East Coast Park

Since no class today, we brought her to East Coast Park for some fun with roller-blading. She and her Daddy went outdoor while I was enjoying the aircon and internet at the Burger King.

The sun was really scotching hot today...

A Fun Outing at West Coast Park

Today is off day for Giselle and her Daddy after the Deepavali Public Holiday during last Saturday. Hence, we decided to bring Giselle to outdoor to try her new blades.

Her Daddy bladed with her round the Park while I sat at McCafe to "jagar" belongings :(

It is K2 Blades for Giselle now...

Giselle's Daddy want to get crash guard for himself and so we headed to Skateline mainshop at Paya Lebar...

The shop was big and comfortable unlike the skate shops at East Coast park. Giselle and her Daddy managed to to take their time to try the blades out with the patience and friendly service by a young guy.

The service staff recommended the K2 blades for Giselle and she seems to like it very much. This time round her Daddy decides to upgrade her to a K2 4-wheel blades as she seems ready for it, given her performance for the last 3 months... However, the pair cost a wopping $199!!!. According to her Daddy and the sales staff, K2 is one of the best brand for blades and for kids. With don't-know-what smoother movement etc... Or maybe the blades can make one fly... haha.

After trying on the blades, Giselle bladed happily around in the shop smoothly and the service staff was very surprised that she could blade so well at her age... I said most probably kids can pick up skills faster than adults...

Her Daddy also started trying new pairs of blades at the shop. The sales staff patiently explained the difference between each blades and types of wheels. He nearly wanted to buy a pair that cost $400+... luckily he changed his mind last minute as I told him the new pair didn't look macho on him... haha ;p

We left the shop at about 3.30pm and headed to Joo Chiat to eat the Fei Fei wanton mee. After a shop break, we went to the dim sum shop at Big Splash for some desserts...

Giselle was so excited about her new blades that she immediately wanted to try them on upon reach home...

Some Shots Taken while she was blading with her Friends...

After blading for a while, Giselle's friends, Kalista and Karena thought of flying a kite white blading... I was like "Wow!!! Sounds really fun, but such challenge really not for a auntie like me!". haha...

Anyway, all of us had alot of fun "flying the kite"... In fact, we spent most of out time really to make the kite fly high up in the air... :)

Her 1st try with Roller-Blading

Giselle has been telling us that she wants to try Roller-Blading after seeing the class in session one of the weekends. So we enrolled her in a trial class today and she had fun trying them out with her friends, Ethan, Brennan & Bernice.

Initially she had difficulty gathering her legs together to stand up but after a while she got better. Of course, there were times that she felt frustrated that her blades and legs were not listening to her and she kept falling down. But I feel it is good to let her get used to falling so that she is not afraid to fail her tasks.

Coach Daniel is the instructor for today and I have requested him to be around for the following classes since the kids like him. After the class, he stayed back for a while to play with the kids. He blades around the basket ball court and the kids enjoyed running behind him :)

After 1 lesson, Giselle could skate pretty well for a 1st timer. We went to Carrefour later in the day to get a pair a roller-blades for me and her. Yes, for me too as I am supposed to learn to skate with her daddy and her :(

Tried skating with the blades and I really skate like a ugly mother duck!