Maegi

I have just finished reading another 10 kr book: “A game of thrones” by George R. Martin, book number one of a trilogy that I will never complete. unless I find book 2 and 3 equally cheap!

The book was an ok fantasy, no complains, worth (at least) the price payed

But at some point, there is a too funny use of a fictional language of some of the strange populations of the book, the definition of a person called Maegi, and I just made a mental association (by sound) with the word (name) Maggie, before reading the explanation..

Sitting at the airport..

..of Stavanger, Sola.. my early morning flight (6:35 am) was delayed until at least 1 pm. Around 12 a mechanic and spare parts (!) should arrive from Holland for a sudden problem occurred when we had just left the gate..

It is kind of reassuring that they do not take risks, especially after the close past accidents.. and at the same time it is of course a bit boring, and my newly acquired Gold Flying Blue status did not make any difference in my priority rebooking line.. A few people managed to get a place on the first following KLM flight, but probably their transfer was to some exotic place with only one daily connection from Amsterdam.

Sending a few email for work and a few private ones, I am a bit sad there is not a special girl I can call and have some sweet talk to.. on the other hand there is some time for extra work activities, like web-exploring Taiwan, my next holidays destination in October.. Tainan city in particular..

The only problem is that I got up at 4:30 am and now, even  after some Pepsi and chocolates, I am falling asleep with a killer headache.. and the eyelids weight a billion tons..

Happy Birthday to me!

Another year has gone.. like one year ago.. alone at home for this day.. alone as two years ago.. and all the others actually!

Different from last year, and especially 2 years ago.. I feel cooler.. I feel more ok with myself, I am thinner, lighter, slighter in better condition..

Respect to 2007, I am still completely fucked in my mind, true.. equally if not more lonely, true.. with a broken heart on the way to get it stitched together, true.. a bit more brain dead, true..

I know I want a girl, what I want from her, but I am quite sure I do not want her right now. I know what I want of my life now, and a sad turn in it has pushed me to focus, to stop thinking to my dreams as dreams, but make them targets, goals for the close future.. the present..

Weekend in Oslo!

For once not for Aikido, but for meeting a truly master, one of the best Photoshop-digital art artist I know.. better, I have been in contact now for a few years by MSN and flickr and once I could use his art for one of my previous posts: Antonio Ruiz, aka [ " OMINOUS " ] aka Yakuza Mexicano.

He lives in Mexico City, he is a photographer and a genius digital visual artist, and he is visiting Norway for a short month, staying in Oslo.. exactly where I will meet him tomorrow!

Even more special, I will also have a great chance to meet special friends, Tina & Pedram, and their baby Enya, that is less and less a baby.. at least, no more a baby as below:

Thanks again, Miwa!!!!

Thanks to Miwa Asao, 浅尾美和, Japanese beach volley player and young idol, I first got published in 2007 on a Japanese magazine, Weekly Gendai (週刊現代), then, now, my pics found their way to Wikipedia!!!

Even being so very happy to see my pictures of her beautiful smile finding the way to Western sites too, I feel more sorry for not meeting her this year here in Stavanger! Not that she would remember me.. of course, I would have been the stalker at every training or matches she was doing, but mostly for my friend in Japan!

I post here below the scan of the pages of the Japanese magazine where my pics were published.. from old 2007.. when my life was different, but my dreams are back again to the very same ones, I am still Dreaming of Asia!

Asian angels.. cont!

Zainaba : One,
by 18CRoWNs.

What an angel..

A pity only I can post the small size of this picture! She  is just amazing..

But not only her, also the gorgeous photographer who took this picture, 18CRoWNs-Ying:

03:00 P.M., by 18CRoWNs.

B&W : Fuck, by 18CRoWNs.

mariashura,
by 18CRoWNs.

Swatch FIVB Stavanger 2009

Start of the second week of Swatch FIVB Stavanger 2009 beach volley tournament.. yes, second week! New formula this year for this special stop of the FIVB 2009 calendar: giving the great money investment from ConocoPhilips (probably before the Ekofisk problems ) the local tournament has become a clear sponsor hostage, more about business than sport! At least, this is my point of view!

Less fields with official games, more focus to the central arena, larger it seems than the previous years, where there are more matches for a paying audience. And a different structure: no more qualification and pool main draw first phase, but straight to the pool phase.

And that meant a serious cut down in the entry list, resulting in NO Japanese teams, neither male nor female.. Giving that my main interest are the female Japanese teams, this 2009 beach volley tournament in Stavanger lost most of its interest!!!

I have been a little around anyway taking pics, especially with Nikon D200 and the nice lenses, but I will not spend too much time for volley this year. I regret I will not enjoy as the previous years, but there will be pictures coming.

For now I post pictures of who I really miss:

Miwa Asao, 浅尾美和	Take Nishibori, 西堀健実
Shinako Tanaka, 田中姿子	Eiko “Kae” Koizumi, 小泉栄子
Chiaki Kusuhara, 楠原千秋	Mika Teru Saiki, 佐伯美香