Dieter’s Birthday Party 2001, Pt. 3. Tokyo, Japan.

 January 15, 2001  Posted in Uncategorized

Until this point the images have been taken with my Nikon CoolPix 800. With its 2 megapixel CCD, the images did not come up too well, especially with the low-light situation at the party room…

Tatsuya Kawaguchi of Kimoto had recently bought the BRAND-NEW 4 megapixel Fuji camera, the FinePix 4900Z:

The following pictures are all taken with this camera, far superior than the Nikon… only complaint I had? It uses way TOO MUCH juice- during the whole night while I was using the same batteries on my CoolPix 800, Tatsuya had to charge / recharge his batteries over 3 times… oh yeah and it uses SMART MEDIA…

Andreas explaining the present Trevor and he had decided for Deieter – For many years Dieter has been carrying his telephone list in his pocket, which consists of handwritten notes over the years.
Trevor demonstrated the present – a custom-printed copy of Dieter’s phone list, pocket size, as well as a framed copy for his office.

What is interesting is the PRESENTATION. And look here – this is how you “access” your phone book! Trevor showed Dieter a new PDA, and started to demonstrate how to use the electronic features on this gadget (NOTE: Dieter does not like electronic gadgets)…
And look here – this is how you “access” your phone book!
What a surprise…
“For all these years I’ve been in the digital industry, one thing that never failed me is my ANALOG phone list…”
My brother Kevin and I
Ms. Ando and Ms. Minato has helped Dieter for many years with the friendly association between Kimoto and CGS… here you see them presenting a present from Kimoto employees – a bouquet of flowers…
… and a Missoni (read: EXPENSIVE) sweater…
Renee Purro from Trader Vic’s presented Dieter with a special key chain…
Another one of Dieter’s old friend, Mr. Suetake gave him a very beautiful scarf on his birthday…
Stephan Koller from A. Koller AG and Professor Hama from Japan Printing Academy…
Martin Koller of A. Koller AG, Switzerland, presenting Dieter none other than… a Swiss Army Knife! I wonder if it has a corkscrew attachment or not…
The Koller brothers, Martin and Stephan, whom Dieter have known since they were young boys…
Mr. Arakawa and Mr. Suetake, whom my mother told me were truly kind to her during the many years she’s known Dieter… THANK YOU.
Kevin and Mr. Takeda
Rand knows what his boss enjoys in life, so he presented him a bottle of fine Italian wine…