ROLLER BLADING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I went ROLLER BLADING today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P

It was our youth outing event thingy.... I decided to go.... Swen and Lily also went... there were 14 of us youths altogether...oh except one was one of our ex-youth leader.. :)

Anyway the place we went is called The Wheels which is at Subang Avenue top floor... :)

It's Rm 25 per entry for non members, but that means it's for the whole day...after you pay the 25 bucks you can go in and out for that whole day.. :) Means you already paid for one whole day.. :)

And after paying for the first time, you immediately are a member...free membership...so since today was my first time, I still had to pay Rm 25, but the next time I go I only pay Rm 20!!!!!!! Save 5 bucks!!! ;)

So they only opened the place up at 11 am...we were there earlier but we couldn't go in so we had to hang about outside...

This skating place is like a DISCO AMBIENCE.... like it was seriously super duper dark in there, with all the coloful lights and stuff... but on the whole, the place is really sooooo dark!!!!!!! :( It wasn't a very nice atmosphere as it made me quite sleepy... hahaha.. :D

Anyway, so there were two types of skates we could choose.. ROLLER SKATES or INLINE SKATES. I went for inline skates because when I was younger I used to use those but that was really long ago... anyway I don't like roller skates.... :)

Roller skates has 4 wheels...2 on each side of the shoe... inline skates are 4 wheels in a straight row in the middle of the shoe.. :) So of course with roller skates you don't need to bother about balancing.... inline you have to... :) Which is pretty tricky... :D

I tried on size 6 at first, later I found it too loose and I couldn't balance properly, so I had to remove those and get a smaller size.... and let me tell you, those skates are REALLY REALLY HARD TO REMOVE AND PUT ON.... it's like, it takes awhile to figure out the concept of it.. :P

So I got on size 5 and they were so much better... :)

Then came the tough part. Since the last time I ever inline skated was like when I was still quite young, I've forgotten how to skate.... it was more of balancing and pushing your feet forward that was tough... at first I kept clinging on to the metal bars they have all around the rink, and used those to glide myself along... meaning, I wasn't skating with my feet, I was skating with my hands... :)

I tried and tried, finally after like 1 hour, I MANAGED TO SKATE WITHOUT HOLDING ON TO ANYTHING!!!!!! Later it got easier and easier...although you didn't find me racing about like some of the guys... :)

Luckily, I wasn't the only one having problems, if I was, that would have been like really embarrasing... :P

Anyway I'm happy that I managed to skate without holding on to anything....thats the main point... :)

We were there from 11am until like 2pm....about 3 hours. :)

Then we all walked to Subang Parade to have lunch at KFC. :D McDonald's was crowded so we decided not to eat there... :)

So, RESULTS OF ROLLER BLADING??????? I currently have a sore, bruised, blueblack left knee, an injured right hand first finger, and beginning-to-ache-muscles. :(

Oh, I ONLY DROPPED ONCE!!!!!! :) And that was because I tripped over Jane and Esther's skates... ;P That's how I got my bruised knee...

My hurting finger??? I think I bumped into something and pulled or twised a muscle in the finger... :( It really hurts a lot and it's my right hand!!!!! I'm a right-hander unfortunately... :( Hope it heals soon... :( I feel so handicapped... hahaha... :P

And my muscles??? Well they are already aching, and tomorrow's gonna be worse...

Ah well, I had a fun time despite all these little problems.. :)

Charissa