Monday, October 2, 2006
I have a sore ASS.
I went out today!! Just thinking what I did just makes me want to laugh and scream with sheer happiness.
Guess what I did? I went ICE SKATING!! My whole life I've been wanting to go ice skating but no one else wanted to. But thank God for Wilson, and now I have!
I met Wilson and his brother and his brother's friends quite early in the morning at Jurong East. When we reached the ice skating rink, I started to panic a little cuz I have NEVER skated before. Nor have I bladed before. So I'm like a baby trying to walk kind of thing. So we got our skates, and I feel pretty in them. Hahah. I like!
The first step into the rink I went like "Oh God. This is impossible!" And for about an hour or two I learnt how to "walk" in those skates. All the while I was at the very edge of the rink hanging on to the banister for my dear life. Wilson was by my side like 98% of the time trying to teach me how to skate. And I was scared of falling. Do you know why? Because the last time I fell on my ass, the air was pushed out of my lungs and I couldn't breathe. The feeling was terrible. That's why I was afraid of falling.
But then, I had my first fall. My heart leaped into my throat, I tell you. It was the scariest thing. After I fell, and realized I could still breathe, I laughed at myself. And I got up, with much difficulty, with Wilson's help and tried to skate again.
I fell quite a few times after that and every one of those falls, I laughed at myself. Of all falls, like about 10+ falls, one fall was like the ultimate. I've never fallen like I did. Ever. Ok, what happened was, I was already quite the pro. Ok, not pro but I knew how to skate already! I was finally skating hand in hand with Wilson in the middle of the rink. And right in the centre, I fell! The spotlights were in the centre. And let me tell you, I didn't exactly fall gracefully. The impact/force was so hard, that when I fell, I rolled over 360 degrees! And my head hit the ice a bit. I was like WOAH! Hahahah! As usual, I laughed at myself. And Wilson laughed at me too. Boy, doesn't he just love laughing at me. He's laughed at me the few times I fell. Hahah but what the heck. I'd rather he laugh at me than.. NOT laugh at me.
There were other funny falls too. I was already at the edge, holding the banister, but my skates just gave way and I slipped. I tried to hang on to the banister, and God was I desperately hanging on, but I just couldn't regain my balance and I fell, hitting the wall of the banister. Hahahah! Wilson came over and he was like "I heard something hit the wall and I saw you on the floor." Something like that. Hahaha! If anyone saw how I hung on to the banister, they'd say I looked like a monkey. Seriously. It wasn't pretty. Another time, I hit my lip against the clear hard plastic on top of the banister. It hurt but it didn't bleed. And one time, Wilson almost fell on top of me. The rest I just plain fell on my butt. It hurt.
So we skated, his brother and his brother's friends were like super friendly and really nice. I was quite proud of myself that I was able to learn how to skate, into the middle of the rink, in one day.
And I enjoyed myself SOOOO much!! I enjoyed skating, I enjoyed skating with Wilson, I enjoyed how friendly the people at the rink were, and I even enjoyed falling like a dozen times. It was fun! You get to laugh at yourself. Laughing at yourself is good. Laughing itself is good.
After that, we went to the arcade. Then Wilson's brother and his friends left. So he brought me to the library to look around. And then we went to the Science Centre. FUN!! Lots and lots of fun.
And then he had to go back to school and I went home.
I didn't realize how sore and bruised I am until I got home. I could hardly sit cuz my butt hurt from falling too many times on it, I had difficulty kneeling cuz I fell on my knees too and there were bruises on both my upper arms. I guess those are from the times when I tried to brake by grabbing the banister and hitting my arm against it as well. OUCH!!
I'm just tired and sore and bruised. But I've never had so much fun.
In my own world,
9:14 PM
