According to my schedule in this month, I have to attend JICA seminar in Hiroshima from 20th to 27th August. So I thought I could not have a birthday party as my dear friends in Honjo had. Frankly speaking, I would like to stay and have a party with my dear friend in Honjo than come to Hiroshima, becasuse my feeling told me that the participants for this seminar won’t do anything for me as honjoer do.

The third week of August come, nothing speacial for me, oh this year I may have no chance to cut my birthday cake as everybody did .

The day of 19th, I should stay home and prepare luggage for leaving to Hiroshima but I had to go to Tokyo to finalize some tasks that I am not yet completed on time. When I arrived my dormitory, I checked my mail box as usual, I saw a delivery note ( Why delivery note? my fiance stay home for whole evening why my stuff arrive with no receiver??) Ok, will ask him when I arrive my room. I rang a bell so many time, no answer? I kick a door, wow the door was open with a man (my fiance) was holding a birthday cake and Happy birthday song sang by my dear honjo friends, really really surprised me a lot.

I have nothing to say beside the word “thank you” for your kindness and care to me, you guys are one part of my family, love you all.

Finally, my summer seminar was finished. After check out from seminar house, my professor, senior from vietnam and I were taken a taxi to Karuizawa station. On the way to station, my professor asked taxi driver to stop by the historical street of Karuizawa in order to let me have a chance to look around the shoping street in Karuizawa. I was really like and enjoy with this shoping street.

I reach Karuizawa station at 11:10 AM, however I had to wait until 12:50PM to catch a bus to Yokokawa station. Finally I arrived my home sweet home around 5PM with a very warm welcome from my fiance ( Thanks bong for picking oun up from Honjo station ).

The morning alarm rang at 7:30 AM to inform us that the time for breakfast is served for only one hour from 7:30 to 8:30 AM, no more breakfast after 8:30AM. It was early morning for me since I used to get up nearly afternoon, but I had to .

After breakfast, my laboratory started seminar until 2:30 PM with 1 hour break for lunch. Finally, sport time came, Soccer and Tennis were the two sports that our lab members had selected. I chosed Tennis even though I cannot play. I really enjoyed with Tennis very much, my professor and my senior are good at Tennis, I really aprriciate their kidness  to teach me how to play Tennis and patience to play with me until end without any complain ( Thanks professor, thank senpai).

Today’s dinner was the same as the first day and we also had drinking party at night as the first day. But it was a kind of special, because the weather was good, we were asked to go to soccer field to see the stars by our professor. “The stars and sky here are kind of speacial than the stars and sky in Tokyo or somewhere else“, said Professor (He seems enjoyed and had a good feeling at that time, me too ).

This year Urano Lab Summer Seminar is took place in Karuizawa town which is located in Kitasaku District, Nagano prefecture, Japan.

Karuizawa is known throughout Japan as a popular tourist spot. Many couples and families from Tokyo will travel to Karuizawa to get away from the city especially in summer. There is a Shinkansen station as well as a large outlet store shoping mall. It is also known for its historic shopping street known as “Ginza dōri” or “Kyū-dō”. 

This is the first time for me to join summer seminar with my lab members. Because I am the only girl among other 9 men student, so I was allowed to stay with a visiting professor in Professor’s house. Professor’s house is located on the hill and isolate from student accomodation. It is quite far from the central, but facilitated with all inside such as kitchen and bathroom. However, what impressed me is the way Japan build, facilitate and decorate house. The size of house is around 6m X 4m, but it consists of 10 beds, one kitchen, a bathroom, and two long tables wich allow 10 or 15 people to have a small party or meeting.

After check-in, we had a few minutes break and started our lab seminar. Two hours break for dinner and shower, then we started our seminar again until 11:00 PM. All students are invited by our sensei to his room to have a drinking party until 1:30AM ( I was not there until they finished, because of tired and cannot understand Japanese at all).

That’s all for the first day, i will post more on the second and third day next day.

Karuizawa Shinkansen Exit gate

with my sensei infron of gate

Tennis yard

Professor's house (the one I will spend for 2 nights )

gift from my sensei

Different from other Sunday, this Sunday was strange quite, only two of us went to Laboratory. So we decided to go back home early. After checking what we had bought today, we decided to have two dishes for this dinner, one was prepared and named by bong and other was prepared by me.  Here are the results of what we have done .

