<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:50:05.034-04:00</updated><category term='Portugues'/><category term='saude'/><category term='Japan trip'/><category term='Prova'/><category term='Formula Um'/><category term='running'/><category term='Fun'/><category term='English'/><title type='text'>Satrijoe's blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>103</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2960749716783997406</id><published>2009-05-28T09:48:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T09:54:50.053-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Encerrando atividades por aqui</title><content type='html'>Como comentei no post #100, vou inaugurar um novo blog. Para todos (até parece! rs) que tem meu blog em bookmark, favor atualizar com o novo link:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://satrijoe.wordpress.com/"&gt;http://satrijoe.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Batizei o blog de "Odômetro ligado". Ainda tenho que fazer algumas melhoras mas a migração dos posts antigos já está feita. A conta dos blogs vai ficar errada pq apaguei os posts relacionados à minha viagem ao Japão, que irão ficar registrados aqui. Se fizer alguma outra viagem de férias, provavelmente vou colocar aqui e não no novo blog, por isso vou manter este aqui em estado dormente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abraços!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2960749716783997406?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2960749716783997406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2960749716783997406' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2960749716783997406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2960749716783997406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/encerrando-atividades-por-aqui.html' title='Encerrando atividades por aqui'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-5534186566104534800</id><published>2009-05-28T00:30:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T01:11:43.258-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Meu ombro...</title><content type='html'>Fui ao médico e o raio X mostrou que a clavícula saiu do lugar (ligeiramente) mas não quebrou. Sendo assim, o tratamento é dar tempo ao tempo. Pelo visto, fisioterapia não ajuda. Teoricamente são 6 semanas de molho. O médico disse que posso até correr, se a dor não incomodar. Como por enquanto está incomodando, vou fazer outras coisas, como caminhar por exemplo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pois é. Isso me faz lembrar uma frase que eu vi no filme "A Volta do Todo Poderoso" (Evan Almighty):&lt;br /&gt;"Se alguém pede em suas preces por paciência, você acha que Deus simplesmente lhe concede paciência? Ou Ele lhe dá a oportunidade de ser paciente? Se alguém reza por coragem, Deus lhe dá coragem ou lhe dá a oportunidade de ser corajoso? Se alguém pediu para que a família seja mais unida, você acha que Deus simplesmente envia sentimentos de calor humano ou lhes dá oportunidades para que amem-se uns aos outros?"&lt;br /&gt;(Esta frase começa aos 1min10s)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4cQzePYKyCI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4cQzePYKyCI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sempre considerei uma frase muito profunda principalmente para uma comédia. É pra se pensar, todos os dias, todas as horas!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-5534186566104534800?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/5534186566104534800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=5534186566104534800' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5534186566104534800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5534186566104534800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/meu-ombro.html' title='Meu ombro...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-8351213097696275823</id><published>2009-05-27T23:51:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T00:29:33.969-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Mônaco - E a história continua a mesma</title><content type='html'>Como falei, não assisti nem ao quali nem à corrida de Mônaco. Graças às maravilhas da tecnologia, tinha tudo gravado no meu DVR. Assisti somente à corrida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apesar de todo o charme e das tomadas de vídeo clássicas mas ainda assim fantásticas, Mônaco tende a ser chata da metade pro final da corrida. Pq em geral as posições se definem e não há mais muita disputa. Foi o que aconteceu este último fim de semana. A emoção ficou por conta da largada, da disputa inicial entre Vettel, Massa e Rosberg e obviamente das batidas (confesso que cochilei em certos trechos da corrida).  Minhas impressões:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Button: Não está errando nada. Começo de temporada arrasador. O carro parece estar sobrando.&lt;br /&gt;-Rubinho: Falta combatividade. Sempre tem alguma desculpa. Falta aquela coisa "eye of the tiger"&lt;br /&gt;-Massa: Mostrou vontade e brigou pra chegar no 4o. lugar.&lt;br /&gt;-Nelsinho: Desta vez, não teve culpa já que foi abalroado pelo novato Buemi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Toyotas e as BMWs andaram lá atrás. Estarão em declínio? O Kovalainen, que bateu sozinho, está se colocando em posição complicada. Fora isso, rolou o famoso bastidor da F1 com a Ferrari liderando um motim contra o tal teto no orçamento das equipes. Talvez seja pra apimentar um pouco a categoria, já que na pista as Brawns estão dando de 10 a 0. Vamos ver o que acontece na Turquia, de volta a um circuito de verdade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Num fim de semana esportivo movimentado, o destaque do automobilismo fica para o Hélio Castroneves que largou da pole e ganhou a Indy 500 pela terceira vez. Pra quem estava pra ser preso há poucas semanas atrás, foi realmente um volta por cima, com direito a um chequinho de 3 milhões de dólares (com imposto devidamente retido na fonte!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seguem a ordem do grid e o resultado final da corrida:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Resultado final&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Jenson Button - Brawn GP, 1h40:44.282&lt;br /&gt;2. Rubens Barrichello - Brawn GP, + 7.666&lt;br /&gt;3. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari, + 13.443&lt;br /&gt;4. Felipe Massa - Ferrari, + 15.110&lt;br /&gt;5. Mark Webber - Red Bull, + 15.730&lt;br /&gt;6. Nico Rosberg - Williams, + 33.586&lt;br /&gt;7. Fernando Alonso - Renault, + 37.839&lt;br /&gt;8. Sebastien Bourdais - Toro Rosso, + 1:03.142&lt;br /&gt;9. Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India, + 1:05.040&lt;br /&gt;10. Timo Glock - Toyota, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;11. Nick Heidfeld - BMW, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;12. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;13. Jarno Trulli - Toyota, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;14. Adrian Sutil - Force India, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;15. Kazuki Nakajima - Williams, + 2 voltas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não completaram:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heikki Kövalainen - McLaren&lt;br /&gt;Robert Kubica - BMW&lt;br /&gt;Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull&lt;br /&gt;Nelsinho Piquet - Renault&lt;br /&gt;Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quali:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Jenson Button - Brawn, 1:14.902&lt;br /&gt;2. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari, 1:14.927&lt;br /&gt;3. Rubens Barrichello - Brawn, 1:15.077&lt;br /&gt;4. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull, 1:15.271&lt;br /&gt;5. Felipe Massa - Ferrari, 1:15.437&lt;br /&gt;6. Nico Rosberg - Williams, 1:15.455&lt;br /&gt;7. Heikki Kövalainen - McLaren, 1:15.516&lt;br /&gt;8. Mark Webber - Red Bull, 1:15.653&lt;br /&gt;9. Fernando Alonso - Renault, 1:16.009&lt;br /&gt;10. Kazuki Nakajima - Williams, 1:17.344&lt;br /&gt;11. Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso, 1:15.833&lt;br /&gt;12. Nelsinho Piquet - Renault, 1:15.837&lt;br /&gt;13. Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India, 1:16.146&lt;br /&gt;14. Sebastien Bourdais - Toro Rosso, 1:16.281&lt;br /&gt;15. Adrian Sutil - Force India, 1:16.545&lt;br /&gt;16. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren, 1:16.264&lt;br /&gt;17. Nick Heidfeld - BMW, 1:16.264&lt;br /&gt;18. Robert Kubica - BMW, 1:16.405&lt;br /&gt;19. Jarno Trulli - Toyota, 1:16.548&lt;br /&gt;20. Timo Glock - Toyota, 1:16.788&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-8351213097696275823?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/8351213097696275823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=8351213097696275823' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8351213097696275823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8351213097696275823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/monaco-e-historia-continua-mesma.html' title='Mônaco - E a história continua a mesma'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3837974411398270117</id><published>2009-05-25T23:58:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T09:22:34.754-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Post #100 – Vou Parar...</title><content type='html'>Pois é gente, foi bom enquanto durou. Pensei bastante e decidi que não vou mais postar por aqui...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ShvNq7fL8HI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ZxKhtUKDjvs/s1600-h/caneta.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ShvNq7fL8HI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ZxKhtUKDjvs/s320/caneta.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340087920584552562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Crédito da foto: http://br.geocities.com/mundo_estranho2000/caneta.html&lt;/small&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... porque vou abrir um outro blog! Hahaha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estava achando que o nome japantrip não tinha nada a ver com o blog, agora nesta fase 2009. Como ia mudar o nome do blog, aproveitei e dei uma olhadinha nos blogs grátis e decidi arriscar a usar o wordpress. Parece que oferece um pouco mais de flexibilidade. Vamos ver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talvez eu ainda tenha que manter o blogspot por alguns posts mais até conseguir migrar os posts antigos de forma correta. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este fim de semana foi bem agitado para a comunidade corredora do Brasil com a maratona de Porto Alegre e os 25km da Corpore em SP, além de provas no Rio e Mongaguá (são as que eu sei). Parabenizo a todos que correram e concluíram suas respectivas provas neste fim de semana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tb foi fim de semana de fórmula um mas confesso que não assisti a corrida já que estava num evento muito mais importante: Celebrando o aniversário da minha pimpolha. Sendo assim, os comentários sobre a F1 bem como um breve registro do “parabéns pra vc” tb vão estar em posts separados, quando tiver tempo de escrever a respeito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E finalmente, aproveito pra informar que infelizmente continuo de molho. O ombro já está melhor da queda da bicicleta mas ainda dói. Estou contemplando fazer uns 5km bem pianinho pra ver como o corpo reage. &lt;br /&gt;(Pós-edição: desisti da idéia. Vou primeiro no médico...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boa semana a todos!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3837974411398270117?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3837974411398270117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3837974411398270117' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3837974411398270117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3837974411398270117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/post-100-vou-parar.html' title='Post #100 – Vou Parar...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ShvNq7fL8HI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ZxKhtUKDjvs/s72-c/caneta.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-5818256831269176360</id><published>2009-05-20T21:59:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-26T07:03:58.301-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Post #99 - Treinos de "Qualidade" e algo a comemorar!</title><content type='html'>Neste começo de semana fiz uns treinos "diferenciados":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Na 2a. feira, fiz uma rodagenzinha para me recuperar psicologicamente da quebra do final de semana. Nada muito especial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Na 3a. feira tentei fazer um intervalado e fui alternando kms de 6'17" a 5'14". Não saiu do jeito que eu quis, pq eu queria ser um pouco mais constante mas mesmo assim valeu. O ponto negativo foi o Garmin. Qdo eu saí de casa, a bateria estava a 20% e infelizmente só aguentou até o km 9 (aprox. 50min). Melhor que tenha acontecido num treino. Por sorte, estava com o Nike+ ativado e deu pra estimar o tempo total e pace do km final.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Na 4a. feira a intenção era fazer um treino progressivo. Meu plano era fazer os primeiros 5 km num ritmo leve (6min), do 6 ao 8 km num ritmo médio (5'30") e forçar o que pudesse nos 2km finais. Na teoria estava tudo bonito. A execução não foi exatamente ao pé da letra. Seguem os splits:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Km 1-5:41&lt;br /&gt;Km 2-5:45&lt;br /&gt;Km 3-5:50&lt;br /&gt;Km 4-5:54&lt;br /&gt;Km 5-5:59&lt;br /&gt;Km 6-5:48&lt;br /&gt;Km 7-5:37&lt;br /&gt;Km 8-5:45&lt;br /&gt;Km 9-5:49&lt;br /&gt;Km 10-5:05&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dá pra ver que os Kms 6, 8 e 9 (principalmente) deixaram a desejar. O cérebro mandava eu acelerar o ritmo, e até achei que estava indo (um pouco) mais rápido mas os números não mentem... Fica de lição de casa para melhorar nos próximos treinos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Para não "manchar" o post #100 com más notícias, estou colocando esta pós-edição)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;FONT COLOR ="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*5a. feira: Decidi fazer um cross training e andar de bicicleta. Após fazer umas consultas junto ao pessoal que tem um pouco mais de experiência com a magrela, defini um ritmo de 20-25 km/h num percurso que deveria ser de uns 20km (dependendo da minha disposição). Saí todo animado e apesar de ter que diminuir o ritmo em alguns lugares que estavam meio alagados pelas chuvas recentes, estava indo bem, quando...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...tomei um &lt;b&gt;tombaço&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ShvMRV4RYaI/AAAAAAAAAGU/EHouVnUHWIc/s1600-h/queda.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ShvMRV4RYaI/AAAAAAAAAGU/EHouVnUHWIc/s320/queda.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340086381480862114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Crédito da foto: http://www.doceshop.com.br/&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fui de ombro pro concreto. Doeu pacas. Depois de ficar contemplando o céu por um tempo, sentindo o ombro latejar, me levantei pra ver os estragos adicionais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O capacete fez seu trabalho e só ralei um pouco a perna. Por incrível que pareça a bicicleta não teve avarias, nem o meu iPod nem o Garmin. Até liguei pro serviço de reboque (vulgo minha cara-metade) me buscar mas, como dita a lei de Murphy, o celular estava na bolsa e ela não atendeu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acabei pedalando de volta pra casa, bem devagarzinho. Uma meia hora bem sofrida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qdo estava me recuperando da queda, entendi o que aconteceu. Tinha uma maldita corda no chão e passei por cima dela exatamente no momento que estava com o guidão meio virado pra fazer uma curva. Perdi a "aderência" e não teve jeito. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ia fazer 15 km na 6a. (meu longão por enquanto) mas sem chances. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fiquei decepcionado com umas 3 pessoas que estavam a uns 50m de distância, pescando. Tenho certeza que me viram estatelado no chão, mas eles preferiram ir buscar um outro lugar pra pescar a vir perguntar se eu precisava de ajuda. Solidariedade zero.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Melhoramento&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Analisando os dados do monitor cardíaco, posso comemorar um fato. A média dos batimentos cardíacos vem caindo. Vejam os números:&lt;br /&gt;-Semana 1: 181 bpm (máx 197)&lt;br /&gt;-Semana 2: 174 bpm (máx 191)&lt;br /&gt;-Semana 3: 176 bpm (máx 189)&lt;br /&gt;-Semana 4: 177 bpm (máx 195)&lt;br /&gt;-Semana 5: 171 bpm (máx 201)&lt;br /&gt;-Semana 6: 171 bpm (máx 192)&lt;br /&gt;-Semana 7: 168 bpm (máx 185) (semana atual, resultados podem mudar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teoricamente minha FCmáx deveria ser 180. Acho que estou indo no caminho certo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se o contador do blogger não está errado, este é o post número 99. Estou pensando em algumas novidades a serem inauguradas para o post #100 mas não sei se vai dar pra implementar. Esse fim de semana vai ser feriado por aqui e além disso vai ser o níver da pimpolha. Sendo assim, meu plano é treinar até 6a. pra ficar com o fim de semana livre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boas corridas!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-5818256831269176360?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/5818256831269176360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=5818256831269176360' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5818256831269176360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5818256831269176360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/posto-99-treinos-de-qualidade-e-algo.html' title='Post #99 - Treinos de &quot;Qualidade&quot; e algo a comemorar!'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ShvMRV4RYaI/AAAAAAAAAGU/EHouVnUHWIc/s72-c/queda.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-7578078761873651831</id><published>2009-05-17T23:54:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T22:49:21.875-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Quebrei...</title><content type='html'>... no treino. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ShTAmUwrBuI/AAAAAAAAAGM/3Cpk1m2WIfQ/s1600-h/runner_collapses.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ShTAmUwrBuI/AAAAAAAAAGM/3Cpk1m2WIfQ/s320/runner_collapses.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338103222981297890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;(crédito da foto: Site http://redsports.sg)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pela primeira vez, desde que comecei a treinar este ano, caminhei no meio do treino. Tinha planejado fazer um intervalado nos mesmos moldes da semana passada. Depois de fazer um primeiro km em ritmo "normal" (5'30"/km), fiz um segundo km "forte" (4'52"/km). No próximo km forte (4o.), fiz em 5'19"/km, mas senti. E acabei andando uns 250m e voltei a correr, mas mentalmente eu já estava derrotado. Perdi o ritmo e terminei pra completar tabela, me arrastando.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não sei direito o que aconteceu. Senti um pouco de dor na canela direita mas não caminhei pela dor. Minha respiração estava mal, as pernas pesadas. Pra mim foi um pouco da perda de ritmo de treino (fiquei 2 dias sem treinar) e ter abusado no começo (achei que dava...). (Pós-post: Tb tinha uma ponte que tive que subir e já vi que sou ruim nessa parte. Logo, logo vão inaugurar um pontilhão sobre uma estrada aqui perto de casa e espero poder treinar subidas nesse trecho, ainda que a inclinação seja tímida.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pensando um pouco a respeito, acho que foi bom acontecer isso num treino pra entender o aspecto psicológico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agora é levantar a cabeça e continuar nos treinos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-7578078761873651831?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/7578078761873651831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=7578078761873651831' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7578078761873651831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7578078761873651831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/quebrei.html' title='Quebrei...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ShTAmUwrBuI/AAAAAAAAAGM/3Cpk1m2WIfQ/s72-c/runner_collapses.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2316293125060441303</id><published>2009-05-16T10:27:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-16T10:40:19.332-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Treino com Companhia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg7QTahuI5I/AAAAAAAAAGE/2gCbC9t5ZUE/s1600-h/My+Activities+5-13-2009.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg7QTahuI5I/AAAAAAAAAGE/2gCbC9t5ZUE/s320/My+Activities+5-13-2009.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336431640437466002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No segundo treino-turismo desta semana, convidei um colega de trabalho pra me acompanhar. Desta vez fomos em direção à praia. Como ele disse que estava acostumado a correr 40-45 min decidimos ir até os 20-25 min e voltar. Estava um dia meio frio e o nosso começo foi meio lento, mesmo pq eu não sabia qual o ritmo normal do meu amigo. Passamos por um pedaço residencial e tb ao lado de um parque onde tinha um pessoal fazendo um treinamento que parecia ser relacionado a handball.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infelizmente pelo tempo, não conseguimos chegar atè a ponta da praia, apesar de ser uma reta só que parecia ser monótona... De qq jeito, só a presença daquele marzão do seu lado já dá um toque diferente ao treino. Na volta, não é que o meu colega imprime um ritmo mais forte? Confesso que teve momentos que tive que me esforçar pra acompanhá-lo. O resultado final é que fizemos um split negativo (25'10" vs. 23'14").&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esse foi o primeiro treino que fiz junto com alguém este ano. Foi uma boa experiência.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2316293125060441303?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2316293125060441303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2316293125060441303' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2316293125060441303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2316293125060441303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/treino-com-companhia.html' title='Treino com Companhia'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg7QTahuI5I/AAAAAAAAAGE/2gCbC9t5ZUE/s72-c/My+Activities+5-13-2009.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2495169717401529478</id><published>2009-05-16T10:22:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-16T10:27:07.676-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Coisas de Tabaréu</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg7NNgAy7II/AAAAAAAAAF8/abuWMQ576NE/s1600-h/07_Nissan_Altima_Hybrid_13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg7NNgAy7II/AAAAAAAAAF8/abuWMQ576NE/s320/07_Nissan_Altima_Hybrid_13.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336428240295881858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pela primeira vez aluguei um carro híbrido (elétrico+gasolina). Entrei no carro, coloquei a chave no contato e dei a partida. Nenhum barulho. Tentei outra vez e nada. Tirei a chave do contato, coloquei de volta e tentei de novo. Nada. Tentei a solução Microsoft: Saí do carro e entrei de novo. Nada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nisso já tinha perdido vários minutos. Já estava ficando p... da vida mas, como bom homem, não queria dar o braço a torcer e ter que perguntar pra alguém. Depois de mais algumas tentativas, comecei a usar essa parte do corpo que se chama cérebro: “O que acontece se eu engatar a ré?”. E voilá, o carro andou.!!! O que aconteceu? Qdo dava a partida, o carro realmente estava ligando, mas como estava usando a energia elétrica, não fazia barulho nenhum.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vivendo e aprendendo!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2495169717401529478?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2495169717401529478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2495169717401529478' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2495169717401529478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2495169717401529478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/coisas-de-tabareu.html' title='Coisas de Tabaréu'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg7NNgAy7II/AAAAAAAAAF8/abuWMQ576NE/s72-c/07_Nissan_Altima_Hybrid_13.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-7078963640479798424</id><published>2009-05-12T09:42:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T19:06:15.898-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Alcancei meu objetivo 2b!!!</title><content type='html'>Mais um treino-turismo. Estou na Califórnia e aproveitei pra fazer um treino de 10km correndo à beira de uma marina. Visual bem legal (daqueles de quebra cabeça, nos quais vc não consegue distinguir nada já que os barquinhos são todos brancos, o mar é azul sem marolas confundindo-se com céu).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sgm9IrYPSOI/AAAAAAAAAFM/q1jLmoEKvt8/s1600-h/Marina_Village_Inn_Alameda_CA_May_08_2004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 135px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sgm9IrYPSOI/AAAAAAAAAFM/q1jLmoEKvt8/s200/Marina_Village_Inn_Alameda_CA_May_08_2004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335003190378055906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como achei que o meu objetivo era fazer os 10km em 55min, ajustei o GPS para 5:30min/km e parti (sem antes ter que voltar pra largar o iPod no quarto já que estava sem bateria... Raios). Estava meio difícil seguir o ritmo mas tentei manter-me perto. Faltando 200m, olhei pro relógio e estava dentro dos 55min então decidi dar o sprint final e qdo parei o cronometro vi que foi a conta, fechei em 55'59".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg31MDOrtrI/AAAAAAAAAFU/HYy2kVMOoPg/s1600-h/My+Activities+5-11-2009.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg31MDOrtrI/AAAAAAAAAFU/HYy2kVMOoPg/s320/My+Activities+5-11-2009.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336190720878032562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agora que vi minha lista de objetivos (aqui à esquerda), me dei conta que o objetivo era menos de 56 min, ou seja, consegui!!! Pra ser honesto comigo mesmo, já defini meu próximo objetivo para 55 min  que era o que pensava ter definido. Ainda fica faltando atingir o objetivo de fazer os 5km em menos de 25 min, mas acho que vou priorizar os treinos de distância. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boas corridas!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-7078963640479798424?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/7078963640479798424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=7078963640479798424' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7078963640479798424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7078963640479798424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/alcancei-meu-objetivo-2b.html' title='Alcancei meu objetivo 2b!!!'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sgm9IrYPSOI/AAAAAAAAAFM/q1jLmoEKvt8/s72-c/Marina_Village_Inn_Alameda_CA_May_08_2004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-8735090017148691489</id><published>2009-05-10T10:51:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T11:00:36.013-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Espanha - E deu Button... de novo.</title><content type='html'>Está começando a ficar sem graça. Button levou o primeiro lugar, numa corrida sem erros. A grande polêmica foi a estratégia de 3 paradas do Rubinho.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Brawn deu a entender que os dois carros fariam 3 paradas mas que no meio o Button decidiu mudar para 2. Não deu pra entender pq a Brawn tinha uma estratégia de 3 paradas. De qq forma, o Rubinho não teve braço/carro pra ganhar com 3 paradas. Tinha que fazer voltas muito boas entre a 2a. e a 3a. paradas mas nem conseguia acompanhar o ritmo do Button que ia em primeiro. As cartas estão começando a se definir, e não são a favor do Brasileiro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Massa fez o que pode, mas a Ferrari pecou na estratégia da gasolina, não colocando o suficiente para ele ir até o final. Ele teve que se arrastar nas últimas voltas, cedendo posições pro Vettel e pro Alonso (este, na última volta). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nelsinho, correu???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parabéns ao Webber que fez uma corrida limpa (apesar de ter jogado o Alonso na grama numa disputa por posição) e uma re-ultrapassagem espetacular sobre o mesmo Alonso, chegando no pódio e de quebra superando o Vettel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Segue o resultado final da corrida: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Jenson Button - BrawnGP, 1h37:19.202&lt;br /&gt;2. Rubens Barrichello - BrawnGP, + 13.056&lt;br /&gt;3. Mark Webber - Red Bull, + 13.924&lt;br /&gt;4. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull, + 18.941&lt;br /&gt;5. Fernando Alonso - Renault, + 43.166&lt;br /&gt;6. Felipe Massa - Ferrari, + 50.827&lt;br /&gt;7. Nick Heidfeld - BMW, + 52.312&lt;br /&gt;8. Nico Rosberg - Williams, + 1:05.211&lt;br /&gt;9. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;10. Timo Glock - Toyota, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;11. Robert Kubica - BMW, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;12. Nelsinho Piquet - Renault, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;13. Kazuki Nakajima - Williams, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;14. Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não completaram:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari &lt;br /&gt;Heikki Kövalainen - McLaren &lt;br /&gt;Jarno Trulli - Toyota &lt;br /&gt;Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso &lt;br /&gt;Sebastien Bourdais - Toro Rosso &lt;br /&gt;Adrian Sutil - Force India&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-8735090017148691489?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/8735090017148691489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=8735090017148691489' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8735090017148691489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8735090017148691489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/espanha-e-deu-button-de-novo.html' title='Espanha - E deu Button... de novo.'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3035840341211228416</id><published>2009-05-09T15:38:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T19:10:16.874-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Subidas e interferência inesperada</title><content type='html'>Esta semana, fiz um treino de 10km na esteira e simulei algumas subidas. Mantive um ritmo de 5:43 min/km nos primeiros 9km e a partir do 3º. quilometro fazia trechos de 300m com inclinação progressiva (1.5%, 2%, 2.5%, 3%, 4% e 5%). Como estava OK de gás, subi o ritmo no último km para 5:27min/km e fiz o sprint final dos 200m a 4:17 km/min. Fechei em 56:05. Dava para ter feito em 55:00 mas não quis forçar já que não sabia como seria minha reação com estas "subidas".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como já tinha notado antes, treino na esteira é bem mais fácil já que ela vai ditando o ritmo pra vc. O Garmin foi meio que inútil pq eu não estava conseguindo acionar os laps e registrar minhas parciais. (não tenho o podômetro para estas situações, tb não acho que compensa).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Corri na orla da "praia" de Montevideo (É uma avenida só que vai mudando de nome mas no geral são todas "Ramblas") no dia seguinte. Pelo que entendi, tecnicamente a cidade ainda fica na foz do Rio de la Plata, mas o pessoal de lá já considera aquilo o Oceano Atlântico. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seja lá como for, trata-se de uma orla praticamente plana com marcações a cada 500m, o que ajuda bastante. Fui no esquema treino-turístico tratando de apreciar a paisagem apesar de não poder ver muito no começo pq ainda estava escuro. Tb influenciou o fato de que senti as pernas um pouco pesadas. Foram mais 10 quilômetros em 59'03", com direito ao km final em 4'52". Fiz um split negativo (30'29" vs. 29'35") meio forçado pq me dei conta que tinha que voltar rápido pro hotel pra participar de uma áudio conferência.