Back on the Ice!

Its been a little crazy lately! .. been studying in the mornings (still not enough.. hehe) then catching up with my fren in the afternoons.. usually house hunting.. followed by eating cheap food at Ikea!! Who would have thought some of the cheapest food in town is sold at a furniture shop!!

Been running Mitch to work most days so I can have the car just incase I decide to go somewhere. which has come in handy for the days with my fren.. hehe.. Today we didn't do any house hunting, but she came over and sponged my internet, then we went ice skating!!! its been two weeks since I've been to the rink! so it was great to get back down there! so much fun!! even tho my feet got blisters from the skates again, and I fell over a couple of times so my legs a bit cut up.. but nothing I haven't experienced before! haha.. Photos and videos coming soon!!! (they're on my friend's phone atm, so need to grab them off her first!) It was fun to go skating with someone else, (I usually go alone) but it was good, I could do my own thing, but then maen sama dia juga.. n bantuin dia.. giving some tips to make it easier and more fun! My blades were a little dull, so was a bit wobbly on the ice, they were sharp enough for most things, but definitely wouldn't want to jump on them! 

I can't wait for my skates to get here!! Still got another 4 1/2 weeks to wait! But today I also did a bit of shopping in preparation for their arrival.. I bought hard and soft blade guards (the gel ones are for walking off ice, the soft ones are used after skating to soak up any condensation after use so the blades don't rust) and I also got boot covers, to keep them in good condition =) So now all I need is the skates!!

 I wanted the blue ones like in the pic, but they weren't in stock! =( huhuhu.. so I got green ones.. Dama will be happy! haha =P and now I see online, it would have been cheaper for me to order them from America (even with the bad exchange rate!) and pay postage than it was for me to buy it here! Crazy! haha.. but what can ya do.. aku udah beli! hehe.. tapi tetep senang.. coz kan sekarang udah siap! Ready to get started! =D

GOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!!!

BOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Lha?? kok "boo"??? kan goal??!?!  Yeah, goal for the wrong team!! haha

Well, guess what!! ... What?? ... It's Saturday!!! =P hehe... and?? ... And today I not only ordered my Ice skates, but I also went to a soccer game with Mitch!! =D ... Adelaide United Vs Melbourne Victory.

It was a good game to watch! The atmosphere was great. On the way there, near the stadium there were people everywhere in like a parade down the street. A huge wave of blue, all screaming for melbourne. police surrounding them to make sure there was no trouble. we decided to go in the back entrance where it was quieter n there was like no queue to get in. Mitch got the tickets weeks ago, and the seats were awesome! In the top deck behind the sub benches! great seats! great view of the whole field, under cover (so no hot sun) and later in the night there was a breeze, which made things a little cooler.

(sorry about the quality.. I forgot my camera and could only use my phone)

As for the game, Adelaide didn't do too well in the beginning, but after half time they picked up their game, got stuck in, but it was too little too late, we ended up losing 2-0 .. Melbourne scored their second goal in the last 5 minutes. During the game the Melbourne supporters were going insane, they all had their shirts off swinging them around, jumping up and down, screaming at the top of their lungs! haha .. they were even letting off flares!!! so there was lights n smoke going everywhere when Melbourne scored. Insane, but great to see! haha.. the atmosphere was great. I love watching sport if I'm at the stadium.

During half time there were heaps of little kids playing mini games of soccer in each corner of the field and there was also some strange race with giant inflated tubes. (Wanted to post another photo.. but getting really frustrated with blogger right now!! haha.. so that might come later... if you're lucky)

After the game we went to the airport to see laurel off, she's moved to darwin for the next year, trying to get some experience before heading overseas.

Anyways.. i guess thats about it.. my blogging mood was killed by blogger! haha..

Good night all.

This happens every time I try to find out any information...

When I was in Bali years ago and wanted to find out about renting a motorbike... I catch a taxi to the shop, then I ask a bunch of questions, like how much per day? do i need a license? does it come with a full tank of fuel? etc etc... I had no intentions of renting it there that day. I had never even ridden a motorbike! but he said that was no problem and offered to teach me (and me being me, not knowing how to refuse, agreed) He took me to some near by paddock and i was told to drive around in circles a few times, in both directions, then he stopped me, and said "see, so you can drive already, right?" well.. i guess so... i mean, never driven on the road, with other bikes n cars going everywhere, but I guess I can steer the thing... 20 minutes later I was back at the store, signing a piece of paper with my name on it.. yep, thats right I ended up going home, not in a taxi, but driving myself, following a hand drawn map i got from the guy at the shop..

Ice Skating in jogja: One friday afternoon I was bored, all my friends were busy, so I thought I'd go n find out some info, when the lessens are, who would coach them, how much, etc... then they say "well, if you'd like you can start right now." so.. 10 minutes later, i had signed up for 5 weeks of lessons, handed over a wad of cash n was in my skates ready to start.

The same thing just happened now... I rang up to find out about how to order skates, because there is an online order form, but no where to put in all of the foot measurements, so i asked the best way to do it and he says I can do it over the phone! he started asking all these questions and before I knew I was answering them, and already had made an order!! 

He answered the few questions that I had, and that was it, now he's just waiting for me to fax through my foot measurements and in about 5 weeks time I'll have a new pair of custom made Sp-Teri boots with MK Professional blades =D (about half the price of MK Phantom, but should still be good enough to get me up to the higher freestyle levels .

So here I am, freaking out, cause i've just ordered my skates! And they're expensive!!! haha.. they'll be here in about 5 weeks!!! :D Cant wait!! Still doesn't feel real.

PS... I just realized... Even me going to Indonesia was like this!!! I was looking for info.. and before I knew it.. I had my flight booked!!! haha