You are the whisper in my heart that speaks to me

first time on a ski lift! (you can shake snow to the people below)the 2nd ski lift going up a bit higher (on to my 2nd green slope)the fourth ski lift i took - 6 man lift to a blue slope (in this case we were going to the red)

steph the ninjaevelyn our coach for the daylooking across from the liftlooking back from the lift

i lost track of which number lift this was... but it was the one that brought us right to to the top
little kiddies... who ski better than i canthe restaurant at the top of the world ^^some amazing scenery
tsu-lyn... our 'coach' who receed the slopes we could try as beginners david one of the snowboarders
justin fooling around - an X with skis means you're injured and need help
ski tracks leading off piste (pro people man)
a little bit of mont-blanc
looking down from the top: and i skiied down... didn't take the cable car back down
very very useful signboard.. lol. we took the serperntine route down
looking up at the slope i skiied down
looking down at the next bit of slope
jx my 'saviour' who had to pick me up many times the first time we did a blue slope in a snowstorm
more mont-blanc
and i'm really proud of this photo from the cable car =P

beautiful...
eh... God's rather artistic don't you think? we're always awed by nature... take photos of 'naturally occuring colours' forgetting who made them and called them forth in the first place.

looking back on the photos (too much adrenaline going down the slopes to think about anything else but skiing) i'm like 'woah'... and it's like Daddy God whispering words of love... 'I made the heavens and the earth for you to live on, for you to enjoy'

eheh and faith like a mustard seed can move mountains. plural. i ski down one flat side of the mountain i scared already... and to think You can still say that that tiny bit of faith i have can move mountains... i can't begin to imagine the enormity of it all.

life is simple... no?

i am shocked-ed.
i think life as a kid was much less complicated.

anyway.... from experience if i put up all the vids at once, no one will really watch... so they're gonna come up a bit at a time:

first up we have the an excerpt from the variety show the ski instructors put up


and we have our copycat... who incidentally failed


take #03 of copycat


and steph stars as the walking tissuebox... -.-"

non-skiing ski trip photos

no pretty photos for this post... haha... just a ton of unglam ones =P

pre-trip excitement! my bus buddy i caught wesley in a yawn...


casualties of the 2nd day and it snowed finally... (steph and i were praying) - i was hardcore enough to walk out in the snow in flip-flops to get this photomy green apple which wanted a colour-change siok ming (who was my pri sch classmate!), her mussels... and her muscles...walking in a winter wonderland
and the chefs did us a feast for new year's eve dinner

steph & wes on new year's eve (i couldn't resist displaying this photo)

all of us minus some imperial peoplethe ucl gangthe lse gang

girls! taking the cable car to the highest point (on to my new blue slope)
warming up after skiing (slackers unite!) i was sleepy and bored... and the photo turned out quite interestingly
us noobs and our instructor
morning rituals: evelyn took this with my cam... but i can't resist putting it up =P

parting shot of the mountain as the coach drove us back to london

i'm alive!!

and i miss the mountain already! haha. just came back from a 9 day ski trip. which incidentally was really drama injuries-wise. super fun though... braving the slopes and freaking out from the steepness =P and then the random entertainment from all the crazy people i got to know on the trip (i went with this whole bunch of seniors that i didn't know before!) lol. but i like mature ppl... more chill-time and self-amusement somehow.

so... we had about one major injury a day... here's the injury list... some more major than others:
2 dislocated shoulders
1 twisted ankle
1 twisted neck (this one was quite drama... she fainted outside the toilet at night)
2 strained knees (one of which was mine bleh.)
1 pulled muscle @ the thigh
many many many huge ass bruises

drama moments not involving injuries:
-cannot find people... wondering whether they crashed on the slopes
-someone's snowboard blew off the cable-car and they had to send a rescue team to retrieve it
-david's snowboard slid off piste and he had to go off the marked slope to get it
-couple of ppl went onto a closed slope by mistake - david fell headfirst and had to hitchhike back (with people who drove like madmen)

hilarity:
-playing the "007 bang" game and wesley farting when he finally got the action correct
-evelyn crazy moments (eg. random bursts of laughter)
-the variety show done by the instructors
-attempting to copy the instructors' performance at dinner
-my instructor playing around with puns... and making funny noises to make up for his lack of english... hehehe.
-the stupid ski lift operator (the button lift) who kept flirting with me each time i took the lift -.- dammit. no way i'd give that guy a kiss no matter how many times he asked though. tsk.


all in all a really really good trip!
so blessed. haha... made good progress from never-been-on-skis to being comfortable on blue runs and trying out a red run (on which i fell a few times)... =P after going up ski lifts and cable cars and skiing down relatively steep things (45 deg angles)... and seeing the view from the top. it's so amazing to think that faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains...

'saviour, He can move the mountains'
you just don't get the enormity of the statement until you're on a huge mountain and the steepness is trying to conquer you as you ski and navigate down. amazing yea.

i'll post photos and videos soon! (i just can't be bothered to write about the trip and have to edit html cos the photos are in the way)