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg32RstGJLI/AAAAAAAAAFc/QWmDVM6dnVc/s1600-h/My+Activities+5-8-2009.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg32RstGJLI/AAAAAAAAAFc/QWmDVM6dnVc/s320/My+Activities+5-8-2009.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336191917422421170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O fato engraçado foi que em um dado momento do treino, comecei a escutar uma certa &lt;strong&gt;interferência &lt;/strong&gt;no som do iPod e achei podia ser o famoso Osmar... contato. Mexi um pouco no fio e qdo me virei entendi o que era. Estava passando ao lado de uma danceteria e a interferência era o bate-estaca que vinha de lá... Eu correndo e o pessoal ainda na balada. Cada um na sua! rs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imprecisões do GPS: Acabei de baixar meu percurso no mapa. E segundo meu amigo, eu comecei o treino dentro da água!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3035840341211228416?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3035840341211228416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3035840341211228416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3035840341211228416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3035840341211228416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/subidas-e-interferencia-inesperada.html' title='Subidas e interferência inesperada'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg32RstGJLI/AAAAAAAAAFc/QWmDVM6dnVc/s72-c/My+Activities+5-8-2009.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-8289493117663080280</id><published>2009-05-09T13:50:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T15:36:02.044-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Visitas Ilustres</title><content type='html'>O casal Perón está de passagem quase relâmpago aqui por terras floridas. Mr. Bodegon veio antes a trabalho e Mrs. Belita veio no mesmo vôo comigo. Vamos jantar no Les Halles, do conhecido chef-aventureiro-celebridade da TV Anthony Bourdain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Algumas coisas interessantes que aconteceram nesta viagem:&lt;br /&gt;*Meu vôo saia de Montevideo com escala em Buenos Aires. Chegando em Buenos Aires, tivemos que descer e passar na frente de uma camcorder para sermos registrados. Motivo: Gripe suína. É muito, não é?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SgXbDJFuGTI/AAAAAAAAAFE/Mf0i2WHEWxk/s1600-h/Immigration-official-wear-003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SgXbDJFuGTI/AAAAAAAAAFE/Mf0i2WHEWxk/s200/Immigration-official-wear-003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333910180716222770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Em Buenos Aires, algumas pessoas entraram de máscara no avião. Pergunta, o vírus dá um tempo pro pessoal qdo eles tiram a máscara pra comer?&lt;br /&gt;*Cheguei no aeroporto de Montevideo (chamado Carrasco) morrendo de fome pq tive duas reuniões seguidas e não tive tempo de almoçar. Cruzei a máquina de raio-X e a imigração e fui direto pra lanchonete. Pedi um sanduba e qdo já estava terminando me dei conta que simplesmente tinha deixado a minha mala na esteira do raio-X. Paguei correndo e fui lá procurar minha mala. Por sorte, o pessoal tinha deixado encostadinha... O cara que me entregou a mala ficou me olhando com aquela cara de "como é que vc consegue esquecer a mala, meu filho?". Minha conclusão: Fome causa "maguinésia".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-8289493117663080280?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/8289493117663080280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=8289493117663080280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8289493117663080280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8289493117663080280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/visitas-ilustres.html' title='Visitas Ilustres'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SgXbDJFuGTI/AAAAAAAAAFE/Mf0i2WHEWxk/s72-c/Immigration-official-wear-003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-4444006625906804665</id><published>2009-05-09T13:40:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T13:50:21.484-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Espanha - Quali</title><content type='html'>Cheguei de viagem de madrugada e preferi gravar o quali já que estava muito cansado pra esperar o início da transmissão.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foi bastante disputado e de novidade tivemos a evolução da Ferrari e da BMW. Comentários:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Button: Novamente pole position. Fez uma volta muito boa que foi ajudada por estar com um carro bem leve.&lt;br /&gt;-Vettel: Consistente, continua em grande fase (por alguns segundos teve a pole nas mãos)&lt;br /&gt;-Rubinho: Fez um treino muito bom, inclusive com o melhor tempo do dia. Está mais pesado que o Button. Espero que não faça besteira na largada.&lt;br /&gt;-Massa: Melhora substancial, com um carro mais pesado que os 3 primeiros. Promete uma boa prova tb. A Ferrari errou a mão com o Raikkonen, que não passou do Q1. Um vexame.&lt;br /&gt;-Nelsinho: Está em evolução. Quase chegou no Q3. O Alonso continua mostrando que é melhor (a menos que a equipe esteja favorecendo...) mas está com carro muito leve tb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Segue o grid:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Jenson Button - BrawnGP, 1:20.527&lt;br /&gt;2. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull, 1:20.660&lt;br /&gt;3. Rubens Barrichello - BrawnGP, 1:20.762&lt;br /&gt;4. Felipe Massa - Ferrari, 1:20.934&lt;br /&gt;5. Mark Webber - Red Bull, 1:21.049&lt;br /&gt;6. Timo Glock - Toyota, 1:21.247&lt;br /&gt;7. Jarno Trulli - Toyota, 1:21.254&lt;br /&gt;8. Fernando Alonso - Renault, 1:21.392&lt;br /&gt;9. Nico Rosberg - Williams, 1:22.558&lt;br /&gt;10. Robert Kubica - BMW, 1:22.685&lt;br /&gt;11. Kazuki Nakajima - Williams, 1:20.531&lt;br /&gt;12. Nelsinho Piquet - Renault, 1:20.604&lt;br /&gt;13. Nick Heidfeld - BMW, 1:20.676&lt;br /&gt;14. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren, 1:20.805&lt;br /&gt;15. Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso, 1:21.067&lt;br /&gt;16. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari, 1:21.291&lt;br /&gt;17. Sebastien Bourdais - Toro Rosso, 1:21.300&lt;br /&gt;18. Heikki Kövalainen - McLaren, 1:21.675&lt;br /&gt;19. Adrian Sutil - Force India, 1:21.742&lt;br /&gt;20. Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India, 1:22.204&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-4444006625906804665?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/4444006625906804665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=4444006625906804665' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4444006625906804665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4444006625906804665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/espanha-quali.html' title='Espanha - Quali'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6593632547833962170</id><published>2009-05-06T21:22:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T05:13:20.375-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Variando os treinamentos</title><content type='html'>Conforme mencionei num post anterior, decidi variar um pouco meus treinamentos e escolhi começar por um treino intervalado. Corri 9km alternando ritmos mais fortes com trotes. Achei bem interessante e fiquei particularmente satisfeito por ter conseguido fazer o último trecho forte com pace de 5min/km. Seguem as parciais:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Km 1-6:06&lt;br /&gt;Km 2-5:15&lt;br /&gt;Km 3-6:27&lt;br /&gt;Km 4-5:30&lt;br /&gt;Km 5-6:26&lt;br /&gt;Km 6-5:16&lt;br /&gt;Km 7-6:38&lt;br /&gt;Km 8-5:01&lt;br /&gt;Km 9-6:37&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não sei se estes tempos estão compatíveis ou são os recomendáveis mas como terminei inteiro e me sentindo bem, acho que posso seguir adiante. Se algum corredor mais experiente quiser/puder dar sua opinião ou recomendação, será muito bem-vinda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estou em dúvida se faço o treino de amanhã em esteira para treinar um pouco de subidas ou se saio pra rua pra explorar um pouco Buenos Aires. Estou mais pela primeira opção.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6593632547833962170?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6593632547833962170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6593632547833962170' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6593632547833962170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6593632547833962170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/variando-os-treinamentos.html' title='Variando os treinamentos'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-8867499239566310440</id><published>2009-05-03T10:55:00.012-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T19:21:17.175-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prova'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Cheguei em Terceiro!!!</title><content type='html'>Deixei tudo preparado na noite anterior e hoje foi só me trocar e sair. A família estava até preparada pra me acompanhar mas a minha cara-metade não acordou muito disposta e preferiu ficar em casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caminho tranquilo, cheguei com quase uma hora de antecedência, peguei meu número de peito e camiseta (foto abaixo). Fiz um aquecimento bem básico, mais um alongamento e uma passagem de última hora no banheiro. Na última hora, acharam uma garota para cantar o hino americano (ela deu umas desafinadas mas como não houve aviso prévio, o pessoal do fundão nem prestou muita atenção e ficou conversando, uma falta de respeito...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Largamos no horário. Meu plano era fazer o 1º. quilômetro mais forte (pros meus padrões) na casa dos 4’30” pra depois tentar me estabilizar num ritmo mais confortável. Não consegui seguir à risca pq logo de cara tinha 2 pontilhões pequenos mas ainda assim consegui fechar em 4’50”. Fui acompanhando um rapaz de camiseta amarela que mantinha um ritmo compatível com o meu. O resto da prova foi no plano (tirando a chegada, quando voltamos pelos mesmos pontilhões). O percurso tinha 2 retornos e assim que cheguei na primeira milha já comecei a ver o pelotão da frente retornando. Fiquei impressionado com uma menina bem pequena que vinha num ritmo bem forte (na premiação fiquei sabendo que ela foi a 3ª. na categoria feminina com tempo de 21’19” e apenas 11 anos de idade!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já perto do quilômetro 4, o rapaz que eu estava acompanhando perdeu o gás e eu também já me sentia meio cansado mas tentei não baixar muito o o ritmo. Fiz em 5’14”. Tentei acompanhar um outro rapaz mas estava difícil. Os dois pontilhões foram meio dureza mas a visão da linha de chegada é sempre animadora. Dei uma acelerada final e cheguei com 25’52” (cronometragem oficial). O estranho é que meu GPS marcou 5.115m percorridos. Ou seja por ele meu tempo nos 5km foi de 25’28” mas não esquentei muito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na área de concentração/dispersão, havia donuts e bagel, café, água, laranja, maçã e banana à vontade. Meio padrão pras corridas por aqui. Ainda tivemos que esperar um pouco pq o pessoal que ia caminhar largou meio tarde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na premiação, a surpresa. Na minha categoria só tinham 6 pessoas. E acabei chegando em terceiro com direito a uma medalha/plaquinha (foto abaixo). Consegui melhorar meu tempo pessoal chegando na casa dos 25’ e de quebra trouxe minha primeira medalha pra casa. Pelos tempos, me dei conta que o rapaz que eu não consegui acompanhar a partir de 4º. Quilômetro foi justamente o 2º. Colocado na minha categoria. Fiquei atrás por 21s. (Pos-post: Fui conferir as fotos do evento, e o tal do rapaz da camiseta amarela que eu achei que tinha ficado pra trás, chegou apenas 4s depois de mim. Ou seja, ele estava bem na minha cola!!! E ele nem era muito rapaz, estava na categoria de 50 a 54 anos!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Balanço bem positivo. Valeu pela motivação e pelo resultado inesperado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vamos continuar treinando!!!&lt;br /&gt;----------------&lt;br /&gt;Prova: Sprint for the Finish&lt;br /&gt;Data: 3/Maio/2009, 7:30&lt;br /&gt;Local: Markham Park, Sunrise, FL&lt;br /&gt;Distância: 5km&lt;br /&gt;Tempo: 25'52"&lt;br /&gt;Resultado: 3o. (35-39 anos), 61o. no geral&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camiseta&lt;br /&gt;(clique na foto para ampliar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sf20gGScZrI/AAAAAAAAAE0/UDVxwTakTw0/s1600-h/Camiseta_resized2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sf20gGScZrI/AAAAAAAAAE0/UDVxwTakTw0/s200/Camiseta_resized2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331615997413320370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medalha&lt;br /&gt;(clique na foto para ampliar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sf20rySfjfI/AAAAAAAAAE8/bqpNb5HbnVs/s1600-h/medalha_resized2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sf20rySfjfI/AAAAAAAAAE8/bqpNb5HbnVs/s200/medalha_resized2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331616198203248114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Percurso&lt;br /&gt;(clique na foto para ampliar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg34yvf8ytI/AAAAAAAAAFs/788w1Wv6vlw/s1600-h/My+Activities+5-3-2009.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sg34yvf8ytI/AAAAAAAAAFs/788w1Wv6vlw/s320/My+Activities+5-3-2009.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336194684131527378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-8867499239566310440?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/8867499239566310440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=8867499239566310440' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8867499239566310440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8867499239566310440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/cheguei-em-terceiro.html' title='Cheguei em Terceiro!!!'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sf20gGScZrI/AAAAAAAAAE0/UDVxwTakTw0/s72-c/Camiseta_resized2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-7527308014280863227</id><published>2009-05-01T19:39:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T19:25:23.322-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Consistência e algumas conclusões óbvias</title><content type='html'>Conforme planejado, fiz os 10km na quinta feira. Fiquei contente com o resultado pq consegui manter meu pace durante todo o treino. A maior variação foi de 10s e fiquei sempre a menos de 8 segundos da média.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sobre as outras conclusões:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Andei levando garrafinha d'agua e gatorade nos treinos desta semana mas não achei grande coisa. Tentei beber sem parar de correr e só me engasguei. No começo a garrafa incomodava pq estava muito gelada, qdo ia beber já estava meio quente. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Li num blog de um corredor mais experiente (Pos Post: segue o link para o post do corredor-blogueiro Wladimir: &lt;a href="http://vouevoltocorrendo.blogspot.com/2009/04/cinto-de-hidratacao-ou-pit-stop.html"&gt;http://vouevoltocorrendo.blogspot.com/2009/04/cinto-de-hidratacao-ou-pit-stop.html&lt;/a&gt;) que, após ter testado essas cintas que levam pequenas garrafinhas, carteira, celular, walkman, aspirador de pó, sogra, etc., confessou que prefere comprar algo no meio do caminho, por isso só leva um trocadinho no bolso. Eu tb acho que não vou conseguir me adaptar a estas cintas (acho que entre o monitor cardíaco e o iPod, já tenho muita coisa). Por outro lado, esta estratégia de comprar algo no meio do caminho não vai funcionar pros meus treinos. Treino dentro do bairro e não passo na frente de nenhum lugar pra fazer esse pit stop pago. Existe um bebedouro no parque ao lado. Acho que vai ser minha saída. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Fiz hj um último treino pra corrida de domingo. Decidi fazer 5km numa espécie de polimento na distância. Como vinha fazendo tempos razoáveis em distâncias maiores esta semana, achei que ia "pulverizar" meu melhor tempo, mas não foi bem assim. Cheguei à conclusão que teoria é teoria e prática é outra coisa (dããã). Basicamente, percebi que resistência não necessariamente te dá a velocidade. Outra conclusão é que vou adiantar meus planos de seguir estas planilhas de treinamento para variar um pouco o que estou fazendo e ganhar velocidade com tiros, fartlek e outras técnicas mais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De qq forma, me sinto bem preparado para a prova do domingo. Pelo que vi, vai ser uma corrida com poucos participantes. Acho que vai ser legal!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-7527308014280863227?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/7527308014280863227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=7527308014280863227' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7527308014280863227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7527308014280863227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/consistencia-e-algumas-conclusoes.html' title='Consistência e algumas conclusões óbvias'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-402382380086756502</id><published>2009-05-01T13:32:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-01T13:53:57.502-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>15 anos sem o Ayrton</title><content type='html'>Não poderia deixar passar em branco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu ainda trabalhava na IBM Brasil e estava em uma viagem pela Carolina do Norte. Combinei de assistir a corrida na casa de um colega brasileiro que morava por lá, já que no condomínio que eu estava hospedado não tinha TV a cabo (ou não ia passar nos canais que eu tinha acesso).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheguei meio tarde e assim que ele abriu a porta foi dizendo "Teve um acidente com o Ayrton, a corrida está interrompida". Foi um choque. Ficamos um tempo vendo a cobertura e pra dizer a verdade nem me lembro se fiquei pra assistir a corrida (que nem era pra ter acontecido...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Logo em seguida voltei pro Brasil e do prédio da IBM vi o cortejo com o corpo do Ayrton passando pela 23 de Maio. Foi impressionante ver o pessoal parando os carros dos dois lados da avenida para prestar suas últimas homenagens. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Brasil ficou órfão de um dos seus maiores ídolos esportivos. Que a sua memória continue viva na lembrança dos brasileiros. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Todos conheciam muito bem seu lado competitivo e até sua noticiada vida amorosa. Deixo aqui um vídeo que mostra o lado humano dele, que poucos conheciam (o piloto que ele ajudou, Eric Comas, sobreviveu e é quem aparece na entrevista). Reparem tb na forma pragmática como ele enxergava os perigos e o risco de morrer fazendo o que mais gostava de fazer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P6voeUnU07Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P6voeUnU07Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-402382380086756502?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/402382380086756502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=402382380086756502' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/402382380086756502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/402382380086756502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/15-anos-sem-o-ayrton.html' title='15 anos sem o Ayrton'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-8895514722406440460</id><published>2009-05-01T07:32:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-01T11:57:26.433-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Vídeo "munitinho"</title><content type='html'>Peguei do blog do colega blogueiro-corredor Augusto, que por sua vez havia recebido a indicação de um outro colega. Depois que fiz o post original, me dei conta que tem mais blogueiros postando este vídeo. É um caso típico de um vídeo viral (nada a ver com essa infeliz gripe H1N1-suína!). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Divirtam-se (gostei particularmente da sequência inicial de aquecimento. Muito bem feita!):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cUBXQHW7AYE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cUBXQHW7AYE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-8895514722406440460?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/8895514722406440460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=8895514722406440460' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8895514722406440460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8895514722406440460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/video-munitinho.html' title='Vídeo &quot;munitinho&quot;'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-8560813845393661996</id><published>2009-04-29T10:37:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T10:42:31.924-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Raios Múltiplos 2</title><content type='html'>Conforme planejado, saí lá pelas 6 da manhã pro treino de hj (foi meio dureza acordar pq fui dormir à 1 da manhã). Não é que logo no comecinho da corrida, a mãe natureza se pronuncia? Tentei ver se me aguentava, mas pra não dar vexame aproveitei que ainda estava perto de casa para fazer um pit stop. Obviamente isso comprometeu meu planejamento, já que esperava fazer 10km hj. Acabei fazendo 7 (no agregado) pois tinha que voltar pra casa pra levar a pimpolha pra escola.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os 10km ficam pra amanhã. Qdo não é uma coisa, é outra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: Para os que gostam de corridas de rua, recomendo a leitura do post do Rodolfo Lucena sobre sua participação na meia-maratona de POA. Um texto super-inspirador, quase poético. Segue o link:&lt;br /&gt;http://rodolfolucena.folha.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-04-26_2009-05-02.html#2009_04-28_17_47_04-11248503-0&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-8560813845393661996?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/8560813845393661996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=8560813845393661996' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8560813845393661996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8560813845393661996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/raios-multiplos-2.html' title='Raios Múltiplos 2'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-5902355522179499370</id><published>2009-04-27T22:51:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-28T11:22:43.886-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Raios Múltiplos</title><content type='html'>Hj eu estava animado pro treino. Tive que sair meio às pressas pq já estava meio tarde e acabei fazendo um alongamento/aquecimento bem meia boca. Não tentei forçar no começo e fui mantendo um ritmo razoavelmente constante durante os primeiros 2-3 quilômetros. Estava me sentindo bem e estava pensando até em alongar um pouco a distância para além dos 10km.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No meio do caminho tive que fazer uma parada para pegar um remédio na farmácia mas o farmacêutico demorou pra achar o meu pacote e esfriei um pouco. Resultado: Uns 300m depois de ter retomado o ritmo, senti a minha panturrilha e parecia que ia dar cãimbra. Fiz um alongamento pra ver se passava mas aquela sensação ainda estava lá. Decidi não forçar e voltei caminhando pra casa. Foi uma pena pq no ritmo original em que estava podia fazer os 10km em 58 min melhorando em mais de 1 min o meu último tempo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vou mudar o horário do treino esta semana pro período da manhã. Decidi que vou fazer uma prova de 5km este domingo e por isso vou me acostumar a acordar mais cedo e correr no horário da corrida (7 da manhã). Vamos ver se a motivação aumenta. Não sei direito o que esperar já que estou treinando mais distância que velocidade. Aqui é onde um treinador faz falta. Mas vamos tocando a coisa com calma.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-5902355522179499370?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/5902355522179499370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=5902355522179499370' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5902355522179499370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5902355522179499370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/raios-multiplos.html' title='Raios Múltiplos'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-1722551789795674960</id><published>2009-04-26T20:57:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:05:00.782-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Treino sob "lua"</title><content type='html'>Já deu pra reparar que é sarcasmo, né?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como assisti a corrida de F1 hj de manhã, acabei saindo pra correr sob um sol de rachar. A pimpolha foi de "coelho" na frente, e pedi pra ela levar uma garrafa de gatorade pra me hidratar um pouco. Não funcionou muito bem. No meio da corrida o gatorade caiu da bolsinha da bicicleta e eu tive que parar pra catar a dita cuja. Não gosto muito destas paradas pq em geral acabo perdendo o ritmo da minha respiração. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tb pela primeira vez, experimentei um desses gels (geis?) energéticos, que ganhei na minha única prova deste ano. Um PowerBar Gel Blast, sabor cola. Nem precisei de água pra mastigar o gel. Não posso dizer que me senti mais energizado, mas imagino que fará mais diferença qdo começar a correr em distâncias maiores (continuo limitado aos 10km). De qq forma, foi bom pra ver que não passei mal com esta marca e este sabor. Vou experimentar outros mais pra frente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Escolhi um trajeto de 9km que fiz num pace de 5'57" min/km, ainda bem aquém do meu objetivo para os 10 km que é de 5'36" min/km. Pese aí o fato de que treinei pouco durante a semana devido ao princípio de gripe e às noites mal-dormidas em função da diferença do fuso horário. No final, é tudo desculpa. Preciso levar mais à sério.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infelizmente andei ganhando peso nestas duas semanas de pouco treino e muitos jantares com clientes. Esta semana vou ficar em casa e espero poder treinar mais forte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS1: Este fim de semana foi recheado de provas. Teve maratona em Madrid, Hamburgo e Londres. Destaque para o Brazuca José Telles que chegou em terceiro na maratona de Hamburgo. Vale a pena mencionar tb a meia maratona de POA que foi disputada no Sábado de noite. Confesso que ultimamente tenho lido vários blogs de corredores, o que serve de educação e inspiração. Parabéns para os meio-maratonistas de primeira viagem!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS2: Hj é que me informei a respeito desta gripe suína que vem castigando o México com casos já identificados nos EUA e alguns outros países. É pra ficar esperto!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-1722551789795674960?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/1722551789795674960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=1722551789795674960' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1722551789795674960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1722551789795674960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/treino-sob-lua.html' title='Treino sob &quot;lua&quot;'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6036849550914470652</id><published>2009-04-26T18:24:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-26T18:43:16.797-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Bahrain - Button outra vez</title><content type='html'>Pra dizer a verdade, achei uma corrida meio sem graça. Somente na largada vi movimentação, com o Hamilton fazendo ótima largada, seguido pelo Raikonnen (será que usaram o KERS?). Depois disso, o mais importante foi a ultrapassagem que o Button fez sobre o Hamilton, posicionando-se atrás das Toyotas. Daí foi esperar elas fazeram o pit-stop cedo, já que estavam com menos combustível.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comentários:&lt;br /&gt;-Rubinho: Foi ridículo qdo ele ficou atrás do Nelsinho reclamando que ele não dava passagem. Eles estavam disputando posição e o Nelsinho não tinha obrigação nenhuma de facilitar. Depois disso, fez uma parada a mais que provavelmente foi estratégia da equipe, mas não ajudou em nada. Pra dizer a verdade, não fez sentido nenhum.&lt;br /&gt;-Massa: Fez uma parada logo no comecinho pra trocar o aerofolio dianteiro, e foi lá pro final do pelotão. Não fez uma corrida de recuperação, mesmo pq acho que não tinha carro pra isso. O Raikonnen fez a corrida programada e marcou os primeiros pontinhos...&lt;br /&gt;-Nelsinho: Não errou, o que já é um grande feito, e pelo menos foi combativo com o Rubinho atrás dele. &lt;br /&gt;-Button: Foi pra ganhar a corrida e executou a estratégia que tinham traçado. Realmente está despontando como favorito ao título.&lt;br /&gt;-Vettel: Tb mostrou maturidade e fez o necessário para ganhar a segunda posição das Toyotas nas paradas de box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os pilotos estavam reclamando que a turbulência era muito forte qdo estavam colados atrás para tentar uma ultrapassagem. Se isso for verdade, a FIA deveria revisar seu regulamento pq isso vai contra a intenção de promover mais combatividade,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Segue a classificação da corrida:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Jenson Button - BrawnGP, 1h31:48.182&lt;br /&gt;2. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull, + 7.187&lt;br /&gt;3. Jarno Trulli - Toyota, + 9.170&lt;br /&gt;4. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren, + 22.096&lt;br /&gt;5. Rubens Barrichello - BrawnGP, + 37.779&lt;br /&gt;6. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari, + 42.057&lt;br /&gt;7. Timo Glock - Toyota, + 42.880&lt;br /&gt;8. Fernando Alonso - Renault, + 52.775&lt;br /&gt;9. Nico Rosberg - Williams, + 58.198&lt;br /&gt;10. Nelsinho Piquet - Renault, + 1:05.149&lt;br /&gt;11. Mark Webber - Red Bull, + 1:07.641&lt;br /&gt;12. Heikki Kövalainen - McLaren, + 1:17.824&lt;br /&gt;13. Sebastien Bourdais - Toro Rosso, + 1:18.805&lt;br /&gt;14. Felipe Massa - Ferrari, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;15. Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;16. Adrian Sutil - Force India, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;17. Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;18. Robert Kubica - BMW, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;19. Nick Heidfeld - BMW, + 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não completou:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kazuki Nakajima - Williams, volta 49&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6036849550914470652?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6036849550914470652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6036849550914470652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6036849550914470652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6036849550914470652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/bahrain-button-outra-vez.html' title='Bahrain - Button outra vez'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3459815236024530298</id><published>2009-04-25T12:42:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-25T12:57:17.854-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Quali - Bahrain</title><content type='html'>Realmente a temporada está bem divertida. Desta vez, foram as Toyotas que dominaram o treino classificatório e fizeram dobradinha. Apesar delas estarem mais leves que os outros carros, mostraram consistência durante o fim de semana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Ferraris estão mais pesadas que os outros carros no top 10, mas os mais pesados mesmo são as BMWs. Finalmente, o Nelsinho errou na última volta lançada e não conseguiu alcançar o Q3. Os comentários na TV foram pessimistas pra ele. Hamilton mostrou mais braço que o Kovalainen (normal) e a Brawn parece que foi alcançada pelas outras equipes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pelo visto, o vento é o grande fator (além do sol/calor) para esta corrida. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Segue o grid:&lt;br /&gt;1. Jarno Trulli - Toyota - 1min33s431 &lt;br /&gt;2. Timo Glock - Toyota - 1min33s712 &lt;br /&gt;3. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull - 1min34s015 &lt;br /&gt;4. Jenson Button - Brawn GP - 1min34s044 &lt;br /&gt;5. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren - 1min34s196 &lt;br /&gt;6. Rubens Barrichello - Brawn GP - 1min34s239 &lt;br /&gt;7. Fernando Alonso - Renault - 1min34s578 &lt;br /&gt;8. Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1min34s818 &lt;br /&gt;9. Nico Rosberg - Williams - 1min35s134 &lt;br /&gt;10. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1min35s380 &lt;br /&gt;11. Heikki Kövalainen - McLaren - 1min33s242 &lt;br /&gt;12. Kazuki Nakajima - Williams - 1min33s348 &lt;br /&gt;13. Robert Kubica - BMW - 1min33s487 &lt;br /&gt;14. Nick Heidfeld - BMW - 1min33s562 &lt;br /&gt;15. Nelsinho Piquet - Renault - 1min33s941 &lt;br /&gt;16. Adrian Sutil - Force India - 1min33s722 &lt;br /&gt;17. Sébastien Buemi - Toro Rosso - 1min33s753 &lt;br /&gt;18. Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India - 1min33s910 &lt;br /&gt;19. Mark Webber - Red Bull - 1min34s038 &lt;br /&gt;20. Sébastien Bourdais - Toro Rosso - 1min34s159&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3459815236024530298?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3459815236024530298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3459815236024530298' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3459815236024530298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3459815236024530298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/quali-bahrain.html' title='Quali - Bahrain'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6838868919212454695</id><published>2009-04-22T02:26:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-24T18:08:28.995-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Treino-Turismo com Obstáculos</title><content type='html'>Esta semana estive em Las Vegas, a trabalho (que fique bem claro!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saí às 6:30 para trotar pelo que é conhecido como strip, a região dos hotéis e resorts de luxo. De manhãzinha é o horário mais adequado pq depois disso tem muita gente caminhando pela rua e fica impraticável.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não vou nem colocar minhas parciais pq trotei despreocupado. Aproveitei mais para poder apreciar o visual. O impacto talvez seja um pouco menor comparado com caminhadas noturnas, mas mesmo assim foi legal. Quem sabe na próxima vez levo uma câmera para registrar o lado turístico do treino.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os obstáculos ficaram por conta de duas passarelas que tive que "escalar" para atravessar cruzamentos mais movimentados. Em uma delas, tive que caminhar pq havia um pessoal bloqueando a passagem e eu não quis me estressar. Até que tinha uma quantidade razoável de gente treinando. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A nota negativa ficou para o a sala de ginástica do hotel. Queriam cobrar $40 (isso mesmo, quarenta dólares) pelo uso. Dava direito a usar o spa e outras frescuras, mas eu só estava interessado em usar a esteira. Obviamente, não paguei.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outra nota negativa é ver que às 6:30 já (ou ainda) tem gente apostando no cassino. Vício é fogo. Eu não curto esse lance e passei reto pelas roletas e afins. Impressionante a quantidade de velhinhos jogando. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estou voltando pra casa e amanhã escrevo um pouco sobre fórmula um.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6838868919212454695?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6838868919212454695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6838868919212454695' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6838868919212454695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6838868919212454695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/treino-turismo-com-obstaculos.html' title='Treino-Turismo com Obstáculos'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-1719075029380290497</id><published>2009-04-19T12:36:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T12:46:13.852-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>8k sofrivel</title><content type='html'>Cheguei de viagem meio baleado e acabei preferindo nao correr no escuro. (Tb quis assistir a F1 esta madrugada...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Levantei esta manha (nao tao cedo), motivado pra tirar o atraso ja' que nao corri semana passada. Sabia que tinha perdido o ritmo, assim decidi pegar leve. O sol estava a pino mas um vento fresco ajudava a aliviar. Estabeleci como meta 5:40 min/km. Nos 4 primeiros km consegui ficar perto disso, mas dai pra frente perdi o ritmo da respiracao e as pernas ficaram bem pesadas. Achei melhor usar a tatica do "terminar sem quebrar". Entre o km 6 e 7 fiquei com a garganta seca e achei que precisava hidratar mas nao tinha levado nada comigo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seguem as parciais:&lt;br /&gt;Km 1 0:05:38&lt;br /&gt;Km 2 0:05:51&lt;br /&gt;Km 3 0:05:53&lt;br /&gt;Km 4 0:05:46&lt;br /&gt;Km 5 0:06:27&lt;br /&gt;Km 6 0:06:32&lt;br /&gt;Km 7 0:06:39&lt;br /&gt;Km 8 0:06:16&lt;br /&gt;Total: 0:49:05&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infelizmente outra viagem a trabalho esta semana. Levo o tenis, com certeza!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boas corridas!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-1719075029380290497?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/1719075029380290497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=1719075029380290497' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1719075029380290497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1719075029380290497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/8k-sofrivel.html' title='8k sofrivel'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-96423381738163634</id><published>2009-04-19T12:22:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T12:58:44.831-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Xangai - GP Encharcado.</title><content type='html'>Briguei com o sono e tentei assistir a corrida esta madrugada. Cochilei varias vezes durante, mas vamos la.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Red Bull dominou com muita propriedade. Tudo bem que a corrida foi sob chuva, mas o fato eh que choveu a corrida toda, entao nao teve aquela coisa de parar pra trocar pneus por causa das mudancas de clima. Nao houve uma guerra de estrategias. Ganhou quem foi mais consistente. O Vettel mostrou que domina na chuva, apesar do nosso Rubinho ter registrado a volta mais rapida. Diz ele que foi prejudicado por um problema no freio traseiro. Problema ou nao, ele teve que amargar mais uma chegada atras do Button.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ferrari foi lamentavel. O carro nao eh confiavel e deixou o Massa na mao, com problemas eletronicos, quando estava fazendo voltas atras do Safety Car. O Raikonnen ate' brigou com o Hamilton mas terminou fora da zona dos pontos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nelsinho foi mal de novo. Rodou sozinho e chegou em ultimo entre aqueles que terminaram a prova. Falta braco no seco e no molhado. Desse jeito ele nao termina a temporada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O acidente mais espetacular foi o do Kubica que literalmente montou seu carro sobre o do Trulli, provavelmente porque nao viu que o italiano estava bem mais lento na entrada da curva que antecede os boxes. O impressionante eh que o Polones conseguiu consertar o carro e terminar a corrida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tem Bahrein ja' no proximo domingo. Dai pra frente poderemos assistir em horarios mais decentes! Seguem a classificacao final e a tabela do campeonato:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Sebastian Vettel (ALE) - Red Bull - 1h57min43s485&lt;br /&gt;2. Mark Webber (AUS) - Red Bull - a 10s970&lt;br /&gt;3. Jenson Button (GBR) - Brawn GP - a 44s975&lt;br /&gt;4. Rubens Barrichello (BRA) - Brawn GP - a 1min03s704&lt;br /&gt;5. Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) - McLaren - a 1min05s102&lt;br /&gt;6. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) - McLaren - a 1min11s866&lt;br /&gt;7. Timo Glock (ALE) - Toyota - a 1min14s476&lt;br /&gt;8. Sébastien Buemi (SUI) - Toro Rosso - a 1min16s439&lt;br /&gt;9. Fernando Alonso (ESP) - Renault - a 1min24s309&lt;br /&gt;10. Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) - Ferrari - a 1min31s750&lt;br /&gt;11. Sébastien Bourdais (FRA) - Toro Rosso - a 1min34s156&lt;br /&gt;12. Nick Heidfeld (ALE) - BMW - a 1min35s834&lt;br /&gt;13. Robert Kubica (POL) - BMW - a 1min46s853&lt;br /&gt;14. Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) - Force India - a 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;15. Nico Rosberg (ALE) - Williams - a 1 volta&lt;br /&gt;16. Nelsinho Piquet (BRA) - Renault - a 2 voltas&lt;br /&gt;17. Adrian Sutil (ALE) - Force India - a 6 voltas&lt;br /&gt;18. Kazuki Nakajima (JAP) - Williams - a 13 voltas&lt;br /&gt;19. Felipe Massa (BRA) - Ferrari - a 36 voltas&lt;br /&gt;20. Jarno Trulli (ITA) - Toyota - a 38 voltas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mundial (depois de 3 provas):&lt;br /&gt;1. Jenson Button - 21 pontos&lt;br /&gt;2. Rubens Barrichello - 15&lt;br /&gt;3. Timo Glock - 10&lt;br /&gt;4. Sebastian Vettel - 10&lt;br /&gt;5. Mark Webber - 9,5&lt;br /&gt;6. Jarno Trulli - 8,5&lt;br /&gt;7. Fernando Alonso - 4&lt;br /&gt;8. Nick Heidfeld - 4&lt;br /&gt;9. Lewis Hamilton - 4 &lt;br /&gt;10. Heikki Kövalainen - 4 &lt;br /&gt;11. Nico Rosberg - 3,5 &lt;br /&gt;12. Sébastien Buemi - 3 &lt;br /&gt;13. Sébastien Bourdais - 1&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-96423381738163634?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/96423381738163634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=96423381738163634' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/96423381738163634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/96423381738163634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/xangai-gp-enxarcado.html' title='Xangai - GP Encharcado.'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6112665441179160075</id><published>2009-04-18T08:06:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T08:17:37.982-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Grid de Xangai - Finalmente dei uma dentro!</title><content type='html'>Terminado o treino de classificação para Xangai (grid abaixo), eis que o meu comentário sobre a Red Bull se confirmou. P1 e P3 no grid. Impressionante a performance do Alonso colocando o carro da Renault (o único com o novo difusor) em P2. Brawn's completam os 5 primeiros. Pelos seus tempos, Raikkonen e Hamilton devem estar com carros mais pesados para fazer um primeiro pit-stop bem mais pra frente. Outros corredores que valem comentários: Buemi, novato, conseguiu chegar no Q3 deixando seu companheiro e xará pra trás; Nelsinho, lá atrás, de novo; Timo Glock não passou do Q1 enquanto o companheiro se classificou em P6, algo estranho aí; Massa, ficou devendo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) - 1min36s184&lt;br /&gt;2. Fernando Alonso (Renault) - 1min36s381&lt;br /&gt;3. Mark Webber (Red Bull) - 1min36s466&lt;br /&gt;4. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) - 1min36s493&lt;br /&gt;5. Jenson Button (Brawn) - 1min36s532&lt;br /&gt;6. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) - 1min36s835&lt;br /&gt;7. Nico Rosberg (Williams) - 1min37s397&lt;br /&gt;8. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 1min38s089&lt;br /&gt;9. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 1min38s595&lt;br /&gt;10. Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) - 1min39s321&lt;br /&gt;11. Nick Heidfeld (BMW) - 1min35s975&lt;br /&gt;12. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) - 1min36s032&lt;br /&gt;13. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 1min36s033&lt;br /&gt;14. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) - 1min36s193&lt;br /&gt;15. Sébastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) - 1min36s906&lt;br /&gt;16. Nelsinho Piquet (Renault) - 1min36s908&lt;br /&gt;17. Robert Kubica (BMW) - 1min36s966&lt;br /&gt;18. Adrian Sutil (Force India) - 1min37s669&lt;br /&gt;19. Timo Glock (Toyota) - 1min36s066&lt;br /&gt;20. Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India) - 1min37s672&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estou escrevendo do aeroporto. Voltando pra casa, com saudades das pimpolhas e de poder correr de novo (tirar o atraso). Vai ser meio difícil acordar pra assistir a corrida na madrugada. Em geral chego meio acabado dessas viagens de 8h. Só espero que não tenham me colocado num assento atrás do banheiro. Ninguém merece.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6112665441179160075?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6112665441179160075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6112665441179160075' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6112665441179160075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6112665441179160075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/grid-de-xangai-finalmente-dei-uma.html' title='Grid de Xangai - Finalmente dei uma dentro!'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3597338755214215794</id><published>2009-04-18T00:20:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T00:28:40.571-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Helio absolvido</title><content type='html'>Apesar de alguns sites/blogs terem reportado um cenário negativo (por isso o comentário do meu post anterior), o Helio Castroneves foi absolvido. Não entendi os detalhes. Sorte dele. Espero que tenha tirado alguma lição (positiva) deste episódio todo, que não deve ter sido fácil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coitado do Will Power, que estava na Penske e agora vai correr numa equipe menor.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3597338755214215794?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3597338755214215794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3597338755214215794' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3597338755214215794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3597338755214215794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/helio-absolvido.html' title='Helio absolvido'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-4735190995179212680</id><published>2009-04-16T23:14:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T06:46:05.770-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Xangai - Vale tudo!</title><content type='html'>Hj começam os treinos pra Fórmula 1 em Xangai. O ponto importante é que esta semana a FIA aprovou os famosos difusores dos carros da Brawn, Williams e Toyota. Isso quer dizer que as outras equipes é que vão ter que correr atrás... Vamos ver quem já vai tentar implantar a idéia (em tão pouco tempo). Acho que o cenário não vai mudar muito. É bom ficar de olho na Red Bull. Eles já têm um carro bom, mesmo sem usar os ditos cujos. Será que vão descobrir como passar a Brawn com um difusor novo?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em um assunto relacionado, o julgamento do Hélio Castroneves vem se arrastando. Parece que os jurados não conseguiram chegar num consenso em todas as acusações e o juiz mandou eles acelerarem. A nova expectativa é amanhã.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pelo andar da carruagem, o horizonte pro Helinho está cheio de nuvens negras. De campeão do "Dancing with the Stars" a possível detento. A gente até conseguiu um autógrafo dele em um evento em Miami. Uma pena que esteja passando por isso...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: Finalizado o primeiro dia de treinos, a Brawn continua na frente (Button-1, Barrichelo-2). O Hamilton até liderou a primeira sessão mas os tempos estavam altos (configuração de corrida, tanques cheios?). De qq forma, a ordem foi "re-estabelecida" na 2a. sessão.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-4735190995179212680?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/4735190995179212680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=4735190995179212680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4735190995179212680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4735190995179212680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/xangai-vale-tudo.html' title='Xangai - Vale tudo!'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-8158690977714648227</id><published>2009-04-16T22:12:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T22:18:00.337-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Semana perdida</title><content type='html'>Depois de ter trocado a roupa para ir na sala de ginástica do hotel, veio a decepção... Simplesmente esqueci de colocar o tênis na mala. Estava considerando se deveria tentar ir com o sapato social, com o dockside ou com a havaiana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamentável. Assim não dá, bionicão.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simplesmente, uma semana perdida.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-8158690977714648227?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/8158690977714648227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=8158690977714648227' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8158690977714648227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8158690977714648227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/semana-perdida.html' title='Semana perdida'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-5269671629032580286</id><published>2009-04-14T17:36:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T17:41:08.508-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Esteirando</title><content type='html'>Esta semana estou em viagem de negócios. Trouxe os meus badulaques de corrida e provavelmente vou usar a sala de ginástica do hotel. Como sempre, é uma luta conciliar a agenda apertada que inclui refeições mega-ultra calóricas com os treinos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por outro lado, vou poder simular algumas elevações. Quero ver o impacto nos resultados.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-5269671629032580286?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/5269671629032580286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=5269671629032580286' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5269671629032580286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5269671629032580286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/esteirando.html' title='Esteirando'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-351598248727784290</id><published>2009-04-11T21:56:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T22:01:38.893-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Chegando mais perto dos 25</title><content type='html'>Podia ser contagem regressiva de idade, né?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No começo do ano, defini alguns objetivos. "Escrevi-lhos" na sessão "sobre este blog" (à esquerda) e já estou chegando perto do primeiro (além de já ter alcançado o segundo). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seguem as parciais de hoje:&lt;br /&gt;Km 1 0:04:35&lt;br /&gt;Km 2 0:05:14&lt;br /&gt;Km 3 0:05:42&lt;br /&gt;Km 4 0:05:38&lt;br /&gt;Km 5 0:05:03&lt;br /&gt;Total: 0:26:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tb já defini os próximos objetivos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isto está ficando divertido!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-351598248727784290?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/351598248727784290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=351598248727784290' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/351598248727784290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/351598248727784290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/chegando-mais-perto-dos-25.html' title='Chegando mais perto dos 25'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-5718087450003648103</id><published>2009-04-09T22:53:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T14:08:43.434-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Parabéns!!!</title><content type='html'>Hoje, a pimpolha foi promovida do red team (iniciante) pro nível seguinte (green team) na natação. Os treinos vão ser um pouco mais puxados e muda o horário do treinamento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É um bom incentivo. Ultimamente ela tem ficado uns 10-15 min a mais treinando a virada que tem sido a deficiência dela. No geral, estou vendo a evolução (pai coruja-treinador é fogo!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tb, semana passada ela passou pro nível seguinte do Kumon. Agora está no E. Por enquanto ainda consigo entender o que ela está fazendo! rs&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-5718087450003648103?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/5718087450003648103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=5718087450003648103' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5718087450003648103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5718087450003648103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/parabens.html' title='Parabéns!!!'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-7295791059416076126</id><published>2009-04-07T07:44:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T07:51:33.150-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Quebrando a barreira dos 160 - II</title><content type='html'>Dessa vez foi correndo... a pé! rs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já passei da marca dos 160km percorridos este ano. Era até pra ser um pouco mais, mas fiquei mais de uma semana de molho dando um descanso para os joelhos. Ontem fechei 10km abaixo dos 60 min, o que era uma meta minha no começo do ano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seguem as parciais (cortesia do GPS!):&lt;br /&gt;Km 1 0:05:35&lt;br /&gt;Km 2 0:05:41&lt;br /&gt;Km 3 0:05:43&lt;br /&gt;Km 4 0:05:54&lt;br /&gt;Km 5 0:05:56&lt;br /&gt;Km 6 0:06:05&lt;br /&gt;Km 7 0:06:15&lt;br /&gt;Km 8 0:06:38&lt;br /&gt;Km 9 0:06:19&lt;br /&gt;Km 10 0:05:39&lt;br /&gt;Total:  0:59:45&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vou me acostumar nesta distância por um tempo, intercalando com alguns treinos de 5km pra melhorar na velocidade (quero tirar ainda uns 2 min do meu tempo) ou quando o horário estiver apertado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boas corridas!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-7295791059416076126?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/7295791059416076126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=7295791059416076126' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7295791059416076126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7295791059416076126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/quebrando-barreira-dos-160-ii.html' title='Quebrando a barreira dos 160 - II'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-4899200278226565034</id><published>2009-04-05T07:23:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T22:21:24.350-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Quebrando a barreira dos 160</title><content type='html'>Não é de velocidade! rs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baixei dos 160 pounds, ou seja, 72kg. Meu objetivo é chegar nos 70kg, o que significa que preciso perder 6 pounds mais. Está ao meu alcance. Acho que o fato de não estar viajando muito tem ajudado. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A barriguinha continua lá. Vou ter que fazer alguma coisa localizada pra dar um jeito nos "pneus".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-4899200278226565034?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/4899200278226565034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=4899200278226565034' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4899200278226565034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4899200278226565034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/quebrando-barreira-dos-160.html' title='Quebrando a barreira dos 160'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-744133437751660557</id><published>2009-04-05T07:04:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T22:23:29.170-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Acabou o GP da Malásia...</title><content type='html'>...por causa da chuva. A corrida foi interrompida pq estava caindo o mundo em Sepang (o termo correto é Monsoon). Meio anti-climax mas fazer o quê. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Com isso, o JB (Jenson Button) levou a segunda no ano. Acabei de ver a entrevista do pódio e ele fez um comentário engraçado: "Eu ainda não consegui terminar uma corrida este ano sem ver o safety car na minha frente". Pena que ele só vai receber metade dos pontos (não completaram 3/4 da prova).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Massa fez uma corrida discreta e terminou apenas em 9o. Acho que o Nelsinho apareceu uma vez só na transmissão, sendo ultrapassado. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comentário à parte: A Victoria Azarenka, que autografou a bola de tênis gigante da pimpolha, levou o Sony Ericsson Open em cima da Serena Williams. Não vi a partida (estávamos na rua) mas pelo resultado (6/3, 6/1) não foi tão difícil assim. Parabéns pra ela. Mas precisa melhorar a atitude. Hj a final masculina é entre o Djokovic e o Murray. Sou mais o Sérvio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(comentario postumo: o Andy Murray ganhou o Sony Ericsson Open. Como podem ver, manjo tuuuuudo de futurologia!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vamos ver se consigo dormir um pouco.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-744133437751660557?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/744133437751660557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=744133437751660557' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/744133437751660557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/744133437751660557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/acabou-o-gp-da-malasia.html' title='Acabou o GP da Malásia...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2489593428779307367</id><published>2009-04-04T19:51:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-05T07:17:08.835-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Papelão da Ferrari no quali da Malásia</title><content type='html'>"Inacreditível" que a Ferrari ficou achando que estava com um tempo garantido no Q1 e ficou assistindo as outras equipes baixarem seus tempos. Resultado, o Massa ficou em 16o. Uma vergonha. O salto alto custou caríssimo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Button mostrou que está com tudo. Foi pole outra vez com o tanque mais cheio que pelo menos 5 outros carros que disputaram o Q3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este fim de semana vai ter corrida de Indy nas ruas de St. Petersburg (FL). Mas pra ser muito sincero, não estou muito interessado. Acho que estou mais ligado no julgamento do Hélio Castroneves. Será que ele vai pro xilindró?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amanhã a corrida começa às 5 da matina. Não vejo a hora da F1 ir pra Europa (Espanha dia 10 de Maio). Até lá, vai ser essa coisa de acordar de "madrugada". Ai, ai.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2489593428779307367?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2489593428779307367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2489593428779307367' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2489593428779307367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2489593428779307367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/papelao-da-ferrari-no-quali-da-malasia.html' title='Papelão da Ferrari no quali da Malásia'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-1930598164919505519</id><published>2009-04-02T11:19:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-02T11:47:55.388-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Bafômetro no banquinho de bar?</title><content type='html'>Tá aí uma idéia... Banquinho motorizado. Esse aí se deu mal. O "veículo" chega a fazer 38 mph!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/js/2.0/video/evp/module.js?loc=dom&amp;vid=/video/us/2009/04/01/take.a.look.at.this.04.01.cnn" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;Embedded video from &lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/video"&gt;CNN Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-1930598164919505519?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/1930598164919505519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=1930598164919505519' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1930598164919505519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1930598164919505519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/bafometro-na-cadeira-de-bar.html' title='Bafômetro no banquinho de bar?'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-5647711076642533040</id><published>2009-03-31T08:44:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T07:51:11.751-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>(Des) Motivação cara essa 2</title><content type='html'>Atualização do post anterior (&lt;a href="http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/02/des-motivacao-cara-essa.html"&gt;http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/02/des-motivacao-cara-essa.html&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infelizmente, o podômetro da Nike (ou contador de passos pros mais íntimos) é muito impreciso. Eu gosto de correr por um percurso pré-definido de 5km e infelizmente o podômetro erra sempre, e é coisa de 200/400m (4 a 8%). Tento recalibrar todas as vezes e aí ele começa a errar pro outro lado. Vou continuar usando em quanto a bateria estiver funcionando, mas não vou comprar outro mesmo porque...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acabei comprando um Garmin 405 (&lt;a href="https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=142&amp;amp;pID=11039"&gt;https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=142&amp;amp;pID=11039&lt;/a&gt;). Pra quem não conhece, ele é um relógio/monitor cardíaco com GPS integrado. Só usei uma vez por enquanto mas já vi que ele é bem preciso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Primeiras impressões:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Esteticamente acho que fiz a coisa certa. O 405 realmente tem cara de relógio (além de ter as funções de...) e disfarça bem.&lt;br /&gt;-Funcionalmente fiquei contente com as informações que me passou. Corri por um percurso conhecido e as marcações foram bem precisas (comparei com as que estão no próprio asfalto e com os cálculos que fiz no Google Earth). O que mais gostei foi do Virtual Partner que permite comparar o seu ritmo (dizendo se vc está à frente ou atrás) com o ritmo determinado pro parceiro virtual (hmmm... soou coisa de telesexo isso).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Negativos:&lt;br /&gt;Achei o Garmin Training Center (Sw para fazer upload e analisar os dados das corridas) meio limitado. Já estou vendo outros SW/sites que sejam compatìveis com o formato da Garmin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-A instalação dos malditos drivers não funcionou no meu laptop. Não sei se é pq o firewall/anti-virus não gostou do intruso. Acabei instalando no desktop de casa e foi Ok. Vou fazer mais experiências nos próximos dias...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Super Positivo: Acho que o fator psicologico foi importante. Baixei meu tempo nos 5K em 30s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É isso aí. Vamos ver até onde o psicológico vai ajudar...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como diria Mr. Perón: No Pain (in my pocket), no Gain.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-5647711076642533040?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/5647711076642533040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=5647711076642533040' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5647711076642533040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5647711076642533040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/des-motivacao-cara-essa-2.html' title='(Des) Motivação cara essa 2'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-8210292420128240581</id><published>2009-03-29T23:46:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T08:41:08.049-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Domingone esportivo - Fórmula Um</title><content type='html'>Apesar de ter ameaçado acordar pra assistir a corrida, acabei desistindo (por causa da idéia de ir pra Key Biscayne). Consegui me segurar durante o dia e não vi o resultado, já que tinha gravado tudo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Que corrida legal. Drama na largada, disputas por posições durante toda a corrida e emoção até o final! Sobre os pilotos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rubinho: Podia ter brigado com o Button pela vitória se não tivesse quase deixando o carro morrer na largada. Depois disso, foi ensanduichado na primeira curva mas o carro aguentou. Depois tentou fazer uma corrida de recuperação e foi beneficiado pela batida meio que inconsequente do Vettel e do Kubica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Button: fez uma corrida de gente grande. Durante a entrevista do pódio, ele até comentou que teve dificuldades mas não deixou ninguém perceber. Fez uma corrida sólida e praticamente não foi ameaçado. Parabéns pelo feito histórico com a Brawn GP. Acho que o Sir Bronson (dono da Virgin) realmente nasceu com aquilo virado pra lua. Tudo que ele toca, vai bem...