Title: Korea on Business
by: kei
とにかく出張が多い仕事は昔から憧れていました。
「夢」まで言えるほどだったかもしれない
I always wanted to work at a job where I could travel a lot.
I suppose you could even say that it was my "dream" ...
それで、「夢が叶った」とも言えるほど幸せな生活の中、
夢って憧れ過ぎていいことしか見えない、中途半端な想像に近い・・・
と思ってしまうときは無いとは言えない！
... and now that dream has been realised, in a manner of speaking, in that I travel a lot - however I've also realised that dreams are merely, incomplete, biased constructs in our mind where we only see how good it would be and never once think about what would not be good.
昔は決して口にもしなかった一言だったのに・・・
出張ばかりで、さすがに疲れていますから、
「疲れた〜」って無意識でいってしまう様になっちゃいました。
Not so long ago, I had the energy to keep going and going, but now find myself often complaining about how tired I am; and rightly so, because I do travel quite a lot and it takes a toll on you.
出張で日本中を廻りながら、
四季の流れで変わってゆく日本を観てきた。
Travelling for work, I have been all over Japan and seen more of it in less than two years than most people do living here a lifetime! I have seen Japan in all its glory through all four seasons and it has been great.
出張でラスベガスまで飛んで、
あの有名のべガスストリップの賑やかな夜景を楽しんできた。
Travelling for work, I got to go to Las Vegas, and enjoy the famous lights of the strip.
出張でいっぱいANA・JCBカードを使用し、
毎月１万マイルを貯めるようになった。
Travelling for work, I have become very good at collecting miles one way or another, so much so that I am now collecting 10,000+ miles every month.
そして、
出張で今度は初めて、
ずっと前から気になっていた韓国へ行くことになりました。
Travelling for work, I will now be making a short trip to South Korea, another country I can strike off my list of "countries I want to visit".
ブルゴギー、ビビンバプ、キムチ、チジミ、アニョハッセーヨ
の韓国語の５つの言葉しかしゃべれない僕には、
とにかくお腹が空かなさそうな出張になりそうですね☆
And since my Korean language skills are limited to 5 words: Bulgogi (grilled meat), Bibimbap (Korean rice bowl), Kimchi (Korean pickles), Chijimi (Korean omelette) and Anyohaseyo (Hello), if anything, I feel I will not go hungry during this trip - which is a good thing because I love Korean food :)
・・・
では、韓国へ行ってきます！
See you when I get back!
Tuesday, May 25
Sunday, March 14
「ケイ日記」Naruto and QUE
by: kei
電子ペーパーのこと知ってる人手を挙げて. . .
All those who know what e-paper is, raise you hands ...
最近の電子製品業界の中には新たな動きが世界中に興味を持たされている。それが、これからの「エコ」という考えを変えていくし、３０年前から今を比べて普通のテレビから液晶テレビの時代に転化したように、現代の「紙」という言葉の意味、そして今から３０年後には当たり前となる電子ペーパーのことです。
Our understanding of the word paper is changing. The world is moving towards everything "Green" and everything "Eco" and this will soon become true for paper. The future of paper is electronic and it is here. I visited CES this year and witnessed nearly every major electronics manufacturer working on e-paper. Why is this so important, because I work with e-paper.
That is correct, yours truly, is the Japanese Representative for Plastic Logic. Have you heard of Plastic Logic? If not, look here.
そう！私は米国系会社プラスチックロジックの日本代表としてこの一年間色んなことをやってきた。そしていよいよ来月は弊社商品「QUE」が発売となる。電子ペーパーもそうだけど、実は、「QUE」の本当の素晴らしさは商品の裏にある技術です。液晶との比べてシリコンとガラスは一切使わないで、有機半導体をベースにした、プラスチックで作られた、生産予算が液晶の３分の１のディスプレーであることです。
For a year now I have been working towards the source and selection of manufacturing equipment for the Plastic Logic factory in Germany. And now, the product is ready - and the technology is on the brink of its début on the world stage. No silicon, no glass, only organic semiconductors forming a transistor array that is made completely out of plastic. It is lighter, stronger, thinner, cheaper to make and flexible. It is the FUTURE.
