Elle's Adventures

Sorry for my online absence, but I have been very busy, and not busy at all. For a while I thought my laptop was dying, because it wasn't turning on :( I think it's okay now, fingers crossed. It's been a while, and I'm sure I will miss out a lot of things but I will try to remember the important parts...and this time I have photos. Goodie!  A few weeks ago I was in Hakuba again, riding the slopes (haha). I find it hilarious that I love snowboarding so much, considering my whole life I haven't really gotten into the whole 'loving sports' thing. I remember in my last year of High School a couple of friends and I hated sport so much we convinced the sport teacher to just let us walk around the town for exercise, rather than getting involved in sweaty, dirty sports. Now I feel it was a bit of a cop out, probably could've benifited from the exercise. Not to worry! And other than being a sport, it's a winter sport! I hate the cold, but I really enjoy g...

So on the 5th (two days ago on a Thursday) I went to Hakuba again to see Dede. This time I stayed two nights, because last time one just wasn't enough. I felt like I hardly saw him at all. I arrived at 3.15pm and then took a bus to Iwatake Ski Area, then walked straight to the lodge because Dede hadn't quite finished work yet. I waited and waited for him, but he didn't come until after 6pm! The owners had prepared tea and cake, so I ate and drank it all! Eventually he turned up with some friends, so I took a quick shower (to make them wait hehe!) and then we went to Happo. We ended up going to an Indian restaurant which was so, so yummy. Maybe the best Indian I have ever had! I had the eggplant and tomato curry and it was great. For some reason we never seem to get rice with Indian here though...it's a bit strange.  Needless to say we all had a drink or two then headed to a bar/club thing called Refuel. I didn't like it one bit. It was filled with smoke so imm...

The past week or so has been pretty busy for me, not to mention expensive! First, I had Brooke and Saito-Sensei over to my place for Christmas. They turned up around 2.00pm with food and we had a lovely lunch, and watched Elf (the movie). It was about 7.00pm by then, and I think we were all quite tired but decided to go to karaoke anyway! We ended up being there for around three hours. This was the second day of my cold, so my throat was a little sore by the end. The next day I had school and was feeling still a bit sick. The day after that was my last day of school  until the 10th next year. It was only a half day, but I was there until 4.00pm anyway. At 4.00pm I boarded a bus to Kaida with the other teachers for the end of year party - bounenkai. I had to buy a present; only 500 yen, but still, it added up to the price of the dinner - 6,500 yen!!! I ended up drinking far too much, was on the phone to Dede quite a bit as well, but it was a lot of fun. Afterwards some of us conti...