blisters upon my blisters and one particularly spectacular one upon my right foot, but coupled with the happiness of today perhaps they ought to rightfully be called blissters instead. had been badgering the lovely lizard to go rollerblading with me, and when she suggested iceskating instead i was initially hesitant:
i) i've NEVER iceskated before. ever.
ii) because i have a phobia of iceskating
iii) brought on by stupid tv shows of blades being buried in skulls by overenthusiastic and careless partners doing dangerous stunt spins
iv) and horror stories endlessly related by parents of dad's friend who fell while ice-skating and got sliced up by someone else's blade (mum just clarified-- no he did not get his fingers chopped off as i'd thought all this while. he just got eight stitches about a centimetre away from his right eye).

then i thought-- heck. try something new.

and it was funnnn, aside from the skates stinking like crazy. 'twas only ni's second time on the ice and with no pro guy to guide her this time round we were both left to flounder on our own. couldn't figure out at first why i felt so incredibly insecure-- after all, iceskating is supposed to be sort of like rollerblading, right, and i'd bumbled my way through fifteen-km stints before-- then realised: nothing to break the fall but gloved hands and ice. the noob that i am requires protective padding, damnit!

then i remembered-- falling is an inherent part of flying. when you fly, you merely fall but fail to hit the ground.

i like the kind of second thoughts i've been having. :)


my lovely pot pok (pot pot pot hahaha) who was more concerned about my safety-- "(after i fell) are you okay? anything sprained?"-- and fitness for ayg next week than i was

snow-icing while the ice was being resurfaced. i insist this shot is good :)

this is only going up cos ni took it and thinks it's good. i beg to differ, the subject sucks.

green tea!! :):) still fairly intense but not bitter. i know someone who'd have liked this heh.

ni's-- delightful on a whole different level.

hmms. i wonder if the little boy who was trying to hit on befriend ni was attracted by her snow ice or by her. he was kind of mildly scary and after he started randomly making physical contact we upped and ran away.

"eeeks are you wearing green"-- "what a greeting".

t-shirt and jeans gang! was laughing too hard to stand properly.

miracle of miracles-- escaped more or less unscathed from my splendiferous plunge-and-skids across the ice that elicited a shriek or two from the people around me (look ma, no bruises!).

too short a dinner at nihon mura with ray and ning (successfully cajoled to meet us-- and of all the things to ask me, ning, "how about crabs at ang mo kio??" eight years you've known me already!!); plans for kbox and pool and dxo alllll fell through and ni and i wound up at parkway to finish our thursday errands. unintentionally elicited a few dubious stares-- we were both incredibly sleepy and couldn't stop collapsing over each other haha WHOOPS ok nvm you're my new-old girlfriend. bubble tea and talk before driving back; for some friendships even the most skilled of wordsmiths and writers cannot put into words the incredible feeling of support and strength and love the other person generates for you. i can only hope that i am such a friend in return.

courage, love, courage.

knowing there'll be solid ground below
because i will be your hand to hold
and hell for you's not too much to pay
so what do you say

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keron - like nobody needs to know says (4:12 AM):
okie
go go
treasure the time you have now

morethanitseems says (4:12 AM):
yea i am


am i?
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