Saturday

Saturday a few of us went to Ninox. Ninox is about as local as a ski slope gets, its about 45 mins from my door, not the biggest resort, but pretty cool. A few work mates also came this time. Gareth, Adam, Hisa, Miyoko and Jo, which was nice. We had loads of fresh snow which was lovely. I even tried off piste stuff, which was 4 feet of virgin snow, managed to go about 30 yards before sinking! Also tried my first rail. Thanks to my mate Kat, who said it was 'easy', and then proceeded herself to fall off, i went for it. Boarding things like rails is all about conviction, you have to believe, you have to be assured in yourself and your abilities, you have to say to yourself 'yeah, i can do this, i am the daddy!'....unfortunately, the only things going through my mind was 'oh bloody hell, thats high...and narrow, looks painful, i cant to THAT!...no...no...no...arrgghh!' and true to my word, i totally fell off. not only that, but i landed plum on the rail arse first...actually really hurt, and still today (monday) cant sit down with my left arse cheek...seriously, i have to drive balancing on my right cheek...thanks Kat. After boarding i went to an onsen (hot natural spring water spa) in nearby murakami. the onsen was beautiful, there was an outdoor part which was just off the beach, so you lie there stark naked (separate mens and womens) in the hot water pool and watch the waves crash on the beach...which is snow covered...absolute heaven....i love onsens! sat night i stayed at my good good good friends pamela and deccy's apartment in murakami, watched zoolander and drank wine. perfect saturday.