2012年12月31日月曜日

大晦日 New Year’s Eve

大掃除は終わりましたかね?
我が家は、来年3月に引っ越しをするので、そこそこに終わらせました。
さて、今年も嫁が正月用の花飾りを会社で作って来ました。
ワシのブログに公開せー。っちゅうもんで、ご披露します。
材料さえ有れば、この程度は誰でも作れると思うんだがね。

Have you finished last day’s cleanup?
In my case, we will move to new condominium in next Mar so we did it so so.
Anyway, my wife made New Year’s lei at our company this year too and she requests me to show it in my blog.
She has lots of proud of this but I think everybody can make this kind of easy lei, if people had materials. 


2012年12月24日月曜日

高見ちゃん Takami-chan

高校の同級生の高見ちゃんから北海道ラーメンが送られて来ました。
去年も頂いたのですが、今年のは具まで入って豪華版。
寒い冬のラーメンは最高!
ワシの腕にかかれば、意外と家でも美味しく作れまっせ。

今日はクリスマスイヴだけど・・嫁は会社の友達とヤマハ吹奏楽部の
演奏会へ行ってしまい、ワシは一人家でお留守番。
しっかし、無駄に天気いいわぁ~!

I've got a gift, Hokkaido Ramen, from Takami-chan, my class mate in high school.
Last year, also he sent me but this time, it includes also topping so grade up from last year.
You know, eating Ramen in cold winter is so nice!
By my cooking skill, I can cook very yummy Ramen even in my house.

Today is Christmas Eve but my wife went to Yamaha brass band club concert with  company friend so I’m staying in my house alone.
It is real "home alone".
Anyway, today’s weather is so nice but nothing to do and nowhere to go!


2012年12月23日日曜日

エアコン Air conditioner

来年3月新居に引っ越すにあたり、今リビングで使用しているエアコンが
7年選手になるので、部屋が一つ増える事やしリビング用で大きめのエアコンを
買わないかんなぁ。と思い電気屋さんへ。
大きさは、まぁ4kwhかな。と見ていたら高い奴は25万円。安いのは16万円。
エライ値段が違うな。省エネの奴がいいんだが・・・。と店員さんに声をかけると
「丁度このクラスは11月に各社新機種を発売したので、旧型は安くなってます。
 旧型は在庫無くなり次第販売終了です。25万円のが新型、16万円が旧型ですが
 どちらも最上位機種です。省エネでは三菱”霧ヶ峰”が断然一番」との事。
家に帰り得意の価格.comの書き込みチェック。
128,000円で買っている人がおり、交渉価格はこれで決まり。
あとは決戦に臨むのみ!
浜松のヤマダ電機で希望価格を伝えると、133,000円が精一杯との事で了解。
来年3月の配送で購入即決。しかし、元々25万円もしている製品が
旧型になると約半額になるんだから、絶対家電は新機種が出た時に旧機種を買うに
つきるとつくづく思う日でした。

My air conditioner, now we using, is seven years old and next Mar, we will move to new condominium so I went to electric shop for checking air conditioner price because new condo has one more room so I need bigger one for living room.
I think the size should be 4kwh and checked the prices in the electric shop.
In there, expensive one is about JPY250,000 and cheap one is about JPY160,000.
The price has big differences but I prefer energy saving model so I tried to ask salesclerk.
He said “in Nov, every electric companies released new models of this size so old model price is down and the old model will be finish to sell soon after inventories sold out.
JPY250,000 is new model and JPY160,000 is old model but both are the highest model.
And in his opinion, he thinks Mitsubishi Kirigamine is by far the best energy saving model.

The day, I returned to home and checked comments about the model in website, Kakaku.com, as usual.
There was one person who bought the model JPY128,000 so my target price is fixed.
My final mission, price negotiating battle, is settled.
I visited Yamada electric in Hamamatsu and I told my target price to salesclerk but his best is JPY133,000 so I accept it and I made a deal for delivery it in Mar.
But you know, original price was about JPY250,000 but if it became old model, the price will be about half so I really thought we must buy electrical fittings old model when new model was released.



