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Tsukuba Science City: 08/2006
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On Friday we had a farewell karaoke party for Douglas who is returning home after working with us at AIST for two months. It was lots of fun. And the Japanese are great at karaoke. And we were able to detect many “interest points” in the pieces. Here are some pictures. And that’s me, singing the Beatles “Yesterday”, probably with my mic turned off. Hiro was so nice to help me out with that difficult song. And this is what is what we were looking at . random videos with subtitles. Last weekend we had a ca...
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Tsukuba Science City: 24 Hours
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In about 24 hours I’ll have passed through the passport control at Narita airport. I’m in a very odd mood. I’m extremely excited about seeing those that matter most to me again. But part of me wants to stay here and does not want to leave. Last night my work colleagues celebrated my farewell (this time really). I’ll miss them. I’d like to take them with me. Here is a picture taken last night. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). London, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Things to do in Tokyo.
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Tsukuba Science City: 09/2006
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I just got back from my first honeymoon. Gwen and I spent two wonderful weeks mainly in Tokyo and Kyoto area. Back in the office my todo list seems long enough to keep me occupied for the rest of the year, but my head is still full of wonderful memories. Each piece was different and more delicious than the previous. The fish was so fresh that it was almost scary. We had our own cook and were sitting right in front of him! Of course not all Japanese are so friendly. In particular we noticed some rathe...
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Tsukuba Science City: 06/2006
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Wow, 3 months have passed like 3 weeks. Saturday I'm Vienna. I might not have many chances to check my emails until Monday in a week. Last weekend Doug, his wife, another American, and me walked up the Tsukuba hill (. Here are some pictures. The first is the karaoke machine (the phone book is a book full of Japanese songs). The second shows the car which that plant was trying to cover up. (Unfortunately the gardeners recently decided to stop it.) The rest of the pictures is from the walk. Anyway, what I ...
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Tsukuba Science City: 03/2007
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It's been exactly one year now since my arrival. I remember that the first thing I did after my arrival was to start working on a paper for a conference. Right now I'm working on a paper for the exactly same conference. Some things never change :-). When I first visited Japan (in 2002) I was very fascinated but I felt that it isn't a place I would want to live forever. I still feel the same way. I'll always be happy to come back, but it's not my world. A picture I took on my way to work today. I bet you ...
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Tsukuba Science City: 02/2007
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I took this picture just a few seconds ago, right after sunset. Its the view from my window. As usual my camera didn't get the colors right, but it might give you an idea of what the real thing looked like :-). Danke an alle die mir letzte Woche Interviews gegeben haben! Ich hab schon angefangen die Ergebnisse auszuwerten und find sie total spannend. Ich hab dank euch eine Menge gelernt. Und es war schön wieder daheim vorbei zuschauen und alle wieder zu sehen :-). Meine nächsten zwei Monate werden chotto...
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Tsukuba Science City: 04/2007
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In about 24 hours I’ll have passed through the passport control at Narita airport. I’m in a very odd mood. I’m extremely excited about seeing those that matter most to me again. But part of me wants to stay here and does not want to leave. Last night my work colleagues celebrated my farewell (this time really). I’ll miss them. I’d like to take them with me. Here is a picture taken last night. Food models as can be seen at most restaurants]. One of the coolest children playgrounds in the world]. Just in c...
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Tsukuba Science City: Things to do in Tokyo
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Things to do in Tokyo. Yesterday I had a great time walking around in Tokyo with Sebastian and Bee Suan. If you ever get a chance to visit Tokyo, I’d recommend:. If you can handle it (many think these videos are disgusting and disturbing), you might want to see how some Japanese like to eat fish: video. If I understood this correctly, it's all about demonstrating that the fish is as fresh as it can be. This comes in many variations, if you search for "living sashimi" you should find many more videos.
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Tsukuba Science City: Pictures
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I got less than a week now. The minutes are flying by like seconds. Here are some pictures taken last week while I was traveling around with my parents. Celebrating the cherry blossoms in Tokyo: picnicking under the trees on blue mats, as seen from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building]. Food models as can be seen at most restaurants]. One of the coolest children playgrounds in the world]. Tokyo by night as seen from Tokyo Tower]. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). London, United Kingdom.
