First Skiing experience ever

Sat 27th Jan 07

After having snow for a while.... we are finally going skiing... not that i really looked forward to it... but well.. i guess it's something that u gotta try since it's snowing... so we set off in the morning... and went to Wildcat Mountain...

it was a first for me... and i din know wat i had to do... we could choose btw skiing and snowboarding... so i chose to ski...

signed up for this ski lesson... went to get my feet measured for the size of ski boots... and also had my height measured for the length of the skis to have.... then it's donning the ski boots... which i kinda have to get my legs squashed in... and it's hard to walk in those... i feel like i have walking disorder or something.. next u have to carry the skis... which are super heavy can... then when u finally managed to walk to the snow carrying ur skis... u try to click ur boots into the skis... and then it's where things get slippery... haha... a little movement can get u to skid a long way...

we proceeded to this beginners' slope... where we were separated into groups for classes.... we were taught how to go side ways... how to walk up a slope and not slip down.... how to ski and maintain our balance down the slope... how to change directions when skiing... well.. i would say i am the most retarded in my group.. or in the whole group for tat matter.... the same thing would take me ages to complete... if i am able to do it at all... or maybe half the time i'll be drifting somewhere else and trying to get my bearings back... hahaha....

well.. after the 3 or so hours of lesson... some of them decided to take the ski lift up to the top... and try to ski down... but the slopes look really steep to me.. and with my retarded skills... i don dare to go up... i just stayed at the beginners' slope and practise my going up and down the slope.. haha...

all in all.. skiing is very tiring for me... not used to lifting my legs with the heavy skis... not used to carry the heavy skis when i am not in them... and not used to being in skis and skidding around.. hahaha.... well... i guess we picked the wrong mountain to start our 1st time... cos Wildcat is said to be one with a really short beginners' slope.. which doesn't allow u to really ski much before it comes to an end already... and it also has one of the steeper slopes... so it's also not very suitable for beginners....

but it was an experience nonetheless... oh ya... one thing nice about being in ski bibs is tat... u can sit and lie down on the snow and not get all cold and wet... and that's pretty shiok... and we can make snow angels... hahaha....

One of the many photos I took with SH... till WY complained that we took so many of our photos on his camera... hahaha...

-jiahua

New Year Day

It's back to work after Boxing day... but i guess it still feels like holiday with lots of pple still on long vacation and everything... days went by.. and it's the end of the year! first new year in US... well... lots of firsts in US....

on New Year's eve... went to Pond Mill at downtown for some fireworks... parked our car... trudged through the snow to the pond side... walked along the bank to find a good spot... u see pple in their thickest coats and winter wear... huddled together in the cold.. just for the fireworks... we were one of them.. haha... rooted to the spot.. the fireworks was the usuals... nothing too fancifully special... but it was a 'celebration' nonetheless... better than having to spend new year all alone at home definitely... but at the end of it all... i thought my toes were all frozen... having stood there in just normal shoes and the cold of the snow seep in to my feet.... but luckily... i was still able to walk back to our car... and defrost...

nothing much... just a short moment outside (i don think we would wanna stay out too long... too cold!).. tat marks the end of 2006....

-jiahua