Iceskating Night

It was iceskating night last night with my coworkers. I was not really in for it since I don't know how to skate. I know, I tried iceskating once at Megamall eleven years ago when my organization, Mafia (Management of Financial Institutions Associations at DLSU and not the real Mafia, ok?),had this Iceskathon as fund raising activity. I knew back then I was just at the side with my group of friends, holding on to the bars while we skated (errrr... walked). Most of the people at that time didn't know how to skate so it was fun but there was one orgmate who was excellent so I went to the center only when he was holding me.
So, yesterday was a different thing. Majority of the people there knew how to iceskate and it was really crowded. I was with Matt, Kelly, Rick, Samson, Nick, Ariel, Anil, Anup and Anshu. The latter four plus me did not know how to iceskate while the others were fine and they went rollerskating and rollerblading too when they were younger. Matt and I were the first ones to buy tickets. Ariel backed out the last minute. I was scared all the time and I remember myself humming while tying the shoelace of my iceskating shoes. Matt was of course laughing while he asked "What's that you're doing?." All I said was, "I guess, I'm trying to calm myself down.," hahaha. So after putting all our stuff in the locker, we went to the iceskaing rink. There I was very scared and not even two minutes of being on the ice, I fell. Damn, it hurt so bad and it left a big bruise on my knee. Huhuhu, Matt didn't catch me. He was very patient though telling me what to do and how to control the skates but I was very adamant to learn and to release my hand from the wall. On the other side of the rink, Anshu was really struggling while Kelly was trying to help her out. Anil fell three times. He even saw stars at his last fall when his head hit the floor but he still went on. Anup who also didn't know how to skate was very cool in making his baby steps but he was successful in whatever trick he was doing.

After 45 minutes or so of trying to balance on the corner while holding on to the wall whenever I felt like I was going to fall, I finally had the courage to release my hand and followed Kelly's instruction on how to skate. Matt was skating while I made progress and Kelly told me how he was looking at me from afar and he was happy that I finally took control of my fear. I made a big progress, I was kinda skating in the middle already and I think I made two laps until they told us to go out of the rink since it was time to clean the ice. Damn, that was scary! After they cleaned the ice, we went back in but it was so slippery and I was struggling again and back square one. Ten minutes after, I gave up and I just stayed with Anshu, resting on the bench while the other half of our group skated. Rick, Nick and Anil had major falls since it was really slippery. After twenty minutes or so, we finally decided to leave.

That was a fun experience even if it left bruise on my knee (that will probably disappear after a month still). I didn't want to bruise or scratch myself since I am going to wear a dress tonight to watch the play, Rent. Well, I knew I would though if I joined them in iceskating so as expected, it happened, hahaha. It was worth the fun and the care that Kelly and Matt showed me. I know Kelly is always a sweet person so that wasn't new. I was shocked with Matt though coz I didn't really expect him to be like that. Actually, up to now, I'm still amazed on how he has been acting towards me lately. I guess, it's really better when you're not expecting something from a guy. I am really enjoying my moments with him. Last night, we didn't really care if we were acting as a couple in front of our coworkers.