Insomnia

I cannot sleep. It's already 5 am. I look for the reasons in what I did Yesterday. It was a weird day. I woke up quite early for me, like before 7 am. I replied to some of the emails and had a cup of coffee. While I was wondering whether I should go to hospital for immunization or stay home doing BE assignment, my roommate went into the bathroom and started the shower. This killed my motivation to go out and made me stay home studying.

In the afternoon, I had lunch with some of the classmates and visited another classmate at hospital. She slipped on the black ice and had her leg broken when she fell over. Poor girl. But it was fun to meet many of them after a long holiday. I hope the hospitalized one also had a good time. We left there around 3.30 back for Lechmere. Two friends and I looked at the boots which we are likely to need in this weekend. I could not decide which ones to get.

I took my Indian teammate home and talked over a cup of coffee. He left after a while. I started to work on my assignment due next week. Suddenly I started to feel dizzy and fell asleep. When I got up, I got back to study and got it done. I still have one cryptic marketing assignment. This lecturer seems to be very poor at framing what he wants us to do as the assignment. Dunno what to do but have to get it done. Grrr.

OK, I was looking for the reasons for the insomnia. Coffee can be one. Evening nap can be another. The Internet can be one, too. Anyway, the best thing I can do would be to shut this PC down, close my eyes, and wait till I fall aslee......

Humidifier

A humidifier humidifies your room by increasing the humidity in the air. When the air is dry, my throat starts to hurt and my skin gets dry. The humidifier helps me survive cold and dry Boston winter. However, the humid air is now always comfortable just as we can see in Japan's summer which is known for the terribly high humidity as well as the high temperature around 35 degree Celsius, or 95 degree Fahrenheit.

My intention was to practice using these 'humid' words. That's it.

You know it's so cold

The little water in front of school was totally frozen. Golden fish were still swimming in the water below the ice, though. It may be warmer to be in the water than in the ice cold air of Boston.

I threw a stone into the pond, which did not get in to the water. The ice was too thick. After three stones my friends decided to step on it. One got on. Two got on. I got on. The ice was thick enough. We took a photo on the ice.

You know, it's just the beginning of December. What will happen in January? What in February? Anyway, my favorite place has been between the bed and the duvet since long time.

ok, whatever...

One of the headache. It is really hard to have a constructive class discussion when there are people from everywhere and there is no basic rules and principles. Because discussion is an interaction between people to create better knowledge, participants are expected to listen to others, respond to the opinions, and elaborate knowledge each of them has. When there is no rules or people ignore them if there are, that is just a talk which does not create anything but just fun.

Someone responded when I said like above. "What's wrong with me saying what I think?" Nothing's wrong if he shows his opinion and contribute others' learning. Everything's wrong if he ruins discussion by showing opinion at a wrong time, in a wrong attitude, and even worse about wrong topic. Discussion is not an exhibition of fabulous creative ideas but is an interaction of opinions so that we can create better knowledge and learn from each other.

Ethics, values, principles.

Accounting class talked about ethics.

What would you do if you find a man dying when you also are facing life-or-death situation?
What would you do when your ethics confront with those of the organizations?
What would you do when you have plenty of reasons to turn around and not to do what you believe is right for yourself?

The reality is that your ethics are tested no matter if you are ready to take it or not. The moment of decision shows up in front of you without any advance notice. You have to face the problem and make a decision immediately. Analysis and fair evaluation do not help you. What would you do in that situation?

My understanding is that this is not just about ethics, but about my own values, or principles based on which I live. When I see a man dying in a snowy mountain and when I passed by facing potential risks of death myself, would I offer a hand to him even if it most probably risks my own life?

The answer for now would be no, sadly and realistically. But, I believe there are moments I would answer yes. I would like to be aware when I will do so. I would like to have my principles are something I cannot give up even for my life, just as a number of old Japanese did.

Mon Oct 18, 2o1o

ok, here is my blog. Actually I have been blogging in Japanese for quite a while but I just came up with an idea; why don't you write in English? It might help me organize my thoughts. It might also entertain some of my close friends, especially those who in London.

Since this is an open space, I should avoid too much personal information or specific names of people around me. Well, let me think if I should use dummy names or just initials. It does not matter as for today.

Me, tipsyakey lives in Boston... currently. Born and raised in Japan, my long travel started in May 2007, a few days before my 27th birthday. Leaving my beloved hometown, I moved to Honolulu, HI. Four months later, I moved to London and ended up living there for over three years. Then, somehow, I came to Boston 2 months ago. I love both Honolulu and London. They gave me a lot of unbelievable encounters with lots of fantastic people.

Now I am doing my MBA here, appreciating my final year of study, and being overwhelmed by a number of courseworks coming one after another. I hope I will find the time to write something here from time to time.

Mon Oct 18, 2010

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