tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:47:40 +0000Welcome!! Here I pick up various things to share. Hope you enjoy them! イギリス、ヨークでの学生生活も長期戦に突入です。これからもちょくちょく覘きに来てくださいね。http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/koji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)Blogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-115663311128266036Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:55:00 +00002006-08-27T21:58:03.476+01:00Thanks to Jenny’s blog, I have read an excitingly polemical article on the current decline of foreign language education in British secondary schools. I thought the article deserves to be read widely, since it’s not just about British educational problem. The article by a French woman at its best offers a strong argument for what the acquisition of a new language amounts to: the discovery of a http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/08/learning-culture-culture-of-learning.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-115619943016644956Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:22:00 +00002006-08-22T01:37:27.890+01:00I and my friends are having a gig in the Basement Bar in the City Screen tomorrow (Tue) evening. The door opens at 8pm and we ('Glider' or 'Brasilian' is the band's name) will be supporting a band with two or three other supporting bands. We will be playing two original tunes and a few covers from Red Hot Chili Peppers and Stevie Wonder. The entrance fee will be 3 or 4 pounds. It's the first gighttp://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/08/first-gig-in-city-screen-basement.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-115606311484350956Sun, 20 Aug 2006 08:33:00 +00002006-08-20T09:39:51.040+01:00 Hallywood photo Originally uploaded by koji. It's a while ago, but we had Bronach's birthday party. Happy birthday to Bronach; I really enjoyed the party, surrounded by all the fellow historians and medievalists as in this photo!!*Visit my photo album for morehttp://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/08/bronachs-birthday-party-with-fancy.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-115487845755882196Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:12:00 +00002006-08-06T16:34:17.623+01:00It's been 61 years since an atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima in 6 August 1945. Its initial explosion claimed the lives of tens of thousands, afterwards killing more people due to radiation exposure. Let us pray for the peace of this ever-warring world. Find out more in wiki.http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/08/hiroshima.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-115308003670786865Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:46:00 +00002006-07-16T22:21:21.066+01:00See more in my photo album!! 去年博士課程を終えられたサトシさんがGraduation Ceremonyに出席するためにヨークに帰ってきた。今回はご両親も一緒だ。ちょうど去年の6月ごろに彼のAfer Viva Partyをやってからもう一年、早いものです。　（Viva･ヴァイヴァとはアメリカではDefenceとも言い、博士論文についての口頭試問のこと。これが終わって晴れて博士課程が終了となる）今回はサトシさんと同じEnvironment DepのJanとトヨさんをはじめにバンド演奏もした。僕もこないだ買ったボンゴを叩いた。上の写真は、活き活きとした演奏の瞬間を捉えている気がして、すごく好き。それにしても、サトシさんもご両親もすごく嬉しそう。　本当におめでとうございます！http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/07/satoshis-reunion-party_16.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-115282991937816284Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:45:00 +00002006-07-13T23:31:59.456+01:00It's a good time of the year in England. Massive "congratulation" for all my friends who have got the degree!! Well done!! And for me as well! Well done me! (See my photo album for more photo)イギリスの卒業式は面白いです。修士、博士の卒業式は卒業した年の一年後にやるんです。だから去年の9月に卒論を提出した人たちはようやく今、卒業式を終えて晴れて修士終了となる訳です。　論文の審査に二、三人の審査員が関わるのと、効率の悪いオフィスワークのせいかと思います。　始めは随分いい加減なもんだ、と感じたものですが、そのおかげもあって、一年後に再び旧交を温めるチャンスになるわけです。今年も日本から、アメリカから、http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/07/graduation.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-115253215820119492Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:39:00 +00002006-07-10T13:00:37.830+01:00Oh it was dissapointing to see him being sent off. Believe it or not, Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Trasport has now started wondering about chaning the symbols for pedestrian signals!! Such an hommage to this MVP player!http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/07/zidan.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-115243991155992813Sun, 09 Jul 2006 10:00:00 +00002006-07-09T11:11:51.570+01:00Just a few moments ago, I unexpectedly received a email from my Tiwanese friend.* It was about the American poet, Maya Angelou. Born in April 4, 1928, she 'is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement'. (Read more in wiki).I don't know where she got this story from. But I found it interesting, and thought you may also find interesting. I http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/07/words-of-american-poet-maya-angelou.