I went jogging with my friend last night, it's had been a while since the last time due to the devastating earthquake, we weren't in the mood of going outside and running. But yesterday was really warm in the daytime, but it was a bit cold at night.
We ran around the "赤坂御所" which is Japanese Emperor's land, and that is about 4km long with ups and downs, guarded by police. This is very popular place for runner and popular because of its quiet atmosphere and its shape that is round. We started running around there as always last night. As soon as we started, we noticed it was extremely dark, all the buildings around there and lights standing on the streets were off, people really putting a lot of effort in saving electricity. And I felt it was something exciting, because that darkness and quietness can not be realized except for this occasion. I wonder what if all the Tokyo stop electricity, what is it like?
And we talked as we run, about what were you doing when the earthquake happened, and FinalFantasy 10 that made me cry, and comics.
FF10 is quite nice video game that is on PlayStation2, I didn't play it but I recently watched someone play it online, this kind of video uploaded is called "実況動画" that means someone play videogame with his/her explanation or comment. That is really catching on. But there is not only bright side, but there is some problems like some of those videos uploaded immediately after the video game on sale. People started not to buy the video game, because it is enough just to watch those videos.
2011年3月31日木曜日
2011年3月30日水曜日
Dogs
Yesterday, I took a walk with my younger sister to a big park near my house. This park is relatively large in Tokyo. And it is covered with lawn, so very comfortable if it is sunny. And we were reading there. And as always, kids came and started playing. And dogs came. That park is well known as a park where a lot of dogs get together. I love dogs. (actually, I love cats better.)
I've heard the story about cat and dog. Dogs think human as really nice owner because they feed everyday and give them warm house. And dogs are thankful to human. On the other hand, cats think human as nice servant because they feed everyday and give them warm house. It's all about perspective. One same thing has different implication. And I think this story explains well about dog and cat. That is dogs are really subordinate to human, and cats don't care about us and go take a walk, and when they want to eat and they return home.
One more story about dog, that is having dog when kid was small makes them nice person. Because if kids have dog, they can have a mind of taking care, they get friend, and they get physical strength, and they get kindness. And finally, when dogs die, they get sad, but instead of that, they get mental strength.
I really want to have dogs, but my mother don't allow me. I prefer bigger dogs, because they are cool. and it is more fun to take a walk with them.
I've heard the story about cat and dog. Dogs think human as really nice owner because they feed everyday and give them warm house. And dogs are thankful to human. On the other hand, cats think human as nice servant because they feed everyday and give them warm house. It's all about perspective. One same thing has different implication. And I think this story explains well about dog and cat. That is dogs are really subordinate to human, and cats don't care about us and go take a walk, and when they want to eat and they return home.
One more story about dog, that is having dog when kid was small makes them nice person. Because if kids have dog, they can have a mind of taking care, they get friend, and they get physical strength, and they get kindness. And finally, when dogs die, they get sad, but instead of that, they get mental strength.
I really want to have dogs, but my mother don't allow me. I prefer bigger dogs, because they are cool. and it is more fun to take a walk with them.
2011年3月29日火曜日
With perspective from time passing
I sometimes hear someone say, "it's maybe time that the advance of technology stops, because it is already enough". I think this is ridiculous and similar to "there is no alien in this world"
If you see, say TV program of 40 years ago, when TV started being prevalent to people, you must feel strange, because how people look and how people act look quite different from ours. And if you are too young not to know what was going on at that time, like me(20 years old), you may think there was not color at that time. Of course color actually existed, but I felt something similar to that. I could not believe what was going on in that era were normal to people at that time. This occurs when you compare that with one in this society. You feel strange. But I feel so real about what is going on, so did people in that era.
This implicates that what we see will be something old and strange to people from future. We just don't realize because things change very slightly. And how can't some people say technology won't advance drastically? I am happy if I become the part of the change for the future.
No alien? why do you exist? isn't it waste of space just for human?
