July 5, 2007

Nagano


Hello everyone!

In the last weekend of April, the whole republic went in a trip to Nagano Prefecture. Our friend Akira Fukuchi (one of my former professors at Ashiya Kaigi Daigaku) kindly invited us to spend the weekend at a family cabin in the mountains.

We had a lovely time. The weather was perfect and we even went to see the Olympic Ski Long Jump range site. It was quite impressive.

I'm posting the pictures here. Enjoy.

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Diversity is not about how we differ.
Diversity is about embracing one another's uniqueness.

True observation begins when one is devoid of set patterns.

If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

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