Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Just when I thought spring was coming...

The last week or so it has become warmer and the need for a coat going to work is now obsolete. Saturday was spent walking around Shinsaibashi with PJ and PC, showing them the general area, where all the Tiffany, Gucci, Salvatore Ferrungi, Bulgari, Tag Haur, Clinique shops were. You know, just in case they wanted to splurge out a year's salary on a gaudy piece of jewelry. T-shirt and a pair of jeans were all that were required in the pleasant spring air. Saturday night was spent dining in a fantastic Malaysian restaurant to bid Tim farewell as he heads back to London to bigger and better things and a normal working week...with all the perks that go with a normal job. I will miss Tim. He is a great chap, and chap he is. I wish him well in his new position with one of the better law firms in London. Toodle pip ol' boy!!
After dinner we headed back to the 'burbs and a session of Karaoke. Not my cup of tea really but I stayed for a bit, belted out a few tunes. Sent out the love to people of the world and duly went home sober as a judge. Sunday was spent resting, cleaning my apartment, getting food and generally chilling out. I needed a bit of R&R. Actually, I went to Osaka-jo in the morning for a bit of birding. LJ, I decided to take some photos of the those "lovely thrushes", just for you...I hope you like them :) A nice selection of Eye-browed, Brown and Dusky thrush (photos in that order).

So on Tuesday it was pissing rain on and we had one of the biggest lightening storms surrounding Osaka, with lightening hitting nearby buildings. It was mad. Then on the way home that night my iPod died a sorry death. Nothing spectacular, no fanfare. It just went quietly, not a sound...that was the problem. There was absolutely nothing!! I took it into Apple Store in Shinsaibashi last night and, without a request for a warranty card, they replaced it. I now have a spanking new iPod. Nice.

Not sure what plans are afoot for Saturday, but am off birding the Yamatogawa on Sunday with Neil. We is hunting gulls...It is supposed be warm and sunny, yeah baby!! Oh, and it started snowing tonight on my way home. This world is going crazy.

Carmo's Diet: This week, I have mostly been eating broccoli and asparagus

Carmo's Birds for Byrdy: the one that got away...

13 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Mark,
No such luxury here yet regarding leaving jackets at home: sure, it's finally stopped being unseasonally cold since the winds shifted to south-westerlies, but it's not been dry for a whole day since then! The same old story here, you know the form!
Migrants are almost non-existent, might even manage to make it to April without seeing a Wheatear or Sand Martin: might head out tomorrow if it stays dry-ish, and that's my last chance in a month that usually yields me Willow Warblers and perhaps a Swallow (and the like of a Hoopoe too).
Nice thrush pics, the first or the last of 'em would do just fine as a first Irish.
H

March 31, 2006 12:52 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

fella - you wanna stay orf that broccocoli and asparagus - it'll rot yer teeth!

March 31, 2006 4:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

alright Mark,

yeah nice thrushes boy. I was telling Olwen that i should send ya a tube of canesten as you had Thrush problems! she reckoned it wasn't funny. Proddies!!


Anyways off to the Munster game tomorrow. Should be a good ol laugh. Headin up on the 5:30 am train. Only seat i could get. Apparently Cork Con ladies team travellin on same train. My plan is to shout out "Heavvveee" when were going through the tunnel, see what happens, ha ha. Anyways i'll have a few Gin n Ton Tons for ya.

LJ

March 31, 2006 6:51 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Alright Charmody,
Buenos Dias amigo.All good here in stinkin hot el salvador.Got a sweet place to stay,crankin surf,warm water,good food,heap of beer,all yours for .... less than $25 a day.Only thing missing really is a few chicas (this place is all male surfers),but we have enough rum and weed to keep us sated in the lonely balmy evenings.
Think we´re going to strike outta here and head for the truly feral surf spot of Popoyo in Nicaragua,another totally empty wolrd class wave that breaks along,completely empty,every day.Gonna swing by the ruins at Copan in Honduras to get some culture and backpackers before ending up back where we started.Thats my life for the next 2 1/2 weeks.I´ll keep you posted,check out the site for photos.

Right i´m outta here bfore i get stabbed.

Mucho Amor,
Pee

April 03, 2006 5:40 AM  
Blogger Carmo said...

H, sounds like it is pretty bad back home weather wise. Had some nice collection of gulls y'day...1st winter Thayers!! probably the same bird we had a few weeks ago. Plenty of Mongolian and I got a couple of shots, i'll send them onto you. Glad you got the article, hope you enjoyed it. Good luck on your travels this weekend

Col, nice wan for the chat last night, bad delay though. Have fun this week and watch your back.

LJ! I hope you enjoyed the game on Saturday. Let's hope we kick the shite out of those jackeens and wanna be jackeens in the semi's. Canestan idea was hilarious...Olwen, proddies indeed! Hope she's good and you're adjusted back to life without Everest as a backdrop.

El Pee, was just writing to you...

Leurve machine, thanks for making me laugh in the last blot post!! I'll gladly ghost your memoirs..."The Carmo Sutra - life, loves and birds" in your shops soon...camera looking on Saturday for so will let you know at the weekend

April 03, 2006 9:38 PM  
Blogger Carmo said...

H, sounds like it is pretty bad back home weather wise. Had some nice collection of gulls y'day...1st winter Thayers!! probably the same bird we had a few weeks ago. Plenty of Mongolian and I got a couple of shots, i'll send them onto you. Glad you got the article, hope you enjoyed it. Good luck on your travels this weekend

Col, nice wan for the chat last night, bad delay though. Have fun this week and watch your back.

LJ! I hope you enjoyed the game on Saturday. Let's hope we kick the shite out of those jackeens and wanna be jackeens in the semi's. Canestan idea was hilarious...Olwen, proddies indeed! Hope she's good and you're adjusted back to life without Everest as a backdrop.

El Pee, was just writing to you...

Leurve machine, thanks for making me laugh in the last blot post!! I'll gladly ghost your memoirs..."The Carmo Sutra - life, loves and birds" in your shops soon...camera looking on Saturday for so will let you know at the weekend

April 03, 2006 9:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi darling,

Sorry i havene written in so long, my sype address is priscilla1930 ( i think) drop me a wee not and we cam have a chat!

April 03, 2006 9:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Alright carmo-san.
Had a pretty good weekends birding!
Migs flying around.
Great spotted woodpecker still in the one true Capitol.
And another Franklins gull in wickla!

Take it easy old man!

Pariah

April 03, 2006 10:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I clearly cant type...

April 04, 2006 5:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did any lightning strike close to you when your IPod croaked?

April 04, 2006 10:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Mark,

Cork weather fabulous. Blue sky and bright sunshine, however, I have had to scrape frost off the windscreen for the last three days. It's April! What's going on?

Mel

April 05, 2006 11:03 PM  
Blogger Carmo said...

Greetings folks!

Cilla, will be on skype tomorrow night so will give you a shout then.

pariah, will answer your email soon. No lightening that i can remember....

Hi Mel!! Email winging your way to you too by Friday!!

April 05, 2006 11:38 PM  
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