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November 16, 2004

snowboarding sunday

so last sunday, on the big eid al-fitr day, while most of my family in indonesia were celebrating together and being thankful for all the food they were about to consume, i was freezing my ass off in landgraaf>;/a>.

there was no family gathering for me. no lontong sayur or ketupat or sambal goreng ati ayam or opor ayam or es cendol. no sungkeman or angpauw.

instead there was -2C temperature, a dutch mountain, snow, concrete and a lot of pain in the ass. robert, remco and i went with robert's friends from college; these are the people he goes with on his annual snowboard trips.

i think it's been proven that i am not a snow bunny. i am really the kind of person who trips getting out of the ski lift and end up sliding down to the start line on my rear end. i kinda feel bad because robert is really into it and it's not really my kind of thing.

i found it really uncomfortable to sit on my office chair when i started work today. my butt and lower back was still really sore; i fell on an icy bit of the slope on sunday, and landed on the bit where the snow had been scraped away to reveal pure concrete underneath. big owww.

we're going again in two weeks with his parents, and jeroen and carolien, so that must be the perfect way of making me look silly in front of his entire family. omg.

Posted by Yasmina at November 16, 2004 09:15 PM

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ah, that reminds me of my first time.

yasmina says: nat, you should take mon snowboarding... see if la bogotana is a snow bunny...

Posted by: ndb at November 17, 2004 04:56 PM

Hi. I was feeling like that on Idul Fitri. For the first time in 33 years, I celebrated the holy day so far far away from my loved ones, without all that glorious food I'm so used to having. I miss home.

yasmina says: yeah i miss home the most at times like these...

Posted by: Morningdew at November 18, 2004 12:56 AM

oh, oh, sambal goreng ati ayam.. *drools* kangen sekali..

yasmina says: iya nih, gue lagi ngidam masakan2 indonesia, apalagi jajanan kampung dan makanan warteg... thanks for stopping by, i haven't seen you round here before...

Posted by: maureen at November 18, 2004 06:11 AM

Yes, I am up for trying it but I have to say the pain has to be compensated in some way so it better be fun!
Hope your bum is feeling better yas...I miss you sweetee.
Mon :)

Posted by: Monica at November 18, 2004 05:27 PM