90cm Funassyi on Holiday

It has been a while between posts... I should do so more often.

On the weekend of the 4th November 2016 I went on a holiday to Apollo Bay along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria.

Despite living in Victoria all my life, I had never been to this part of Victoria before.

Here are some photos of my trip

ふなっしーの ものがたり #12 (Funassyi story #12)

My latest Funassyi story, this time in Japanese (Hiragana) and English. The Japanese is first, followed by the English.

1 やったー！きょうは"Ashcombe Maze（アッシュコーム・メイズ）" という　めいろに　あそびに　きたなっしー

 1 Yay! we are visiting "Ashcombe Maze" today

 

2 この　めいろは　かんたんに　ぬけだせると　おもうなっしよ

  2 I think it will be easy to get through this maze nassyi

 

 

3 おっと！いきどまりなっし！

 3  Oh! A dead end!

 

4 どうして　これが　めいろの　まんなかに　あるなっしか？

 4 Why is this in the centre of the maze?

 

5 この　もんは　どこに　つづいているのかな？

5 Where does this gate lead to?

 

6 ちょっと　きゅうけいしたほうが　よさそうなっし

 6 We should rest for a while nassyi

 

7 めいろの　そとが　みえるけど、ここからは　でられないなっしな
7 I can see outside the maze, but we can't get through here

 

 

8 もしかしたら　でぐちは　このさきかも？
8 maybe the exit it up ahead?

 

 

9 ええ！この　めいろの　さらに　おくに　はいっちゃったみたいなっしー
9 eeh. We are deeper in the maze now.

 

 

10 この　とんねるを　とおれば　ぬけだせるなっしか？
10 Maybe this tunnel leads to freedom?

 

 

11 なんですと!?　この　もんは　あけられないなっしか？
11  What?! A gate we can't open to escape?

 

 

12 やったー！やっと　この　めいろから　ぬけだせる～
12 yay! finally we can leave the maze.

 

 

13 なんて　すてきな　くつろげる　ふんすいなんだろーね
13  What a nice relaxing fountain

 

 

14 それに　すてきな　もりも　あるなっしー
14 And a lovely forest

 

 

15 でも　ここは　すごく　ひろいから　また　きゅうけいしたほうが　よさそうなっし
15 But it is so big we should rest again.

 

 

16 ふなごろー: へへへ、とーてむぽーるを　つくったなっぴ♪

 16 Funagoro: hehehe - we made a totem pole

 

 

17 おぉ！ここにも　おさかなが　いるなっしよ！
17 Oh, there are fish here too!

 

 

18 それに　かわいらしい　おはなも　いっぱい。ここに　きて　よかったなっしな
18 And some lovely flowers. It was nice to visit here.

 

 

（おわり）

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Haiku

I have been playing in twitter a lot recently, as I can practice reading and typing hiragana on my smart phone, something I can't do on my PC (well, the typing part anyway). Last night I decided to try my hand at a haiku using hiragana. I have no idea why I decided to do it, but I did. This is what I came up with:

ふなっしー
きいろいなしは
あいらしい

funassyi
kiiroi nashi wa
airashii

The English translation is not as "romantic" sounding and doesn't work within the rules for haiku, but I have included it here for those that don't read/speak Japanese.

funassyi
yellow pear
captivating

It isn't a very good haiku, but it is my very first attempt, so I am content with it. I might try to make better ones later on.

Funassyi no monogatari #11 (Funassyi story #11)

This is the latest story I sent to my Mother in Law.

 1: Mou sugu "Kodomo no Hi" dakara, koi nobori wo kazaranakucha ikenai nassy

 1: It is almost Boy's Day, so we should put the koi nobori up nassyi

 2: Doko ni kazareru kana?

 2: Where can we hang them?

 3: Koko wa muri nassyi na 

3: Not in this area nassyi

 4: Kono ki ni wa koala ga kuru kara, koko mo dame nassyi 

 4: A koala visits here, so not in this tree

5: Kono ki wo tsukattara dou nappi ka? 

5: what about this tree nappi?

 6: Yattaa! Boku tachi no koinobori ga sora wo oyogi hajimeta nassyi yo!

 6. Yay! Our koinobori started swimming in the sky nassyi!

 7: Koinobori wo kazareru kara, "Kodomo no Hi" wa tanoshii nappi ne!

 7. As we can display koinobori, Boy's Day is fun nappi!

 It is actually story #11, with story #8 still having two parts to send. Confusing I know.

Funassyi & the Rakuten Eagles

This year saw Funassyi teaming up with the Rakuten Eagles to throw the first pitch at one of the games.

It just so happens that I am a baseball fan, and even before Funassyi teamed up with the Eagles, I was an Eagles fan, so it was a match made in heaven for me.

Unlike every other sport on this planet, the Japanese Baseball league is the only sport I can not watch live via web streaming  - I have searched and searched and searched, but can never find any streaming of the games.

But fortuantely, fan have posted links everywhere, so I can see the events of today.

The first pitch of the game video:



 Funassyi congratulating the Manager before the game:





And some images from the pre game event:

And the first pitch of the game:

Image sources: various twitter accounts - all images have been linked from the image itself, and not posted by myself.

Funassyi Easter Story ( Funassyi no Easter no ohanashi)

One of my Funassyi stories that I send to my Mother in Law. 

I have the English version, followed by the Japanese Version in Romaji.  I hope to do Hiragana/Kanji later for those that can't read Romaji.


1: Sleeping Bag Funassyi: There are some Easter eggs hidden in the garden for you to find.

(1: Nebukuro Funassyi: Easter eggs o ikutsu ka niwa ni kakushita kara, futari de mitsukete ne nassyi.)

2: Funassyi: we should put all the eggs we find in this basket.

(2: Funassyi: Yosshi! Jaa, mitsuketa tamago wa kono kago ni ireyou nassyi.)

3: Funagoro: yay! I found some eggs already!


(3: Funagoro: Yattaa! Mou tamago o mitsuketa yo!)

 
4: The basket still looks empty nassyi
 (4: Kago no naka wa mada garagara nassyi yo.)

 

5: Ooh! some eggs on top of this kowaii tree stump.
(5: Ooh! Kono kowai kirikabu no ue nimo tamago ga atta!)

 





6: four eggs are still not enough.
(6: Tamago yottsu wa mada sukunai nassyi na.)

7: There are some on this weird plant too.
(7: Kono hen na shokubutsu nimo tamago ga atta yo.)

 

8: the basket is starting to look full.
(8: Kago no naka mo ippai ni natte kita nassyi.)

 
9: I wonder where else some could be?
(9: Hoka wa doko ni aru kana?)

 
10: Funagoro: I will look in this grass.
(10: Funagoro: Kono kusa no naka wa dou kana?)

 
11: eeh, no eggs there
( 11: Eeeh, nani mo nai....)

 
12: I wonder what is hiding behind this tree?
(12: Kono ki no ushiro niwa nani ga kakurete iru no kana?)

 
13: Yay! we found all the eggs, and a golden rabbit too!  Happy Easter Everyone! (13: Yattaa! Tamago wa zenbu mitsuketa shi, kin iro no usagi mo mitsuketa yo!  Minna, Happy Easter nassyi!)

 
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