ちくわパン

北海道民のソウルフードらしい。ツナ、ちくわ、マヨ。魚介のダシがたっぷり出ていた！　あっというまになくなるなー。トースター便利！　こんなに焦がすつもりはなかったけど笑

 

Kochia autumn foliage

Autumn foliage of kochia plants (summer cypress).  Never knew about them, but they are beautiful!

コキアという植物の紅葉を見てきましたー綺麗だった！

 

Things to do

• Edit my flyer for the symposium ASAP
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• Make a presentation on my internship by 11/6!
• Add the first offer I got
• remove unrelated things like infographics. 
• Maybe change the theme to autumn?
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• CT GWAS paper by 10/31!
• Waiting or filtering. SNPs.. for the lats time, I hope!!!
• Calc LD
• And re-do GWAS

• Color GWAS paper by 11/31
• Do what I can do after filtering SNPs and redoing GWAS.

• Machine-learning method tryout by 12/31
• Need to get started at least...

Data saved

 Used only less than 70GB this month compared to last month when I used over 100 GB in 29 days!! I wonder what made such a huge difference. Probably because I got a cell phone contract, but it is also just under 7 GB. Maybe decreasing youtube viewing quality helped.  I can save lots of data if I try!

Be realistic and be happy

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200722-how-being-realistic-can-be-key-to-your-wellbeing

A meetup with an old friend after 5 years

Caught up with a friend who is now living very close to my hometown!  She was working in Tokyo for years, but recently moved to my hometown.  I'm glad she is doing well despite the abrupt adverse impact on the industry she works in. 

The last time we met was in Singapore, where she was working as an English teacher and I went there for a short holiday.  It was around 2014 or 2015.. and time flies. We chatted over a cup of  warabimochi matcha tea latte.. An interesting yet tasty drink.  I'm thankful for our long-lasting friendship and for this opportunity to catch up with each other. 

Next time will be in 5 years if we are to follow our tradition.  We both don't know what we will be doing and where by then, and it's exciting.  I hope travel will be easier by that time..

 

インテリアコーディネーター パース教室 背景練習

 一点透視図法をやりましたー

家の図面をもとに描く。図面の単位はミリ。

30°の角度を作る

アイソメ図法というのもあり、それは30°に浮かした◇で描く（下図左）。30°は分度器があればよいが、なければ12 cmの横線をひいてそこから垂直に 7 cmの線を引いて三角形にすれば、30°の角度が出来上がる！

長方形を計らずに分割する

正方形を２分割→対辺どうしを結び、交点が二分割する点。

４分割→２分割を二回する。

３分割→まず２分割の線を入れて、その二分割線と対辺をそれぞれ結ぶと、２つの交点がそれぞれ３分割する点になる！（スゴイ）

方眼紙に位置関係を描く

天井高さは2500ー2700ミリ、

目線は1500ミリ、目線のどこかに焦点（VP）がある。

方眼紙１コマを300ミリとする。

方眼紙横12コマ×縦９コマが一番奥の壁。

８畳の部屋だと、奥行きは横６コマいったところ。

この方眼紙を下に敷いて、白い紙にパース図を描く。

家具を置いていく

１．床に置いてあるものの底面を決める。

２．奥の壁（3600×2700ミリ）に、床に置いてあるものをしかるべき高さで平面で描く。

３．頂点と焦点を結んで、垂直な線は垂直、で、つなげると家具になる。

ポイント：縦線は垂直、横線はすべて焦点とつながる！

窓、ドアの高さは約2000ミリ。

階段は一段の高さが200ミリ、幅は225ミリ。

ソファーは座面が400ミリ、背面は70ミリ。

テレビ台は幅（短辺）が450ミリ。

高さがわかっていると人も入れやすい。

ペン入れはフリーハンドですると味が出る。

水性ペンがよいそうだ。油性ボールペンはインクがぼたっと落ちてきたりするので。

2/3 of October is done? What??

Days pass by in the blink of an eye...

Trying very hard to make the most of it every day.

There are so many things I want to do and so many things I need to do.

I try to focus on just one thing at a time, and then move on to the next.

My mind always wanders and I get tempted to stop what I am doing and switch to something else even though I am almost done.  Write down those popping ideas and try to stick to the current thing till you can say "I did it up to this point."

I want to go hiking to view beautiful fall colors!  Exercise helps clear my mind.  Duh.

 

 

Halloween apartment decoration

Never thought origami would be this fun!

 

Moderately productive week

黄色い彼岸花

ちっちゃなランタナ

飼い猫かのらか…　人が近づいても身動きしないにゃんず

Trying to spend time with a peaceful mind... 

Making some progress on my paper and survey.  It's hard to do two things at the same time.

I have only 100 GB available per month for my work!! It's not a lot if I'm going to search for papers, save files on OneDrive and do a lot of Zoom& Skype meetings.  At least my phone will be using a cellular network soon. I'll turn off video during teleconference, and watch youtube videos at the lowest resolution. I will see how much data I save this month.  I took unlimited data granted in an university apartment, but it's now a precious resource to wisely use throughout the month!

Going to join the local choir again in my hometown. This time I won't have to drive 3 hours both ways to sing for 2 hours. We will be wearing masks while rehearsing.  I'll be interesting to see how it looks like.  Anyway I'm thankful to be able to sing again after 7 months.

 

The dilemma of parents

How do kids deal with the pressure of behaving in a particular way according to their gender and the inner urge to be themselves despite the gender role?

In Japan, many people believe in gender roles, or, in fact, they believe that "many people believe in gender roles, so the easiest way to live is to go along with them."  This stems from a contradiction observed in Japanese society, where activities for women's rights and support for LGBTQ are more widespread than before but at the same time, strong belief in gender roles make it difficult for some children to behave like they truely are.

To understand this phenomenon, let us take a look at the importance of "others' opinions" placed by individuals.  In Japan, "what others might think of you" is the biggest concern, far more important than "how you think of yourself". This is considered to be the result of a long history of group farming that fostered collaborative, communal characteristics of villages for thousands of years. In that society, it was important to work in harmony with others to produce food. If you do something that others might frown upon, they will exclude you from the community and that was detrimental for your survival.  Today, the mentality of "what would others think?" still has a huge influence on people's behavior, even though we are a much more developed society than a village in terms of human rights, social security, and legislation. 

A mother of two asks in a letter: "My son, a five year old, seems to like girlish things like dolls and pink ribbons.  I am concerned because that might make him stand out from the crowd in the kindergarden and some kids may bully him for that.  While I want my kids to express themselves freely, I feel the responsiblity to guide my children so that life will be easier for them.  But it will be difficult for my son if he had to hide who he is. I am torn."

This shows how individuals think "it's OK to express themselves freely and be themselves but the society would not allow it and therefore they wouldn't do it".

Phrases

    live up to society's norms

    stand up for ourselves

    embrace who they are

    reservations - we may not be able to entirely

    step on someone's toes/shoes - to upset someone (esp. by involving in things that are the person's responsibility)

Discussion Questions:

1. What do you think is the best for this mother to do?

2. How long will it take for social norms to change?