Drawing Board

Challenging myself .....from the drawing board...........

..to reality..,the abilities to reveal my hidden talent..

New Toy

' See What You Want , Get What You See '

A Very Long Weekend !

No...not the timing or because I was bored..I mean long driving - got to retrieve something very important so Sunday morning I started from Kashikojima , where I live and drive to ......

Osaka which was 237 km away.....reached , had a quick coffee then off to Tokyo.....

which was 537 km - my car navigation took me to a different route - I 'wasted' extra kilometres and extra hours on the road because of traffic jam......reached Tokyo , checked in at a hotel next to a famous TV station....

the view from my room after I woke up in the morning ...last night was too tired to see what's outside......

another view...can see Tokyo Tower and the famous Rainbow Bridge (where's the rainbow ??)
and then went for a short meeting and finished an hour later..and continue my journey back home..no..not home ..Osaka first ..got to drop someone...so this time took a different route .....

passed by Mt Fuji...hmmm..could still see the snow at this time of the year..anyway I've got 483 kms to go .....

that's what was shown on my monitor , half tank I've got 493 km , estimated speed ( not car speed - I won't tell you ! :P ) of 67.3 and because of my crazy driving behaviour ..I only got 9.0 km per liter...ohh...my car drinks gas more than I drink my coffees...but I reached much more earlier !!....

Anyway , reached Osaka again , had a short break and dinner ( Sukiyaki ) and then continued my journey home ...another 237 km....

So in all.... yesterday , I drove for about 1494 kilometers within the period of 24 hours !

I did it because I have to get something very very important for someone I love !

Good Night . ( too tired to write ! )

Summer is here !

Yeay ..!! Summer is here already ! Even though hot but the day is longer , the sun is brighter , I feel more active and hopefully we could still see the summer sun in the next 100 years !

Food Galleries

uploaded new food galleries

whenever I travel , after I checking in into the hotel , the first thing I would do is to search for local restaurants and local food.

I want to.....

Today I was going through my Facebook , a friend's page and another friend's page which make me feel like I want to dive again. The weather has gone warmer...it's the best time to go dipping in the water...and the same time it brought me back old memories.....to the island where I used to help a friend running a dive shop.

Being a certified scuba diving instructor gave the opportunities to enjoy free dives almost everyday , meet new exciting people from all over the world from many kinds of life , made friends , taught them how to swim and dive ....

The island itself has it's own unique serenity...and through my own memories about half of the visitors either local or abroad are repeaters - people who has been there before and came back due to the atmosphere of the local people and the island itself.And most foreign tourists would end up staying at least a week and I have seen people stayed for months doing nothing but taking a stroll in the sunset , swim in the hot sun , basked under the coconut trees or just plainly do nothing !

The best part is all the beaches faces the sunset ...everyday.

So today , I ran through my old photo album and found some ' historical ' photos.The very first student whom I taught open water diver was a Japanese...sorry I can't remember his name ( because after that I taught and certified close to 2800 divers ! ) but I just hope if this guy ( hi ! ) in the picture read this blog , please get in touch with me. Anyway , that was loooong way back !

And I found this group photo after surfacing , taken monkey years ago , the girls ., yeah I still remember them and their names but funny ... majorities of my students are japanese ( I wonder is that the reason why God wanted me to migrate and live in Japan ? )



Of course , I would not forget these boys , I took the pride to teach them scuba diving , on seeing their income at that time wasn't enough for them to survive themselves , I asked only a very small fee , ( like free lunch ) and took the trouble to certify them because they have the interest and being local ., I assumed they would have a better future if I get them into diving , at least I mean I could get them into the industry where they can find work on an island of their own birthplace...why not ?
So...some remains and some don't ( uhh..young people you know...they would always say " whatever " ! ) but those remains are still active and those who seek other opportunities , I heard still diving but became commercial divers...anyway...somehow or rather , I feel proud until today that I thought to myself - " I've done something great in order to help other people feels happy and success in their life ".

Image Galleries

Wiped off my javascript and flash...changed to xhtml ...feel more comfortable and more space for updating..

an apple a day...

They say ' an apple a day keeps the doctor away..' well..maybe...as usual ...I feel bored easily..

so...I ordered the new super slim keyboard from Apple hooked it to my laptop ( running Vista )

and Voila..!! no problem and it worked ! Who says Apple and Windows don't work together ?

Birth of a new blog

if you think you are serious , you can and you want to be what you want to be ...this is the place..

Home Alone

What would you do if you are home alone for 3 days and had a day off in between ?

Me ?? First..I was bored...so I connected my laptop to my 52 inch via a HDMI cable..the result ? a super bright and huge computer 'monitor' - for my web surfing and checking the e mails.Even watched some movies too..!!

Then.., cooked food that I missed...fried mackerel in chinese thick soya sauce with black pepper and sambal belacan -a super duper hot chilli paste pounded with shrimp paste as appetizer...the result ? over fed ! ate too much that I had to walk around the house a few times !