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【No. 0997】A Solution to the Lang-8 Bug

Sep 10, 2017 12:43
Yesterday, I wrote about a bug that you can't see posts on Lang-8.

After that, I received some comments and messages about the solution to the bug.

According to the messages, when you post your entry, if you set the access settings to "Share with all Lang-8 users" or "Share with My Friends only" (not "Public"), such a problem will be eliminated.
(The bug would also be solved if you set it to "Privat - Just Me," but there is almost no meaning to post on Lang-8 in the setting.)

I really appreciate the information.

I'd like to share it on this post as well.

However, since it does not a fundamental solution, I hope that this site will be modified in the near future.
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【No. 0996】Bug in Lang-8

Sep 9, 2017 19:14
Recently I can't see my posts on Lang-8.

I tried to see them with various web browsers, such as Chrome, FireFox, Safari, and EDGE, and re-login several times, but the results were the same.

I have no idea about the cause, but other Lang-8 users seem to be unable to see my posts as well.

Only when I used a smartphone, I could browse them.

I'm very sad.

This post is containing a test.

I think that if I write sentences without my native language (Japanese), such a sad bug may be removed.

Unfortunately, I have a feeling that it won't work.

If you have any solution, please let me know it.
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【No. 0989】Sightseeing in Kumamoto

Sep 2, 2017 17:31
Today I will return to Tokyo.

I decided to visit some sightseeing spots in Kumamoto city before getting on an airplane.

First, I went to Kumamoto Castle.

Unfortunately, many areas in Kumamoto Castle were restricted because of the impact of the great earthquake occurred last year.

When I watched some collapsed or crumbling buildings, I felt sad.

For lunch, I ate delicious horse meat steak and marbling horse meat sashimi.

After that, I went to Suizen-ji Jōju-en.

There were a lot of green, a beautiful pond, and beautiful scenery.

Now I am relaxing in a lounge in an airport while drinking alcohol.
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【No. 0988】Conference Presentation

Sep 1, 2017 18:45
Today I presented my study in an academic conference for the first time in six months.

The material for presentation was completed about one hour before my presentation.

Since I couldn't finish it until just before my session, I have never could practice my presentation.

I was very nervous, but I could speak better than I thought, it doesn't terrible too much.

However, in the question and answer session, I became a little panicked, said some weird things.

I was very embarrassed and felt miserable.

I'd like to devote myself further to studying so that I can answer more smartly.
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【No. 0987】Getting Lost

Aug 31, 2017 23:23
Today I got lost in Kumamoto University.

I'm often confused about the direction I'm heading when I go to a new land.

In the university, I watched a map made of paper, thought like "okay, I understand the route," and started walking.

However, the destination was in the completely opposite direction.

Recently I may depend on Google Map too much.

There are many places where Google Map doesn't work, such as premises of universities or underground, I think that I have to do practice to be able read paper maps.

Anyway, I will be careful not to get lost in my life.
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【No. 0986】A Cockroach in Kumamoto

Aug 30, 2017 22:26
Today, I came to Kumamoto city, Kumamoto Prefecture, in order to participate in an academic conference that will be held tomorrow.

The distance from Tokyo to Kumamoto is around 1000 km, but I arrived within two hours by using an airplane.

Then, when I was about to ride a bus to Kumamoto city, I accidentally encountered my mentor -- he came from Nagano Prefecture for the same reason as me.

We talked a lot in the bus and ate dinner.

I was very lucky.

However, when I was doing my work at my hotel after dinner, I found a huge cockroach crawling around my feet.

Since I rarely see cockroaches, it was so terrifying.

I told it to a hotel worker, then my room was changed.

【No. 0973】Urashima Tarō Part 1

Aug 17, 2017 15:31
Day before yesterday, I stayed at a resort hotel called "Hotel Urashima" (ホテル浦島).

The name of this hotel comes from the famous Japanese fairy tale, "Urashima Tarō."

The outline of "Urashima Tarō" is something like the following.

A fisherman called Urashima Tarō, found a turtle that is being tormented by children, and rescued it.

In order to express gratitude, the turtle put Tarō on the back, and invited him to Ryūgū-jō (竜宮城 - Dragon Palace) in the sea.

