Ice Skating Lesson 6

We shouldn't have ice skating lesson on Saturday morning after the very exhausting legoland trip on Friday. I have thought that we would have plenty of rest but I was so wrong. Personally, I felt tired and lucky for me, all I had to do on the ice is to tell Lil Shauna what to do. So I can imagine how it was for the little girl. She couldn't do some of the twists that she managed previously and wasn't as determined as usual to achieve them. One word – tired and I cannot blame her. I was tired too.

The ice skating lesson went on despite her tiredness. We have paid $$ already. I could see that she was distracted at times and definitely wasn't in her top form. Nevertheless, she could do what Teacher Raymond asked her too, which appeared to be an advancement of the crossovers and also combination of some moves. She was taught the spin but wasn't too successful in spinning. Lol. We will have lesson this coming Saturday too and will practice the needful before class. Teacher Raymond also instructed us on the spiral stretching exercise, to be done everyday back home. It is already Monday and we have not started. Oopsy. Oh, we haven’t done our stretching exercise for a long time too. Double oopsy.

I had the chance to check with Teacher Raymond on the competition. It will be held from 26 to 28 June 15 at the Pyramid Ice Skating rink in KL, next to Sunway Lagoon. If Lil Shauna participates in the competition, it is likely that she will skate on 26 June 15, which is a Friday. We have to be there by Thursday.

There will be cost involved. We have to be the Singapore Ice Skating Association (SISA) member before we can take part in any competition and the membership will cost us USD20. There will be a test to certify Lil Shauna’s level before the competition and the test fees will be USD7. On top of that, the competition sign-up fees will be about SGD70. Lastly and most importantly, we will have to pay for the coach fees, which is to be shared by all the students taking part in the competition. This will amount to about SGD200+ if Teacher Raymond manages to get at least 5 students to participate. I cant help but suspect that this is the main reason why he is so encouraging towards Lil Shauna taking the competition. Lol. I haven’t figured out if it is worth to spend SGD400+ excluding the travel and hotel fees for Lil Shauna to spend those mere minutes in the rink. I do agree that it would be fantastic exposure but let me think about it. 

Daddy Lim also have problem taking so many days of leave in June. I will be heading to Ho Chi Minh in early June for work and thought of extending it into a family holiday. He would have issues taking leave again in end June for another holiday. Lil Shauna did mention that she wanted to join the competition. If she’s after the holiday more than the competition, we can always compensate that in other ways. We will speak to her again. I am just glad that she's still passionate about the sports to want to even take part in competition. Hehe. 

Mummy Lim