Skiing

I still can't skate, but I can now ski :)

Today was a day trip to Romme Alpine where we (Nigel, Chunhan, Sarah, Leehe, Kenelm) went SKIING!! :D

I didn't trust myself to be able to protect my phone/camera well enough on skis, so these photos were taken from Google/Instagram.

At the start, I was basically being a burden.

I was almost falling every 5 metres, and my swollen aching ass can attest to that. At some points, I couldn't move at all because my skis crossed and made my knees bend inwards awkwardly, so I just sat on the slope in disbelief and disheartened ("Sheeeet how do I get down from here"). There were other times whereby I had already fallen, but I continued to slide down the slope on my bum and I couldn't stop.

The beginners' slope is usually used by children, and their pro-skier-parents who would accompany them. I was on the fork lift with a Swede and she said she "learned how to ski ever since she could walk". Thankfully, there were many kind parents around who literally pulled me up from my sorry state. One parent even taught me how to get up without sliding off.

I say "many" because I really fell so many times. At least 5 people helped me out today.

While going up the slope using a fork lift, taken by Nigel

Anyway, even so, the skis are now my friends :).  Being able to be able to get the hang of the skis really gives me a sense of achievement. Managed to complete the beginners' slopes without falling on some runs too! :D Can feel the muscle memory of the motion even as I sit in my room now.

I didn't have the guts to go down the tougher slopes and stuck to the beginner ones. Even so, I'm still pretty contented with those slopes, because I still felt a sense of achievement when I could conquer slopes. Also managed to try different moves like swerving left and right across the course when going down a slope. Most of all, going down slower really allowed me to enjoy the scenery because I wasn't concentrating on falling even going down small slopes.

                                  
                                  

The way down looked like a combination of these photographs. The sky looked like the one above, but the mountains was covered with snow like the one below.

Seeing the snow-covered scenery made me instinctly sing the first line of "Let It Go" from Frozen
"The snow glows white on the mount tonight, not a footprint to be seen" (very true)

I haven't really exercised since I've got here :P, and the first exercise I get is skiing HAHA. I think I've started to use muscles that I've never used before. It's almost certain that when I wake up tomorrow, my shoulders, arms, back, ass, thighs and knees would ache from this.

I'm not sure if I'm aching from falling or the muscles being used HAHA.