24 October Diary.
31st
I went to the local tart shop to buy tarts for my family to celebrate my wife’s birthday. I also prepared a few dishes for the dinner party, using basterd helibut.
30th
I participated in the second rehearsal for the annual live tour at Chitose-Karasuyama. I also fixed some musical equipment.
29th
I drove to the studio located in a busy residential area. I managed to get in and out without too much trouble and completed a lot of leftover tasks.
28th
I went to Kagoshima Marketret in the morning. On the way back, I realized I'd lost my i Pad when I arrived at the airport. I called the hotel and bus company, and it turned out I had left in my hotel room. In the evening, Nagai brought me a basterd helibut he caught. It was my first time cleaming fish.
27th
For the breakfirst, I had a bento with fried black pork. Durling the show, there was a bit of trouble-a bug appeared on stage. I managed to remove it, but I felt I could have handled it better. After the show, It was raining heavily, and we worked hard to fix the equipment.
26th
I went to Kumamoto to join the tour. I took a bus from the airport to Kumamoto City and I arrived at the venue about 30 minutes late. Before the show, kota and I walked around the venue. After the show, we traveled to Kagoshima. Kota and I had a bowl of ramen in Noriichi.
25th
I took an unschedule holiday for the first time in several weeks. I tried to connect to IPv6, but couldn't. Maybe it needs a new router. I checked my clothes in my closet. For lunch, I had seafood grilled soba with my daughter.
24th
This morning, I wrote assessments and went to vote early. For lunch, I made seafood grilled soba. After lunch, I got a hair cut. I'll complate the asessements and make quiche for dinner,
23rd
I went to Chitosekarasuyama to participate in the first rehearsal for the annual voice actor tour. It finished earlier than I expected.
22nd
I woke up at mid night, took a bath, and went back to sleep. It was hard to wake up this morning. I was a bit late arriving at the office. I drove to Shibuya and set up the work. Afterwards, I returned to the office.
21st
I participated in a rehearsal for at the office concert. Afterwards, I drank with Nagai and dai at Nagai's home.
20th
For breakfast, I ate udon. Then, I returned to the hotel and prepared for tomorrow. Afterward, I went to Narita to picked up equipment.
19th
I went to Takamatsu to join the tour. The show went almost smoothly. I ate udon in the back yard. After the show, I ate out with kota. Finally, I went to the large bath and sauna in my hotel.
18th
This morning, I made bento, wrote assessments, and completed my daily routines. I left home in the afternoon and completed some tasks. For dinner, I ate out at a chinese restaurant near the office.
17th
This morning, I went to the large bathroom on the top floor of the hotel. I completed a work on a TV song show location.
16th
I went to Fukaya for work. I think this was my third visit there. For lunch, I tried Marugen Ramen for the first time, which I'd been curious about.
15th
I finished my tasks by the evening. Afterwards, I was called in for the weekly regular TV show,where I met with Hakase and Tsujimoto.
14th
I went to Bus center with kota to try the famous Bus Center curry. It was so busy thta we waited about 40 minutes. Afterwards, I went to Shibuya to participate in a TV filming.
13th
I went to Niigata to join the tour. I visited the live house there for the first time in several years.
12th
I took a holiday. my family except my daughter, went shopping at Tama center and Minami osawa. I bought a pair of pants and cap. my wife and I had lunch at MOS Burger.
11th
I drove to seaside storage facility in Odaiba for the first time in several years. I ended up driving around Tokyo almost all day. For dinner, my family had a frozen clam chowder that was highly recommend and well known. It was delicious.
10th
I participated in the filming of a TV program. I met Sekine for the first time in several years.
9th
The annual charity event went mostly smoothly, though there was a delay in the loading equipment.
8th
I went to the office earliy in morning. then drove to Shibuya. When I arrived at the hall, Yoshimura was late. However, he didn't mention anything about it. I confronted him, and he pushed back, leading to an argument, but we couldn't reach any clear resolution. After that, I returned to the office and completaed preparations for several tasks.
7th
I took the first flight to attend a rehersal for an annual charity event.
6th
I visited a live house in Obihiro for the first time. After the rehearsal, I stopped by a music shop located within the venue. After the show, Kota an d I drove to Sapporo.
5th
I woke up at 4 a.m. and took the first train to Haneda.
I didn't much sleep last night, but I managed to catch up on sleep durling the flight and the train ride from airport to Sapporo. I participated in the show for the first time, but it was the 3rd performance of the tour. After the show, We droved to Obihiro in a rents car. Then, Kota and I went out to eat a little time.
