景気回復してくれるかな・・・？

いや〜今日はアメリカ景気にとっては、とてもさむ〜い日になりましたね。とくにNY株式市場には・・・。アメリカの金融安定化法案も否決されてしまい、今後の景気の行方が気になっていく所です。しかし、アメリカの銀行もどんどん破産していって、残るのはバンクオブアメリカだけだったりして・・・！？！でも、そう考えるとなおさら、金利は悪くなるのかな・・・・？！？

It was a cold day for the Wall Street today...Obviously the bail out plan was not approved and the stock just seemed to plunge today. It certainly is affecting the market globally and it really is a bad thing for all of us. It also seems as if all the banks are going bankrupt.... May be we will only have one Bank in 10years...!?! Well I'm certain that Bank of America will survive but who knows what can happen in this scary economy!?!

週末もあっと言う間に終了。

気がついたら、週末もあっと言う間に終わってしまいましたね・・・。しかし、今朝行われた、シンガポールでのナイトレースはメチャメチャ面白かったですね！！日本でも是非ストリート＆ナイトレースが行われるといいなとつくづく思います。シンガポールには空港だけは行った事があるのですが、市内には入った事がないので、来年はぜひ行ってみたいです。

I can't believe the week end is already over... The Night race in Singapore was spectacular to watch! I wish if I was there...I definitely think the night/street race is the way to go in Asia since the night life is pretty active through all the Asian countries. I have only been to the airport in Singapore so I hope to be able to make that trip sometimes next year.

ストーブリーグ

今日も午前中はジムでトレーニング。１０kmランニングしてから家に戻って来て仕事。ネットでニュースを見ていると、来季の体制が次々と決まっていって、まさにストーブリーグ真っ最中ですね。何よりも来月オーストラリアで行われるIndyCarのレースに向けて、沢山のチームが来年一緒に戦うドライバーとの参戦が発表されています。

As usual, went to the gym in the morning and went for a 10km run. Came home and had to get a lot of work done today since it was Friday. As I got some free time, I started to surf the net and I am very impressed with all the announcement that has been happening over the last couple of weeks.

まずは、Ganassiにダリオが戻って来て、Danがパンサーに移籍。シートを失ったVitorはフォイトに移籍。その上に今日は、茂木でスポンサーをしてくれたInterush Racingで知り合ったStantonがIRLに移籍する事を発表！アメリカの景気が悪い中、エントリー台数が増える事は物凄く良い事ですね！自分も負けずに早めに体制を決めれる様に頑張らないと！！ではでは、引き続き応援宜しくお願い致します！！

It must be a good thing in this economy to have more cars and drivers entering the series. I think having the Australia race is a bit weird because most of the team is using that to prepare for next year with their drivers that is going to be in the car next season. We will see a lot of changes with Dario in at Ganassi, Dan moving to Panther, and Vitor going to Foyt Enterprises. The big news today was that Stanton Barrett joining the Indy Car Series. I was able to meet him through Interush Racing and he is a great guy! I'm sure he would do well!! Speaking of racing, I better accelerate my pace on getting the deals together because the time is just flying by so fast!!

９月も終わり・・・？

さっき冷静に考えていたら、もう来週で１０月じゃないですか〜！？！９月はあっと言う間に終わってしまう感じですね・・・。夏も正式に終わって、もう秋ですね。１０月に入ると嬉しいのは、な〜んと自分の誕生日が１０日です。でも、３０を超えてからちっとも嬉しくなくなってきました・・・。（笑）今は来年の話を早く決めれる様に、ファイトですね！！

I was just thinking that September is almost over. I guess the summer is officially over and we are in to the fall season. I was always excited to welcome October since my birthday is on 10th...but not so much anymore once I turned 30. At this point, only thing for me to look forward is to get the deals done for next season and I hope to meet with couple of prospect sponsors that we have been working on in the next few weeks!!

ドタバタな一日

この２日間はなんだか、メチャメチャ忙しかったです。さっきようやく落ち着きましたが・・・。仕事が溜まっていたので、そのキャッチアップ。そうしたらエンジンがかかってしまい、だいぶ先の締め切りの仕事までやっちゃいました！！

I've been real busy the last two days trying to catch up with all the work as well as getting some last minute request on getting things done late Sunday night. I have finally got caught up and have some time to update my blog.

