When I was in Japan, I was studying about oxygen tension measurement method by phosphorescence quenching technique. And I applied this technique to measure pO2 in cerebral microcirculation in rats and mice. I will give you more details later.

By the way, I did not do anything in this weekend because I would liketo concentrate to take care of my body. Weekday will be coming soon.

*Today's Japanese*
IKKAGETSU = one month

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My name is Tatsuya Arai, and I'm 24 years old.
The purpose to come here is to enter the Ph.D course of UCSD.
However, I failed admission of Sep. 2005 because I supporse my TOEFL(English) score was shorter than UCSD's requisition.
At first, I have to obtain the TOEFL score, or nothing will start.

I graduated master course of KEIO univ. Sep. 2004.
Although it is no point here, my boast is that my graduation was harf year grade skipping.
I mean I was an only person to get it in my school.

After I graduated my school, I'd prepared very complex application for admission and J1 visa and studied TOEFL.

And I arrived here almost one month ago.
Now I am.

*Today's Japanese*
TO BI KYU = grade skipping

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Although I've brought medicine from Japan, it seems to be no use for American virus.
It suppose it seems to continue for a long time.
Because I don't want to give anyone my cold, please take care when you come close to me.

A new work is going to start tomorrow.
I hope my brain works clearly.

*Today's Japanese*
KU SU RI = drug / medicine

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To keep less than $5, I decide from the price of something, whether I can eat it in a day if you buy it for $5.

I introduce you the most reasonable stuff for me.


It's about 2LB mincemeat for less than $5.
Compared the expence of food in here and Japan, I think the price of beef is cheeper than Japan. Although nowaday we can not eat American beef in Japan because of BSE, it doesn't matter for me.

From the mincemeat, I can make a several kinds of dishes. This is a picture of flied mince and celery.

*Today's Japanese*
KA ZE WO HI KU = catch a cold

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Although actualy I feel my progress of English since I came here, the result was not comming.

Because I come here and talk with everybody in English, I thought my skill of English was improved naturally.
It was my mistake.
I should study a specific technique for TOEFL either.
It means life is not a box of chocolates.

I still have several chances.
It's good just only to know the way to the location of TOEFL test center.

GO NEXT !!

*Today's Japanese*
HI KI NI KU = ground meat

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Because I live in Carlsbad now, everyone asks me why do you live so far.
Although there are many reasones, the most important reason is that my host is my friend's tennis student.
My friend is Minako. She and I were same triathlon team mate in Japan.

Now I like living here very much.
My room is wider than Japanese, and our town house has a pool.
Because my Japanese house was located very far from KEIO Univ, it had spent 2 hours and more to go to school on one way.
So I don't think that my house is far from UCSD.
It doesn't matter.

However, I have only one problem about this house.

SNAIL.

*Today's Japanese*
KA TA TSU MU RI = snail

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At last, I can go to the SSN office. And I can do several proceeding.

By the way, we have the calendar other than A.D. in Japan. The calendar is based on the age of the emperor. When I was born, the age of the emperor was named Showa. And I was born in Showa 55th. Therefore, if my birth day was May. 5, my birth date might become 55,5,5. It is easy to remember.

*Today's Japanese*
DOU RO= road

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It has been longer than two weeks, since I came here.
Because the purpose of this study abroad is studying, I should keep my mind storong on weekdays.

*Today's Japanese*
TOU NYOU BYOU = diabetes

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Although I have to study hard for TOEFL, this test is quite no fun.
I hate it.
I really hate an English test.

When I was a high school student, I always failed a exam of English class.
So, at that time I never thought that I would study abroad.
However, if I was a good student of English, I would have gone to a school of English literature.
I might be good at Shakespeare instead of Biomedical engineering.
I can't complain.

Because TOEFL test is usually used by admission for a university, the content of the test, especially for Listenning, is dealing about life in campus. Thus, we should also know about the culture of student in U.S.
If the content of TOEFL was mainly about medicine, engineering, and mathematics, I would have been able to take a proper score.
I can't complain.

You can take this test once in a month.
My score is still 193.
There is not much time.
I can't complain.

*Today's Japanese*
ZISYAKU = magnet

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When I look at the result of MRI in some articles, I would like to claim about spatial or temporal resolution of the measurement. However once I saw the picture, I was simplify surprised. There was sliced Mark.

I was also surprised that UCSD has 3 or 4 MRIs. If you want to publish the article for a famouse Journal, I think you should have to have at least one among the following three. Knowledge, Skill, or Money.
However, I suppose here are all of them.

*Today's Japanese*
JESUCHAA GEIMU (gesture game) = charade

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It is not only that the meeting was very excited by participants in English, so I could not enter the conversation. But also I hardly know about principle of MRI now.
Thus, if the meeting was held in Japanese, it would be also hard for me.

Asian people have a such proverb.
"3 days are enough to change yourself."
I begin to study about MRI.

*Today's Japanese*
NOMIKAI = alcoholic party

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So now I found one good way in front of a cash register in supermarket.
When I'm asked something greeting by somebady, I should answer "Pretty fine" without question.
And also I should say "How are you"without any moment.
So she or he maybe answer "good".
And the whole of greeting will be completed.

Greeting should be done with love.
It is a same principle in all over the world.
However, now I'm going to use this way automatically.

Someday I'd like to answer by other cool way.

*Today's Japanese*
HOCCHIKISU(hotchkiss) = stapler
Benjamin Hotchkiss invented a stapler. Thus, a name of stapler in Japan is due to the name of a inventer.

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In a case of Japan, cycling a road bike is not popular in Japan. If you want to get on a road bike, you should fight against huge trafic, emission gas, and narrow lines. It is very dangerous.

However, it does not mean that I hate a Japanese road. The dangerous is sometimes amusing.

I'm often worry about a pack of zebra in savannna. Because they allwasys next to danger of their life. They are aimed by predatory animals like a lion. However, it's not that all zebra is suffering from stomach ulcer. I think zebra also enjoy a thrill.

Well, whatever I'll try to do cycling safety.

*Today's Japanese*
BIWA = loquat

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Because, a lane here is wider and divers are kinder than in Japan. The difference, driving on a opposite lane, is doesn't really matter.

If you have a chance to drive a car in Japan. I'll pray for your safety drive.
There are too many cars. A lane is very narrow. Because almost route depends on an ancient route, it is usually bent and difficult to understand your facing direction. The free way is not free, because you need to purches to get on. Almost trafic signs are written in Chinese character.

*Today's Japanese*
ASAGOHAN = breakfast

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*Today's Japanese*
ZINKOUCHINOU = artificial intelligence (A.I.)

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