Learning to ice skate

It has always been my dream to learn to skate. When it comes to moving on ice skates I somehow lose control over my body and don't feel stable at any position whatsoever. It's usually very frustrating for me to attend skating places as it never turns out as entertaining as I imagine. However, this time, when Kamilė offered to teach me the basics of skating, I agreed with no additional thought! I had zero expectations but the whole experience was truly delightful.
At first, I felt very unconfident on the ice skates and squeezed Kamilė's palm as hard as I could in order not to fall. However, she explained that you have to lean forward as much as possible to keep stable and don't fall back. Also, I was astonished to learn that you have to make little of big swings with your legs to move smoothly and confidently. I was actually convinced the opposite! I guess it's never too late to learn.
Kamilė and I spent almost an hour riding together and towards the end I felt much more confident but not as much to ride alone yet. Especially since there were too many kids (hence the start of Christmas holidays) and I was too fearful to run into any of them. Also, initially I was afraid it will be very cold in an iced skating rink, but I was moving so much that it turned out completely opposite.
Overall, I'm glad I had Kamilė not only as a teacher but also as a physical and mental support. She's great at encouraging and boosting confidence so I'm thankful we went to enjoy this Christmassy entertainment together. I did not reach my dream to learn to skate freely yet, but one step at a time is better than nothing! 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

IB convention

Image
This year is a special one for Vilnius lyceum IB students because exactly twenty years have passed since IB program was founded in our school. It's something we should be proud of and celebrate together with other IB schools. Luckily, there's an annual event called IB convention, first organized by Kaunas Jesuit gymnasium years ago, which was a perfect opportunity to address pride-worthy anniversary. Our coordinators gathered all IB course a month or even more before the event to start an early organization. At first, it was hard to generate concrete ideas, especially as none of us imagined what the event should look like. It was much easier when people started to concentrate on particular aspects, such as food, CAS activities, speakers, overnight stay and, of course, welcoming, which I eventually joined as well. My task was mainly to organize the smooth proceeding of minor tasks such as present-, decoration-, arrow- and poster-making, as well as to find people willing t
Read more

Conference for scientists

Image
Vita Scientia is a conference which gathers life scientists from around the world every two years. I have never previously heard about this kind of event organized by Vilnius University students but as soon as my biology teacher a month prior to the conference offered to take part as a volunteer I agreed with no thought of hesitation.  Well, I didn't even expect to be regretful about such a decision in the future but I was wrong. It appeared to be on the last and busiest day of my Christmas holidays and the organizers were asking to volunteer for thirteen hours straight! I was devastated to finish last works and tasks of holidays but there was no way I could miss this kind of event. Not only I was interested to participate in it as much as possible myself, but I couldn't refuse to help out the organizers as there were only ten of us volunteers. So a little past 7:30 am I was already at the agreed place. To my surprise, there was nothing to do there and all of us ten were sim
Read more

10000 steps a day

Image
Having to spend most of my time by the desk I can really feel the lack of exercise in my daily life. Now, when the exams are so close I feel deprived of physical activities even more. However, it’s not an excuse to choose the elevator instead of the stairs or take a bus instead of walking. This month was supposed to be dedicated  to walking 10000 steps a day, but it appeared to be much more difficult than I expected. I assumed that I usually was walking most of that amount but I was surprised to acknowledge that I barely could get to half of that. Therefore, it was much more of a challenge to walk 10000 steps than I initially anticipated. First of all, I found it hard to keep up with the fixed number of steps. I always managed to get 5000 steps but to double that I had to make a significant effort. Sometimes it even required a few (or more) circles around my neighborhood before coming home form school. Before this moth I believed that I enjoy walking but it wasn’t that fun after all
Read more