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hamilton: Tb uma corrida bastante respeitável. Não errou, fez várias ultrapassagens e levou a McLaren para o 3o. lugar (depois da penalização do Trulli) apesar de ter largado lá no final.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ferraris: Papelão total. Até agora não entendi direito o problema no carro do Pasta, digo Massa. Ficaram devendo... e muito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nelsinho: Se continuar assim, não termina a temporada. Bateu sozinho, culpando os freios que ficaram "malucos".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em tempo: Fiquei sabendo que a seleção suou para empatar com o Equador em Quito. Agora é torcer pra se dar bem contra o Peru no Beira-Rio...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-8210292420128240581?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/8210292420128240581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=8210292420128240581' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8210292420128240581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8210292420128240581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/domingone-esportivo-formula-um.html' title='Domingone esportivo - Fórmula Um'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2321982525151032915</id><published>2009-03-29T23:13:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T22:04:21.126-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Domingone esportivo - Tênis</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Hj levei a pimpolha para o Sony Ericsson Open em Key Biscayne. Em termos de clima foi legal pq não estava aquele sol de rachar. O que ajudou foi que de vez em quando caia alguns pingos de chuva (coisa de 5 min) e isso refrescava a galera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comentários tenísticos:&lt;br /&gt;-Victoria Azarenka vs. Anna Chakvetadze (ô sobrenome difícil meu!): Logo na metade do primeiro set a Anna começou a sentir o ombro direito, pediu presença da fisioterapista duas vezes e acho que isso prejudicou seu jogo. A Azarenka era muito reclamona, estilo estrelinha (jogando raquete no chão) e senti que o público gostaria que a Anna fosse mais longe mas não deu pra ela. Derrota em 2 sets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Ana Ivanovic vs. Agnes Szavay: A preferida da galera era a Ivanovic. Muito mais badalada, musa da imprensa... Mostrou um jogo muito irregular. O que eu fiquei mais (mal) impressionado foi com o toss do serviço. Ela teve que repetir várias vezes. Até entendo que estava ventando mas ela precisa melhorar muito nesse quesito. No final do primeiro set, a pimpolha já estava meio cansada e saímos. Terminou em 2x1 pra Agnes, uma das grandes surpresas do dia (aliás, várias favoritas já caíram: Jankovic, Safina, Zvonareva) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Sá/Melo vs. Kerr/Hutchins: Fomos prestigiar os Brazucas (perdemos o jogo do Bruno Soares...). Chegamos no primeiro set, já entrando no tie-break. Infelizmente nossa dupla perdeu, depois de ter a chance de fechar o set antes do tie-break. Depois disso, acho que eles perderam a confiança. Tiveram vários momentos bons, mas nos que realmente importavam eles vacilaram. Principalmente o Melo. Ele chegou até a jogar uma bola pra pqp depois de ter perdido um smash fácil... A decepção dos dois foi visível. O Melo saiu correndo, sem falar com ninguém. O André Sá até deu autográfos e chegamos a alcançá-lo já do lado de fora mas deu pra perceber que ele estava visivelmente caído. Uma pena. 2x0 e acho que sobrou só o Bruno mesmo...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obs.: Depois de ter pego o autógrafo do André, a gente deu de cara com o Hutchins e a pimpolha pegou o autógrafo dele. Mas depois veio falar: "Ele me molhou toda!". Realmente o rapaz suava em bicas e estava pingando... Como diz a criançada aqui "Eeeewww!!!!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aliás, essa foi a maior diversão do dia: Caçar autógrafos. Comprei aquela bola de tênis gigante e fomos atrás dos autógrafos. Pegamos da Azarenka, Hutchins e Sá após seus respectivos jogos; Da Kuznetsova e da Mauresmo depois do treino que elas fizeram em quadras auxiliares (até vimos o Djokovic mas estava muito assediado e saiu correndo em direção à área reservada) e finalmente do Andreev, da Cibulkova e da Szavay nos stands onde eles fizeram aparições só para os autógrafos. Pras crianças isso é bem legal. Mas tem que ter paciência. E muita...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319505193837229010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SdKtyjODc9I/AAAAAAAAADc/q12bc9FAWCY/s200/DSC00021.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Agnes Szavay&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319505699401566210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SdKuP-l_CAI/AAAAAAAAADk/SSPbR2IRcjY/s200/DSC00015.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Igor Andreev&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319505964488783202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SdKufaHs9WI/AAAAAAAAADs/UJzqY4otlK0/s200/DSC00020.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Dominika Cibulkova&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apesar de termos chegado cedo (9:30), já não tinha dos ingressos mais baratos para o estádio principal e os que sobravam estavam muito caros ($150 por cabeça). Acabamos assistindo os jogos nas quadras auxiliares mas acho que foi de bom tamanho. A pimpolha se cansou e acho que não teria valido a pena o investimento no estádio. Talvez qdo ela ficar maiorzinha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No geral, foi um dia divertido!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2321982525151032915?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2321982525151032915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2321982525151032915' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2321982525151032915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2321982525151032915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/domingone-esportivo-tenis.html' title='Domingone esportivo - Tênis'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SdKtyjODc9I/AAAAAAAAADc/q12bc9FAWCY/s72-c/DSC00021.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-4445307163858498974</id><published>2009-03-28T10:06:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-28T10:45:11.392-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Quali na Austrália</title><content type='html'>Não acordei de madruga, mas graças às maravilhas da tecnologia (i.e. DVR), deixei gravado e assisti hj de manhã. Que coisa. Realmente as expectativas se confirmaram e o que se viu é que ninguém é de ninguém. Brawn GP na primeira fila, Hamilton quase não passou do Q1 e as Ferraris cumpriram seu papel.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Segundo os comentários na TV, os pneus macios se desgastam muito rápido. Estavam falando da necessidade de fazerem até 3 paradas por conta disso. Pelo que vi, a Brawn GP está num nível superior e as outras parecem estar mais ou menos parelhas. O grid antes das penalizações da Toyota (infração no aerofólio traseiro) e Hamilton (troca do câmbio), está aqui (http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/805/). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rubinho brigando pela vitória amanhã, quem diria...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-4445307163858498974?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/4445307163858498974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=4445307163858498974' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4445307163858498974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4445307163858498974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/quali-na-australia.html' title='Quali na Austrália'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3419193729125855927</id><published>2009-03-27T08:38:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T18:07:05.482-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Formula Um'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Apaguem suas luzes amanhã</title><content type='html'>Já que tem gente que não abre computador durante o fim de semana (o que eu acho muito certo), estou reforçando aqui a mensagem de fazer um gesto consciente e apagar as luzes de casa amanhã às 8:30 da noite. Veja detalhes no meu post anterior: &lt;a href="http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/earth-hour-hora-do-planeta.html"&gt;http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/earth-hour-hora-do-planeta.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vai ser um fim de semana meio complicado. A patroa está viajando no Domingo e a pimpolha tem cerimônia do chá. As chances de eu conseguir vestir o kimono e principalmente fazer o laço do obi (outra vez, dá-lhe wikipedia: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(sash"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(sash&lt;/a&gt;) são nulas (eu mal consigo dar nó de gravata...). Será que se ela dormir com tudo já amarrado vai amassar muito?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pra piorar, a fórmula um começa este fim de semana e justamente na Austrália. O horário da corrida vai ser às 2 da madruga do Domingo. Este ano a temporada dá pinta que será muito divertida. Pra quem olhar pros resultados do 2o. treino livre, vai achar que publicaram ao contrário. Do 1o. ao 9o. temos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Williams&lt;br /&gt;2 Brawn GPs (Rubinho em 2o.)&lt;br /&gt;2 Toyotas&lt;br /&gt;2 Red Bulls&lt;br /&gt;1 Force India&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Ferraris estão em 10o. (Massa) e 11o. (Kimi) e as McLarens estão em 17o e 18o. Dá pra acreditar??? De qq forma, o que vale é o treino oficial, mas concordo com o comentário dos blogs especializados. Já era pras grandes terem mostrado serviço no 2o. treino livre e não aconteceu...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estou considerando seriamente acordar de madrugada pra assistir a corrida, coisa que não faço há algum tempo pq já não estava com esse pique todo pra ver o Massa se dar mal na primeira volta e o Rubinho se arrastar no pelotão dos cadeirantes... Em tempo, o Nelsinho fez o penúltimo tempo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3419193729125855927?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3419193729125855927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3419193729125855927' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3419193729125855927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3419193729125855927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/apaguem-suas-luzes-amanha.html' title='Apaguem suas luzes amanhã'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2340743896295532003</id><published>2009-03-21T23:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-21T23:23:54.744-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>And the Winner is...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ScWtqgZ4QMI/AAAAAAAAADU/zbmaX568MSM/s1600-h/Luisa_Amandha_Cosplay_Mar2009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315845880945328322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ScWtqgZ4QMI/AAAAAAAAADU/zbmaX568MSM/s200/Luisa_Amandha_Cosplay_Mar2009.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A Pimpolha participou de um concurso de cosplay (para os não iniciados como eu, é uma abreviação de "Costume Play" - Para maiores informações, Santo Wikipedia: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A amiguinha dela ganhou o primeiro prêmio na categoria (idade) e a pimpolha levou uma menção honrosa (Judge's award). Obviamente ficou super contente e já está pensando na fantasia do ano que vem. Coitada da mamãe costureira/produtora.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Em tempo: Foram 40 concorrentes no total.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Câmbio e bom resto de fim de semana proceis.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2340743896295532003?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2340743896295532003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2340743896295532003' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2340743896295532003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2340743896295532003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/and-winner-is.html' title='And the Winner is...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ScWtqgZ4QMI/AAAAAAAAADU/zbmaX568MSM/s72-c/Luisa_Amandha_Cosplay_Mar2009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-43819044317775078</id><published>2009-03-20T20:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-20T20:50:47.571-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Earth Hour / Hora do Planeta</title><content type='html'>Marquem a data:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dia 28 de Março/ 20:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neste dia, neste horário, o WWF está convocando todo mundo a desligar as luzes de suas casas, seus trabalhos por uma hora. A idéia é de fazer uma demonstração sobre a preocupação com as mudanças climáticas e por uma preocupação em procurar soluções. Seguem informações sobre a iniciativa:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wwf.org.br/informacoes/horadoplaneta/"&gt;http://www.wwf.org.br/informacoes/horadoplaneta/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Particularmente não conheço o WWF o suficiente para saber se são idôneos ou não. Mas acho a iniciativa válida e por isso vou aderir.&lt;br /&gt;o-----------------------------------------------------o&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Save this date:&lt;br /&gt;March 28th/ 8:30PM&lt;br /&gt;On this date, at this time, WWF is reaching out to the planet Earth citizens to turn off the lights of their homes, work places for an hour. The idea is to demonstrate our concern about the climate changes and our commtiment to find solutions. You can find more solutions about this intiative on their website:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.earthhourus.org/main.php?intcmp=118"&gt;http://www.earthhourus.org/main.php?intcmp=118&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know enough about the WWF to know how legit they are. But I find this is a worthy initiative and I plan to part take.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-43819044317775078?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/43819044317775078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=43819044317775078' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/43819044317775078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/43819044317775078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/earth-hour-hora-do-planeta.html' title='Earth Hour / Hora do Planeta'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3888887153210083274</id><published>2009-03-17T22:37:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T22:40:42.998-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Skype hackeado</title><content type='html'>A conta da minha digníssima foi hackeada. Mudaram a senha e o endereço do e-mail... Ainda estamos vendo se houve maiores estragos.  Ela só usa o Mac dela. Sei que o bichinho não é à prova de pirataria mas estou com a impressão que foi bobeada da Skype mesmo. Googleando, vi que tem mais gente nesta canoa furada...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De qualquer forma, fica aqui o alerta.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3888887153210083274?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3888887153210083274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3888887153210083274' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3888887153210083274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3888887153210083274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/skype-hackeado.html' title='Skype hackeado'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-988322605212229467</id><published>2009-03-17T21:50:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T22:22:33.174-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't Give up... Don't Ever Give Up!</title><content type='html'>O título é uma mensagem pra Mr. and Mrs. Perón que estão começando o treino para participar dos 10K da Nike em Goods Airs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não sei como está o estado atrético do casal mas posso dizer por experiência própria que o começo é desanimador. Os tempos são altos e depois de 10 min já dá vontade de parar. Mas depois de alguns treinos, já dá pra notar a diferença.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Semana passada, pela primeira vez consegui fazer os 5km em menos de 28 min. Ainda estou longe do meu objetivo (25 min), mas considero uma conquista ter quebrado esta barreira.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Com certeza, vou ter recaídas gastronômicas, até pq não dá pra fugir de jantares com clientes e não posso passar o resto da vida só comendo salada! Mas... o que vale é fazer o que for possível para deixar de ser o cautch-poteitou que eu vinha sendo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Casal Perón: Vcs tb são a minha inspiración... E dá lhe perspiraciones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BTW: A frase é do já falecido técnico Jimmy V e ficou célebre num discurso que ele fez durante os ESPY awards a respeito da sua luta contra o câncer:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jimmyv.org/"&gt;http://www.jimmyv.org/&lt;/a&gt; (a fundação dedicada à pesquisa do câncer). Lá está o discurso que ele fez em 2003.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-988322605212229467?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/988322605212229467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=988322605212229467' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/988322605212229467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/988322605212229467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/dont-give-up-dont-ever-give-up.html' title='Don&apos;t Give up... Don&apos;t Ever Give Up!'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6754819343805354332</id><published>2009-03-16T02:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T02:47:35.530-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Novidades e Saudades...</title><content type='html'>Das Novidades:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Parabéns para Mr. Perón. Está de blog/Bodegón novo e anda escrevendo "like there is no tomorow". Grande inspiração.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Em Madrid consegui jogar fora grande parte do esforço feito desde o começo do ano. I.E.: não consegui correr (frio desgraçado) e jantares nada diets (Jamón Ibérico e queso manchego todos los días). Além de ter ido a uma churrascaria com colegas de trabalho...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Estou listando o blog da minha comadre (e de sua cara-metade) aqui nos favoritos. Ela me mandou um jogo que despertou muitas saudades (ver abaixo)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Das Saudades:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Mr. Saints e família regressaram pra terrinha querida. Fico contente porque acho que fizeram a coisa certa no momento certo, mas obviamente fico triste por perder a cia. deles. Afinal de contas, foi depois de uma corrida com Mr. Saints que decidi fazer o MBA e ele foi meu companheiro nos 2 anos de sacrifício. Fizemos uma feijoada de despedida aqui em casa (Dá-lhe calorias) . Gostaria de ter ido ao aeroporto mas o horário e o trabalho não deixaram. Tenho certeza que verei Mr. Saints nas minhas idas à terrinha mas vai ser diferente. Será na qualidade de visita e não mais de Nêibor. Muita sorte e felicidade neste recomeço, meus amigos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-A "Cumadi" mandou o seguinte jogo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;em&gt;Cada um deve ir ao seu diretorio de fotos e buscar, dentro do SEXTO diretorio/folder, a SEXTA foto.. e publicar, contando para todos, a historia dessa foto&lt;/em&gt;."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Segue a minha foto:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313669402969197026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sb3yK0HXSeI/AAAAAAAAADM/GfHhzzSkVs8/s200/010503DespedidaTeixeiras.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A história: A foto foi tirada no dia 5/Jan/2003. Era a despedida dos pais da Cumadi que estavam de visita na terra do tio Sam. Já se passaram mais de 6 anos! Os compadres se mudaram assim como o outro casal que está na foto com os filhos. O grande vazio fica por conta da mãe da cumadi, que já se foi... Acho que foi a última vez que a vi. Agora com a recessão, até o restaurante no qual jantamos neste dia fechou. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dizem que saudade é uma palavra que só existe na língua portuguesa... Mas tenho certeza que qualquer um entende o sentimento.  Esse aperto no coração... Prefiro pensar agora nos bons momentos que arrancam aquele sorriso sem explicação e dizer "Obrigado"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6754819343805354332?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6754819343805354332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6754819343805354332' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6754819343805354332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6754819343805354332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/novidades-e-saudades.html' title='Novidades e Saudades...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/Sb3yK0HXSeI/AAAAAAAAADM/GfHhzzSkVs8/s72-c/010503DespedidaTeixeiras.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6096752788139033183</id><published>2009-03-02T09:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T09:26:12.956-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Brrr!!!</title><content type='html'>Aproveitei pra correr um pouco hj de manhã, mas foi dureza. 9.4C!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Essa semana estou zarpando para Madrid passar mais frio ainda por lá. E a porcaria do hotel nem tem sala de ginástica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este fim de semana a pimpolha andou participando de um evento de tênis e outro de natação. Muitos compromissos! rs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boa semana a todos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6096752788139033183?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6096752788139033183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6096752788139033183' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6096752788139033183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6096752788139033183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/03/brrr.html' title='Brrr!!!'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-8304967400640410567</id><published>2009-02-27T23:37:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T07:52:07.408-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>3 dígitos - Vou comemorar!!!</title><content type='html'>Cheguei nos 3 dígitos. Hj corri meu primeiro percurso de 10km e com isso ultrapassei os 100km corridos no ano. Tudo bem que estou com as pernas bem doloridas mas está valendo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Subi na balança depois da corrida e já consegui perder quase 6kg desde que comecei a correr. Infelizmente a barriga "Jabba the Hutt", continua lá flácida e forte.  Vou ter que fazer exercícios localizados pra dar um jeito nisso. De qq jeito, os resultados estão aparecendo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fim de semana vai ser corrido. Vamos ter o aniversário da metrópole de Coconut Creek mais uma festinha aqui em casa. A pimpolha tem competição de tênis no Sábado e natação no Domingo. "Não basta ser Gelol, tem que participar!"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-8304967400640410567?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/8304967400640410567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=8304967400640410567' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8304967400640410567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8304967400640410567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/02/3-digitos-vou-comemorar.html' title='3 dígitos - Vou comemorar!!!'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-1410586454593370492</id><published>2009-02-26T08:18:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T08:19:25.818-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Inspiração do Dia</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;'O casamento é uma relação entre 2 pessoas na qual uma está sempre certa e a outa é o marido'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;(plagiado de uma piadinha enviada por uma amiga - todos os direitos autorais reservados)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-1410586454593370492?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/1410586454593370492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=1410586454593370492' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1410586454593370492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1410586454593370492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/02/inspiracao-do-dia.html' title='Inspiração do Dia'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6413561063070563687</id><published>2009-02-25T22:55:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T07:52:39.862-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Odômetro chegando perto dos 3 dígitos!</title><content type='html'>Cheguei nos 90km (!) desde que comecei a correr no início do ano. Hj teve o incentivo de correr atrás da minha pimpolha andando de bicicleta. Foi legal apostar corrida com ela. Qdo ela estiver andando direitinho, vamos sair do condomínio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quero aumentar a quilometragem mas a porcaria da unha ainda está mal...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6413561063070563687?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6413561063070563687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6413561063070563687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6413561063070563687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6413561063070563687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/02/odometro-chegando-perto-dos-3-digitos.html' title='Odômetro chegando perto dos 3 dígitos!'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3875426310446301236</id><published>2009-02-23T16:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T16:19:01.366-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Curtas Pós-viagem II</title><content type='html'>Os Espanhóis deram sinal de vida e disseram que gostaram bastante da experiência de terem ido ao Sambódromo (previsível). Um deles disse que pretende importar algumas "Rainhas da bateria" para animar as festas flamencas. Acho que as locais vão subir nas tamancas, digo, quebrar as castanholas na cabeça dele!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3875426310446301236?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3875426310446301236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3875426310446301236' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3875426310446301236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3875426310446301236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/02/curtas-pos-viagem-ii.html' title='Curtas Pós-viagem II'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-7826436621995577409</id><published>2009-02-22T23:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T18:10:05.088-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Curtas Pós-viagem</title><content type='html'>Voltando da terrinha:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não tive tempo de visitar minha mãezinha... Lamentable.&lt;br /&gt;-----------------------&lt;br /&gt;Passei a semana meio de babá de 2 espanhóis. Pessoal gente boa. 6a. feira eles decidiram ir pro sambódromo de SP. Não era a minha praia. Espero que eles tenham sobrevivido.&lt;br /&gt;-----------------------&lt;br /&gt;Estava com preguiça na semana passada e pedi pra patroa cortar meus cascos. Como ela não gosta de fazer isso, ela andou retirando uns bifes. Um deles inflamou e por causa disso só consegui correr um dia...&lt;br /&gt;-----------------------&lt;br /&gt;A dieta foi pro beleleu... De volta pras saladas.&lt;br /&gt;-----------------------&lt;br /&gt;Passei pra visitar meus afilhados. Como boas crianças, eles gostaram mais do chaveirinho que veio junto com o presentinho que eu levei, do que do presente em si.&lt;br /&gt;-----------------------&lt;br /&gt;Finalmente a minha pimpolha aprendeu a andar de bicicleta. Papai coruja adorou a novidade.&lt;br /&gt;-----------------------&lt;br /&gt;Estou assistindo aos Oscars. Eles mudaram bastante o formato. Achei legal.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-7826436621995577409?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/7826436621995577409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=7826436621995577409' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7826436621995577409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7826436621995577409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/02/curtas-pos-viagem.html' title='Curtas Pós-viagem'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-1738805345352515858</id><published>2009-02-15T00:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T01:04:35.506-05:00</updated><title type='text'>E começam as viagens...</title><content type='html'>Estava me sentido meio AA: "Faz 20 dias que eu não subo num avião". Consegui ficar o mês inteiro de Janeiro sem viajar. Um recorde pra mim. Finalmente, esta semana fui para a Filadélfia pra uma convenção de vendas que originalmente estava marcada pra Orlando mas decidiram cortar os gastos. Um dos eventos de networking foi um torneio de boliche. Como é de praxe, fiquei com o pulso doendo no dia seguinte. Algo me diz que é coisa de que não sabe jogar... De qualquer forma, foi divertido.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Semana que vem o destino é a terrinha.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-1738805345352515858?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/1738805345352515858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=1738805345352515858' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1738805345352515858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1738805345352515858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/02/e-comecam-as-viagens.html' title='E começam as viagens...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6133051455696644226</id><published>2009-02-05T15:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T09:23:21.967-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Mondo cane / Macro-Micro economy</title><content type='html'>Sent by a colleague from work:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A man is walking with his friend, who happens to be a psychologist.&lt;br /&gt;He tells him, "I'm a walking economy."&lt;br /&gt;"How so?" his friend asks.&lt;br /&gt;"My hairline is in recession, my stomach is a victim of inflation, and both of these together are putting me into a deep depression!"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6133051455696644226?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6133051455696644226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6133051455696644226' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6133051455696644226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6133051455696644226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/02/monde-cane-recession-101.html' title='Mondo cane / Macro-Micro economy'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-5128885710390347961</id><published>2009-02-03T21:32:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T07:53:05.091-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>(Des) Motivação cara essa...</title><content type='html'>Depois da "fantástica" performance neste domingone, estou maus... 6a. feira a minha pimpolha voltou da escola com febre e está gripada. E eu fui pelo mesmo caminho. Qdo tudo estava indo tão bem...