Everything are in perfect place at the perfect time. I am learning that. I am hard at work at living this concept. I still get too excited when I see something rare and unusual. Today I saw a kingfisher perched on the concrete breaker near my home, and I became so happy. I think that… Continue reading Assumptions
Category: Observation
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
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
Update
What?! It's been two years since I talked about random whatever on this blog! Fujiko Suda is alive and well. Lost 12 kg (26 lbs) last year. Overshot the goal to maintain BMI 22, but I settled at BMI 20 since maintaining the weight at this state is easy, and I feel good physically. Losing… Continue reading Update
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
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
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
Social Psychological View on Increasing Trend of Lifestyle Disease in Japan
I tried to pinpoint the prediction number in ratio of population that will have lifestyle disease (listed in previous entry) by 2020, but I could not find the exact prediction for Japan. I did find on Japan Ministry of Health and Labor that there are over 10 million people have diabetes and nearly 20 million… Continue reading Social Psychological View on Increasing Trend of Lifestyle Disease in Japan
Causes of Lifestyle Disease in Japan
I've been given the opportunity to interpret for two different clients in their research for lifestyle disease in Japan.It was like being paid well for attending an intense one month crash course.The topic was on lifestyle disease (called seikatsu shukan byo, life habit disease, in Japan), but it made me think of why Japanese people… Continue reading Causes of Lifestyle Disease in Japan
Choosing Science
As I studied for the Spring Semester that will begin on January 13th, 2014, I read Ivana Nikolic's "House for the Homeless: A place to Hang Your Hat" on the textbook, Field Working: Reading and Writing Research. I was fascinated with Ivana's story seen from insiders and outsider's perspectives. I related to her attitude that… Continue reading Choosing Science
Happiness of Being a Part of Whole
I realize I have been writing philosophical things a lot.I will resist my inner voice that says "Don't embarrass yourself by writing self righteous stuff," and continue writing. Reality will visibly appear the same to the every human eyes.If I am looking at a cat from exact same angle, our eyes will perceive it in… Continue reading Happiness of Being a Part of Whole
“The opposite of sadness is not happiness”
The lesson 2 of Positive Psychology class at the Penn State University World Campus started with these words: Did you know that the opposite of sadness is not happiness? The opposite of sadness is actually...the absence of sadness.What this means is that if you could get rid of everything that is making you sad, you… Continue reading “The opposite of sadness is not happiness”
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