明日からはちょこっと落ち着くので、また息子と時間を過ごさないと。色々とネットで調べていたら、最近はインドアパークの様な子供の遊び場が流行っているみたいです。外の公園だと、知らない怪しい人がいたりしますが、インドアの施設だと安全って言うのもあるからかもしれませんが・・・。施設の設備もしっかりしていて、ネットで見る限りでは面白そうなので、今度連れて行ってみようかと考えています。

I wasn't able to spend much time with my son the last two days so I probably would need to take him somewhere before this week end. I have done some search on line and heard about indoor playground/park that seems like a place to take the kids now days. I guess most of the city parks are not so safe...especially in downtown area with strangers as well as the outdated amenities... And the new indoor places are actually pretty good although they charge minor entry fee. Apparently most of those places actually have PS3 and WII so I could probably spend the whole day there!!

ユックリサンデー

今日は日曜日だったので、朝は少し寝坊気味。９時前までベッドでゴロゴロしてしまいました。お昼前にはジムに行って、NASCARとRyder Cupのゴルフををモニターで見ながら１０kmのランニング。お昼過ぎは息子と家でゴロゴロゆっくりと凄しました。なんだか週末もあっと言う間に過ぎちゃったな〜・・・。

Since it was a Sunday, I slept in until close to 9am. Got up and had some fruits for breakfast and off to gym for 10km run. While at the gym, I watched the NASCAR race from Dover and flipping through Ryder Cup every other minutes. I wished if I can split the monitor while running... As for the afternoon, we decided to stay home and just kick back in order to store some energy for rest of the week.

家の前で撮影

今日は朝起きてピットの散歩で家の前の公園に行こうとしたら、な〜んと家の前で撮影を行っていました。恐らく何かのワンシーンって言う感じで、そんなに大掛かりな撮影ではありませんでしたが、リハーサル中に家をでてしまったので、ちょっと顰蹙かっちゃいました。撮影のスタッフさんごめんなさ〜いって感じで気まずく道を渡って散歩を続行。

Got up in the morning and took pit for a walk to the park in front of my apartments. As we were walking out of the apartment gate, our street was getting used to film a commercial or a movie and we happened to step out while they were rehearsing the scene... We had to wait until they finished filming so our long was longer than usual but I suppose Pit was satisfied from the extra walk!?!

あっと言う間に週末。

気がついたら金曜日であっと言う間に週末になってしまいましたね。今日も朝起きて昼前にジムでトレーニング。午後は家に戻って、車のインプレの原稿を書いていました。今日書いたインプレ原稿はLEXUS LX 570でこれからAcura RLの原稿に取りかかろうとしている所です。

I can't believe it's already Friday. As usual, my day started at the gym working out for couple of hours. I definitely need to burn off all the calories and fats from all the fast food that I had while my cousin was here... After the gym, I got home and had to finish up couple of articles on the car that I drove while a go. I had to write about the LX 570 and the Acura RL in which both cars were really nice!

週末の間も仕事漬けになりそうです・・・。夕方は子供を公園に連れていきました。息子はバスケが好きみたいで、他の人がバスケをプレーしてるコートに乱入したり、ボールを渡すと一生懸命バスケットの中にボールを入れようとしています。身長は高くなりそうなので、バスケの選手を目指すのかな・・・？！？

I probably will have a lot of catch up to do over the week end with desk work and will be busy. Once I got most of work done today, I tool my son to the park. He seems to like playing basket ball since he always try to join the big boys in the court and today since the park was empty, I handed him the ball and he was already trying to shoot at the hoop!! May be he is off to become a NBA star rather than a Race Car Driver....!?!