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-115232100878569976Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:31:00 +00002006-07-08T02:14:08.356+01:00There's an established tradition across Asian countries to have a festival on 7th July. It's 七夕 (Called 'tanabata' in Japanese, 'Qi Xi' in Mandarine), based on the lengendary meeting of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair). The Milky Way, a river made from stars that crosses the sky, separated these two lovers, and they were allowed to meet only once a year. Find more in wiki.Many people - and http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/07/7th-july-is-special-day-indeed.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-115074965738799094Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:26:00 +00002006-06-21T21:19:41.993+01:00Yeah!! Niels, whom I visited in Amsterdam the other day, will be coming to York to start Ph.D!! He's finally confirmed this since he got the funding he wanted. Congraturation to him!!! We'll be living with our two English friends in the city centre from September. Oh, it gonna be really exciting!! I'm repeating myself, but we shall have a massive house-warming party, so you York people, don't http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/06/niels-is-coming.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114885043439025844Sun, 28 May 2006 21:05:00 +00002006-05-28T22:08:24.616+01:00とても素敵な詩です。ぜひとも共有したいので、載せておきます。１．自分の感受性くらい ぱさぱさに乾いてゆく心をひとのせいにはするなみずから水やりを怠っておいて 気難しくなってきたのを友人のせいにはするなしなやかさを失ったのはどちらなのか 苛立つのを近親のせいにはするななにもかも下手だったのはわたくし 初心消えかかるのを暮らしのせいにはするなそもそもが　ひよわな志しにすぎなかった 駄目なことの一切を時代のせいにはするなわずかに光る尊厳の放棄 自分の感受性くらい自分で守ればかものよ２．一人は賑やか 一人でいるのは　賑やかだ賑やかな賑やかな森だよ夢がぱちぱち　はぜてくるよからぬ思いも　湧いてくるエーデルワイスも　毒の茸も 一人でいるのは　賑やかだ賑やかな賑やかな海だよ水平線もかたむいて荒れに荒れっちまう夜もあるなぎの日生まれる馬鹿貝もある 一人でいるのは賑やかだ誓って負け惜しみなんかじゃない一人http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/05/1926-2006.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114772364538899827Mon, 15 May 2006 19:59:00 +00002006-05-15T21:07:26.253+01:00Since I came back from Amsterdam, I have been doing quite a bit of flat hunting with my friends in the History and English Deps. Yesterday, we have found one nice property which all of us liked!! It's in the city centre off Walmgate at the Evening Press. We are trying to sort out minor issues so that we can sign the contract soon. It's likely that we will have two communal areas on the ground http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/05/flat-hunting.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114693456399418793Sat, 06 May 2006 16:54:00 +00002006-05-06T18:00:52.266+01:00遅ればせながらアプしました!! 滞在中の4月29日がQueen's Dayというオランダでどうやら一番に大きな休日だったので、その日の写真が特に多いし特別な気がします。 アムステルダムは路上がダンスフロア化＋街中オレンジ色でした。 そして、市内最大の公園は16歳以下の子供達のストールに限られていて、そこはなんだかお遊戯会と学園祭を足したまま二で割り忘れたようなカオスでした。 全体的に、街中がフリースタイルと言うか実験精神というか、今まで見たことがないような状況になっていたので、すごくビックリしたし、それでいて危険な雰囲気はちっともなくて、疲れたけど、すっごい楽しめました。CLICK HERE TO HAVE A LOOK.http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/05/photo-update_06.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114666694693808398Wed, 03 May 2006 14:23:00 +00002006-05-03T15:45:36.220+01:00An English professor wrote the words: "A woman without her man is nothing" On the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly. All of the males in the class wrote: "A woman, without her man, is nothing." All the females in the class wrote: "A woman: without her, man is nothing." Punctuation is indeed powerful...Besides, I agree with this latter proposition whole-heartedly.*This http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/05/women-and-men-feminist-interpretation.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114657919620154158Tue, 02 May 2006 14:09:00 +00002006-05-02T21:38:28.690+01:00I am going to give a paper in a two-day conference on C18 studies in late June. Click here to see the abstract of my forthcoming paper.日本語の発表要旨もあるよ☆http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/05/forthcoming-conference-paper.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114652784340061381Mon, 01 May 2006 23:53:00 +00002006-05-02T00:57:23.410+01:00Had a wonderful trip, indeed!! Massive thanks for Niels and Vidhi!!!!!!!!I'll be updating photos and things soon, I think.Besides, I just got to know that I can give a paper in a major two-day conference on C18 studies in late June. Although it's held in York (so gives no excuse to travel around), I am still very excited about it; it's gonna be my first paper in a conference! アムステルダムから今日の午後かえって来http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/05/i-am-back.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114605024579656740Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:16:00 +00002006-04-26T12:17:25.810+01:00TELL ME IF YOU GET THE 5000TH VISIT!5000人目の人は教えてちょうだい！http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/04/5000th-visit.