keep rolling

"in santa monica, on the boulevard, you'll have to dodge those inline skaters, or they'll knock you down" - savage garden (santa monica)

the fad started 10 years ago. and back then, i was always interested in learning it... but somehow other than the one failed attempt at winging it with a friend, i never managed to actually get round to learning it.

so this time when a friend asked me to join her in the beginner's class in order to get a cheaper group rate, i roped in my colleague who was also interested and we decided to go for it.

it was our first inline skating class today.

and in less than an hour, i was skating... actually rolling along. i've never really been able to do that. to get over the fear of falling and to just let go and roll with it. hmmm.. maybe that side of me manifests itself in more ways than just strictly inline skating...

but the feeling of skating, albeit at a none too fast speed, felt great. my thighs ached, my back ached and my stomach (strangely enough) ached but i felt great. or maybe i felt great 'coz i didn't actually fall... yet? the 3 of us were just laughing the whole time. our coach was pleasantly surprised 'coz he claimed that normally after the first hour, everyone's all tired out. but we still seemed so energetic, laughing away. i was probably high on adrenaline.

and it was a good rush.

lately everything has been pretty much the same old that i find myself almost bored. this is definitely something to shake things up a lil.

next comes wall climbing...