About Ice Skating

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Okay, because I am going to meet some TP-ians tomorrow for a blading / cycling session, I suddenly recalled this incident.

I do not want to name names here but this was pretty funny. I guess I did talk about it before in one of my previous posts.

See, before Kallang Leisurepark re-opened recently, Jurong was about the only place in the whole 'huge' island of Singapore to have an ice skating rink.

And even then, I have to say that it was not a very decent one.

What to do? You're the only one in the entire country, so anyone who even wants to do the sport have to travel there, how to keep it in tiptop condition?

So, yea, as expected, the ice was not just thin and unfrozen (though not to the point of being slushy), it was also very uneven.

And there we were, the whole group of us, skating.

Actually more like trying not to fall down and make a fool out of ourselves.

So one of us, I really don't want to name names but X knows who X is (I don't even want to release whether it's a him or her).

Let's assume it's a 'he', to make my story recall easier.

So he was just minding his own business as well on the rink, trying to catch up with us because we were far ahead. We turned around and waited for him to catch up.

He wasn't even trying to skate. He had gathered enough speed and was just 'moving' towards us with both his feet on the ice... and he was gliding slowly but smoothly towards us when he must have hit some ridge in the ice or something.

Because his arms started to flap about wildly and he was like going "Aik Aik Yikes Aik Woooo."

Instinctively, I offered a hand to him.

But within that split second after reaching my hand out, I thought to myself: Wa, cannot leh. If he holds my hand but still falls, I'm going down with him.

So I actually withdrew my arm back JUST as he was about to reach out and grab my hand.

Eventually, he did not fall down, and needless to say, I did not get a very polite and appreciative 'Thank you' either.

So yea, arsehole, if you're reading this and know who you are, I just want to say that I DO remember this incident. Not because I'm sorry, but because it was hilarious.

HAHAHA.

CiiN Sniffed Her Pillow At 4:19 pm