Categories
Tags
apartment Chinese company conference dinner earthquake English graduation Gusto holiday hotel institute instrument Katya Kofu Kofu station Kyoto lecture Mariya Maya-san meeting mini Natalia office paper parents party presentation professor project research researcher restaurant school Shimosuwa smart student teacher Tennis Tokube Tokyo trip university Vladivostok walkRecent Comments
- Muravej on Aquariums
- Andrew on Aquariums
- Muravej on Preparing all day for the presentation
- AdelaideBen on Preparing all day for the presentation
- Muravej on Lazy second day in Hatsushima
- AdelaideBen on Lazy second day in Hatsushima
- Muravej on Happy Birthday, Mariya, on the One-month Old Birthday
- Sonia Sharmin on Happy Birthday, Mariya, on the One-month Old Birthday
- Muravej on Welcome home, Mariya
- AdelaideBen on Welcome home, Mariya
blogroll
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Last day of the conference
I checked out the hotel and walked to the convention center. I was there till 2 PM, and left for Hamamatsu Station. I bought tickets to Kofu via Shizuoka. I took a bullet train to Shizuoka and changed to “Fujikawa” an express train, which runs on Minobu line. Minobu line was destroyed by a typhoon on September 21, 2011 and had not been used till March 17, 2012. In the train, there was an announcement telling how the railways were repaired. Fujikawa is known for its switchback. I arrived in Kofu at 6 PM. Katya and Maya-san came to pick me up. At home, I gave Katya green-tea puddings. They tasted … Continue reading
Posted in Daily life, Katya, Maya-san, Science and Technology
Tagged bullet train, convention, hotel, Katya, Kofu, Mamamatsu, Maya-san, Shizuoka
Leave a comment
Second day of the conference
In the morning, I did not have my suit yet. After the morning talks, I went back to the hotel. My suit was there from Nagoya Station. So in the afternoon, I was wearing it. From 6 PM, there was a party for the participants. I met a lot of my old friends there.
Posted in Daily life, Science and Technology, Trip
Tagged conference, hotel, Nagoya, participant, party
Leave a comment
First day of the conference
I woke up and called to Nagoya station, asking about my suitcase left in a bullet train. “Sorry, the store room opens at 1 PM”. I did not know why they close it till afternoon, but I told them that I would call again in the afternoon. I had breakfast and left the hotel. I walked to the convention center “ACT CITY HAMAMATSU“. The problem was that I was going to chair the first four talks at the conference in the morning. A student of my institute let me use his jacket, so I did not look so humble as a chairman. I stayed listening to the presentations in the … Continue reading
Posted in Daily life, Liesure, Restaurant, Science and Technology, teaching, Trip
Tagged bullet train, colleague, conference, convention, dinner, hotel, institute, Nagoya, presentation, student, teacher
Leave a comment
Business trip to Hamamatsu
After staying overnight in the office, I came back home at 7 AM and slept for 20 minutes. Then I left home to my office. Today, I was going to go to Hamamatsu for a conference, so I kept working hard. I came back home from the office at 7 PM. After I had dinner, I packed my suitcase. Katya took me to Kofu station. The train left Kofu for Hachioji, Shin-Yokohama, and Hamamatsu. In the bullet train from Shin-Yokohama Station, cars were full and I was not able to find a seat, so I kept standing for 30 min. From Shizuoka Station, I was sitting down and went to sleep. … Continue reading
Posted in Daily life, Katya, Science and Technology, Trip
Tagged business trip, conference, Hamamatsu, hotel, Katya, office
Leave a comment
Staying in the office
I will be leaving for a business trip tomorrow. So many things to be done! After dinner, I came back to my office. I will be working all tonight.
Posted in Daily life, Science and Technology
Tagged business trip, conference, office
Leave a comment
ReRehearsal for the conference presentation
After the meeting from 9 to 11 AM, I started working with my duties. From 3:30 to 7:30 PM, there was a rehearsal again of the four students who are presenting at a conference starting in a few days. Gee, I am joining the conference, too, and before the conference, I need to finish a lot of works, but I did not have enough time to work today. I will work hard tomorrow.
Posted in Daily life, Science and Technology, teaching
Tagged conference, duty, meeting, rehearsal
Leave a comment
Strawberry Hunting
In the morning, Katya, Maya-san, and I headed for a greenhouse farm, “Dei Kinue Noh-en (Dei Kinue’s Orchard)” for what is called a “strawberry hunt”, picking up strawberries in the greenhouse and eat them there. There are ten strawberry farms in this area, but we normally visit this one because they cultivate strawberries completely organically with no agrochemical at al, which is extremely uncommon for strawberries. And they let dogs to eat berries, too. It is not easy to reserve a “hunt”, because the amount of strawberries for hunting is very limited. In an average, 10 people are allowed in a week to a green house. If you make a reservation, … Continue reading
Posted in Daily life, Katya, Liesure, Maya-san, Trip
Tagged Dei Kinue Noh-en, Katya, Maya-san, Strawberry Hunt
Leave a comment
Student’s parents meet me
The parents of my Ph. D student living in Shzuoka prefecture have been in Kofu for a couple of days to attend his graduation and to help him move from his apartment. This evening, they visited me. It was my first time to meet them. We had a pleasant conversation. I wished luck to my students. The parents gave souvenirs to me and to Katya. A bottle of sake, “Isojiman“, for me. For Katya, a box of strawberries, “Akihime“. . They were very big and sweat.
Posted in Apartment, Daily life, Katya, teaching
Tagged apartment, graduation, Katya, Kofu, parent, Ph. D, sake, Shizuoka, strawberry, student
Leave a comment