The Eye of Patrick

This photo was taken on my recent trip to Thailand. The sun was setting and it was producing some wonderful colours. This is my interpretation of that beauty.

Another story from Japan, it seems tempers flared a little too much in a recent game. Though still nothing compared to the riots in Latin America.

A Japanese referee has been accused by a player of using abusive language, including telling him to ‘die’, during a J-League match. Oita Trinita’s Taikai Uemoto said referee Yuichi Nishimura had also verbally abused him after the game when Uemoto said he would report the incident, Japanese media reported on Wednesday.

Oita Trinita’s Taikai Uemoto said referee Yuichi Nishimura had also verbally abused him after the game when Uemoto said he would report the incident, Japanese media reported on Wednesday.

The club confirmed they were compiling a file to send to Japanese officials, who have promised to launch an inquiry.

Trouble flared when Uemoto asked Nishimura why he had not booked an FC Tokyo player for a foul late in the second half of Tuesday’s game.

Japanese media reported that several players overheard a furious Nishimura snap back: ‘Shut up! You keep quiet and get on with the game. Die!’

Uemoto said Nishimura had made similar remarks and threatened to book him after the game. ‘I was shocked,’ he told Japan’s Nikkan Sports daily.

‘If players said the same thing we’d be sent off. We don’t have cards but that ref deserved a red. He was totally out of order.’ J

apanese officials are likely to take a dim view of the incident which comes days after a Kashiwa Reysol player was banned for four games for shoving a referee.

‘We are taking this matter very seriously,’ Japan Football Association (JFA) general secretary Kozo Tashima said. ‘We will decide on what measures to take after a proper investigation.’ soccernet.com

I like trains and how they blur as they go by, here is some of the photos of trains that I like. They are all from different places in the world, each train taking millions of people to the places they want to be and to experiences that they will enjoy or hate. Aren’t trains a marvelous thing?

The train above is from Sapporo, it is a local commuter train.

This photo is from Berlin, Germany on the u-bahn, it was late at night and i was playing with my camera exposure time.

From Montreal, Quebec, Canada Subway, the trains are like buses on tracks. More info: Wikipedia

Last photo in the motion series for today is from Hong Kong, I like how the train seems to go on for ever.

My last europen post will brief as I want to return to posting about my time in Japan.

After Germany I flew into London to spend a few days before I made my return trip to Japan. While in London I met up with my friend who is from Japan but is doing his masters degree in London. It was nice to have a chance to see an old friend.

This was my second time in London; I went when I was much younger and so I didn’t feel a need to see everything, though I did make it to the Science Museum, Tower Bridge and Paddington station to see Paddington bear.

If you do not know who Paddington bear is, he is:

“Paddington is an anthropomorphised bear. He speaks English, wears a battered hat which he refuses to part with, and carries with him everywhere a battered suitcase (later revealed to have a secret compartment in which Paddington keeps those items he considers most important – such as his passport, for example) containing his personal belongings. When found and in the early editions, he also wore a duffle coat, and wellington boots. He is always polite (always addressing people as “Mr.”, “Mrs.” and “Miss”, and very rarely by first names), well-meaning (though he inflicts hard stares on those who incur his disapproval), likes marmalade sandwiches and cocoa, and has an endless capacity for getting into trouble. However, he is known to “try so hard to get things right”.” (wikipedia)

I went to the train station just to take the picture of the teddy bear with him. He is kind of like a childhood hero to me and I still love his stories.

The rest of my trip was mostly shopping and eating wonderful food. I found London to be a city I would not really want to visit, but more of a city I would love to live in.

I am sorry this post is not interesting, I mostly just want to get my Europe posts done. Hopefully my future ones will be more interesting.