Ski trip in Japan

These are some thoughts on the ski trip to Aiichi prefecture of Japan in March 2004.
This ski trip remains as one of the best confidence builders to me - one of my best displays of attitude.

Coming from a place with tropical climate, I had never seen snow; not to talk about having any knowledge of skiing. At the foothill of the ski slope, fear manifested in the form of a blatant question about the need:
"I want to learn skiing."
"Why do you want to learn skiing ? At the end , you will have to come back to the same place from where you started."
"Yes, that is the reason why I am here (and want to do it). Its a cycle which I have to go through. The very inertia impels me to do it."

To learn skiing, you need to GO UP the slope. - EFFORT
You need to wait PATIENTLY for the ski lift. - OPPORTUNITY
You will certainly FALL, many times going downhill. You just need to get up and go at it again. - PERSEVERANCE
At the end of the day, you were the BEST skier of the lot - not because you knew how to ski, but because of your ATTITUDE!!

This apart, skiing was a memorable experience particularly in the company of our manager Asoh-san who took the additional pains of teaching us to ski in the first part if the day. At the end of the day we were reluctant to quit skiing coerced only by the yellow-orange hue of the sun reflecting off the ski slopes.