Yup, that was me on rollerblade. Something I’ve already forgotten and never-crossed-in-my-mind-to-do-it-again until yesterday. Back when I was in high school around first or second grade, this was something I regularly did on my free times. I remember I even had an accident caused by this activity. When I left my town for university, I abandoned my California Pro for so-out-of-date, not-trendy-anymore or only-teenagers-do-that reasons. Then my little brother sold them for a guitar.
It began with a light chit chat with a friend who just went back from her assignment in Australia. She told me that she rollerblades quite regularly on weekend in East Coast and offered me to join her. And the suffering was begun …
East Coast
East Coast is southern-east part of Singapore. It lies along southern-east beach of Singapore, a place where all outdoor activities meet in one place. Biking, rollerblading, fishing, jogging, camping and even BBQ-ing are here. We went to this nice rollerblade rental store. The cost was 10$ for 2 hours – my friend whispered that it was too much and she suggested me to get a rent from an uncle for 6$ per 2 hours. Well I don’t mind. I was still amazed by the store. This store was nice and they helped me out to put on my shoes. And few minutes later ..
Yaay .. I’m sliding on a rollerblade!
And few minutes later ..
*Ouuch .. my back! (while lying on the grass)
Hey c’mon old man, we just went for like 5 minutes long! *my friend shouted at me*
And few minutes later ..
*stop for smoking break ..
*My friends looked inpatient although I insisted asking them to go ahead.
And few minutes later ..
*Keep smiling although my back was still hurting and my feet were crying
Well finally I’ve managed the 2 hours journey. That was fun, totally. And I’m going to say this to my fellow Indonesians. If you think that this is only-teenagers-do-that things, you are totally wrong. I saw uncles, aunties, and grandpas still doing it here. Men sana corpore sano.
And oh ya .. just saw an interesting sport while I was there .. cable-water-ski.
*hmm …. thinking to give it a try … 
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Filed under: Life in Singapore
udah tua sih, makanya suka encokan gitu punggungnya XD
bukan encok, tapi “tidak terbiasa berolah-raga” :p
olahraga deui atuuuh… :p
di Indon mana ada tempat maen yak.. secara disini tempat pedestrian udah dipake pedagang.. udah gitu kadang2 kebuka karna tutup gorong2nya dicolong orang ato kalo ngga rusak.. akhirnya maen di jalan raya..
***inline skate gua dimana yak?***
Pengeeeeen, tapi saya mau sasapedahan aja yang bedua, biar bisa gantian goesnya haha..
Iyah ja yang cable-ski-water layak di coba tuh. resep sigana mah.
ah ah ah… gue suka naek sepeda di east coast park
yg benar “men sana INcorpore sano”
pasti udah bete ditunggu2 dan diburu2 sama temen ente pas break for ngudud *dasar ahli hisap*
well… glad to have you back blogging
gua ge pengen… tapi kok password cpanel boens.net lupa ya
huuuh…
*yg ini ngomentari blog yg hello world!*
Maen blade wae geus nyareuri awak, komo deui cable-water-ski bo ^_^