ACHIKOCHI

Fujisan - Jan 30

2012-01-30T08:16:00.000+09:00

7:38am

7:40am

Fujisan - Jan 27

2012-01-27T18:11:00.000+09:00

4:55pm

4:54pm

More quotes (II)

2012-01-26T23:24:00.000+09:00

"When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something." - Jared Sparks

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast" - Oscar Wilde

"The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves" - Oscar Wilde

"A ship is safe in harbour, but that's not what ships are for." - William Shedd

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" - Mark Twain

"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool" - William Shakespeare

"I would've taken a bullet for my wife, but now I'd rather be the one pulling the trigger" - (Larry Carlat NYTimes link: http://tinyurl.com/7l29xz7 )

"Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order." - Anne Wilson Schaef

"If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you'll certainly be right" - Steve Jobs

"You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself." - Galileo

A goal without a plan is just a wish." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Fujisan - Jan 26

2012-01-26T07:11:00.001+09:00

6:49am

Yokohama Evening Sky - Jan 25

2012-01-25T21:50:00.001+09:00

Time-lapse from 4:18pm to 6:03pm

Fujisan - Jan 25

2012-01-25T07:44:00.001+09:00

7:28am

Yokohama Evening Sky - Jan 24

2012-01-24T22:04:00.001+09:00

Time-lapse from 4:26pm to 5:52pm

Fujisan - Jan 24

2012-01-24T08:56:00.001+09:00

8:02am

Wereldnet 24 januari

2012-01-23T22:07:00.000+09:00

Meegedaan aan Wereldnet van Radio Nderland Wereldomroep.

Audio in de site van Wereldnet:
http://www.rnw.nl/nederlands/radioshow/monniken-moeten-aan-de-speed-date

2012-01-22T19:38:00.001+09:00

Celebrating Chinese New Year @Julie&Eric

24 photos

Old Photos

2012-01-18T15:34:00.001+09:00

Forgotten photos found in a cardboard box

18 photos

Yokohama Evening Sky - Jan 17

2012-01-17T23:37:00.001+09:00

Time-lapse 4:22pm - 5:55pm

Japan Earthquakes 2011 Visualization Map

2012-01-15T19:47:00.002+09:00

Japan earthquakes 2011 visualization map

Some quotes

2012-01-15T19:27:00.001+09:00

"Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open." - Thomas Dewar

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field" - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and Nobel Prize winner

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out." - Titus Livius

"Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late." - Benjamin Franklin

"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." - William Penn

"A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible" - Thomas Hardy

"New Year's Day… now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual" - Mark Twain

"A man is incomplete until he is married. After that, he is finished." - Zsa Zsa Gabor

"Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative" - Maurice Chevalier

"When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you don't say 'no' to yourself" - Paulo Coelho

"No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess." - Isaac Newton

"I never dared to be radical when young. For fear it would make me conservative when old" - Robert Frost

"Marriage is when a man and woman become as one; the trouble starts when they try to decide which one." (Anonymous)

“It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.” - Oscar Wilde

"Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable." - Oscar Wilde

"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same" - Oscar Wilde

"Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood" - Oscar Wilde

Fujisan - Jan 13

2012-01-13T07:30:00.001+09:00

7:02am

7:08am

Yokohama Evening Sky - Jan 12

2012-01-12T19:24:00.000+09:00

Time-lapse from 4:02pm to 5:36pm

Yokohama Evening Sky - Jan 10

2012-01-10T18:32:00.000+09:00

from 4:41pm to 5:50pm

Fujisan - Jan 9

2012-01-09T09:50:00.002+09:00

8:52am

5:08pm

5:13pm

Fujisan - Jan 8

2012-01-08T08:46:00.001+09:00

8:35am

International Food Party

2012-01-07T22:50:00.001+09:00

50 photos

Morning in Yokohama - Jan 6

2012-01-06T08:41:00.001+09:00

Time-lapse from 6:15am tot 7:54am

Fujisan - Jan 6

2012-01-06T08:20:00.001+09:00

7:00am

Fujisan - Jan 5

2012-01-05T10:45:00.001+09:00

8:57am

9:12am

4:37pm

4:39pm

5:09pm

Yokohama Sunset - 4 jan. 2012

2012-01-04T21:17:00.001+09:00

From 3:48pm to 5:31pm

Moon Sky

2012-01-04T08:30:00.001+09:00

00:13am

Fujisan - Jan 3

2012-01-03T15:09:00.001+09:00

10:26am

Morning in Yokohama

2012-01-03T10:05:00.000+09:00

Time-lapse from 6:07am to 7:48am

The Moon - Jan 3th

2012-01-03T00:31:00.001+09:00

00:15am

Cat

2012-01-02T19:00:00.002+09:00

'The cat has to be the center of attraction. Not a TV'

