Mr. K's Half marathon, TV, cable, cosmos and baseball
First, I want to say Congratulations to Mr. K because he finished a half-marathon. I honestly didn't think he could do it because of two reasons. The first reason is that he only trained about 2 months. The second reason is that he injured his knee two weeks ago. So, when he called me on Sunday night and said "I finished!", I was surprised.
Our dialogue after that went like this:
Mr. K: My time was 3 hours and 5 seconds.
Me: Good job! The time isn't important, the fact that you finished your first half-marathon is most important!
Mr. K: Thanks for saying that. I know. But I really wanted to finish under 3 hours. I missed it by only 5 measly seconds!...ah, and my knee is killing me!
Me: Listen, you should be proud of yourself! Take it easy this week and ice that knee tonight!
Mr. K: Alright, that's exactly what I am gonna do. Talk to you later.
Me: Ciao.
Next, after much deliberation, and many trips to the electronic goods shops, I made some big purchases recently. I got a new laptop computer, a new tv, and cable tv. And, I got 26,000 ECO points! Concerning the ECO points, applying for the points was easy. But I was surprised to learn that it takes up to 4 months to actually get the points...
Have any of you gotten ECO points yet? If yes, what did you use them on? Now I am thinking about what to use mine on...Any ideas?
The laptop I bought is made by Fujitsu. The maker of the huge 42 inch plasma tv I got is Panasonic. And with cable tv, now I can watch a lot of tv shows and programs which are from America. It is like a new world of tv and I am excited about it. If you have cable tv, are there any shows, channels which you recommend?
Some random notes, I saw some beautiful Cosmos flowers in Nishinomiya last Sunday. I recommend anyone and everyone to go see them. They will definitely make your day and feeling brighter!
Oh yeah, before I forget, I watched the last baseball game of the year last weekend. Luckily, I could watch it on my new tv. Both games, which went into extra innings, were very exciting and nail-biters!!! And this is an interesting excerpt from and article from "The Japan Times" about Game 6 of the Japan Series.
"Saturday's Game 6 of the Japan Series was aired on Fuji Television across the nation. Due to the length of the game, the audience witnessed some rare things they don't normally see.The station was prepared to show the game until 10:54 p.m. in case the game ended late. But it went longer than Fuji had expected and ended up being the longest game in Japan Series history (5 hours and 43 minutes).Fuji had not sold commercial spots after 11 p.m., so it showed the game without any commercials for nearly an hour until the end of the game.As a result, other programs were pushed back after the baseball game. For example, a Japanese movie that was originally scheduled to start at 9 p.m. began at 12:10 a.m."
For the whole article read here please:
"Batting center hit hard by recession"
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20101108n1.html
Below is a beautiful night view!!! I hope to be able to see such views soon too!!
First, I want to say Congratulations to Mr. K because he finished a half-marathon. I honestly didn't think he could do it because of two reasons. The first reason is that he only trained about 2 months. The second reason is that he injured his knee two weeks ago. So, when he called me on Sunday night and said "I finished!", I was surprised.
Our dialogue after that went like this:
Mr. K: My time was 3 hours and 5 seconds.
Me: Good job! The time isn't important, the fact that you finished your first half-marathon is most important!
Mr. K: Thanks for saying that. I know. But I really wanted to finish under 3 hours. I missed it by only 5 measly seconds!...ah, and my knee is killing me!
Me: Listen, you should be proud of yourself! Take it easy this week and ice that knee tonight!
Mr. K: Alright, that's exactly what I am gonna do. Talk to you later.
Me: Ciao.
Next, after much deliberation, and many trips to the electronic goods shops, I made some big purchases recently. I got a new laptop computer, a new tv, and cable tv. And, I got 26,000 ECO points! Concerning the ECO points, applying for the points was easy. But I was surprised to learn that it takes up to 4 months to actually get the points...
Have any of you gotten ECO points yet? If yes, what did you use them on? Now I am thinking about what to use mine on...Any ideas?
The laptop I bought is made by Fujitsu. The maker of the huge 42 inch plasma tv I got is Panasonic. And with cable tv, now I can watch a lot of tv shows and programs which are from America. It is like a new world of tv and I am excited about it. If you have cable tv, are there any shows, channels which you recommend?
Some random notes, I saw some beautiful Cosmos flowers in Nishinomiya last Sunday. I recommend anyone and everyone to go see them. They will definitely make your day and feeling brighter!
Oh yeah, before I forget, I watched the last baseball game of the year last weekend. Luckily, I could watch it on my new tv. Both games, which went into extra innings, were very exciting and nail-biters!!! And this is an interesting excerpt from and article from "The Japan Times" about Game 6 of the Japan Series.
"Saturday's Game 6 of the Japan Series was aired on Fuji Television across the nation. Due to the length of the game, the audience witnessed some rare things they don't normally see.The station was prepared to show the game until 10:54 p.m. in case the game ended late. But it went longer than Fuji had expected and ended up being the longest game in Japan Series history (5 hours and 43 minutes).Fuji had not sold commercial spots after 11 p.m., so it showed the game without any commercials for nearly an hour until the end of the game.As a result, other programs were pushed back after the baseball game. For example, a Japanese movie that was originally scheduled to start at 9 p.m. began at 12:10 a.m."
For the whole article read here please:
"Batting center hit hard by recession"
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20101108n1.html
Below is a beautiful night view!!! I hope to be able to see such views soon too!!
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