家のジム

日本は９月なのに台風がきてるみたいで、変な気象ですね・・・。アメリカの経済も不安定が続き今後はどうなる事やら。そんな事を考えながら今日も午前中にジムに行ってトレーニング。ジムでトレーニングをしながら、モニターでニュースを見たりしているので以外と家に居るより世界状勢には敏感になってしまいます！？！（笑）

It's already September but apparently they are still getting Typhoon in Japan...the weather pattern seems to be weird with global warming but the American economy is just as shaky as the stock keeps going up and down for last couple of days. Well...at least that is all they talk about on the news channel for the last couple of days. It doesn't help when the economy is down...but I think that is a sign of opportunity for things to get better. I must say...money doesn't disappear by it self and it must be going some where..right!?! Well, I guess I will be a genius if I can figure out where the money is at right now.,,,

所で何時もどんなジムでトレーニングしてるのかなと、思っている方へ今日は家のジムを大公開してしまいます！！と言ってもそんな豪華なジムではありませんが、必要な機材は揃っているのでとても便利です。

I spend a lot of time watching the news at the gym while on the treadmill. Therefore, I thought to give you guys a quick glance of the gym in my apartment building. I guess...it's a cozy gym!?! It's not fancy at all, but it has pretty much what I need to keep me fit and the best part is,there is now waiting or sharing machines like at the Bally's or 24hr Fitness that is not really opened 24hr!?!

結婚２周年！

今日は９月１７日で妻との結婚記念日です。結婚をしてからもう２年経つのかと思うと、驚きですね〜！結婚してから相変わらずこりずに、自分についてきてくれる妻には本当に感謝です。やっぱり家を空ける事が続くから、息子の世話だったり色々と苦労していると思いますが、本当に良く頑張ってくれてます。

Today is our wedding anniversary day. I can't believe it's been two years since we've been married. I must thank my wife for hanging with me through all the tough time and she certainly is doing a great job as a wife and a mom.

今日は何時もの様に午前中にジムに行って、家でランチ。お昼過ぎは色々と仕事をしたのですが、息子がチョコチョコ邪魔をしにきて、仕事が進みませんでした・・・。怒りたいけど、一緒に遊んであげたい自分もいて、複雑な状況でした。子育ては難しいですね〜。

As usual, I went to the gym in the AM and than had a quick lunch at home. I needed to get some work done afternoon but my son kept coming into the room asking me to play with him. It was frustrating because I wanted to get the work done, but yet spend some time with my son.... I thought twice and figured it would be best to keep my wife happy today so I ended up putting the work away until my son took a nap. Hopefully we can have a peaceful dinner to celebrate our anniversary.

車のメンテ

今日は午前中にジムでトレーニング。家でランチを食べてから、１時に車をディーラーに持って行ってもらって、オイル交換＆メンテナンス。１時間くらいで終わるとの事だったので、ディーラーで仕事をしながら待っていました。色々とショールームに飾られている車を見ていたら、だんだん欲しくなって来てしまいちゃかり試乗までしちゃいました！？！（笑）が、今は懐が寒いので断念・・・。ちくしょ〜色々と頑張って、近い将来ぜったいにゲットしてやる！！

Went to the gym in the morning and had a quick lunch before taking my car to service at the local dealer. I was going to wait at the dealer and get some work done...but started to check the cars out that was displayed on the show room. I am almost in time for a new car,...but I think I need to get my savings up before considering to get a new car... Nevertheless, I couldn't resist and had to take couple of vehicles for a spin!?!

大相撲

今日は従兄弟が日本に戻り、家も静かになってちょっと寂しい感じです。一番寂しがっているのは、沢山遊んでもらった息子みたいですが・・・。そう言えば色んな騒動があった中、大相撲の秋場所が始まりましたね。これから毎晩徹夜コースで見ないと！？！最近は規則正しい生活で１２時前に寝てしまうのでライブで見るのは辛そうです・・・。

My house turned quite today since my cousin went back to Japan this afternoon. It was great having him around because he would play a lot with my son and I'm sure my son will miss him a lot... I am finally back to real life and was able to get some work done this afternoon. I will have a lot of work to catch up this week so it would be busy for rest of the week.

フライドチキン

今日は従兄弟がLA滞在の最終日。日本では食べれないアメリカンな物を食べようと、今日はフライドチキンを食べに行きました。ケンチキだったら、日本にもあるので、ロスでも口コミで美味しいと有名なHoney's Kettle Fried Chickenに行ってきました！ここのフライドチキンはクリスピーで中はジューシュー。アメリカンって感じですが、以外とヤミツキになっちゃいます。本店はコンプトンと言うコンバット地域にあって行くのが怖いのですが、味的に場所的にもスリル満点ですね！？！（笑）

Today was the final day for my cousin's visit. He wanted to get some American Food today so I decided to take him to eat some Fried Chicken. I figured he can get KFC's in Japan so we went to the Honey's Kettle in Culver City. There original store is in Compton but I was not brave enough to go there.... The Fried Chicken was crispy on outside and juicy inside! One of the best fried chicken I ever had!! I think this place is going to turn in to a once a month place to hit for lunch!!