In Ryūgū-jō, Tarō was welcomed by the beautiful princess, Otohime (乙姫), and he enjoyed fish dancing and gorgeous food.

To be continued later.
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【No. 0972】Family Trip in Summer

Aug 16, 2017 20:11
From yesterday to today, my relatives, my family and I have gone to a trip.

Although it was tough to treat my nephew and my niece on the car, it was also fun.

The hotel was located between the mountain and the sea, and the hot spring was in the cave.

Since you could see the expanse sea from the hot spring in the cave, we could totally feel the enormous nature.

However, somehow I couldn't sleep well yesterday (probably it was due to the unfamiliar environment.).

Today we went to LEGOLAND Japan, played there, and came back to home.

I'm quite exhausted now.

【No. 0963】Carbonated Water

Aug 7, 2017 13:01
Recently I have come to drink a lot of carbonated water.

Carbonated water, which you might call it sparkling water, is water containing carbon dioxide gas.

The reason why I drink carbonated water is because I want to feel something like coolness.

According to the Internet, there are several advantages and disadvantages about carbonated water.

As the advantages, it can promote blood flow and recover fatigue.

As disadvantages, if you drink it too much, you may feel tired and your body may become swollen.

I'm not sure whether these information is true or false, but indeed I've felt tired recently.

【No. 0962】HoloLens

Aug 6, 2017 15:54
Last week, I bought Microsoft HoloLens by using my research expense.

HoloLens is a head mounted display for MR (Mixed Reality).

Here, MR is a technology to show a new real world in which digital contents are embedded in real time.

You can also say that MR is a technology made by evolving AR (Argmented Reality), which is used in applications such as "Pokémon GO."

For example, since MR considers distances to real objects, virtual objects placed behind obstacles such as a desk would not be displayed on the HoloLens.

It is a very interesting technology, but I feel that it takes some time to get used to use it.
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【No. 0952】Mid-term Graduation Research Presentation

Jul 27, 2017 22:24
Today, a mid-term graduation research presentation (poster presentation) of senior students was held in my university.

I was very busy because I had to prepare and manage the venue, collect and arrange Fast Forward (1 minute presentations for posters), and go out for giving a class several times.

Yesterday, I was working until midnight, and finally stayed at my university.

It was a very difficult day, but the presentation went very well, so I'm satisfied.

However, although there were many interesting posters, I could check only some of them because of my class.

I have a regret only about that.
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【No. 0948】Splatoon 2

Jul 23, 2017 15:55
Yesterday, I bought Splatoon 2 and played it.

Since I have watched playing videos of the previous title several times, I understand some strategies, but I couldn't move the character as I thought.

Especially in match battles with other players, I was badly defeated.

Furthermore, I became a 3D sickness by using the gyro operation, so I felt very bad.

It was fun, but it may not suitable for my body.

I hope that I get used to the three dimensional movement in the near future...

From now on, I will play this game for one hour or less a day.
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【No. 0941】Narai-juku (奈良井宿)

Jul 16, 2017 22:29
Today was a holiday, so I went to Nagano Prefecture with my friends.
(We really love Nagano.)

Originally, we planned to climb a mountain, but we changed to go to Narai-juku because of the bad weather.

Narai-juku is an inn town that has flourished with a lot of travelers, and traditional Japanese buildings and houses still remain there as Groups of Traditional Buildings.

Since there are many shops that sell traditional things, such as woodworks, lacquerware and local foods, we could enjoy a lot.

After that, we went to "Tateshina Amusement Suizokukan," which is a aquarium located in the highest attitude in the world.

It was relatively small aquarium with only freshwater fish, but it was interesting because there were a lot of unusual fish.

It was a fulfilling day, however I got caught in a terrible traffic jam on my way home, I was really exhausted.
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【No. 0929】Finished Watching Friends

Jul 4, 2017 12:45
Today I finally finished watching the TV drama, Friends, from season one to ten.

Since all characters has grown nicely through the ten years, I feel nostalgic when I think back on the first season.

I watched all episodes with Japanese subtitles, but from now on, I will watch them again from the first episode with English subtitles.

Incidentally, one episode of this drama is about 22 minutes, and there were totally 238 episodes, so it means that I watched them for a total of about 87 hours.