2012年12月16日日曜日

衆議院選挙 The House of Representatives vote


本日16日は、全国的に衆議院選挙投票日!
皆さん投票には行きましたか?
高い税金払っているんですから、必ず投票に行きましょう!
って事で私の選挙区は静岡3区、しっかり投票して来ました。
証拠写真を撮りましたが、旗の横からVサインを出してるのは同居している
関西出身の人。
普通に写れはいいのに、これが関西の笑いのセンスなのか???
まるで小学生(笑)。
誰か解るでしょ?
そう、これがかの有名な一反木綿さんです!
ビックリ、ここにいたんですね。

All of you know, today is the House of Representatives vote day in Japan.
Did you go to the vote already?
We are paying lots of duty so we must go to vote!
My election district was third area in Shizuoka and of cause, I’ve already gone there.
I took evidence picture but you may see V sign hands behind from flag, right?
It is my roommate, coming from Kansai area.
You know, I think she should take a picture as usual but it is maybe the refined sense of Kansai people but of cause, I cannot understand it.
It looks elementally school student.
You may know who she is, right?
Yes, she is the famous monster “Ittanmomen”!
It is rare to meet her but she was here.



2012年12月12日水曜日

再会 Reunion

11日、Yukoファミリー(夫ロビー未帰国)と京都で再会。
新たに家族に加わったセナ君とは初対面。
とっても大人しい子でワシ好みよ。
ママとお姉ちゃんがトイレに行ってる間、ワシと2人っきりでお留守番してたけど
全然いい子で食べちゃいたい位。
セナ君みたいに大人しい子なら我が家にも欲しいと思ったわ。
実はワシ、ベビーカーを押した事が無いんよ。
そんな訳で今回初ベビーカー&写真は無いけど初赤ん坊を膝抱っこさせて
もらいました。
ミオちゃんも相変わらず可愛くて、ワシの事を「たてしー」って呼んでくれます。

On 11th, I met with Yuko family in Kyoto but her husband Roby is not because he is still in Canada.
He will come to Japan around Christmas.
I could have first meeting with Sena-kun, new family of them.
He is very quiet boy so I really like him.
During Mom and sister went to toilet, he was stay with me but he never cry.
He was waiting them by really nice and calm attitude.
If I can have the kind of calm baby like him, I thought having baby will be good.
As you know, I don’t have baby so I don’t have experience to push baby car.
So this time was first time of me to push it and I didn’t take picture but also I could hold him on my knee.
Normally baby will cry, if unknown person try to hold but Sena-kun never cry.
And of cause, Mio-chan is also still cute and she call me “Tateshi~~!!”.
Too cute!!!!



2012年12月9日日曜日

台湾2012 Dec 

6日~8日の日程で台湾出張。
気温は16~22℃位で半袖ではちょっと寒い感じです。
仕事が割と早く終わったので、ホテルの周りを散策。
今回も羽田⇔台北松山空港便での往復だってので
台北中心部の六福ホテルに宿泊。地下鉄の駅が目の前に
あり、松山空港までは地下鉄で25元、約30分で行けました。
台北の地下鉄は非常に綺麗で、案内板も確りしていたので
全然迷う事無くスムーズに行けました。
これなら、観光で来ても全然何処でも行けてしまいますわ。
ちなみに1台湾元は約2.8円です。

I was on business trip to Taiwan from 6 to 8th.
Temperature was between 16 and 22 degree so half sleeve was little bit feeling cold.
My job was finished earlier so I walked around hotel.
This time also I use flight between Haneda airport and Taipei Songshan airport go and back so I stayed 六福hotel in center of Taipei.
Subway station was located in front of the hotel so I can go to Sonshan airport by the subway with TWD25 and it takes about 30 minutes.
The Taipei subway was very clean and information is good too so I could go to the airport very smoothly.
I could easily use Taipei subway so if I come to here with personal trip, I can go to everywhere by myself.
Anyway, the 1TWD is about JPY2.8.


2012年12月5日水曜日

引っ越し見積り Removal estimation

来年3月の新居引っ越しに向けて、各引っ越し業者さんから見積もりをとりました。
3月、4月は転勤、新入学などで引っ越し業者にとって超ハイシーズン。
な訳で引っ越し料金は12万円程度と高め。
でも、アリさんマーク、アート、サカイの3社に見積りをお願いしたんだけど
3社ともお土産持参。
アリさんは水とカロリーメイト、アートは洗剤関係、サカイは米2kg。
見積り取っただけで色々貰いました。
その分安くしろよっ!

We will move to new condominium next Mar so I ask removal estimation to some companies.
In Japan, lots of students and company staff move in Mar and Apr so the months are very high season for remover.
So the estimation price, about JPY120,000, is higher than the other season but there was little good thing for me.
You know what it is?
I get 3 remover’s estimations and all the three companies has brought gift to me.
Of cause, it is free.
First company, Ant mark, is water and calorie mate.
Second, Art, is detergents.
Third, Sakai, is rice 1kg.
Only I asked estimation and I got these gifts.
But you know, if they give me the kind of gifts, I want to request them making estimation cheaper the gift value.