Yikes!
I got on my trusty mamachari (Mother's chariot) bicycle this afternoon to take my drycleaning (for ironing). Halfway there - I was pretty loaded up - something got caught in the spokes and I went A over T! Over the handlebars! LOL!Miraculously I survived unscathed! Luckily I had loose pants on - it could have been a lot worse if I hadn't had that freedom of movement, or it could have been a helluva lot more undignified in a skirt.
Can't say the same for the chari ... poor thing - it's got a squeaky wheel, a broken spoke and something is rubbing 'cus it slows down in a part of one wheel revolution. I also ripped my iPod earphones apart! Oh well, one of the ears had gone silent anyway - it was time for them to go.
A nice young man came running up, saying, "Are you OK? Are you injured?" and picked up my clean washed laundry that had hit the bitumen. I told him, "I'm fine, amazingly!" His reply, "Jesus must love you!" Huh, guess he was a Korean Christian - a lot of Koreans live round here. No Japanese would be able to speak so well and come out with that statement so naturally.
Can't say the same for the chari ... poor thing - it's got a squeaky wheel, a broken spoke and something is rubbing 'cus it slows down in a part of one wheel revolution. I also ripped my iPod earphones apart! Oh well, one of the ears had gone silent anyway - it was time for them to go.
A nice young man came running up, saying, "Are you OK? Are you injured?" and picked up my clean washed laundry that had hit the bitumen. I told him, "I'm fine, amazingly!" His reply, "Jesus must love you!" Huh, guess he was a Korean Christian - a lot of Koreans live round here. No Japanese would be able to speak so well and come out with that statement so naturally.