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Finally there is snow where it should be, and after long waiting i was able to go snowboarding,
this time i have my own gear and wear.

06:30, Approaching mountain, had to wake up at 4 A.M., get into the car and drive almost 200 KM north:

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One hour later, the mountains:

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08:30, Meh, fully equipped and ready to roll all day

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The weather was perfect, great powder snow, nice mountain with many wide slopes.
Now, time to wax my board and get ready to go again :-)

日本語能力試験(にほんごのうりょくしけん)(Japanese Language Proficiency Test)

Yes, it’s already behind me, i’ve taken level 4 (the easiest ;-) ) on sunday,
Although long, didn’t seem that hard, first part was to choose right reading for given kanji and correct kanji to the reading, second was listening part (not as confusing as i expected), and third was grammar, a little more tricky than others. I think i did well enough to pass (60% required), results coming in february next year… Plan for next year is either level 3 or 2 depending on how much time (and money) i can spend studying.

More information here: http://www.jlpt.jp/e/index.html

Weekendy trzy

3 weekends in row,

Beaujolais Nouveau party, then event at TUFS where japanese girls learn polish, another event at TODAI, and chilling out in ebisu…

Meanwhile i was testing my new film scanner (Minolta Elite 5400) which seems to cope very well with my photos :-).

Second part coming soon.

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