I'll start my diet next week!

Actually, I didn't really start a diet as a New Year's resolution, although I have started exercising again. But it's a good thing I didn't, because my friend Sun-Ran took me out to a really cute restaurant for a delicious meal. It was a restaurant aimed at couples, and instead of a menu, it featured a six course meal with several shared dishes. The atmosphere would be very romantic for a date, but the food was worth coming there just with friends.

It's Sun-Ran, waiting to start on the appetizer. Let's go! More photos after the cut.

Christmas Snowboarding

Christmas, as I've said, isn't really a holiday here, but it did fall on the weekend, so we awesomely had it off! This winter has been much milder than last winter with almost no snow. Mostly that's a good thing, but it does detract from the Christmas spirit. Luckily, I got my white Christmas anyway, because I joined a snowboarding trip last minute to help out my friends, who had lost a member of their group to sickness. Even though I don't like skiing, I'm really glad I went because snowboarding turned out to be more fun, less scary, and only slightly more painful. I actually really enjoyed it. If I go to a ski resort again, I'd like to give snowboarding another go!

Here I am with my rented snowboard. Click on the jump to see pictures of me actually snowboarding, all of which I lifted from my friend's facebook, since she took them all. I was too scared to bring my camera along, since I knew I'd be falling a lot.