from the pictures, there's some plastic that's a bit questionable so I drive very slowly back home. Quan (motorbike guy) came and picked it up to get fixed. Got it back today - only cost me 1.2 million VND (~45 USD). Are you okay?!? ... yes, just lots of bruises and road rash. 3 bruises on left leg, 2 bruises on right leg, bruise on lower abdomen (I assume I punched myself when I fell or something), two scrapes on right arm, and large bruise on left arm (I think I hit it on my mirrors on the way down). Wasn't able to us my left arm for a couple of days without pain. I did go to the doctor for that one after I crashed. Was worried I might have fractured it or something it hurt so bad. Doctor said it was just a bad muscle bruise and possible internal bleed (but it's in the arm so not a huge concern).
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Tyler
29/11/2018 04:23:16 pm
Hey now, hot chili squid sounds weird to us. But think about how weird "sour cream and onions" sounds to an outsider..
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Joe Morris
31/1/2019 10:31:26 pm
Motorbike mishaps - runs in the family... Ask your dad if he ever had a motorcycle mishap coming down the mountain from Caesar's head... It is not the same in VN. I have been there and had NO desire to drive in or around Saigon. It is truly a different world there... I hope your family has a good visit when they come. The worst part is being on the plane for 14 hours from ATL.
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