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas voltando ao lado da motivação: Comprei uns badulaques para acompanhar a evolução:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Um "AiPódi" (escrita meio infeliz esta...) pq eu gosto de escutar música enquanto estou correndo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Um fone de ouvido para esporte. O original do AiPódi é bonzinho, mas fica caindo durante a corrida. Comprei um que tem um suporte atrás do pescoço. Qdo estava fazendo a pesquisa, fiquei impressionado. Tem fone de ouvido de $200!!! Não vi todas as especificações mas imagino que esses tb fazem massagem na careca e ficam dizendo o tempo todo que vc é muito parecido com o Brédi Pitch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Depois, um amigo me contou do badulaque da Nike que conta os seus passos e se acopla ao AiPódi (&lt;a href="http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/"&gt;http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/&lt;/a&gt;). O treco é bem legalzinho. Ainda não consegui explorar o bichinho pq precisa ser calibrado com a sua passada e eu só consegui fazer isso hj (usei sem calibrar na corrida e ele disse que eu só tinha corrido 1.1km. Ladrão!!!). Legal que vc pode programar as suas corridas pra queimar x calorias, ou pra correr por um certo tempo ou para cobrir uma certa distância (inclusive tem uma opção para Maratona... Vai ser otimista assim lá longe).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Finalmente comprei um armband (braçadeira?) para poder prender o AiPódi no braço, assim fico com as mãos livres e tb não preciso carregar nada no bolso. Achei um kit legal que inclui um sensor case. Explico. O lance do badulaque da Nike é que tem um sensor que deve ser colocado no tênis pra ele contar seus passos e dizer a sua quilometragem. Existe uma linha de tênis da Nike chamada Nike+ que já vem com um espaço debaixo da palmilha pra colocar esse sensor. Ou seja, teoricamente vc ficaria preso aos tênis da Nike. Porém... Já inventaram uma bolsinha que vc prende no cadarço do seu tênis para carregar o bendito sensor. Sendo assim, vc pode usar com Kichute, Conga, All Star que não tem problema.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298770480650704850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SYkDrZWC19I/AAAAAAAAADE/9wmB-xc75zE/s200/sensor+case.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A motivação anda em alta, mas a brincadeira está começando a ficar cara...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: Como eu recebi o item 4 depois da corrida (comprei pela Internet), acabei pregando o sensor com fita adesiva mesmo. Ficou direitinho no lugar durante toda a corrida. De repente, vou patentear esta solução! rs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS2: Até o momento consegui perder impressionantes 2kg. Só que esqueceram de avisar minhas calças pq elas continuam não subindo. Fazendo uma inspeção visual, noto que a barriga continua a mesma assim como o resto do corpo. Será que estou perdendo massa encefálica???&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-5128885710390347961?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/5128885710390347961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=5128885710390347961' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5128885710390347961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5128885710390347961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/02/des-motivacao-cara-essa.html' title='(Des) Motivação cara essa...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SYkDrZWC19I/AAAAAAAAADE/9wmB-xc75zE/s72-c/sensor+case.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2584127407332137915</id><published>2009-02-01T16:26:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-03T11:25:46.780-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prova'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Saiu na chuva, é pra se queimar II</title><content type='html'>Atualização do post anterior:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A corrida foi hj de manhã. Por incrível que pareça, apesar de ter voltado a correr há menos de um mês, consegui fazer meu melhor tempo na distância (5k), 28 min 35s. É bastante animador! Estava fazendo frio mas ver outras pessoas correndo do seu lado (na verdade, a maioria na sua frente) é bastante motivador.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS1: O vencedor foi um garoto de 14 anos (!)&lt;br /&gt;PS2: Pelo que eu vi, ano que vem já me qualifico para a categoria master ;-(&lt;br /&gt;PS3: Não consegui alcançar aquele velhinho do andador&lt;br /&gt;Xbox360: O chip para fazer a cronometragem estava numa fita que era presa no cadarço do tênis. Sendo assim, era descartável o que eu achei o máximo.&lt;br /&gt;(pósprodução: Segue o vídeo mostrando como se "instala" o chip: &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ4j2t54d5I"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ4j2t54d5I&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2584127407332137915?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2584127407332137915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2584127407332137915' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2584127407332137915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2584127407332137915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/02/saiu-na-chuva-e-pra-se-queimar-ii.html' title='Saiu na chuva, é pra se queimar II'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-1033107187126945954</id><published>2009-01-28T19:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T20:02:55.821-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Saiu na chuva, é pra se queimar...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Depois de muita insistência da patroa, acabei me inscrevendo numa corrida de 5km que é organizada pela metrópole de Coconut Creek, a capital &lt;strong&gt;mundial &lt;/strong&gt;das borboletas (título que foi conferido pq a cidade abriga um borboletário...). Veja o site:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.butterflyrun.com/"&gt;http://www.butterflyrun.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Particularmente, acho mais motivante participar destas competições de vez em quando para ter um objetivo (de melhorar seu tempo) e tb ficar mais estimulado ao ver mais gente que pratica o mesmo esporte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu estava vendo os resultados do ano passado e me dei conta que na categoria "Homens - 70 a 74 anos" houve 5 (CINCO) senhores que fizeram tempos melhores que o meu melhor tempo deste ano!!! Imagina a cena: vc "dando tudo de si" e é ultrapassado por um velhinho com um andador. Eu passo uma rasteira no andador, mas não chego atrás dele. Principalmente se for na hora de cortar a fita de chegada! rs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296514852773135522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 116px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SYEAMksfhKI/AAAAAAAAAC8/XzjffOFhuDQ/s200/velho_andador.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-1033107187126945954?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/1033107187126945954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=1033107187126945954' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1033107187126945954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1033107187126945954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/01/saiu-na-chuva-e-pra-se-queimar.html' title='Saiu na chuva, é pra se queimar...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SYEAMksfhKI/AAAAAAAAAC8/XzjffOFhuDQ/s72-c/velho_andador.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-1962566810827653721</id><published>2009-01-22T22:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T22:50:22.774-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Lição de vida / Life Lesson</title><content type='html'>Meu chefe que mandou este link. Depois de ver essa história, a gente realmente coloca as coisas em perspectiva. No Youtube tem vários vídeos sobre este homem (procure por Nick Vujicic). Vale a pena conferir!&lt;br /&gt;---------------&lt;br /&gt;My boss is the one who actually sent this URL. After watching this story, we really put things in perspective. There are other videos about him on Youtube (look for Nick Vujicic). It is worth watching it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guzer.com/videos/are-you-going-to-finish-strong.php"&gt;http://www.guzer.com/videos/are-you-going-to-finish-strong.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-1962566810827653721?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/1962566810827653721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=1962566810827653721' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1962566810827653721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1962566810827653721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/01/licao-de-vida-life-lesson.html' title='Lição de vida / Life Lesson'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-4453595257602782853</id><published>2009-01-19T18:31:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T07:53:37.596-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>"Atreta" de Ano Novo</title><content type='html'>Seguindo a promessa de ano novo, comecei a cuidar do meu peso. Estou tentando me controlar na comida e estou fazendo mais exercícios. Basicamente estou correndo 5km por dia. Comecei num ritmo bem lento, pra ver como o meu corpo reagia. Já consegui baixar uns 2 minutos, mas estou ainda 3 min mais lento do que eu conseguia correr há 3 anos atrás. Tudo bem, acabei de recomeçar. Fica como objetivo de médio prazo. No curto prazo, quero começar a correr distâncias mais longas pq estou sentindo que o fôlego já aguenta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Encontrei um site simplezinho que me ajuda a manter o controle das calorias, peso e exercícios:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://caloriecount.about.com/"&gt;http://caloriecount.about.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não requer prática nem habilidade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outra coisa boa é que até agora não tive que viajar.  Há males (recessão) que vem para o bem (mais tempo com a minha família).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No quesito comida, comprei aquelelas barrinhas de energia (de marcas diferentes para experimentar e ver se ajudam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outro objetivo que esqueci de mencionar: Dar um jeito na papelada. Impressionante como a gente consegue acumular papel. (principalmente eu que gosto de guardar comprovante de chiclete comprado no Uólmartch). O negócio é tomar vergonha na cara e começar. E estar preparado pra jogar coisa fora!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-4453595257602782853?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/4453595257602782853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=4453595257602782853' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4453595257602782853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4453595257602782853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/01/atreta-de-ano-novo.html' title='&quot;Atreta&quot; de Ano Novo'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3478871971245468675</id><published>2009-01-15T16:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-15T18:12:40.537-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Terceirizando o primeiro mundo...</title><content type='html'>Sobre o comentário da caríssima presidenta Peron:&lt;br /&gt;Serviu pra gente se dar conta que apesar de estar no primeiro mundo, não dá mais pra bobear...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apenas pra recordar um causo que ocorreu com a gente por aqui: No dia que íamos fazer a vistoria da nossa recém-comprada casa (em 2001), notamos que o pessoal da construtora estava meio estranho. Qdo entramos em casa, vimos que havia um buraco no lugar da geladeira (aqui nos States é comum que a casa seja entregue com os eletrodomésticos incluídos - fazem parte do financiamento da casa). Com muito constrangimento, eles disseram que a dita cuja havia sido roubada na noite anterior. Ixcruzivi, tinham tentando roubar o fogão mas por algum motivo não conseguiram e deixaram ele no meio do caminho, meio amassado. O ponto é que as casas em construção ficam totalmente abertas e não há nenhuma segurança durante à noite. Testemunhamos casos de gente que parava com pick-ups ou mesmo vans e roubava material de construção que estava empilhado em frente às outras casas (a nossa foi uma das primeiras a ficar pronta).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Piadinha a respeito: Diz-se que, quando parava uma van branca nestes condomínios em construção, logo se ouvia o grito de "Imigracióóóóón" e logo se via um montão de gente pulando janelas e "pernas pra que te quero".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3478871971245468675?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3478871971245468675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3478871971245468675' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3478871971245468675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3478871971245468675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/01/terceirizando-o-primeiro-mundo.html' title='Terceirizando o primeiro mundo...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-4442348448006373899</id><published>2009-01-13T20:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-13T20:37:13.091-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>In broad daylight / Em Plena Luz do Dia</title><content type='html'>English version&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It happened this afternoon - My wife was parked in the parking lot of the Mullins park (Off of Coral Springs Dr. south of Sample Road) where our daughter has swimming classes. She suddenly heard a loud noise like a car crash and when she looked to the parking lot there was a tow truck lifting our car. She quickly ran to the parking lot asking what was going on. The truck driver hastily lowered our car and ran away without giving any explanation.&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately my wife could not identify the license plate but she said it was a black tow truck with no visible company logo and a front plate that said "Rip and Dip". Everyone was really surprised by the audacity of the action (daylight, in a public place not directly facing the street). The police initially was asking if we had any payments problems hinting that it could be a repossession, which is definitely not the case.&lt;br /&gt;Are these signs of the recession? Who knows. The action took less than a minute so I strongly recommend that you do not leave your belongings in your car even for a short time. Stay alert!&lt;br /&gt;--------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Versão em Português&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Minha esposa estacionou o carro dentro do Mullins Park (perto da Coral Springs Drive, ao sul da Sample Road). De repente, escutou um som parecido com a de uma batida de carro vindo do estacionamento. Quando foi conferir, se deu conta que um caminhão guincho tinha levantado o nosso carro. Ela saiu correndo perguntando o que estava acontecendo. O motorista do caminhão apenas disse que tinha cometido um engano, baixou o carro e saiu correndo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Infelizmente ela não conseguiu anotar a placa do caminhão mas se tratava de um veículo preto sem logos visíveis de nenhuma empresa e com uma placa decorativa na frente que dizia "Rip and Dip". Todos que testemunharam o ocorrido estavam surpresos com a audácia (em plena luz do dia, num lugar público e um lugar que não estava diretamente virado para a rua). A polícia, que veio em seguida mesmo porque a delegacia fica bem pertinho, perguntou se a gente estava em ordem com os pagamentos do carro, dando a entender que poderia ser um caso de recuperação de veículo (aqui nos States eles chamam isso de repossession ou repo para os mais íntimos), o que não é o caso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Seria um sinal de que a recessão está apertando? Quem sabe. A ação durou menos de 1 minuto então recomendo que não deixem seus pertences dentro do carro, nem que seja por um período curto de tempo. Tenham cuidado!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-4442348448006373899?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/4442348448006373899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=4442348448006373899' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4442348448006373899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4442348448006373899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-broad-daylight-em-plena-luz-do-dia.html' title='In broad daylight / Em Plena Luz do Dia'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-4283785315667675401</id><published>2009-01-13T13:35:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-13T13:37:40.297-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gator pride</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SWze-9u8oPI/AAAAAAAAACI/faNNcV-j3wE/s1600-h/gators_champion_2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290848835558220018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SWze-9u8oPI/AAAAAAAAACI/faNNcV-j3wE/s200/gators_champion_2008.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Não que eu seja hiper-super fanático como os nativos, mas como eu fiz meu MBA na UF e neste período, eles ganharam 2 campeonatos de basquete masculino e acabam de ganhar o segundo campeonato de futebol americano em 3 anos, vale o registro.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#33cc00;"&gt;Go Gators!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-4283785315667675401?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/4283785315667675401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=4283785315667675401' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4283785315667675401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4283785315667675401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/01/gator-pride.html' title='Gator pride'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SWze-9u8oPI/AAAAAAAAACI/faNNcV-j3wE/s72-c/gators_champion_2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-5368117465587579805</id><published>2009-01-09T18:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-13T11:13:57.890-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Promessas de Ano Novo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nunca fui muito de fazer promessas, mas este ano vou ter que fazer aquela que todo mundo faz...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perder peso. Na última pesagem, pós festas estava com 80kg. Vou colocar o target de perder 10 kg. O problema como sempre são as viagens onde os jantares com clientes acabam matando. Vamos ver no que vai dar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No mais, foi uma ótima passagem de ano. Depois de alguns dias em Salvador, fomos para a casa de praia do meu cunhado que fica num lugarzinho bem escondido ao sul da capital baiana. O interessante foi que no caminho para a casa dele acabamos nos deparando com a festa rave "Universo Paralelo". A história é de que a festa tinha 16 mil pessoas (!) e foi do dia 28 ao dia 4. O mais impressionante é que a galera pagava 350 reais para ficar em barracas (cada um leva a sua) e ser transportada por caminhões no melhor estilo pau-de-arara. Como diria um amigo meu "I'm too old for this shit".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feliz Ano Novo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SWy9RjRXmDI/AAAAAAAAAB4/Um2T_3NTBd8/s1600-h/Luisa_pescadora.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290811771477006386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SWy9RjRXmDI/AAAAAAAAAB4/Um2T_3NTBd8/s200/Luisa_pescadora.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Uma das atividades nestas férias... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SWy9nkbnXAI/AAAAAAAAACA/8Z8dYcoK20U/s1600-h/Serinhaem.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290812149745540098" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SWy9nkbnXAI/AAAAAAAAACA/8Z8dYcoK20U/s200/Serinhaem.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;Paisagem feia, né?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-5368117465587579805?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/5368117465587579805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=5368117465587579805' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5368117465587579805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5368117465587579805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2009/01/promessas-de-ano-novo.html' title='Promessas de Ano Novo'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SWy9RjRXmDI/AAAAAAAAAB4/Um2T_3NTBd8/s72-c/Luisa_pescadora.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3442996478256137393</id><published>2008-12-25T17:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-25T17:55:59.396-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Decepção com a TAM</title><content type='html'>Estou em Sampa, escrevendo aqui do aeroporto de Guarulhos (Cumbica). Só estou aqui pq a TAM conseguiu fazer um monte de trapalhadas na nossa viagem para Salvador.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chegamos com tempo ao aeroporto e fomos direto para a fila de despacho de bagagem. Qdo chegou a nossa vez de sermos atendidos, nos informaram que o bilhete (emitido em Miami) da Adriana era papel (impresso)  e que tínhamos que passar na loja para re-emiti-lo. Chegando lá, disseram que para fazer a re-emissão do bilhete teriam que cobrar US$100 (!!!). E o detalhe: O bilhete da Luisa foi emitido junto com o da Adriana e constava como bilhete eletrônico (como deveria ser). Depois de alguma discussão, falaram que a taxa era de US$50 e que eu deveria entrar em contato com o "Fale com o Presidente" (SAC da TAM) para explicar o meu caso e solicitar um possível ressarcimento deste custo. Após, mais um tempo de discussão, sugeri que eles ligassem para o escritório da TAM em Miami para resolver a situação. Depois de alguns minutos, retornaram e reconheceram que foi um erro de lá e re-emitiram o bilhete sem custo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voltamos para a fila e nos deparamos com um caso inusitado. O agente do check-in que tinha nos atendido estava tentando resolver o problema de uma outra família. Venderam para eles passagens para Ilhéus. Até me lembro de ter parado em Ilhéus rumo a Salvador no passado. O Inusitado é que a TAM informou que esta rota simplesmente não existia mais. Imaginem a indignação da tal família.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas não acaba aí. Por uma bobeada minha, não consegui reservar minha passagem no mesmo vôo que o resto da família. Na verdade, só consegui para o dia seguinte. Fui para o balcão de atendimento da lista de espera e fui informado que a possibilidade de conseguir uma vaga no mesmo vôo era pequena mas que havia um outro vôo que chegava com apenas 15 min de diferença e que tinha assentos livres. Fiquei aguardando ser chamado pelo agente e qdo ele foi ver o meu caso (eu já tinha deixado o meu nome na lista de espera) , ele se deu conta que já haviam fechado o vôo e já não tinham mais como me colocar em nenhum dos dois vôos. E este agente me confirmou que havia lugar nos &lt;strong&gt;dois&lt;/strong&gt;! Estou agora aguardando para pegar um vôo que sai 3h depois daquele que eu poderia ter pego... (sem garantias ainda)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É dureza. A gente espera o ano inteiro para tirar alguns dias de férias para relaxar um pouco, e acaba tendo que enfrentar este stress. Ninguém merece.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3442996478256137393?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3442996478256137393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3442996478256137393' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3442996478256137393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3442996478256137393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/12/decepo-com-tam.html' title='Decepção com a TAM'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6882851778925693112</id><published>2008-12-14T18:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T18:32:24.873-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>"Atreta" de Final de Semana II</title><content type='html'>Fui jogar tênis de final de semana outra vez. Desta vez os resultados foram melhores. Fiz um aquecimento melhor (mesmo pq estava fazendo mais frio) , joguei menos (2h) e saí menos dolorido.&lt;br /&gt;Depois disso, foi cumprir agenda de final de ano. Um da patroa e outro meio. Legal para ver os amigos antes de acabar o ano. Invariavelmente, o papo entre os marmanjos acabo caindo na crise. Agora que a vaca foi pro brejo, todo mundo fala que sabia que ia acontecer mas ninguém fez nada... Eu quero saber quem é que vai castigar aqueles que deixaram isso acontecer. Provavelmente não vai acontecer nada. De qq jeito, fica registrada aqui minha &lt;strong&gt;indignação&lt;/strong&gt;. Todos os planos de resgate são para ajudar o setor financeiro que foi quem criou esta confusão pra começo de história.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta semana vai ser super-corrida. Vou ter que antecipar minha ida pra terrinha por motivos de trabalho. O lado bom é que não vou ter que pagar a viagem do meu bolso, mas infelizmente não vou poder viajar com a família...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os cartões de Natal já estão chegando aqui em casa. A grande maioria das famílias com filhos adotou o cartão-foto-do(s)-pimpolho(s), "ixcruzivi nóis". É, estou ficando velho. Os bebês já não estão tão bebês assim... De qq forma, muito legal ver a nova geração se formando.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Provavelmente o próximo blog já será do Brasil, sil, sil!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6882851778925693112?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6882851778925693112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6882851778925693112' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6882851778925693112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6882851778925693112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/12/atreta-de-final-de-semana-ii.html' title='&quot;Atreta&quot; de Final de Semana II'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-4074477606126722486</id><published>2008-12-10T12:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T12:47:20.676-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Papai Coruja 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Ontem a Luisa participou de uma apresentação do coral da escola. O evento foi no auditório de uma High School que fica perto de casa . Além destas duas escolas, tb teve uma turma de uma escola de ensino médio. Foi bem legal! Abaixo uma foto com a mamãe coruja e a professora de música.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278219056365028722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SUAARD1VxXI/AAAAAAAAABo/Qfa8C2Mb2kU/s200/Luisa_Music_teacher_Mom.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-4074477606126722486?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/4074477606126722486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=4074477606126722486' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4074477606126722486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4074477606126722486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/12/papai-coruja-2.html' title='Papai Coruja 2'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SUAARD1VxXI/AAAAAAAAABo/Qfa8C2Mb2kU/s72-c/Luisa_Music_teacher_Mom.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3688849904862795377</id><published>2008-12-07T22:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-07T22:17:51.671-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>"Atreta" de Final de Semana</title><content type='html'>Fim de semana de altos e baixos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Altos:&lt;br /&gt;-A Luisa foi receber o prêmio pelo desenho que fez para o concurso (&lt;a href="http://www.wee-words.com/contest.php"&gt;http://www.wee-words.com/contest.php&lt;/a&gt;). Teve até equipe de televisão fazendo entrevista. Disseram que vão avisar qdo vai ao ar. Na hora, pediram pra entrevistar os pais tb e este que vos escreve teve que ir la gaguejar algo pq a mamãe não quis. Diz ela que estava nervosa.&lt;br /&gt;-Recebemos notícia que o nosso Cumpadi André converteu-se no mais novo membro do clube dos pais. Parabéns!!!&lt;br /&gt;-O time de futebol americano do Florida Gators (a faculdade em que eu fiz meu MBA), ganhou o campeonato da sua liga e provavelmente irá disputar o título nacional. O time é bom!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baixos:&lt;br /&gt;-Joguei quase 3 horas de tênis. Até que joguei melhor que das vezes anteriores. Mas depois que o corpo esfriou, comecei a sentir dor nas costas. De noite, estava doendo muito e tive que pedir massagem, gelol, remédio, reza braba, etc. Passei o domingo inteiro andando com uma cinta pra aliviar um pouco a dor... Véio é fogo. Acho que vou ter que ir no médico dar uma olhada nisso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os altos são bem mais significativos que os baixos, mas quem sofre de dor na coluna sabe o que estou sentindo...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3688849904862795377?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3688849904862795377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3688849904862795377' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3688849904862795377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3688849904862795377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/12/atreta-de-final-de-semana.html' title='&quot;Atreta&quot; de Final de Semana'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-440709722476412656</id><published>2008-12-02T23:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T15:01:14.748-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Papai Coruja</title><content type='html'>Esta semana a minha pimpolha ganhou um concurso de desenho chamado "Going Green for the Holidays". O prêmio é uma "bicicreta" novinha em folha. Como vcs, podem ver teve até uma equipe de televisão (NBC6) fazendo uma reportagem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275424243369957922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/STYSZiGM2iI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lDozxDlYpqQ/s200/goinggreen.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277881657396881970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ST7NZ2uw6jI/AAAAAAAAABY/kRZLBbehY0o/s200/Art_contest.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277881663612509346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/ST7NaN4r3KI/AAAAAAAAABg/ESZqnV9-urY/s200/New_bike.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-440709722476412656?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/440709722476412656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=440709722476412656' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/440709722476412656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/440709722476412656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/12/papai-coruja.html' title='Papai Coruja'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/STYSZiGM2iI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lDozxDlYpqQ/s72-c/goinggreen.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6456295758883153231</id><published>2008-11-30T10:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-30T23:48:41.648-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Último dia da viagem</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Recebi um coupon que dava direito a café da manhã grátis para 2 adultos. Acabei pagando o café da manhã da Luisa mas acho que valeu a pena. Comentário: Na mesa do lado tinha uma família com um garotinho de seus 4-5 anos. O garoto não falava, só gritava. A mãe até que tentava dar uns corretivos nele. Fiquei p... da vida com o pai, que só ficava achando gozado. Zero senso de civilidade e de responsabilidade. Vai pagar caro mais pra frente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voltando à viagem. Fomos para o &lt;a href="http://www.pennekamppark.com/"&gt;John Pennenkamp State park&lt;/a&gt; e decidimos fazer o passeio para ver o recife de corais num barco com fundo de vidro. Segundo o guia, &lt;a href="http://fla-keys.com/keylargo/"&gt;Key Largo &lt;/a&gt;é o destino número um em termos de mergulho. Ficamos duvidando se isso é verdade, principalmente conhecido a mania de grandiosidade dos americanos(a cidade em que moramos, &lt;a href="http://www.creekgov.net/"&gt;Coconut Creek&lt;/a&gt;, se auto-intitulou a capital mundial das borboletas). O passeio até que foi legalzinho, os guias conheciam bem da história e da vida marinha do local. Durou 2 1/2h só com direito a balinha de menta para aqueles que estavam passando mal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De lá, fomos para o Sul, em direção ao &lt;a href="http://www.fishcompany.com/"&gt;Islamorada Fishing Company&lt;/a&gt;, lugar que já tinhamos parado em viagens anteriores. Desta vez estava melhor pq não estava tão cheio como das outras vezes. Tem um bro jamaicano cantando e tocando na praia. Comemos peixe e &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_stone_crab"&gt;stone crab &lt;/a&gt;(era temporada). O que é curioso neste carangueijo é que as pontas das garras (pinças) são pretas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274678492340101986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/STNsJHBTI2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/PhP_FCkkups/s200/stone_crab.