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Months before i left for Aussie, i already made up my mind to try skiing.
We were lucky to be able to tag along with a young bunch.

they were extremely well-prepared for the trip. from food to alcohol to games & etc..
i was ‘forced’ to try snowboarding cuz nobody was keen to do skiing.
so i took up the challenge for my set of old bones (with lack of exercise)

Drove throughout the night for 4 hrs to Falls Creek Mountain.

Bottom of Falls Creek Mountain @ dawn

Day breaks into a magnificent view.
i was between sleeping & waking..

1st thing was to rent the snowboard, bindlings, ski top, ski pants and gloves + get ski passes.
spent a BOMB.
by the time i completed wearing my snowboard gear, i was exhausted.

all geared wrapped up for snowboarding! silverski hotel

it was darn tricky to get yourself onto the ski lift.
1. wear 1 side of the binding on the snowboard &
2. shuffle yourself + the board (tied to one foot) to the ski lift Q. aka walk-like-a-crab
3. wait for the ski lift assistant to cue you to step forward & wait for the lift.
if you are not fast enough, they will DRAG out outta the ski lift path. else you will be HIT.

ski lift to top of the mountain

winds was so strong that i had to cover my face OR tahan the snow hitting me.

on the ski lift

here’s the top where everybody comes up to ski/snowboard

Snow Taxi – which looks like a van. charge by per head, not by distance! and it’s not 24hrs

Leaving for Melbourne city

did i mention that i was lucky to catch a snowing weather?
2nd day was beautiful when it snowed but extremely cold & excruciating to move around in fresh snow.
3rd day was hailing & visibility got even worse.

i recalled silly things we did.
- green fcuk
- girls
- balls
- drinking cardgames
- sliding down the slope on the snowboard instead of boarding it.

i also recalled my incidents.
- waking up on 2nd day with the thought to quit snowboarding
- walking down the snow runs instead of snowboarding
- got lost by snowboarding down the wrong snow run

here’s my thoughts that day when i got lost.
“One of the snow runs, I was lost. Totally lost the rest of the kids.
So I just continued snowboarding until I found a ski lift to take me back to the main meeting point.
A little worried at first but I thought losing my way can be just another opportunity to be alone.”

i failed to do something i wanted – build a snowman
didnt have the chance to sit in the open.
moreover, i was totally exhausted from snowboarding that i didnt want to move a centimetre.
entire body ached for 4 – 5 days.

so, my friends, pls warm up your bones before attempting such vigorous sports.
dun be like me.