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Merica!

2011年4月23日 (土)

Hey folks! Hope all is well with you and yours! I`m getting very excited about going home next week for the first time in nearly two and a half years. Next Saturday my best friend since age 4 is getting married, and I`m the best man. That means I have to wear a tux, smile for a lot of pictures, and give a speech during the reception. Also, I`ll get to see my family. This is very cool and exciting for me, especially because both of my parents, my younger siblings, and my grandmother have all had birthdays. So everybody will probably look pretty old compared to the last time I saw them… Anyhow, it`ll be nice to go home, eat some of my mother`s cooking and relax with friends and family; ) I hope you have a nice Golden Week as well.

new beginnings

2011年3月21日 (月)

Hey everyone ~ First off I`d like to say that I hope all of you and your friends and family are OK. The earthquake/ tsunami disaster was a shock to us all, and the aftermath continues to weigh heavily on our hearts.

That said, spring is quickly approaching! With the warming weather and inevitable blooming of greenery, it`s a good time to look towards the future. In the US, spring is when we completely clean our houses and  embrace our New Year`s resolution to lose weight. So, as best we can, let`s be optimistic and do all we can to help those around us, and ourselves!

Getting into shape

2011年3月9日 (水)

Spring is just around the corner. The snow is (slowly) melting in sapporo and the plants can finally breathe again. I`ve been making some plans. I have decided that I want to take a trip to shikoku on my bicycle. However I`m not confident about my physical condition so recently Ive been interested in exercise machines. I wish someone would invent a “get fit quick” drug/drink. So if anyone has any health or fitness tips, let me know!

Hokkaido`s best mountain?

2011年2月21日 (月)

Hey folks! How`s it going? Did you get/give any chocolates this Valentine`s day? The other day I did my first backcountry winter hiking. I joined a group and snowshoed up Youtei-zan and then rode my snowboard down it. We were lucky to have beautiful weather and great snow conditions, so it was really a nice experience. After boarding down to the bottom, I looked back up at the old volcano and thought to myself “This just might be Hokkaido`s most beautiful mountain!“ What do you think?

I love the snow!

2011年2月21日 (月)

Hey everyone! So recently I`ve been looking to expand my snow related past times (as it seems I only snowboard and eat lots of ramen in winter). So last weekend I went camping.  Now I`m not sure I would recommend or encourage snow camping but it was fun. I studied about snow related sicknesses like hyperthermia and frost bite.  After studying about possible accidents, me and a group of people set up some tents and spent the night. It was very very cold and really made me appreciate what people go through when they get stranded on the mountain.  I had top equipment and I was FREEZING!