Day 0
Nothing much happen on this day, apart from taking the train from Newcastle to Central, and then waited for the bus. The bus leaved Central at 11.30 pm.
Day 1
Probably the longest day in my life as I practically awake throughout the journey to Snowy Mountain. First, we stop at Casula to pick up few passengers and then have a break in the middle of nowhere. Mind u that the temperature well below 5 degree Celsius at that place! Around 5 am we arrived at the Rhythm Snowsport to collect all our gears and stuff. I also bought the cheapest ski goggle they offered ( still, $50 is not cheap T_T). Then, after2 hours of boring journey, we stopped at Jindy to get the lift pass and take 30 minutes to Thredbo ski resort.
Well, the first thing I did when hitting the snow was struggling to move the ski around. Luckily I have a beginner lesson with the pro and by the end of the day, I managed to ski down the Friday Flat(FF) without falling and crashing with other people. But it take quite a lot of "cool" crashes before I managed to control the ski properly. When the first time I ride the chairlift I kept thinking that I will fall down as the chairlift keep swinging around. But to protect my pride, I act very cool ( wait, im not acting cuz I AM COOL) and start chatting with a random kid beside me that seem to have better skills than me....
After skiing until 4.30 pm, we were brought to the supermarket and then to our accommodation in Jindy. Its a very clean and spacious hostel, complete with everything u need. But rite after taking a shower and have a quick dinner, I just hit the bed and fall asleep....
Day 2
When I woke up, the temperature was very low, even u can see water vapour coming out when u breathing in the room! OMG, its soo cold! The area was filled with white frost and I captivated with the white, winter wonderland.... Not to mention the soreness of my entire body.....
For this day, I take a much higher level ski lesson so I'll able to ski on much steeper slope at Merritt areas. With confidence higher than Mt Everest, I tried to ski down at Merritt despite my lack of skills. As a result, I become a rolling snowman( or polar bear?) down the hill ( i think its about 5 m) because of high speed but cool crash and to make matter worst, i lost my watch during the "Great Fall". Talk about underestimating the slope.... When I decide to go back to FF, i didnt expect the chairlift is sooooo frightening and unstable. The only thing that prevent u from "kissing" the 15-20 m snow from your sit is a simple chain. It felt like im riding the Space Shot at Genting for 5 minutes!
After heading down, I took few minutes strolling around the Thredbo village and then go back to the bus at 4.30pm. With muscle strain all over my body, i just cant take it and take an early sleep that nite....
Day 3
The last day of skiing. One of the people in the trip, Ian, decided to help me with my skiing. He taught me several skills and thanks to that, im able to ski down the Merritts with style and without unsightly crash. My ability have level up, even skiing during "whiteout"(where the visibility is less than 5m) was not much of a problem! Im so happy with the result and decide to have a lunch at the bakery on merritts~
At 4 pm, we started our journey home and stop at several places before reaching the central station just before midnite...
Day 4
This was an awesome day to go back to the campus! Why u asked? Firstly, the train that supposed to leave at 11.15pm was delayed due to some technical problems and leave just after i board it! Hee, I guess the show cant go on without me afterall! I supposedly have to take another train at 1.30pm but it seem my luck is just too good ;P. Secondly, After reaching Hamilton, The train to Uni arrived just a minute after I changed the train. And to complete the day, after crossing the bridge, at that very moment a security car doing patrol pass through the area saw me and stop at the entrance of the bridge. He offered me a lift to IH and I just accept the gift from above~....
Epilogue
For those who wondering if skiing is for u, asked urself whether u like
1. Ice skating
2. Speed
3. Cold
4. High places
5. few crashes here and there
If your answer to all of it is yes, then try the sport~
6 comments:
haha...best2!!!!next year im going!!!
btw...if ko perasan..ur blog...
'posted by frendy f at ....am'
hehe....at first glance...aku igt
it is 'posted by frendy fat ...'
hehe...no offense though..
weih..xmo balik newie....hahaha...malas betul nak start klas balik :(
LOL, rupanya bukan sy ja yg perasan benda tu. Hehe~
frendy fat LOL!!! hahaah! u really made me laugh lah frendy with the video, "i'm risking my life to take this video" wtf?? hahahaa! and the "btw, i'm not scared, i'm just shivering cuz i'm cold.. dont trust me??!!??" hahaha! hadoiii.. can't wait for my own snowy crash filled adventure!! i'm gonna go snowboarding instead of skiing hehe! skateboarding sudah, sandboarding sudah, after this is snowboarding, then surfing!!!
ee menjealouskan! i want snow tooooo.
we have plenty of fake snow here in me workshop today. want some pcha?
and fren.... giler ah!!!! u become a rolling snowman, and it must be pretty cute eh?
and i remember from your earlier post u said u dont want to melt down the snow there as u are hot? and here u said u are cool, and u are not acting? apa da.... contradicting your very own self. hehehehe
i'll make sure u become my instructor for ice skiing. hehehe... watch out hot+cold rolling snowman!
cool crashes eyh? like "BOOM!" "OUCH?!" "are u ok?" "..." the girl went away.
no no hakim, the after the bom and ouch due to frendy tergolek2, there was no one else on the mountains.. the impact of frendy's fall caused an avalanche.. everyone go bye bye! hahahaha!!
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