Well I thought skateboarding would be the perfect sport for me. I mean, how hard can it be to move on a plank of wood with four wheels? I was wrong. I managed to go along fine, skating on a flat surface, and even managed to balance myself pretty well and thought I was ready to move to moving on a sloping surface. Unfortunately, I didn't realise that I needed to read a manual on safely disembarking from a moving skateboard.
I was moving at a relatively normal pace, swaying back and fro like a pro (heh rhyme!), and then it started speeding - a bit too much. Since I was wearing thongs, I decided not to jump off and scrape my toes. Instead, I clung on to a lamp post, and eventually fell sideways onto the ground, grazing all the skin off my right elbow, and falling onto my arse. Also, I nearly kissed the base - where all the little doggies of the neighbourhood pee. Ewww....luckily, I live in a pretty deserted street with only the odd kid or two walking past.
So in conclusion, after my little trial with sport, I now have a sore, bruised and swollen upper side thigh and a bleeding elbow....RIP skateboarding.
In other news, I went to UTS and USYD open day, and was suitably impressed with the former. I mean UTS was this ginormous eyesore in the middle of the city - the most ugly building I have ever seen. However, I am desperate and would do practically anything to get into the course that unfortunately has a UAI requirement of 97.00. I am not even considering USYD with its beautiful sandstone building - in fact, I only spent about 10mins in there after I realised the UAI needed was 99.55.
Damn you USYD!!!
