skiing

Couple of weeks back, we planned suddenly to go for skiing (for the first time). Mountain creek - thats the place we selected. We didnt have any idea abt the stuff required for skiing but angha pona elaa rentals irukunu paathutu poyitom. there were a bunch of packages and we took one with the lessons. And oru chinna thinaral'ku apram, we wore the shoes - habba enna weight da saami. apdiyae devalogathula nadakara maathri adi mela adi vachu oru vazhiya antha skiing school varaikum poyitom. After waiting for 1/2 hr and seeing ppl skiing happinly and easily (?!), I was under the impression that I would be doing like them after the class (LOL). A group is assigned to an instructor - naangha 2 per, and coincidentally 2 more Indians, 3 kutty pasangha. neram :-)

First sonna steps elaam enaku romba easy a irunthathu. naan A kita, "ippadi panna koodathu, apdi panannum" elaam solitu orae rowsu. nina edathula panrathu elaam ozhungha dhaan panninen. apram dhaan scene'ae. varisiya oruthar oruthara, apdiyae keezha vaanghanu instructor solla, angha chinna pasangha elaam avlo cute'a panaangha. naan mattum, keezha pola, keezhayae dhaan ponen :D

sari first time dhaan angha maathri nu, orae sportive'a eduthutu, 2nd time I tried. same thing happened. idhula enna kodumai na, A picked up so fast and he was doing good. antha class'layae naan mattum dhaan keezha vizhunthutae irunthen. vizharathu kooda kashtama illai, ezharathuku dhaan romba kashtam. Instructor helped me couple of times, apram intha ponu vizhuntae dhaan irukum polanu nenachaaro theriyalai, apram freeya vittutaar :( cant blame others too, cos elaarumae nikkarathukae kashtapadaraangha, so helpless. A was happily going for the next rounds. After some time, I started feeling inferior but then I was interested to try out again.

Initial lesson mudinju, the instructor asked everyone to go to the other place which is steeper than the one where we practised so far. sari polaamnu konja try panrappavae, marubadi keezha vizhunthuten. avlo neram onum hurt aagama irunthathu, but this time, I hit my mouth with the poles and fell down.

I felt lonely and didnt want to go further. I took off my shoes and stood watching everyone with a sad face :) Instructor came and said, "you know what, 1/3rd of the ppl who come here are like you. So dont worry, you are doing good. There are always 2 ppl ahead of us.". Adha samaadhaana padutha sonaara, usupaethi vitaaraanu kozhapama pochu :)

A had a good time anyways. enaku orae poga pogaya irunthathu :( :p

eppadaa veetuku ponum pola irunthathu. we spent another couple of hrs and started back home.

When I see the pictures now, I feel like going again. I will. I want to learn this and do it happily like the kids were doing there. Angha lift'la poyitu keezha varappa, I saw 2 kutty girls skiing peacefully, talking to each other, and at the same time maintaining the position so casually. That was very wonderful!