On falling..

I have been learning how to ride a bicycle. It was my third day today. The first day was like nervous to the maximum level. I could not look back or even to the sides while i was on it and I could hear my heart pounding and my head saying the mantra("what if"). I only had to look ahead as my gorgeous teacher instructed me. I managed to get my balance after a few hours of balancing on the bicycle with her help. Thank God she is very patient.

I have been having the hang off it until today. It was going to be my first fall on the bicycle. I have been very careful/slow when practicing because I am so scared of falling and getting black and blue.Teacher said we were going to ride just around the compound so I said yes. I was very excited to go farther but also panicky with so many things around, there are these cars,car drivers, other bicycle and mope heads drivers. Worst, some of them are on the phone while on these moving machines. We have passed few wide intersections and crossings. I was kinda glad I have gone that far.I have got confident that I was going farther with her until this young man came up. We were on the lane for bikes and bicycles so I expected no people would walk but there I saw him walking so slowling and i was shouting beeep! beep! beeeeeeepppp! and before I knew it I was like baa baamm!! My bicycles on the ground. Me, i was like "omg! goin to have black and blues!!" but I was so quick i was able to jump, didn't know how but found myself standing on the ground. I was cursing why he was walking on that side. He was on the phone so he probably didn't hear me shouting beeeeep! beeeepp! I was trying to talk to him but he suddenly paced up and walked though he was limping, when he heard me talking. I said sorry as he was limping but he looked at me like so confused.

Darn it was so close to having black and blues! Do we really have to have to fall and have black and blues before we get to really learn things?

If it is, then how many falls and ouches would there be? Getting paranoid really but hey i can do this! Can't we all? So cheers!