日本語先生

This week, as usual, I had three sections of Japanese classes with my dear friends.

After the three lessons, in fact, my strongest feeling is guilty.

My poor memory and limited performance are really not enough to be a good student.

Please tell me I am too lazy. I will study harder because of your words.

Thank you very very much. All my dear friends...

海鮮丼を作った

Finally, Michie, Sean, and I made the "Seafood Don." The materials were all bought in Marukai supermarket.(map is attached) We bought the sashimi seafood, such as salmon, scallops, sea urchin, etc. Michie cooked the 玉子燒 and I put everything on the rice. After Sean made the sauce, we had a great dinner. It's so lucky that we can even make 海鮮丼 here!

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Meeting old friend is always a pleasure.

Coming back from San Francisco, the pleasure of meeting Edward still makes me feel good.

It's been a year since we met in Philadelphia. Time goes fast and we are at an age without certainty. No one knows he will be in the US or in Taiwan at May, and no one knows I will be here or somewhere else in summer. We both are struggling for our future. Because of a career fair, I found a reason to go and meet him. It's a nice trip, we went Napa, Stanford, and Apple headquarter. Of course, we did try hard in the career fair, too. I am really glad I went on this trip. Although we grew up together, now there is few chance we can meet and understand each other more.

This time, we met in San Francisco. Last time, we met in Philadelphia. Where will I see this guy next time? I have started looking forward to it!

Drucker School Classmates Won 2009 Net Impact Case Competition!

This is a part of the letter from our Dean, Ira Jackson:

I couldn't resist letting you know right away the good news that our Drucker School team won the national NetImpact case competition yesterday at the LEEDS School of Business in Boulder, Colorado. Competing against some 85 other business schools, Drucker beat out the University of North Carolina and the team from MIT for first place honors, the national title, and the $6,000 prize. This NetImpact award is billed as "the premier case format competition built around businesses facing sustainability challenges while succeeding financially." Way to go, Emi (Makino), Tyler (Burrell), Jay (Hinton) and Sarah (Shwald)! You make all of us proud. This is a truly magnificent achievement.

I feel proud that although Drucker School is small, our students are outstanding enough to compete with those huge schools. Also, I have classed with all of these classmates, played golf with Tyler, and discussed QM project with Emi. It's a pleasure to work with these brilliant people.

Congratulation.

Welcome my brother in Claremont

Last week, Sean came to the beautiful city, Claremont, to visit me. He will stay here for a while and apply school as well as lean English here. It is not common that two brothers are staying together for a long time at this age, but I feel I am lucky. Since I regard the experience being here would actually develop and help Sean in certain way, it is my duty and pleasure to make it happen. 

There is one thing that I am happy about. Sean told me he is surprised that I got so many great friends who are eager to help me in many ways here. It's impressive to him, and, in fact, to me also, so I still want to say thank you to everyone who helps me and is being my friend. I love you all. Thank you!

Skiing & Super Bowl

Thanks to Paul, my first ski experience was so nice. He picked the Super Bowl day, knowing that no body will go skiing on that day, and we almost didn't need to wait for the lift. Although my balance was not so good and this was really the first time I put on the boots and skis, I enjoyed a lot and did not fall in the last time. 

One of the most amazing was that I can even ski without my gloves and it was totally not cold. To ski with such few clothes on was so special and memorable, not to mention this was my first time!

After skiing, I joined all the friends who were watching and betting on the Super Bowl game in Dan's house. This was also a nice party with exciting game which made me understand how interesting American football can be. That was a long day, but it's worth it!

I wish I can go skiing again soon!