Category: Slice of Life

Band Day

Saturday, September 29th, 2018Friday, November 11th, 2022kids, marching band, postadaySlice of LifeLeave a Comment

"Bands of America" Austin, 2018 — Photo info: FUJIFILM X-T10, 55mm, f/9, 1/400 sec, ISO400
“Bands of America” Austin, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Today Koa’s high school marching band competed in the Bands of America program for the area. It was a pretty huge event at the nearby stadium, with maybe 20 bands performing, starting at 9 am, and concluding with the awards ceremony at about 11 pm. It ran later than usual because it rained in the middle of the day and some performances were delayed for an hour or so, but luckily, the event didn’t get rained out.

Koa’s high school did great and finished 4th place overall, with a special award for Visual Achievement. I think they are very happy with the result, which is a huge improvement from last year’s 10th place finish. They worked so hard and that effort really paid off. 💪

All the performances were great, and it was so fun to see the kids really giving it their all. What an excellent event!

I hope you had a nice Saturday ☺

おやすみなさい

Friday

Friday, September 28th, 2018Wednesday, October 24th, 2018food, life, postadayFood, Slice of LifeLeave a Comment

"Beer and Cat" Cedar Park, 2018 — Photo info: FUJIFILM X-T10, 35mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec, ISO400
“Beer and Cat” Cedar Park, 2018

It’s time to start the weekend! 😆 To celebrate, we shared a delicious beer that we’ve been saving for a while now. It really hit the spot after a long, busy week. And to make the evening even better, we had a feast of yakisoba and okonomiyaki: one of my all-time favorite foods.

"お好み焼き" Cedar Park, 2018 — Photo info: FUJIFILM X-T10, 35mm, f/4.5, 1/50 sec, ISO3200
“お好み焼き” Cedar Park, 2018

I hope you had a nice Friday!

またね～

Cold Morning and Transformers Movie

Thursday, September 27th, 2018Wednesday, April 17th, 2019life, movies, postadaySlice of Life1 Comment

"Summer's Over" Cedar Park, 2018 — Photo info: SONY NEX-6, 16mm, f/3.5, 1/60 sec, ISO3200
“Summer’s Over” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

This morning we woke up to some chilly weather as you can see from the photo above. It feels like Autumn has really arrived, but this is Texas, so a heat wave has a good chance of making itself felt again before the month is out. But it does feel nice! (I’m sure I’ll be wishing for the summer heat as soon as the temperatures hit the 50s)

This evening I went with a couple of friends to see The Transformers: The Movie from 1986. I was never into Transformers and don’t know much about them, but the movie was really fun because of the non-stop robot fighting, ’80s metal music, and voice acting by Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Scatman Crothers, etc. I do admit that my eyelids got a little heavy at the beginning, but then I was fine the rest of the way through. I don’t think this film made a Transformers fan of me, but it was definitely fun to hang out and laugh with friends at the theater.