Nip Hop
This may be coming a tad late, but here's the summary of my trip to JAPAN over december. No pictures though (or only those that i can scrape from Daryl's blog.
Day 1 (Dec 23rd):
X-mas present-shopping ahoy! Nick and I roamed around townon my final car romp to get presents for the rest of the EFers (Extended Family-ers. Ya lame, i know). Spent lots and lots of $$$ and impulse-bought a new brown sports sling that, unfortunately, everyone thinks is 'unaesthetic'..
Later at the airport, the 28ish of us (EFers) meet up with the other randomms going to Japan with us. Normally, we have these extremely anti-social tendencies towards outsiders coming on trips with us. This time, there was Amanda/Nicholas and the Wen Lungs. We dump our christmas prezzies on the others so that they have to drag it all over the trip *cue evil smile*
Day 2:
Plane ride/Bus-ride/Plane-ride/Bus-ride later, and we've arrived at Niseko! We camp at the lodge a bit, getting our skis and snowboards adjusted. After a fantastic Yakitori (chicken en masse!) dinner, we dissolve into the comfort of the lodge. The boys once again got the lone cabin away from the main lodge, and we meld comfortably into the attic and basement.
Snow big deal/ EFers!
Day 3:
The skiing starts! Fabien, my sis (Ka) and I, being the better-off skiers, head off on our own to explore the reds. Skiing rocks. Parallel skiing ROCKS! Its cool and sleek and suave and graceful and you can spray people with snow. Black Slope Count: 2
Once home, the fully licenced lodge-slacking begins: Ping pong with Linus, pool/airhockey, jamming. Tohsan (the lodgemaster) has one of the FUNNEST basements ever! There's even a bar there to serve underaged kids drinks... Oops.
Day 4:
Entire slopes and runs are closed due to a blizzard. Everyone stays in till 11am (we usually start at 9) before going out for a buffet lunch. Ka and I stay back, of course. Only 2 runs were open. 2 GREEN runs. 2 GREEN runs for every-bloody-body to ski on in horrible weather. Fat chance we're wasting our day skiing with that.
Hence, our day is productively spent lodge-slacking! We slept till 2, went to a nearby SeikoMart to get our lunch (BENTOS!), then talked the rest of the afternoon away in the boys' lodge basement. It was quite amazing getting to know my sis better: we actually talked for 3 hours, oblivious to the others' calls to be let in!
After much scolding, we get down to a sumptuous dinner by Tohsan (aren't they all?). Then, its more pingpong! This time, we tried to mix around with the others more and played with Amanda, WenHao and WenSi. There was even this deluxePong game that we invented, involving both tables and 8(!) players.
(From left:) Ben, Fab, Dar, Amanda, Nicholas
Day 5/6:
My sis and I resume skiing, and decide to take Linus and Shan as our charges to pass on the coveted mantle of 'Prime Parallel Skier". Quite amusing to be the teacher, and quite fun bringing them down Blacks and Reds. Black Count: 3
Ka and I decided to leave the slopes slightly earlier, and since there was no bus to ferry us, we made our own way back. THROUGH 500m of waist-high powder snow. Argh it took us an hour to get back to the lodge, after which we ached to no end.
However, the MASS SNOWBALL FIGHT was scheduled for today, so instead of plopping down in front of the inviting fireplace, we dive immediately into the fray. Ok, so it mostly consisted of tau-pokking and ganging people in the snow. The 20++ of us kids and various adults also had snow-rugby over this huge hill, icicle cracking and potshot-lobbing. WHEE!
Oh and i got ganged 6 times. Bloody got to be the highest e.e. Its almost suffocating to get snow sprayed all over ur face :P
Day 6 sees Me/Ka/Nick/Linus staying back once again to slack :) We spend the afternoon Bento-ing and playing Guillotine, the fantabulous card game.
Day 7:
The last skiing day! Ka and I assay the impossible: Go on every black run on our side of the mountain. The final count? 12 Blacks for me! In case you're wondering, black slopes are the friggin steep (gradient of 40), thick snow/icy/ungroomed/bumpy ones that are recommended for 'Advanced' and above only. My second best achievement this trip!
Ooo
Day 8/9/10, TOKYO!
Roaming in Shibuya, Tokyodome coaster-riding, SHOPPING, staying over at Jeremy's, watching Scary Movie (again :P), eating lots and lots of sexy sexy joh-anago (seasonal eel!) and slacking made this part of the trip almost as sexy as the first. Soon, however, it was homeward bound and school commencement.