If you see, say TV program of 40 years ago, when TV started being prevalent to people, you must feel strange, because how people look and how people act look quite different from ours. And if you are too young not to know what was going on at that time, like me(20 years old), you may think there was not color at that time. Of course color actually existed, but I felt something similar to that. I could not believe what was going on in that era were normal to people at that time. This occurs when you compare that with one in this society. You feel strange. But I feel so real about what is going on, so did people in that era.
This implicates that what we see will be something old and strange to people from future. We just don't realize because things change very slightly. And how can't some people say technology won't advance drastically? I am happy if I become the part of the change for the future.
No alien? why do you exist? isn't it waste of space just for human?
2011年3月26日土曜日
Not being able to write
This blog is for myself, of course, this is shared public, but I blog in English to polish my English ability. And one problem occurs everyday, that is I have nothing particular to write. Even English is not my mother language, this is serious. Having no topic means I have nothing to say even in Japanese. What am I supposed to do? Why some people write things that are really exciting?
OK, now I analyze myself. Me still student, Computer Science major, but at the beginning point, not that professional at it. Not only in academic field, in daily life, I don't talk so much, I have very good friends, but no girl friend. I think having no topic is related to the fact that I don't have girl friend. Girls like fun men, and I don't look fun I think, because I think everything a little logically than people around me, and caring too much about how people feel about me and that causes me to delay one step in every words I speak. But conversation is something real time processing, coming up exact reply and in exact timing, that concern is not necessary. Let my unconscious free to act. Once I aware of this, my minds roam the world of thought.
OK, now I have good mindset, next about my information collecting. With Internet so fast, and convenient, and easy. I get a lot of information through web, and I think I depends on it too much, or I think I don't digest them well. Getting information is good thing, that is all about how well you use it. Getting one information, and what would you do? Do you tell it to people as if you found it? or Would you tell it and add your opinions and perspective? I have done mostly the former I think, and Let's do the latter one. Even you are in the full of information, and have a chance to touch them, without your imagination, you don't perfectly get them. And that leads you not being able to have topic available.
Emphasize meeting people and talk to them, respect your minds, be energetic and passionate, be serious, imagine.
OK, now I analyze myself. Me still student, Computer Science major, but at the beginning point, not that professional at it. Not only in academic field, in daily life, I don't talk so much, I have very good friends, but no girl friend. I think having no topic is related to the fact that I don't have girl friend. Girls like fun men, and I don't look fun I think, because I think everything a little logically than people around me, and caring too much about how people feel about me and that causes me to delay one step in every words I speak. But conversation is something real time processing, coming up exact reply and in exact timing, that concern is not necessary. Let my unconscious free to act. Once I aware of this, my minds roam the world of thought.
OK, now I have good mindset, next about my information collecting. With Internet so fast, and convenient, and easy. I get a lot of information through web, and I think I depends on it too much, or I think I don't digest them well. Getting information is good thing, that is all about how well you use it. Getting one information, and what would you do? Do you tell it to people as if you found it? or Would you tell it and add your opinions and perspective? I have done mostly the former I think, and Let's do the latter one. Even you are in the full of information, and have a chance to touch them, without your imagination, you don't perfectly get them. And that leads you not being able to have topic available.
Emphasize meeting people and talk to them, respect your minds, be energetic and passionate, be serious, imagine.
2011年3月24日木曜日
The effect of repetition
Now, on TV, usual advertisement are rare because companies decrease the number of times they appear public due to the earthquake. And instead of that, same advertisements from public non-profitable organization on air all day, intended to make the people have moral.
Since we see that ads so many times, we're fed up. But I like one ad that is something like this.
遊ぼっていうと遊ぼっていう If you say "Let's play", and the other says "Let's play"
ばかっていうとばかっていう If you say "you're fool", and the other says "You're fool"
もう遊ばないっていうともう遊ばないっていう If you say "I won't play with you", and the other says"I won't either"
そして、あとで寂しくなって and later you get sad
ごめんねっていうとごめんねっていう and when you say "I'm sorry", and you'll hear "I'm sorry"
こだまでしょうか？ いいえだれでも Is this just repeating? no, this occurs to everybody
Pretty nice ad that made me aware the simple notion, be nice as you want the other do to you.
and this ad reminds me of my old memory.
