Kento no ni sai no tanjōbi

Written by: adekun on 23 August, 2008 10:49 am - Filed under: blog — No Comments »

Kento's second birthday

Today is Kento’s second birthday. After opening his cards and gifts we went for an early bike ride. Over the past month he’s really started talking. At times putting three words together. It was nice to come back from work the other week to find him against the window calling “Daddy”.

Kento's second Birthday

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Check at sixteen weeks

Written by: adekun on 20 August, 2008 3:14 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »

I missed out going as I had to work. Ritsue took Kento and his runny nose along to the clinic. This gave the nurses an excuse to fuss over him. Four of them looked on as he lay next to his mother. Apparently the baby was waving a lot.

The doctor said he couldn't see anything to determine the sex

But then it might suddenly be revealed

In a change of position, ｔhe local council has increased their issue of free baby checks from three to five.

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Another cooked card

Written by: adekun on 18 August, 2008 4:20 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »

I can add a second whinge today. As I was publishing the last post some patterns appeared on the screen. Having to reboot, the only thing to reappear was a blank screen. I just popped the previous faulty card in, which at least brings up a garbled Dell logo. Seems as though the replacement graphics card is cooked along with the replacement battery. Maybe I should be sitting in an air-conditioned office or something?
It didn’t appear to be running too hot and if it was shouldn’t there have been a warning? In a quandary, yet not flustered. There isn’t much I can do about it. Anyway, I hope to somehow continue posting every couple of days.

Tags: craptop, whinge

2008 Summer Olympics

Written by: adekun on 1:54 pm - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »

While across the globe the world watches the Beijing* 2008 Summer Olympics, here in Japan it’s the Peking Olympic. In this second guise the viewer gets to see Team Japan take on the world’s top athletes along with prejudiced commentary.
Fortunately those interested in watching the rest of the games (those events in which Japan is not good), have at least the internet.

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Eneloop

Written by: adekun on 15 August, 2008 11:16 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »

eneloop, a low self-discharge NiMH battery

One of the many surprises when coming to live in Japan was lack in usage of rechargeable batteries. I expected in the land of high-technology it would be a given. I gather the people here have chargers for their mobile phones and HDV camcorders; if standard batteries are needed then its disposables all the way.
Every four months batteries and spent fluorescent tubes are collected. The usual mountains of rubbish are a real pity and those of batteries are no different. I don’t know why this is, or if attitudes are different the bigger cities. A certainty is the lack of advertisements. ‘Eco’ is touted about everywhere; electrically heated toilets, air-conditioners etc. but not the lowly battery. (more…)

Girls day out in Sakaiminato

Written by: adekun on 13 August, 2008 9:32 pm - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »

Since the girls outnumber the boys I thought the title fitting. They were in charge too. Along with most of the Yoshihara and Gion families, we took the train to Sakaiminato. Both carriages were full of tourists with their cameras, no doubt from neighbouring prefectures. Perhaps a majority were those returning from the big cities to visit their families during the obon (お盆) holiday. It was hot, 36 °C and super-humid. As the girls turned yet a darker shade of brown, I turned a brighter shade of lobster. We managed a circuit of most of the statues before a lunch of onigiri and kakigori.

Outside a train decorated with GeGeGe no Kitaro characters, Sakaiminato (境港).

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Garden imp

Written by: adekun on 11 August, 2008 9:26 pm - Filed under: blog — 3 Comments »

I’ve been meaning to post some photos of Kento taken before the summer vegetables went in. He’s quite adept at sticking on a pair of shoes and going for an amble.

Kento the shoe robber

We are now down to the last bunch of white onions. If they were bigger we could have looked forward to onion soup. Below, Kento managed to pull a couple of the tiniest by himself - and a smile.

Kento the onion robber

Tags: garden, kento, onions