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Viagem terminada. Pra patroa ficou a vontade de ter pescado um pouco mais, e pra mim, ter ido mergulhar nos recifes, mas faltou companhia. Quem sabe da próxima vez a gente vai com alguém que curtam estas atividades?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De qq jeito, valeu a pena. Descansamos, nos divertimos e saímos da rotina. Agora é lavar a roupa, lavar o carro (cheio de areia) e pagar as contas!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Próxima viagem agora é passar o Natal com a família, no Brasil!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6456295758883153231?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6456295758883153231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6456295758883153231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6456295758883153231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6456295758883153231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/11/ltimo-dia-da-viagem.html' title='Último dia da viagem'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/STNsJHBTI2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/PhP_FCkkups/s72-c/stone_crab.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-7895666504426020989</id><published>2008-11-30T10:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T00:00:11.672-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Day after Glu-Glu Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Só para fechar o Glu-Glu day, acabamos jantando no &lt;a href="http://elmesondepepe.com/"&gt;El Meson del Pepe&lt;/a&gt;. Na verdade, não era nossa primeira opção já que a patroa tinha visto um outro restaurante cubano chamado &lt;a href="http://www.elsiboneyrestaurant.com/index.htm"&gt;El Siboney&lt;/a&gt;, mas infelizmente eles não estavam abertos. O Meson del Pepe tem a vantagem de estar localizado bem no meio da muvuca, leia-se na frente do pier onde o pessoal se concentra para assistir o sol se por todos os dias. As meninas pediram um peixinho e eu fiquei numa entrada que tinha camarão, lula, linguiça e champignon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comentário: Na hora de estacionar, o que é sempre um problema no apertado centro de Key West, a idéia era parar no estacionamento ao lado do restaurante. Era US$4 por hora e a patroa achou caro. Fomos para um outro que era do Westin (ex-Hilton) mas a patroa achou "longe" e acabamos voltando ao primeiro estacionamento. Saiu de graça porque não tinha ninguém tomando conta. Provavelmente estavam comendo o peru, já que todo mundo é filho de Deus, certo?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day after: Tomamos café da manhã no hotel. Estilo buffet, acima da média para os padrões de hotéis médios (ficamos no &lt;a href="http://fairfieldinnkeywest.com/"&gt;fairfield inn &lt;/a&gt;– da cadeia Marriott). Ponto positivo tb para a Internet gratuita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fomos procurar praia. Eu tinha sugerido ir para &lt;a href="http://thefloridakeys.com/parks/sombrero.htm"&gt;sombrero beach &lt;/a&gt;que eu acho ajeitadinha mas foi rejeitada pela família. Acabamos voltando para Bahia Honda. Atividade? Kayak. Desta vez, a baixinha insistiu tanto que remamos até a tal ilha. Deu uma boa meia hora até chegar lá. Nada de muito interessante nela, mas valeu pelo desafio de ter chegado até lá. Preços: US$10/hora kayak simples e US$18/hora kayak duplo. Recomendo tb dar um pulo na praia que fica mais ao norte, mas ainda dentro do parque. Muito boa tb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finalmente viemos para o 2do. hotel da viagem, um &lt;a href="http://www.keylargoresort.com/"&gt;Hilton&lt;/a&gt; que fica já em Key Largo (a primeira key saindo do continente). Parênteses: a variação do preço da gasosa na viagem foi grande. O posto mais barato cobrava US$1.86 e o mais caro US$2.25.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A baixinha queria ir pra piscina e como ela já estava de biquini, foi. Aproveitamos pra conhecer o hotel, e vimos o por-do-sol do pier junto com alguns outros hóspedes. De volta para o quarto, tomamos banho e fomos almojantar (tínhamos comido só umas batatas fritas para enganar durante o dia). Fomos para uma churrascaria chamada &lt;a href="http://www.brazalena.com/"&gt;Braza Leña &lt;/a&gt;que fica em Islamorada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quem nos atendeu na churrascaria foi um carioca. Rapaz gente boa. Pelo visto não tem muito brasileiro que para por lá (US$41 por cabeça, imagino porque...) pq toda hora que podia ele vinha bater papo com a gente. Disse que vão abrir uma segunda casa em Key West. O dono do restaurante estava jantando lá. Segundo o nosso amigo garçon, podre de rico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voltamos para o hotel e resolvemos passar de novo pelo pier. Tinha um pessoalzinho ajuntado num lugar e fomos ver (brasileiro é curioso, não é?). Tinha uma mamãe manatee e um filhote. Eles estavam tomando água de uma mangueira. A mamãe manatee era enorme. Fiquei impressionado com o tamanho da bicha, já que segundo os meus conhecimentos, eles são vegetarianos... Tinha pra lá de dois metros! Haja planta submersa... &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274679354877796674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/STNs7UOT4UI/AAAAAAAAAA4/c0ka1bhPoBg/s200/manatee.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É isso, vamos ver o que a galera vai querer fazer hoje.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-7895666504426020989?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/7895666504426020989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=7895666504426020989' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7895666504426020989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7895666504426020989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/11/day-after-glu-glu-day.html' title='Day after Glu-Glu Day'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/STNs7UOT4UI/AAAAAAAAAA4/c0ka1bhPoBg/s72-c/manatee.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3548239278496755883</id><published>2008-11-27T18:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T00:08:37.285-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Glu-glu day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/STNwBkMtXUI/AAAAAAAAABA/Bar9tf8UZu8/s1600-h/cavala.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Finalmente acabamos decidindo vir à praia ( cogitamos uma ida à Orlando, mas isto é um capítulo à parte...). Viemos pra Florida Keys. Pra quem não conhece, é um monte de ilhota interligada por uma estrada de mão dupla (na maior parte).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Passamos o dia no Bahia Honda State Park (para os desavisados, não tem nada a ver com os carros e motocicletas da concorrência - dicionário é cultura: &lt;a href="http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=hondo"&gt;http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=hondo&lt;/a&gt;). Um parque super tranquilo com espaço para camping (para os corajosos) que tem umas praias super calminhas e rasas. Ideal para quem tem criança pequena ou para quem não curte onda. Trouxe o meu material de snorkeling que estava encostado lá em casa e qdo tirei o respirador ele literalmente se esfarelou na minha mão. Falta de uso, falta de manutenção. De qq jeito, não vi nada de muito interessante e a Luisa preferiu andar de Kayak. Sensação meio esquisita considerando que 90% do tempo ficamos andando em lugar onde dava pé. Mas valeu pelo exercício (tirando a bolha em um dos dedos e a dor na pélvis).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A patroa encasquetou que ia pescar hj. Comprou uma kit pesca no Valmarti ontem e hj paramos numa lujinha pra comprar iscas (camarões vivos). Qdo foi a hora de pescar, ela não conseguiu colocar a linha na vara e ficou toda p... da vida. E os camarões, coitados, já tinham ido ficar com o Papai do Céu há muito tempo. Apesar de tudo isso, por increça que parível, a patroa conseguiu pegar uma sororoca (spanish mackrel) de tamanho razoável (depois de pegar vários filhotes). Não chegava a ser um cetáceo mas foi razoável (e pegou direto na linha, sem vara). Ponto positivo para ela. Não sei se o infeliz vai aguentar a viagem de volta, mas está lá no isopor. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274683516934926402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/STNwtlGDsEI/AAAAAAAAABI/vtmQ_DPMIMg/s200/cavala.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daqui a pouco vamos para Key West Downtown procurar um restaurante que sirva jantar no dia do Glu-Glu. Estou desconfiado que os poucos restaurantes que estão abertos vão estar cheios. Mas como a cidade não parece muito cheia, não vou ficar me estressando. Afinal, a idéia é descansar e relaxar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amanhã vamos voltar para Key Largo e dormir por lá (estou aproveitando os meus pontos de hotéis e pelo menos as estadias estão saindo na faixa). Potencialmente, mais Kayak à vista. Ai, ai.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inté!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3548239278496755883?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3548239278496755883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3548239278496755883' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3548239278496755883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3548239278496755883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/11/glu-glu-day.html' title='Glu-glu day'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/STNwtlGDsEI/AAAAAAAAABI/vtmQ_DPMIMg/s72-c/cavala.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-5611881998960277933</id><published>2008-11-24T09:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T09:26:19.122-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Semana do Tânquisguivin</title><content type='html'>Pros nativos aqui, esta é a semana mais antecipada do ano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tradicionalmente o pessoa viaja pra casa dos seus familiares pra comemorar a data. E depois tem o black Friday. Para os desavisados, não tem nada de macabro nisso. É o dia em que os comerciantes fazem as promoções mais atraentes do ano. E por isso, Hj em dia, tem uma conotação positiva mas uma consulta ao Santo Wikipedia me ensinou que no passado até era visto negativamente...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ainda não definimos o nosso destino. Estamos considerando uma viagenzinha aqui pela Flórida. Particularmente, estou com o pé atrás de ir pra praia (que mais dá pra fazer nesta terra?) e passar frio. Pegar avião já sai caro e nestes tempos de crise, não é momento de sair esbanjando.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boa semana!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-5611881998960277933?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/5611881998960277933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=5611881998960277933' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5611881998960277933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5611881998960277933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/11/semana-do-tnquisguivin.html' title='Semana do Tânquisguivin'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-7193662195634612571</id><published>2008-11-21T19:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T19:26:10.593-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Voltando pra casa!</title><content type='html'>Sempre uma boa sensação, né?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estou escrevendo do aeroporto de Cumbica/Guarulhos (ou Grurros como dizem os americanos). Achei que a cidade já ia estar vazia, mas peguei um trânsito razoável no caminho pro aeroporto. Como estava meio cansado, cochilei um pouco no táxi e não me aborreceu muito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vamos falar um pouco de gastronomia durante a viagem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No primeiro dia, fui jantar com um cliente no &lt;a href="http://www.laslilas.com/restaurant.php?seccion_restaurant=menu"&gt;Cabaña Las Lilas&lt;/a&gt;. (Se vc entrar no link, repare nos menus do lado esquerdo... Quando bati o olho, achei que estava no site errado!). Meio mandatório comer uma carne por lá. Escolhi um bife de tira. Muito bom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No segundo, me encontrei com o casal Perón que me levaram num restaurante chamado &lt;a href="http://www.guiaoleo.com.ar/detail.php?ID=370"&gt;Eh Santino &lt;/a&gt;(não achei o site do lugar, mas achei esses reviews). Muito legal. Parece que é popular entre os tenistas. Tinha uns quadros na parede com assinaturas do Rafa Nadal e do Guga, entre outros. Restaurante Italiano com um cardápio bem extenso. Todos pedimos pasta que estavam todas muito boas (segundo comentários individuais). Fui obrigado a finalizar com um Tiramissu. (pra quem me conhece, sabe que é mandatório!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finalmente, no último dia só tive tempo de ir almoçar. Fui com um colega de trabalho num restaurante no centro da cidade (perto do hotel) chamado &lt;a href="http://www.filo-ristorante.com.ar/"&gt;Filo&lt;/a&gt;. Parece que é um misto de restaurante com galeria de arte. Não reparei muito nisso (não é minha praia...). Pedi um carpaccio e uma salada. O carpaccio era enorme e a salada idem. Saí empachado (será que é assim que se escreve?), o que não era o objetivo. Eu tinha que fazer uma palestra logo em seguida, saí meio correndo e cheguei em cima da hora. Fiquei o tempo todo pensando se não tinha uma "alfacia" presa no meio dos dentes enquanto fazia minha palestra. Tsc, tsc. Pra quem já fez dezenas de palestras, foi um deslize... Ninguém ficou com um risinho maroto na cara, então descofio que não foi o caso. Espero!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É isso, estou na sala VIP da American (Nojeeento, tchan!) e o lugar está lotado. Vou caminhar um pouco e já esperar o embarque do vôo perto do portão.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miami, here I come.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-7193662195634612571?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/7193662195634612571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=7193662195634612571' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7193662195634612571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7193662195634612571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/11/voltando-pra-casa.html' title='Voltando pra casa!'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-8215703582083156460</id><published>2008-11-12T23:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T07:03:14.456-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Retomando as atividades...</title><content type='html'>Acabei deixando o blog meio às moscas pela falta de tempo (tema de "Escrava Isaura" tocando no fundo). Uma vergonha... Na verdade, nem consegui terminar com o objetivo inicial que era o de relatar a minha viagem pro Japão. Fazer o quê? Não deu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vou tentar ser mais disciplinado... (já ouvi isso em algum lugar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Semana que vem vou pra Buenos Aires (a trabalho) com direito a uma rapidíssima passagem pelo Brasil. Nem sabia, mas quinta-feira vai ser feriado em SP. Dia da consciência negra. Não discuto os méritos do feriado em si, mas que tem muito feriado no Brasil, isso tem. Obviamente, estou influenciado pela falta de feriados nos States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esse fim de semana, a patroa tem compromisso. Vai cantar. Eu estou entre jogar tênis e ir assistir. Vamos ver no que vai dar.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-8215703582083156460?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/8215703582083156460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=8215703582083156460' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8215703582083156460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/8215703582083156460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/11/retomando-as-atividades.html' title='Retomando as atividades...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2274192487672023189</id><published>2008-06-26T11:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T12:05:49.579-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Falha na Criação...</title><content type='html'>Gastamos um tempo enorme e desnecessário todos os dias tentando achar um lugar que a nossa pimpolha comesse algo. Infelizmente deixamos ela se acostumar com sua rotina de hamburguer sem molho, chicken tenders e outras porcarias e o resultado é que o cardápio dela é muito limitado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Num desses dias, encontramos um restaurante italiano em Kyoto e pedimos uma pizza tamanho médio (para os padrões brasileiros) e ela comeu sozinha. O japa que estava sentado na mesa de trás não tirava os olhos da performance da nossa glutona. Acho que finalmente ela achou algo que podia comer de olhos fechados e mandou ver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O que foi mais gozado foi na Disney Sea. Entrei num restaurante italiano tb e fui pedir a bendita pizza. Só que as opções eram pizza de salmão e algum outro fruto do mar e a pizza com salami e italian sausage. Cheguei no caixa e perguntei se dava pra fazer uma pizza só de queijo. A menina entrou em pânico. Chamou a supervisora. A caixa explicou a situação e a supervisora perguntou se era por problema de alergia. Respondi que não e ela passou um rádio pro gerente do restaurante. Conferência a três entre eles e finalmente o gerente me explicou que poderiam fazer a pizza mas ia demorar um pouco. Falei que não tinha problema e esperei um pouco. Uns 10 minutos depois o próprio gerente veio com a pizza direto da cozinha. Fico imaginando se eles não fizeram a pizza com o salami e o italian sausage e depois alguém foi lá com um palitinho e tirou a cobertura uma por uma...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2274192487672023189?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2274192487672023189/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2274192487672023189' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2274192487672023189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2274192487672023189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/falha-na-criao.html' title='Falha na Criação...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2600191283990838960</id><published>2008-06-26T10:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T10:53:36.050-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Not your normal flight...</title><content type='html'>All too rarely, airline attendants make an effort to make the in-flight&lt;br /&gt;"safety lecture" and their other announcements a bit more entertaining. &lt;br /&gt;Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a Continental Flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the&lt;br /&gt;pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude and&lt;br /&gt;will be turning down the cabin lights.  This is for your comfort and to&lt;br /&gt;enhance the appearance of your flight attendants." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On landing the stewardess said, "Please be sure to take all your&lt;br /&gt;belongings.  If you're going to leave anything, please make sure it's&lt;br /&gt;something we'd like to have."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Thank you for flying Delta Business Express.  We hope you enjoyed giving&lt;br /&gt;us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but&lt;br /&gt;we'll try to have them fixed before we arrive.  Thank you, and remember,&lt;br /&gt;nobody loves you, or your money, more than Southwest Airlines." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Your seat cushions can be used for flotation; and, in the event of an&lt;br /&gt;emergency water landing, please paddle to shore and take them with our&lt;br /&gt;compliments." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Should the cabin lose pressure, oxygen masks will drop from the&lt;br /&gt;overhead area. Please place the bag over your own mouth and nose before&lt;br /&gt;assisting children ... or other adults acting like children."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"As you exit the plane, make sure to gather all of your belongings. &lt;br /&gt;Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flight&lt;br /&gt;attendants.  Please do not leave children or spouses."  &lt;br /&gt;Enjoy your flight!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2600191283990838960?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2600191283990838960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2600191283990838960' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2600191283990838960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2600191283990838960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/not-your-normal-flight.html' title='Not your normal flight...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6945285738235061108</id><published>2008-06-24T07:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T07:39:38.489-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Depoimento honesto...</title><content type='html'>Minha digníssima, sobre o hotel econômico que pegamos em Hiroshima e Osaka:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Vc acha que eu dormi agarrada em vc pq te amo tanto assim? Que nada! Eu estava é com medo de cair da cama! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O que não fazem 10 anos de casamento...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6945285738235061108?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6945285738235061108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6945285738235061108' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6945285738235061108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6945285738235061108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/depoimento-honesto.html' title='Depoimento honesto...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-817784954485311691</id><published>2008-06-24T07:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-25T23:08:15.806-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Day 8 - Osaka / Otaue Festival (Saturday)</title><content type='html'>We started the day with some alternatives to fill up our morning before attending the Otaue Shinji Matsuri which was scheduled from 1 to 3PM. My wife decided to visit the &lt;a href="http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/06/osaka-kuromon-ichiba-market.html"&gt;Kuromon Ichiba Market&lt;/a&gt; (Nipponbashi district), one of those covered shopping streets for pedestrians where she wanted to photograph seafood and whatever else they had to sell there. Again, one of those things that would not be a good match for me or our daughter. So, I considered the &lt;a href="http://www.moco.or.jp/en/index.html"&gt;Museum of Oriental Ceramics&lt;/a&gt; but thought it would be boring for my daughter. Instead we went to the Hello Kitty store near Shinsaibashi subway station. Ok, not necessarily a great Osaka attraction but those parents out there with young daughters will agree with me that from time to time you need to satisfy their urges... Unfortunately we got there too early (the store opens at 11AM), a major disappointment. Plan B? Damn, didn't have one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We then went to the &lt;a href="http://www.skybldg.co.jp/garden/e/01.html"&gt;Umeda Sky Building&lt;/a&gt; which was supposed to provide an excellent view of the city from the floating garden observatory. So we took the Midosuji subway line to Umeda. It is a major station as it connects with Osaka station. When we got out to the ground level to find where we were, my daughter spotted the big ferris wheel that is sitting on top of the Hankyu Entertainment Park (HEP Five). Well, forget about the Umeda Sky Building. We had to go ride on the ferris wheel. Even that area was still closed and only opened at 11AM (I found that kind of late but who am I to discuss their working hours...). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After taking a good view of the city from various angles, it was already time to meet my wife at the Hankai tramway station as we did not want to miss the beginning of the festival. The Hankai company has two tramway lines in that area. The Uemachi line which stopped at Sumiyoshikoen and the Hankai line which stopped at Sumiyoshi Taisha where the event actually was taking place. The first one departed from Tennoji while the latter departed from Dobutsuenmae/Minami-Kasumicho (they are not technically connected but they are right in front of each other). We took the latter and when we got there we found my wife asking for help apparently with no success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Otaue Shinji festival&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We got to the grounds of the Sumiyoshi temple way ahead of schedule and had the chance to study the festival area before setting camp. There were actually some premium seats being sold at 1000 Yen which gave front view of the little stage set-up for the more formal ceremony part of the event. We skipped those and went to the opposite end of the grounds where there were a lot of visitors/photographers already positioned. (coincidentally that area was for free!) The Otaue Shinji is supposed to mean rice planting and symbolizes the wish for a good harvest (which in Japan is very important since they eat a lot, and I do mean a lot, of rice). My wife took lots of picture of the ceremony and posted some in her &lt;a href="http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;. It started with a cow being pulled for two "victory laps" in the track surrounding the paddy field (Japan traditionally uses the flooded technique to grow rice). It was funny to see the cow balking a few times during those laps. After that, monks, children in costumes, planters (?), a gentleman dressed as a samurai and others went into a procession around the same track and finally the rice planting ritual began. They basically had to cover the whole paddy with seedlings. Then there some more rituals and ceremonies taking place at the "center" stage to which we did not have a good view. &lt;br /&gt;Well, after almost two hours for the first time during the trip I heard my wife say that she was tired of taking pictures. Of course, standing in the sun does not help. My daughter kept herself busy taking pictures with our backup camera.&lt;br /&gt;I was tired myself of holding the camcorder, the event was not very upbeat like others we have seen in TV shows, so we all decided we had seen enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since my wife talked wonders about the Kuromon Ichiba market, we went back there and bought some different types of tempura and headed to shitennoji. When we got off from the subway station we saw a very funny (for us) scene. A Mercedes-Benz got involved in an accident and climbed a 1 meter median and stayed like that. I hope I can post a picture later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apart from the historical importance of shitennoji, being the oldest temple in Japan (founded in 593), we did not find it particularly exciting. Without any disrespect, we sat down in a bench in front of the main entrance and ate our tempuras there. It was a good way to meditate while re-energizing (feed you body, mind and spirit,as the saying goes). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few things caught my attention while we were there:&lt;br /&gt;-Lots of people use the temple grounds to walk their dogs.&lt;br /&gt;-Saw a little girl strolling with a couple of grandpas (my assumption, of course). At one point, one of the grandpas gave her a couple of coins to buy a soda from a vending machine. She grabbed the can and started to shake it like there was no tomorrow and I was thinking to myself "This smells disaster". She was not able to open the can by herself so she handed the can to grandpa and I am thinking "it is going to explode in his face". He opened it... and nothing happened. Days later I found out that she chose a new drink launched by Coke in Japan called Fanta Furufuru Shaker (orange in this case). It seems to have a jelly element inside so you are supposed to shake the jelly so that you can actually drink the content. The little girl knew better...&lt;br /&gt;-There was a medium water concrete tank within the grounds that held the most amount of turtles (or possibly terrapins) per square inch I have ever seen (other than preservation areas where they protect recently hatched turtles).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After returning to our hotel, we stopped at a drugstore to buy some emergency items for my wife who had some blisters in her feet. We actually didn't recognize the drugstore at first since it looked more like a dollar store with a bunch of trinkets being displayed right outside of the store. With that taken care of, we set our sails to the Hard Rock Cafe. Yep, cheesy, nothing to do with Japan but over the years we developed this tradition to stop by the HRC to collect their shot glasses. The food was as expected, they had an in-house DJ with decent gear but the service... Oh Lord. It was horrible. We sat down and no waiter/ress came to take our order for 10 min. I had to complain to the hostess. When the food came, the drinks had not arrived yet (it was the only place that served a diet coke. Our perception was that Japanese are not obese people even though there is lots of fried food in their diet). Then someone who seemed like a manager or a supervisor came to apologize and mentioned that they would not charge for the service. Well, from all the restaurants that we ate in Japan, that was the first place that had a service charge. So much for service. But I can attest that it was the only black spot in all customer service we got in Japan. They really do a good job trying to please the customer. Anyway, no one is perfect... Next day: Nara.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;Forgot to mention: Even though the Toyoko-Inn did not charge for my daughter (which was good), they did charge 100 Yen for an extra towel (per night), which under the circumstances was a bargain...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-817784954485311691?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/817784954485311691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=817784954485311691' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/817784954485311691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/817784954485311691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-8-osaka-otaue-festival-saturday.html' title='Day 8 - Osaka / Otaue Festival (Saturday)'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-3693362303470274149</id><published>2008-06-24T06:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T08:46:33.504-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Estamos de volta,  e o Jetchi Legui veio junto.</title><content type='html'>Essa coisa é uma porcaria... Fiz um esforço tremendo pra dormir pouco no avião e desmaiar ao chegar em casa. Mesmo assim, ainda fiquei um tempão acordado até mais tarde e pra piorar as coisas, minha filha, que dormiu durante todo o vôo de volta, acordou às 6 da manhã com fome e está devorando o que encontra pela frente na geladeira.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acordei meio mal acordado e a minha primeira inclinação foi dizer pra minha filha "Aguenta um pouco que vamos comprar alguma coisa na estação de trem". Acho que vou sofrer síndrome de abstinência. É uma ótima sensação estar de volta à sua cama e tudo mais mas vejo que vou sentir falta dessa rotina de bater perna e visitar lugares novos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: No caso da digníssima, o sangue baiano bateu mais forte. Dormiu que é uma beleza!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-3693362303470274149?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/3693362303470274149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=3693362303470274149' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3693362303470274149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/3693362303470274149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/estamos-de-volta-e-o-jetchi-legui-veio.html' title='Estamos de volta,  e o Jetchi Legui veio junto.'