"When I was young I set out to change the world.
When I grew older I perceived that this was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my state.
This too, I realized as I grew older, was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my town.
When I realized that I could not do even this, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man I know that I should have started by changing myself.
If I had started with myself, maybe then I would have succeeded
in changing my family, the town, or even the state-
and who knows, maybe the world."
(unknown)

January 09, 2010

Skiing: the dreamed and the reality..

Seoul
..finally had experienced skiing since my home country has no winter, and it was awesome! As a first timer, I got to have some short lessons on the spot by an assigned coach from High1 Resort before stepping in the slope that lead to the bottom of the mountain (well, not all the way down). Basically, I already knew and quite confident that I can ski down the slope (of course unpredictably low survival rate), however, I needed very much to learn the most useful technique, how to brake and the most effective learning path to become an expert, to FALL! After gaining enough skills.. how well I can do? Oh.. very well~

See, like the charming handsome guy in the above photo, in white coat and yellow trousers, steadily snowboarding down a slope, making his turn precisely 45 degree angle toward the right side (of the photo).. that is me, no doubt~
Haha, that was certainly what I dreamed of, and I took a snap of the guy (not sure a guy or lady) when I was still lying comfortably on the snowy ground after a wonderful fall, several rolls and.. Okay, the reality is in the next photo, this was real me, in orange coat with white trousers, a charming guy too, was apparently stunned right there for a moment after looking at the slope he was to going in!  

No problem, skiing is just great fun game after all, though countless falling, knocking people quite occasionally, even kids can do better and overtook me unmercifully all the time.. Should try out snowboard next time~ and will have to take more falls (smarter one) in order to bring together the dreamed and the reality...