June, 2010

Tuesday, June the 1st, 2010

The first day of the rainy month is fine and rather hot. I don't mean it's too hot for the season, but it has been too cold these days.

It hasn't been so bad so far today. Even the cold is getting better finally.

Wednesday, June the 2nd, 2010

Each of the leaves, each of the greens, are lit by the morning sun shine. Buddha resides in details. Is it unanimous, or ubiquitous?

Thursday, June the 3rd, 2010

I must feel lucky. A big apartment building has been built in the east of the station, which shelters me from the morning sun shine. In spring, it meant nothing, but, as it has become summer, it means a lot; I can feel relieved.

Friday, June the 4th, 2010

A good morning. Not so hot, not so cold. Shaded by the building, waiting at the station is not so stressful as it used to be. I wonder, or wish, something would shade us from everything in business.

"I therefore think it is likely that these 20 percent of the mirror neurons in lateral F5 are the result of the repeated exposure of the animals to the sight of human experimenters using tools. This explanation of Ferrari's findings suggests that mirror neurons can acquire new properties, a key feature to support imitative learning." (Marco Iacooni, "Mirroring People", 2008, Picador, New York, p.42) This suggests that "exposure" has significant meaning for the animals to "acquire new properties, a key feature to support" whatever learning. And a human being is an animal, too. The meaningfulness of exposure might support the usefulness of apprenticeship. And that, in turn, leads us to tie-ups.

Saturday, June the 5th, 2010

An off day. "(W)e are on the receiving end of beauty(.)" (Annie Dillard, 'Pilgrim at Tinker Creek', "Three by Annie Dillard", 2001, Perennial, New York, p.138) Is it just “of beauty” that “we are on the receiving end”? It might be of truth or something different as well.

Annie Dillard continues, "Landscape is the texture of intricacy, and texture is my present subject." (ibid., p.136) "What I want to do, then, is add time to the texture(.)" (ibid., p.138) What is my subject? And what do I want to add to the subject?

Sunday, June the 6th, 2010

Both Omuro Gurutto Map and Decoding Kyoto projects are to develop students' fieldwork competency and English proficiency. The two are also doing their bit for the development and improvement of the local community especially in enhancing multiculturalism and attracting inbound tourism.

Is anonymity in inconsistent with individualism? It seems to me they are in juxtaposition, hand in hand, back to back. Anonymity is unanimity, and vice versa. When does anonymous person stop being closeted and stand up to camp it out? Even when they do it, is it just their low camp has become that of high camp?

Monday, June the 7th, 2010

Greens are getting settled. Not every and each green is standing up, but searching for some middle ground.

Inside the tram is a little bit stuffy. Not so crowded, not so hot, yet it is humid and choking. Are we ready for the coming rainy season?

Tuesday, June the 8th, 2010

Greens have got matured. They have undergone their early adolescence. I'm visiting Osaka City University this afternoon. The collaboration will get matured?

I'm taking the 16:11 local train to be late for the meeting with college professors. The tram I had been going to take was a little bit late, or, maybe, a little bit so early that I should take the next one. I don't know which, but I'm going to be late for about 10 minutes.

Wednesday, June the 9th, 2010

It's cloudy this morning. I feel tired after yesterday's visiting the Univ. And sleepy. Couldn't I sleep well last night? A collaboration always needs cross-cultural understanding. Each community has its own culture.

Thursday, June the 10th, 2010

The Japanese word for “weather” is “ten-ki.” The two Chinese character sometimes pronounced “ten-ke,” and means the heaven's (or the Emperor's) condition. These two days, the heaven's condition has been very hot and clear. However, the ground has had its own problems:

A negative problem was that one answer sheet was missing yesterday. It was not collected by the tag end student, and was not checked or counted properly by the teacher. A positive problem was that I am busy organizing everything for sectoral briefings and mock lectures.

Friday, June the 11th, 2010

A hot morning will lead to the evening welcome/farewell party. Who are taking part in it?

We are having a meeting with Kawai Cram School this afternoon. I am supposed to make contacts with 4 private universities, and a couple of national/public ones. Has career education been ever busier?

Saturday, June the 12th, 2010

It's so hot even from the start of the day. Washings will be dried well. However, marking in the teachers' office will be a tough one.

The intrinsic school identity is needed. Both of International Science High School and Super Science High School are extrinsic. Extrinsic identities, which are usually given by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, by the Board of Education, don't last long, although they bring some budgets. Where do intrinsic school identities come from then? They might come from the school's history. It means some of them come from its alumni, some others from its past teachers, and still some others from its surrounding local communities.

Sunday, June the 13th, 2010

A cloudy morning is having a rainy afternoon.

Monday, June the 14th, 2010

A cloudy morning after a half day's rain. Bird by bird, detail by detail, things are to be described. Otherwise, nothing could be communicated.

Tuesday, June the 15th, 2010

After Kitabatake, Abe? After Abe, Oji? What comes next? I still have stiff shoulders after marking 4 classes of the tests and composing the text over Akiie's death. Its framing is not so bad, but the configuration of its ideas or implications is not enough yet. Do I still have a gut to elaborate the text?

Wednesday, June the 16th, 2010

A cloudy morning after a day's hard raining. Everything is so wet. So is my mind? Not so much.

How about exporting CSV files of semboku_jp and fuko-eiken to Facebook? That doesn't necessarily mean inviting those on the list to Facebook. One of basic operations before one of the possible next steps.

I think I successfully imported semboku_jp into the facebook, without any significant effects though. I don't have to flounder around on the issue. “Let comers come; goers go.” might be the best policy.

