So yesterday I went night cycling with 3 of my uni classmates, and it was an event that went horribly wrong..for me I guess.

Time was 9.00am. So I cycled from home to East Coast to meet them, cuz they rented the bicycles at ECP for the whole night. Anyway, we wanted to go Changi Village, BUT NO ONE KNOWS THE WAY THERE!?!?! Okay, then I suggest a very BAD IDEA of cycling back to Kembangan MRT station then follow the bus no.2 route!?!?!!? We really did that, so we cycled along the MRT tracks from Kembangan to Tanah Merah, and then reached a place somewhere further up EXPO, then we realised we are STUCK. Expressway is ahead and there's no cycling track for us.

So no choice, we cycled southwards back to East Coast Park, and from there we used the Coastal Park Connector that allowed us to cycle past Changi Airport and reach Changi Village. Seriously, when I reached Changi Village, I nearly want to die already...So were my other friends. I refused to eat anything except got myself a sugar cane drink, although my other friends ordered Nasi Lemak to eat. By the time we left Changi Village, it was 1.30am.

And here comes the horrible part... Initially we wanted to go the other route, which is the Loyang, PR, Tamp, Bedok connectors to reach back ECP. But slightly less than 10min after we left Changi Village, my bike's chain came off. Fine, I admit I donno how to do it, so my friends were very helpful in getting their hands dirty to help me settle the bike problem. But by then, the pedals were abit loose and it was really kinda unstable to continue cycling. Every few minutes, the chain will keep coming off. Okay, I was extremely sianz and guilty to waste my friends' time. The last straw was at Loyang Valley.

And I said "Okay, I really think I'm going to push this bike all the way back home. I suggest you all just cycled back 1st to ECP. It's no joke pushing a bike from Loyang to Kembangan" And really, my friends said they would just push their bikes along with me to go back Kembangan. I was kinda guilty at that point, but wellz, they started saying things like "Aiyaz, nvm lar, our butts are also very painful after sitting on the bike seat for so long. I think push the bikes also good idea, at least more comfortable." Of cuz they were saying all these to comfort me, WHO ON EARTH WILL WANT TO WALK FROM LOYANG TO KEMBANGAN WHEN THEY HAVE BIKES WITH THEM!?

As I'm the only person living in the East (One lives in Jurong, one Yishun, another in Seng Kang), I led them all the way from Loyang to TPJC. And while we were outside TPJC pushing our bikes, we heard a loud "pop". Wtf, my front wheel punctured (AND I'M PUSHING IT LAR, NOT EVEN SITTING ON IT). Excellent, seems like I'm destined to push my bike back home.

All along I know that it's just a straight road down from Loyang Valley to Tamp MRT station, so it was kinda easy to navigate around. From Tamp MRT station, we followed the MRT track and halfway between Tamp and Simei MRT station, we crossed an overhead bridge and soon we reached Simei MRT station. From there we followed the Simei connector that leads us to Simei ITE/EXPO there (Yes, we cycled there initially!!) and continued pushing our bikes to Tanah Merah. From there it was just following the MRT tracks all the way back to Kembangan.

But seriously, I guess pushing our bikes were so much better than riding (Okay, I'm not trying to give an excuse for myself). Because initially, we were all cycling rather fast, until we are all tired out and didn't have the energy to talk to each other. But from the time we started pushing all bikes back home, we basically talked about anything under the sun! Okay, at least I got to know my friends abit better...

We reached Kembangan MRT station at 515am, and then rested awhile until around 615am. So the 3 of them cycled back to ECP and I pushed my bike back home.
And morale of the story is: Cheap bikes are only MEANT for short distance trips, e.g cycling to student's house to give tuition. Not for LONG trips like going to Pasir Ris from Kembangan.