Six bridges too far

To Harbourfront, 20 km. Barelang. An exotic name across the water at Batam. Six bridges linking Batam, Rempang, and Galang islands. A long ride to-and-fro of 160 km. But these are six bridges too far for me. At Harbourfront, I drop out of the ride at the last minute, no thanks to an eye injury. I thought I'm OK to ride but the ride there screwed up my eyeball. Took a taxi home but got stuck for a while, no thanks to a driver who refuses to pay for parking. He doesn't care about me or the security guards, who also didn't care about my eye. "Wait for the police," they say. A little lady steps up and yells at the driver. She succeeds where the guys fail. "All men are useless," a lady once told me.