2006-04-27
Progress of spring
As I mentioned before, after the sakura, out come the tsutsuji or azaleas. Finally got round to taking some photos of them. Shrubs of azaleas line the roads in my campus. Red, white and pink (which actually has all three colours) blooms shout out loudly everywhere.
GE
Walkover, no chance to vote.
2006-04-25
CMの歌
最近、気になっているアーティストがある。小田和正だ。「一（はじめ）」緑茶のCMと明治安田生命（保険会社）のCMの曲を聞いて結構いい曲と思って調べたら、なんと両方も同じ小田和正が製作したやないの？緑茶のCMの歌の名前はわからんが、保険会社のCMの歌は「たしかなこと」らしい。いい歌だなあ。
他にはどんな歌を歌っているかな？
Report to write
Okay, have to submit a report by Friday, and I think it's going to take longer than expected... which means that I have to really buck up for the next few days. Ah well, wasted quite a lot of time today reading comics. Which means that there shouldn't be many distractions tomorrow. Hopefully...
2006-04-21
昨日テレビ
昨日テレビ見たら、企業はどうやって新人の研修を行うということが挙げられ、常石造船場のオッサンが取材された。見た瞬間に、懐かしく思った。学部の間、常石で夏期工場実習をさせてもらったときにガス切断と溶接を教えてくれたオッサンだったや！そのまま元気でやっているよね。声とかめっちゃ懐かしかった。研修を受けた人が切断で自分の名前を切って作ったものがテレビに映ったとき、「あ、俺も持っているや、それ」とか思ったし。
つい最近、周りの人は内定とか内々定を貰い始まった。まだ二、三人ぐらいだけどね。ああ、みんな就職いつ決まるかな。難しいけどね、どこに行きたいとかを考えるということ。まあ、ちょっと働いて、転職とかしても全然遅くないと思うけどね。
2006-04-20
つつじ
今、桜の時期はもう終わってしまった。でも、学校のあちらこちらに、つつじが咲き始め、赤いと白い花でいい風景になっているの。ああ、つつじの次はなんでしょう。もう紫陽花？いや、それは六月でしょう。その間に何が咲くでしょう。
とりあえず、今日はやっと来週に出さなきゃあかん仕事に一歩踏み出した。ほぼ一週間ぶりかな。
でも、それより、あと一週間でゴールデンウィークだぜ！！
Election
General elections to be held on May 6.
Hey, that's Golden Week over here. Wonder if the overseas voting will also be on the same day. Hm, wonder who will run in my constituency. No, first let's wonder which constituency I'm in since my place back home sits so near the old constituency boundary.
Just checked, under a GRC. Yes, a new one. Or rather an old one that has had part ot it dissected out. If I lived a little further down the road, I would have been in a new SMC.
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2006-04-18
Some more pen and paper
Found some old papers of mine some time ago, and today finally got round to updating my writing page with some old stuff from long ago. Some of the pieces bring back memories of when I wrote them.
Actually, one of the reasons why I put stuff on the net is to prevent me from losing them. The short pieces I can sometimes recall, but that long piece about leaving? Had been searching for it for some time. The only other hard copy is back in Sg, presumably somewhere in one of my old drawers. Presumably. Anyway, this way, one more backup for me.
2006-04-14
Changing of the guard
So, this year we have 3 new people in our lab. An associate professor, a post-doctorate, and a first-year master's student. The post-doc is arriving in Japan tomorrow, while the other two have already joined our lab. Wonder what this year will be like. The associate prof is a garrulous fellow, alright, a talk with him never seems to end, with conversation topics popping up one after another. As for the 1st-yr master's, definitely highly-motivated and driven. None of that slacker philosophy.
Guess I'll get to meet the post-doc on Monday. One year since I entered this lab, and only one more year for me. How the days fly by. Hope to get more stuff done this year. More of this, more of that, more of everything but lack. Hahaha!
2006-04-12
実験のあと
はい、最近実験ばっかり。疲れた。文句を言っている意味じゃなく、ただ今の状態や。ということで、この二日間ちょっとさぼっとる。研究室にいるけど、仕事を進めない。なぜか毎日結果を見に来る先生もこの二日間、研究結果の話をしない。まあ、新入生のことで忙しいかな、色々で。しかし、そろそろ研究に戻らなくちゃ。月末まで報告書を書かないとあかんし。
今日は研究室の歓迎会。久しぶりに天神に出る。久しぶりと言っても二週間ぶりだけ。でも最近時間が過ぎるのは早い。もう、友達が福岡を去っていた時期が遠く感じる。同時に、昨日まで福岡に居た感じもする。
新しい人との出会いもあるだろう、今年。でも、後一年で消えるんだも、わし。やはり毎日毎日を大切にしよう。思い出だって、なんだろう。憶えている間すごく価値がある。忘れたら、それで終わり。存在しかくなる。でも憶えるか忘れるかのはどう支配する。しかも忘れたら、ある日また思い出すかも。思い出してもまた忘れるかも。虚しいけど実である。
2006-04-08
水上ロボット
水中ビークル？水中なんて要らない。もう、水の上を歩くロボットだってあるじゃん。記事はここだよ。そして、その研究室のホームページ。
2006-04-07
Cherry Blossoms
There are lots of sakura at school and the area around, and in particular there are two rows along one of the roads here, as you can see. These days, families and elderly people from the neighbourhood invade the premises every afternoon and the area feels just like a park. Wonderful. This year, the sakura aren't as fleeting as is usual, they've lasted in top condition for quite a few days now, but still the end is drawing near. 
Petal-strewn path.My place is becoming warm but still cool and now Sakura.sob
You know, Sakura is beautiful because it last only a short time.
We call it 「散り際がいい」.
Enjoy your Sakura life !!
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2006-04-02
Tired
Have had a busy week. After the previous busy weekend, this week kept up the pace. Helped S move on Tuesday, on Wednesday went for the farewell party at church for J and R's family (who are going back to the Philippines), Thursday evening attended a meeting at church, Friday morning sent S to the airport and then helped a senior to clear some stuff from his room, went for worship pratice on Saturday and today after church delivered a sofa left behind by S to a common friend. In between was doing experiments and such. Well, the tasks as such weren't exactly taxing, rather it was the moving around. And driving. Drove around almost every day.
Was good to be busy though.
Saw the new Ito campus today (had to send the sofa there) and M showed me around the place (what's been built so far anyway). Since we were at Itoshima already, went up to Keya for a good dose of coastal scenery. Really strong winds today. A number of surfers were out too.
One of the engineering blocks, presently the only area occupied and functioning.
Coastline as seen from Keya no Oto, skies were rather overcast today.
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