Heard the news this evening about the "first" synthetic ice rink in Singapore. Hey, this can't be the first!? Wasn't there one in Downtown East that opened over a year ago? Or am I missing something - maybe this is a different "synthetic" ice? Ah, perhaps made by different manufacturers? That's quite a distinction to be made!
Online news article: "Singapore’s first synthetic ice rink opens"
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Friday, February 05, 2010
Monday, February 01, 2010
Singapore's Sarah Paw gets perfect 10 at 4CC!?
Singaporean Sarah Paw competed at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championship last week. Apparently one of the judges gave her a perfect 10 score for Interpretation (one of the Program Components score) from one of the judges!!
[The picture was taken from ISU document fc10_Ladies_SP_Scores.pdf as of Jan 31 2010, 4:00pm Singapore time.]
Sarah finished 32nd in the short program, and did not qualify for the finals. The score must have been a genuine mistake, or this judge must be quite a sarcastic one!
Results of the Four Continents are available at http://www.isuresults.com/results/fc2010/index.htm.
[The picture was taken from ISU document fc10_Ladies_SP_Scores.pdf as of Jan 31 2010, 4:00pm Singapore time.]
Sarah finished 32nd in the short program, and did not qualify for the finals. The score must have been a genuine mistake, or this judge must be quite a sarcastic one!
Results of the Four Continents are available at http://www.isuresults.com/results/fc2010/index.htm.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Would you call this rude?
I had an encounter today which left me wondering if this is the kind of society we are living in...
I brought my baby to skate this morning. Disappointingly, she spent less time on the ice than I did putting on her skates! When I took her off the ice, we plopped ourselves down on the bench nearest the door. It wasn't crowded, but I wasn't about to carry her farther, nor up the stands.
I brought my baby to skate this morning. Disappointingly, she spent less time on the ice than I did putting on her skates! When I took her off the ice, we plopped ourselves down on the bench nearest the door. It wasn't crowded, but I wasn't about to carry her farther, nor up the stands.
Next to us was a bag, which I was careful not to sit on. A few minutes later, a man (yes, a mature, grown-up man) came by and, without even looking at us muttered - loud enough so it was obvious it was meant for us to hear - "there's so much space, you must come and sit here and step on my son's shoes".
"Oops, so sorry, I didn't notice there were shoes there."
He mumbled something under his breath, moved the shoes to the side, and went away.
That interaction (or rather, the lack thereof) left an unpleasant aftertaste! It was not the fact that he was upset for my stepping on his son's shoes, but rather the contempt accorded by his behavior. Indeed, if he had addressed me directly - even with an angry "excuse me, you are stepping on my son's shoes" - it would have been better.
I want to call this "rude", but I don't think it is quite the right word. Anyone has a better description for it?
He mumbled something under his breath, moved the shoes to the side, and went away.
That interaction (or rather, the lack thereof) left an unpleasant aftertaste! It was not the fact that he was upset for my stepping on his son's shoes, but rather the contempt accorded by his behavior. Indeed, if he had addressed me directly - even with an angry "excuse me, you are stepping on my son's shoes" - it would have been better.
I want to call this "rude", but I don't think it is quite the right word. Anyone has a better description for it?
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