Re:[AGA-Member] Ben and Ricky Update

[Yamamoto <eishi@s8.dion.ne.jp>]

We  all  surely  had  a  great  time  at  the  Nature  Aquarium  Party !

I  myself  enjoyed  getting  acquainted  with  and  talking  with  
Oliver,  Luca,  Georgio,  Hajime,  Yoshinori (the  latter  two  guys  
are  ADA  staff  members.  Both  are  real  nice  guys ) and  some  
other  people.  Oliver  taught  me  a  lot  of  aquatic  matters.  Luca 
 is  a  real  friendly,  good- natured  man.  Georgio  who  happened  
to  be  a  judge  of  the  layout  contest  this  year,  too,  as  a  
recognized  authority,  did  a  good  job,  I  guess.    He  is  very  
friendly  and  enthusiastic,  too.

You  know  something ?  Ricky  did  a  excellent  job  in  the  rock  
arrangement  contest,  completing  the  aquascaping  in  a  17  gallon  
tank  with  several  rocks  and  some  bright  sand  in  40  minutes  
wearing  a  pair  of  cotton  work  gloves   in  the  party  hall.  
Yes,  It's  6  competitor's  improvisation  that  matters.    Ricky  
won  the  prize  of  2nd  place !!
Of  course,  He  gained  a  fabulous  prize  of  the  winner,  electric 
 timer.
The  most " busy  man " was  Ben.   Listening  to  both  comments   for 
 each  competitor's  aquascaping   given  by  the  judges  on  the  
podium  and  the  6  contestant's  behaviors  in  the  back  of  the  
audience  at  the  same  time.
Walking  around  here  and  there,  back  and  forth,  taking  hundreds 
 of  pictures  with  his  big  digital  camera.  You'll  be  able  to  
take  a  look  at  all  the  pics  pretty  soon.    Just  wait !!

After  the  short  bus  tour  in  central Tokyo,   which  I didn't  
attend )    we  all  gathered  to  an  well  known  aquarium  shop  in  
the  very  heart  of  ginza,  named  " An  aquarium " owned  by  
Noriyuki  Shito,  a  student  of  Mr. Amano.
They  all  seemed  to  be  getting  the  feel  of  the  nice  cozy  
store  and  getting  into  the  spirit  of  Noriyuki's   collection,  
sophisticated  aquatic  plants,  dwarf  chiclids   and  ADA  products.

They  are  getting  ready  for  the  tour  to  Niigata  where  they  
have  huge  Nature  Aquarium  Gallery
and  big  biotope  in  it's  backyard.    leaving  Tokyo  tomorrow  
morning.   I  have  never  been  there
before  and  I'm  so  jealous !!   I  couldn't  get  the  day  off  for 
 the  tour.

Have  a  good  night  sleep,  Ricky,  Ben,  relaxing.

Now  let's  enjoy  Ben  and  Ricky's  " Japan  Report  with  pics "  
together,  everyone !!
It's  coming  soon.

Eishi


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