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114600156327820917Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:45:00 +00002006-04-25T23:42:55.556+01:00I'm going to Amsterdam to visit Niels tomorrow. It'll be a great trip for several reasons. I will be with the one who knows the life there, so I'll be off the beaten track. There'll be the Queen's birthday (Sat), the most important national holiday of the country. I have been working quite hard this holiday so deserve a break. And I want to spend some time in a new place with my notebook.I have http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/04/off-to-amsterdam.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114590461342266316Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:44:00 +00002006-04-24T20:07:25.746+01:00高校のときから好きでよく歌っていた曲。昨日はこの歌をふと思い出した。サビを思い切り歌った。そしたら途切れ途切れの記憶がつながって、しまいには始めから通して歌えた。PURE SOUL　[アルバム「PURE SOUL」収録] 作詞･作曲 TAKURO 唄 GLAY 何不自由のない暮らしだな　だけど何か満たされぬそんな夜もあるだろう　そんな夜もあるだろう何を恐れているのかも　わからず街を飛び出した必死で掴もうとしている　栄光は大きな意味を明日に投げかけたとしても　望まない結末もある繰り返す暮らしの中で　避けられぬ命題を今　背負って　迷って　もがいて　真夜中出口を探している　手探りでサイを振る時は訪れ　人生の岐路にたたずむ共に見た数々の夢を　追いかけ汗を流す仲間もいたな声をあげかける少年を　振り返る余裕すらなく擦り切れた若さの残り火　この胸にくすぶらせている　「未だ夜明http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/04/pure-soul.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114575029918306285Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:31:00 +00002006-04-24T19:57:01.100+01:00I have been teaching Japanese to a Thai girl since last October. She goes to (or rather stays at) Queen Margaret's School just outside the city of York, a very posh girls' boarding school (The teacher-student ratio is an amazing 1:7 in this school, which looks after just over 350 students)! Today, I had an honour to be invited to an informal dinner which celebrates the School's cultural diversityhttp://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/04/international-dinner-at-queen.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114554785499999251Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:31:00 +00002006-04-21T10:16:09.770+01:00Went to the famours "Olde Starre Inne", the oldest surviving licensed pub in York that dates back to the 1640s. Surrounded by good old faces, it was just as comfortable as in my room. Happy birthday Andy!!（追記）"Olde Starre Inne" は17世紀のスペリングです。今ならOld Star Innですね。写真からも分かりますが、イギリスのビールジョッキは非常に大きいです。何しろ基本単位の１Pint(パイント)＝568mlです。何気に飲みっぷりがすごく良くなります！　1/2パイントもあるけど、あまり飲みません。ヨークはパブと地ビールがすごく有名な街で、壁に囲まれた小さな市街地にhttp://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/04/andys-birthday-drink.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114531209757670936Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:37:00 +00002006-04-17T23:23:02.810+01:00I could not concentrate on my study after I came back from a computer room. I then decided to go to the concert of my friend. She's a member of a quintet called "Uncloistered", which specializes in medieval/renaissance church musics. I once saw her performance in a church nearby and enjoyed it; so I was looking forward to listening her performance again.It was at its best excellent. The venue washttp://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/04/diary-york-minster-uncloistered.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114497107209362382Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:07:00 +00002006-04-14T19:22:24.216+01:00昨日はイースターの週末になる前の買い物にとCity Centreへ出かけてきた。風が強かったけれど天気はよかったので、思い切ってぐるっと遠回りして散歩しながら行くことにした。その時のことを辿ってみようと思う。先ずは大学から町の真ん中を流れるウース川まで向かって、そこから川沿いの歩道を歩く。そこに着くまでに頭上の晴れ間が消えて、はるか向こうの雲がやって来て通り雨を降らせていった。雲の動きが早い。虹が出そうな日だ。川岸を歩くと、買い物袋を両手にぶら下げた人たちとぽつりぽつりすれ違う。町からそれぞれの家に向かっているのだ。僕がキャンパスにある自分の部屋を離れたのは午後四時過ぎ。この時間からCityCentreに行くというのは買い物には遅すぎるし、食事とお酒には早すぎる。歩道を歩いていくと木々の奥にClifford's Towerが見えてくる。11世紀にウィリアム征服王が経てた要塞に起源を持http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/04/diary-windy-day-out.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114469447247538446Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:26:00 +00002006-04-11T15:01:55.950+01:00" />I asked KEN THE PHILOSOPHER-HAIRDRESSER to cut my hair. It was the first time to have my hair cut other than in hair-dressers. It was really refreshing. Indeed, the difference is clear from my posture. Before that, I was sitting on the floor very idly (far left). But afterwards, I felt so refreshed that I was sitting quite upright (far right). Big thanks to KEN!!http://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/04/diary-real-haircut.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832356.post-114460407272415579Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:33:00 +00002006-04-09T18:34:32.736+01:00そうです。 僕は、なぜか分からないけど、これまで映画をあまり観てこなかったような気がします。 テレビでやってる吹き替え映画と、あとはものの10本も劇場で観たかどうか。こんな具合でした。 特に日本の映画というのは、宮崎駿の数本を除いてほとんど見たことが無くって、劇場で観たといったら「東映マンガ祭り」の類と「七人のオタク」とか「マリリンに会いたい」とかそれくらいだった訳です。　（あ、けどこないだALWAYS三丁目の夕日観ました！） つまり黒澤明とか小津安二郎とか、文字通り全く知らなかったんです。 で、これが意外に恥ずかしいんです。というのも、まずもって映画の話題は十中八九着いて行けない。しかも、結構イギリス人も含めてヨーロッパの人はクロサワとかオズを好きな人もいたりする。そういう話題が時に挙がったりすると、僕は日本人の割には何も知らないなぁ、と今更ながらに気付かされたりするんです。 もちろんhttp://miscellaneayork.blogspot.com/2006/04/blog-post.htmlkoji4649@hotmail.com (Koji)0