4th
This morning, I enjoyed a relaxing time with my wife. In the afternoon, I joined a meeting for my regular TV show at afternoon. After that, I went to the office to complete some tasks. Later, I went to Heiwajima to make arrangements for a postponed show on the NMiKWa tour. Finally, I returned to the office and prepared a package for the show.
3rd
I went to the office early this morning. I traveled to Shibuya and Akasaka to transport some equipment. After that, I returned to the office and completed preparations for tomorrow. I went back to Shibuya again to retrieve equipment. Afterwards, I visited several music stores because I was looking for a guitar accessory that a friend had highly recommended. Finally, I found it.
2nd
I woke up at 6 because I had to go and renew my driver's license. I visited the driver's license center for the first time in about two decades which had been renovated and moved a little bit. Everything went more smoothly and quickly than I expected. Afterwards, when I exited the center, I noticed a blood donation room next to it, so I decided to donate blood for the first time in my life. I had some drinks, snacks, and ice cream during the donation process. After that, I stopped by Machida, For lunch, I had a bowl of salt ramen at 'Shinka' for the first time in several years, and it tasted marvelous. For dinner, my family is going to eat expensive frozen hamburgers that I exchanged using my monthly internet points.
1st
This morning, I finished choosing and deciding on my new internet provider. I applied for their service. For lunch, I made instant ramen with stir-fried onion and egg. It was good, but I started sweting. After lunch, I went to the office and completed some tasks. For dinner, I bought a 50% off bento at a convenience store near the office. Then I went to Shibuya to retrieved equipments.
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24 August diary.
31st
It had done with almost went without a hitch that the final show of a tour that a group of muical actors.
30th
The typhoon is approaching. A trouble was happened that a gear that I keep in scheduled had taken by other section's staff by mistake. I apologized a chief sound engineer. After that, I completed a lot of prepared too busy next week.
29th
I attended a filming TV program show. I managed to arrange for scheduled stop Shinkansen by a huge typhoon and re-scheduling.
28th
I attended a filming TV program show. to tell the truth, I felt boring them of contents.
27th
I attended the first rehearsal of the orchestra concert that next months for busy period.
26th
I completed some tasks included desk work and preparation for tomorrow.
25th
An event was scheduled, but it was canceled the day before yesterday, so I took the day off. This morning, I completed some desk tasks on the sofa. I also read some comics that I hadn't been able to read before. Today was also the first show of the tour that I arranged, although I couldn't participate.
24th
The show took place at a temple on top of mountain in Ikuta. The show had been postponed for seven years. Durling the rehearsal, It was extremely hot, but the show went almost smoothly. After the show, I returned to the office and unloaded the equipment.
23rd
I went to Heiwajima to attend the final rehearsal for the tour I wouldn’t participate in this year. After the rehearsal, I returned to the office and completed the tour package and preparations for tomorrow’s outdoor show. I finished everything after 1 a.m. I used the company car to get home.
22nd
I went to Tamachi to participate in the tour rehearsal with the musical actors. The tour is resuming after more than two months. I attended an online meeting during the rehearsal.
21st
I went to the office. I completed a lot of tasks for tomorrow's work and beyond. I was so tired, but I still went to Heiwajima to attended the rehearsal.
20th
I attended a rehearsal at shibuya. I had to cooperate with the instrumental staff. After the rehersal, I went to the office. I had to complete some tasks but I was offered a ride home. I decided to leave the tasks unfinished and go home.
19th
I went to the office a bit early and got some tasks done. As I getting ready to leave for the rehearsal, I realized I had a big mistake-I had scheduled it an hour late by accident. I quickly finished up and left the office. Luckily, the roads weren't busy, so I ended up arriving only about ten minutes late. I was relieved. The rehearsal pretty smoothly overall. Afterward, I headed back to the office, but I midded the last train.
18th
I took the train to the office.because the weather forecast predicted heavey rain by chance. I completed a lot of tasks, so I was very tired. The electric piano which I bought from a musician broke down and needs to be repaired.
17th
Before I woke up, I had a thought relataed to how might solve some issues that have been coming up recently. I went to the office, tackled thoes issues, and tried out some of thoes ideas. I need to manage them properly.
16th
A huge typhoon gained strength. A new tour rehearsal started, However I couldn't attend, so I asked Matsuda and Kobayashi to cover for me. I met regular band members for the first time in over an year.
