My colleagues organised a ski trip on Sunday 9th December. It's my first time going to a ski field in the Alps and I haven't tried skiing before, so it was an opportunity not to be missed! We headed off to Skiwelt Wilder Kaiser in Scheffau, Austria. Before heading up the slopes, I needed to rent some skiing equipment. The first challenge to skiing came from the ski boots. They formed a very tight wrap around the calves and the feet to the extent that the feet basically became fixed. While I appreciate that this would offer the best protection against twisting ankles, the boots also rendered normal walking movements clumsy and robotic. Up on the hills, I put my boots into the skis and tried my best to navigate around, but I couldn't even manage my way up a very slight, harmless slope. My colleagues were finally convinced that I really needed some skiing lessons, like what I told them before! Thus I booked myself into a 2-hour private lesson. I first learnt how to walk on the