Blog
So it’s been ages since I’ve updated my blog. So what’s new?
Nothing much!
I appealed for a Saturday off to take part in the Canon PhotoMarathon 2009. Hopefully my request can be granted 
And went skating with Gerald, Mason, Sai and Xinyu today. Was utterly fun, other than 2 ‘major’ falls. First one was balancing on one skate while moving, then I don’t know what I went over, probably a stick or something and came to a dead stop. Needless to say my momentum carried me forward and slid a bit. Thank goodness I didn’t rip my new $114 windbreaker. I do have a nice little battlescar from that fall, a rather red patch on my elbow. Was fascinated by the wound at first, as it was whitish in color for some odd reason. No, not bone exposed, or at least, I do not think so o.O
I think I hurt my wrist in that fall though, for now it is throbbing with pain, slightly swollen and somewhat painful to touch. Lucky though, that this is my most ‘serious’ injury so far while skating.
2nd fall was when we went up a slope at the western entrance of the Extreme Skate Park at East Coast Park. Going down the hill was awesomely fun. Reached the bottom of the slope without incident, then I had to make a right hand turn to avoid hitting the grass and coming to a sudden halt.
So I started to turn, and I don’t know what happened, and lost my balance. Fell on my ass, and actually BOUNCED and then hit the ground again, and then sliding to a stop. I swear that I felt my butthole was going to be ripped open, eurgh. I somehow managed to stay upright through the entire ordeal -__-
Oh and thanks to Mason for teaching me the parallel turn, though my method of doing the turn is reversed. From what I know, Parallel Turn (i/e going left)
1. Left skate forward, push right skate back
2. Lean into the turn, twisting torso to direction of turn
3. Resume normal stance
But for me, I find it easier to actually put my right leg forward for left turns, and left leg forward for right turns. Seems rather odd, but for some reason I cannot do the parallel turn properly with the left-foot-left-turn method -__-
