A few firsts in the new half-year
Boots, check. Keys, check. Courage, erm.. check. And there I go for my first inline skating experience. My wife was beside me (just in case!). She helped me to stand on the wheels, which was a feat on its own! And then, let go while i try to make a straight line towards the end of the car park level – I was at a multi-storey carpark.
Ok, it wasn’t too bad. I managed to get there without falling over. But I just couldn’t turn back. So I “walked” myself to make a U turn. It was a wobbly experience. So, without figuring out how to turn, I did another length of the carpark. I didn’t need to brake, as I wasn’t going fast enough, either that or there’s a wall that can stop me at the end of the carpark level. A few rounds of those and I still couldn’t turn. That didn’t bother me too much as I was more interested in making my straight line. Then only I realised I was looking down all the while! So I looked up, and then the straight line seemed much easier.
After about half an hour, my ankle wasn’t feeling all that strong as it was shifting uncomfortably from left to right. So i decided to call it quits.
2 days later, I did my first formal private lesson in tai ji. It was a tiring experience as I found out how weak my leg strength was, again. But this time, going for lessons somehow focus the intention, the intention to do better. Let’s see where this goes…
And the next day, my first day at the office. I can’t officially start work yet but because it’s a planning session, it’s probably good that I was there to witness them. Let’s see where this goes as well…
And it’s already July, half-way through the year 2006. I got a few firsts in the middle of the year. Maybe, making more firsts will be my 2006 2nd half resolution. It’s quite refreshing starting new things. In fact, I’ve just reorganised my wardrobe. With a bit of creative thinking, I was able to put more clothes in a drawer and make my clothes more easily accessible – a vertical arrangement of clothes in drawers. It looks more like CD collection now, stacked side by side with each CD resting on its thinnest side.
Have a few firsts once in a while. Let’s make the new half-year better than the previous half-year. Happy new half-year!
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Category: The diverse Life | Tags: diary 2 comments »
July 3rd, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Wow.. awesome to hear about all the “firsts”. I’d love to hear a more indepth review of your first private lesson, ie.. what did you cover and some experiences and take aways from the lesson.
July 3rd, 2006 at 9:36 pm
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