omedeto--! nadeshiko Japan

It was surprisingly great day for Japanese people yesterday, Nadeshiko Japan won Worldcup final game! Omedeto-!

We watched it on ESPN 3.

昨日は日本人にとってとても良い日でしたー、なでしこJAPANがワールドカップ優勝！おめでとうー！
こちらからESPN 3のストリーミングで応援していましたー。

Japanese restaurant

My Japanese girlfriends took me to the Japanese restaurant last Thursday and Friday!! The food was amazing, I took my husband right next day after she took me. ;) We both love it.

Cherry Blossom

Sushi Ken

Both places are owned by Japanese people! It was very nice lunch time, thanks for taking me out. :)

日本人のお友達が木曜日と金曜日に日本食レストランに連れて行ってくれました。食事本当に美味しかったです、早速土曜日に、旦那を連れて行きました。：）

Cherry Blossom

Sushi Ken

両方ともオーナーは日本人です！素敵なランチタイムでしたー、連れて行ってくれてありがとう！

beautiful gift from Japan

I got beautiful earring from Japan, it's made by natural stones which contain so many meanings with it, and this is my birthstone too! I will be very happy, when I wear it.

日本から綺麗なピアスが届きました、天然石で出来ていて、沢山の意味が含まれています、私の誕生席でもあります。これを身につけると、とても幸せになれそうです。

なでしこJAPAN！

I didn't expect they are going to win semi-final game to Sweden, Japanese girls are so tiny compare to Swedish girls :D I am very happy, omedeto-!

なでしこJapanがセミファイナルでスウェーデンに勝つとは予想していませんでした、日本の女の子たちは、スウェーデンの子たちに比べたら凄い小さいですよねー。。。
とても嬉しいです！おめでとう、なでしこJapan！

Google+

I've signed up for Google+ today, I still don't know what that is, Functionality called Circle seems interesting.
What is Hangout... :D you can do the video chat with multiple people? hm :D

Please try it from here, it might be fun~!

How to change input mode from Hiragana to Alphanumeric

It might have been already known functionality, but I accidentally found how to change input mode from Hiragana to Alphanumeric without changing by mouse cursor .

Press caps lock and shift key in the same time, it changes from Hiragana to Half-width Alphanumeric and vice versa.

Bird feeder

We attached bird feeders yesterday, The red liquid one is for hummingbird, I am waiting for birds to fly into feeders and start eating, but still no one is coming yet...

Normally we have 4-5 birds are hanging out at the front yard though, I haven't seen any birds today, maybe because of heavy raining and lightning in the morning, birds might have escaped somewhere and resting.

We also got 2 outdoor chairs, it matches colour with the house, I like it.

昨日、鳥の餌箱をフロントヤードに取り付けました。赤い液状のものは、ハミングバード用です。
鳥が、餌箱に飛んできて、食べ始めるのを待っていますが、まだ一匹もきていません・・・

普段は、4匹から5匹の鳥達が遊んでいるのですが、今日は一匹もいないようです、多分朝の強い雨と
雷で、どこかに非難して休んでいるのかなと思います。

あと、アウトドアチェアもゲットしました、色は、家のカラーに合わせています。いいかんじですー。

I got driver license yeey!

It's still hard to believe but the miracle happened, I passed the driver license test last Friday! and I got driver license!! Instruction Permit means you can already drive with someone who has normal driver license for practicing, I still have one more test to pass to obtain real driver license. I will start driving somewhere not crowded place soon. :)

未だに信じがたいですが、奇跡が起きましたー、ドライバーライセンスのテスト合格しましたー！
インストラクションパーミットとは、隣に通常の免許を持った人と一緒であれば、運転の練習が出来るというものです。まだ、あと一回、道路でのテストをパスしなければなりません。これから、どこか混んでいない場所で運転の練習を始めようと思います。　：）

Google voice call problem

I am still having problem to call phones in Japan, I did research on it and it seems like known issue reported in Google help forum on 6/4/2011 but haven't seen any reply from Google team yet ... hmm.

Question in Google Help forum

Please let me know if you encountered the same problem before also it would be great to let me know the alternative international phone call services.

未だに、Googleボイスを通じての日本への通話でトラブルが生じているようです。
検索した結果、Googleのヘルプフォーラムに既にリポート済みの問題のようで、6月4日にリポートされた後、まだGoogleチームから何も返信は見当たりません。。うーん。

Googleヘルプフォーラム

もし、以前に同じ問題を経験されているようでしたら、是非教えてくださいー、または、他の国際電話サービスを教えて頂けるのもありがたいですー！

ring

I've never been interested in wearing ring on my finger, until I got my marriage ring, I loved to wear earring though. But I noticed that ring actually can make me happy, because I can always look at it with my finger, earring is nice but you can only see it when you are standing on the mirror. :D

I got my ring fixed today, It was missing some diamonds and had to clean up. I am so happy now!

