Pregnancy

This is my wife pregnant for the third time.

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人形連

今山車文楽の練習が終わりました。4時半から本番稽古を始まる。絵本太功記 尼崎の段の題名です。是非見にきてください。パティオ知鯉鮒

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A Perfect Day

Today is a day that everything fell into place and worked out perfectly for work and for my friends. I hope you all had a great day too. Now if yours wasn't a perfect day ask yourself why and answer it with the blatant truth you had a axe to grind with someone or something and that just made things worse(right?). Having a grudge or getting yourself worked up about something will only lead you to make more mistakes during the day and make you feel like everything is going bad. Take a good look at what made you down and then throw it out. Then your day will certainly brighten up. But you have got to be willing to throw grudges out.

とてもいい日だった。仕事も友達も上手くいった。皆さんもいい日を過ごしましたか？もし悪い日だったら、自分に聞きなさい「なぜそんなに悪いの？」で正直に答えなさい。私が誰に嫌われたか？誰か私に何を言われたか？そうですよね。
だからもし原因が分かったらそのことを掃き捨ててでいい日になるはず。怒ってる状態とか緊張しすぎると何も上手く行けない、間違えやすいことが多いになっちゃう。
本当に心から掃き捨てるといいよ。

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西枇杷島祭り

昨日、西枇の祭りで花火をみました。
こちらの写真はその花火だった。

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花火

西枇杷島祭りで花火大会を見ました。

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Life going wrong

When you feel life slipping into bad luck territory just take a step back and try to look at where it first went wrong then take steps to right that wrong or at the least minimize it's effects. That how you stay positive rather than blaming others for what is going wrong.

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Look of despair

When things go wrong and they usually do there is only one constant and that is the look of despair on my face.

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"Demoed"

今日は、久し振りに体験レッスンをやりました。相手の方が緊張していましたが会話を上手に完成した。
It's been a while since I last did a demo lesson but it went well today. The student handled the conversation well.

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New Technologies

Hi all just using a new way to post to my regular blogs. Hope you can read this.

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知立祭

５月２日と３日に、知立市で行われた知立祭りがありました。無事に終えました。

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Resolutions for 2010

1. Reduce bad debt (spend no money on music and peripherals)
2. Save More money to rent a place for Sawagi English in December!!
3. Go Out less
4. Get Vodcast up and running
5. Make Sure students get report every six months.
6. Focus more on newer and exciting lessons for students.
7. Write more for blogs
8. Get new home site up.
9. Take more photos.
10. Have more fun!!!

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Receiving the award

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This is Tamy getting her award at the ceremony!

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Tamy's painting

For a second time Tamy has drawn a painting that has won the Chiryu Shrine art award.

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Pictures from Japanese Puppetry

These pictures were taken from my trip to Shikoku in the south of Japan.
We had a exhibition of Japanese puppetry there.
Each puppet is controlled by three people. One controls the head and right arm
(in Japanese Omozukai), one controls the left arm (hidarizukai), and one controls
the legs (ashizukai).

In this first picture I am on the right controlling the head of the old Mother.

This is a close up of me controling the mothers head.

This is me afterwards being interviewed on stage.

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Typhoon aftermarth

Came through yesterdays Typhoon relatively unscathed (We live in an apartment). It came through
during the night and by the time I had gone to work it had already past.
The good thing that came out of it is that my fly-screens are now all clean but
now the widows are filthy.

昨日颱風が過ぎたで家は大丈夫でした（マンションです）。朝過ぎて仕事に行ったもう過ぎたから
通勤も大丈夫だった。一つのいいことは網戸は全部きれいになったでも窓が
汚くなっちゃった。

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Akiba Festival

These were taken at the Akiba Festival in Chiryu, which I had taken part in.

Carrying the fireworks box. We jump around the city to show our strength.

Close up of me carrying the box into Chiryu Shrine.

Later that night we had a fireworks display. I am near the left in the photo.

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Snow Leopard

Just upgraded to the new snow leopard took me two
days and everything is back to the way it was (did a clean
install wiped the disk)
Not so much as a hiccup.
Except for some minor third party plugins for Safari,
everything is working as smooth as ice.

 Mac OS X 10.6.0 is a recommend for everyone with
a Mac. Intel Mac that is.

 Have a good one

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Japan and Safety

Japan is a rather safe and honest country from my point of view.
Yesterday we went to a theme park and left my iPhone in the car
and left the car unlocked for about three hours. When I realised
that the I left it in the car I went to get it and it was where I left it.

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My Muscles are complaining

I had played tennis on Friday and then today I have played Basketball
so my thigh muscles are really really complaining to me to stop
exercising. But I think I will keep working out tomorrow.

 Also this Friday will be the beginning of 安城(Anjo)City's
七夕祭(Tanabata Festival) The Chinese Valentine's Day.
And on Saturday my local district's Bon Odori (Japanese
Halloween without the Costumes but a lot of dancing.)

 If your in Chiryu or Anjo, please com along and enjoy the fun.

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The Working wounded

I have recently found that my body is getting older. IT is prone to injury and healing is taking a lot longer that it used to.

At the moment my injuries are ligament damage to the left thumb and pulled left hamstring muscle.

I used to be able work these injuries out but now they are getting me down.

Well chat to you more next time till then stay cool and keep living!!!