When I was 10 years old, and that started from the lunch time, in Japan lunch is served for everybody and we eat together, and on that day, there was watermelon, and my closest friend ate the pillar, and I felt challenged and so did I. and this competition continued.
After that, since I was taking part to take care of animals that we had as a class, my friend suddenly ate food for fish and turtle, and so did I. I remember that wasn't that bad, it tastes like fish. And finally, on the way to home, he ate leave, and we started arguing. I kicked him, saying really bad to him. He is really kind guy, and just resisted.
But on the next day, I went to school feeling strange, I didn't go to school with him that day, at school, he came to me and said "I'm sorry", and I felt completely sorry since I was completely evil, and we friends again. Even now, it's been 10 years, we're still best friends.
You see, this is the effect of repetition.
Since we see that ads so many times, we're fed up. But I like one ad that is something like this.
遊ぼっていうと遊ぼっていう If you say "Let's play", and the other says "Let's play"
ばかっていうとばかっていう If you say "you're fool", and the other says "You're fool"
もう遊ばないっていうともう遊ばないっていう If you say "I won't play with you", and the other says"I won't either"
そして、あとで寂しくなって and later you get sad
ごめんねっていうとごめんねっていう and when you say "I'm sorry", and you'll hear "I'm sorry"
こだまでしょうか？ いいえだれでも Is this just repeating? no, this occurs to everybody
Pretty nice ad that made me aware the simple notion, be nice as you want the other do to you.
and this ad reminds me of my old memory.
When I was 10 years old, and that started from the lunch time, in Japan lunch is served for everybody and we eat together, and on that day, there was watermelon, and my closest friend ate the pillar, and I felt challenged and so did I. and this competition continued.
After that, since I was taking part to take care of animals that we had as a class, my friend suddenly ate food for fish and turtle, and so did I. I remember that wasn't that bad, it tastes like fish. And finally, on the way to home, he ate leave, and we started arguing. I kicked him, saying really bad to him. He is really kind guy, and just resisted.
But on the next day, I went to school feeling strange, I didn't go to school with him that day, at school, he came to me and said "I'm sorry", and I felt completely sorry since I was completely evil, and we friends again. Even now, it's been 10 years, we're still best friends.
You see, this is the effect of repetition.
2011年3月23日水曜日
Well Actually... でも、ほんとは...
I've just read this article http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html titled "Well, Actually".
Since me either on the way of computer science and engineering like the author, I sensed the danger of communicating with people. Since we code, with acute sense of logic and accuracy, we tend to be more sensitive to logic error, this may be good practice in coding, but when it comes to real life, like conversation with friends and girlfriend, this could be dangerous.
People joke, and that is one key to be nice to people, and accepting others when chatting is essential. Even though, I sometimes interrupt with that by saying "well, actually...", even that was joke or just relaxed mood talk. And when that happens, the central topic shifts to the one interrupt.
This could make it easier to distruct the relationship. Imagine your topic suddenly changed.
Of course this could occur without intention, but we sometimes do bad practice without noticing. And by just becoming aware of that, that bad habit can be changed.
Now I wanna ask myself that "Do I even try to make people laugh?" Let's become the one interrupted rather than one who interrupts.
Since me either on the way of computer science and engineering like the author, I sensed the danger of communicating with people. Since we code, with acute sense of logic and accuracy, we tend to be more sensitive to logic error, this may be good practice in coding, but when it comes to real life, like conversation with friends and girlfriend, this could be dangerous.
People joke, and that is one key to be nice to people, and accepting others when chatting is essential. Even though, I sometimes interrupt with that by saying "well, actually...", even that was joke or just relaxed mood talk. And when that happens, the central topic shifts to the one interrupt.
This could make it easier to distruct the relationship. Imagine your topic suddenly changed.
