Fireworks Skating

Skated from Fort Road yesterday, and out onto the streets/roads all the way to the stadium to watch fireworks. On the way there, at Fort Road, as I increased my speed, my left leg wobbled and I fell on my tummy and I think I slided a short distance. I was winded and my tummy suffered the impact, as with my right shoulder. Both my elbows were scraped and bleeding and my right thigh suffered a slightly milder abrasion.

This was the first time I went on urban skate with the group, and I felt nervous, but not afraid. I was nervous cos we were crossing roads at traffic lights and small lanes, up and down bridges and across uneven pathways, not built for skating. My poor elbows were stinging all the way, especially when I splashed water on them to clean up the wounds (pity I don't have pictures here to show :D). On the way there, we stopped at MacDonalds (our first stop was KFC, but one of the staff, an auntie, told us not to enter as we were on skates). We had fun joking around and having fries and drinks, then promptly went on our way to somewhere outside the stadium. Once there, we didn't have long to wait, as the fireworks display commenced shortly.

What a sight!! We had clear, unobstructed view and the fireworks were so pretty! My favourite was the one at the end, where it looked like a shower of golddust raining down on us. I guess I liked that one cos each ribbon was very fine, and minute. And the whole design looked intricate, and delicate.

Luckily Chief Coach and Uncle Tay were guiding us all the way to and from the stadium, and occasionally JerBBear will marshal the road ahead and guide us as well (and he saved me from a head-on crash into the wall...ha ha ha). So all in all, I didn't suffer any more cuts and bruises and falls than I did on the way out from Fort Road. So all in all it was a good experience, and a thoroughly enjoyable one.

I am glad I went with them.