Yokohama Sunset - 2 jan. 2012

2012-01-02T18:44:00.001+09:00

Time-lape from 4:02pm to 5:46pm

Mt. Fuji - Jan 2

2012-01-02T15:53:00.003+09:00

3:31pm

4:38pm

Sunset in Yokohama On New Year's Day

2012-01-01T18:59:00.003+09:00

Time-lapse from 4:55pm to 5:38pm

Yokohama Evening Sky

2012-01-01T18:58:00.002+09:00

4:34pm

New Year 2012

2012-01-01T18:58:00.001+09:00

13 photos

Fujisan - Dec 31

2011-12-31T09:47:00.000+09:00

9:18am

Izakaya, Shimbashi

2011-12-31T09:33:00.001+09:00

Short Ride in Yokohama

2011-12-31T08:37:00.004+09:00

Fujisan - Dec 30

2011-12-30T07:28:00.002+09:00

7:00am

9:38am

9:19am

4:35pm

Cocktails

2011-12-30T07:27:00.000+09:00

ひょうたん　炭焼き肉

2011-12-29T14:38:00.001+09:00

In Hyoutan Yakiniku with old friends

Lonely Walk at the beach in Hayama

2011-12-28T11:37:00.001+09:00

31 photos

Fujisan - Dec 28th

2011-12-28T08:31:00.000+09:00

8:16am

Yokohama Evening Sky - Dec 27

2011-12-27T18:27:00.001+09:00

Time-lapse from 4:13pm to 5:32pm

Fuji san from Hayama

2011-12-27T18:09:00.000+09:00

Fujisan from Hayama, Zushi. 9:55am (2011-12-27)

Evening light - Dec 26th

2011-12-26T18:04:00.002+09:00

Time-lapse from 4:12pm to 5:28pm (Venus, The Moon & Fujisan visible)

Fujisan - Dec 26th

2011-12-26T07:39:00.004+09:00

6:53am

6:54am

8:15am

8:53am

10:36am

4:36pm

Evening Light - Dec 25th

2011-12-25T18:50:00.001+09:00

4:29pm

4:40pm

Yokohama Evening Sky - Dec 25

2011-12-25T18:49:00.000+09:00

Time-lapse from 3:57pm to 5:32pm

Fujisan - Dec 25th

2011-12-25T07:38:00.001+09:00

7:09am

7:09am

7:10am

Joyeux Noël!

2011-12-24T22:33:00.002+09:00

Christmas in Japan is not a family gathering. It is Valentine's Day. You need a boyfriend/girlfriend and have a romantic dinner in a western style restaurant (this is Japan). My daughter (16) hinted she wanted to do exactly that. I refused. Too young. But I proposed to be the cook at home. Boyfriend was invited. An opportunity to check him out. He seems to be a nice guy. My daughter made a good choice. As long as it is not a definitive choice... Here some pictures of the food, made with love (not perfect)

9 photos

Evening Twilight

2011-12-24T17:18:00.001+09:00

4:59pm

Mt. Fuji - Dec 24

2011-12-24T17:17:00.000+09:00

8:36am

4:36pm

Morning Sky - Dec 24

2011-12-24T08:31:00.001+09:00

Time-lapse from 6:21am to 7:58am

Oscar Wilde Quotes

2011-12-24T08:19:00.002+09:00

Some Oscar Wilde quotes:

"I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after"

"Be yourself. Everybody else is already taken."

"I can resist anything but temptation."

"Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing"

"I am not young enough to know everything"

"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best"

"It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes"

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live"

"Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals"

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars"

"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made"

"It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart"

“It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.”

Night View From Roof

2011-12-24T08:17:00.000+09:00

10:05pm

Yokohama Evening Sky - Dec 23

2011-12-23T20:43:00.001+09:00

Time-lapse from 4:07pm to 5:27pm

Bonenkai

2011-12-23T01:04:00.002+09:00

忘年会 2011

Fujisan - Dec 20th

2011-12-20T07:14:00.001+09:00

6:48am

6:51am

Yokohama Evening Sky - Dec 19th

2011-12-19T18:25:00.000+09:00

4:57pm

Fujisan - Dec 17th

2011-12-17T07:20:00.001+09:00

6:43am

6:44am

Yokohama Evening Sky - Dec 16th

2011-12-16T23:30:00.000+09:00

Time-lapse from 3:36pm to 5:18pm

Cold shut-down?

2011-12-16T15:19:00.001+09:00

Prime Minister Noda is expected to announce today that engineers have brought the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to a 'cold shut-down condition'.

Should we be relieved? No! It's playing with words. It's a lie. 'Cold shutdown' does not have much meaning for severely damaged reactors like those at Fukushima Daiichi.

