I was in a foul mood last week. It’s winter. It's cold. It gets dark by 3 pm. There is less sunlight during the day. I had been busy ever since the start of 2008. It does not help when you have ‘punany’ neighbours, who decide to smoke along the staircase hallway (illegal by law) and stupid enough to leave a trail of ashes up to their flat door to tell the whole world that they are the bloody culprit. Here is my entry on 16 January 2008 if you don’t know what or who the ‘punanies’ are.
I was on a verge of putting on my Spartan amour and gather an army to give the punanies a special 'treat' they will never forget.
Then weekend came and Kay decides to organise an ice skating event with some of our friends at Somerset House. I wasn’t too keen at first given my long week of foul mood. I am not a good skater to start of with. I am not keen on the idea having to balance myself on two cleaver/ knife/ blades - whatever you call it.
In any case, Kay had already booked the tickets and paid for it. So, there is no turning back.When I first walked into the skating ring, I held on tight to the rail to balance myself. Then I let go my hand and started to glide through the skating ring while my hands held up in the air, swinging around like a monkey as I attempt to keep my balance. I was really struggling to keep up until Kay turn up.
“Don’t stand straight up. Bend down a little and it will keep you well balance” she said.I tried and it was a miracle! It worked! I started skating without much worry about falling off on my ass. And to put it simply, the trick not just use your head or your ass when you skate. You use both your head and ass to balance your body. In no time, I was beginning to feel like a professional skater like Will Ferrell on Blades of Glory!
Anyway, it wasn’t as bad as what I had imagine. I had a great time though it was really tiring at the end of it. Here is a short video clip of the scene at Somerset House.
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