2/29 大雪

〈February 29〉

It snowed very much this day.

Maybe the day that snowed such a much was first time in this year.



It's unusual in this district for about 20cm of snow to accumulate on the ground.

It was very cold, but I had to go to a university to hand in receipts of research expenses.

The train was delayed. But by the favor, I could read a book for a long time.

I read Sein und Zeit.

2/27 母の誕生日

February 27 was my mother's birthday.

I presented coffee cup for her. It was Wedge Wood's one.

She was surprised and happy very much!

My mother, father and I went to eat lunch.

We ate at Keio Plaza Hotel.

2/9～12 和歌山出張

From February 9 to 12, I went to Kii-Tanabe of Wakayama prefecture to study and to attend a lecture.

It takes about 5 hours to arrive there by train.

I've written a new thesis now. So I wrote it in the train. And during my stay in Kii-Tanabe, I continued to write it, so I completed it nearly.

I went to Toukei shrine on February 11. It's very famous shrine here. I prayed that my dissertation will pass smoothly and my girlfriend's little sister will pass the entrance examination to a university.

1/28 博士論文提出

January 25, I handed in my dissertation finally.

I had written it for about 3 years. And I had looked it over again and again.

I felt quite relieved, but I felt lonely a little. Because I love my dissertation, so what I part with it makes me lonely.

From February, an examining committee will start judging my dissertation.

And maybe a public hearing will be held on May.

1/6 明治神宮参拝

A HAPPY NEW YEAR

I went to pray Meiji-Jingu shrine. There were sooo many people.

I pray that my dissertation will pass and I can get a doctorate, and more I'll become an assistant lecturer
.



Anyhow, I have to hand in my dissertation on January 31.

And if it'll pass, I'll take a test to be an assistant lecturer.

神戸旅行④

〈December 23〉

We went to sightseeing to Sannomiya. This city is the biggest in Kobe.

We went to have a lunch at 15th hall. This is the hall which American ambassador stayed long ago.

The building was old but had the flavor of the Meiji era.

We ate hash and rice. It was delicious.

A coffee after a lunch was good, and sugar was cute.



We went back to Tokyo at night.

It was nice trip!!

神戸旅行③

〈December 22〉

This day was my girl friend's birthday. I presented Swarovski's necklace to her.

She was very glad to get it. I was happy too.

This day we went to Nunobiki Herb Park. The sight from the park was beautiful.



We went to have a diner at Mosaic.

The sight from restaurant was nice.

神戸旅行②

〈December 21〉

I went to Kyoto with my girl friend. At first we went to see Kinkakuji temple.

There were many people, and almost foreigner.

Kinkakuji which was shined by sunset was very beautiful!



Next we went to Kitano-tanmangu shrine and Kiyomizedera temple.

I prayed that my dissertation which had written passed smoothly.

We saw Christmas tree at Kyoto station.



We went back to a hotel at Kobe at night.

12/20～23 神戸旅行①

From December 20 to 23 I traveled to Kobe with my girl friend.

Maybe it was for the first time in 5 years I visited in Kobe.

December 20

We arrived at Kobe at 11 am. And we went to Myoudani station. This station was nostalgic place for me because when I was a child, I lived around this area.

We went to see my junior high school and home where I lived.



These were really sweet pleasure to see my hometown after such a long time.

We went to Mt. Rokko by cable car.

The sight from Mt. Rokko was very beautiful! We could see all around Kobe city from this place.

But it was cold very much.

12/10 講演会

December 10, I went to Wakayama to give a lecture.

It was first time for me to give a lecture in so many public. There were about 200 audiences.

After a lecture, a panel discussion was held. Except for me, participators of a panel discussion were very popular professors. So, I was nervous very much.

This lecture and panel discussion were reported on a newspaper.

I prepared for this day for a long time. I was nervous but these lecture and discussion were good experience for me.

My girl friend came to listen to my lecture from Chiba to Wakayama.

Next day, We went to Shirahama and played at Adventure World.