Monday, 28 December 2009

Fishing @ Yamanaka-ko (山中湖)

26 Dec 2009 - Last winter at Wakasagi Fishing (see here), we endured hours of freezing cold but all we could get was ONE pathetic 7cm fish. Determined to seek revenge, we consulted fishing expert, Minami, and we went to Yamanaka-ko (山中湖), for pre-season practice.

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Our fishing boat
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Our hardware engineer, Nakanishi, connecting up Minami's sonar fishfinder.
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All ready and set to go! Posing in front of Mt. Fuji

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The on-board-motor that I drove. It has been 7 years since I last maneuver one.
Brings me back those happy memories of army days...
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The foot-controlled propeller that Minami brought.

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My fishing rod poking Mt.Fuji
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Fishing pals
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Cheese! (Minami and Sakaguchi)
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Caught! Reel in!
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Nakanishi with his 3-hit combo
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Our fishing teacher, Minami, with his 4-hit combo

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We were unstoppable!!

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Duck Boat
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Silhouette of Duck boat and Mt. Fuji

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The lake was quite empty that day. Other than us, there was only a group father-and-sons.

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It was getting dark (see the moon?). Time to go back

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Winds were strong and waves were rough in the evening

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Packing up
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Well done, pals!
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Byebye...BUT We'll be back

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Result from a day of hard work...91 fishes!!!
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We deep fried them. Yummy!!!

Christmas Special @ Takenotsuka

23 Dec 2009 : Went all the way to Takenotsuka, 竹ノ塚~元渕江公園, for Christmas lightup photoshoot. The photos on the website looked spectacular, so I decided to take a near 3 hour train ride to visit the park at East Tokyo.

Name of the lightup is 光の祭典2009

To get into the park, I had to brave through 2 tunnels..

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Blue Tunnel
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Green Tunnel

Welcome to dreamland!

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Riding on deers
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That's a Unicorn!
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Train No. 333
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Here come the pirates! (The ship was so packed with people that I couldn't get any good shot of it, so here's the flag)
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Christmas, a season of love
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Robot will save the earth

Here's my favorite exhibit, the piano

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Mozart in the making
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Some kids wanna play it
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Some kids are just interested in posing. Cheese!

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Bubbles

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The Christmas trees
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From below the tree

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End of photoshoot..going home
The park was too crowded, so couldn't take any good shot(with my current skill). Disappointed with the photos but a worthy trip.

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Merry Christmas!!

More photos at Flickr

Sunday, 27 December 2009

PC社同期忘年会

19 Dec 2009: End-of-year party of PC coy recruits 2008 batch.
2009年12月19日:PC社同期の忘年会に参加しました。

Before the party, we had a bowling match to decide the organizers of the next party.
まず、次回飲み会の幹事を決めるためのボーリング大会です。

Opening Throw
始球式

My team leader in the 1st set
第一セットでうちのチームリーダ

Team Leader in the 2nd & 3rd set
第二&三セットのチームリーダ


Now the real party begins...
いよいよ本番...

2009 has been a really busy, but a fulfilling year. Cheers!
忙しかったが、充実な2009年です。お疲れ様です、乾杯!!


Present to the newlywed
新婚のぐっさんへプレセント

We drank a lot
がんがん飲みました

It's pay time.
お支払いです


The drunkards
酔っぱらった二人


Post-party at Karaoke
その後、二次会のカラオケ