Weezer in NYC

Weezer played Pinkerton (My favorite album) from cover to cover for this concert. It was part of what they called their "memories" tour. What a great show. All my other pictures from NYC are on my camera... and still in NY. I'll post them once my camera arrives in the mail.

Ryan, Elias, Sean, Me.

Home for the holidays

Christmas day in Rochester, NY at my house.

My parents

The older cousins

All the cousins

Command Christmas Party

The Command Christmas party at Harbor View Club. Dec 13th, 2010. I finally had an excuse to break out the 3-piece suit and do some dancing.

In front of the Christmas tree

The lovely ladies: Kelsey, Me (not a lady), Asuka, and Whitney.

Mike and Nate.

Dennis and Ryoko.

New York City for Christmas

I spent a day walking around NYC a few days before Christmas. I was able to see many of my friends and it was a nice time. I spend so much time in NY, but I never go around and see the sights with a camera. I figured with all of sightseeing I do in Asia... why not do a little at home.

Brooklyn Bridge

Blue tree in Serendipity (did you see the movie?)

Huge ornaments outside of Radio City Music Hall.

With Doug and his girlfriend Kate at Rockefeller Center.

Times Square

Singapore activities

Outdoor satay food market located in the middle of the financial district.
Sri Mariamman Hindu Temple is the oldest temple in Singapore.

View from the pool at night

Dennis showing off his sweet moves in the living room of our suite

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Dennis and I stayed at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. We were upgraded to a suite on the 52nd floor because the woman behind the counter was from the US and thought we were nice. It was a $900 a night room- No big deal ;)

There is an infinity pool that extends along the roof connecting the three towers.



Me in the pool.

Dennis looking over the edge of the pool.

Our hotel from the view at the Swissotel.

Fall Patrol

2 months. Nothing interesting to report...

37th day at sea

37th consecutive day at sea so far. Exhausting.

Mount Aso, Aso Park, and Mount Naka

Mount Aso National Park is about 40 miles east of Kumamoto, or about 3 hours when you are caught in traffic. It has one of the largest active volcanos in Japan.

At the peak of Mt. Naka, an active volcano.

It stinks! Smells like sulfur

The symptom of being in bad shape?

Aso Park

The specialty here is baniku (horse meat).

Kumamoto weekend trip

I took a weekend trip to Kumamoto city for the second to last weekend before deploying until the holidays. It's about two hours from Sasebo and the second largest city in Kyushu.

Kumamoto castle

One of the rooms inside the castle

A wider view of the castle

The castle was build on top of a large stone wall. The wall was supposed to prevent enemy troop and ninja attacks. Hard to tell in the photo, but they were high and impressive.

The Kumamoto city arcade. The only arcade I have seen larger than Sasebo's.