http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/rss astro_yoshi's latest journal entries Lang-8 Inc. Sat May 25 09:43:26 UTC 2013 Sat May 25 09:43:26 UTC 2013 Lang-8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lang-8 "Here you go again." I thought it when I received her mail. I had had similar problem many times in my life. The world must be filled with malevolence.
Although I'm still angry, I know it's a wasting of time. I'll plot my next move soon.

Posted at Fri Jul 06 15:51:11 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1567251 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1567251 astro_yoshi Fri Jul 06 15:51:11 UTC 2012
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]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1560532 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1560532 astro_yoshi Mon Jul 02 17:04:50 UTC 2012
Posted at Thu Jun 28 10:53:59 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1553176 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1553176 astro_yoshi Thu Jun 28 10:53:59 UTC 2012 I brought a PC which was installed windows for Japanese.
Unfortunately, it crashed and I had to buy new one.
Although it is not impossible to buy Japanese one in the UK, it was not affordable for me.
I bought new cheap one which was installed windows for English.
Of course, we can use Japaneses on it; read and write. However some software makes character corruption.
The iTunes did not deal with Japanese song name correctly. The video studio did not load video files correctly.
After coming to the UK, I did not use Japanese file name. Then it was ok. However, my old files sometimes use Japanese as a file name or directory name.
I was confused. Then I looked for solutions on the web and I found it; it said that I have to change "system allocation" setting from English to Japanese.
I tried and all problems were straightened out. I did not look them.

Posted at Sun Jun 24 14:35:32 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1546430 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1546430 astro_yoshi Sun Jun 24 14:35:32 UTC 2012
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]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1536375 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1536375 astro_yoshi Mon Jun 18 07:34:41 UTC 2012 phone was better for it, I'm poor at talking on a phone in English.  But I did not get any replies by the time for leaving my flat for the aerodrome.  I could not help phoning to confirm it.  Someone on the phone said that all flight scheduled on today would be canceled.  I booked special training today, then I asked him to move the booking to another day.  He asked when I want to have it then I asked him to book it on the next Saturday.  He asked me which airplane I want to use.  I asked him which ones will be available on the day.  He showed the registration numbers of them to be free and I chose one of them, which I often used.  It seemed that the rearrangement was performed correctly, but I did I not confirm I said my intentions correctly.  Then I sent a mail to confirm that the change was done correctly.  He replied that it was ok.  It is still hard job to talk on a phone.

Posted at Sun Jun 17 17:33:16 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1535635 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1535635 astro_yoshi Sun Jun 17 17:33:16 UTC 2012
Posted at Wed Jun 06 09:07:08 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1515636 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1515636 astro_yoshi Wed Jun 06 09:07:08 UTC 2012
I have something to ask you.
I heard that my friend's mother suffering from serious disease.
I heard the fact from our mutual friend.
(It is no problem for us.)

She is Russian and we talk in English each other. (She does not know Japanese)
I want to send a mail to her and say something.

However, I don't know rules how I can say in this stiation.

Could you give me some advice?

Thank　you.

Posted at Mon May 28 19:48:08 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1500543 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1500543 astro_yoshi Mon May 28 19:48:08 UTC 2012
I was taking photos on a road.  Someone behind me asked me what I was taking.  It was natural that he wonder what I was doing because my camera faced empty sky.  I answered that I was taking vapor tails on the sky.  There are many vapor tails on the sky in London.  It is beautiful for me and I love seeing it.  Recently, the wether getting better and I often see them.  I'm happy to see them.

Posted at Sun May 27 21:27:17 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1498905 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1498905 astro_yoshi Sun May 27 21:27:17 UTC 2012
Posted at Sun May 27 21:18:31 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1498901 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1498901 astro_yoshi Sun May 27 21:18:31 UTC 2012 He came to the UK with his family and stained in London only two nights.  So he did not have enough time to meet me.  But I went to the hotel which he staid and met him.  Although it was about 10 minutes, we talked each other and took a photo.  I'm happy to meet him in London!

