Been wanting to spend some quality time with Alicia ever since I came back from my rather long business trip to Madrid so we took advantage of the fact that Ray was going to HK for a business trip and joined him for a quick weekend visit. This time, it was just Alicia and I so she would have my undivided attention.
On Friday, while Ray was at work, Alicia and I went up to the Peak in the morning for a quick visit. She was in good spirits, aided by the notion of her first tram ride up a big "hill".
By the time we got out of the tram and circled five flights of escalators to reach the lookout point, her patience had wore thin and boredom set in quickly. She tool one cursory glance around, proclaimed that she wanted to go back and after much coaxing and threatening to not bring her ice skating (next on the itinerary), she obliged with a terribly forced smile. Oh well, at least the skyline looked great in the back ground.
So after that, we trudged back to the hotel for a quick wardrobe change and then it was off to Alicia's first ice skating experience.
Our friend in HK has a daughter the same age as Alicia and we gate crashed her lesson. Alicia was very excited about getting the gear on, especially the cheapie $5 extemely bright gloves we bought at the rink.
Then it was lesson proper and for the next 30 minutes, Alicia skated up and down with the aid of a balance bar. She landed on her butt a few times and eventually learnt to get up by herself.
Halfway into the lesson, they were learning how to push the bar a few feet away and then skate towards it by themselves. It's so amazing how kids learnt stuff, not sure whether to chalk it up to their low centre of gravity or just the sheer lack of fear. Either way, it was exciting for me to watch.
Tune in for HK Trip - Part II: Alicia takes on HK Disneyland!
