skiing in engelberg

so i finally got caught up on the christmas trip post. now, let's see - last weekend i just went skiing, in engelberg-titlis which is about 2.5 hours away, it was 2 train transfers though, which is far too many while carrying skis and boots, i am really not impressed with this whole swiss skiing thing so far. i think one, it would be better with a car obviously, but still, two, it takes forever from the time i walk out of my house to the time i start skiing. for example, at this hill, it took 4 gondolas about 30 minutes to get from the base station to the top, and then walking up 5 flights of stairs, and about 500 m before you can strap in - ridiculous. in any case, the snow there wasn't too bad, the weather was great for awhile, then it got pretty foggy and the light was pretty flat. in any case - i got some good skiing in nonetheless, and by the end of the day i'd dropped a couple cliffs, caught some air, and skied some bumps. can't wait to go harder and hit bigger stuff, i'm really enjoying this skiing thing. the ski out at the end of the day was pretty good too. unfortunately had a bit of a backpack debacle, but at the end of the day nothing bad happened so it's all good. heard some german pop music at the apres ski hut, played some chinese chess waiting for the train home. had a nice relaxing sunday, didn't do too much really, just play a bunch of guitar - can play some barre chords now, somehow. can't wait to go home and get an electric actually.

in other news i also got a new ski jacket, the old helly one was finally giving out, the zipper broke and it was actually really really old. from sport fabrik i got a nice north face jacket on 70% sale from 750 chf, such a good deal actually. also got some running tights - haven't taken them running yet though...something about this winter is making me really lazy. it sucks. gotta get my act together soon though, 3 months is not a long time for a marathon...

inspired by 'mayham' and the best ham i've ever had in my life, we held a 'ham and mayham' party last week as well, centering mostly around ham and beer.

all is well at work, maybe the one important thing that i will do here is present my work at a design review, surprisingly some of my work has been useful. in any case, this will probably be the extent of my involvement here at alstom.

going skiing again this weekend, at laax-flims this time, should be good i hope, less gondola and backpack debacles. excited though, can't wait to get more air.

also, the dream seems to be dying. i am kinda sad, i got a job for the summer in calgary, so i guess if anyone reads this, i will be home by may 10th.