7/31/2011

Cleaning bathtub

I cleaned bathroom yesterday.

I bought a cleaner that tells you don't need to scrub but just spray.




But I don't think it worked so well.
Next time I will try another one.

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7/30/2011

Starbucks at Bajikoen

We went to Tsutaya, a bookstore at Bajikoen.

There also is Starbucks in the bookstore that has an open terrace.


We every time enjoy coffee there with Lily.

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7/29/2011

Pretz made in Thailand

My friend gave me a present from Thailand.


Wow, pretz made in Thailand.

Iinteresting taste and a little hot and spicy.

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7/28/2011

Craftheads

I'm coming to Shibuya.



To drink a beer with a friend of Stanford era.



Bar's name is Craftheads.



First time to visit.



I started with Summer Saison.



Then Orange Pale Ale.

Almost a half of the customer is American.


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7/27/2011

Morning walk but...

It was not so hot in this morning.


We took Lily for a walk.





...Basically she doesn't like to walk.

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7/26/2011

Ended Analog TV

Japanese analog TV broadcasting system has ended its transmitting on July 24th. (except for Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate, where devastated by the 311 earthquake).



This means all Japanese broadcasting has changed to digital.

I was wondering a lot of trouble on that day but actually not much.

A day of new broadcasting.

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7/25/2011

Hot morning

On the next morning, it was hot again.





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7/24/2011

Cool night

We went futakotamagawa shopping center.



It was cool in the night.


A friend? was sitting by us.

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7/23/2011

Succeeded mailer change

Yesterday I succeeded to move all my office mail to the new mailer.

Now all set!

Good and easier to use.

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7/22/2011

Changing mail software

Network system of our office has changed a lot yesterday.

And I had a trouble to share files between PCs.

Finally I gave up to use plural PCs but only one main.

Then I have to move all my files to new one.

Especially to change the mail software is hard.

I will try today again.

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7/21/2011

Need summer time

I'm slow at work these days.



I should start to work earlier and stop and back home earlier.

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7/20/2011

Farewell sushi party

We had a farewell party of coworkers of the office.

Two will move to another section.

The party was held at a sushi restaurant.
They served lots of food - sashimi, tempura, nigiri...

Oh, full course!

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7/19/2011

Chatting at Che Bud

Today is holiday and day off.

We went to Daikan-yama and met friends of Stanford era.

Bud-san is a host of our meeting. He has a good mansion at Daikan-yama and we call his house "Che Bud".

We had chatted for a half of the day until night.



Lily got tired...

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7/18/2011

Nadeshiko Japan

Japanese lady's soccer team won the world tournament.

Congratulations!


They are called Nadeshiko Japan.

Nadeshiko is a flower name of fringed pink.


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7/17/2011

Wedding anniversary

16 years.


Since we have married.


Congratulations.

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7/16/2011

Planning meeting finished

During last week we had planning meeting.

This meeting will decide our next fiscal year's budget, so it was important.



I hope it was successful.


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7/15/2011

Excel excel excel

For about three days I also had spent much time (actually, battle) to excel.

Wmm.
I might be rather an analog person...


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7/14/2011

Eps file

Today I spent lots of time to create an eps file.

I just wanted to transfer a ppt file to eps, but actually I spent a whole day and still not yet succeeded.

I bought an acrobat software and tried to transfer from ppt to PDF and then to eps.

I could, but the file size was big, and the picture quality was insufficient.

Please, someone help me!

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7/13/2011

Soba noodle for lunch

I had a soba noodle for lunch today.

This was my first trial to eat soba at the office restaurant.

It was good that the price was only 250 yen, but the taste was... so so.

From childhood I like soba very much, and I usually cook (just boil) by myself on Saturdays.

Mmm, I think mine might be better.

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7/12/2011

Rainy season over

The rainy season was over.



As it is getting hot and hot, I have to go for Lily's walk earlier in the morning.



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7/11/2011

Grinding tooth

A small part of my front tooth was chipped a little.

The dentist said I may grind my tooth in my sleep.

Probably I have worked too hard and been stressed??


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7/10/2011

Curry in Summer

It was too hot in Tokyo today.

Then we cooked curry for lunch.


Hot curry in hot summer!

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Honda internavi

I applied Honda's Internet navigation system, called internavi.



It was originally for car navigation but now they made an iPhone application.



It's good or even better because it is linked to internet.

For example, when to find a parking, all lists around the destination appears automatically, and it informs me the price and availability of those parkings!

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7/09/2011

Sunset sky

On Friday I left office early in 6 pm.

I got lunch box and joined my wife and Lily, then went to a park and had the dinner outside.



Enjoying this beautiful sunset.

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Hamamatsu Gyoza

For my memorandum.

Hamamatsu is famous for gyoza.



Mutsugiku is one of the gyoza restaurant.


We had a dinner and beer after the work, before back to Tokyo.

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7/08/2011

I'm a cookie monster!

My wife bought cookie for me!



Oh, I love cookies.
Thank you!

(munch...)

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7/07/2011

Waiting for me

While I had been on my business trip, Lily was waiting for me.



My wife took her walk.

In addition, she took a picture and sent it to me.



Wow, gorgeous...

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7/06/2011

Mt. Fuji?

I went Hamamatsu on business.

On the way to go, I tried to find Mt. Fuji from Shinkansen.



Mmm, not near one but seems far one.



Finally I couldn't find the mountain.

It would be much easier when in winter as the air will be clearer.

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LED lamp

Last day a ceiling light bulb of my house burned out suddenly.

I thought it's a good time to change the light from bulb to LED.




Upper: Mini crypton light bulb (40 watts)
Lower: LED lamp (4.5 watts)


Though I had wondered if the brightness of the LED might be less, but the result was good.

In addition, the power consumption of the light went down to one tenth!

The only problem is... the price of the light was still ten times higher than normal bulbs.


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7/05/2011

Cool at Department store

Another way to keep cool without using air conditioner is going to a department store!



Photo: at the roof garden of Takashimaya Shopping Center on Sunday.

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7/04/2011

Cool mat for Lily

We bought the cool mat for Lily also.


She likes it.


Very much.


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7/03/2011

Eco air conditioning

Today I cleaned the porch of my apartment.

At the same time, I moved the outdoor unit with a slight angle.



Only by that, the power consumption of the air conditioner will be reduced significantly, because the air flow is very important for the outdoor units.

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7/02/2011

Swimming and noodle

Today I swam 1500 meters, which was 500 meters longer than usual.

Very much tired but the present for me was ... Ramen!



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7/01/2011

Cool mat

It's July.

In this summer we have to save energy because of TEPCO's failure.

We bought a cool mat.
That has a gel inside to keep cool.

I hope we can stay overnight without air conditioner.


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