来月（2010年４月）発売になる「QUE」だが、最近日本の装置メーカーに展示できるようになったので、やっぱり日本だと漫画の印象が1番強いではないかと話しになって、「ナルト疾風伝」漫画を「QUE」にアップロードしてみました！意外と読みやすい、そして、めっちゃ楽しい！
When in Japan, what better way to show our new QUE product to our Japanese suppliers, than to upload some manga on it and sharing with them the reading experience of the future! I give you, the QUE pro-reader with Naruto Shippuuden Manga!
A few people around us on the Shinkansen (bullet train) commented on how "cool" this was!
Links (外部リンク):
www.plasticlogic.com
www.que.com
電子ペーパーのこと知ってる人手を挙げて. . .
All those who know what e-paper is, raise you hands ...
最近の電子製品業界の中には新たな動きが世界中に興味を持たされている。それが、これからの「エコ」という考えを変えていくし、３０年前から今を比べて普通のテレビから液晶テレビの時代に転化したように、現代の「紙」という言葉の意味、そして今から３０年後には当たり前となる電子ペーパーのことです。
Our understanding of the word paper is changing. The world is moving towards everything "Green" and everything "Eco" and this will soon become true for paper. The future of paper is electronic and it is here. I visited CES this year and witnessed nearly every major electronics manufacturer working on e-paper. Why is this so important, because I work with e-paper.
That is correct, yours truly, is the Japanese Representative for Plastic Logic. Have you heard of Plastic Logic? If not, look here.
そう！私は米国系会社プラスチックロジックの日本代表としてこの一年間色んなことをやってきた。そしていよいよ来月は弊社商品「QUE」が発売となる。電子ペーパーもそうだけど、実は、「QUE」の本当の素晴らしさは商品の裏にある技術です。液晶との比べてシリコンとガラスは一切使わないで、有機半導体をベースにした、プラスチックで作られた、生産予算が液晶の３分の１のディスプレーであることです。
For a year now I have been working towards the source and selection of manufacturing equipment for the Plastic Logic factory in Germany. And now, the product is ready - and the technology is on the brink of its début on the world stage. No silicon, no glass, only organic semiconductors forming a transistor array that is made completely out of plastic. It is lighter, stronger, thinner, cheaper to make and flexible. It is the FUTURE.
来月（2010年４月）発売になる「QUE」だが、最近日本の装置メーカーに展示できるようになったので、やっぱり日本だと漫画の印象が1番強いではないかと話しになって、「ナルト疾風伝」漫画を「QUE」にアップロードしてみました！意外と読みやすい、そして、めっちゃ楽しい！
When in Japan, what better way to show our new QUE product to our Japanese suppliers, than to upload some manga on it and sharing with them the reading experience of the future! I give you, the QUE pro-reader with Naruto Shippuuden Manga!
A few people around us on the Shinkansen (bullet train) commented on how "cool" this was!
Links (外部リンク):
www.plasticlogic.com
www.que.com
Friday, January 15
「ケイ日記」お久しぶりっす
Title: Recent Happenings
by: kei
Hello all!
It has been a really long time since I last posted an entry here on my and charlie's blog - in a manner of speaking, I haven't written here since last year!! So I thought that I would quickly waste some time, seeing as I have lots of it to kill sitting on a bullet train from Osaka to Tokyo, and write something. Only, I haven't a clue of what I want to write.
So through the magic of the iPhone, I will upload some recent pictures.
お久しぶりっす！明けましておめでとうございます。
長い間は日記書いていないが、ある意味、去年以来とも言えるぐらい！ということで、今日はなんか書こうと思って、どうせ、今は新幹線で大阪から東京へ向かっている途中で暇だし、ただ、何を書けばいいのかはさっぱり思いつかなくて、とりあえず、iPhoneの力借りて、ケイの最新情報を「写真」で紹介しようと！
Last week, I went to Las Vegas to attend the CES 2010 for work. CES was great, but everything else about the trip was a disaster, namely my flights to and from Vegas. On the way to Vegas, I flew 12 hours to San Fransisco, waited 5 hours for my connection to Vegas but my luggage arrived two days later. On the way back, I flew to Chicago, four hours in the wrong direction, waited there for 5 hours and then flew 14 hours to Tokyo. The time difference between Vegas and Tokyo is 17 hours ・・・which pretty much means that for one week, I didn't sleep properly (jetlag) and my return journey, including the time-difference, was 44 hours door-to-door!!!!
