Archive for ‘ July, 2009 ’
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Now in Big Apple…
I arrived at the hotel in New York City after midnight. The flight from Vancouver was delayed about 1.5 hours and I had to wait for the ca…
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It is HOT and HUMID in Vancouver!
We broke the record for high temperature in Vancouver this week. It has been over 30 degrees celcius and yesterday, Wednesday, July …
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Lost in translation and/or gap in perception?
I realize how difficult the communication and mutual understanding is, from various news such as the incident with the black Harvard Unive…
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Table for Two event on August 5
I have written about the NPO, Table for Two, a few times. They will hold the fund raising event on Wednesday, August 5, from 7:30 p.m. to…
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Now back in British Columbia..
I came back to British Columbia late last night-Friday, July 24, local time. It took almost 24 hours door to door, as I came to Vancouve…
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A week full of activities in Tokyo
The past week has been quite full with many activities. The first priority and the major reason for being in Tokyo was to review/revise t…
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Apollo 11 and Walter Cronkite
Today(July 20th) marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. I recall the excitement on the day and the famous phras…
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Jet lag…
When your activities cover many different places, you are bound to have some jet lag here and there. I have been back to Tokyo for five da…
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Tokyo in the heat!–feel the difference.
On the day after I came back to Tokyo, the announcement (these days, not official, but informal!) that the rainy season has ended was mad…
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Back in Tokyo…
I came back to Tokyo yesterday to go straight to the meeting for reviewing/planning the book. The weather in Tokyo is quite different fr…