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:

One hour later, the mountains:

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

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 :-)

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

from last weekend:

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.