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Xian Lim admits feeling ‘silly, intimidated, insecure’ during ice skating lessons

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Rhea Manila Santos

<p>After taking ice skating lessons last year and passing his first international accreditation exam last December, actor and director Xian Lim shared another update on learning the new sport with his followers online last February 9.</p><p>The said exam tested the progression of Xian&#x27;s skills, which was certified by the Ice Skating Institute (ISI).</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/12/15/xian-lim-passes-first-ice-skating-exam-958"><strong>READ: Xian Lim passes first ice skating exam<br/></strong></a></div><p>The 33-year-old artist shared a photo of him in mid-glide in the skating rink along with the caption sharing his biggest realization so far after almost half a year of taking lessons.</p><p>&quot;Ice skating progress. Realizations: I often feel silly, intimidated, insecure, more often than not, shy and reluctant to step on the ice and learn all the movements that are completely new to me. Seeing a 6&#x27;2 (180lbs) guy on ice skating in a public rink trying to balance is not an ordinary sight and most of the time I stumble around and fall,&quot; he wrote.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CocbnxypF_Q/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A292905.59999996424%2C%22ls%22%3A20540.299999952316%2C%22le%22%3A20868.799999952316%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="880" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>In the same post, Xian also shared his biggest lesson as a skating student.</p><p>“One important lesson that I came to realize is that in life, it&#x27;s a series of ups and downs. You will fall numerous amount of times but just like what Rocky Balboa said, &#x27;It&#x27;s not about how hard you hit. It&#x27;s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.&#x27; The goal isn&#x27;t to get there. It&#x27;s also to have fun along way. Enjoy the difficulty, Love the process,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Ang dami kong pong sinabi skating progress lang naman ang reel na &#x27;to. As always, huge shout out sa mapanakit ko na coach @47ronan. Thank you for the extra push,&quot; he added.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/8/19/fresh-scoops/look-kim-chiu-reunites-with-xian-lim-201870"><strong>READ: Kim Chiu reunites with Xian Lim<br/></strong></a></div><p>Xian also received words of support from his girlfriend Kim Chiu who wrote in the comments section: “Galing galing naman powz!!!!!!.”</p><p>The couple starred in the Viva Films project Always last year which was directed by Dado Lumibao.</p><p>Xian also received words of support from Pinoy Olympic skater and Asian Figure Skating champion Michael Martinez who wrote: “Sheeesh you&#x27;ve improved so much in just a short time man!”</p>

<p>Actor and director Xian Lim shares one of the most important lessons he learned after taking up his latest sport.</p>

Actor and director Xian Lim shares one of the most important lessons he learned after taking up his latest sport.