Japan : しながわ水族館

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Yesterday we went to visit しながわ水族館. From 調布 we had to take 4 trains to get there, 調布 to 明大前 to 渋谷 to 品川 to 大森 and then walk a bit. We almost get lost there but that was without counting on my logical sense of where things should be located. Hum that doesn't work that well all the time but in Japan it does so far. That wasn't the more efficient way to get there probably it terms of trains transfer but that was the cheapest according to google map.

The  aquarium was pretty big, 2 floors and a open pool for dolphin and sealion shows. And also an impressive tunnel under water from which you could see giant skate, turtles and all kind of fishes. We were lucky to arrive relatively early so it wasn't very crowed when we first reached the tunnel. We also managed to have a nice view of the dolphins' show and even sits for the sealions' show. It seems that each animal has its own trainer so they learn to do different things. 
 
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New Challenge JulNoWriMo

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On the first on July I decide to participate to a new writing challenge. My previous success for NaNoWriMo and other competition really motivated me to write more. Especially that today I successfully order the free proof copy of Demon Soul that NaNoWriMo allowed me to get as a winner.
The project I will be working on is "Demon and fairy" I already started few months ago but didn't go too far, by lack of time, concentration or wish, I don't know. But know I think it's time to give Seti a proper story. So here is the first part of the story that will count for Julnowrimo.

So far 4102 words :D
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Japan : 鼓遊

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Yesterday we went to a drum charity concert 鼓遊.

One of my friend's host family had booked the tickets for us. The concert started at 4pm and lasted almost three hours. The rhythm was absolutely amazing. Most of the players had their solo part and played several instruments. Some parts were also funny especially at the beginning when two of the players pretended that their cymbals were stick together to get the attention of a third one. 

Although most of the payers were students and kids, there also was a special guess who was a professional player giving a solo performance before the big final.
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Japan : FujiQ High Land

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Last week-end we went to FujiQ High Land. That's an attraction park with several roller coaster holding different world records.
We first started slowly with the mad clock. It's not very fast but when I was upside down for the third time only hold by the harness on my shoulder I learned that I couldn't control anything and finally decided to just enjoy the feeling. In the end I find it really relaxing, not to have to do anything, just to sit there and to let the machine take you where ever it wanted.
The second one was the ええじゃないか the second え is normally written upside down and that's pretty obvious why when you know that this particular roller coaster has the record of time of putting you upside down. You start going backward don't ask me how you are because I was upside down and upside down so much (28 changes) that I really don't have a clue.
We then went to the haunted house. Not that scary for my taste, probably because we were a group of six, I'm not too sure. But one of my friend's yelling was the thing that was making me jump when I wouldn't have in the first place for sure.
We then went to a tower, it takes you up kind of slowly and then down pretty fast and up and down like oscillating. I think the thing I'll remember was my friend repeating I don't want to, I don't want to and me trying to tell him reassuringly to look at the beautiful landscape.
And then the Fujiyama. That's high, that's really really high, I was just telling repetitively "it's going up, it's going up" then it was still going up, obviously world record of height. And then it has to go down, obviously.
The third roller coaster with a world record was probably the one that was the most scary for be before I get in. It hold the record of speed 172km/h so it accelerate from 0km/h to 172km/h in 28 second. That's crazy. It's name ドドンパ and I loved it. Once you are in it is the most peaceful of all.
Then we went to something that turns and swing at the same time, I didn't realized that it was actually turning while I was in and the last one was turning around a tower, pretty scary from the ground but while you're in it was just not as fast as expected. It was just pretty cold up there.
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Travel in Republic of Ireland : Introduction

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All travel posts about Ireland so far are from Northern Ireland, the part of the island situated in the northwest of the island and related to the United Kingdom. In Avril 2009, we decided to rent a car and to leave Belfast for a long week-end to visit the Republic of Ireland or Southern Ireland. 
We went to the region of Connemara,  Galway (Irish : Gaillimh) and the Achile
Island. The few posts of this new series will tell you about this trip.
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Part 1 : Travel in Republic of Ireland : Not yet
Part 2 : Travel in Republic of Ireland : Sligo–Mayo
Part 3 : Travel in Republic of Ireland : Achill Island
Part 4 : Travel in Republic of Ireland : From Achill Island to Connemara
Part 5 : Travel in Republic of Ireland : Connemara, Galway and end

花より男子 : Flavor of life

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I'm addicted to the Japanese drama "花より男子" at the moment. So here is the song from 宇多田 ヒカル that I'm listening over and over again with the lyrics. The lyrics come from here (I'm not feeling confident enough yet to write the lyrics in Japanese)



あり がとう、と君に言われると
なんだかせつない
さようならの後も解け ぬ魔法 
淡くほろ苦い 
The flavor of life… The flavor of life…

友達でも恋人でもない中間地点で
収穫の日を夢見てる　青いフルーツ
あと一歩が踏み出せな いせいで
じれったいのなんのってBaby

ありがとう、と君に言われると
なんだかせつない
さようならの後も解け ぬ魔法
淡くほろ苦い 
The flavor of life… The flavor of life…

甘いだけの誘い文句
味っけの無いトーク
そんなものには興味を そそられない

思い通りにいかない時だって
人生捨てたもんじゃないって

どうしたの？と急に聞 かれると
ううん、何でもない 
さようならの後に消える笑顔
私らしくない

信じたいと願えば願う ほど
なんだかせつない
｢愛してるよ｣よりも｢大好き｣の方が 
君らしいんじゃない? 
The flavor of life

忘れかけていた人の香 りを 突然思い出す頃 
降りつもる雪の白さをもっと　素直に喜びたいよ

ダイヤモンドよりもやわ らかくて
あたたかな未来　手にしたいよ
限りある時間を　君と過ごしたい

ありがとう、と君に言われると
なんだかせつない 
さようならの後も解け ぬ魔法 
淡くほろ苦い 
The flavor of life… The flavor of life…

Demon Soul : Front cover

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As a NaNoWriMo winner I obtain the right to a free print of my novel Demon Soul
. After spending a long time writing it (NaNoWriMo, NaNoFiMo) and correcting it for the last few months. The written part is almost ready to be sent to the printer. However one crucial think is still missing and that's the front cover. I will maybe use some of the illustration presented in the Demon Soul
 blog post but I sure need a front cover. So last night as I was watching some more Japanese drama I started to draw and ended up with this first draft for my front cover. Please fill free to leave any useful comments to help me finalizing it.