Ice Skating 171: Intensive SISA

After seeing how rusty Lil Shauna was after our return from Brisbane, I was seriously worried. At that point, we had about 2+ weeks left before the Interschool competition and I wasnt sure if we had enough time to pick ourselves back.

We had class on Saturday morning on 1/3 ice. We were finally back on SISA ice on Sunday early morning. We were up at 6am to be on time for the class at 7am. With the competition nearing, I had expected the ice to be crowded with skaters wanting to prepare for their competition with music. Surprisingly, the ice wasnt too crowded and only 3 skaters (Lil Shauna included) were practicing with their music.

As a result, Lil Shauna got to practice with her music like 6x. She was able to practice with music when desired and was totally exhausted by the end of the class. Lol. Her performance wasnt too bad given that she hasnt had the chance to do full ice for several weeks.

We have 2 more SISA ice before the competition and were back on ice yday evening. The ice was much more crowded and so was the q to do the program with music.

She was quite on form! Her spins were very nice. She got to practice her program 3x. She was also able to time her program better and end right on the dot.

During the last practice, she managed all her hand actions. She had been insisting that she cannot remember them during her program despite my nagging to try, which fell on deaf ears. After lesson, she told me that she did them bcos Coach Raymond threatened to throw rotten eggs at her if she didnt. Win liao. I should bring rotten eggs too.

At the end of the class, we were just in time to witness the sequence draw. Lil Shauna hates being the 1st. She was the last to skate the last competition and was happy; so long as not the 1st.

This time, she will be the 7th out of 12 skaters and she was so happy about it.

Ok, the competition is really getting near. I should bring out her costume, dust it a little and hope that she can still fit in it. Haha.

Mummy Lim