[Shaun White Halfpipe run]

lol Im glad that Narita Domu failed lol, im Japanese btw. He doesnt represent the Japanese snowboard scene, Takaharu Nakai & Kazu does.

 

And Shaun's run was just SICK - SICK - SICK.

[Should Curling be an olympic sport?]

Where's the physical effort in curling ? Its just like chess to me.

 

bring back baseball as an olympic sport.

[I want it to stop snowing]

come to Tokyo you have beautiful blue sky everyday

[The state of Jpop on the slopes this year]

I hope at least, NOOO FUYU NO SONATA ...

[Mt.Hood Pictures]

me either, id love to see them

[What's on your Christmas list?]

Canucks Vintage Jersey Go Nucks Go !!

[What an incredible start to the Japan season.]

Compared to last year the condition seems to be exceptional. I hope it will continue until april at least

[The English equivalent of "gambarimasu"]

Different mentalities, different form of expressions.

I would translate Ganbarimasu with "I'll do my best". Yoroshiku is an expression to be polite, the Japanese specialities, to translate it'll depend on the context.

 

On the other hand, sometime I wish we had more bad words, we are too limited with baka , unko and kuso.

[What do you do for a living?]

 Quote:

furita/puutaro

Furi-ta is someone who do "arbeit" for living
Puutaro is a N.E.E.T..

[what's everybody listening to now?]

Im listening to Bloc Party

I really like their music, I discovered them in the video Delectica in Fredu Sirvo, Hampus part.

[Good movies you've seen recently]

lol yeah i loved the parodies

 

I guess Pearl Harbord sucked just a little bit more than I miss you

[Good movies you've seen recently]

I rented "Team America" yesterday, i thought it was ok, i loved the caricature of Kim Jong Il.

[funny videos]

lol excellent~

Ma~~ma~~ma~~ma~~ Ottottoototototototo

[Pose as Canadians]

I might say that living in the middle of one of the most visited area of Paris ( Notre Dame - Saint Michel ) that I noticed that almost all the Canadian tourists have a Canadian flag patch on their bag.

I thought, first, that it was to show that they are proud to be Canadian but now I know that some of them have this to do not let local people thinks they are American

Because most of the people in France are against Bush policy and you see it everyday down the street and in the media. I've never heard anything good about USA on tv these time. When you see something about USA on French T.V. its most of the time criticism of Bush policy, criticism about America's carbon dioxide emission, War in Iraq Victory or defeat ?, criticism about deflation in USA, Why do they need Death Penalty ? etc... Michael Moore is a huge star here.

 

And I'm pretty sure that if you meet some french people they'll talk about politics with you... Because French people likes to talk about politics.

But it doesn't mean that French hates amercains. lol This is pure American paranoia. In France you have the freedom to say openly your thoughts and ideology, nobody will kill you but maybe a little bit of mockery but generally they are all fascinated by the country that America is.

 

And maybe if I were French, Im a full Japanese blooded, I wont bring my arse in some place in America.

[Ok are you worried]

Yea southern part of the Alps (Isola, Auron) have been lashed by heavy shower, the temp are too warm!

Major ski resort opened their domain but you can only ski a few slopes.

The best snow is in the Pyrenee for the moment.

 

Anyway I ll be working in Joetsu Kokusai from the 24 th december, hopefully we ll gonna have snow for January at least

 

And I survived to Paris and the Parisien.

[Ok are you worried]

Not much snow in the french alps as well, people here are really worried for their x mas vacation..

[Snowboard & Air Transportation]

Ok, I went to a Jal office in Paris and I asked if I have to pay any charge for my snowboard bag which is 166cms length, they said that i have to pay 51€ ( nearly 6500Yens ) for each kg if the bag is over 156cms, which is gonna cost me like 56.000 Yens!!! I was like " wtf ?!!? can you repeat ? ".

 

Any other advices people ? I didnt pay my ticket yet.

[Snowboard & Air Transportation]

Thanks for the help guys I'll phone them tomorrow and i'll let you know.

[Snowboard & Air Transportation]

Hi people there !

Im new on this board, so i introduce myself im 22y/o male Japanese but actually living in Paris, France.

Im getting back in Japan very soon and I am a little bit anxious about my snowboard. Will I have to pay any extra fees to get my snowboard onboard ? I'll surely take JAL as always.

So my question is :

Is there somebody who has already taken Japan Airline with a snowboard or skis in their luggage ? I'd like to hear some experience and advices.

Thank you !