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-4141067503955833058</id><published>2008-06-24T01:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T02:08:53.146-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>My findings about trains/subways in Japan</title><content type='html'>-It is amazing how people in Japan have developed the ability to sleep during their commute to their destination, even standing. Not that I don't feel asleep myself, but it seems that they go into a deep coma and then automatically snap out of it in their stop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-If they are not sleeping, they are either reading something of texting on their cell phones. It is requested that they do not speak on the cell phones as a polite gesture to others and, with very rare exceptions, they do follow this rule. On the shinkansens, I usually saw people going to the phone booths located in between cars (where they can actually have some privacy). On the subway, I have seen people leaving the car to make phone calls (and assume they jumped back on the next car after finishing the call)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-While the Japanese tend to be very respectful of the rules, this is really not the case in the stations. Normally people make lines to hop on trains but on many occasions I have seen opportunists quickly jumping the lines when the train arrived. Sometimes even while forming the lines I have seen some not so old ladies passing in front of me like I was not standing there. Also, even though there are preferential seats for elderly, expecting mothers, etc. I did not see people giving up on their seats as often as I expected.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-4141067503955833058?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/4141067503955833058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=4141067503955833058' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4141067503955833058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4141067503955833058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-findings-about-trainssubways-in.html' title='My findings about trains/subways in Japan'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6623533419470023010</id><published>2008-06-24T01:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T01:58:47.480-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Day 7 - Osaka (Friday)</title><content type='html'>The day before we made the decision to send 2 pieces of luggage straight to Kyoto thus making it easier for us to travel from Hiroshima to Osaka. My wife was a little reluctant to do it but after hearing positive comments from my cousin and the friends from Tokyo about their accuracy and reliability, she agreed to do it. We paid 1790 Yen for the shipment. The hotel receptionist tied the two pieces together making them one large piece (the weight is not so important, the dimensions/volume is what counts) which made it more even more cost effective.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We started developing the habit of stopping by the convenience stores located at stations to buy our breakfast and eat it during our Shinkansen commute. Lots of people do that. You will find traditional bento boxes and onigiris all the way to more western-like pastries which suited more our taste. Other alternatives are the little udon/soba kiosks where people can quickly slurp their way into those dishes before jumping on a train. From Shin-Osaka where the Shinkansen stopped we took the subway all the way to the Tanimachi-Yonchome station where unfortunately there was no elevator to go up to the street level so I had to carry the remaining two pieces of luggage through the stairs. Quite a fatiguing job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Osaka, we stayed at yet another &lt;a href="http://www.toyoko-inn.com/e_hotel/00039/index.html"&gt;Toyoko-Inn &lt;/a&gt;which was located right by Exit 8 of the subway, a selection made on purpose. Since we arrived before the check in time, we left our luggage at the lobby (they don’t have a storage area per se, instead they just put a net over your luggage and give you stubs to retrieve your luggage later), and went to the Tennoji station (still using the same Midosuji line) to get some info at the tourist information center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our main purpose for staying in Osaka was to attend the Otaue Shinji Matsuri, or the rice planting festival, the only event that we found that would coincide with our travel schedule. They were very helpful at the information center (keep in mind that there is train information desk right before you reach the tourist information center if you walk towards the exit. Of course, I stopped at the train information desk asking for information just to realize that I was at the wrong place). The Otaue Shinji Matsuri was going to be from 1PM to 3PM the next day at the Sumiyoshitaisha Shrine (I actually thought it was going to be held at the Shitennoji shrine which would have been a big mistake). We got some maps, ate something at the train station and went to visit the Osaka Castle (Osaka Jo), which happened to be 15-min away on foot from our hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Osaka castle was much more impressive than the one in Hiroshima. It definitely had a richer history and its main tower is an important landmark in Osaka’s horizon. On the inside, the exhibits are well structured and they feature an elevator for those who are not in the greatest shape (or for the handicapped). We spent a good amount of time going through the different exhibits (they even have a multimedia exhibit with some sort of re-enactment of life in the old days of the castle). &lt;strong&gt;This is a visit that I highly recommend&lt;/strong&gt;. We also found our first coin souvenir machine (more details in this link: &lt;a href="http://www.traded.name/2007/10/07/japanese-coin-souvenir/"&gt;http://www.traded.name/2007/10/07/japanese-coin-souvenir/&lt;/a&gt;) and got our first coin there (even though the machine in the castle didn’t allow you to engrave your name like others that we found later did). We tried to visit more of the Castle grounds but many locations were off-limits due to the G8 summit that was held there (http://www.summit2008osaka.jp/english/index.html). So we decided to go back to our hotel, chill out and prepare for the festival on the following day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6623533419470023010?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6623533419470023010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6623533419470023010' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6623533419470023010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6623533419470023010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-7-osaka-friday.html' title='Day 7 - Osaka (Friday)'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-5058066014766509200</id><published>2008-06-24T01:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T01:33:43.366-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Escadas rolantes: Esquerda ou Direita?</title><content type='html'>Quando chegamos ao Japão, tivemos que nos acostumar ao fato de que o pessoal dirige do outro lado da rua (como na Inglaterra), e obviamente por isso os carros tem o volante do lado oposto. Outra coisa que acaba sendo afetado por esta diferença é o fato de que nas escadas rolantes o pessoal fica parado do lado esquerdo deixando o lado direito livre para quem quer subir ou descer as escadas mais rápido. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pelo menos era isso que imaginávamos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chegando à Osaka, nos demos conta que o pessoal lá fica parado do lado direito e sobe ou desce pelo lado esquerdo. Como tinham me falado que o pessoal de lá é meio diferente (têm um vocabulário todo diferente por exemplo) achamos que era uma particularidade deles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aí fomos para Kyoto. Lá o pessoal não sabe o que quer da vida. Tem gente que fica do lado esquerdo, outros ficam do lado direito. Depois dessa experiência, decidimos seguir o que a maioria ou pelo menos o que a pessoa da frente estava fazendo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em Roma, faça como os baianos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: Qdo fui pegar carona no carro do meu irmão, coloquei as malas no carro dele e fui contente pro lado direito do carro para subir no banco do passageiro. Não é que tinha um volante lá  ?!? Volto pro outro lado com o meu irmão e a minha família tirando um barato da minha cara. Mas eu mereci!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-5058066014766509200?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/5058066014766509200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=5058066014766509200' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5058066014766509200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/5058066014766509200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/escadas-rolantes-esquerda-ou-direita.html' title='Escadas rolantes: Esquerda ou Direita?'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-339437847419264759</id><published>2008-06-21T05:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T06:58:53.262-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Day 6 - Hiroshima - Miyajima (Thursday)</title><content type='html'>Since we were not able to thoroughly enjoy our experience at the Peace Memorial Park due to the rain, we decided to go back there on Thursday especially because the weather turned out great that day. We spent a lot of time taking nice pictures of the A-Bomb Dome, the cenotaph and the memorial for Sadako Sasaki (the girl I mentioned in the day 5 post).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From there we walked North to visit the Hiroshima castle. It was really hot and we took our time to get there. Little side comment: There are vending machines spread everywhere (throughout Japan) and we spent our share in sodas, juices and waters. If you are a smoker you will find plenty to choose from (I didn't check what brands were on sale though). Once you enter the main entrance (the castle is surrounded by a moat), you need to cross the grounds towards the northwest corner to reach the castle itself. We climbed all the way up which gives you a good view of the whole city. The displays were interesting but not very impressive. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Miyajima Island&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We walked back to the a-bomb dome where we caught tram #2 heading towards Miyajima. It is a very long ride (the a-bomb dome tram stop is M10 and the Miyajima Guchi is M39 - the last one). Probably it would have made more sense to go back to Hiroshima station and take the JR train from there. There are two companies providing ferry services from there to Miyajima island. They are side-by-side and we took advantage of our JR pass to ride "for free" on the JR Ferry to Miyajima.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right outside of the Miyajima pier, you start seeing deers in the park nearby. They roam freely and are part of the Miyajima scene. Some of these deers are not shy to approach you searching for food (be careful as they eat paper too - meaning: watch out for your map). Following the map that we got at the pier, we went to the Ometesando shopping street which is parallel to the one coasting the water. There are many souvenir shops and restaurants to choose from. We chose Tachibana for our much needed lunch break and my wife tried deep fried Oyster while I went for the more conservative fried shrimp with curry rice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With our appetite satisfied, we decided to skip the Itusukushima shrine and went straight to the ropeway. There is a free shuttle service that takes you to the ropeway station. It picks you up from a bus stop in front of a hotel, just past a couple of souvenir shops - a 5 min walk past the shrine. The ropeway gets you close to the top of Mt. Misen in two steps. You need to reserve at least a couple of hours to explore the sites once you get to the end of the ropeway since you need to follow a trail that requires 30-45 min to reach the final point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back down from the ropeway we waited for the sunset to take those postcard pictures from the Itsukushima shrine facing the famous "floating" torii. You need to time your visit so that you have mid-to-high tide and enough water to give the floating impression to the torii. For this task, you don't need to be inside the shrine as there is a little sandy area between the shrine and the daiganji temple where you can set up your tripod and wait for the right moment for the perfect picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was the first time we noticed that Japanese students take lots of field trips around the country as they were flocking the souvenir shops of Ometesando. They are loud and "spacious" as other kids around the world and we would find them many times again during our trip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On our way back, we had to take the Matsudai Kisen Ferry (170/80 Yen - Adult/Child One way) as we would have to wait for 40 min for the next JR ferry. From there we made the right decision to take the JR train back from to Hiroshima station (the JR station is just one block futher away from the tram station).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the amount of activities available in this island and the charm of its streets, &lt;u&gt;I strongly recommend that you stay overnight in Miyajima to fully explore it&lt;/u&gt;. Unfortunately I had prepaid my two nights in Hiroshima so I could not change my plans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again we ate at one of many restaurants available at the ASSE department store ("depato"), attached to the Hiroshima station.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-339437847419264759?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/339437847419264759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=339437847419264759' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/339437847419264759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/339437847419264759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-6-hiroshima-miyajima-thursday.html' title='Day 6 - Hiroshima - Miyajima (Thursday)'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2483905213916640542</id><published>2008-06-19T19:51:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T19:56:59.269-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Da série "Só no Japão..." 2</title><content type='html'>Ficamos impressionadíssimos com a independência da criançada. Vimos várias crianças de 7-8 anos de idade pelas estações de trem e metrô andando sozinhas com suas mochilas e lancheiras indo e voltando para seus destinos. A maioria possuía seu celular. Sendo pai de uma menina de 9 anos, não me enxergo dizendo pra ela se virar desse jeito. Realmente é uma questão cultural... Meu irmão, que mora no Japão há mais de 10 anos, confirmou que depois que as crianças saem do prézinho (não sei mais como se chamam os estágios no Brasil, véio é fogo...) elas já são treinadas pra isso. Tb falou que os celulares possuem GPS e com isso os pais podem localizar as crianças se necessário. Mas fica difícil achar seu pimpolho andando no metrô com GPS, né?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2483905213916640542?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2483905213916640542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2483905213916640542' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2483905213916640542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2483905213916640542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/da-srie-s-no-japo-2.html' title='Da série &quot;Só no Japão...&quot; 2'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6714092798186546859</id><published>2008-06-19T19:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T19:50:39.759-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Da série "Só no Japão..."</title><content type='html'>Outro dia, minha digníssima saiu dando risadas sem parar do banheiro do lobby do hotel (naquele estilo que não consegue nem explicar pq está rindo). Depois de algum tempo para retomar o fôlego, veio a explicação:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os lavabos no Japão (quando são do estilo ocidental), vem equipados com alguns botões na lateral. São do tipo bidet (!) e vc pode controlar temperatura da água, e direção (lavagem frontal e traseira - OK, detalhes demais...). Mas ela notou que tinha um botão adicional e obviamente foi lá e apertou. O assento começou a fazer uns sons esquisitos e bem alto. O objetivo é para fazer uma "trilha sonora" de fundo enquanto o usuário emite seus próprios ruídos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviamente todo mundo no banheiro sabe do que se trata. E qdo a digníssima se deu conta do que se tratava, tentou desligar mas parece que esta função não existe e ao invés disso ficou prolongando a duração do som de background. Se havia mais alguém no banheiro naquela hora devia ter achado que alguém havia comido chucrute com feijoada regada a muita batata frita e cerveja!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6714092798186546859?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6714092798186546859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6714092798186546859' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6714092798186546859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6714092798186546859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/da-srie-s-no-japo.html' title='Da série &quot;Só no Japão...&quot;'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6438001972690358699</id><published>2008-06-17T06:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-21T06:56:43.737-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Day 5 - Hiroshima - The A Bomb Experience (Wednesday)</title><content type='html'>Half the day was a travel day. We had reservations at 7:40AM headed to Shin-Osaka and from there to Hiroshima arriving at 12:30PM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was the first time we took the Shinkansen (bullet train). It is amazing how precise things are in the train stations. The train does not stop for more than a few minutes so everyone is ready to jump in or out as soon as it stops. We realized that the trains do not have any special compartment for large luggage and it was somewhat of a hassle to drag the luggage across platforms. We are seriously considering to ship some of our luggage from one city to another (maybe skipping cities) and travelling lighter since we were told that the courier service (Takyubin) is very reliable and inexpensive. We also noticed that the reservation ticket does not say from which track your train departs so you either have to ask one of the staff members or find the information in a monitor.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Upon arriving, I met with my cousin who lives in a town 3h away from Hiroshima and headed to our hotel, which was about a 100m from the station (Toyoko-Inn Hiroshimaeki Shinkasenguchi). The checkin time was only at 4PM (the hotel asks you to vacate the room between 10AM and 4PM for cleaning purposes), so we had to drop our bags at the lobby and went for a tour. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We took the tram which departs from the south side of the station. The shinkansen tracks are on the north side so you need to use an underpassage to cross from one side to another. At the tram stop, there are machines that you can you use to buy a 1-day ticket (600/300 Yen - Adult/child). Since we only anticipated going to the A-Bomb site and return we decided not to buy it (a single trip costs 150/80 Yen - Adult/Child)  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My other major objective in this trip was to visit the A-Bomb museum and because we read that some of the displays were too graphic, we thought that it was not appropriate for my daughter to visit it, so my wife took her to do some window shopping nearby the Peace Memorial Park. Unfortunately it was raining so taking pictures was not an much an option that day which is almost a disaster scenario for my wife. Anyway, window shopping is a 'sport' that she enjoys as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The A-Bomb Museum&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got an audio tour guide for an additional 250 Yen to make sure I would not miss any detail from the exhibit but noticed that it did not add much to the explanation offered in each of the displays (text is available both in Japanese and English). It starts with the history of the city and focus on its military roots as it grew and became more important (at one point the emperor and the parliament/diet set their temporary headquarters in Hiroshima). That was probably the main reason why Hiroshima was in almost all lists of target cities prepared by the US intelligence. It also tried to explain the rationale for the bombing as there were other alternatives discussed to end the war. But in the end it seems that the threat posed by Stalin convinced the US that the bombing would be the best solution from a political strategy stand point. While the population in Hiroshima participated in many drills to prepare for air strikes, the US decided to spare Hiroshima from those strikes so that they could carefully determine the impact that the A-bomb would cause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The exhibit shows the city in miniature scale before and after the A-bomb exploded to show the magnitude of the devastation. After that, there is a wall with copies of letters sent by the mayor of Hiroshima to foreign authorities asking that they stop nuclear development, tests and eliminate nuclear weapons altogether. On the second floor of the first building there is a display of measures taken to rebuild the city of Hiroshima throughout the years with a few buildings in miniature scale and a copy of the A-bomb dome hanging. The exhibit up to this point was informative but not shocking, so I felt like the rest of my family could have joined me. I think that visitors can choose to end the tour at this point (not sure though). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From there you go through a passage that connects to the next building where the real exhibit is located. Here you will find the objects recovered and donated to the museum, which included clothing, personal belongings and even parts of buildings. But I guess the real disturbing part of the exhibit are the photos and a small scene (with wax models) showing the horror of the survivors right after the explosion. This area also has a section dedicated to the girl who survived the bombing but years later developed leukemia and hoped that by making 1000 paper cranes (origami/tsuru) she would be cured. Eventually she lost the battle but her history goes on and there is a monument in the peace memorial park in her memory that also features origamis sent from schools in Japan and elsewhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one of those things that make you put things in perspective and also think about the big picture. After that I was amazed to look around at the city and look at its transformation. The last picture in the museum shows a plant growing back 2 months after the bombing, contradicting a prediction that said that nothing would grow back there for years.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I then rejoined my family and had a quick dinner and returned to the hotel. &lt;br /&gt;--------------------&lt;br /&gt;A quick word about the hotel: For those looking for an affordable option, the &lt;a href="http://www.toyoko-inn.com/e_hotel/00104/index.html"&gt;Toyoko Inn&lt;/a&gt; is a very good alternative. Do not expect luxury though. The room had space for the 2 beds and that was about it (their suggestion is to store your luggage under the beds). Anyway, the free Internet, coin laundry, location and even a basic japanese breakfast (Onigiri, misoshiru and coffee) made it worthwhile.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6438001972690358699?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6438001972690358699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6438001972690358699' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6438001972690358699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6438001972690358699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-5-hiroshima-a-bomb-experience.html' title='Day 5 - Hiroshima - The A Bomb Experience (Wednesday)'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-42298933415514596</id><published>2008-06-11T10:41:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T18:54:01.583-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Day 4 - Nikko (Tuesday)</title><content type='html'>Our original plan for day 4 was to go to the Tsukiji fish market very early in the morning but unfortunately that did not work. The subway opened at 6AM and we woke up at 7AM. we then changed our plans and went back to one of my original ideas of going to Nikko. We packed our bags and checked out from the hotel and headed to the JR ticket office where we were informed that the next train available only left at 10:35AM, so we had to wait for about 1h30 at Shinjuku. Lesson learned: make your reservations in advance. They have no cost if you hold a JR pass and it can only save you time and give you peace of mind.We stopped by the JR travel center (called View Plaza - pronounced Byu Puraza) but they did not have any information in English so it was a waste of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a quick connection at Shimo-Imaichi before reaching Tobu Nikko station (these stations are roughly 8 min apart). At the Tobu Nikko station, they have a very helpful staff that speaks good English and off we went to take the bus towards the shrines and temples. We didn't realize that there were two bus routes and we ended up missing the stop that we wanted so we had to take a 150m walk back from the Taiyu-in mausoleum entrance to the Toshugu shrine. It was a very pleasant walk with huge trees standing at both sides of the unpaved steet giving a very soothing atmosphere to the whole place. The Treasury house is located in this street.&lt;br /&gt;Another poor planning made us loose some precious time. We should have taken the spare time at Shinjuku to buy some bento box or something else. When we got there, we were hungry and ended up eating at the restaurant/souvenir shop located in the end of this street that we came through. We ordered Curry Rice, pork loin and rice, and Yuka Soba. Food was OK but the place had too many flies...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The suggestion at the ticket office was to start the tour from the Treasure Hall but we skipped that and went straight to the Rinno Temple. Apparently there are guided tours that goinside the temple where the 3 gods standing 8m tall are located. I caught bits and pieces of the tour guide explanation with mybroken japanese and understood that the gods represented a family (father, mother and a child) and each one was responsible toprotect different things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From there we went upstairs and visited the whole Tosho-Gu complex. Every little corner seems to be one of those "Kodak" moments and you can spend hours recording and taking pictures of the pagoda, the gates and all the buildings. The place really deserves to be one of the World Heritages. Unfortunately the main hall façade is under rennovation so it did not allow for a good picture. I assume that the this place is visited by groups of tourists and students all year around. On that day in particular there was a group of elementary students that was sitting on the grounds of the complex and getting yelled at by their monitor/supervisor. Apparently a few of them got too excited about the visit and misbehaved. It was interesting to seethe group mentality in action. The whole group was getting reprimended and the instructor went on and on about the embarassment of having to do that in such a sacred place and in front of a lot of people. They had to stay quiet for several minutes to ponder on the reasons why they were here and their responsibilities as visitors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We then had to rush to Futura-san Jinja. By the time we got there we realized that our schedule was too tight and we would not have timeto do anything else. We just took some pictures from the outside and headed down to the Shinkyo (Sacred) bridge. This was kind of a disappointment. I thought it was going to be in a more secluded location, being sacred and all, but instead it was right by road with no signsand there was not even a decent pedestrian sidewalk surrounding it. From there, we took the bus back to the Tobu Nikko station.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was worried that we would not make it on time for our train in which we had reserved seats since it was leaving at 4:45 from the Shimo-Imaichistation. Luckly that train actually left from Nikko Tobu station so we were fine. I did not understand why I had to pay for tickets at the Tobu station. EVentually the crew member that checks your tickets explained me that that line was a like a code share between JR and Tobu but it actually belonged to Tobu so I actually paid for a suplement (2,400 Yen for the three of us). The trip back was uneventful butI left with that feeling that I should have gotten there earlier and spend the whole day visiting the place. Hopefully there will be the chance for a next time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We then went back to our hotel to pick up our luggage and headed to the Shinagawa district in Tokyo where an ex-MBA colleague leaves with her husband.They were so kind to rent a guest room in their apartment building. We took a nice shower (japanese style, including Ofuro!) and had an excellent dinner at their apartment. A real treat. It was actually our first experience sleeping on the tatami floor and I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed it.(maybe because my back has been bothering me lately and sleeping on a harder surface is better for your health).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-42298933415514596?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/42298933415514596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=42298933415514596' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/42298933415514596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/42298933415514596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-4-nikko-tuesday.html' title='Day 4 - Nikko (Tuesday)'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-6520939287405742192</id><published>2008-06-11T10:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-11T10:38:26.416-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Day 3 - Senso-Ji and Odaiba (Monday)</title><content type='html'>We had a late start and decided to visit Senso-ji in the Asakusa district. Actually our first choice was to visit Ueno Park and its many attractions but we did not pay attention to the fact that most of the museums were closed on Mondays. (Deduct one star in the planning department)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was cloudy when we left the hotel and when we got to Asakusa (Ginza line - G19) it started to rain so eventually we had to buy a couple of umbrellas (I brought my rain coat with me after checking the weather forecast. Add one star in the planning column). While the Senso-ji complex is located in a rather small area, there are many small buildings in it and we spent around 4h in there. This includes shopping time which is mandatory when traveling with my wife.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was our first stop in a religious location but it really felt more like a tourist attraction. Anyway, it is one of those mandatory stops. By the way, I will not try to describe the attractions in details as my objective is not to replace guide books. Especially because I am sure I would end up missing in accuracy and details (not to mention that it would make this report way too long).