Auntie S, T and I had been learning skating from Coach J. I think we had taken like 4 classes from him and he has decided to take us out skating. I have invited the kids particularly Lil Shauna, who loves urban skating. Now, what is urban skating? I think it is generally skating from one point to another, and non park/ PCN. This is the time to put the skills learnt to test.
Lil Shauna was keen but hesitant bcos she had to wake up early again after Saturday's unearthly official practice. She asked if the Coach is nice. Hmmm.. I wasnt sure if she meant like handsome nice or personality nice? I told her that she will probably perceive him as a fat uncle. She went on to conclude that he is nice bcos most fat uncles are funny and thus nice. What?! I went on to ask if Daddy Lim is nice and Lil Shauna went "YES" without hesitation but a sly smile. Hoho. Daddy Lim is a Fat Uncle.
The meet up.was at 8am on Sunday at Raffles City. To the MRT!
We were slightly early and the kids self entertained.
I was busying gearing up and wanted to warm up. The kids waited until the last min bcos they are so good and can jump right into it. As I take more of the classes, I come to realise that the rest of the family are all damn good with skating but nobody offers to take me and I have to pay to take lessons. So ironical. Haha.
Pictures shortly after we started.
The starting part was a familiar route, from MBS to Barrage and then along that PNC. I just did that last week. Then instead of towards ECP, we headed to Kallang through another ECP. It took us lesser than 1 hour and 2 mini bridges along the way.
We survived!
I was intending for more. Like more loops around the kallang tracks but the rest were more keen to have bfast and go home. OK lor. The skating wasn't difficult for Zaky but tiring bcos his tiny wheels are not build for distant.
We were doing small talks while de-gearing when Coach J asked if Zaky eventually took aggro lessons from Coach L, who was recommended by him. I tried putting in a nice way that Coach L seems to have eventually ghosted from us and Zaky is now taking lessons from Coach N. Zaky proudly went on to tell us that Coach N won 3rd in some Singapore aggro skating competition. Then, Lil Shauna butted in that she also got 3rd. Hahahahaha.... out of 4 skaters... even she was laughing at her own joke.
We had a well-deserved 2nd bfast at the foodcourt. Our gears formed a mountain. So many, so heavy.
It was a cab ride home bcos so far, so heavy, so hot, so tired.. so many reasons. Hoho.
I thought the urban skating experience was brief. Like most of it was done on the PCN; I had expected a lot more pavement and walkway. I thought that my last 2 weeks of ECP has a lot more difficulties and I had put my T brake, snaking, turn stop to more practice than this trip. Nevertheless, it was a good confident boost and I feel that I am so much better than when I started going round and round in Kallang. Hoho. I told Coach J that I wanted to continue learning, that he can teach us more tricks and also slalom. Hoho.
Mummy Lim
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