Firstly, Happy Chinese New Year to all my Chinese friends! (: Hope the angbao collection and friendly gambling are going gooood.
Anyway, I embarked on another adventure recently. Last Friday, in fact.
So I was wondering aloud to myself: what's there to do in Singapore when it's 35 degrees outside and I would start melting the moment I step out into the sun? Well, stay indoors, of course. I was hiding from the heat in my air-conditioned classroom while watching youtube videos when I came across ice skating videos. I asked my friend beside me, "Hey, do you wanna ice skate?" What I really meant was, "Hey, do you know how to ice skate, cos I don't!" BUT we decided that we were going to go try it, and make a fool of ourselves! At least we'd be out of the sun, plus we got to laugh at ourselves, so everybody wins!
There used to be FUJI ice palace at Jurong east but the mall got closed down for renovation, (pity, since it's so near school) so off we went to the other side of the planet. Kallang Ice World. Finding the place was kinda tricky, as it's at the relatively new mall, Kallang Leisure Park. So I gathered my courage and money and we headed down!
The price is 13 bucks for 2 hours, and 3.50 for rental of the skates. If you bring your own socks and gloves, you can save some money not buying from them!
So this is the picture of my lovely skates (which I took 15 minutes just to put on and tie the laces tight). This was taken when I entered the rink for the first time.
And so I stood proudly, and thought to myself, "Eh, not so bad, at least I can balance!"
But then reality stuck. Balancing was easy. But once I moved my feet?
Yes I nearly fell! But it was loads of fun, the first hour was spent getting to know the ice better (that means falling on my behind a grand total of 4 painful times). And the next hour? I was as good as a pro, and with the cold air against my face, my aching feet was the last thing on my mind! (Note to self: Do not get loose skates!)
The rink at Kallang is much newer, but Jurong East's one was slightly bigger. For those of you who are interested, and especially if you want to head there after school from Ngee Ann, Jurong East's Fuji ice palace is set to open in June this year again (:
There were many small kids who were whizzing by me, almost as if to mock me, but it was all good fun! I'm talking about 4,5 year olds, if you look closely at the picture below, you can actually spot these tiny ones!
Check out the kid in blue! )=
Hahaha so after the sobering moment when I realized that I'll never be an ice skating genius, I resorted to slowly skating around the edges and keeping close to the walls. It was good fun though, and the mall has bowling, ice skating, and a theatre as well. The only downer is that it's pretty hard to get to, but the walk to the mrt station was welcome, especially after the dinner I had :/
So here's to another adventure in Singapore, this is your sporty Shaun signing out! (: