Faces of Joji

Joji can be pretty cute at times I have to say. Especially when his bath has completed. When he first got home and we were bathing him, we probably could have used ear plugs. But... he loves it now, and definitely gets into being in the water. Before and after, he is pretty chatty and giggling a lot. 

Joji also has a pretty good head of hair on him, so after washing and drying... he looks something like this:

But I have to say... that he also often looks like this:

Hanami!

Probably the best time of year to see Tokyo (and many places in Japan) is during the cherry blossom season. Its basically done now, as it only lasts a couple of  days at full strength. Some random photos of the season this year.


This is a store near my house.... they light it up at night, looks great. The tree actually goes through the second floor balcony.

This one is the same place during the day.

Didn't get out and drink under the blossoms this year... but hope to resume next year with Joji being a little bit older.

Some Random Photos Of Joji

Joji has been doing pretty well recently. He's not up and walking or anything yet Well he is only just over  two months old now so these things are a little bit far off.  He's a real joy though, even when screaming... still have to look at him with a sense of wonder.


Here is a photo of him being genki and happy sitting on the sofa. Well... not quite sitting, but propped up. He was pretty much all smiles and giggles at this point. Pretty sure that he was crying up a storm afterwards, but, at least we captured the best bit!

This is a quick snap of when my mom was over. Kiyomi too the shot, and Joji is with us. Little guy was good fun for the time that Mom was over here, and the extra set of hands and support was really welcomed.

Team Skillhouse

Big thanks to Paul for organizing Team Skillhouse. Look for us on Facebook, and track our progress. We're hoping to raise money for a Tokyo soup kitchen with people sponsoring us in the Honolulu Century ride. 

Some Personal Goals

Some Personal goals here for the year. Yeah... a little late for new years stuff, I know. But these are a few things that have grown out of a few different conversations that I have had with people. 


The first one is easy to define, but hard to do. Well committing the time and brain power to it are the things that I need to do. Goal number 1... get a CCENT (First level of cisco certification). Networking is the area that I really need to shore up both for my current role, and probably for anything in the future that comes my way. Got my books today (from amazon) and will let you all know how it goes. Hoping to get this by the early to mid summer.


The second goal is probably also fairly easy to define, and like Goal number 1, will be difficult to accomplish. Myself and a few friends are going to enter the Honolulu Century Ride. Looking forward to it, but it will be anything but easy. Basically for those of you who don't know, it means riding 100 miles in one day. Up and down the windward coast of Oahu. There will be a lot of training to be done in the next few months if I want to actually make it!  Paul, Joel, and Arch all look to be joining along too. If you're interested, drop me a line and ask for details.


I guess that technically I'll be doing the second one as a professional certification, but as my company will not be involved in it in anyway (training or materials) I'll take it as a personal one.