with tai-kun @ ueno zoo
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Day 63 photo
Week10
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Some good progress, but not good enough.
Also need to keep in mind the rules for muscle-flattering lighting: dark room, no ambient light, harsh and direct lighting from above. Partially cloudy sunlight does not do my abs justice...then again they need more work anyway so no blaming it on the sun, eh.
perfect lazy sunday
perfect lazy sunday
Originally uploaded by renfield
Mokun asleep on my chest, Ton playing on the beach, warm sun, cool breeze...
ishihara family lunch
ishihara family lunch
Originally uploaded by renfield
Vegan curry, veggies from the garden, fruits salad, chips and guac.
anniversary
Apparently this is around about the time It Happened.
Last night there were a bunch of fans hanging out in front of our apartment building taking photos, so Hiroko called the security company to scare them off.
And this morning there were three more, taking photos and preparing to lay flowers.
I went out and scared the living hell out of them. They were so young they could not have been more than 6 years old when It Happened over a decade ago anyway.
So I busted out my best Grumpy Old Man Japanese and gave them the "You are so selfish thinking about nothing but yourself. Normal people live here now; my kids could not sleep last night because of the trouble you and your friends caused. Scared my wife, too. How would you like it if I came at night and took photos of YOUR house? We are trying to live our lives and get on with it, why don't you do the same? Stop thinking about just yourself all the time. Stop causing so much trouble; leave. Now."
I think being told off so forcefully by some random white guy on a Saturday morning was the LAST thing they expected. One girl was most visibly scared, the guy with the camera just looked like I was speaking in tongues and had horns growing out of my forehead, and the other girl must have simply been in shock.
Anyway, GET THE F"#$%K OFF MY LAWN!
Last night there were a bunch of fans hanging out in front of our apartment building taking photos, so Hiroko called the security company to scare them off.
And this morning there were three more, taking photos and preparing to lay flowers.
I went out and scared the living hell out of them. They were so young they could not have been more than 6 years old when It Happened over a decade ago anyway.
So I busted out my best Grumpy Old Man Japanese and gave them the "You are so selfish thinking about nothing but yourself. Normal people live here now; my kids could not sleep last night because of the trouble you and your friends caused. Scared my wife, too. How would you like it if I came at night and took photos of YOUR house? We are trying to live our lives and get on with it, why don't you do the same? Stop thinking about just yourself all the time. Stop causing so much trouble; leave. Now."
I think being told off so forcefully by some random white guy on a Saturday morning was the LAST thing they expected. One girl was most visibly scared, the guy with the camera just looked like I was speaking in tongues and had horns growing out of my forehead, and the other girl must have simply been in shock.
Anyway, GET THE F"#$%K OFF MY LAWN!
Week 8 results
Week 8
Originally uploaded by Peak Condition Ren
Peak Condition Project: no bullsh!t, just results. And I am only 2/3 done -- 4 more weeks to go!
getting better?
So after several days of fever, The Mighty Mo was gettin a wee bit better.
After waking up at a reasonable morning time and having breakfast, Ton woke me up around 7, just right for doing my jumps and workout.
Kazuko-baba had spent the night and was helping with breakfast whilst I sweated away in the living room before having my own food.
Then we unpacked Ton's tight new ride (her favorite part being the helmet, which she wanted to wear all day) AND The Table.
Man but do I love me that table! Back when Ikea stuff was build by Swedish hands, in Sweden. And it uses the SAME allen wrench and the same four basic bolts to flat-pack the whole damn thing.
I absolutely guarantee I am the only guy in Japan paid a couple grand US to get a 40 year-old Ikea table shipped around the world!
So after getting the table set up, the weather started breaking; last night's utterly miserable SLEET melted away as the sun broke through the gray clouds.
So we all piled onto the bus and headed to Mitsukoshi for the Eatalian Festival. As expected, it was a mob-scene, with sharp-elbowed grandma's paying no heed as they moved from free sample to free sample; Parmesan to ham to olive oil to wine...we picked up some awesome olives (first time in my life I will admit that olives taste good, so I had to buy a pack), P got a couple panecotta desserts and a sandwich, and I searched for some balsamic that could beat the white stuff I bought last week. I failed, btw.