Here are ring collection of star jewelry, soo cute!

結婚指輪をはめる前は、ピアスをつけることは好きだったものの、指輪をつけることに全く興味がありませんでした。指輪って、自分をハッピーにしてくれるなと最近気づきました。なんせ、いつも指と一緒に見れるから、ピアスは良いですが、鏡の前に立っている時以外は見えないですからねー。

本日、結婚指輪が、修理から戻ってきました。何個かのダイアモンドが落ちていたのと、クリーンアップしなくちゃいけなかったので、戻ってきてくれて本当嬉しいです。

写真は、スタージュエリーのリングコレクションです。めちゃかわいい！

Driver License Test!

I've been studying for driver license test lately, I am going to take the test in this Friday!
A little nervous but I don't really expect to make it in one time,, huh... The article said only 4 in 10people can pass at first time, even native English speaker are struggling to pass like that?? so hopeless...

I can't wait to start driving for groceries, going to the gym..etc , hopefully soon. Good luck!

最近、ドライバーライセンスの取得の為に勉強しています。
今週の金曜日には、テストを受けに行こうと思っています！
ちょっとナーバスになりつつ、一回でパスできるなんて思っていません、、ある記事が、10人に4人しか初回でパス出来ていないと言っていたからです。ネイティブの人たちでさえ、そんなに難しいの？？期待薄です。

早く運転出来る日々が本当に待ち遠しいですー、食料品買いに行ったり、ジム行ったりーなどなど。
頑張りますー。

Desert Storm

I've seen huge desert storm from last weekend, but the one yesterday was the largest I think, we couldn't even see the front view, when we were driving a car to the gym.
He said monsoon is coming soon!

It's interesting to see the different types of storm in AZ, we have many typhoon in Japan and it brings much rain and massive wind in short period of time, but here, it doesn't rain at all and only strong wind cause desert dust storm. :)

先週末から砂漠地帯のストームを見れているのですが、昨日のが一番大きかったように思います。
ジムに行くドライブ中、全く前が見えませんでした。彼がモンスーンがもうすぐ来るって言っています。
アリゾナで日本で見るのとは違ったタイプのストームを見れるのがとても面白いです。日本も、この時期は台風が発生し、短時間の間に凄い雨と風をもたらしますが、こちらは雨は全く降らず、凄い強い風が砂漠からのごみとともにストームを巻き起こす感じです。

写真見れるかなーー。

Las Vegas Trip

This is my second trip to Las Vegas! Last time we stayed in Luxor and watched great show Cirque du Soleil ''KA".

This time we found the another way to enjoy Las Vegas without gambling , clubbing etc.
We stayed in new hotel called Vdara, it's in City Center area. The area doesn't look like Las Vegas at all, it's quite simple and modern taste, I love it.
There are beautiful spa resort, pool, fancy restaurant inside! It was wonderful 2nights stay.

We watched the Cirque du Soleil The Beatles ''LOVE" , It's the best show I've ever seen by far!
The ticket is quite expensive, 160$ for one person, but it's really really worth it! I would like to watch the same show next time too!

Music Beta by Google service has been started

I received the invitation email for Music Beta by Google today, when I clicked "Get Started", the sign up page was opened and passed couple of pages to the end.
The attached picture is the Home image, you can listen to so many different types of music, and also able to upload music on your library. The big difference from other app is that user is able to access and enjoy listening to music even offline area...how is it possible!!

You need to download music manager to add music, it seems like "MusicManager.exe" isn't working properly so far. I am trying to download it again and install and rebooting OS,, but so far no luck..hm.

I am excited to see how popular the app will be, once they released the official version.
This app would be one of the representative app of cloud computing service. :)

Chapter 1 Troubleshooting

There are important 6steps, it's pretty common sense but good to remember as reference.

Step 1 Identify the problem
You might want to reproduce the problem at this point, but always do back up any critical data before making any changes from current situation, so you can always go back if something was happened on the process.
I think it's important to gather the information as much as possible from FRD, internal knowledge DB, vendor's official tech community site.

Step 2 Establish a theory of probable cause

Step 3 Test the theory to determine the cause

You can always go back to step2, if you couldn't get expected result from your theory.

Step 4 Establish the plan of action to resolve the problem and implement the solution

Step 5 Verify full system functionality and if applicable , implement preventative measures too

Preventative measures shouldn't affect any other system or system policies. If there is possibilities that is happened, get the permission first.

Step 6 Document findings, actions, and outcomes

Document should be included,

1. The issue summary (support team)
2. Step to reproduce the issue (support team)
3. Cause of the problem (should be added by dev team)
4. Solution (also added by dev team, when it's fixed)
5. Preventative measures (support team&dev)

Other tidbits

Important 4 components : Video , RAM , Processor , Motherboard.
In real life, large percentage of the issues you are going to face are due to user error...