Learning to Ice Skate

It's one of those crazy challenges I give myself because I have nothing better to do. Like travel across Australia with budget of AUD1500 for 5 weeks (which was pretty insane come to think of it, I even managed to snowboard twice!)

I decided to learn to ice skate.




Random reader: What? You don't know how to ice skate yet?

Sadly, yes. :(

And as one ages, it seems harder to pick it up.


The inspiration of this came from a campaign ad I spotted in a cinema lately.
One of my favourite idols (omg I have one!) have got herself involved in a campaign: adidas - is all in.




It's KATY PERRY! God I love her.

I shall copy cat.


Nicolekiss is all in


So gearing up, I called up the Pyramid Ice and signed myself up for a 5-lesson course with a personal coach.




I can't skate. I can't balance. And at my age, it's really really really hard to pick up something and be good at it. I'm not blaming my age, but something to do with the learning ability that comes with age, and habitual behaviour in action, speech, everything; people tend to find it much harder to adapt to change.

And ice skating for me is a huge change for me. I don't know how to glide, my body reacts that movement to falling down. Hence I jerk, I slow down and then I became this handicap skater.


scary looking blade


Talking about blades, I always have this fear that in case I fell down from ice skating, someone might accidentally skate over my hands and slice them apart. *GRUESOME THOUGHT OMG KILL ME IT'S GIVING ME CHILLS*


the big scary wild ice rink


When I first joined, I thought maybe I could learn to skate like pro within a month, or at least fakely looking like a pro.

The coach whom I told this aim to laughed at me; she said it took her six months to even do a twirl. And that's going for coach lessons like three times a week.


"strech your arms"



"that's right, take your first step"


Ok. Re-plan my aim.

Let's go for just able to skate. And not falling on my ass. Maybe do a proper glide, like a champion.


geez, even a kid is skating like a million times better than I.



pretending to be in very cold weather


I'll keep you updated on how my next lesson would be.

Maybe in the mean time, you can find yourself a challenge, achieve something great! For those who dare. ;)




xoxo - Nicolekiss


note to self: I'm tying my hair to my next lesson