Passport application for Mariya

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Muravej

Katya had taken Mariya’s photos. I chose one of the files and clipped her face out for her passport. I made a JPG file out of it and took it to a photo shop around 4 PM.

The shop owner received it and made two prints.

I took them to the passport center with the documents I had prepared.

Passport center in Kofu  Passport center in Kofu

They received the documents with no problem except they wanted to know Katya’s cell phone number.

“We will call her later.”

“I can help you. My wife’s Japanese is not perfect.”

“It is OK. We will call her later.”

Right after I left the counter, one of them called Katya, “Do you know that your husband is making a passport for your daughter?”

“Yes, I do.” This was it.

I drove to an ophthalmological clinic to receive my contact lenses (I did not go receive them on Saturday).

Hosoi ophthalmological clinic.

I went back to my office and restarted working.

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Two lectures today; one of them finished

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Muravej

Today is Tuesday, when I have two lectures to teach.

The first one is for graduate students starting at 9 AM. This class is shared by three professors including me. I finished my last 7th tern, so I will not teach this class from next week.

In the afternoon, I am instructing undergraduate students in practical electronics. This class is not exciting, but students are steadily learning.

Anyway, Tuesdays will be easier.

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Preparing for the meeting on Friday

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Muravej

For my scientific project, I am holding general meetings three times a year. The next meeting will be scheduled on this Friday in my institute; I started preparing for this.

I checked the attendees. There will be nearly 30 people. Four officials are coming from a government organization. To all of them, I have sent the schedules.

I have also sent the report I prepared last week.

I planned the arrangement of the room, and I rechecked the party after the meeting.

I hope that everything goes well on Friday.

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Tiring Sunday by cleaning up around the apartments

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Muravej

I normally wake up late on Sunday mornings, but today, before 7 AM as usual, because there was scheduled a clean-up around the apartments by the residents themselves; there are a lot of these occasions in Japan.

The cleaning started at 8 AM. We cleaned the ditch and took off weeds. We made up piles of bags filled with weeds.

I took a shower again. For lunch, we walked down Takeda Street.

Walking down Takeda Street

We arrived at a Nepali restaurant, “New Mahal“, where Katya took a ladies’ set and I a lunch buffet.

Salad and tandoori chicken  Curries and nan

Mariya was a good girl as usual.

Mariya in New Mahal

I wish that the buffet curries were more spicy.

After coming back home, I took a nap while Katya took Maya-san out.

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Mariya’s stuffy nose

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Muravej

In the late afternoon, Katya and I took Mariya to see an otorhinolaryngologist, because Mariya has a cold and has a stuffy nose.

Mariya was treated at the hospital and her nose was cleared. The doctor told us how to clear the nose, and we bought a tube for it.

In the afternoon, I cleaned Mariya’s nose. It seems that she is feeling better.

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Mariya crawls

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Muravej

Mariya is getting good at crawling. Katya showed her on skype to her parents using iPhone.

Mariya crawls  Mariya crawls

She came and bit the string attached to my camera.

Mariya bites a string

She likes strings and cords these days.

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Submitting a report and making an instrument

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Muravej

Yesterday, after the seminar, I received a response from the governmental office telling me that they are not allowed to download files from free storage sites. It is reasonable, so I made the file separated into three and sent them by e-mail first.

An officer said the report was fine, so I print it out, signed on it, and sent it by mail.

A researcher came from Shimadzu. We worked on our instrument under development.

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Seminar and meeting in Tokyo

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Muravej

I continued copying and pasting.

At 2 AM, a mail arrived from a Mexican friend working for a French university; he invited me to the defense of his Chinese  PhD student, and the date of defense was decided on September 18th. So I will visit France in September.

I finished the report at 4 AM. I uploaded the file to a free storage site and sent the url to the governmental institute asking to download it to check.

I came back home, took Maya-san for a morning walk, and left for Tokyo for a seminar of a graphic software I am using.

I slept in the train.

I got off at Hamamatsu-cho and walked by Zojo-ji Temple.

Zojo-ji, Shiba

I arrived at Mielparque Tokyo at 10 AM, just in time of the seminar.

Mielparque　Tokyo

There were three students of mine. In the morning, I did not sleep.

I bought students lunch at Kobe Rampu-tei.

Kobe Lamp-tei

I got sleepy and slept in Starbucks.

Cafe Latte, Starbucks

Then I slept in the seminar.

After the seminar, I went to a real-estate managing company in Honan-cho to talk about an annual meeting for the owners of the apartment in Nakaochiai. I stayed there for an hour for the discussion.

Then I took a train back to Kofu, in which I slept.

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Stay in the office for a report

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Muravej

I had two classes to teach today. I like the classes and students seem to understand me.

I then started preparing a report of my project in the academic year 2012 (meaning from April 2012 to March 2013).  It was not too difficult because I just copy and paste and adjust lines and change fonts and copy and paste and adjust pictures, and so on.

I came back to the apartment at 7 PM for dinner and Mariya’s bathing. Then I took a nap.

I came back to my office and am copying and pasting and adjusting.

 

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Mariya’s Passport

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Muravej

In the morning, I took the Chinese roast pork out from the pot. They seemed to be well done.

Chinese roast pork

For Mariya’s passport, I went to the city hall in the evening.

Kofu city hall  Kofu City Hall inside

The building was fully renewed this year. I received Mariya’s resident proof.

After the city hall, I went to the prefecture passport center.

Yamanashi Passport Center

The office was closing, so I only received the application forms.

I went to a DIY shop, D2, to change the battery of my watch, but they only accept watches they have sold.

D2 in Kofu

So I drove to “Yamako Department Store” in front of Kofu Station.

Yamako Department Store

On the first floor, there was a small watch shop, so I had the battery of the watch changed. It cost 1,050 yen, a bit expensive, but my watch works properly now.

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