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Toru Feb 09, 2015Jan 06, 2024 Amazon, curved keyboard layout, ergonomic keyboard, ergonomics, hand and wrist, keys, Microsoft, mistyped rate, practice, time sale, typing, typing speed

Ergonomic Keyboard

I bought a ergonomic keyboard designed by Microsoft because Amazon had had a time sale. The keys of this keyboard Read More
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Toru Feb 08, 2015Jan 06, 2024 boss, comments, discussion, master thesis, presentation, review, rewarded, working hard

Today, my boss and I checked master thesis presentations of my two …

 Today, my boss and I checked master thesis presentations of my two juniors. Each presentation was 15 minutes, however, our Read More
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Toru Feb 07, 2015Jan 06, 2024 boo-boo, investigate, mistakes, posts, reviewing, trend, web page

Review My Posts

 Today, I tried to reviewing my posts because I sometimes make a same mistake. However, lang-8 is opens slowly, so Read More
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Toru Feb 06, 2015Jan 06, 2024 advice, boss, children, gratitude, hard stuff, history, horizontal thinking, humanity, humor, machinery researchers, originality, poem, research, retirement age, university professor, valedictory lecture

Valedictory Lecture

 Today, I went to a valedictory lecture of my boss’ boss. The boss, who is a professor of my university, Read More
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Toru Feb 05, 2015Jan 06, 2024 elegant wording, implication of words, Kyoto, specific area, uncommon culture

An Uncommon Culture of a Specific Area of Kyoto

 Today, I’d like to introduce an uncommon culture of Kyoto which is the famous city in Japan. I have some Read More
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Toru Feb 04, 2015Jan 06, 2024 breathing spell, comic jokes, comic website, comics, dictionaries, English sites, Engrish.com, FML, Matthew Inman, relief, studying, The Oatmeal

Interesting English Sites

Today, I found some interesting English sites, for example, The Oatmeal, FML, Engrish.com, and so on. The Oatmeal is a Read More
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Toru Feb 03, 2015Jan 06, 2024 custom, employment exams, hiring, job-hunting, timing

Job-hunting in Japan

 In Japan, almost of all companies usually hire new staff in April. If we miss the timing, it will be Read More
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Toru Feb 02, 2015Jan 06, 2024 graduation requirements, March, points, test result, TOEIC

TOEIC Test Result

Today I received the TOEIC test result. I have to acquire at least 730 point to satisfy graduation requirements, but Read More
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Toru Feb 01, 2015Jan 06, 2024 connections of sentences, correction comments, graduate research presentations, graduation season, graduation thesis, growth, junior, master theses, story

Graduation Thesis

 In Japan, the graduation season is approaching. As is often the case, graduate research presentations are held in Mid-February, the Read More
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