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were going to follow the recommendation of the Fodor's guide and have lunch at the Tempura place along the Asakusa avenue (Aoi-Marushin) but it just so happened that they were closed for maintenance that day (no points deducted - they were supposed to be open). Plan B was to head back to the Asakusa information center where the gentleman who talked to us suggested we try the restaurant across the street (Santei, the first on the right of the Kamanari-Mon). The food was OK (we ordered two tempura dishes) and the prices seemed right at 3120 Yen. But we also had in the back of our minds an advice from a friend: Never trust a restaurant in which the waitresses are wearing kimonos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After that, our party split again. My wife decided to go to Kappabashi Dori, a street 4-5 blocks from the Tawaramachi station (G18). This is a restaurateur/chef's heaven as they are specialized in cookware and other restaurant related goods. Definitely not for me or my daughter. So we headed to the Tokyo station where I needed to get my actual JR pass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JR Pass Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One word of advice: If you can, do the exchange upon your arrival at Narita. I don't know how convenient it us to go from the arrival area to the exchange office there but I can tell you I spent at least 1h30 just to get mine at Tokyo station. The JR exchange office is located in the Yaesu "area" which is a long walk from the subway station. We had to go through a few connectors, spent some valuable time stopping by wrong "green windows" and crossed an underground shopping area to finally get there. While the line at the ticket office was small, the exchange process itself took around 30 min.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Odaiba &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I decided to go with my daughter to Odaiba so that she could have some fun and hopefully escape from the bad weather that we experienced in the North side of Tokyo. In order to get there we had to go back to the Ginza station, change to the Ginza Line, stop at the Shimbashi station and then walk to the annex station to take the Yurikamome line. Odaiba is located on the bay and it was quite a nice ride with a good view of the city and the bay since all the ride was made on an elevated track. I chose to stop at the Telecom Center station to get to the Miraikan museum (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation). While the Fodor’s guide says that the museum closes at 7:00PM, it failed to mention that the deadline to enter the museum is 4:30PM. Major disappointment! Thank God I chose to buy the unlimited pass (800 Yen for adults and 400 Yen for child - The guide book said it was 1000 Yen for an adult).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we ended up going to the entertainment area called &lt;a href="http://www.venusfort.co.jp/multi/index_e.html"&gt;Venus Fort &lt;/a&gt;(Aomi station) where we met with my wife (she went back to our hotel once to drop her shopping from Kappabashi). One of the main attractions in this place is the giant Ferris wheel, and they also feature a few other things like Toyota's showroom, Toyota's test drive (the sign said that you needed to have either a Japanese or an international driver’s license. Since I did not have either one, I did not even bother registering for the test drive), a ride in Toyota's automated car (the car makes turns, accelerates and breaks by itself, granted it does not go past 10 kph in a closed track), a pet store, a game room with lots of coin operated machines and even a display of old cars which included an F1 race car (drivers were Mika Salo and Alan McNish). Once again, we stayed out until 'late' (10PM) so we were exhausted in our return from Odaiba back to Shinjuku. Time to shower and crash...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-6520939287405742192?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/6520939287405742192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=6520939287405742192' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6520939287405742192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/6520939287405742192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-3-senso-ji-and-odaiba-monday.html' title='Day 3 - Senso-Ji and Odaiba (Monday)'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-832144740068439677</id><published>2008-06-08T10:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-11T10:16:29.634-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Day 2 - Having Fun in Tokyo (Sunday)</title><content type='html'>Still feeling the effects of the time zone change, everyone woke up around 5:30AM (4:30PM back home). We took our time to get dressed and decided to go for a hearty breakfast at the hotel. By the way, we are very impressed with the Hilton Shinjuku. It was great that we arrived during the weekend which gave us the chance to get acquainted with the transportation system without being overwhelmed by the huge crowds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we learned that the hotel has underground connection with the Nishi-Shinjuku Station (M07 - Marunoichi Line). To be absolute honest, walking from the hotel to the Shinjuku station is not much more than this underground connection but... Anyway, we bought the day pass (710 Yen for adult and 360 Yen for child) and headed to the Imperial Palace. The concierge instructed us to take the Marunoichi line all the way down to Tokyo Station (M17). From there it was a short walk to reach the Imperial Palace grounds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Imperial Palace&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We got there through Miyuki Dori which led us through the Wadakura Fountain Park and the Sakashitamon. We decided to walk south so that we could take a look at the Imperial Palace itself (we were told that you can only enter the walled area if you have a special permit - which of course we did not have). A few tour buses dropped lots of visitors in that area so it was kind of hard to take quality shots of the guarded gates and the Ni-ju-bashi. We walked all the way down to the Sakuradamon and then decided to walk back since it would be too long of a walk to continue surrounding the palace in our clockwise path. By the way, lots of joggers were running around the palace that day. Seems a very popular spot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we went back north and entered the Imperial Palace East Gardens (Kokyo Higashi Gyoen) via the Ôtemaimon. Lots of things to see there. Our favorite was the Ninomaru Garden which features beautiful flowers with a nice color mix. We didn't even enter any museum and just like that we spent 3h in the Imperial Palace grounds. It was time to take off since my wife had to attend her Soba making class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our schedule was very tight and we ended up having lunch at a McDonald's. Yeah, I know... Wife is a chef and we still went for a MickeyD? Even after watching SuperSize Me? We did... Kind of embaressed to do it but... I don't remember exactly how much we spent there. Her Soba class was in the Tsukiji district and we spent a good 10-15 min trying to decipher the instructions given by the instructor and the maps on the streets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of my goals in this trip was to watch a baseball game in Japan and the most popular team in the country is supposed to be Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants. Right now they are playing interleaguegames between central and pacific leagues, so I decided to take my chances and headed to theticket office at the Tokyo Dome, where the Giants hosts their games. We were lucky and found tickets for the match against the Seibu Lions that same day! I ended up chosing 3rd base seats which were supposed to be better but waskind of disappointed as they ended up being closer to the outfield seats (paid 3700 Yen each).&lt;br /&gt;While we were waiting to get into the stadium my daughter convinced me to take the &lt;a href="http://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/e/laqua/attraction.htm"&gt;Thunder Dolphin ride&lt;/a&gt;, one of the attractions at &lt;a href="http://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/e/"&gt;Tokyo Dome City&lt;/a&gt;, an entertainment complex built around the baseball stadium. The minimum height to enter the ride is 1.30m and the minimum age is 8. The interesting thing is that this roller coaster goes through the ferris wheel and it has an impressive drop (80m tall). My daughter was exhilarated. Me? I am getting too old for this!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A few notes from the baseball experience in Japan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*While attendees also eat and drink before and during the game, I noticed that the stands were very clean after the game, nothing like the big mess that is left after MLB games.&lt;br /&gt;*Throughout the whole game, there are girls who sell all kinds of snacks and drinks to the attendees. No big deal there. The Japanese touch is in the fact that they come all the way down to the bottom ofthe stairs, take a bow and work their way up trying to sell their items, usually with a big smile (granted sometimes a fake smile).&lt;br /&gt;*Like in the US, things are not very cheap in the stadium. I paid 800 Yen for a small draftbeer plus 250 Yen for a small cup of water.&lt;br /&gt;*The featured player that night was #8 Tani (center fielder, I think) and he actually made the difference, hitting the only home-run of the game, scoring 2 in a 4-0 shutout win by the Giants. The pitcher Utsumi threw a complete game improving his record to 4-4. Still the Giants are 3rd. or 4th. in the standings...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very few people left the game before its end, so the bulk of the 40K + attendees left at the same time and it seemed like everyone headed to the subway station. Still, everyone did it in a very orderly fashion and it was not difficult to get on the train back to our hotel. The bad thing was that it was already late and we did not find anything opened (not even the food courts in the nearby i-land or even at the Odakyu Department store in Shinuku. The alternative was to eat at a Denny's nearby. The food was ok (the menu had nothing to do with the US Denny's menu) but the cigarrette smell was very strong even though we were sitting in a non-smoking area. Probably that was the low-light of the day.&lt;br /&gt;---------------&lt;br /&gt;Just got a phone call from my mother-in-law asking if everything was OK. I did not understand what she was talking about until she explained that there was some wacko in Tokyo who stabbed to death 7 people and left 11 more wounded. Here is the CNN update on this tragedy: &lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/japan.attack.ap/index.html"&gt;http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/japan.attack.ap/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am thankful that we were not visiting Akihabara, the district in which this took place, today. Our hearts go out to the families of those who were affected by this.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-832144740068439677?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/832144740068439677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=832144740068439677' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/832144740068439677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/832144740068439677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-2-having-fun-in-tokyo.html' title='Day 2 - Having Fun in Tokyo (Sunday)'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-7334068001912213413</id><published>2008-06-07T03:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T10:20:52.091-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Day 1: Trip - Arrival and first exploration (Saturday)</title><content type='html'>The day started early (We left home around 3:45AM to board on 6:15AM departure flight). This first flight took us to Dallas where we made our connection and from there straight to Tokyo (some 13h flying in this segment).&lt;br /&gt;The only complaint that "the boss" had was that AA switched our seats and we ended up in the bulk head row. Other than that, my only comment is... what a long trip. I don't remember how many movies I watched. And I also had time to work a little (oops!), read the tour book (Tokyo related piece only) and slept (very little).&lt;br /&gt;Upon landing, we took a tram from the satellite to the main terminal and luckily encountered a very short line at immigration (they were asking for citizens from Peru, Bolivia and Brasil to fill out a questionnaire but I pretended I did not listen to that and they did not refer to it at any moment anyways). Bags were out very fast and we had no issues in customs (no questions asked. We are traveling moderately light - 1 medium size luggage and one back pack each).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After exiting the customs area, I exchanged dollar into Yen. The exchange rate was 103.06. This is a much, much better rate than what I could get had I exchanged money back in the US. Thank goodness I exchanged some ideas with some fellow travelers at the fodor's forum.&lt;br /&gt;Finally I paid for the transportation from the airport to the hotel (&lt;a href="http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/en/"&gt;Limousine Bus&lt;/a&gt;) 7,500 Yen for 2 adults and one child. It took us about 1h30min to get to our hotel (Hilton Shinjuku - including stops at the Shinjuku station and the Shinjuku Washington hotel). Bought the ticket at 2:20PM and the bus departed at 2:25PM. Talk about Just-In-Time. The commute was also uneventful mainly because it was a Saturday, I think. We ended up not having time to look for a Tourist Information Center at the airport but hopefully we will find one today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211502870963036370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand;" alt="Tokyo View from Hilton Shinjuku - Day" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SFL6P9muINI/AAAAAAAAAAc/1o3wogg8KEA/s200/Tokyo_view_day.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211502874442006658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand;" alt="Tokyo View from Hilton Shinjuku - Night" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SFL6QKkLAII/AAAAAAAAAAk/hHFfCmuT-pw/s200/Tokyo_view_night.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After freshening up, which included a visit to the executive lounge area (another benefit of being a frequent traveler), we went for a walk around the Shinjuku neighborhood. In fact our walk was limited to 3-4 blocks from the Hilton to the Shinjuku station. We basically had time to view what was available at the Bic Camera store (which made my wife itchy to spend her fist Yens since she is into photography) and the Odakyu Department store (known as depato here). We concentrated in the grocery floor (another big wife interest) and then finally went to the lowest floor where the restaurants were. My wife went for some Octopuss balls and Gyoza. My daughter and I decided to split a butterflied panco breaded Shrimp (technical term according to the in-house expert) with rice and curry. By that time, everyone was tired, especially me and my daughter, so we decided to come back to our hotel, eat the food and call it the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Expense summary (all in Yen):&lt;br /&gt;Transportation Airport - hotel: 7,500&lt;br /&gt;Food: 483 (Takoyaki) + $620 (Gyoza) + 1500 (Breaded Shrimp+Rice+Curry) +370 (two bottles of Coke Zero) = 2973&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----------------&lt;br /&gt;Other stuff: We got some plug adapters for the Japanese power outlets from the hotel but we are planning to buy at least two for our many electronic gadgets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See ya.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-7334068001912213413?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/7334068001912213413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=7334068001912213413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7334068001912213413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7334068001912213413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/we-arrived.html' title='Day 1: Trip - Arrival and first exploration (Saturday)'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SFL6P9muINI/AAAAAAAAAAc/1o3wogg8KEA/s72-c/Tokyo_view_day.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-7624998218802191339</id><published>2008-06-06T02:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T02:33:34.527-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Countdown to Start the Journey</title><content type='html'>We are now a little less than 4 hours from our departure to Japan. It is almost 2:30 EDT and my wife and I decided not to sleep, mainly because we did not finish packing until half an hour ago. A friend of ours will drive us to the airport (really good friend to make that offer!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last minute things:&lt;br /&gt;-Bought Roxio's Toast Titanium 9 to be able to transfer movies from our camera straight to DVDs.&lt;br /&gt;-Wife stopped by a Wal-Mart to buy a plug adapter. The only thing is that she failed to notice that the adapter she bought is good for Australia and UK. So, we are leaving it home for merchandise return...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's see how often I am going to be able to update my blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here we go!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-7624998218802191339?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/7624998218802191339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=7624998218802191339' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7624998218802191339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7624998218802191339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/countdown-to-start-journey.html' title='Countdown to Start the Journey'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-149438108197015372</id><published>2008-06-05T18:39:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-05T18:40:06.855-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Estressado? Que é isso...</title><content type='html'>Faltam menos de 12 horas para subir no avião e ainda nem começamos a fazer as malas...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-149438108197015372?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/149438108197015372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=149438108197015372' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/149438108197015372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/149438108197015372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/estressado-que-isso.html' title='Estressado? Que é isso...'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-4243041980654347978</id><published>2008-06-03T23:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T11:52:03.998-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Cell Phones in Japan</title><content type='html'>Japan is very unique in many ways... Cell phone system is one of them. Our "regular" American 3G and GSM phones will not work over there. The only way that I could maintain some conectivity over there would be to rent a local 3G phone in Japan and slide in my 3G SIM/Chip in it. I checked the AT&amp;amp;T (my wireless provider) website and their roaming rates are very expensive ($2.29/min). The rental itself is $8/day. That solidified my decision that I do NOT want to be found while on vacation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I decided to go with &lt;a href="http://www.myjapanphone.com/"&gt;myjapanphone&lt;/a&gt;... They deliver the phone at your hotel ($15 service) and you can return it in a pre-paid envelope. First week is for free so I decided to go with it. Another fellow traveler has recommended &lt;a href="http://www.rentafonejapan.com/rental-charges.htm"&gt;rentafonejapan&lt;/a&gt;. I guess both alternatives have their merits. Just the fact that I don't have to waste my time after landing in Tokyo in one of those cell phone rental kiosks at the airport is worth the $15 delivery charge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The phones will be used for emergencies and to provide a way to contact my wife and daughter in case we decide to visit different places in a same city (ex.: My wife is taking cooking classes in her 2nd. day in Japan. I do NOT plan to join her!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thread below contains some inputs on this subject:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=27&amp;amp;tid=34868591"&gt;http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=27&amp;amp;tid=34868591&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Side note: We got an automatic gold fish feeder for our little fat swimming friend. Mail will be on hold for the duration of the trip... Have not paid all bills yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think my next post will be written from the airplane, offline of course. I have not packed a single pair of socks yet. But my wife made sure we got bright new luggage for this trip. Apparently the old ones were not good enough... Who am I to argue that? Important to note: my daughter's luggage is "barbie" pink. The right way to qualify that is "Perua". (if you did not understand, ask a Brazilian friend. He/she will get a crack out of it).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See ya.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-4243041980654347978?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/4243041980654347978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=4243041980654347978' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4243041980654347978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/4243041980654347978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/cell-phones-in-japan.html' title='Cell Phones in Japan'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-1579201005246093249</id><published>2008-06-03T14:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T10:20:52.245-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugues'/><title type='text'>Rapidinha</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Curso de japonês básico para Brazuca:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Se alguém perguntar as horas pra vc no Japão e calhar de ser 9 e meia, aqui vai a tradução:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;9 = Ku&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;horas = Ji&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Meia = Han&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Coloque tudo junto e vc terá...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207725886641733042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SEWPGiji_bI/AAAAAAAAAAU/8asSGEgzvd8/s200/frog.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Blog é "curtura".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-1579201005246093249?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/1579201005246093249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=1579201005246093249' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1579201005246093249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/1579201005246093249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/rapidinha.html' title='Rapidinha'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SEWPGiji_bI/AAAAAAAAAAU/8asSGEgzvd8/s72-c/frog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-7053668057518666780</id><published>2008-06-03T08:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T23:54:53.232-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Hotels - Lodging</title><content type='html'>This is an area that I will not be much of a reference for other fellow travelers simply because I will be using my frequent guest points to stay for free in 3 locations, which I believe is not the case for most of you... Add to that the fact that I have a brother and a friend living there...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, in my &lt;a href="http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/useful-links.html"&gt;previous post&lt;/a&gt;, I added links to a couple of economic hotel chains that I plan to use in my trip. They are the Super hotel and the Toyoko inn hotel. I don't expect much from these places in terms of amenities but they are cheaper compared to the other options that I found in my research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Japan, you will find another lodging option called Ryokan. They are inns that are supposed to give you the opportunity of experiencing a true Japanese atmosphere. I am planning to stay one night in one of these Ryokans but have not made my mind yet. In my case, I will have the "added-value" of sleeping on the tatami which is supposed to be good for my back (when you start worrying about these things, it tells you are not that young anymore...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But come backing to my initial subject, I will be staying at the Hilton in Tokyo (both of them - In the beginning of the trip and then on the very last night). Also, I will be staying at the Westin Miyako Kyoto. They are supposed to be top notch hotels. Not that I care that much. As long as I have a clean bed and a hot shower, I am happy camper, but since I am traveling with my family, I figured they will enjoy the "royal treatment" (at least once in while).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Except at the ryokans, it looks like Internet access will be an easy thing to find. So I hope I will have the discipline and the energy to post my daily activities here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only 3 days to start the journey. Have not even started packing yet. Need to worry about our pet gold fish, scheduling bill payments, holding mail... All that fun stuff.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-7053668057518666780?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/7053668057518666780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=7053668057518666780' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7053668057518666780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/7053668057518666780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/hotels-lodging.html' title='Hotels - Lodging'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2724929834610732226</id><published>2008-06-01T11:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T23:54:53.232-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Useful Links</title><content type='html'>I will keep updating this post as I remember/find useful sites:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-General Japan info: &lt;a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/"&gt;http://www.japan-guide.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Annual Festivals: &lt;a href="http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/history/traditionalevents/index.html"&gt;http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/history/traditionalevents/index.html&lt;/a&gt; (This site in general gives lots of tourist information)&lt;br /&gt;-Traveler Forum: &lt;a href="http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=27"&gt;http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=27&lt;/a&gt; (I got very good tips here)&lt;br /&gt;-Japan Rail Pass: &lt;a href="http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en001.html"&gt;http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en001.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Japan Consulate in Miami: &lt;a href="http://www.miami.us.emb-japan.go.jp/"&gt;http://www.miami.us.emb-japan.go.jp/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Super Hotel chain (business hotel): &lt;a href="http://www.superhotel.co.jp/en/find.html"&gt;http://www.superhotel.co.jp/en/find.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Toyoko Inn hotel chain (business hotel): &lt;a href="http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/"&gt;http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2724929834610732226?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2724929834610732226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2724929834610732226' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2724929834610732226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2724929834610732226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/06/useful-links.html' title='Useful Links'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-2066777616597293105</id><published>2008-05-28T15:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T10:20:52.396-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Very Important - VISA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Sometimes we take this subject for granted. I have friends that literally had to sleep in an airport cell (yep, like in jail cell) because they did not know that they were supposed to have a Visa to enter that particular country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So... Japan is a country that requires Visa for some nationalities which is my case. By the way, US citizens don't need a Visa for Japan. We paid US$27/person. Some quick tips:&lt;br /&gt;-The Japan consulate requested 3 business days to issue the Visa. Their recommendation was to request the Visa a month prior to the trip.&lt;br /&gt;-They issue the Visa for certain fixed period of times (15 days, 30 days, etc.). They asked me to provide our lodging commitments for the whole length of the trip to grant the Visa. Of course, I didn't have it so I had to make some on-line reservations just for the sake of the Visa and then cancelled them afterwards (make sure that you find hotels that have flexible cancellation policies in case you need to do this).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope this will help some people avoid "unnecessary" headaches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(By the way, I also carry Mastercard and Amex!&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SEU6Byji_aI/AAAAAAAAAAM/IDrb5HUoTdo/s1600-h/smiley_small.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207632346548993442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SEU6Byji_aI/AAAAAAAAAAM/IDrb5HUoTdo/s200/smiley_small.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429143982390334389-2066777616597293105?l=satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/feeds/2066777616597293105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8429143982390334389&amp;postID=2066777616597293105' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2066777616597293105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8429143982390334389/posts/default/2066777616597293105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://satrijoe-japantrip.blogspot.com/2008/05/very-important-visa.html' title='Very Important - VISA'/><author><name>Shigueo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13344016545758400190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SXk33wMKBKI/AAAAAAAAACU/f3liHkYFRXE/S220/Joe_Satriani.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1QXkcvSuR7E/SEU6Byji_aI/AAAAAAAAAAM/IDrb5HUoTdo/s72-c/smiley_small.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429143982390334389.post-9170308734249848031</id><published>2008-05-27T07:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T23:54:53.233-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Preparation - Transportation within Japan and Itinerary</title><content type='html'>Transportation within Japan and itinerary are things that go hand in hand. As far as transportation is concerned, I considered flying to the distant places and taking trains for the other destinations (Japan has a very extense railroad system). JAL has something called &lt;a href="http://www.jal.co.jp/yokosojapan/"&gt;Yokoso/Visit Japan fare&lt;/a&gt; for foreigner travelers. If you travel to/from Japan using the OneWorld alliance, JAL offers you up to 5 tickets at the cost of 10,000 Yen (a little less than US$100).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the end, we decided to purchase the &lt;a href="http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en001.html"&gt;JR Pass&lt;/a&gt; which gives you unlimited usage of the JR line, except the Nozomi Shinkansen. So the first big purchase was this pass: 2xUS$400 + 1xUS$200 = US$1000, 2 adults and one child (I will round the numbers to make it easier). This decision definitely saved me some planning time and I expect it will help us during the trip as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Itinerary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"In general terms", this is our plan:&lt;br /&gt;-Tokyo ( with potential day trip to Nikko)&lt;br /&gt;-Hiroshima/Miyajima&lt;br /&gt;-Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Himeji&lt;br /&gt;-Yokohama (day trips to Kamakura, Hakone/Fuji-San)&lt;br /&gt;-Tokyo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arrival and departure are from Tokyo (Narita airport). I had a special Interest in visiting Hiroshima to see where an important piece of modern history took place. Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and Himeji are within 1-hour distance from each other and seem to be very interesting places. Finally, Yokohama is where my brother lives so no questions there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, there are many other places that we could have chosen but I think we are happy with these choices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next I will talk about lodging. 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