Spectrum Skates

A fun fact about me is I am the secretary for the Lebanese Student Association club at California State University of Fullerton. This past Thursday, LSA had an event to welcome the beginning of the Winter season.

What was the event you might ask? Ice skating at the Irvine Spectrum! It was a very fun activity that brought members of the club closer to each other. 

Let's address the elephant in the room. I have been ice skating twice and the last time was two years ago. It took me some time to get used to the skates and keeping my balance. On the other hand, some of our members were skating with ease while others were falling with ease. 

The rink at the Spectrum was pretty small, but it did the job. In front of the rink there was a big Christmas tree to set the mood. It was lit up with Christmas colors. The turn out at the Spectrum was pretty good. The rink opened at 8 p.m. and maybe 10 minutes after 8, they were not allowing any new people to buy tickets. If I had to assume, 20% of the rink were people with our club. Really great turnout from our club.

May I just say, it was veery humbling to see people ice skating. I thought I was not doing that bad, but then I see kids maybe from around the ages 8-12 just doing miles better than me. Props to them!

My goal heading into the night was to not fall. But I must say, the highlight of my night was when I fell. I was skating and just going with the flow. Music was playing by a DJ, so I was feeling myself a little bit. Then all of a sudden, I seemed to lose my balance and just fell right on my knee. It hurt for a cool five minutes but after that it was funny to look back on.

The rink would go on to close at 9:30, meaning our event had ended. This was the first time LSA hosted an ice skating night and we could not be more proud with how it turned out. Bonds were made and memories were created. It truly was a great night.