3 things I learnt from yesterday:

1) Don't skate near/in front of mel
2) Don't let toad and mel drag you on a skating spree when you're in the middle.
3) Don't try to drag another person onto the ice when you cannot skate yourself.

2 things Gen learnt from yesterday:

1) Don't wear light-coloured pants. Especially not pink ones.
2) Mel can skate = Mel can stop you from falling down.

1 thing toad learnt from yesterday:

1) Don't try to be early.

Anything mel learnt from yesterday:

Nothing. That toot knows how to skate. -.-

Okay so we were supposed to meet at jurong at one. At 12.45, toad was at Choa Chu Kang. At 1, I arrived at Choa Chu Kang. At 1.30, Mel arrived at choa chu kang. By that time toad had finished her lunch and we had gone at looked at 1) clothes 2) shoes and 3) more clothes*.

*Which involved standing in front of the Tom and Stephanies children section and wondering why children got frilly dresses for super cheap while in our days dresses were ugly and expensive, much to toad's dismay and my relief.

Meanwhile, genni studiously read pride and prejudice at jurong mrt. And Mel the darling posted Mary's 1) french worm 2) class tee 3) something else that I can't remember, and the postage fees went up to TEN BUCKS. *stares at mary*

Faints.

Anyway after that we clowned into the ice-skating rink, where, as per usual, I was the last one to finish putting on the shoes (SORRY LAH) while mel muttered gleefully about pushing me onto the ice.

Note: Ice skating is a skill that requires practice. Try not skating for around a year then walking onto the rink again.

The first half hour was like spent grabbing on to the sides for dear life and screaming in abject horror everytime I progressed for more than a foot without holding on to the railing while toad skated rounds around the place and returned at regular intervals to roll her eyes at me.

Eh. But that was also because I got my shoes one size too small and my toes hurt like a bitch. After I changed shoes it was much better. Like, MUCH better. So me and toad started skating around the rink, and returned to the end just in time to see mel and gen fall.

Which is lesson #1 for Gen. Cause she was wearing light PINK pants. And she landed on her butt. And we had to choose the day when there was no re-icing cause the machine broke down. O.o

Lolx. And mel fell down too, but she landed on her knees. After which she decided that it wasn't very fair that she fell and I didn't, so start Plan To Push Lichen Down. Which was MY lesson #1: Whenever you see mel nearby, scream like mad and rush to the nearest support and cling there. I think the rest of the people at the rink were very amused by the sight of me fumbling to get to the side in a graceless heap.

Then after around the fifth time that happened, toad caught up with me and started analysing guys at the rink. Apparently she thinks there's this guy in white who was halfway cute. I was, like, er. I spent my time staring at my feet and praying that I don't trip? You mean there was time to look at guys? *gasps in horror* And the guy wasn't even cute. Tch. Toad has bad taste.

(And in the meantime, mel and gen fell twice more. XD)

And at around that time, we spotted the gay parade: a caterpillar of people attempting to skate in a row. Whereupon toad's eyes light up in the 'I've got a good idea that will doubtlessly end in trouble for others' manner.

'Oh why don't we try to do one too!'

Oh noes. Naturally, as per usual, we were far too high to say, think of what we were trying to do, except for gen, who sensibly decided to stay out of it. So Mel went first, followed by toad, then me. But a chain like that wasn't very easy to hold on to, so Mel broke off, and tried to join us at the back, and we ended up holding hands instead of shoulders. Which was easier to hold on to, but much more dangerous. Cause. As per usual, I was in the middle. And when you're skating straight into a person, you tend to swerve right/left. And I was in the middle. So i couldn't swerve. So I had to make sure everyone was going in the same direction.

Oh my. Thank god the music blasting in the background drowned out most of our screams.

Then after we FINALLY got to the side and I held there for dear life, mel and toad, the two morons, decided: That was fun! Let's drag lichen around again!

And having decided my death sentence, they proceeded to pry me away from the railing which I was grabbing on to for dear life.

But after they forcibly got me away, kicking and screaming, we didn't go far anyway. Less than a meter, actually. Cause they went too fast, and me in the middle formed a V shape, and.

Well. I fell flat on my ass.

But since this is a democratic country, I couldn't fall alone. I managed to drag the other two down with me, I announce smugly.

And because we've skated for around two hours without falling, and now that I more or less can skate around freely, we thought the falling section was over. So we just sat there stunned and stared at each other, before laughing out asses off.

Oh, and after that we realized that we were still on ice. Er Oops. So we got up, crawled to the railing, and collapsed there laughing some more.

Then because we got even HIGHER (oh fear us), me and toad decided that we were going to drag gen around. So we did. And we got over one quarter of the rink before

we fell again. -.-"

And we heard like hysterical laughter behind us and stood up and looked back to see Mel clutching her stomach and doubling over. And we started laughing too, and we doubled over until

I fell again.

Mel was, needless to say, considerably amused. I was considerably less amused. Ugh. That evil prat. Me and toad tried to pull her down after that, but failed miserably and it ended with me screaming blue murder and skating towards the railing for my life while she cackled gleefully and skated after me. Ahwells.

Ahahaha so much fun. Everytime there's such a gathering we all get damn high and everyone gays around about really nothing at all and we almost always end up laughing at NOT FUNNY THINGS. E.g. Me falling down.

And then we were talking about the people who weren't there, so at least they would be there in spirit. Like bel. If she were there then Mel would have much more success pushing people down, I grin. So even though bel wasn't there in body, she was there in spirit.

If she were a meatball, then she'll be a meatless ball.

HAHA meatless balls. Ball-less balls. O.o