my own metamorphosis ~ from a psychrophobe to a psychrophile + snow sliding @ sapporo

Prologue:
Remember the day when you set your foot at Sapporo? It was 2 years before, on a cold February, just like this. Snow was something new and strange then, and you were happy. First few days are always like that! *snow everywhere* and you will start smiling and laughing, it was so fun.. The Dean asked you how you felt abt Sapporo. You said beaming, snowflakes allover your cheeks, "I love the snow! It is so beautiful here!" He roared out a laugh, "snow has no value here!".
 
"but I love snow!!?"
 
So first few days were spend analyzing the so-called-snow, eating it to your heart’s content.. Later you learnt that you could better sit at home and watch those japanese comedy shows (and start laughing whenever they laugh..)
 
Well my (shifting to first person) first 2 winters went like that, good-for-nothing. Sat indoors for 4-5 months till I made sure there’re no white patches watching me. But this winter, one day while coming to lab, got soaked in the snow and like a revelation from heaven it transformed the psychrophobic 1 me to a psychrophilic 2 self! Thatz how my bicycle started slowing down on my way to lab. Thatz how soon a camera was hanging on my neck, swinging all the way but keeping an eye on things going around,,
 
So am not so fed up of winter, you see.. Though all my insects and butterflies are hibernating, I managed to find some amusement in the snow.. and thatz how I ended up taking all these winter photos.
 
So, the photojournal for the day:
Caught ’em from my window first. They had spotted the snow-mountain (some snow heaped over) in our compound and had decided it is the perfect place for snow sliding.
  • Kids never stop amusing us!

snow sliding at sapporo

  • I-will-take-you-up (ending in duhh-you-are-so-heavy)
kids-snow-sliding-8 * i will take you up * 1024 x 766 * (253KB)kids-snow-sliding-7 * hmmphhh!! i will try this way * 1024 x 766 * (204KB)kids-snow-sliding-6 * uhhh?!!! you're heavy! * 1024 x 766 * (201KB)
kids-snow-sliding-5 * oops * 1024 x 766 * (183KB)kids-snow-sliding-4 * ** falls down ** * 1024 x 766 * (179KB)kids-snow-sliding-3 * let me try again! * 1024 x 766 * (204KB)
kids-snow-sliding-1 * ya this way * 1024 x 766 * (205KB)kids-snow-sliding-0 * ya like that,, * 1024 x 766 * (220KB)
 
  • Wooshhh…
  • He has a smile for me
kids-snow-sliding-14 * winter at sapporo is the right time for these kids to take a break and go snow sliding! * 766 x 1024 * (337KB)kids-snow-sliding-13 * he has a smile for me :) * 1024 x 766 * (155KB)
  • Letz all ride together!
  • Now their sensei 3 has a smile for me
kids-snow-sliding-12 * packing 2 in 1 * 1024 x 766 * (370KB)kids-snow-sliding-11 * packing many in 1. now their sensei (teacher) has a smile for me ;) * 1024 x 766 * (423KB)
 
Moral of the story: Always smile at the snow, some day it will start smiling back at you.
 
1 psychrophobe: one who dreads the cold
2 psychrophile: those like me who loves extreme cold
3 sensei: japanese for teacher 
 

16 Responses

  1. Stella says:

    Snow makes the earth look like heaven and with a cup of hot chocolate drink and a book to read (and nothing else pressing to be done) you can also feel the ‘warmth’ of this snow.
    I am still digging through your blogs…will let you know if I am impressed…
    Stellaunty.

    • rocksea says:

      You will surely get a worm or too 😀

      Still at winter vacation and with a cup of hot chocolate drink? We are soon saying bye bye to all the snow. and i hope you keep your word and get back to kerala. Let us make up for whatever we missed while shoveling off all the snow…

  2. rocksea says:

    and when that soft snow sparkles on those rosy smiling cheeks.. 🙂

  3. Marlin says:

    “…soft snow on the covered white ground,sparkles and shines in the sunlight like white diamonds on top of the world’s floor Like a white silken cape which had been wrapped up in the night… Sky, Earth, and Tree frames the glorious sight, and there it will stay until the day turns warm and bright…”

    nice pics…cute…

  4. rocksea says:

    gini, ya the sapporo beer is brewed here in sapporo 🙂 once i went to visit the sapporo beer factory, itz nearby,, someone else too mentioned sapporo beer in this blog! seems itz pretty famous hehe.

  5. Gini says:

    Hey thanks for the advise…btw I always had sapporo beer when I go to Japanese restaurants, but never thought it could be a place in Japan. And did I mention great blog….

  6. rocksea says:

    $Deepa, you’re always part of prakriti, so no welcome!

    $Samudrika, i attain the state of psychrophile-hood only for 1 hour or so per day, during my bicycle-ride/walk (thatz how i meditate) to and fro. Otherwise am a thermophile, enjoying the warm air inside my lab/room.

    $Pidiyana, wherez cypriot? out of india? or in the himalayas?

    $reshma, $anu, thanks for snowing on my blog

  7. anu says:

    lovely post.. beautiful pixs.. u r very talented..

  8. reshma says:

    didn’t know you had a full-fledged English blog too. The I-will-take-you-up- duhh-you-are-so-heavy series is amusing:)”let it snow, let it snow”

  9. Pidiyana says:

    Awesome! I luuuuurv the snow! Played in it just once… snow-clad Cypriot mountains ages ago.

  10. Samudrika says:

    The pictures are beautiful. I am amazed that you can enjoy the snow and take these pictures. I am a thermophile myself. I cant stand temperatures below 18 C!

  11. Deepa says:

    And now , yes , i remember some of the articles i had read 🙂

  12. Deepa says:

    Hi !
    Thanx for stopping by ….

    U know what ? i have actually been here ….
    my colleague gave me this link .. he wanted me to check out the India and the Prakriti section …. i dont remember coming to the post , but i remember RockSea and the header pic …

    It amazes me … 🙂

  13. rocksea says:

    $suzanne, do u have to ask? am flattered 😀

    $lian, am happy that i learned to smile at snow. something is better than nothing 🙂

  14. Lian says:

    Hi there,
    First of all thanks for dropping by my blog. I’ve visited yours before too. Anyway, great pix. Really captured the fun. Glad you found a way to enjoy the snow again. I was in Utah for 4 years. I don’t think I learned how to smile at the snow. Now I have no snow to smile at.

  15. Suzanne says:

    I love your site. I would like to add you as one of my links . . . would that be ok? Let me know 🙂

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