June 28, 2006

Very humid and hot in Tokyo. I had to use air-conditioner whole night yesterday… I’ve been super busy since I came back here. I was traveling for two weeks. The first week, I was working in Helsinki and spent the weekend with close friends. Weather was great (hot!) and I enjoyed the beautiful summer. I could go to the famous Ashtanga yoga school in Helsinki and loved the class. I flew to Paris on my birthday. There were a lot to see but I had only 1.5 days! Churches were beautiful. On the second morning in Paris, I left for Marrakesh where I had a lot of interesting experiences. During the two weeks, I took a lot of pictures. And it has taken long time to choose the ones which went to the album. There are still a lot in the album though…

Here’s link to the photos I took in Marrakesh. http://smileyumi.typepad.com/photos/20066_marrakesh

東京はとても蒸し暑い。昨日の夜はエアコンなしでは寝られなかった。東京に戻ってからとにかく忙しい。2週間で３ヶ国。初めの週はヘルシンキで仕事をして週末もそのままヘルシンキで過ごした。誕生日にヘルシンキからパリに移動した。とにかくたくさん見たいものがあったけれど1日半の滞在ではどうにも・・・。それでも教会の美しさに魅了された。パリで迎えた2日目の朝にマラケシュへ発った。マラケシュではいろいろおもしろい体験を・・・2週間の間に撮った写真はほんとにたくさん。アルバムに載せるの写真を選ぶのにもすごくたくさん時間がかかった。…選んだものだけ載せたけどまだたくさん・・・

で　マラケシュで撮った写真はここです。http://smileyumi.typepad.com/photos/20066_marrakesh

June 27, 2006

Here are pictures from Helsinki. ヘルシンキで撮った写真…

http://smileyumi.typepad.com/photos/summer_in_helsinki_2006/

June 21, 2006

June 18, 2006 (Helsinki Time)

It has been unbelievably good weather here. Actually, it’s too hot to be outside during day time (for me. I’m not very good at hot weather). Today, I enjoyed Arnold’s donuts which were as good as Donuts Planet.

There was Japan’s match against Croatia (The World Cup) and it was 0-0. Japan did quite well, I think, not because of the score but because of the way they played. But they seem to have been pretty tired in the 2nd half. By the way, Mama’s & Papa’s at(I don’t remember the exact name but most likely this!) Toolontalo is a good place to watch football matches in Helsinki.

ヘルシンキに来てからずっと信じられないくらいいい天気が続いている。昼間外にいると暑すぎると感じるくらい（私の感覚で・・・だけど。暑いのはあまり得意じゃない。）今日はドーナッツプラネットと同じくらいおいしいアーノルドドーナッツでドーナッツを満喫。

ワールドカップでは日本の第２戦目。クロアチアと０-０で引き分け。日本はかなりよくやったと思う。スコアも悪くないけどそれよりもきちんと攻めていたのがよかった。でも後半は選手が疲れすぎ。ところでヘルシンキでサッカーを見るなら　Mama’s & Papa’s （たぶんこの名前でいいと思う。）がお薦め。

June 17, 2006 (Helsinki Time)

June 12, 2006 Full Moon

World Cup started. Quite busy every night. And extremely busy tonight. Japan’s first match and packing to leave for Helsinki. I was watching the football match and packing at the same time. I was impressed by Japan national team until Australia’s goal made the score 1-1. Defense was excellent till then. Actually 1-1 wasn’t bad at that point. We could have won or ended in a draw … But it seems Japan’s concentration slipped after that. 

Anyway, I’ll be flying to Helsinki tomorrow for work. After spending rest of the week there, I’ll be going to Paris to find the Holy Grail 😉

ワールドカップが始まった。毎晩忙しい。今夜は特に忙しかった。日本の第１戦目、それに明日ヘルシンキに行くためのパッキングもしなくちゃいけなかった。試合を観ながらパッキングもした。日本の戦いぶりはかなりよかった。1-1の同点になった時ですら、まだまだいい感じだと思った。でも残念ながらその後　集中力がぷっつり切れた感じだった。

明日はヘルシンキへ出発。遅くまで起きてなくてもワールドカップを見られるのは何より。ヘルシンキで仕事をした後は　パリで聖杯を探す予定　;-)