A trip to Mount Fuji with the boss of the company that I did my internship at. It is really cold at the base. You can actually drink the water that runs down from the mountain..

A dude in roppongi at 6am who had foam coming out of his mouth. Drunk or high of the hard shit?

Watch I bought from Yodobashi last year. You like?

Brazilian dancer at a joint called Tucanos in Shibuya. I know you like this one

My two babies Midnight (blue) and Greed (rainbow). RIP Greed…

Some good cake I ate at Harbs last Sunday. It is in Shinjuku. I recommend that you go NOW!!

A map to hell! Never leave home without one..

Can you guess what I bought?

Promtheus sick (Sub-zero mode)

A beautiful gift I recieved from a lady when I finshed my intern. The Japanese translates into something like this (slightly different) “Isn’t it amazing that in this large world, me and you met.” Pretty touching message. It makes me appreciate the good people that I have been lucky enough to meet in this cold world…

Ill leave this caption up to you…

On sunday we went to Toshimaen Amusement park. We decided to warm up and go on the Flume Ride. It was a log water ride with a small dip at the end. It was actually kind of fun and had a decent dip at the end for a small water ride.

0.5/5 thrill-o-meter
 

We then decided to be brave and ride what seemed to be the flagship ride of the park which was called the Cyclone. Unfortunately the dips were too low and the coaster was too slow. There was a cool part where we went into a pitch black tunnel for a few seconds and could not see anything.

2/5 thrill-o-meter

Next was the Flying Pirate. It is one of those big boats that swing up and down. It is quite a popular ride at most amusement parks.

1.5/5 thrill-o-meter

Across from the Flying Pirate was a yellow roller coaster called the Corkscrew that goes sideways and upside down. It had potential to be a great ride but it was over way too quickly. It was an anti-climax. Kind of like when you…. never mind…

2/5 thrill-o-meter

The ghost house was ridiculously bad. Nothing more to say -_-

0/5 thrill-o-meter

Meanwhile, two kids broke into the zoo, stole a panda and went on a rampage!!

The flying swings ride was actually quite soothing. I don’t think I have been on one of those since I was really little

1.5/5 thrill-o-meter

All in all it was a fun day. The queues were short, it was close to home and the environment was pleasant. However, for an action junkie such as myself it has left me itching for more. It is golden week in 2 weeks time. Anybody up for going to Fujikyuu Highlands and riding some real rollercoasters ?

I don’t know a thing about photography. But nevertheless it is a topic that I find very interesting. So, in order to try and develop some skills and learn how to use all of the settings on my camera I have set myself a little challenge. Once a month (or maybe fortnightly) I will grab my cam and go to a random place and take photos until I have at least 3 photos I am happy with. I will then post them and you guys can berate me and tell me how much I suck, and hopefully give me some pointers to help me suck a little bit less :p

Today’s location was Hikarigoka Park (biggest park in Tokyo?) which is a few minutes from my house. I was mainly snapping people who were doing some sort of sports activity.

So the first photo I tried to take was of a kid throwing a baseball against a wall. I wanted to try and get a photo with him on the far right side and the ball in flight on the far left side. I kind of succeeded with the positioning, but the photo itself is kinda meh..

I took it on sports mode to try and catch fast movement but couldn’t really get a sharp shot. Any tips on taking shots of moving people without getting blurs? Is there too much wasted space in the background?

Second photo was of some dudes playing basketball. I took quite a few shots but sadly this is the best I could get. I dunno, maybe if I got it a few split seconds faster while the ball was still in his hands it would have looked better? Or if I actually got the hoop in the photo as well?

Third photo was of some ladies doing tai-chi. Maybe I could have zoomed in more or got a better angle? Also what do you think of the colour? Too dull, too dark?

CONCLUSION:

So what I learnt today is that 3x zoom just does not cut it… I think I missed out on a few good shots because I had to be ridiculously close to get any sort of picture. Also my reflexes suck. I was always like a second too slow and kept missing the shot I wanted to get

I am using a 7.2 mega pixel Sony T30.

So, let the berating begin lol.