May 26, 2014
The last time of Berkeley
I visited my friend who lives in Berkeley. We went to Gather for lunch. I came with his Taiwanese girlfriend, so I could have a change to use Mandarin that I have personalty learned for the last three month.
May 25, 2014
Carnival SF 2014
I went to see Carnival San Francisco this year again. When I arrived the street of the parade, so many people were already sitting and standing along the street. The parade got started later than the schedule, I could see all groups. It was beautiful.
May 22, 2014
The last day of internship
Finally I'm done with my internship in San Francisco. At the same day, I was noticed by my school that my graduate project (like a thesis) of writing a case study and its case analysis had been officially passed. I have spent a lot of time to commute to San Francisco for three months as well as doing my project. It was a sort of tough months for me.
As my farewell dinner of the office, I went to Ryo's Hawaiian restaurant. It's apparently a luxury restaurant. Tastes of Hawaiian food was awesome.
After leaving the restaurant, we went to Local Edition, a bar along Market Street. My boss got me two glasses of cocktail. I was a bit drunk and became talkative, I think. Anyway, it was a nice night. I would really like to say thank you for the wonderful opportunity that I could spend time here San Francisco for a couple of months.
As my farewell dinner of the office, I went to Ryo's Hawaiian restaurant. It's apparently a luxury restaurant. Tastes of Hawaiian food was awesome.
After leaving the restaurant, we went to Local Edition, a bar along Market Street. My boss got me two glasses of cocktail. I was a bit drunk and became talkative, I think. Anyway, it was a nice night. I would really like to say thank you for the wonderful opportunity that I could spend time here San Francisco for a couple of months.
May 21, 2014
Easy-understand Economics
This is an awesome explanation about the economy system of our world.
This half an hour might be better than just sitting in an Econ class for a semester. I should have known this video earlier...
I agree with the idea at the end of this video that increasing productivity is very important for economic growth. It would cost a lot of money and time to make this whole video. Ray Dalio, the producer of this video, is very rich because he succeeded in managing his hedge fund as a founder. If many people are influenced by this video and the world economy improve, his funds would get better. So it is also good for him.
What if 3 billion people (approximate labor population) in the world understand this basic economic system?
Statistically, the number of people who can connect the Internet is approximately 3 billion as well. (The number of device that can connect the Internet will reach 6 billion in 2014)
On the other hand, the Internet penetration rate（available population）of many countries are still less than 10%. Only about 20 countries have over 50% of the Internet penetration rate.
Even though a good educating contents was published for free, there is still the education gap as well as economy gap in the world.
This half an hour might be better than just sitting in an Econ class for a semester. I should have known this video earlier...
I agree with the idea at the end of this video that increasing productivity is very important for economic growth. It would cost a lot of money and time to make this whole video. Ray Dalio, the producer of this video, is very rich because he succeeded in managing his hedge fund as a founder. If many people are influenced by this video and the world economy improve, his funds would get better. So it is also good for him.
What if 3 billion people (approximate labor population) in the world understand this basic economic system?
Statistically, the number of people who can connect the Internet is approximately 3 billion as well. (The number of device that can connect the Internet will reach 6 billion in 2014)
On the other hand, the Internet penetration rate（available population）of many countries are still less than 10%. Only about 20 countries have over 50% of the Internet penetration rate.
Even though a good educating contents was published for free, there is still the education gap as well as economy gap in the world.
May 20, 2014
Good Vietnamese food
I found Tin Vietnamese, a Vietnamese restaurant in San Francisco, for dinner. I was going to eat ramen but happened to find this restaurant on Google Maps. I ordered Bun Bo Hue (Spicy noodle), Canh Ga Chien (Crispy chicken wings), and Vietnamese style lemonade. Actually, this restaurant has a high rating or stars on a couple of restaurant review website, so my expectation was not low. It was actually good. When I leave, I saw a long line in front of the restaurant.
May 18, 2014
Bay to Breakers
I went to San Francisco to see Bay to Breakers, which was supposed to be a huge running event of a century-long history but was actually a costume-runners walking event Lol. The running started eight in the morning. It sounded very early but so many people came to be ready as of eight o'clock.
I followed the huge crowd of the event. I saw many interesting costumes. Some of them were walking without wearing anything Lol I wonder if it's legal or not... I spent all the time in the morning and then returned to downtown.
I ate some food at the food court of Westfield. It was a beautiful day, so I went to Yerba Buena Gardens and took a nap on the grass for a while.
Despite I ate some food, I got hungry again. I went to Dojima-Ann, a Japanese restaurant (but I guess the owner is not Japanese) and quickly ate Katsu-don.
I moved to Macy's and was watching a Luis von Ahn's TED presentation , which my colleague introduced me, at the food court.