Posted at Sun May 27 21:17:18 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1498899 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1498899 astro_yoshi Sun May 27 21:17:18 UTC 2012
Posted at Thu May 10 15:28:26 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1470069 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1470069 astro_yoshi Thu May 10 15:28:26 UTC 2012
My friends from Japan stayed my flat for a week. Although they were interested in the London marathon, they did not know when it would be held. I checked it on the web and found that it would be held on the Sunday when they stayed in London by chance. So we changed our plan on Sunday to see it.
One of my friends had not seen Big ben, yet. Then, we decided to go Westminster Bridge, which was located just beside of the Big ben, to see the marathon. We got up early to enjoy sightseeing before enjoying marathon. We got off a tube at Leister square station and walked to Westminster Bridge. When we passed in front of St Martin's in the Fields, we heard hymns by chance. It was a time to start a service. The hymns with sounds of a pipe organ were so sublime. After enjoying the sounds, we went to Westminster Bridge through Trafalgar square and Admiralty Arch. We took photos in front of them and Big ben, we moved beside of the course of the marathon. It was not busy yet, because it was so early to see the marathon there; it was 9 p.m. when is the stating time of the marathon. We got a good position which was located at the corner of the course just behind TV crews and professional photographers. When the first runner came, there were dense crowd of people behind us. We got a best position to see it and we could see the runners who were far from us, they run to just in front of us and turned to left before the nose of us.
The game was impressive. Many runners run and many many peoples cheered along the course. It was not a mere sports event, but a kind of a festival. We were lucky to have an oppotunity to enjoy such festival.


Posted at Tue May 01 14:24:25 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1454262 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1454262 astro_yoshi Tue May 01 14:24:25 UTC 2012 After finishing world war II, Japan have recovered from the devastation by instructions of the US. Then we Japanese have been affected by the US so much and tend to deal with it as world standard. I moved to the UK and found that the US is not always standard. I got my job in the UK by chance. It was a good opportunity to make me know the largeness and diversity of the world.

Posted at Mon Apr 30 22:00:27 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1452961 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1452961 astro_yoshi Mon Apr 30 22:00:27 UTC 2012
Posted at Sat Apr 28 22:17:19 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1449692 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1449692 astro_yoshi Sat Apr 28 22:17:19 UTC 2012

My friends from Japan stayed my flat for a week. They wantede to enjoy walking in country side. I asked my colleague, who loves walking, where we should go. He gave me a map for walking; it showed a walking course in the northern London. He said that the course was suitable for beginner to enjoy walking in the UK.
Saturday morning, we went to the starting point of the course by tubes. The course went through the small forest. Some families enjoyed walking with their dogs. We strolled through the forest with their dogs. The sights were so beautiful and we enjoyed one of the British cultures.
After the walking, I took them to a tea room. There was an important British culture which I wanted to introduce them. It was "Cream tea". There was a good tea room near my flat. They served delicious cream tea. Cream tea is a set of the foods which is composed of scones, clotted cream, jam, and a cup of tea. Not all tea room serve both delicious scones and tea. But the tea room serves good ones. Of course, they did not know it and this was their first time to enjoy cream teas. They were surprised because it was so delicious. I was happy that they enjoyed some part of British cultures.


Posted at Sat Apr 28 21:40:18 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1449671 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1449671 astro_yoshi Sat Apr 28 21:40:18 UTC 2012
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Posted at Sat Apr 28 20:35:04 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1449627 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1449627 astro_yoshi Sat Apr 28 20:35:04 UTC 2012
A new aviation chart was published in the UK. It is composed two seats; one is normal one and the other is specialized for the Olympic season. A large flight restricted zone was established around London in the latter chart. It includes my home aerodrome then my flight will be restricted during the Olympic games. I felt that the season was getting close.

