I've been back from Sapporo for a couple of weeks, and I had an awesome time, especially snowboarding! (Pics to come later...) Other than a few people leaving the Board of Education and a few new people coming in, nothing much has been going on at work. (Though for some reason, some of the people who stayed at their positions switched desks with each other... I'm not really sure what that's about. Variety?) Some of the teachers switched schools as well, but I won't really find out about that until classes start up again later this month (and there's pretty much nothing to do at the office until then).
In my last entry, I mentioned that with spring comes spring break. Well, in Japan, with spring also comes sakura — cherry blossoms! Beautiful and fleeting, they bloom and die within two weeks. Last night, I went to a hanami (cherry blossom-viewing party) that was really supposed to be for Craig's eikaiwa class, but Kym, David and I crashed anyway.
I got a few pictures in while there was still some daylight:
(Macro shot of a petal that landed on my knee.)
Our group:
(Upon learning I'm a vegetarian, one of these lovely ladies decided to tell me, in detail, a story about one hanami party she went to where a whole pig was spit-roasted. Thanks for that.)
I had a little too much fun messing around with camera settings once darkness fell:
(Widescreen shot.)
(My attempt at a long exposure while balancing my camera on top of David's car.)
(With flash. Ick.)
Finally I found fence I could balance my camera on to get some long exposures :)
Long exposure with a different surface that wasn't as steady:
Long exposure taken with my camera flat on the ground and pointing straight up:
A few sad attempts at night-time, steady surface-less macro:
Long exposures with my camera on the ground:
Hey look, it's David!
Night mode, no flash but brightness and contrast adjusted in Photoshop:
What's next? Genki goes on tour in a couple of weeks, and transportation and accommodation has been booked for Golden Week in Korea!
Peace,
Britt
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