On Tuesday this week it was Ski Day! A day dedicated to (of course) the sport of skiing! Since it was extremely fun, it made it to #1 on Andrew's Blog post list!
So, off we go at 8 in the morning (8:15 actually due to the delay of Mr. Pattison) to the Dagmar Ski Resort! It was a boring bus ride where I tried to sleep and when I was about to drift into the peace of sleep, we got there... (If Oscar were here right now, he would say, ahem: "FAILBLOG!!!")
Apart from the sleep thing, they are other total failures that made my day, along with some good things that keep the karma in balance...
OK, back to the total failure thing. So, everyone got fitted for their ski or snowboarding gear, and went out for a lesson, and here is failure #1: WORST SKIER THERE IS!!! Fortunately, as the day and the rate of falling down increases, I became better! (As they used to say, if you don't take risks, you will never learn)
That was pretty much the morning: me practising on the bunny hill and falling at least 5 times, each time with my legs in a different, unthinkable position. After lunch, we had a retest to see if we can make it to the next level. Surprisingly, I passed (HOORAY! I'm not such a bad skier after all!)! So, I went to the Green slope with a lift. (Yay... BTW, I'm scared of height, especially movement when I'm not on the ground) Thank Goodness I went on with Aruuran, who was also scared of heights, so it was OK-ish. Apart from the lift, the way down was AWESOME! Feels like you can just lift up your arms and take to the skies! Also, it's addictive, so I went on it infinite times despite the lift!
Unfortunately, karma can't always be on my side, for Aruuran and I met Phoebe, and we were taking the same lift up, and here is where it went wrong: Aruuran missed the lift! So there I was, dangled in the air on a chair connected only to a thick metal cable! WITH PHOEBE! (Don't get me wrong, I got nothing against girls, but I do have something against girls who knows how to torture me!!!) And so, since she discovered my fear of heights, tortured me non-stop by rocking and swinging the chair! I screamed with all I got and everyone who was on a lift had heard me! (Just in case you're a girl, and you think I'm trying to discredit girls, I have witnesses: Aruuran who saw the whole thing from the lift behind and Mr. Pattison who heard everything from the front!)
Edit: OK, turns out that Aruuran was laughing too hard to see, so I'm without an eyewitness, but the good news is that Phoebe confessed so NO GOING TO COURT with Aruuran and Mr. Pattison! (Aww, that would have been fun...)
From the ski lift incident came the bad fall incident: We (Aruuran, Menan, Oscar, Phoebe, and I) skied down the Green lane in a friendly race, where my skis, for some bizarre reason, got stuck together and I fell over, nearly breaking my leg (Psst... don’t tell my parents, otherwise, I'll never play a sport in my life again...). Let's see, that brings my total up to... umm... over 20 FALLS!!!
The last fail of the day is buying hot chocolate that burnt my tongue and then forced to throw it out for we're boarding the bus and no food allowed! What a waste of $2.50!
Well, that was pretty much my failure ski day. Hope you enjoyed it! I know I did! (Well, the good parts anyway...)
