Memories
09. Januar 2008 | en
ANYWAY
so 3 years ago would find me in Japan with Mr. Luedee. And the opportunity arose for us to go to the Snow Festival in Hokkaido and spend a day skiing/snowboarding. I have skied in the past, but the chance to learn to snowboard seemed too cool to pass up. John must’ve been delusional from the excitement of the prospect of hitting the hills of Hokkaido and agreed to teach me how to snowboard. Roll forward to when we actually get there.
John realizes that a beginner snowboarder will in all likelihood cramp his style. All his visions of a day on the hills are crushed after I strap on my board and proceed to face plank before I’ve even tried to move. I giggle. John forms a plan. After a quick how to we go up the bunny hill and come back down. I don’t die. Neither do I maim others. So John puts his plan into action.
John: You know the regular hills are no different than the bunny hill. Lets go.
Sherrie: errrrr are you sure? (in head: then why are there bunny hills?)
John: (slightly agitated) Yes Im sure. Lets go.
5 minutes later Sherrie is cruising successfully down before crashing into a snow drift and drowning.
John: (screaming as he wizzes past) I’m going too fast to help you. Ill get you when I come back up.
herrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
By the time he gets me Ive managed to wiggle myself in so deep in my escape attempts that he passes me the second time around by accident and its a third before I’m pulled out.
Surprisingly the rest of the day went very well. However like the challenged person I am I digressed as the day went on. At 1 I was looking like someone who had done this at least a couple of times before. By 3:30 every time I stood up I fell back down and by 4 I was sitting in the middle of a big hill crying that I hated Japan, snowboarding, and in particular Mr. Luedee. When some JET we met on the bus stopped to comment “uh oh tears already” and I lunged forward in my best effort to bite his fingers off John decided to call it quits for the day.
Good times for the weekend!!!
Schlagwörter:
Snow Festival Memories
Japan
Karte:
N 34° 40.237
E 132° 5.335
