October 8, 2006

Swimming pool!!!


IMG_5627.JPG, originally uploaded by takashi13.

July 30, 2006

Beach in Kurashiki

Today, We went to the Sami-beach in Kurashiki. This is the first swim in the sea this year except Guam beach. However, my daughter was scared of wave of ocean so we seldom swam in the sea. Almost all time, we spent on the beach not in the sea... Because of that I got a tan very much and now I have pain on my skin. I think the wave in Japan, especially in Kurashiki, is small and tiny and low so lots of children could play in the sea and enjoy the swim. I wonder why she's scared and she couldn't get into the sea... Next time I'm going to take her to the swimming pool that never create the wave, hahaha.

June 24, 2006

in front of the sprit of tree


Spiritual!!!, originally uploaded by takashi13.

May 2, 2006

Golden Week

From tomorrow to next Sunday I can take 5-day holiday. This time every year there is consecutive holiday in Japan and people say it Golden Week. And the same as other company, we take 5 days off. Some company in Japan suspend their business for 9 days in this week and my brother also take 9 days off. Very long vacation!

We already planed how to spend G.W. so we must be busy doing something such as clean up the house and invite friends from Hiroshima and visit my aunt house... I guess time will go by rapidly. I wonder if I can wake up early in next Monday morning...

April 23, 2006

Lucent


Travel to Guam, originally uploaded by takashi13.

April 20, 2006

momentary single life

From yesterday to Friday, my wife and kid stayed at friend's home in Hiroshima. So now I'm alone in my house.

At the beginning of this month we left Hiroshima and moved here, Kurashiki city for my job. And this means we had to say good-bye to our friends. But it takes about 2 hours by car on high-way to Hiroshima so they invited us to their home for short trip. Of course I started new job and I can't visit, therefore, she decided to go by themselves.

At first, I thought I could get my private time. But actually, after I became temporal single, I found I had nothing to do!!! Too quiet my home! So now I'm looking forward to tomorrow that is the day when they return.

April 18, 2006

The first day at new work

Tomorrow is the first day at new work so now I feel a little bit nervous. You know, new boss is my father and this could sometimes make it complicated and sometimes make it easy for me. Anyway I must do my best work for my family!

April 14, 2006

Travel to Guam


Travel to Guam, originally uploaded by takashi13.



Travel to Guam, originally uploaded by takashi13.



Travel to Guam, originally uploaded by takashi13.



Travel to Guam, originally uploaded by takashi13.

April 5, 2006

Moving to Kurashiki-city

Finally, we left from Hiroshima and moved to Kurashiki-city. I quit the job at the end of March and I'm supposed to enter my father's company. But I'm gonna have a vacation and take a trip to Guam for 5 days!!! The reason why we decide to trip to Guam is that we can get there for 3 hours by flight and I won't be able to get a chance to trip to overseas for a few days on weekdays.

However, moving is very hard work more than we expect. There are still lots of cardboard boxes however hard we manage to unpack and clear up our stuff. Actually, we relocate to the next door to my parents, so we make use of utilities at my parents house in recent days. We might exhaust before we travel to Guam...

As we're supposed to set out on this Saturday, I guess we have time to unpack our stuff and pack for trip again, maybe...

March 17, 2006

amazing score...

I took a TOEIC test in my company this January. And this year, I can get 740 score! It's amazing!!! My company encourages us to improve English skill same as other company. And we workers are supposed to take a TOEIC test every January. Last year I was supposed to go to SIUC as study abroad, so I had studied English. As the result, I could get 695 score and I thought that was the best score in my life. But after that I can improve English skill moreover. I'm very surprised and happy.

But this is the last test in current company because I'm gonna switch the job. Unfortunately, I will get less opportunity of speaking English in the next work... I wonder if I should travel some country for English, ha ha ha.

March 9, 2006

Final 3 weeks

I decided several months ago that I quit the job at the end of this month and take over my father's job. Now that I think about it, it's very fast that the time goes by. The rest is only 3 weeks and now I'm a little bit confused. I mean, I miss my friends, colleages, senior and junior workers, even as I feel nervous because new unknown job will start at next month. But all I have to do is to hang in there and get better skills with making use of my experience of current work. Anyway, after leaving Hiroshima and away from current job, I'm gonna take couple of weeks off. And I will get ready for the future!

March 1, 2006

Just as I expected...

Last Friday, during soccer practice I got hurt on my foot. And as I expected it's difficult to walk and everyone asks me "What's wrong with your foot?" when they see me walking with limping. It's too uncomfortable... It usually takes 15 minutes by walk to my office, but now takes twice as much as usual. So every morning I ask my wife to take me to the office by car. I appreciate it, Yoshie!