もう週末。

気がついたら、もう週末ですね。今日は午前中は家で軽くお仕事。お昼からは従兄弟と息子を連れてLA界隈でショッピング。今日は金曜で帰り道が混んでいたので家に戻って来たら疲れてしまいました。家に戻れてホッとしたものの、疲れが溜まっていて気を抜いたら寝込んでしまいそうです・・・。今夜は早めに寝とこ〜！？！

I can't believe it's already Fri! I got some work done this morning since I had a lot to catch up with and took my cousin to shopping in the afternoon. The traffic was bad on the way home since it was Friday afternoon...I'm just glad I am home now. Well...I will have to be a tour guide for another couple of days but should be able to have some time next week to relax which I am looking forward to!!

山羊が出没！？！

今朝起きてピットを散歩に連れて行くと、何時も行く公園が動物園状態になっていました！？！なんと、数十匹もの山羊を斜面に放牧し、枯れ木や雑草を食べてもらうと言うエコプロジェクト！！息子は沢山の山羊を見て大喜び！！そして、ピットはハッスルしてトイレのタイミングを逃していました・・・。（笑）

I got up and took Pit and my son for a walk to the park next door. All of the sudden the park has turned into a zoo!?! The have released some goats to clean up all the brush on the hills and I must say they have done a good job since there isn't anything else to eat from that park!?!

いや〜しかし、山羊が居ると家の窓からの景色もなんだか和みますね〜。ダウンタウンなのに・・・！？！

Having goats around was good for my son who was very excited to see them! I guess that must be a good sign for me to take him out to the zoo again because he didn't seem to interact much when he saw the animals at San Diego Zoo couple of months ago...

ロスに帰ってきました

昨日のフライトでロスに戻ってきました。今回の日本での滞在は少しハードでしたが、家に戻ってなんとなくホッとしました。息子とあって息子も大喜び。やっぱり１週間あわないと寂しいもんですね。

I am finally back in LA for good. The 1 week stay in Japan was pretty hectic and I am relieved to be back in LA and being able to spend some time with my son since I was out most of August.

今回は従兄弟がロスに遊びに来ていて一緒のフライトで戻ってきました。今週１週間は従兄弟のツアーガイドになりそうです・・・。８月中はずっと仕事で忙しかったので、今週はリラックスできそうです。

My cousin is in town for a week and I caught the same flight with him from Narita so he flight was pretty quick. I will probably be end up being a tour guide to my cousin this week but it would be good to get some relaxing time during the week end.

今日のフライトでアメリカに戻ります。

今回の滞在もあっと言う間で、今日のフライトでロスに戻ります。何時もよりちょっと短かったので、あまり満喫する事はできなかったです・・・。それ以上に時差が最後ボケが最後まで治らず、昨日は開き直ってこのままロス時間で帰ってやろうと決心して、昨晩は２時頃に寝たのに今朝は４時過ぎに目が覚めました・・・。（笑）今日はこれから朝一で挨拶回りがあり、お昼過ぎに成田に向かいます。

I can't believe my trip here in Japan is over. It was a busy trip but what made it really challenging was the jetlag. I was not able to adjust the time zone at all during this trip and as of yesterday, I decided to stay in LA time zone since there was no need to adjust time since I am already heading to the airport this afternoon. I will have several meetings this morning before heading to the airport and I'm sure I will be knocked out in the plane for the 9hr flight...

昨日は久しぶりにエアープレス上野に行き酸素カプセルに入ってきました！ランチタイムの時間に行って、がっつり９０分入ったので昼寝もできて、かなりリラックスできました！時差ボケ＆ドタバタの滞在で疲れが溜まっていたのですが、一挙に吹き飛んだ感じでした！！疲労回復にもぜひぜひお薦めです！！

Yesterday, I managed to sneak in some time to go to Air Press Ueno to go in to the Oxygen Capsule for 90 min. Since I was really tired, it was a good peaceful and relaxing 90 min to heal from the real world!! I really wished if I had one of those capsules in handy all the time so I can have my own 90 min every day!?!

