マイ『PHYZ（ファイズ）』！！！

とうとう

買っちゃいました！！！

♪ マイ ファイズ ♪

悩んで悩んで悩んだ末に夢中してたファイズを買うことにした！YES!!!

贅沢という後ろめたさがないように古いドライバーを買い取ってもらって粘って交渉し、ず～っとほしい ドライバー（Aの12°）とフェアウェイウッドの5番 を手に入れた ♪

買った次の日に練習場に行って打ってみたのですが、ドライバーが、、、レッスン中にうまく打ってたのに、なぜか全く打てなかった。。。(>_<)

ボールが飛ばなくとにかくダメだった。WHY??? どうして？

ムキになって夫のアドバイスも無視、せっかくの新しいドライバーなのに、夫婦ケンカの元になっちゃった。はぁ～～～ (＠_＠;)

練習が終わってグローブを外したところ手のひらがタコだらけになってるのに気付いた。

興奮のあまり、ついつい握り過ぎてスイングが上手くいかないようだ、と自己分析した。

次の週はラウンドレッスンに参加することになってて、

その前の日に普通のレッスンに出て特訓してた。何とか少し感覚が戻ってきた。

ラウンドレッスンは長太郎カントリークラブというところで行われ、

コーチに頼んで新しいドライバーのデビューを録画してもらっちゃいました。

まだまだ初心者だが、新しいクラブのファイズに大満足！

もっともっと上手になりた～い！頑張るぞ！

ファイズ大好き❤

Perfect rainbow @ Appi Kogen

It's time to paint the balcony of the log house!

An off-routine activity to fill the Golden Week break besides golf :)

According to the house-keeper expert, re-painting the wood once a year will help retain the color of the wood and protect it from rotting-away.

So, Isamu and I decided to give it a try, a new experience for us! :)

We departed for Appi on April 29.

We were so excited to get on the Tohoku Shinkansen, which finally resumed its full dial more than a month after the Great East Earthquake (Mar11).

To our surprise, the Shinkansen was fully-booked. Most passengers got off at Sendai of Miyagi prefecture, one of the hardest-Tsunami-hit areas.

Appi Kogen, though located in Iwate prefecture, is high on the mountain, so unlike the devastating coastal area, it was fortunately unaffected by the Tsunami.

The log house was intact, nothing was out of place.

The balcony-painting was quite fun! （●＾o＾●）We re-painted it 3 times in 3 days in a row to give it a better coating, so that the woods will be well preserved until next year.

During one of our painting session, we were lucky to catch a glimpse of a lovely rainbow. I've never seen such a perfect beautiful arch. Couldn't help to take a movie shot of it ♪

A week passed by in a flash! We missed the barbeque in Appi so much that we decided to do barbeque in our tiny balcony in Tokyo :)

At least no claim nor complaint from the neighbors so far .. so I guess the yummy smell did not offend anyone at all :)

Opening round of 2011

Almost 6 months have passed since our last golf round in Dec.2010.

During the winter months, Isamu and I have been indulging ourselves in backcountry snowboarding.

Now, that spring has come it's golfing time ♪

So, we were very excited for the Golden Week break (Apr.29-May 8). Yes! First round of the year!

I love Appi Kogen Golf Club, particularly at this time of the year when it is cool during day-time, and a little cold at night.

AKGC sits across Mount Iwate and Mount Maemori (where Appi Ski Resort is located), so we can get a luxurious mountaineous view while golfing.

Since it has just opened for the season, we found that some of the bunkers are still covered by snow!!!
AKGC opens from end of April to early December, and is closed during winter months,

giving its ski resort the turn to open.

During a week stay in Appi -besides golfing- we managed to do some balcony-painting to keep the color of the wood fresh and to protect it from rotting away.

It was actually quite fun doing stuff that is away from daily routine.

And of course, yummy barbeque to end the day. yup! lots of meat and veggies to go along with

good wine! this is what i call enjoying life .

*Personal note*

My first round (Apr.30) scored 124 (Ryugamori64/Towada60),

while second round (May 6) scored worse (damn!) 134 (Towada60/Ryugamori74)

My putting reallly sucks .. need to work on it, really .. during one of the long hole (par 5) i ended with a horrible 10 counts and 5 out of it was putting ... :( what a shame!!!