Luis von Ahn is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. He is one of inventors of Duolingo, which is a popular language learning web service in the U.S. Fortunately, I could reach a person who are on the MBA program in Carnegie Mellon after watching this video, so I wish I could meet someone who know him.
Before leaving the food court, a Chinese woman (maybe a tourist) talked to me in Chinese all of sudden. I answered "I'm Japanese.," but she kept talking in Chinese. I answered, "I don't understand.," and then she still said something in Chinese (maybe she said, "Aren't you Chinese?"<-- Why don't you first ask!? F●ck!!). She left without saying sorry or excuse me...
At the evening, I met my old friend of the same university in Japan and nd went dinner at Straits Restaurant. I ate Crispy Chicken, my favorite food here.
I showed around the financial district of downtown and Embarcadero. It was freaking cold.
I followed the huge crowd of the event. I saw many interesting costumes. Some of them were walking without wearing anything Lol I wonder if it's legal or not... I spent all the time in the morning and then returned to downtown.
I ate some food at the food court of Westfield. It was a beautiful day, so I went to Yerba Buena Gardens and took a nap on the grass for a while.
Despite I ate some food, I got hungry again. I went to Dojima-Ann, a Japanese restaurant (but I guess the owner is not Japanese) and quickly ate Katsu-don.
I moved to Macy's and was watching a Luis von Ahn's TED presentation , which my colleague introduced me, at the food court.
Before leaving the food court, a Chinese woman (maybe a tourist) talked to me in Chinese all of sudden. I answered "I'm Japanese.," but she kept talking in Chinese. I answered, "I don't understand.," and then she still said something in Chinese (maybe she said, "Aren't you Chinese?"<-- Why don't you first ask!? F●ck!!). She left without saying sorry or excuse me...
At the evening, I met my old friend of the same university in Japan and nd went dinner at Straits Restaurant. I ate Crispy Chicken, my favorite food here.
I showed around the financial district of downtown and Embarcadero. It was freaking cold.
May 17, 2014
Harvard professor's comment for graduates of MBA
I read an article on the Internet. The author seems to be a student of HBS (Harvard Business School). He introduced a impressive last lecture of a popular professor.
(I bet the original one would be English but the article was in Japanese, so I re-translate into English.)
"When I was young, I used to work for an university, and my wife used to work for a big company. My wife liked her workplace and had been enjoying her job. On the other hand, I was suffering from my research and anxious about my future. One day, an university in a country side offered me to be an associate professor, and I accepted it due to improve my career.
My career turned up better, and I was almost reaching my tenure. However, the university located in the middle of a rural area, and it was impossible for my wife to find a job. My wife's career had stopped and her energy was under the incomplete combustion. Our arguments were getting more frequent. Eventually, my home became non-relaxable place...
One day, I just realized that I had lived with valuing what is important. Even if my career got better, reaching happiness would be impossible if my family (household) was not doing well. Despite my wife is my better half, have I ever though how important her life is.
Eventually, even though my tenure was almost gotten, I quited the job in the university and decided to move in Boston. My wife got a job there and could re-start her new career. My household became a source of my vital spark again. After a while, I got a job offer from HBS and have been teaching for you guys as an associate professor. I'm still far from my tenure but have an invaluable happy family. Moving in Boston was the best judge in my life."
According to the article, this professor concluded, "Honor the dream of your partner."
Majority of MBA holders, especially those who graduate from the top ranked school, would pursue their brilliant career with higher salary and higher reputation. However, really important things would not be those but something irreplaceable.
(I bet the original one would be English but the article was in Japanese, so I re-translate into English.)
"When I was young, I used to work for an university, and my wife used to work for a big company. My wife liked her workplace and had been enjoying her job. On the other hand, I was suffering from my research and anxious about my future. One day, an university in a country side offered me to be an associate professor, and I accepted it due to improve my career.
My career turned up better, and I was almost reaching my tenure. However, the university located in the middle of a rural area, and it was impossible for my wife to find a job. My wife's career had stopped and her energy was under the incomplete combustion. Our arguments were getting more frequent. Eventually, my home became non-relaxable place...
One day, I just realized that I had lived with valuing what is important. Even if my career got better, reaching happiness would be impossible if my family (household) was not doing well. Despite my wife is my better half, have I ever though how important her life is.
Eventually, even though my tenure was almost gotten, I quited the job in the university and decided to move in Boston. My wife got a job there and could re-start her new career. My household became a source of my vital spark again. After a while, I got a job offer from HBS and have been teaching for you guys as an associate professor. I'm still far from my tenure but have an invaluable happy family. Moving in Boston was the best judge in my life."
According to the article, this professor concluded, "Honor the dream of your partner."
Majority of MBA holders, especially those who graduate from the top ranked school, would pursue their brilliant career with higher salary and higher reputation. However, really important things would not be those but something irreplaceable.
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