ＣＥＳは世界最大の電気製品展示会なので、電気製品好きの僕にとって、最高な経験だった！一番気に入ったのは、パソコンのチップメーカー「Intel」のブースで展示されていた、次世代のインターネットのインターフェース。大型画面に映ってるのは流れてるウィンドー、そして、あるウィンドーを選ぶとパッっとウィンドーが開く。流れてるウィンドーではリアルタイムで情報が映ってるから、インターフェースを観るだけで簡単に選択できる。（写真）
Intel's Infospace is a proof of concept running on their Intel Core i7 processor and is the next generation in information surfing interactive interfaces. Channels with real-time images and information running acoss the screen and you pick what you want. I wish I could replace an entire wall in my apartment with this gizmo!
by: kei
Hello all!
It has been a really long time since I last posted an entry here on my and charlie's blog - in a manner of speaking, I haven't written here since last year!! So I thought that I would quickly waste some time, seeing as I have lots of it to kill sitting on a bullet train from Osaka to Tokyo, and write something. Only, I haven't a clue of what I want to write.
So through the magic of the iPhone, I will upload some recent pictures.
お久しぶりっす！明けましておめでとうございます。
長い間は日記書いていないが、ある意味、去年以来とも言えるぐらい！ということで、今日はなんか書こうと思って、どうせ、今は新幹線で大阪から東京へ向かっている途中で暇だし、ただ、何を書けばいいのかはさっぱり思いつかなくて、とりあえず、iPhoneの力借りて、ケイの最新情報を「写真」で紹介しようと！
Last week, I went to Las Vegas to attend the CES 2010 for work. CES was great, but everything else about the trip was a disaster, namely my flights to and from Vegas. On the way to Vegas, I flew 12 hours to San Fransisco, waited 5 hours for my connection to Vegas but my luggage arrived two days later. On the way back, I flew to Chicago, four hours in the wrong direction, waited there for 5 hours and then flew 14 hours to Tokyo. The time difference between Vegas and Tokyo is 17 hours ・・・which pretty much means that for one week, I didn't sleep properly (jetlag) and my return journey, including the time-difference, was 44 hours door-to-door!!!!
ＣＥＳは世界最大の電気製品展示会なので、電気製品好きの僕にとって、最高な経験だった！一番気に入ったのは、パソコンのチップメーカー「Intel」のブースで展示されていた、次世代のインターネットのインターフェース。大型画面に映ってるのは流れてるウィンドー、そして、あるウィンドーを選ぶとパッっとウィンドーが開く。流れてるウィンドーではリアルタイムで情報が映ってるから、インターフェースを観るだけで簡単に選択できる。（写真）
Intel's Infospace is a proof of concept running on their Intel Core i7 processor and is the next generation in information surfing interactive interfaces. Channels with real-time images and information running acoss the screen and you pick what you want. I wish I could replace an entire wall in my apartment with this gizmo!
I want it!
I love Tokyo Tower and everyone around me knows this. And this is exactly why I every month willingly pay an expensive rent so that I can enjoy a fantastic view of it from my central Tokyo 14th story penthouse.
東京タワが大好きの僕には毎月の高い家賃はキツイだけど、部屋から見える夜景を見た瞬間、「まぁいいっか」って気分転化になるから、仕事はどんなに忙しくても、ストレスはたまりません。
On this fine Sunday evening, Tokyo Tower was all colorfully lit-up.
こないだは出張で福山（＠広島県）に行ってきました。、福山駅前の「Fukuyama Castle View Inn」に泊まってて、翌日の朝に起きてカーテンを開いたら、キャッセルは見えなかったので、大ガッカリした！
I was in the Japanese town of Fukuyama, near Hiroshima, on work and stayed at the Castle View Inn. Now, as the name suggestｓ, the hotel looks onto the very famous Fukuyama Castle. Except my view was a little different from what I was promised. I am not saying cut down the tree, but I hope you can appreciate the irony.
Castle View Innって言う名前を変えるべきではないかと思いますけど！
I can go on really with more and more pictures but I think I will wrap up for today.
For the past two days, I have been in Sakai near Osaka. For those who don't know, Sakai is fast becoming the "panel" capital of Japan, with Sharp and Panasonic, and a few others in the near vicinity, manufacturing flap panels (LCD, Plasma displays, Solar panels, etc.), all in huge factories located in and around Sakai. It was my first time to Sakai and now it is one more city I can mark on my "Cities I've Visited" app on Facebook!
それでは、次回まで。
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