I can't stress to people enough that snowboarding (yes, I went for snowboarding instead of the usual skiing) is extremely fun and addictive after you get the hang of it. It is amazing how your upper body moves and how your weight shift can affect the direction of the board... It's like... magic!
However, it is only until the 2nd day of snowboarding that I took the Level 1 and 2 lessons from the professional instructors. Thus, the 1st day of my snowboarding is filled with experimentation and lots of falling down on the beginner slope. Haha. Nevertheless, it made me felt more prepared for the lessons in day 2.
Throughout the trip I made quite a few friends who are all very friendly and nice, which made the trip more interesting and memorable for me. I realized that snowboarding can bring people together especially when none of us had prior experience, thus we are all in the same "board". Haha.
Anyways, I attempted 3 "beginner" runs down the hill/mountain... 1st the Drover's Dream, then Panorama, then Wombat's Hill as the final run, bringing me back to the accomodation site. I must say, the Drover's Dream slope is 3-4 times steeper than the beginner slope I played on the 1st day. Luckily the instructor taught us a method to go down slopes slowly. Even with that, I still fell down 5 times. Panorama was abit better. I only fell down 3 times. But Wombat's... Sigh... Wombat's is a less steep but more windy run. However, my snowboard's binding decided to not-work right before the run. Thus, I was falling down almost every 10m of the run. Sighs... It's the only disappointment of the whole trip.
Having said that, the snow trip was very very fun and very memorable. There I met many new people and had many great experiences. So, thanks to MUISS for organizing it and all the people who went and that I met and get to know. I highly recommend anyone to join the next snow trip and remember to take lessons 1st!
Picturessssss
^On the bus, using long shutter speed. Not exactly what I wanted, but it's experimental anyway.
^Some resort & spa place... Not where I stayed
^On the bus, using long shutter speed. Not exactly what I wanted, but it's experimental anyway.
^Some resort & spa place... Not where I stayed
^This is where I stayed... at an angle of course
^Me on snowboarddddddddd yyyeaaaahhhhhh!
^Again! =D
^L-R: Daren, Um...dunno who, Me and Chee Yung
^Snow from a lower angle (It's just all white from the top)
^The heart shaped ice in the photo is dedicated to my dear Lee Ann June! =)
^Chair lift
^No one take picture for me, so have to take by myself. XD
^My snowboard on the left and Chee Yung's on the right.
^Sun set or sun rise I can't remember
^The light in the lounge
^Chair lift! (I'm too lazy to crop out the metal on the top left corner)
^Me, Cheng Soon, The instructor and Daren
^Me, Chee Yung, Cheng Soon and Daren
^Ming Han, Can't remember, Jacinda, Wei Yun, Alexis, Emily?, Sue Anne, Me, Daren (just before going down Wombat's)
^Roommates in room 15! Evonne, Chee Yung, Me, Kelly, Ming Han
^Goofing around while Ming Han is in the toilet styling his hair. XD
^Slow shutter while playing Uno-stacko kind of game
^Photo of the light again. But with slightly weird colour 'coz I forgotten to turn off the colour swap function. Pretty funky tho.
^Milk tea milk tea milk tea milk tea milk tea milk tea milk tea
^Early morning, with fog and snow on the tree outside our room
^Frost on the railings
^Roomies
^Icicles? Is it what they are?
^Carmen, Ming Han, Siew Yin, Me, Dunno, Chee Yung, Vivian, Cheng Soon
^On the stairs to dunno where. Oh, we had a 10+ people snowball fight around there. XD
^Looks better in real life than in photos...
^Ditto
^Our snowman! Kinda rushed when making it. Haha.
^Frost on wood
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