On the other hand, it is said that you need about 500 hours listening if you want to an acquire English ability that is enough to travel abroad.

The milestone will be attained if I watch all episodes six times, but it looks like a tough road.

【No. 0920】Wedding Party Part 2

Jun 25, 2017 01:42
Yesterday, I participated in a wedding party of my college friend.

It was really nice and I enjoyed meeting and talking with my friends from college for the first time in a long time.

In my yesterday's post, I wrote that about 30% of couples who didn't hold a wedding ceremony divorced, but this was wrong.

I'm sorry.

The fact is that about 30% of all Japanese couples divorce.

Also, according to a survey, about 80% of the divorced couples didn't hold a wedding ceremony.

Since about half of Japanese couples don't hold a wedding ceremony, this survey suggests that people who don't hold a wedding ceremony tend to divorce.

On the other hand, according to the study at Emory University, people who spend a lot of money on their wedding seem to tend to divorce.

【No. 0919】Japanese Wedding Ceremony

Jun 24, 2017 10:30
Today I will go to my friend's party associated with his marriage.

(I will be careful not to drink too much.)

Recently in Japan, about half of married couples don't hold a wedding ceremony.

The main reason is because it costs too much money or it's difficult to prepare for it.

Also, from the same reasons, couples that hold a small wedding ceremony with only their relatives have increased.

My friend and his partner belong to such a couple -- today's party is just a party with their friends to celebrate their marriage, which is not a wedding ceremony.

Maybe you should consider a wedding ceremony, because I found several interesting information: about 90% of couples who held a wedding ceremony were satisfied it; about 30% of couples who didn't held a wedding ceremony divorced; almost all women have a longing for a wedding ceremony.
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【No. 0918】Regret

Jun 23, 2017 19:06
Yesterday, I ate dinner with my bosses, and went to several bars until around 3 o'clock in the morning.

Three days ago, I introduced the word "hebereke," which means that someone gets so drunk, but I was in the state of hebereke yesterday.

Since I had to participate in a research meeting in this morning, I decided to go back to my university by taxi and go to bed in my laboratory.

However, in the early morning, I woke up because I felt awful, then I vomited.

Eventually, I participated in the meeting while feeling terrible, but of course it was very painful.

Now I'm flooded with regret.
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【No. 0899】Nintendo Switch

Jun 4, 2017 11:46
I finally bought a Nintendo Switch yesterday.

Software that I bought at the same time were The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Playing games was for the first time in a while and the hardware was not easy to obtain, so I was very excited.

I played these games until midnight losing track of time, and fell asleep without getting wrapped in blankets.

As a result, I seem to have caught a cold.

I'm feeling weak and having a sore throat.

Since I have to work from tomorrow, I will rest my body using a long time today.

【No. 0878】Haha no Hi (Mother's Day)

May 14, 2017 11:08
Today is Haha no Hi (Mother's Day) to express appreciation to the mother.

In many countries such as the US, Australia, Germany, Brazil, China and Japan, the second Sunday in May is Mother's Day.

However, the origin and the date of Mother's Day are different in many countries.

For example, Mother's Day is: the first Sunday in May in Spain and South Africa, the last Sunday in May in France, Sweden and Morocco, the third Sunday in October in Argentina, and the last Sunday in November in Russia.

In Japan, Mother's Day was March 6, but it didn't spread.

After that, an event to honor the mother was held on May 8, which became a trigger, and finally the second Sunday in May became Mother's Day after the fashion of the US.

Unfortunately I completely forgot the Mother's Day this year.

I ordered flowers just few hours ago, but it may not reach today.

【No. 0865】Kamikochi

May 1, 2017 07:32
Today I will go to Kamikochi with my friends.

Kamikochi is one of largest depositional plains in Japan, the altitude of which is around 1500 meters.

It is thought that a river dammed by eruption activities and made a pond, then sediments deposited there.

The winter in Kamikochi is very cold -- the average temperature in January is -7.7 ℃, and the lowest temperature is below -30 ℃.

On the other hand, the average temperature in summer is around 20 ℃, so you can go sightseeing comfortably.

However, note that the average temperature of some areas don't exceed 10 ℃, that is a tundra climate.

Since Kamikochi is very beautiful, when you come to Nagano prefecture, please visit it.