現地時間2025年12月22日（月）、14時ごろに起きた。夕方、弓道の練習をした。
練習前、サレー・セントラル駅近くの広場を訪れた。この広場に設置されたアイスリンクを見に行くためだ。
巨大なテントがリンクを覆っている。雨が降り、風が強く吹く、今日のような日でも、利用客たちはテント内でスケートを楽しんでいた。ちなみに、今日の強風で私の折り畳み傘は壊れてしまった。
テント内にはスケートをする人たちのほかに、リンクそばでくつろぐ人も多くいた。焚き火のまわりで休憩したり、UNOやチェスを楽しんだり。そうした仕掛けは来場者が持ち込んだものというより、リンクの運営者が用意したもののようだった。
On Monday, December 22nd, 2025, I got up around 2:00 p.m. PST and practiced Japanese archery in the evening.
Before practice, I visited Surrey, one of the cities in Metro Vancouver, and went to a plaza near Surrey Central Station. I had heard news that a public ice rink had been installed at the plaza starting this year, which sparked my interest, so I wanted to see what it was like.
The rink was covered with a tent, so skaters could enjoy the sport even though it was rainy and windy outside when I was there. For your information, my umbrella was broken by the strong wind that day.
Inside the tent, the atmosphere was peaceful and vibrant not only because of the many skaters on the rink, but also because people were relaxing near it under the same tent. They were sitting comfortably around a bonfire, or playing UNO or chess, which might have been prepared by the host of the rink.