Posted at Sun Apr 15 19:03:01 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1425617 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1425617 astro_yoshi Sun Apr 15 19:03:01 UTC 2012
The last night in the Netherland, I had dinner at the restaurant next to the B and B I visited. A waiter showed me a menu and said please told him if I wanted to be explained it in English because it w written in Netherlandish. I asked him which is the most Netherlandish foods. He pointed one name which was listed on the top of the menu. He explained as follows; it was a dish made of chicken with peanut source; fried potato would be added as a side dish. I thought that it might be similar to a kind of roast chicken. I ordered it because he said it was Netherlandish food, although I did not want to eat a roast chicken because I ate it two days before. Fifteen minutes later, the dish was served. It was not a roast chicken, but a food liked a "Yakitori", which was one if the traditional Japanese foods. But there was a big difference; we Japanese don't use peanuts source for Yakitori. It was delicious! The source tasted not only peanuts but also some spices. It was so delicious that I asked the waiter the name of the dish; it's name was "Gemarineercle nip sale". The fried potato, which was a side dish, was served with mayonnaise. I saw sometimes people who was eating fried potato with mayonnaise in the Netherlands. We Japanese don't eat it in such way, then I was surprised. But it tasted good. The mayonnaise tasted milder than Japanese one. There are two major mayonnaise in Japan; Q.P. and Ajinomoto. The former one is major and has stronger taste than latter. But the mayonnaise in the Netherlands was much more milder than Ajinomoto. It was an interesting experience.
Next morning, I found a peanuts source on the table when I had breakfast. I asked a owner of the B and B whether the peanuts source was common among people in the Netherlands. He answered that's right; they had colony in Indonesia and they have important relationships between China. The culture of using peanuts came from such Asian countries. Now, many Asians people live in the Netherlands and Chinese foods were much popular in the country, he explained. I reminded that I learned such stories when I was a high school student. I confirmed that the knowledge which we learn in schools were important.


Posted at Sun Apr 15 18:49:45 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1425610 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1425610 astro_yoshi Sun Apr 15 18:49:45 UTC 2012

I stayed the B and B near the Rotterdam to go Kinderdijk. Kinderdijk is famous for its many windmills; it was registered as a World Heritage Site. I rend a bike at the B and B and went there by it. Kinderdijk was located the conjunction of two large canal and there were many small canals around there. These canals looked important to correct water from those damp lands and windmills pumped water up to the sea. The sights remained me the lymph system or azygos vein system in our body. These system correct tissue fluid in the body and pump into blood circulation system. (I'm a medical doctor). Those damp lands were just like body tissue and canals were lymph vessels or veins. I thought their functions were quite similar. Then water pump (or windmills) might corresponded to left venous angle.
At first, I visited a windmill which was open for visitors. There was a thick axis rotating by the wind. The wind was so strong that day, the rotating speed was so fast. I found an interesting thing that the horizontal axis which supports the fin was not parallel to the grand. The axis was slightly upward faces to the wind. I wonder why it was inclined in such a way. I thought that it was good to avert too strong wind force to upward to protect the structure of the windmill. I thought that windmills were well designed.
Next, I visited a windmill museum to see a movie which showed me a history of the area and windmills. The explanation was good to understand them.
After that, I visited a cafe to have lunch. I ate a pancake. I sometimes eat Dutch style pancakes in London. It is unique and delicious. I love it. But I did not know the real one in the Netherlands. It looked same as one which I ate in London. The taste was slightly milder than one in London. It tasted good!
After eating a pancake, I enjoyed biking around the area. Although the landscape was similar to one in the country side of the UK, there was an important difference; there were so many channels all over the area. The sight was so beutiful. Unfortunately, the weather changed and rain was getting hard. I had to terminate the biking and I went back to the B and B.

Posted at Sun Apr 15 18:38:25 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1425599 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1425599 astro_yoshi Sun Apr 15 18:38:25 UTC 2012


The third day in the Netherlands, I went to Keukenhof to enjoy beautiful sights. Although the weather forecast said that it would rain, I saw a clear sky without any clouds when I got up. I wanted to visit some museums in Amsterdam before leaving for Keukenhof, I decided to skip them and went to Keukenhof as early as I could, because I thought that the weather might be unstable and I should get there before the weather changs. I went Amsterdam central station and got on a train to Schiphol airport station to leave my baggage. And then, I got on a bus to the Keukenhof. It was still fine when I got there. So many colourful flowers covered the garden. I thought that it was worth while coming from abroad to see the beautiful garden even from Japan! (But it is impossible to leave Japan in spring for most Japanese because they had to work so hard especially in spring.). There were many cherry blossoms with full blooms; we Japanese love those flowers, then I was lucky! By chance, I found a bird show which was held in the garden. A owl, an eagle, and other birds showed their demonstration flights between flowers; it was absolutely beautiful! I joined a boat cruse which went though flower gardens. These colourful gardens looked as if it were colourful carpets. The blue sky enhanced their beauty. Just after the boat riding, clouds appeared and covered all over the sky. The sun light is important to see colourful sights. The situation was not good to enjoy the gardens. I thought that I was right to skip calling at museums in Amsterdam before coming Keukenhof. I have enjoyed myself so much. Then I left there for the B and B which I booked and was located near Rotterdam. Surprisingly, I took more than 500 photos in the day; because the garden was so beautiful.

