Sunday, December 31, 2006

New Year's Eve Paddle

I joined a group from the Bay Area Sea Kayakers for a paddle out past the Golden Gate Bridge to Seal Rock, and then back. Strong outgoing tide, so we stayed in the current on he way out, and used the eddys to help us on the return.
今日Bay Area Sea Kayakersと一緒にカヤック でゴールデンゲートブリッジのそばを通って、シール岩に行って来た。

First, here is our GPS track.
グローバル・ポジショニング・システムの道だ:

For those that want to see the data, you can download the GPX file here.

Now, on to some photos from the trip. Click on photos to see larger sizes:
写真を置いた。写真をクリックすると大きい写真を見える:






This was a very good way to spend New Years Eve.
いいニューイヤーズイブだと思う。

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Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Chrismas in different languages

I got this from the Net. Seems there are a few sites that have this same list, and I don't know which is the originator (so which to say is the source). but the list is pretty cool.

Note - Some, like the Japanese one, are wishing both a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

You can hear audio clips of many of these at http://www.holidays.net/christmas/voices.htm.

Afrikaans: Gesëende Kersfees
Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees
African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
Albanian:Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic: Milad Majid
Argentine: Feliz Navidad
Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal
Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha
Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian: Feliz Natal
Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chile: Feliz Navidad
Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Columbia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsian: Pace e salute
Crazanian: Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian: Sretan Bozic
Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish: Glædelig Jul
Duri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast
English: Merry Christmas
Eskimo: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian: Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Ethiopian: (Amharic) Melkin Yelidet Beaal
Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French: Joyeux Noel
Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
Galician: Bo Nada
Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr! German: Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
Haiti: (Creole) Jwaye Nowel or to Jesus Edo Bri'cho o Rish D'Shato Brichto
Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi: Shub Naya Baras
Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaian: Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic: Gledileg Jol
Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Jiberish: Mithag Crithagsigathmithags
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Lao: souksan van Christmas
Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lausitzian:Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik
Maltese: IL-Milied It-tajjeb
Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori: Meri Kirihimete
Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo: Merry Keshmish
Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado
Papiamento: Bon Pasco
Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
Philipines: Maligayan Pasko!
Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese:Feliz Natal
Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
Romanche: (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele
Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
Serbian: Hristos se rodi
Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serb-Croatian: Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Serbian: Hristos se rodi.
Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene: Vesele Bozicne Praznike Srecno Novo Leto or Vesel Bozic in srecno Novo leto
Spanish: Feliz Navidad
Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Trukeese: (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai or souksan wan Christmas
Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian: Cestitamo Bozic
Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!

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Monday, December 18, 2006

Weird sport

Ok, I like bicycling. A lot. And have heard of people playing bicycle polo. But these guys take it to an extreme...
私は自転車が好きだ。大好き。自転車のポロを知っている、でもその人はちょっと変だと思う。。。


There is no way I could do that.
できないよ。

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Thursday, December 07, 2006

More Hawaii

More pictures below from the trip. Feel free to click on a picture to see it in larger size.
もう少し旅行の写真を置いた。写真をクリックすると大きい写真を見える。





Here is the view from our hotel room. We stayed at a resort in Kapaa, on the east side of the Island.
ホテルから写真だ。東側のKapaaに泊まった。
We took a boat trip up along the Na Pali Coast. The coast line is very dramatic, with mountains rising up right from the sea.
舟でNa Pali沿岸を見た。山は海のすぐ隣にある。すごい。





On that same trip, we saw many Spinner Dolphins, who would come and swim alongside our boat. We also saw from a distance a Humpback Whale.
同じ舟の時にザトウクジラとスピナー・ドルフィン(海豚)を見た。海豚は船首の近くで遊んだ。

We spent one day kayaking. There is a waterfall that can only be reached by kayak and hiking, so we went there. We were able to swim in the pool below the waterfall - that was pretty cool. We then explored the river and also looked out into the surf (but decided not to tempt the waves in our rented kayak).
一日カヤックした。カヤックとハイキングだけで行ける滝へ行った。滝つぼで泳げる。そして河口から波を見た。




One day, we took a drive up along a ridgeline between Waimea Canyon and the Na Pali Coast. Here is a picture of the canyon, and one of the view towards the coast.
車でNa Pali沿岸とWaimeaキャニオンの間の山の背を運転した。Na Pali沿岸とWaimeaキャニオンの写真だ。

The Na Pali coast is so amazing, you can't see it too many times. We also hiked along a portion of the northern end one day on the Kalalau Hiking trail.
そしてNa Paliの北のKalalauという山道でハイキングした。




We also snorkeled just about every day, and saw much sea life. In one picture, you can get a feel for how close the fish would come, as the fish was between me and Sylvia.
毎日のようにシュノーケルした。色々な海生動物を見た。魚は私たちに近づいた。写真3番目は魚が彼女と私の間にいた(彼女の足だ)。

Twice while snorkeling, we were also lucky enough to see a Sea Turtle. It was very cool to be able to swim along side the turtle.
2回シュノーケルしたとき青海亀を見た。すごい楽しかったよ。



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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Quick update on Hawaii

We have returned from Hawaii. It was a great vacation. I will post photos and videos later, but here are two of my favorite videos to whet your appetite...
ハワイから帰った。とても楽しかった。後で写真とビデオを置くつもりだ。 でも私のお気に入りのビデオはここにある。



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