Hi, everyone!
Peach, I suppose Royal Family’s life is almost like a robot, which couldn’t have any will and thought, and it is no wonder that Masako has sank into mental depression.
Magnolia, how wonderful Kyoto in autumn was! I can imagine its beautiful scenery…
Last night, I watched a movie titled ‘Soredemo bokuwa yattenai,’ which depicts hard struggles of a young man, who was mistaken for a molester on train. That movie gave a thoughtful explanation of a trial, and a case of false accusation in Japan. I got scared about it, because they say in such condition, 99 percent cases are found guilty. It’s an interesting story.
By the way, I am impressed with Japanese movies lately. There are many Hollywood movies on the theater, but I think they make no difference.
So, see you tomorrow, good bye!
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Dear Cherry and friends,
Yesterday, I finally met Dr. Mateo from Canada.
In her lecture, she talked how she and co-workers teach undergraduate students statistics. Basically, she emphasized that computer assisted instruction was more effective than traditional teaching style.
Until next Wednesday, her desk is next to mine so we can talk a lot, which gives me a chance to speak English. We have already chatted a lot. I talked about a college statistics course I attended in Canada and my personal background.
In her story I was interested in her school days in Japan.
She came from the Philippines. Before doing statistics, she had masters degree in math
and had been a math teacher at a Philippine university. When she was almost my age, she came to Japan for the first time. Three years later, she got masters degree in quantum physics or something like that at a university in Japan.
She left two kids back home. Her mom and her husband took care of their kids.
She had to overcome many things like homesick, Japanese language, and financial difficulties. Anyhow, she got PhD at Okayama University about a decade ago.
It is hard to be a foreign student in any country. Obviously, she is a strong-minded person, but without help of people around her she could not have achieved her goal.
I was told that her university had it has a good and old statistics department with 15 teachers. And she recommended it for my next school. But it is in the Province Manitoba, the center of Canada. It becomes minus 40 degrees Celsius and they have thick snow in winter. I think it's an unbearable weather for a weak-minded person like me.
She said there are some Japanese students at her university. They were glad to find Dr Mateo was in Japan and talked to her in Japanese. Interestingly enough, all of them are women.
November 11, 2007 11:03 JST
Hi, friends.
Alice, I was impressed by the life style of Dr.Mateo because she followed her will to study more and more, but I wonder wether her priority is only her study or not.
It's an ideal life for a scholor, but I wonder if she is happy. She misses her children and family and they miss her as well. But in order to achieve her goal her family members are very understanding and in that sense she is very happy person.
I think happiness depends on person. Recently I feel happy many times when I talk with friends and spend time together. My priority changed from my DH(?) to my friends.
Hello, Cherry and my dear friends.
The message of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa drew my attention. Nobody denies his statement that “the imperial family life has been one big ball of stress”.
Prince Tomohito, in his early 60s, really seems to be a very open-minded person because he speaks out freely not afraid of the result of his remarks. It is partly because he is not the Emperor himself but the Heisei Emperor Akihito’s oldest cousin. His position gave him a free style of talking.
He has a history of a throat cancer and alcoholism. He blamed all his diseases for the stress caused by the life of imperial family. For example, his family’s DNA is highly susceptible to cancer. His overdrinking resulted from the same kind of stress. Moreover, he preferred the revival of concubine system which might be a preferable solution to the succession crisis.
I agree with him that the imperial life is a big ball of stress. But his action of making care-free and irresponsible statements helps him with a good relieving of his frustration.
When Prince Tomohito was asked who is happier, whether it’s the imperial family or the people, there was no answer, none.
Please have a look at an article about prince Tomohito.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/world/asia/20tomohito.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
Have a nice evening.
November 11, 2007 11:08 PM
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