Forward outside three turn

I skated from 2pm to 8pm yesterday. That is 6 hours. Minus two 30 minutes of ice resurfacing session, equals 5 hours. It's record time for me. I was tired and hungry, since I had my lunch at like 1:15pm, but I persevered, and it paid off. I'm really happy.

I had some problems with the boots, which makes me want to have my own skates even more. But I have to wait for my dad to go to the states to get them for me. The first rental skates I got, the left boot was missing of one hook. It didn't give me the ankle support I needed, so I changed another pair during ice resurface.

Disaster really happened then. My coach mistook my lesson time and asked me to be on ice at 3pm when I wasn't even ready. I reached the rink a little late that day, so I didn't have much of a warm up. Plus the boot issues, I really wasn't prepared. So anyway I stepped on the rink. Eek. Slipped. Tried to stand. Slipped again. Tried stroking. Couldn't really do it without slipping. So coach asked me what was wrong. I said very slippery. Asked me to stop giving excuses. I was like what!! It really was slippery and I had no idea what was wrong. After not being able to stroke, and saying it was so slippery again, coach said maybe the blade is blunt. Finally a constructive suggestion. She asked me to quickly change boots.

So I did it.. quickly. Sprinting to the skate collection counter barefooted, well I had my socks on. Tied the boots quickly too, and a little too tightly. Coach drew a big circle for me to do my crossover. But the boots were too tied, I couldn't skate properly. Decided to tell her now that my class was supposed to be at 3:30pm. So we continued after that, with me retying my boots and practicing a little before it resumed. Could skate a little better, but was still crappy.

So I practiced after lesson. Since I had a long time left before I had to go home, I decided to do it step by step. I kept reminding myself to control my edge for three turn. And about an hour later, I finally gotten my left forward outside three turn with landing. Phew. It took me a lot of practice to get it.

Then by 7pm, I could do both left and right forward outside three turn. And quite well too I think. It was easier to practice at night, since there were less public skaters. Most were figure skaters. And I met a new friend, Meera. :D

Don't know when's the next time I can go skate since my parents wanted me to cancel my Monday class and go with Sunday. So I had to book Sunday. No idea when I can get a time. Coach asked me why I didn't tell her earlier, she just gave her spot to someone else. Screw the counter lady. Last week I said I wanted to book Sunday, and she said no it's full. Jeez.

Anyway I'm really happy with my accomplishment in forward outside three turn. That's Gamma level, though I haven't really done Beta level yet. Wonder why coach is skipping that level, would it be easier?

Still hanging

Actually, to tell the truth, my current school is crappy and it's so disorganized.

It's crappy that I get scolded for breaking the rules, when no one cares to brief me on what the rules are.
It's crappy that I don't know any 'traditions' of the school, because no one tells me anything about it.
It's crappy that I know nothing because I'm new.
It's crappy that I lose everything, to start a new life, but gain nothing.

If it's that crappy, why is it so hard for me to just drop it and revert back to the previous school?

Because I'm still holding hope. That the tides will turn.
Because I'm not willing to let go the time I have now.

Pros and Cons

I'll go back to Chong Hwa, for the friends I have there, and to satisfy my parents. Else I hardly care to even be there.

I'll remain at SMK Taman Sea, for the time it gives me. Else I hardly care to even be there too.

And which outweighs which? I can hardly put my priorities straight.

The few things I like about the current school: Science practical lessons. Which are like once or twice a month? So far I've been here for a month, and we've done 2 lab lessons. And the most recent lesson was absolutely amazing, with green sparks shooting out of the heated zinc sulphide. 2 lab lessons in a month. How much does that weigh?

I like the library. It's small, yes, but they have a wide collection of English books, fiction and non-fiction. And the math and science books they have, they just mesmerize me. I feel so comfortable in there during break. 20 minutes break a day. How much does that weigh?

The time it gives me. Sure, I come back to school at 1pm everyday, and 12:25pm on Fridays. That is just way awesome. I get to skate, I get to study more advanced things on my own. Skating 3 hours a week. Studying 6 hours a day, which makes me finish everything so quickly. How much do those weigh again?

I dislike classes. They are seriously very boring. And math class is the worst. I can answer a question which is like so easy, and they all look at me like I'm genius or what, when I'm hardly even gifted in math.

I don't really fancy the girl I'm sitting with, but I have to put up with her because she's the person I got to be with for the whole year perhaps.

And I'm putting up with so much. I'm putting up with my hatred of school, just so that my parents get an easy time. But me? It's not so easy for me. Is that call sacrificial love?

Again, I'll go back only for the friends. Classes are still boring. But at least I have friends to share with that they're boring. And generally classes only last 40 minutes, unless it's a double period, which only exists for language subjects and art. But in my current school, it's mostly double period for nearly everything, which totals to 1 hour 10 minutes. Heck, I can't bear that long in class! It bores the tears out of me.

The biggest problem I'm facing is boredom. Still boredom.