limi's nonfic

       The most recent moment of happiness was learning how to skateboard (specifically longboarding). The first time I ever went on one was in 5th grade; we had a unit on skateboarding, but all I remember were kids hitting the walls at high speeds and tumbling over. Anyways. The second time was with Zhaohan and Ryland. It was Zhaohan’s sister’s birthday, and for some reason, he brought a longboard with him. He took it down the road for a bit, but he improved quite a bit in the span of 30 minutes or so. Ryland and I both tried it, but I wasn’t a fan. It felt very unstable and wobbly. All I could really do was get on it and stand still. Fast forward to this year, Zhaohan started bringing his skateboard to school and I think it set off a trend. Everyone else brought in their skateboards, and they would skate during lunch or after school on the sidewalk to Kenney or down Matthews street. I would come and watch, but never try as I felt the inclines were too much for me...

We had been planning this trip for a good while. It started out as a spa trip but due to extra costs, we decided to change it up and try to visit as many places as possible while keeping costs relatively low. To be honest, the hardest part of the whole trip was planning everything out, and looking back I’m glad nothing got delayed/canceled. With train tickets leaving at six in the morning, we all (except Yeowoon) arrived twenty minutes early before the departure time. As the clock ticked closer to six Yeowoon stilled hadn’t shown up, and we faced the reality of leaving her behind, but around five minutes prior to departure, she finally showed up, which was a huge relief. Her reason was poor traffic/driving, either one of those.  Onboard the train, we had two hours to kill. Jonathan and Ryland brought card packs, and we were allowed to move freely around the cabins, so we ended up in the lounge cart playing card games for pretty much the entire trip. I ended up learning how to pla...