滞在もあと２日

日本滞在もあと２日となってしまいました。１週間の滞在なので今回もドタバタです。先日は楽しみにしていた紅月に行ってきました！今回はピリ辛もつ鍋に挑戦！いや〜めちゃめちゃ美味しかったです！！アメリカに居る時からずっとホームページを見て気になっていたので、食べれて大満足でした！！

I can't believe there are only two days left to my visit this time. Since I am only here for a week, it has been really busy for the last couple of days. Meanwhile, I had a chance to go to my favorite restaurant Kougetsu. The food was as always "Excellent"!!

土曜は母親の誕生日だったので、皆でお祝い。９月と１０月は誕生日ラッシュです。ちなみに、親父の誕生日、自分の誕生日、そして妻の誕生日が連続で続きます。しかし、来月で３１と考えるとぞっとしますね・・・。

On Saturday, I went to see my mom since it was her B-Day. It is going to be a B-Day rush during the next month since I have my dad' B-Day, My B-Day, and my wife's B-Day all coming up in about month time... I can't believe I am going to turn 31 already...

日本に到着

日本に戻ってきました。昨日のフライトでは映画を見ていたら寝れなくなってしまい、けっきょく成田に着くまで一睡もできませんでした・・・。うわ〜時差ボケコースだと思いつつも家に戻ってすぐに爆睡。

Made it safely back to Japan. My flight was good but I started to watch various movies and could not sleep at all in the plane... I was so tired when I got home that I was knocked out right when I got to my bed room.

今朝はしっかり５時に目が覚めてしまい、朝一で隅田川のテラスをランニング。１０km近く走りましたが、日本は思った程には暑くないものの湿気が凄いので汗だくでランニング終了。今日はこれから挨拶回りに行ってきます！

I was up at 5am already and went for 10km jog by the Sumida River. It is not as hot as I thought it would be...but it certainly is humid out here and I sweated like crazy after the run. Well I am off to a busy couple of days meeting all my prospect sponsor for next season!!

今からフライトです。

今日も朝一でジムに行き飛行機に乗る前にガッツリトレーニング。ジムから戻って仕事をして、銀行に行きお昼前に家を出発。先月はほとんど家に居なかったのに、また１週間いなくなるのはなんだか寂しいです。

Woke up early this morning in order to hit the gym before leaving to Japan. Had a good work out, got some work done and went to the bank before heading to the airport. It was a busy morning but was able to get everything done before the departure.

今回の日本の滞在も１週間でドタバタしそうですが、来年の活動の為にも頑張らないと！！

I was almost away through out the month during August and it's sad to leave home for another week since I haven't been able to spend quality time with my son...Having said that, I will really need to get things moving forward for next year and I hope this trip to Japan will pay off!!

明日から日本

今日は朝一でジム。お昼までは家で仕事をして、午後は軽くビーチの側にある公園に行き子供と一緒に遊びました。今日はLaborDayでアメリカは３連休。夏休み最後の日曜日と言う事で海も混んでいました。今日はこれから仕事が山積みで、明日のフライトで日本に帰ります！！

Woke up and went to the gym first thing in the morning. Came home and got some work done before lunch and took my son and wife to the park near the beach after lunch. Since it was Labor Day week end as well as last week end during the summer vacation for the kids...the beach was packed! The weather was great and it was a good day for me all though I still have tons of work to do before heading to Japan tomorrow...

ロスに戻ってきました！

今日の仕事も２時までには終わり、７時過ぎにはロスに戻ってきました。久しぶりに息子とが自分を見かけたら大喜び！やっぱり息子の笑顔を見ると嬉しいですね！！しかし、明後日からまた日本に行ってしまうのでちょっと寂しいです・・・。

I was done working by 2pm today and was able to get home before 7pm. I was happy to see my son and he seemed to be excited when he saw me back at home. I spent some quality time playing with him and just about ready to hit the bed now...

明日はアメリカは休日。午前中はジムでがっつりトレーニングをしないと・・・。では、今日は疲れてるので早めに寝ま〜す。zzz

I will need to have a good work out tomorrow morning before heading to Japan on Tuesday. It will be another busy week for me but it looks like I will be able to relax for a while once I get back from Japan.