Thursday, June the 17th, 2010

A hot fine morning. A break, or a half time, in the rainy season.

I finished editing “Ito Shizuo at Matsumushi-dori” on the morning tram. That was not five minutes' work but easier than 10 minutes'. I finished marking English Expression's tests later in the morning. Today has been a finishing day.

Friday, June the 18th, 2010

A stuffy cloudy morning. It's humid and hot even at the very start of the day. It seems I failed updating the anti-virus soft. The last class day of the week has a rather languid start.

Should I start gathering new materials to cover another story?

I talked with two students over choosing subjects for more than an hour. That was energy-consuming. I just hope it helped the students.

As for DASAI project, I asked the last student to finish the last part of Kishi-no Gohon-matsu. We have to share the finished draft next week first, before we will hand that to ALTs to check it.

Saturday, June the 19th, 2010

A rainy morning. I have to go to school to finish some miscellaneous services, or odd jobs.

A hot cloudy afternoon. It's sweatingly hot.

Phase transition could be found where? Anywhere. "One of the most startling examples in support of this idea is the spontaneous but fully developed sign language created by deaf children in Nicaragua schools in the late 1970s to 1980s. before that time, the deaf in Nicaragua were largely isolated, communicating with friends and family through simple gestures and 'homemade,' ad hoc sign systems. Then the Sandinista revolution encouraged centers for special education of deaf children. Hundreds were enrolled in two schools in the Managua area---a critical mass, it turned out. While interacting in the school yard, on the buses, and in the streets, these children progressively developed a shared sign language by combining gestures from their individual systems. Initially, this was a relatively simple language with a simple grammar and few synonyms---what is called a pidgin language. Later on, younger kids developed a more sophisticated, well-defined, stable, and full-blown sign language that is now known as Idioma de Senas de Nicaragua." (Marco Iacooni, "Mirroring People", 2008, Picador, New York, p.99) This is a good example that polyadelphous ( or many-bodied) system could lead to phase transition. “(J)oint power of imitation and innovation creates communication." (ibid. p.99)

Sunday, June the 20th, 2010

A cloudy messy morning. I watched an art brut TV program this morning. Creating only for their own good sounds both enviable and plaintive. Do I do something even when the deed is just for my own good? It's very cumbersome, isn't it?

Fujiwara Sanesuke, who left his diary Shoyuki (978-1032), was born 1,000 years before my birth, and died in 1046 at the age of 89(?).

Monday, June the 21st, 2010

A possible rainy day? Or just a cloudy morning. The greens are gradually draping the world. The would-be maturation of the green world will lead to the sear heat, won't it?

The end of the day; the end of the burden. Who will benefit whom is another question to be asked. The nest human the benefit would be passed to might be the first who had passed his benefit to the second.

Tuesday, June the 22nd, 2010

A rainy dawn has led to a cloudy commuting hour. It7s very humid.

The tram seems, or feels, more crowded with the humidity. The crowdedness powers the humidity in turn.

A small failure or shortfall of a partner sometimes cost me more than an hour. So did one today. I left school at 19:45. Still there were a lot of students leaving school or finishing their club activities yet.

Wednesday, June the 23rd, 2010

A rainy morning in the rainy season is washing the green leaves. The leaves are shining dimly in the light of the clouded sun. No wonder we are said to live in laurel forests.

A green poster, a tea arbor in a bamboo grove, is out of the opposite tram window. The window is wet with the rain drops. The greens on the poster might be wet with the rain. Greens are being washed in the rain anywhere. It's ubiquitous in this rainy season.

It's so energy-consuming! I have talked with several students after school every after school these days. I left school at 19:15 even today.

Thursday, June the 24th, 2010

Having been washed out, the dense greens look somewhat fresher. Can we expect some better weather today? Can we, in other words, predict a better day in the sky, and on the ground as well.

Friday, June the 25th, 2010

A cloudy green morning. The hotness of the day has been inflated even on my way to school. It will be a hot rainy season day.

Saturday, June the 26th, 2010

It's raining this morning. I have re-validated the anti-virus software.

Sunday, June the 27th, 2010

It's so hot this morning. Occasional breezes give me a relief even at the very beginning of the day. How hot will it become toward the noon? I have a club activity to take care of.

Yesterday's rain, which rained for the whole day, washed the greens. The dense greens look ever refreshed again. The denseness still holds some fresh light greens. Japanese cinnamon trees and fragrant olives are giving their buds out.

The 7:43 tram is not so crowded. 4 of us, its passengers, at first, and 13 when it leaves Ten'noji-ekimae Stop. Unlucky? Never mind! The weather is getting better as the tram leaves the stop, and that makes me mind or regret that I should haven washed more. Never mind?

Monday, June the 28th, 2010

It's so hot this morning. The tram passengers are sweating after some of each commuting. The goal is still several stops away.

I feel tired after yesterday's club. Watching games tires me a lot these days. I might be doing some shadow playing as I watch.

I feel hot, not mentally but physically. It means that it's just so hot, especially after the air-conditioners in teachers' office being turned off. It's usually said that the end of money is the end of love. The end of air conditioner is the end of a hard worker.

Tuesday, June the 29th, 2010

A very hot morning with the heaven almost covered with clouds. That shows we are still in the rainy season, and having the summer just around the corner. No wonder it's so sultry.

The sultriness suggests the coming melting hotness. What does the word “coming” mean here? Within the day? Or about the season? In wither meaning, the word will come true.

Another hot hard work day is over. I am on my way back home on the tram. I'm just afraid of smelling sweaty.