| | | | | I’m a natural athlete, whereas he’s a natural |
| Wakeboard Singapore by Luke Chin, 14 years old | | | | gourmet, whatever that is. |
| It took me ages to persuade my Dad to take me | | | | I really, really, really wish my Dad had not insisted on |
| wakeboarding. I mean, like, the food in Singapore is, | | | | having a go too. I mean, he’s not in bad shape I |
| like, really, like tasty, like. But it’s sooooo boring | | | | suppose, but he’s ancient, he’s 35. I tried to |
| to spend endless hours in restaurants and my Dad | | | | plead with him to water-ski instead. He quite simply |
| has this really embarrassing habit of laughing far too | | | | SHOULDN’T go wakeboarding - its something |
| loudly at his own jokes. Thank goodness none of my | | | | only young people should do. He insisted. Even worse, |
| friends were there. He seems to think it’s | | | | though, he just didn’t understand why he |
| enough to say “Here’s some money for the | | | | shouldn’t wear speedo swimmers when |
| games arcade, Luke”, but it isn’t, I can do | | | | wakeboarding. It was soooooo embarrassing, if there |
| that back home in Somerset. | | | | had been a convenient hole in the ground I would |
| I had to throw a minor tantrum about it but | | | | have happily dived into it. The really cute girl I’d |
| sometimes it’s the only way you can get adults | | | | spent 30 minutes plucking up the courage to talk to |
| to listen. It only works when I’m in the right | | | | started giggling when she saw him, so that was the |
| though, which in this case I feel I was. I felt a bit | | | | end of another budding romance. Maybe I’ll buy |
| guilty about it afterwards as he does so much for | | | | my Dad a hearing aid, I think his ears are OK, but he |
| me, but how else is a 14-year old supposed to get | | | | doesn’t listen very well. |
| his Dad’s attention away from Peking duck, dim | | | | Whilst in Thailand, why not visit one of the |
| sum etc etc etc? | | | | country’s currently best three beach destinations: |
| Two days later I was strapped in, ready to go and | | | | Koh Lao Liang: |
| wishing I had not claimed I was positive I could do it. | | | | Ao Nang: |
| I’d been skiing with Dad when I was too young | | | | Railay/Tonsai: |
| to realize that skiing isn’t cool, then changed to | | | | ? |
| snowboarding as soon as possible. I’d also been | | | | On a positive note, I totally recommend Singapore as |
| water-skiing before I knew that that’s | | | | a cool place for kids, I mean young adults. There are |
| something only old people do, but I’d never been | | | | all sorts of cool things to do here and its safe, so |
| wakeboarding. | | | | you don’t have to drag your parents around |
| I managed it OK, my Dad says it’s because | | | | with you all the time. |