Anyway, the trip was organised by Swinburne University's Chilsom Ski club. 3 days and 2 nights at Mt Beauty Lodge with around 40 participants. Su lin, Hui ling and myself were the only participants from Monash. *we felt alienated cause we were not only from a different uni but we were the only Asians there excluding this ABC*, but we did make friends along the way:)
Below, the view from our lodge, *did you notice there's no snow?*...
That's because the journey from our place to the mountain is around 1.5 hours by bus...
After 1.5 hours on the bus...
Up up and away on the ski lift
Our skis:)
The scenery...I love snow, it makes everything so pretty:)
Some people ski down this hill *this including lil kids from ages of 9*madness!
Beanie us
We had a few hours before our official lesson, hence Phil *a guy from the trip* was nice enough to teach us a thing or two. We practiced skiing, falling on our butts, screaming like hell when we lost control/ when we couldn't stop and for my part, crashing into the gate. *don't you dare laugh if you haven't skied before! rawwrrr*Anyway, after practicing on the slope, we went to the top using this enclosed ski tube called 'the mouse trap'. It operates the same way as shopping cart on the escalators but instead of grills, the magnetic surface holds the skis:)
The beginner runs ' green runs' which then separates into two routes, wombat ramble and drover's dream. It was extremely tough without formal training. I kept falling and no one helped me out..sniff sniff *and I was so sick that day, down with flu, slight fever, sore throat..you name it I had it*
Despite the first day's shortcomings, I had a blast at the lesson and I kicked ass on the second day:) I didn't fall on any of the runs after we went on a blue run 'intermediate', which had these 'monkey bars' whereby you could put your leg between this pole and it would take you to the top instead of the conventional ski lift. I swore that the slope was almost 90 degrees!!! But after that whole ordeal we had fun going up on the monkey bar and any slope after that seemed like babies!
The trip was so fun towards the end, I did not want it to end. I felt like dying the first day because I was extremely tired from getting up after falling and constantly blowing my nose.:( Luckily the second day was so much fun:) Would I go skiing again?
On the first day I would have said : 'You siaw ah! you want me to die?!?!'
On the very next day: ' In a heart beat!'
The few days after the trip, my body ached from my toe to my head but hey, it was worth it!
*Boys and girls go skiing if you do have a chance, it would be an experience you'll never forget!*
P/S: remember to invite me too:)
3 comments:
you're obviously better than me ..
i totally suck in it..but its still fun..if only i could control better..and don't fall so much
but i guess its true what they say about those who roller skate can pick up faster
i don't think roller skate has anything to do with it because it's a totally different sport. hehe, but i really enjoyed it towards the end, would have enjoyed it more if i was not sick...sniff sniff
kool ! you make me want to go snowboard with tat nice slope lol
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