Showing posts with label club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label club. Show all posts

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Food Fight: Kites v Crows (鳶対烏)





Last weekend when I was on my way home from the photography club trip, I stopped to watch the kites and the crows fighting over the dead fish that for some reason were strewn all along the river banks. Crows often hassle the kites when they fly through their air space, and the kites just fly away. But this time the tables were turned, and the kites were very aggressively fighting off the crows who were sneakily trying to snatch the fish away from the kites. I was too far away, and the pics are cropped and enlarged, so they are not great quality, but you can still see what is going on. It was very amusing.
先週末、写真部の撮影会の帰りに、川で鳶と烏の喧嘩を見てた。何故か分からんけど死んだ魚はあちこちにあって、鳶と烏がいっぱいおった。普段は、烏が鳶を追いかけて逃がすけど今回は、逆で鳶の方が攻撃してた。遠くて、写真を拡する必要があったからあんまり綺麗な写真でもないけど、その内容は面白いと思う。まあ、見るのはとても面白かった。

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Photography Club Trip (写真部撮影会)



On Sunday we went to a nearby historic town for our school photography club trip. It was a dark, overcast day, and not too great for taking photos, but I was happy with a few of them.

日曜日、うちの学校の写真部の撮影会があった。近くの古い町に行ったけど天気が悪かったので写真を撮るには、あんまり適切じゃなかった。それでも、まあまあ良い写真が撮れた。

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Forced Labor



When I started my job at a private high school here in Hiroshima a number of years ago, I was "placed" in a club as a komon, or coach. I grew up playing all sorts of sports and have no problem with the idea of helping coach a club, in fact I quite enjoy getting in and running around with the students. But I was told that I was going to be one of the coaches for the handball club! Handball? Isn't that a foul in soccer?? So not knowing anything about the game other than that it seemed to be popular in Europe, I designated myself as the team photographer. This April I was mercifully changed to another club. One which I know even less about! American football!! I'm an Aussie! What the hell do I know about this game! Anyway, I don't think I saw our team win even once in the whole time I was supposedly helping the team, but at least I got some good photos! ;)