I was feeling restless and a little depressed towards the end of last and beginning of this year. I figured out that it is that aimless sense of not having much/ anything specific to look forward to in 2022. There is no sight of overseas holiday (maybe that is the real culprit) and covid continues to rage havoc with the new variant. Is this supposed to be the new normal, that is still so abnormal? Sob. #sosad
To overcome the blues, I decided to pick up a new skill to give myself something to look forward to. After much consideration, I narrowed down to a few sports - ice skating, snowboarding, inline skating or tennis. Auntie SL jio to learn stand-up paddling. I wasn't against it but anything to do with water is not my forte and I was looking for something where it is not an one-off lesson but skills progression.
The decision is the game of elimination. There is no snow in Singapore and the only 2 schools that teach snowboarding (one at snowcity, the one on synthetic slope) seemed to have closed down. Zzzzz.
Tennis sounded like a good idea and there is a tennis court right downstairs. The only question is who will play and practice with me after I have learnt the basics? Hmmmm...
That leaves me with 2 very feasible options. I had been wanting to pick up ice skating again after learning the 2x Core 3 lessons with Zaky years apart and years ago. It is a "face" problem that I have to overcome - I have lingered in the rink for too many years, know too many coaches, skaters and parents and I imagined how embarrassing it is to fall. I bet they don't care really but.. just but.. And falling on ice is bloody painful. All the ice skaters are 美美, rarely wearing more than the butt guard and a few adding on the knee guards. I wonder if I should endangered my aging body for aesthetic reasons or wear all the guards possible and look like an auntie on ice. Zzzz. Don't judge me, I also want to be 美美.
I threw my dilemma at the aunties. Surprisingy, Auntie S and T were keen to take up inline skating lessons if I am to embark on one. Yay! But we now have a new problem - we needed a coach who is willing to take us during the weekends, at Kallang, which is sort of the midway between the East and West and a group with differing skill level. We tried asking many skate schools and a couple of private coaches and none were available to do so. Finally I founded somebody on Carousel and booked our 1st lesson yday. Double yay!
The lesson was 1.5hr and it was tiring. Coach Jack was teaching us new skills according to what we know/ don't know and we had to do a lot of self practice. I can stroke very steadily after all the rounds around the kallang tracks. What I lack are the turns, stops, cross overs, molhawks and each of these required so much control and maneuvering. My back!
While we were in the class, Daddy Lim and Zaky were at the skatepark, occasionally taking a peep at what we were doing. After class, I went for a few more loops before declaring that my legs are no longer mine.
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