Thursday, March 16, 2006
i heart snowboarding
i agree tt there are no absolutes in this world. but if everything is relative, then there really is no point arguing coz you never get anyfuckingwhere, now is there?
we went snowboarding again today, ben, diana and i. had problems waking up at 6.30am in the morning - thank god for diana who called me right out of bed. we caught the 7.45am bus from kitsliano to cypress. for all the supposed good weather in vancity, it was a fucking blizzard up at cypress. wind was a pain at at least 15km/h, it was snowing/hailing heavily, bitterly cold, and visibility was non-existent.
taking the chair lifts is like a visit to the twilight zone. you see nothing but fog... and maybe a chair in front of you from cables coming out from nowhere. you hear people's voices around you, but you see jack. it's quite an otherworldly experience.
as is falling off the chairlifts. it's my normal way of getting off.
we did 2 runs on collins. my runs were fantastic. still fell a few times, but all in all it was pretty smooth and pretty fast.
not so for ben tho. on the first run, he uh... crashed into a tree. i only found out coz i was boarding and this bunch of kids were stopping in their tracks to point to a "funny man who'd crashed into a tree". then they and their instructor crowded around this guy who was scrambling down the side of the slope upside down in the most unglam fashion EVER.
tt was ben.
ok. i admit i was laughing. i was considering helping him since he looked like he was in need of help, but i figured tt he had more than enough pple to help him. plus i didn't think he wanted to feel any more paiseh abt it. wahaha.
and then on the second run, i was boarding by when from the right, i heard ben exclaim: "wah! there's so much fucking snow here!" and when i turned my head, i saw his head, chest and shoulders... and the rest of his body was hidden in this PIT of snow tt he had boarded right into. i didn't bother helping him either. i rem i just started laughing really loudly, to the extent tt i myself fell down some way down the slope.
we did a lot of rounds on panorama too, even with the almost zero visibility, while diana went for level 2 lesons in the afternoon. the initial runs were good baring the awful wind, hail and fog, until i fell right on my head. tt was damn pain. i kena goose egg on my head liao. siggghhhh.
then it was onward for lunch and nuahing away from the cold, followed by a few more rounds on panorama. this time i couldn't get my form back. couldn't seem to feel my toe edges, so my turns were really weird. kept on falling coz i was confused. ended up feeling really mad with myself, to the extent tt i was so close to boiling point tt the cold actually stopped bothering me at some point in time.
we were done by 5.30pm; enough time to return our rentals and change out of our wet gear and board the bus. we went to congee house for dinner. char siew and congee and noodles. and poor ben had problems with his knee since the first run-in with the tree. think he might have pulled something. :(
then it was on to starbucks (again), and then back to totem. for 2 games of dota. and thus it is 2.47am.
but seriously...
just a couple of non-snowboarding related thoughts.
i don't have time for people who indulge in self-pity. it turns me off. i admit tt when i am down, i forcibly turn my feelings into those of anger because i believe tt i can find an outlet for all tt negative energy. i find self-pity very defeatist, and i have a problem with people who seek attention. i don't want to give it to you, so sorry for tt. yeah, i admit. i am arrogant and elitist. i am hard on myself because i don't want to be any of the things tt i despise, and i do despise quite a bit, if you could tell from my previous rant. i don't have a bad temper, but when i am angry, i am *really* unreasonably angry, and it's best not to mess with me at this point in time. bullies are assholes who should be given a taste of their own medicine, and i'm tired of "all talk and no action". and please don't try to be contrary just because. there is no reason to do so with me and therefore no corresponding reason for me to humour that.
now playing: hotel costes - cafe de flor
we went snowboarding again today, ben, diana and i. had problems waking up at 6.30am in the morning - thank god for diana who called me right out of bed. we caught the 7.45am bus from kitsliano to cypress. for all the supposed good weather in vancity, it was a fucking blizzard up at cypress. wind was a pain at at least 15km/h, it was snowing/hailing heavily, bitterly cold, and visibility was non-existent.
taking the chair lifts is like a visit to the twilight zone. you see nothing but fog... and maybe a chair in front of you from cables coming out from nowhere. you hear people's voices around you, but you see jack. it's quite an otherworldly experience.
as is falling off the chairlifts. it's my normal way of getting off.
we did 2 runs on collins. my runs were fantastic. still fell a few times, but all in all it was pretty smooth and pretty fast.
not so for ben tho. on the first run, he uh... crashed into a tree. i only found out coz i was boarding and this bunch of kids were stopping in their tracks to point to a "funny man who'd crashed into a tree". then they and their instructor crowded around this guy who was scrambling down the side of the slope upside down in the most unglam fashion EVER.
tt was ben.
ok. i admit i was laughing. i was considering helping him since he looked like he was in need of help, but i figured tt he had more than enough pple to help him. plus i didn't think he wanted to feel any more paiseh abt it. wahaha.
and then on the second run, i was boarding by when from the right, i heard ben exclaim: "wah! there's so much fucking snow here!" and when i turned my head, i saw his head, chest and shoulders... and the rest of his body was hidden in this PIT of snow tt he had boarded right into. i didn't bother helping him either. i rem i just started laughing really loudly, to the extent tt i myself fell down some way down the slope.
we did a lot of rounds on panorama too, even with the almost zero visibility, while diana went for level 2 lesons in the afternoon. the initial runs were good baring the awful wind, hail and fog, until i fell right on my head. tt was damn pain. i kena goose egg on my head liao. siggghhhh.
then it was onward for lunch and nuahing away from the cold, followed by a few more rounds on panorama. this time i couldn't get my form back. couldn't seem to feel my toe edges, so my turns were really weird. kept on falling coz i was confused. ended up feeling really mad with myself, to the extent tt i was so close to boiling point tt the cold actually stopped bothering me at some point in time.
we were done by 5.30pm; enough time to return our rentals and change out of our wet gear and board the bus. we went to congee house for dinner. char siew and congee and noodles. and poor ben had problems with his knee since the first run-in with the tree. think he might have pulled something. :(
then it was on to starbucks (again), and then back to totem. for 2 games of dota. and thus it is 2.47am.
but seriously...
just a couple of non-snowboarding related thoughts.
i don't have time for people who indulge in self-pity. it turns me off. i admit tt when i am down, i forcibly turn my feelings into those of anger because i believe tt i can find an outlet for all tt negative energy. i find self-pity very defeatist, and i have a problem with people who seek attention. i don't want to give it to you, so sorry for tt. yeah, i admit. i am arrogant and elitist. i am hard on myself because i don't want to be any of the things tt i despise, and i do despise quite a bit, if you could tell from my previous rant. i don't have a bad temper, but when i am angry, i am *really* unreasonably angry, and it's best not to mess with me at this point in time. bullies are assholes who should be given a taste of their own medicine, and i'm tired of "all talk and no action". and please don't try to be contrary just because. there is no reason to do so with me and therefore no corresponding reason for me to humour that.
# posted by Kitana @ 3/16/2006 04:00:00 PM 
