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I joined my co-workers for a Sunday barbie down by a park in Odaiba. The weather was great - cloudy!!! Never thought I’d say that but it made it sooo much cooler and survivable - a very welcome change from that skin tanning sunshine that’s been around since July.

I made some tiny burgers because I ran out of meat but I think everyone enjoyed it. There was plenty of food though so I probably brought the right amount.

I’m not sure why, but I’m still amazed by how orderly the Japanese are. Here’s a picture of the barbecue sets all laid out at 3pm, the time when we were scheduled to finish.

There were also endless queues that I dislike very much - fortunately we just had a BBQ so no need to queue for more food!

As in the subject of this post, I bought a new camera from Amazon.co.jp. I sold my old one to Katja so I needed a new (well, actually it’s an old model now) Canon IXY 910IS. It’s pretty much the same as my old camera, but with just a couple more megapixels, slightly wider angle lens, and DIGIC III processor. What better way to test it than to watch the summer fireworks over Tokyo Bay. I took over 300 photos last night but only about 30 of them were half decent. One day I’ll treat myself to a kickass dSLR but for now, here’s a selection of the best I could manage with my new camera:

See Flickr set BBQ and Fireworks for more photos