Sunday

高菜まんじゅう

Should archeologists be always be allowed to excavate tombs and burial grounds?  Not really. It should be up to the people who take care of the place.  If the place is sacred and should not be touched or explored, then archeologists should not be allowed. If it's a private place that they want to keep it closed to the public, their intention should be respected.  The idea of 'studying history by excavation' may not be shared worldwide. Some people may think that things of the past should be left as they are.

hunch - intuition

He belives her hunch about Cleopatra's tomb speculated to be very close.

  

 

 

A Rainy Cool Friday

いけるの難しい

The following day of 1-2 am meeting with 7-10 am internship work. I need to make up for the lack of sleep somewhere.  Just 15 more hours to go until I finish my internship!! It was a long journey.

I get distracted so easily whenever I'm doing whatever... leaving everything hanging. 

I think I should aim at one small goal at a time and at the end be able to say "I finished this today!" not to get lost.

There are so many things to be done at the same time, but you can do only one thing at a time.

Back to work Thursday

Muscat grapes that my grandfather grew! 

 

Had a meeting with my advisor and planned what I am going to do this semester. 3 projects to finish!! Should print out my timeline..

Tried my best to create a survey using Qualtrics.  It's a heavy program, but easy to navigate and customize my survey.

Just 2 sentences, but it took me a whole day!! 

お花たち

カラフルな実がなる木

Hopefully the typhoons will bring cooler weather

Skies look beautiful after the passage of a typhoon.  It might have been windy, but it didn't rain much and it was OK.  Just a cool night.

Drew images of STRUCTURE analyses by Excel!  I didn't have to use complex program like distruct. Sometimes things will get easy if I go back to the basic.  I can adjust and change things much more easily using Excel.  Feeling good that I was able to write a lot today.

Two more weeks of internship to go!!  I think I will organize my files and folders for those who will take over my project and finish up writing my article, I think... Starting at 7 am is much much better than at 6 am! 

There were some events that made me realize health is wealth.  It's hard to change what people are used to, on the other hand.  It may be better to let them do as they please because life is limited anyway and you just need to hit the right balance of enjoying life and staying healthy, and people themselves decide what the right balance is, nobody else.  

Sitting all day working on the computer is no good for my back and health in general!  At least I get to go out tomorrow evening. 

Witnessed an exceptional talk by the greatest, smartest, and kindest labmate of mine!! Very impressive research done, both incredible quality and quantity. I'm so happy for her!!  It's too bad that I can't see her in person, but I'm sending her best wishes whatever her next journey is.  The next one to give a defense seminar is me...!  I hope it'll be a remote one. It's much less unnerving.  People are moving on to the next stage of their lives.. 

I want to try Orbis personal color exam..

I need to send email to USDBC...

And try using Qualtrics again! 

Got a CPT, made figures, and took a cool evening walk, ,

台風来そうなそら

鶏のからあげ

CPTをもらった！！

何としても今日もらわねば明日仕事ができないという危機的状況だったのでよかった。問い合わせしたら、今日処理しようと思って手元に持ってるよと言われた…し、すぐ作ってもらえたのでよかったけど、私がもし問い合わせしなかったらどうなっていただろう？　留学生課が忙しいのもとてもよくわかる！しかしぜひとも間違いなく出してほしい…　8月12日にお願いして、二度目の催促もしている、加えてこれがないと不法労働になってしまい、インターン先にも迷惑がかかるのだ！　空港に遅れて着いたほうが優先されて得をするような感じだ。これでもしもらえなくても私のプッシュが甘かったという私の責任になるんだよなー。いい文化のような、悪い文化のような。とにかく case specific, 問題が起きてから対処する、問題が起きて困る人の責任、となる。まあいいか…　未曽有の事態なのだから、とりあえず不法労働をまぬかれただけでもよしとしよう。

二時に起きて問い合わせしたので眠いですーと言ったら、インターン先のボスがお休みさせてくれた…とてもありがたかった。そして11時半まで寝てしまい一日が短かった。。

図表を作成しながら考える。STRUCTURE results can be visualized via Excel too.  I'll compare K=2 and K=3 side by side and see what K=3 can mean to breeding populations and more indigenous populations. 

二代目のパソコンをモニター代わりに使う方法がわかった！！

  

If I did not talked to one of the advisor at OISS, I wouldn't have gotten my CPT on time.  It might have been forgotten altogether. It's my responsibility to make sure it gets processed even though I emailed them many times and reminded them about it weeks ago.  The closest deadline gets the highest priority, and so asking them in advance doesn't really work. OK..  But what if there was a mistake in the required documents and I need to get additional info from someone else? If my documents get reviewed only a day before, there is no way for me to get the documents corrected and get my CPT on time. And who is going to take the blame??  Trying not to think about it too much, but can't help, kind of...

Thankfully, my internship boss let me take a day off and sleep in, saying that it's better to have enough sleep and feel fresh when working.  It's very kind of him!! I was able to sleep well, finally, and got up only at 11:30!  I felt productive, doing analyses on population structure of my yellow bean panel and providing cooking time data of two reps.

I need to make a presentation about my internship as well!  Wave sounds are really nice background music to have while working.  Restless waves are calming, and masks the cooling sound of my laptops.

Walked for 30 min.  It was cool due to a typhoon approaching, but it's still humid and I was sweating when I came home.  It's much easier to walk around because there are less people on the road than Tokyo and the roads are wide enough.  I hope it will get cooler after the two typhoons come and go. 

Plans

September - Deadline to finish graphic design online course. Also want to finish writing paper 1. And draft my survey with Quatrics.  Finish internhip.

October - finish Nutrition and Cancer course. Start writing paper 2.  Start the survey.  

もう九月！！もう火曜日！！

あゆちゃん

けんちん汁

夜ミーティングあってその翌日朝6時からインターンですごく眠い。。。トクホ、FDAのヘルスクレームについてとりあえず作文する。知っていると書けるは違うモノ。

Today's phrases

Breakthroughs are a result of careful observations and keen itnerest in something unusual.  If Dr. Leadbetter had dismissed the black solid material he found upon return as mere garbage, this discovery would have never happened.

It would have been difficult even if it was in their native language because there are a lot of chemistry. 

STRUCTURE results visualized via distruct!!

コードを動かしてもうんともすんとも言わず、おかしいな？としばらく奮闘したら、ファイル名が長すぎるという落ちだった。エラー出してくれ！！

今日はけんちん汁、鳥のから揚げ、サラダ、カツオのたたきだった。毎度毎度、ありがたい……。おいしい……

台風が来るので庭木を家の中に入れる手伝いと食後の片づけをした。こんな感じでいいのかしら…　妹の結婚式の写真700枚も見て、おなかいっぱいです。

果物が高いーー　オーストラリア産オレンジが唯一手の届く果物かな。でも海鮮、珍味がたくさんあって天国だー　薬局で売ってた360 g 1000円のプロテインを買ってみようか…　マイプロテインのお試しセット1 kg 1890円でシェイカーまでついてくるのがあるけど、味がどんななのか分からないからなー。

ラボミーティング始まりまーす。

台風が来るので涼しくなるらしい。嬉しいな！！