And yes, every saturday morning for the goat is dedicated to the tuition aces as well. I have a total of 5 children under me, 3 individual tuition sessions ( 2 hrs each) and a one group tuition session consisting of 2 children( 4 hrs each session). So by the time i reached 2pm every saturday noon, i have this deoxygenated sensation in me.
Unlike any saturday noon, i tried out ice skating with dearie. Its an activity i look very forward to, especially when i heard many fellow skaters mention that ice skating is "one notch" lower than inline skating. There's only one avenue for ice skating in Singapore by the way; its in Fuji Ice Palace, Jurong Entertainment centre(JEC).
On my way to JEC, there was a qualifying leg competition for some skating event. Naturally I was nailed on the spot for a while.
This is aggressive skating, the most hardcore form of skating. In my impression, its the cheering and yelling that keeps these skaters wanting to do more. The louder you clap and cheer the faster their adrenaline rush and the better they perform. Its a total different breed of skaters. This is many many notches higher than freestyle slalom skating.
Now back to ice skating....
In my own opinion, the differences between a pair of rented ice skate and inline skate lies in the stopping principle. There are sharp mini spikes on the tip of the frame of ice skates, and the frame is attached flimsily on the boot itself. This implies that if you were to execute a slide at high speed, the weight should never be put in front of the front tip of the frame. If not you will end up yelling for a crashmat in mid air. There is also a jutted tail on the other side of the frame. Not user friendly for me who's very used to short frames. My interpretation is, if you really have to do sliding you have to sit slighly on your hips and use your calves and ankles 100% to change the line of your sliding heel.
Probably these spikes and tails are used more for figure skating, to aid in the spinning and double/ triple axe turns.
On a rented pair of ice skates,you wont experience a 100% power transfer when you exert a push on your boot; the frame feels wobbly. Hence all the talk only on slides..heh.
I saw a couple of youngsters on ice hockey skates. ( the frame looks simply like a blade detached from a knife, with no spikes nor tails found on rented skates).They could execute perfect swift crossovers from point to point. Not only that, they could do those very-impressive-inline-skating-slides on ice easily.....
Having trained very hard the night before in MSCP, i did not want to explore the possibility of slides on my rented skates. Because of that, the ice skating session was a humbling one. BUT...BUT... at least i could still execute my hockey stop at cruising speed.
Some back ground knowledge on ice skating:
You see those skaters circled in red? They are moving hazards. They cannot skate well and they have to rely on the metal sledge structure to move from point to point. Best to stay far from them when you are at the rink.
Featuring goat on skates...
I just felt that i am missing one durian and a small prying knife.
The goat's counterpart.
After our stay at the ice rink ( left with more soreness on my shin, all thanks to the flimsy frame ). Dearie insisted our dinner to be at Ajitsen Ramen. We both headed down to IMM, the shutter bus style.
For all who's still patient enough to read up to this point:
Ajitsen Ramen offers 5 dollar annual membership. A very good deal because
1) 10% off on makan except promotional items
2) 15% off if you dine in on the month of your birtday
3) on 3rd week of every monday noon dine in you only need to pay 50%
Dear got the membership. Could see more future dinners in Ajitsen to come.
Curry pork ramen
Thank you darling for the wonderful noon at the rink! I promise to be your Ajitsen Ramen slave.
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