We then took a break at the kids room, where there was an actual MD on duty, for free. (You Americans can make fun of bloody Socialists all you want; it is AWESOME that a major department store puts an MD on duty every Saturday afternoon for free consultations, just because they think it's The Right Thing To Do For Society.) The Mo-nster was starting to show a bit of a rash after having a fever for several days, so we all agreed it is most likely Roseola. Ton had it twice; pretty much all kids under two get it, no idea why or how, nothing to do but wait for it to go away.
Headed down in the basement to pick up dinner fixings. Another reason I Love Japan: department store basements. Even given that I am PCPing, I grabbed several awesome Japanese veggie dishes and some Korean umeboshi kimchi which sounds wrong but is SO. GOOD and we taxi'd home for dinner.
So glad that I could help P with the kids; gave her a bit of a break AND had a great day with the family.
After waking up at a reasonable morning time and having breakfast, Ton woke me up around 7, just right for doing my jumps and workout.
Kazuko-baba had spent the night and was helping with breakfast whilst I sweated away in the living room before having my own food.
Then we unpacked Ton's tight new ride (her favorite part being the helmet, which she wanted to wear all day) AND The Table.
Man but do I love me that table! Back when Ikea stuff was build by Swedish hands, in Sweden. And it uses the SAME allen wrench and the same four basic bolts to flat-pack the whole damn thing.
I absolutely guarantee I am the only guy in Japan paid a couple grand US to get a 40 year-old Ikea table shipped around the world!
So after getting the table set up, the weather started breaking; last night's utterly miserable SLEET melted away as the sun broke through the gray clouds.
So we all piled onto the bus and headed to Mitsukoshi for the Eatalian Festival. As expected, it was a mob-scene, with sharp-elbowed grandma's paying no heed as they moved from free sample to free sample; Parmesan to ham to olive oil to wine...we picked up some awesome olives (first time in my life I will admit that olives taste good, so I had to buy a pack), P got a couple panecotta desserts and a sandwich, and I searched for some balsamic that could beat the white stuff I bought last week. I failed, btw.
We then took a break at the kids room, where there was an actual MD on duty, for free. (You Americans can make fun of bloody Socialists all you want; it is AWESOME that a major department store puts an MD on duty every Saturday afternoon for free consultations, just because they think it's The Right Thing To Do For Society.) The Mo-nster was starting to show a bit of a rash after having a fever for several days, so we all agreed it is most likely Roseola. Ton had it twice; pretty much all kids under two get it, no idea why or how, nothing to do but wait for it to go away.
Headed down in the basement to pick up dinner fixings. Another reason I Love Japan: department store basements. Even given that I am PCPing, I grabbed several awesome Japanese veggie dishes and some Korean umeboshi kimchi which sounds wrong but is SO. GOOD and we taxi'd home for dinner.
So glad that I could help P with the kids; gave her a bit of a break AND had a great day with the family.
the table!
the table!
Originally uploaded by renfield
Original Ikea, bought in Sweden nearly 40 years ago when I was born there. And now it is mine!
week 6 results
Week 6
Originally uploaded by Peak Condition Ren
Forgot to post/mention this, and I will have week 7 up in a few more days, but anyway things to note here:
1) need to trim down the manly chest hair as there is ALOT more muscle definition going on than meets the eye
2) the ink also hides some cool arm muscle stuff -- will need to post other photos some day, but needless to say I have all kinds of ridges and things on my shoulders, upper back, etc. Even the tops of my thighs have muscles creasing skin and sticking about. Really neat stuff!
3) The 6-pack is SO CLOSE I can feel it, literally. When I wake up at 5:3am and do my jumps and 8MA before breakfast, on the last set of crunches, after jumping and on an empty stomach, I can sort of see them and definitely feel them.
So within my grasp, I am loving it! Focus, baby focus!
two from the jikka
two from the jikka
Originally uploaded by renfield
P's parents sent us:
1- a traditional warrior helmet display for Boys Day
2- 30 kilos of rice
gettin a haircut!
gettin a haircut!
Originally uploaded by renfield
She wanted to have her hair cut so we went to barber kawamura.
what is better than eating choco-mint icecream?
what is better than eating choco-mint icecream?
Originally uploaded by renfield
my daughter eating choco-mint icecream!
Week 5
Week 5
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Results of week five.
Six-pack here I come!
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