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Ski trip

Aha! the long awaited post of my ski trip. =)

lets see if i can remember all the details..

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we left mooresville NC on Xmas around 10 am.. drove to the airport. cant remember what time we boarded the plane.. but i remember the plane ride being a rather pleasant one. nobody sat in the 2 seats next to me.. so.. i had room to occupy all 3 seats.. we had a layover somewhere.. dont exactly remember nymore. BLAH. but when we finally reached Denver, Colorado. it was dark. and it was COLD.. and there was SNOW.

and it was good snow. powdery kind of snow. light. so we went to the car rental place and rented a minivan.. omgawd.. tight squeeze. and had to drive up to leadville...10,152 ft above sea level. coz of the elevation. all the liquids we were carrying, eg: toothpaste, shampoo (in tubes) squirted when you opened them.. lolx.. it was actually quite funny..

when we reached leadville.. it was past midnight.. and there was NO WHERE TO EAT..all the shops were closed.. sucked BIG TIME. we were cold and hungry.. so we went to our hotel. and it so happened the hotel had held a xmas party for its employees.. and they had some hor'devours.. it was actually quite good.. very hungry.. scarfed some food down.. very tired.. went to bed

the interesting thing about where we stayed was.. it wasnt a fancy schmancy hotel.. it USED TO BE.. keyword = vintage.. yeap.. it was a very fancy hotel back in its day.. mayb the 1800s? i dont know exactly.. but it was the time where women still wore those big skirts with underwires..

ANYWAY.. we had the biggest room or should i say SUITE in the whole hotel.. it was the corner room.. and it had 2 rooms with a connecting bathroom.. it reminded me of the bathroom jie and i, and babe used to share.. kids had one room and the parents had the other.. so all 5 kids in one.. and 2 parents in the other..

NEXT DAY- 26th Dec 2007

we went to the ski rental area.. which was conveniently just across the road.. one thing i have to say about colorado-ians. they STOP FOR ANYONE.. lolx.. well generally in US .. pedestrians have the right of way.. but it doesnt mean everyone will stop for you.. whereas in colorado.. everyone stops for you to cross the damn road.. lolx..

but i got fitted into my ski boots.. which by the way are not very comfortable.. those things are like rollerblades minus the wheels and plus weight... they were heavy.. and chunky.. and made you very clumsy-ish.. and my skies were actually the shorter ones.. they were about up to my collarbone height.. and they too were heavy.. after everyone else got fitted with their gear.. we drove up to Ski Cooper.. the ski resort

i got my lesson together with jie.. our instructor jim was nice and he was funny.. then after the lesson.. both of use practiced on the bunny slope AKA the easy slope.. and then HOT CHOCOLATE.. which was super sweet.. i only could manage to drink half the cup.. jelak after drinking such a sweet cup.. and the weather was AMAZING.. the skies were blue and the sun was shining.. perfect day for skiing.. Supposedly Colorado is known for its blue skies..

later that night.. we had dinner.. if i m not mistaken we went to Rosie's BrewPub.. good stuff.. =)

next day - 27th Dec.

oh my poor muscles.. how they ached.. actually it wasnt so much aching.. it was just my thigh muscles and my arms hurt a little.. i guessed i was literally pushing myself a leeetle too hard.. but thighs hurt from bending forward.. sandra would know what i m talking about.. lolx

we went back to SKi Cooper.. we went on the bunny slope agian.. tryin to turn properly and coming to a halt.. and braking and STOPPING.. blah.. i thought i was gettin the hang of it. jie was gettin the hang of it pretty good tho.. then eric suggested we get on the green slope..

FYI.. slopes on ski areas have their levels of difficulty.. so green are the easy slopes, blue are a leeetle bit harder.. and black are the hardest.. so AS I WAS SAYING.. eric suggested we get on the green slopes.. i remember the name of it.. it was Molly Mayfield.. that was the name of the wretched slope... me being a beginner and all.. omgawd.. it was too hard for me.. HELLO it was like my SECOND DAY OF SKIING.. i kept falling.. my skis kept flying off.. i was so @#$%^ frustrated.. i was so ready to give up and just sit there and bawl my eyes out.. the was how frustrated i was.. and i saw jie going down slowly BUT making it down.. eee.. i was even more frustrated..that she was gettin it and i wasnt..since i was the sportier one compared to her.. grrr.. then i made it down.. slowly.. s..l...o..w..l....y.. but i MADE IT DOWN.. took me freaking 10 hours to get down.. well not that long.. mayb 45 minutes?

Then we had dinner and we went to bed..

Next day.. 28th Dec

we went to copper mountain.. it was a bigger mountain.. and it was a dense crowd.. jie hurt her ankle so she decided to stay in.. so i went to the beginners slope.. no way was i going to go on greens after the disappointing day the day before.. so i bought my own ticket.. and WALKED ABOUT 7 minutes west-bound.. 7 minutes you might think is nothing.. go to %^(* try walking in the COLD where it is ELEVATED in the SNOW carrying SKIS wearing SKI BOOTS.. it seems like an eternity.. and i was ALONE coz everyone else went to other slopes.. and i only had a map.. and lolx.. confession time.. i ve never used a map in my entire life.. the only map i comprehend.. is the directory in the malls.. so i was pretty proud of myself =)

when i got there.. LO BEHOLD.. the ski attendant was cute.. and the slope was easy enough for me.. and there wasnt a crowd AND here s the best part.. there was a warming shack.. it was like a small pondok with walls and HEATING.. and i went up the lift like 3 million times and down the slopes like a PRO.. was happy.. and did i mention.. the ski attendant was soo cute.. ahaha

and that just made me happy.. i dont know how long i was out there.. probably for about 3 hours.. but i really was enjoying myself so much.. when it was time to leave.. i hiked back to the lodge and had a sandwich and a mocha.. bleargh.. coffee is gross..gives me caffeine headaches..

I ll continue the last 3 days of my ski trip tomorrow or smth.. now that i m DONE with tests.. and its exam week.. and its pure bliss.. ehehe.. i have pics.. which i ve already posted on facebook.. who ever has facebook you can go see.. i have loads of pics there.. it hink blogger takes too long to upload pictures..

Anyway.. NanaBanana is Back in Blogging Business