February 26, 2006

My right ankle...

I join the soccer team that consists of my company's employees and we practice every Friday night. Last Friday only 6 members came to the ground so all we could do was to match 3 on 3, just mini-game. Since a few players on the pitch, all of us had to keep on running during the mini-game. So we were so tired and exhausted more than usual.

In the last couple of minutes, unfortunately I got hurt on my leg, to be exact I strained my right ankle and couldn't stand up by myself. Long time no pain such like this from high-school... Additionally, on Saturday we were supposed to join the futsal tournament. So I just only watched the game of our team and cheered.

I wonder if I can go to the office by walk... I'm a little anxious about it.

February 12, 2006

Win a match but...

Yesterday, we had a soccer match and 3 teams joined the game, so we played 2 games. Eventually, we won both games but personally, I don't get satisfied about yesterday's match because I couldn't play as I expected. Of course I know lack of my practice caused this result but I can't help but blame my age... Now that I'm thirty one-year-old. Phew...

Snow Garden


Snowboarding tour_10, originally uploaded by takashi13.

February 11, 2006

Tomorrow match of Soccer

Tomorrow, we'll have a match of soccer and it will be the first game in this year. Of course we don't watch the professional match but we actually play soccer. I wonder if our team can win or lose the match...

February 8, 2006

Untouched


Snowboarding tour_16, originally uploaded by takashi13.

February 6, 2006

In the Snowland

We went snowboarding and Japanese spa in north area of Hiroshima last weekend. This year, it has been so cold weather and we have much snowfall in north area. So last weekend was the right timing for tour of snowboarding. On our way to ski resort, the road was perfectly frozen and white. Of course my car has snow tires but they are no use on frozen road in high-speed. Therefore, I have to drive very slowly and carefully.

After having hard drive, we managed to get to ski resort and found the snow was perfect for snow-surfing. Because we have a daughter and come to let her see and touch snow, we couldn't do all day long and I and my wife did snowboarding in turn. During one was surfing on the snow, the other played with daughter on the snow. As we expected before, almost 2-year-old daughter was afraid snow and often say "So cold, freezing! ". I guess it was a little early for her playing on the snow...

For staying on night, I had made a reservation in advance and this Japanese inn was so nice place and clean! We were greatly delighted, moved and deeply impressed by the inn and hot-spa. My wife was so delighted that she took a hot spring bath three times!!! In addition, unfortunately for me, our daughter only had fun in this inn, not on snow...

For 2 days snowboarding and staying hot-spring inn made us refresh and happy so much. We think we want to have a tour like this at least once a year.

Playing in the snow

Snowboarding tour_3
Snowboarding tour_19
Snowboarding tour_18
Snowboarding tour_11
originally uploaded by takashi13.

February 2, 2006

Snowboarding

This weekend, we plan to go snowboarding and stay at Japanese inn. This is the first time for my daughter and I'm looking forward to seeing her reaction on snow. Actually, for me and my wife we'll go snowboarding after an interval of 2 years. So we worry about it and feel nervous a little bit. But we're also excited about the tour!!!

January 23, 2006

I wish...

I got a new friend who is Turkish and studies some technologies in Japan. I gave a lecture at my company to international trainees a few weeks ago. That's how we could get to be friends. And after that lecture he told me that he was willing to invite me and my family to his house if we could have time to travel Turkey. Wow! Turkey!? How far is it from Hiroshima?

That country is beyond my imaginations as well as Turkish thinks of Japan. But that invitation is great and awesome! And I hear that Turkey is such a beautiful country and have many beautiful places all over the country. I really want to go there some time!!! Even though that visit is in the distant future, I shall keep in touch with him.

January 14, 2006

"一期一会" ~meeting only once in a lifetime~

This title means that you should treat someone as if that meeting was only once in your lifetime. And also you should value your relationship with people.

In the past 3 days, I gave a lecture to the foreign trainees at my company. Every year we accept this kind of offer and in almost 3 days worker lectures about our products. This year, unfortunately, the person who takes charge every year was on the business trip so I must speak in front of them on behalf of him.

5 foreigners were there as trainee. 2 Mexican, 2 Indonesian, and 1 Turkish. They were very sincere and earnest because they were representatives of their own countries. I felt a little bit nervous but I had fun to speak in English with foreign people. Therefore, I felt sorrow when we closed the lecture and had to say good-bye even the period were only 3 days.

Last year I studied English at CESL in Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale and also I experienced this kind of farewell between the classmates come from all over the world. And now, I assure that the experience of meeting people and knowing each other even this opportunity comes about once is precious for everyone.