Sunday, February 03, 2008

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

Friday, February 01, 2008

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.