See this article in the NYTimes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/world/asia/japan-set-to-declare-control-over-damaged-nuclear-reactors.html

Yokohama Evening Sky - Dec 13th

2011-12-14T14:48:00.000+09:00

Time-lapse between 4:02pm and 5:28pm Dec 13th

Fujisan - Dec 13th

2011-12-13T07:10:00.000+09:00

6:43am

6:44am

Fujisan - Dec 12th

2011-12-12T06:52:00.002+09:00

6:41am

12:08pm

4:30pm

4:57pm

5:09pm

Fujisan - Dec 11th

2011-12-11T18:21:00.001+09:00

7:08am

5:13pm

5:15pm

Lunar Eclipse - Dec 10

2011-12-10T23:45:00.002+09:00

9:52pm Japan Time

10:19pm

11:10pm

00:02am

00:32am

00:58am

00:13am

Yokohama Evening Sky - Dec 10th

2011-12-10T18:56:00.001+09:00

From 4:17pm to 5:20pm

From the roof

2011-12-10T17:43:00.000+09:00

5:04pm

4:33pm

Fujisan - Dec 10th

2011-12-10T08:52:00.002+09:00

7:37am

4:23pm

4:23pm

Fujisan - Dec 9th

2011-12-09T18:51:00.000+09:00

4:30pm

5:03pm

Fujisan - Dec 7th

2011-12-07T07:29:00.000+09:00

7:19am

Fujisan - Dec 5th

2011-12-05T12:22:00.003+09:00

9:41am

4:44pm

The Moon - Dec 4th

2011-12-04T19:47:00.001+09:00

7:36pm

Fujisan - Dec 4th

2011-12-04T07:12:00.001+09:00

6:43am

Little Insect

2011-11-28T13:59:00.000+09:00

Shot with Olloclip for iPhone

Fujisan - Nov. 26th

2011-11-26T07:48:00.000+09:00

7:37am

Fujisan - Nov. 25th

2011-11-25T07:34:00.000+09:00

6:32am

6:32am

6:55am

Olloclip

2011-11-24T17:00:00.002+09:00

My new toy from the US: Olloclip for iPhone: http://www.olloclip.com/

Here the first picture taken with the Olloclip macro lens: The shutter dial of my Fujifilm X100.

Fujisan - Nov. 24th

2011-11-24T16:59:00.002+09:00

6:42am

4:27pm

4:40pm

Cat in a bag

2011-11-23T21:45:00.001+09:00

Cat in a bag

Rain Clouds Moving In

2011-11-23T19:12:00.001+09:00

From 4:28pm to 5:05pm. Rain Clouds moving in

Fujisan - Nov. 22nd

2011-11-22T07:08:00.001+09:00

6:23am - 6:26am

Nov 21st

2011-11-21T21:44:00.000+09:00

Just a Monday evening:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14591708@N00/sets/72157628079836849/detail/

Yokohama Evening Sky - Nov 21

2011-11-21T18:34:00.001+09:00

Time-lapse from 4:01pm to 5:20pm

Fujisan - Nov. 20th

2011-11-20T19:49:00.001+09:00

6:51am

7:25am

Morning Clouds - Nov 20

2011-11-20T07:49:00.001+09:00

from 6:02am to 7:36am. Somewhat shaky images: I forgot to desactivate the autofocus

Yokohama Evening Sky - Nov 18

2011-11-19T20:46:00.001+09:00

From 4:0tpm to 5:11pm

Mt. Fuji - Nov 17th

2011-11-17T07:06:00.001+09:00

6:27am

Bicycle River Trip

2011-11-16T17:02:00.001+09:00

52.03 km bicycle ride. Mainly Tsurumi River & Hayabuchi River cycle paths. Link map:

http://runkeeper.com/user/vincentvds/activity/60074484

Fujisan - Nov. 16th

2011-11-16T17:01:00.001+09:00

7:07am

Tepco management has to go

2011-11-15T22:13:00.001+09:00

"TEPCO is effectively bankrupt, but management remains almost intact":

TEPCO shareholders demand directors pay for mistakes (Asahi)

Almighty TEPCO

2011-11-15T16:43:00.001+09:00

Unbelievable. You can't even win a lawsuit against the TEPCO bunglers for the damage the caused your business:

Fukushima golf course lawsuit against TEPCO dismissed (majiroxnews)

Farmland not safe for farming

2011-11-15T16:41:00.001+09:00

"An international team of researchers urge the Japanese government to carry out a more thorough assessment of radioactive contamination across Japan":

Japan farm radioactive levels probed (BBC News)

The crisis isn't over yet

2011-11-15T16:39:00.001+09:00

Link:

From Minamata to Fukushima The Japanese Nuclear Crisis Isn't Over Yet (Huff Post)

Yokohama Evening Sky - Nov 13

2011-11-14T01:07:00.002+09:00

Time-lapse from 3:45pm to 5:34pm

Fujisan - Nov. 12th

2011-11-12T22:13:00.001+09:00

Mt. Fuji this morning at 6:24am

Morning Sky - Nov 12

2011-11-12T22:10:00.001+09:00

Time-lapse from 5:35am to 7:07am

Wereldnet 10 november

2011-11-12T22:04:00.002+09:00

In deze uitzending: Curacao en Japan

Over Japan: 1. De strijd tegen de yakuza en 2. Radioactiviteit in Tokio

Audio via de Wereldnetsite van Radio Nederland Wereldomroep

Het stukje over de vrees voor radioactive straling hier

Clouds

2011-11-09T14:19:00.000+09:00

5:53 am - 2011, November 8th