ត្រីចៀន និង បង្គាកោះកុង (បង្គាកោះកុងជាមុខម្ហូបរបស់ខ្ញុំ)

Do they look yummy ???

Look! What Cambodia looked like in 1965? If civil war and genocide regime didn’t make hurt, Cambodia in present day would look different. Rather sad…….

Thanks Sidmann for upload.

A tour has been organized by GITS to bring students to see and feel the cutting edge R&D of NTT DoCoMo. The tour brought us to Yokosuka Research Park where advanced high-tech of communications take place. Although a multi-companies plus government R&D were there, we were lucky enough to visit only NTT DoCoMo. The thing that most advanced researc institutes are kept in Yokosuka may be because Yokosuka is located in a valley where surrounded by mountains. This is better for signal propagation testing that causes less-harmful to residents. The tour has shown the mobile development that will transform the future life into ubiquitous environment.

For more detail about Yokosuka Research Park visit http://www.yrp.co.jp/en/

In front of NTT DoCoMo R&D @Yokosuka

A told that I would like to share from K7 newspaper is that Microsoft has recently started the investment for setting-up its local branch in Cambodia. It targets for Intellectual Properties of copy right and Windows in Khmer Language. A quote can be seen below:

ពីលី វង្ស (Pily Wong) មាន​សេចក្តី​ត្រូវការ​ចំនួនពីរ នោះគឺ​រថយន្ត និង​ព័ត៌មាន​ វិទ្យា។ ជនជាតិ​បារាំង​ដើម​កំណើត​ខ្មែរកាត់ចិន​រូប​នេះ​ គឺ​ជា​តំណាង​ស្រប​​ច្បាប់​ នៃ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ Mercedes ប្រចាំ​ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា​។ លោក​បាន​មក​រស់នៅ​ប្រទេស​ កម្ពុជា តាំងពី​៥ឆ្នាំមុន ហើយ​លោកទើប​តែ​សម្រេច​ក្តីស្រមៃ​ទីពីរ​របស់លោក​។  តាំងពី​ដើម​ខែ​មីនា​មក​ លោក​គឺជា​អគ្គ​នាយក​ក្រុមហ៊ុន Microsoft MDP  Cambodia ដែល​ជា​សាខាប្រចាំតំបន់​​ថ្មី​​មួយនៃក្រុមហ៊ុន​ដ៏​ល្បីល្បាញ​ក្នុង​ ពិភពលោក​។ អ្នក​ជំនួញ​​រូប​នេះ​មាន​អាយុ​៣២ឆ្នាំ បាន​បញ្ចប់​សញ្ញាបត្រ​ផ្នែក​ គណិតវិទ្យា ព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា និង​ពាណិជ្ជកម្មអន្តរជាតិ ហើយ​លោក​គឺ​ជា​អ្នកគ្រប់​ គ្រង​ការិយាល័យ​ដែល​មាន​សមាជិក​ប្រាំ​រូប ស្ថិត​នៅ​ភាគ​ខាង​ត្បូង​នៃ​មហាវិថី​ នរោត្តម។ លោក​បាន​​ពន្យល់​​លំអិតប្រាប់​កាសែត ពី​យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រ​នៃ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ដ៏​ ល្បីល្បាញ ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​បង្កើត​ឡើង​ដោយ​លោក ប៊ីល ហ្គេតនេះ ទាក់​ទង​ នឹងកំណើន​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ ការ​ការពារ​កម្មសិទ្ធិ​បញ្ញា និង​គំនិត​រៀប​ចំបង្កើត​​ Windows  ជា​ភាសា​ខ្មែរ។

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To me, having Microsoft in Cambodia isn’t bad because it has been shown that IT industry getting growth. It is even better if Microsoft immediately starts implementing Windows Khmer version. However, the price of licensing the original Microsoft softwares versus our standard salary is still in debate for another decade.

នេះគឺជាឡានឈ្នួលស្រុកខ្ញុំ គេជិះអញ្ជឹង!!!

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