People fascinates me more than anything else. I have been amazed when some people shared their incredible life stories with me. Although many of these people are not celebrated or famous, I am sure many people will be inspired and encouraged by learning of the real life stories of people who chose to live meaningful… Continue reading Mr. and Mrs. Murasawa of Yamane
Category: Learning from people, books
The moment of AHA!
Introducing Kikai Corporation
Hi Everyone! I created a new company, Kikai. Its written 株式会社きかい in Japanese. Depending on how you write きかい Kikai in Kanji characters, it can mean opportunity, machine, strange, or return to the sea. Suits me perfectly! I want this company to offer all those things: a place for opportunity to do whatever we want… Continue reading Introducing Kikai Corporation
Pure joy: Science moments by Neil deGrasse Tyson
I was talking to my friend about the gestalt moment of science each of us had. We both were somewhat interested in religion. We were mainly into Christianity because I was in such culture in the US. He was in such culture in Singapore. Then when I was in my mid 30's I read Richard… Continue reading Pure joy: Science moments by Neil deGrasse Tyson
My son might have been a rapper
Shinji gave me a ride to the train station that was on his way to his project site. On the way there, he picked up his co-worker, Masa. It was the first time I ever met Masa, even though I am the one who introduced Masa to Shinji. We got to talking about how that… Continue reading My son might have been a rapper
Ethnographic perspective on slow coronavirus spread in Japan
Oscar Boyd offers thought-provoking ideas in his article, Japan Times Commentary Section: Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? As a researcher/ethnographer, I would like to propose the following reasons why Japan is still a coronavirus outlier. To offer a perspective, Mayo Clinic offers the following for the cause for coronavirus: Mayo Clinic: Coronavirus disease 2019… Continue reading Ethnographic perspective on slow coronavirus spread in Japan
Reading, watching TV, listening to music growing up
I Refuse to Run a Coronavirus Home School Lovely article in the New York Times. After reading it, I remembered that this is exactly how I grew up, from kindergarten through high school. It wasn't the pandemics, but my family situation was always uncertain having an unstable mother living the best she could. loving me… Continue reading Reading, watching TV, listening to music growing up
Imprinting
I was recently hospitalized for a minor surgery, and being a researcher, I was fascinated and curious why women chose to be nurses. Long hours, heavy responsibility of taking care of patients often facing life or death situation, patients suffering. As smart as these women have to be to admitted into a college nursing program… Continue reading Imprinting
Jadav Payeng builds a forest on a barren island by planting one tree at a time
Forest Man video Although I trust my source, Ian Messer , I am so worried about spreading "fake" news now, I cross check every story before I share it publicly online. Ian shared a story on his Facebook page about "Jadav Payeng: Man plants a tree in the same place every day — 37 years… Continue reading Jadav Payeng builds a forest on a barren island by planting one tree at a time
Hope Renewed
https://youtu.be/rCoFKUJ_8Yo Elon Musk is the man of the hour, once again. His knowledge, achievement, financial worth is greater than they were in the Great Dot Com era of the 1990's. He was abused and ridiculed for years when he was ousted from the CEO position at X.com (later became PayPal) through extremely embarrassing way, but… Continue reading Hope Renewed
Why some of us achieve
The photograph of Aisholpan and her eagle on my Twitter feed caught my eyes two years ago. I am glad her photograph caught British journalist, Otto Bell's eyes as well. He will share Aisholpan's story of becoming the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations in Mongolia. Two years ago, the photograph of Aisholpan's solemn… Continue reading Why some of us achieve
Book alert in 2 years advance: Aesthetics of Joy by Ingrid Fetell Lee
Cliches are unfortunate. They paint a picture of the important slice of life, but because they have been quoted so much, that people ignore them. More time I spend in my life, everything seems to be able to be expressed in cliches. But because I have come down to these words after much living and… Continue reading Book alert in 2 years advance: Aesthetics of Joy by Ingrid Fetell Lee
louder, freer, kinder
This month marks the tenth year anniversary of my little company, Project Kobo. I've always had the tendency to become too serious with anything and over the past ten years, maybe I have taken myself and the world too seriously. I need to start acting my age, and be louder, freer, kinder. My theme for… Continue reading louder, freer, kinder
The Rights of Passage in Japan: Junior High, High School Club Sports
Less than a minute left to go at the end of the 4th quarter of the game, and the team is losing by 20 points. It's the sudden death game of spring basketball tournament, and the mothers of the losing high school’s seniors cheer on frantically, but they realize that this is going to be… Continue reading The Rights of Passage in Japan: Junior High, High School Club Sports
Work that impact lives in positive ways
I have been attending Penn State University World Campus as a part time undergraduate student for a little over 3 years now. I started as a junior standing student, and if I attended as a full time student, I will have graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology in 2 years. I never thought… Continue reading Work that impact lives in positive ways
Maybe dyslexic people succeed because of their difficulty
Through Hard Talk on BBC featuring Henry Winkler talking about dyslexia, I ended up watching Hard Talk with Brian May, which was so, very super inspiring!!! At 6:40 "No, I don't go for money. No, you wouldn't. Why would you? If you don't do it because you love it, it would have died quickly, because… Continue reading Maybe dyslexic people succeed because of their difficulty
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