Hang out w/ Hasegawa san at Irish Bar

6:40-8:00pm English class, to present Mugabe's run-off
8:20pm meet with Hasegawa-san near his office
8:25 went to Irish Bar
What we ate
-Fish and Cheap
-kind of garlic toast
-Spanish Omelet
-two one-paint Gueness
-one Cuba Liber
Today's point
All you should do to cut your weight is to write down what you ate today...

prepared tomorrow's lesson...Rather today's lesson.

well, I went back home around 9:30pm and rush to Denny's near my house to bite light dinner and prepare tomorrow's presentation. As I chose Zimbabwean presidential election, I had to read several articles and to consult wikipedia, 'cause I didn't know much about this issue as well as this region. Actually, I was not sure this country used to be called Rhodesia, even though I like DiCaprio's Blood Diamond very much, especially the feeling which ex-Rhodesian soldiers have against their-once-existed-home-country, the feeling of lost.
Anyway, I spent three hours and half at Denny's with all you can drink thick and sweet coffee. Now, I feel sleepless. Hahaha.
As for me, I was able to survive the busiest season in Ministry. Luckily, I got through two ministerial level meeting in Paris. Summer vacation has almost started... This is the latest development in my 8th month in Tokyo.
By the way, I realized many annoying comments were posted in my blog when I post w/ Japanese title. I will take care of it more from now on...
See you later.

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Now playing: Inner Circle - Sweat (A La La La La Long)
via FoxyTunes

今日はいい天気

昨日までの雨が終わって、今日はいい天気。
仕事が一つ残ってるけど、今日の夜から月曜日まで上海。
久しぶりに友達に会えて、おいしい中華が食べれればいいかな。

Nice dinner at La Boheme, Shibuya, Tokyo

Well, I had a good time at Cafe La Boheme, Shibuya last night. Nice Italian food, nice wine, and a good conversation with Ken really hit the spot. With him, I worked hard to promote an English conversation group for non-native speakers in Washington, DC. The cafe was so popular that we had to wait for about fifteen minuets even though it was a little past six pm. We talked about a R&D on ICT field, our mutual friend in DC, his girl friend, our futures, and more.
The cafe was taken from La Boheme, Puccini's opera, which my favorite "RENT" is based on, if you want to know. The URL of the cafe is http://www.boheme.jp/en/casual/home/index.
BTW, Tokyo was covered by snow. It's so nice, isn't it?

久しぶりに渋谷に行った。一緒に行ったのはワシントンDCで一緒にカンバセーショングループをやっていたKさん。ICTの研究所の話を聞く。行ったレストランはラボエム。６時過ぎでも１５分待ちの人気。久しぶりに飲んだワインや、食べたマルガリータがやけにおいしかった。ちなみにこのラボエム、僕が好きなミュージカル「レント」のもとねたになった、プッチーニのオペラからとってるそうです。
http://www.boheme.jp/en/casual/home/index

さよならの日/A day with good-bye

今日は月末で隣の室の人が出身の某シンクタンクに戻っていった。
最後にまとめて話せてよかった。
また今後、ランチか晩御飯ご一緒できますように。

My colleague next section left a ministry for his former think-tank today.
Nice talking with him.
Hope we have a chance to have a lunch or dinner.

First Snow/初雪

The first snow of this season has fallen at 0:20am January 17 at Nishidai Station, near my house. I guess this is the first snow in Tokyo this season.


1月17日午前0時20分自分の家の近くの西台駅で初雪が降った。たぶんこれが東京で最初の雪。

Stay up late at nite/遅くまでおきてる

Thaks to congress, I have to stay at office so that so far I have been in office more than 19hrs.
会議のせいで遅くまでオフィスにいる。かれこれオフィスに１９時間かんずめ。