The picture on left shows my entrance and the right shows the catastrophe as i exited the cones. Oh well...
After the competition, i joined the boys to feast in ECP chalet. Team Micro had booked some chalets as accommodation for the foreign judges from Korea and China. Most of the boys headed home, except for me, Felicia, ZhiZhong and Andy, still gaming for a few more sliding sessions in the rink. I guessed they were still having the competition HIGH in them.
What we did not expect next was guest appearance 翔子( A member of Team Micro China ). I supposed you wont know him, so let me introduce to you here :
He was also down for the competition judging, and we had not expected his presence at the rink. Seeing him accelerate before sliding is a magical moment, so overwhelming that it would easily make any singapore skater wonder what they actually did with their skates. You can see how fierce he slides in the clip so i dont bother with the elaboration.
Here's a picture of us at the rink
Those young fellas in white and me are locals 翔子is the guy in black tee standing beside me. Best. The other black tee guy was his sidekick.
Felicia insisted on going Night Rider, because apparently the 3 young fellas were still reminiscing about how the competition went and all the 'bitchings' what not. Non of them wanted to go home early on a Saturday night. I stood for awhile pondering when i last skated at the rink after 10pm. So the 4 of us whizzed on the smooth green surface enjoying, occasionally stealing glances from by standers. Happy times really flies and soon the time on my Timex showed 1245am Sunday.
Yes, that mean we had to make our way from ECP to the Night Rider Bus stop ( the nearest one being Suntec City ). The guys dont seem to translate the actual distance into their heads... Oh well.
In less than 5min we got our stuff into our bags, and off we were, somewhat feeling the visual difficulty under dim lightings. Thank goodness we eventually pulled through the distance, fuelled by the sheer thrill of having the chance to skate a long distance together.
This night skate felt somewhat different from my past night cycling experiences with my university mates. Skating with these 3 peeps really make me feel so light and care free, chattering nonsense and bulls*** as if i were also a young boy. We got lost a few times in Kallang Stadium Area( we ended up on the other side of the Shears Bridge Hahaha )
Featuring Good Old Goat with Singapore Number 8 slider Andy
Thank goodness and in God's Grace, we found our way to the bus stop facing Funan Shopping Centre. Though with half eyes closed, we still managed some energy to hop onto NR2( Sembawang )with some drinks we got from 7-11.
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