Of course this could occur without intention, but we sometimes do bad practice without noticing. And by just becoming aware of that, that bad habit can be changed.
Now I wanna ask myself that "Do I even try to make people laugh?" Let's become the one interrupted rather than one who interrupts.
2011年3月22日火曜日
The world of function()
March 11, 2011, Japan was hit by huge earthquake, the north-east part of Japan was severly damaged by earthquake itself and Tsunami. more than 6000 dead confirmed, and more than 10000 missing. Still, aftershocks continue and people suffer.
At that time, I was on my way to work, and on that day, whole public transportation network stopped, and all the commuters were forced to walk to home, and so was I. And I realilzed that this world is full of functions, when I struggled to determine which way to take to home. Taking subway for example, we only need to know where the train goes, and we don't care how the train goes, and where the train goes under. We just give arguments which is fee or body and etc, the function returns the destination.
The important implication is that advanced society indeed brought about convenience which people became not necessary to know what's going on underneath, but if we see that from different perspective, including the earthquake, we are really weak without that foundation.
I recently feel that my action is automated, because we use so many functions in this society that excludes ambiguity and exception. But sometimes we should think what's going on under the interface of convenience.
At that time, I was on my way to work, and on that day, whole public transportation network stopped, and all the commuters were forced to walk to home, and so was I. And I realilzed that this world is full of functions, when I struggled to determine which way to take to home. Taking subway for example, we only need to know where the train goes, and we don't care how the train goes, and where the train goes under. We just give arguments which is fee or body and etc, the function returns the destination.
The important implication is that advanced society indeed brought about convenience which people became not necessary to know what's going on underneath, but if we see that from different perspective, including the earthquake, we are really weak without that foundation.
I recently feel that my action is automated, because we use so many functions in this society that excludes ambiguity and exception. But sometimes we should think what's going on under the interface of convenience.
2011年3月4日金曜日
My cousin
It suddenly came to my thought while I was taking a bath. My cousin. She is older than me, about 7 years, the last time I met her was when I was 10 years old. She was so cheerful, and beautiful and kind. She lives in U.S. and we could not communicate well of course, but she kept trying to do that with her a little Japanese, maybe she learned for me.
That was in Taiwan, at my grandparent's house, and I remember that one day, we went to the market in the morning, since morning market in Taiwan is very energetic that is full of curiosity to me, like cutting chicken head off in front of me. When I saw that, I felt excited, but my cousin cried. And after that, I remember my grandpa scolded her about how she felt, like why you don't eat meat while you are American!! But in retrospect, she was quite something different from ordinary people.
It's been a long time since I met her last, I heard about what's going on with her sometimes, she graduated Berkley, majored Philosophy.
And one biggest news shocked me, she became a monk in Buddhism, and I felt like I lost the old my cousin, and became so offensive about the fact, and I said "you can not save the world if you just pray" , at that time, I was nuts.
Now, I regret about that, she is my cousin, and there is a many kinds of lives, you never know where the "dot" connects to, and when and how.
What I think now is that, how can I react to her when I see her again someday, let's think about it again. No change in the feeling that she is my cousin.
That was in Taiwan, at my grandparent's house, and I remember that one day, we went to the market in the morning, since morning market in Taiwan is very energetic that is full of curiosity to me, like cutting chicken head off in front of me. When I saw that, I felt excited, but my cousin cried. And after that, I remember my grandpa scolded her about how she felt, like why you don't eat meat while you are American!! But in retrospect, she was quite something different from ordinary people.
It's been a long time since I met her last, I heard about what's going on with her sometimes, she graduated Berkley, majored Philosophy.
And one biggest news shocked me, she became a monk in Buddhism, and I felt like I lost the old my cousin, and became so offensive about the fact, and I said "you can not save the world if you just pray" , at that time, I was nuts.
Now, I regret about that, she is my cousin, and there is a many kinds of lives, you never know where the "dot" connects to, and when and how.
What I think now is that, how can I react to her when I see her again someday, let's think about it again. No change in the feeling that she is my cousin.
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