My Skiing Trip

Guess what I did last Saturday??

I went skiing!!! AND tumbling down the slope... since somebody pointed out that I tumbled more than I skied. (Is skied the correct past tense for ski? Looks weird.)

Fell down about 5 times. Average out one per hour. I think lah. Might have lost count halfway. :p Hehe. One time I fell so badly my ski came off. Another time I fell so badly my poles were too far away for me to pick up. Had to leave them halfway up the slope.

But it was soooooooooooo fun!!! 3 years I spent in Iowa, land FULL of snow, and I never went skiing. Had to wait until I came to Louisville for my first skiing trip. My friends and I went to a ski resort called Perfect North near Cincinnati. It's about an hour and 45 minutes away. I just found out Cincinnati is so close by. Am so going there next time for good food.

Since I've never gone skiing before, I went for the newbie lesson. The others had gone skiing before, except one, so he and I went for the lesson together. The instructor was very nice and extremely patient. The lesson was supposed to be one hour long. But then because I was so not a natural skier, he spent an extra hour with us. Until I finally learned how to turn. Hahahahaha. But he was seriously very patient loh. And no, he is not a lengzhai ski instructor. I think if he was lengzhai hor, I don't need to learn how to turn liao. Won't be paying attention at what he's saying.

So now I still don't really know how to turn. I can turn when I'm not skiing that fast, but once I speed up (which is the time when I should start zigzagging), then I'll straight away forget how to turn. Stupid right? The only thing I can say I can do really well... is getting off the lift. Takes skill one mm kay.

Was very very cold that day. We started skiing around 4 pm. Ended 9 pm plus. Temperature was about -10 C. Ok lah, I know it's not as cold as Des Moines, but we were OUTSIDE for 5 hours plus. And then I left my waterproof gloves in my friend's car back in Louisville. So for the first 2 hours I had thin gloves until my friend went to buy thicker ones for me. My fingertips are still numb now. Hope it's not permanent. Too expensive to visit doctor to find out. Hehe.

Quite sore now. Walking like an old lady in the office. Back pain, leg pain, hand pain, fingertips pain. But so so fun! I want to go again some time... but not in such cold weather anymore.

Next time, when it gets warmer... we will be going horseback riding! Who said living in Louisville is boring huh huh huh? *chuin face*