Ice skating rocks!

I just went ice skating two days back, on Sunday, and I muist say I certainly had a lot of fun. While it was somewhat cold and I got blisters on my feet, I enjoyed the cool, crisp wind in my face, as well as the rush of adrenaline coursing through my body.

Not only that, I managed to stay on my feet the whole time I was in the rink. There were many opportunities for me to fall, but it was thanks to sheer luck and balance that I managed to stay on my feet and prevent a potentially embarrassing fall.

Let's see, a guy was speeding and more or less body-slammed me, which hurt, damn it! When he tried to skate away without apologising or anything, I shouted 'Excuse me??!!!' after him, which prompted him to apologize, that still didn't stop me from shooting him a dirty look.

Next, another guy was weaving in between the crowds like I was doing, and he bumped into my left side before swerving into my right, which I might add I also did the same thing, so he ended up grabbing my shoulders before letting go so that I can move away from him and wouldn't end up skating in his half-embrace, which I might add was rather warm.

Thirdly, a pair of girls who didn't even know how to balance on the ice, let alone skate, and were wearing thin and short clothing, which I might add were the worst choices since they would be falling a lot, were doing the 'London Bridge' in front of me and I was speeding myself. They were already wobbly, and there was no doubt that they wouldn't be able to avoid me, and that I wouldn't be able to swerve out of the way in time because there was no space beside them, and at the speed I was going, even if I did try to brake, inertia and momentum would send me crashing either onto the cold hard ice or the rink wall. So I made a split second decision and sped up, skating under their connected arms least they fall and drag me down since their hands were still joined. I must say though, it was really really fun, and the adrenaline rush nearly made me breathless.

At the end of the day, I ended up wondering, am I an idiot?!! Just what in the world possessed me to agree to my mom's suggestion of borrowing her wedges?! They were at least one and a hald inches high and had straps that closed around your feet like a glove, it was agonising trying to walked in them in a dignified way, which I managed until the pain forced me to start limping while I was shopping. Come on, I'm not a newbie skater, and I certainly know how tiringly painful it is to have my feet enclosed in tight skates for 5 hours straight, so why in the world did I not bring my confortable and certainly not-pinchy slippers?!

At the very least, I managed to find a new pair of beach shorts at Oreef, they're really comfortable too. So I managed to fill most of my shopping quota, except that I need a new pair of sandals since my dear sister stepped on my sandal and caused the base to break. In fact, the straps cut into my feet and was seriously uncomfortable! Sigh, I want a new pair of sandals that suits me best, but its so hard to find one that I actually like, and that's cheap.