What I meant by going up sideways onto the curb is that my front and rear tire werent at a 90 degree angle and the front tire was a bit over inflated for stuff like that and didn't grip the curb and pull me up. Instead he bike kept going in the direction it wanted to, naturally never where you want it, and I fell on my left side with my hip, then knee, then chin and arms. My knee was the most battered because the jeans I was wearing had holes in them.

And I'm wearing a helmet from now on to prevent a series of stupid events like that.