Ice. Figure Skating. Passion.

Practice makes perfect.


For those who don't know, this is Michelle Kwan, a living figure skating legend.


Nobody's perfect, so why practice?


And me. The figure skater wannabe.

The quote above, "Practice makes perfect. Nobody's perfect, so why practice?" is from Bryan Voo. Hope you don't mind me using it, Bryan. =P

Figure skating rocks. I wouldn't say I'm good at it. In fact I'd probably say it's the opposite of that. But when I'm out there on the ice.. Who cares what other people think of me? It feels so good to be on ice, to skate fast and feel the cool air..

No one else matters.

Training for a competition IS hard, and very tiring for the most part. All those practices at 5 a.m., all the shouting from my coach, all the falls, the frustration of being blocked while making futile attempts to jump.. But so worth it. When the time comes.. the judges in a corner, curious people watching, friends and family cheering.. I'm alone on the ice. And I love being there. I may not be good at it, but hey, I'm passionate about it, and I like performing. Being there, having gotten to that level, it makes me feel so happy. Passion for the ice. That is SO important. And people can sense it. Whether you're happy to be there, or whether you're nervous like hell.

But I don't care what people think. I don't care if I fall. Okay, fine, I do care if I fall. But I'm just going out there to do my best. To give my best. And I only have two and a half minutes to do it. So I'm going to make it worth all the hard work and effort and practice. And in the end, all that matters is that I had fun. Even if I get last placing, I still had fun practicing and being on the ice.

I love the ice. =)