Merry Christmas! The most famous holiday is the world is here except that its not a holiday in Japan. Yeah, I was surprised too when I realised. This fact though did not matter too much, as I soon realised. Everyone thronged into my place early in the morning much to my amazement. Up til now I still wonder how in the world everyone gets up so early. Its like so tiring everyday and I don't really about the rest but I almost never sleep earlier than 2am everynight,...

Christmas eve finally came. The day did not start particularly smoothly. The story goes like this, After dinner yesterday at my place, Junlong, Wai Kit and me realised that there wasn't much planned for today and so we decided to go out ourselves. Then I had to check with June and Linghan if they wanted to join us. But as they weren't able to give me confirmed answers last night, I did not inform Ron chan of what's going on. And so after breakfast, Ron chan got a...

Given yesterday's exertion on the slopes of Teine yama, I was really hoping for a day off from all physically exhaustive activities. I got exactly what I wished for when Ron chan interrupted my sleep with the offer of visiting the wholesale fresh seafood centre with Kira and the guys. I agreed to go though part of me was still pretty reluctant to get out of my warm and comfy mattress powered by a blanket warmer. I managed to get up nonetheless and washed myself...

I have been eagerly awaiting for this day since a few days back when it was confirmed that I will be going to ski today! The main man of the day is Kira's husband whom volunteered to bring us on this trip at the expense of his work. Really grateful! And so, I woke up promptly at the time I was given, which I couldn't remember already but it was pretty early by my standards ;-) Ron chan then sent me over to Kira's place after breakfast. Junlong and Wai Kit were a...

Free and Easy was the order of the day. Sunday was always going to be a good day to go downtown for some shopping and mingling with the Sapporo crowd. Ron chan drove me to Teine station to meet up with Junlong and Wai Kit whom were driven to the station by Kira. This is the first time we will be taking public transport on our own for the first time in Sapporo. It was a piece of cake though with Ron chan and Kira around to give us some simple instructions before t...