SIGH.
Japan, you rock.
America, you rock more!
Reading Saint Legend to... Shooting Stars - Kelis
Day 1 (Dec 23rd):
X-mas present-shopping ahoy! Nick and I roamed around town
Later at the airport, the 28ish of us (EFers) meet up with the other randomms going to Japan with us. Normally, we have these extremely anti-social tendencies towards outsiders coming on trips with us. This time, there was Amanda/Nicholas and the Wen Lungs. We dump our christmas prezzies on the others so that they have to drag it all over the trip *cue evil smile*
Day 2:
Plane ride/Bus-ride/Plane-ride/Bus-ride later, and we've arrived at Niseko! We camp at the lodge a bit, getting our skis and snowboards adjusted. After a fantastic Yakitori (chicken en masse!) dinner, we dissolve into the comfort of the lodge. The boys once again got the lone cabin away from the main lodge, and we meld comfortably into the attic and basement.
Snow big deal/ EFers!
Day 3:
The skiing starts! Fabien, my sis (Ka) and I, being the better-off skiers, head off on our own to explore the reds. Skiing rocks. Parallel skiing ROCKS! Its cool and sleek and suave and graceful and you can spray people with snow. Black Slope Count: 2
Once home, the fully licenced lodge-slacking begins: Ping pong with Linus, pool/airhockey, jamming. Tohsan (the lodgemaster) has one of the FUNNEST basements ever! There's even a bar there to serve underaged kids drinks... Oops.
Day 4:
Entire slopes and runs are closed due to a blizzard. Everyone stays in till 11am (we usually start at 9) before going out for a buffet lunch. Ka and I stay back, of course. Only 2 runs were open. 2 GREEN runs. 2 GREEN runs for every-bloody-body to ski on in horrible weather. Fat chance we're wasting our day skiing with that.
Hence, our day is productively spent lodge-slacking! We slept till 2, went to a nearby SeikoMart to get our lunch (BENTOS!), then talked the rest of the afternoon away in the boys' lodge basement. It was quite amazing getting to know my sis better: we actually talked for 3 hours, oblivious to the others' calls to be let in!
After much scolding, we get down to a sumptuous dinner by Tohsan (aren't they all?). Then, its more pingpong! This time, we tried to mix around with the others more and played with Amanda, WenHao and WenSi. There was even this deluxePong game that we invented, involving both tables and 8(!) players.
(From left:) Ben, Fab, Dar, Amanda, Nicholas
Day 5/6:
My sis and I resume skiing, and decide to take Linus and Shan as our charges to pass on the coveted mantle of 'Prime Parallel Skier". Quite amusing to be the teacher, and quite fun bringing them down Blacks and Reds. Black Count: 3
Ka and I decided to leave the slopes slightly earlier, and since there was no bus to ferry us, we made our own way back. THROUGH 500m of waist-high powder snow. Argh it took us an hour to get back to the lodge, after which we ached to no end.
However, the MASS SNOWBALL FIGHT was scheduled for today, so instead of plopping down in front of the inviting fireplace, we dive immediately into the fray. Ok, so it mostly consisted of tau-pokking and ganging people in the snow. The 20++ of us kids and various adults also had snow-rugby over this huge hill, icicle cracking and potshot-lobbing. WHEE!
Oh and i got ganged 6 times. Bloody got to be the highest e.e. Its almost suffocating to get snow sprayed all over ur face :P
Day 6 sees Me/Ka/Nick/Linus staying back once again to slack :) We spend the afternoon Bento-ing and playing Guillotine, the fantabulous card game.
Day 7:
The last skiing day! Ka and I assay the impossible: Go on every black run on our side of the mountain. The final count? 12 Blacks for me! In case you're wondering, black slopes are the friggin steep (gradient of 40), thick snow/icy/ungroomed/bumpy ones that are recommended for 'Advanced' and above only. My second best achievement this trip!
Ooo
Day 8/9/10, TOKYO!
Roaming in Shibuya, Tokyodome coaster-riding, SHOPPING, staying over at Jeremy's, watching Scary Movie (again :P), eating lots and lots of sexy sexy joh-anago (seasonal eel!) and slacking made this part of the trip almost as sexy as the first. Soon, however, it was homeward bound and school commencement.
SIGH.
Japan, you rock.
America, you rock more!
Reading Saint Legend to... Shooting Stars - Kelis
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