Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Heat, humidity, and more humidity...oh, and Happy B'day Pee Wee!!!

As much as western Europe has been lamblasted with rain, rain, and more rain, Osaka is just being hit with typhoons, earthquakes, and now the unbearable summer heat and humidity. With temperatures averaging 32C with 86% humidity (not much better at night), wearing the suit and tie to work is an uncomfortable experience, and anyone who has worked with me in a bar with just t-shirt/jeans, one can only imagine what I look like....

Birding has been a non-participating sport of late, getting out one morning for dawn to find myself in the company of a dozen egrets, 4 Grey-tailed tattlers, a couple of Mongolian Plovers and common sandpipers, was not worth losing about 2 liters of body fluids in the form of sweat. Roll on the middle of August when it SHOULD get a bit more bearable.

Next weekend is Summer Sonic!!! I am really looking forward to going to this day of music and revelry. Highlights for me will be Arctic Monkies, DJ Shadow, UNKLE, Manic Street Preachers, Kasabian, Bloc Party, Jose Gonzalez, the Offspring, Brett Anderson, Bright Eyes and Cut Chemist. I was going to go on Sunday but I really need to get out there and find Oriental Pratincole and Far Eastern Curlew. Not to mention, I'd probably have to take the day off work on Monday to recover. Roll on the 11th!!!

Last weekend was a good laugh, going to see the fireworks in Osaka while dressed in traditional gimbe costume. A bit like a pyjamas and damn comfortable. Onto to Noon nightclub afterwards where Mick, PJ's buddy from Oz, was woken up by the cleaners at 6am somewhere in the club. Legend. Sunday was bbq day with friends and family of SY. A good laugh but far too hungover to appreciate the good food there. Sexy Da Vihnchi turned up who was a laugh for a bit. It was PJ's b'day but he was a bit in shock at SDV's approaches to have too much fun. Hahaha, that was hilarious.

Now, with a little over 6 weeks to go before I am home, I am relishing the thought of going to Cape Clear for a night of two if the damn Brits don't let the foot and mouth break out cause mayhem like it did the last time and all of Europe was in fear of it spreading to rest of the Eurozone. If that is the case, then my birding when I go home could be seriously curtailed and I will not be a happy man if that is the case. I guess if they couldn't contain it the last time then there's no hope in them containing it this time either....

I am currently reading "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins which is excellent. It certainly cements my belief in atheism and if any christians out there read it, maybe they will be slow to push their incredible beliefs down people's throats and their "good and just god". Anyway, I would urge everyone from devout believers in a supernatural force to those who know it's all trite to read this book. It will certainly spur discussion and amongs the christians out there, disbelief at the heathenist words. Imagine no religion...

Carmo's Diet: this week, I have mostly been eating pistachio nuts

Carmo's Birds: cicada's mostly...they wake me up every morning at dawn

Carmo's birds for Byrdy: Madeline Stowe

12 Comments:

Blogger Stuart Price said...

Enjoy the festival. Don't get too wasted! My ageing wreck of a body couldn't handle that kind of shenannigans anymore.

Did you know Sky apparently aren't showing the Premier league in Japan this season? A good enough reason to go home for good if I wasn't married and had a job/life here.

Humid up in Hokkaido too although about 10 degrees celsius cooler. Sometimes I miss cool north Atlantic summers.

August 07, 2007 6:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was goin through your flicker pics there carmo-san.The sibe blue robin actually made me cry!much envy.

August 07, 2007 9:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

fella - you is lookin wonderful! was that taken with yer new macro lens or do you naturally have fisheye? is you really home again in 6 weeks? feck it, does that mean its just 6 weeks till october? fantastic! bring it on!

skype me you gimp!

August 10, 2007 10:27 PM  
Blogger nadja said...

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August 10, 2007 11:45 PM  
Blogger nadja said...

cool - enjoy summer sonic!
wow, arctic monkyes, bloc party aaaaaaaaaaaand manic street preachers.... not bad! :D
it's better than our open air this w'end - mando diao and pink..... hmmmm. and lots of rain in addition... :S

have fun & take care.
cheers, n.

August 10, 2007 11:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Marky Mark

what have you done to your back our kid. on the one hand, you talk the talk with all the latest bands (DJ who?) and on the other there are the now desperately sprawling crows feet and crevasses on the visage coupled with a dodgy back. you are living the lie!

you still working the long hours. i was engaging in discussion with a japanese guy called Yuichi recently in our Tokyo office and it was 5.30pm Irish time. is there no end to the day? (rhethorical)

i can't wait to see you in october. we can compare crows feet at that stage. i will also introduce you to the b&c (ball & chain) who is now officially living with me (eventually I have fooled one poor cailin out of 3 billion) although it strikes that i have forgotten to tell my parents that.

this blog is fantastic by the way. it would be better if you had a sense of humour and didn't take yourself so seriously all the time but you always were a pain in the ass. many a night i log on (typically midnight when i get home from pub on fri or sat) and several times have left you comments. only to wake up the next morning to find that i didn't post it correctly and my sound and sometimes witty lines got lost in cyberspace somewhere. probably not a bad thing as i keep forgeting your mum and dad probably read all this!

this camera thing seems to be catching on. cronin has some photos on irish birding sights from cape clear. is he still there? is he coming to Ru's wedding in october?

Which reminds me that i still have to accept.

take care marky

jh

August 11, 2007 9:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Indeed the wee man has aged another year and STILL continues to get better looking.Who'd have thought it possible.Spent the big day surfing perfect 4 foot Chicama,longest left in the world.Picked up 2 barrels on my 1st wave of the day,nearly cried.Soon i shall be carmo old and possibly still working in a bar.
Glad to hear that you are getting out and about as well as just working Carmo,enjoy that festival,is this your 1st time seeing DJ Shadow ? He is every bit as good as you'd think,although be prepared for some whacked out new stuff.The jury remains out on some of it.
And it finally happened,we are officially surfed out.Didnt even paddle out this morning,couldnt be bothered.Headed to Chiclayo tonight for a few beers (big university city = mucho chicks),then we are headed into the jungle for 3 days,going to see the ruins at Kuelap.About time we got some cutlure really.

Talk soon,
PW

August 12, 2007 12:26 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Carmo you heathen bastard,
Just in case you were wondering I'm a million miles (well,not literally) from Ica,where the quake was.Sleep well my prince,your Pee is safe.

PW

August 17, 2007 10:11 AM  
Blogger Carmo said...

Pee, I was just about to write you a mail...glad to know you're safe. it sounds like it hit Peru pretty bad. be safe my friend. oh to be back with you and the bale giving it socks. UNKLE were amazing live, Polyphonic Spree were a surprise hit and Jose Gonzalez was untouchable. DJ Shadow was a weird for sure...the jury is out

August 18, 2007 4:03 AM  
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