15th
This morning, before I woke up, my family had already gone to my wife's parents' home. However, my daughter soon returned home because she felt sick. She sometimes feels this way when she goes out. I taked to her about her mental condition. While I was on my way to the office, I recieved a message about losing my ID card yesterday. So I changed my direction to Shibuya and picked up my ID card. Later, when I was heading to the office, I recieved a message that my schedule had been moved up. I hurried to complete some tasks. However, the schedule wasn't moved up after all.
14th
I went to the office and completed some tasks, included deliverring and retrieving equipmet in Shibuya. When I returned to the office, I realized I had lost my IDd card, which is necessary for acceeing the broadcast station. I contacted the Security department and comfirmed that they had found it.
13th
I couldn't sleep much last night, maybe because my sleep cycle has been disrupted. This morning, I studied related investments. For lunch, my children and I had fried rice but it didn't turn out well because it was too bland. I went to the nearby police station to ask about renewing my driver's license.
12th
I got plenty of sleep. I went to nearby bicycle shop to fill my tires with air. For lunch, my family and I had Katsuura Tantanmen. I spent the rest of the day reading comics. For dinner, I'm going to make Gapao rice using basil that I grew on my veranda.
11th
I drank too much last night. I arrived at the office over an 1 hour late. I managed to completed the release of the equipment, but I couldn't do any other work. I went home and slept almost until next morning.
10th
A show in Bunkyo went pretty smoothly. After the show, we had a party in Akihabara.
9th
I went to the office. I was given the gear for tomorrow's show and prepared it. I completed some tasks by the time I finished work. When I was leaving the office, Miyashita asked me to bring the cable for tomorrow. I returned to the office and picked it up.
8th
This morning, I helped my son with a craft project. For lunch my chilren and I tried a new type of Korean ramen that we never had before. My son loves it. Recentry, he has been trying spicy foods and want to try eating "Shin ramen" he said. After lunch, I went to the office and attended an online meeting. Afterward, I went to Shibuya to set up DJ gear. When the program was done, I was offered a piece of pie. It tasted great, but there was something about the flavor I couldn't quite figure out.
7th
I went to the office. I was asked to work on releasing gears. I completed some tasks and then took a half day-off.
6th
I attended the final rehearsal at Gakugeidai for next week's show in the Bunkyo area. During the rehearsal, I dealt with some issues regarding the busy weeks at the end of this month.
5th
For breakfast, I had a bento which was provided as a meal for last night. I went to the office and I released the gears that were used yesterday. I was looking for the source of an interesting thing in the lyrics of "torandot", but I couldn't find it.
4th
The second day of the tour went almost smoothly. Between the show, I tried new earphones which gave a new expression diffferent what I expected. All work, we went for a drink near the venue.
3rd
The first show of annual tour by the vocal group was completed. When the show started, a trouble occorred, but we couldn't understand what had happen. After the 1st segment, It became clear what had happlened, and we had to make some changes to the some arrangements.
2nd
When I woke up, I felt like didn't get enough sleep. Today was the set up and rehearsal day for the vocal group I've been in charge of for about a decade. I went to the venue in the morning, but I almost had nothing to do until the afternoon. Everythings went smoothly. I checked and adjusted the drum sounds.
1st
I attended a rehearsal for the show in the Bunkyo area, which will take place next weekend. Before the rehearsal, I met some acquaintances who were in the studio next to ours. The rehearsal went smoothly. It was much more productive than I expected.
24 July tweets.
31st
I went to the office by bicycle. I completed some tasks throughtout the day. I talked with Sano, but I couldn't reach a satisfactory conclusion, so I felt it was pointless to talk to him. When I left the office, I noticed heavey rain clouds were approaching, but I decided to use my bicycle to return home. I got soaked as if I had taken a shower with my clothes and bag on. I arrived home and went straght to the bathroom.
30th
I took a day off. For lunch, My children and I had a hamburgers that I made. After lunch, I bought a cup of orange juice for my children from a new automatic orange vending machine that recently appeared in the neighborhood. I made pancake for tea time.
29th
I spent the entire day at the office. I completed some tasks that I had been meaning to tackle but hadn't gotten to. When I stepped out to briefly at noon, I felt the temperature was incredibly hot.
28th
This morning, I made a khai chiao, which is Thai fried egg for my breakfast. I went to Shibuya to attended the filming of a TV show called "The Song Battle", hosted by famous Japanese comedian. For dinner, I had a bowl of takana ramen and rice. it felt like junk food, but I was satisfied with it considering my mood today.
27th
I went to the office. I finished preparing for tomorrow. Afterward, I took a half day off.