Posted at Sun Apr 15 18:16:19 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1425582 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1425582 astro_yoshi Sun Apr 15 18:16:19 UTC 2012


On the second day, although the weather forecast predicted rain, I saw a sunrise between clouds at the hotel. I thought that it might be a chance to enjoy my trip to the Floriade, which is an international exhibition for flowers. I'm not good at flowers, I heard that it would be beautiful exhibition. Then I wanted to go to see there. It was held in Venlo, which is a city located in south west of the Netherlands. Amsterdam is located in the northern Netherlands, it is not so close each other. But I heard that it would take only about two hours by train. I thought that the fine day would not be continued, it might change. So I had quick break first and left my hotel for Amsterdam central station. I took a train to Eindhoven and change trains there to Venlo. Then I caught a bus to the place of exhibition. I arrived at there around 11 a.m. Fortunately, it was still fine. It was composed of four main areas and each area has its own concept. I strolled through one by one. The most interesting area for me was the education area. I ate some samples of vegetables and found that they were more delicious than as usual. There might be some reasons; they might so fresh, the breeds might be different, the cooking was different.... But the most different thing was that I ate it as a main dish, not as a side dish. I'm a neuroscientist and I know that an "attention" is a very important factor not only for cognition but also for perception. My attention to these vegetables made my taste perception system sensitive and I could detect faint taste which I normally neglect. This experience interested me to foods and cooking. It was interesting experience

Posted at Sun Apr 15 17:52:34 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1425563 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1425563 astro_yoshi Sun Apr 15 17:52:34 UTC 2012
Posted at Sun Apr 08 19:17:14 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1412703 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1412703 astro_yoshi Sun Apr 08 19:17:14 UTC 2012 This is my first visit in Netherlands.  Although I'm looking forward to visiting in the country, I'm slightly nervous because it is not a English speaking country.  In anyway, this airplane will land Schiphol soon.  I want to enjoy myself a lot.

Posted at Fri Apr 06 19:24:40 UTC 2012
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Posted at Wed Mar 28 08:16:31 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1390392 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1390392 astro_yoshi Wed Mar 28 08:16:31 UTC 2012


It was fine Saturday. Although I did not have any plan, I wanted to go anywhere to enjoy UK life. Where should I go? I woke up late, then it was not to go so far. I saw a google map on the web to decide where to go. There was an interesting area beside of the Heathrow airport. There were many water area. I saw it from the airplane when I used Heathrow airport and I thought it might be a beutiful area. I did not have any information about it. I looked for a station in the area on google map. I found a station between lakes; the name was Wraybury. I visited the website "Transport for London" to find an information how to get there. I found that there was a train service from London Waterloo station. Then, I went to Waterloo station and got a train to go there. The farther the train run from waterloo, the more peaceful sights appeared. I saw sheep along the railway. After 45 minutes, I arrived at Wraybury station. It was a small station without any member of the train staff. It was located in the forest and there were no shops and houses. There was a large lake beside of the station and waterfowls lived in. It was beutiful. Although I have no information around there, I had an iPhone and could see a map around there. I found that there was a town in the south west of the station. Then, I stared to walk to there. The road went through a forest. I enjoyed the sights and sounds of birds while walking. After 15 minutes walk, I arrived at a town. I was hungry. Then I looked for some shop to have lunch. Fortunately, I found a pub and got in it. The pub has a garden behind of it and it was so beutiful under the blue sky. I had a seat in the garden, and had sandwiches and chips. The chips was so delicious! It brought out the natural flavor of the potato. I enjoyed them while listening the sound of birds and church bell. I made relax myself and enjoyed myself so much. In addition, I enjoyed myself with tea in the garden. It was a fruitful Saturday for me.

Posted at Sun Mar 25 01:08:09 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1381758 http://lang-8.com/255213/journals/1381758 astro_yoshi Sun Mar 25 01:08:09 UTC 2012