Posts Tagged ‘Ponds’

Bynn’s first golf outing in Japan

Monday, April 9th, 2012

A couple of weeks ago right after Bynn graduated (well, they don’t really hold anyone back here, so technically the term would be ‘moved on’) from elementary school we got the chance to hit the links.

I’ve been several times here, and we did play together some time ago while on a trip to Guam for his first time ever on a course, but this was the first time on a course in Japan.

The weather was great though we barely beat the rain home. While we were out, it held up pretty well although the wind was a little sharp at times.

We went to Mie prefecture to the Suzuka Country Club and played the Higashi (East) course. It’s not a really long course at 6,347 yards, and no water-locked greens, but still challenging enough. The fairways were pretty wide but you were in trouble if you got out of the fairway with all the trees, bunkers, and creeks and ponds along the sides.

Bynn managed a bogey on one hole,  and hit the ball fairly well, so we were able to enjoy the day. All in all, it was great. I can’t wait till Ahn can go too.

Here are a few photos –

New Year’s Skating fun

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

During break time we usually have a chance to get together with one of Ahn’s friends from back in his daycare days. She and her family actually moved away several years ago, but her grandfather still livesa few houses down from us, and they come to visit.

When she visits, the boys try to meet her and at least go to the park to play or invite her over to watch movies or eat or play here at our house since she’s usually here for a few days.

When they come, we also usually try to get together as families for some kind of fun. We’ve gone to the river, BBQ’d with them, and out to eat in the past.

This time we decided at that last minute to go iceskating.

Yep.

Iceskating.

When I was a boy, we used to skate on the ponds on the farm. Yes, I’m one of _those_ guys. We even sometime had people over for skating parties.

I remember sometimes skating when we couldn’t skate next to each other for fear the ice would break, too 😉

We didn’t have those kinds of problems this time though, hehheh.

We’ve gone several times to the skating rink out at Morikoro park (where the Expo was held a few years ago).

That’s where we headed this time, too.

Here are a few photos from the day on ice.

Me being helpful :-)

Me being helpful 🙂