26th
I took a day off. For lunch, I made pizza toast for my children and had spicy ramen for myself. After lunch, I read some comics and a few articles.
25th
I attended an orchestra concert. I met some acquaintances on the staff and a member of the vocal group I have been involved with for several years.
24th
it was an intense hot day. I went to the office by bicycle. In the morning, I worked on numerous tasks related to releasing equipment. Afterwards, I completed some tasks to prepare for tomorrow.
23rnd
I attended the program on the second day, which went almost without a hitch.
22nd
Today, I attended a TV program related to Japanese pop music. Usually, I am in charge as the chief of our section, but this time, I assist the chief instead.
21st
This morning, I remembered that I noticed a strange texture on my upper back yesterday. I checked it in the mirror and found something unusual. I went to the office and took a half-day off. I went to the hospital and was diagnosed with herpes zoster.
20th
After breakfast, I slept again until after 10 o'clock. For lunch, I made seafood yakisoba. After lunch, I read comics and clean the filters of air conditioner and vacuum cleaner. I went to Mr.Nagai, my barber, for the hair cut. I met Gotchan for the first time about a year.
19th
This morning, I missed the train because there wasn’t any vacant space in the bicycle parking lot in front of Noborito station. I attended the filming of TV program that introduces japanese music. I felt thar the network was unstable around the studio.
18th
I attended the filming of a TV program at a hall in Shibuya, The program was traveling and filming in local areas as usual. I met musicians who are regular band members of the vocal group that I participate in an annually tour with.
17th
I went to the office and completed the release and loading of equipment. Kajita gave me an unexpected task because I made a mistake by leaving her at the offide. I didn't trust her anymore.
16th
The final show of the African band tour was in Kanagawa. This morning, I had to go to the office for duty. Afterwards, I headed to the hall in Yamashita when I noticed that I forgot my wallet. I had lunch in Chinatown and took out some Taiwanese pepper bread. I thought the final show of the tour was almost good. After the show, I returned to the office with Yuki and unloaded the equipment. Finally, I was driven home by car.
15th
Rehearsals for the show next month have started at Gakugeidai. As I expected, my back pain, which started with coughing yesterday, hasn't improved.
14th I took a day off. I spent the whole day reading comics. I decided to make currywurst for dinner, which I learned about yesterday at Shirokiya
13th
The second-to-last show in west district of tokyo ended turbulently. Before the rehearsal, the bandmenbers started fighting on stage. After that, the rehearsal was resterted and completed. Before the show, a menber who was the vocal complained of abdominal pain and said that he couldn't go on stage. The show went on without him, and he was taken to the hospital by ambulance in the end.
12th
I decided to take a day off and didn't drink last night. This morning, I worked from home. I resolved some issues and was able to make progress on a few projects.
11th
I went to Shinfuji for a work trip. I couldn’t find anyone for the project starting in two months.
10th
I went to Matsudo for the first time in several years. I rejoined the tour team with the band from Africa.
9th
The second of rehearsals for the annual tour is done. It finished earlier than I expected.
8th
The new tour has started. I went to Nogizaka to attend rehearsals for the annual tour with the vocal group.
7th
I rode my bicycle to the office. I returned the equipment I used yesterday and completed some desk tasks. I had planned to take a half day-off, so I finished work on time. It was a hot afternoon, and the cycling road was heating up. After returning home, I completed some remaining works.
6th
The 2nd day that I commuted to Yokohama. I often had to fight against falling asleep throughtout the day. I noticed that I had accidentally marked an email as read, even though it contained important information.
5th
Today was the setup and rehearsal day for a work-related cinema event. I watched the movie there , but I couldn't understand its plot.
4th
I attended a regular filming session for a TV program with Ishii. We discussed about some issues in our department. It finished right on time.
3rd
I biked to the office for the first time in several weeks. I finished tasks to prepare for the next few days. My family celebrated my daughter's birthday.
2nd
I woke up late this morning and still felt like I was traveling. I finished some tasks at home. Before heading to a rehearsal, I had kakiage soba at a standing soba shop in Hatsudai. After resolving some issues, I returned home before sun set.
1st
I work up before the alarm went off. I felt some back pain, but it soon went away. It was raining heavily in Kurashiki city. I had planned to take the first train ,but It got canceled. I waited for 30 minutes at Kurashiki Station. I fell into a deep sleep on the Shinkansen. When I arrived at Musashikosugi, I decided to have lunch, even though it was just after 10 a.m. After lunch, I headed to the office and finished my accumlated tasks.