I took an English lesson on Skype which was the second time and also the last time for me to be able to take lessons for free. After the lesson, I felt sad because I couldn't talk with the teacher of the lesson well. I couldn't say proper …

In this week, I took a business trip to Hokkaido prefecture. I did a presentation for my recent research there. In the business trip, I was little nervous since I didn't have enough time to make slides for the presentation. I had been maki…

My company took place big event such that all workers over 1000 people attend the event. The president of the company took a speech to employees about important information such as the company's goal or financial status. This was unusual s…

I was excited in the meeting today. I wondered it is better not to be excited. In the meeting, I discussed an approach to the task. My opinion was conflicted with other team members. Since the opinion of members seemed to be wrong for me, …

I took a business trip to Sendai prefecture. I left my home early and arrived at Sendai station before noon because I was going to eat local food in Sendai prefecture. I ate tongues of cow. It was so delicious. After the lunch, I went to a…

I registered DMM Eikaiwa which is on-line English lesson using Skype. I had used Rarejob which is similar service before. Since my English skill was very bad then, I suffered not to be able to speak English in the lesson, and I then stoppe…

I came up with several good ideas for work. It was good news, but it brought me also many works to write patents. I don't need to write a document of a patent. That was work for an expert. However, I have to write documents to explain new …

I received a message from my old brother to inform he will come to Tokyo this weekend. He also asked whether he can came to my home. I didn't have any schedule, so I told him that there is no problem. He came to my home just before six o'c…

I am very tired since I attend a meeting in a long time. I have joined a project, but it had not been going well. I proposed the leader to discuss the schedule for the project. The meeting started after the lunch and ended at evening. It t…

I received a message from my colleague to take place lunch meeting in the noon. I went bringing my lunch box to a conference room and ate lunch with my colleagues. We talked about learning English since some people are going to take busine…

I had been interested in open source software, which is IT culture to create and share novel software. Many developers had been committed to OSS projects. However, I had not since I thought it is too difficult for me. To commit to OSS, I h…

I enjoyed holiday today. I went to a department store with my wife and daughter to look for shoes for my daughter. I also could find and buy a new pair of pants for me. We could get something to need to us and didn't buy anything not to ne…

I have moved my desk at last Tuesday. Some employees and I joined a new project in April, but some project members worked at several places. This moving was to gather all project members in the same place. I moved from the fourth floor to …

I tried to make my wife's credit card yesterday. I wrote required information and submitted the application on the website. I expected I would be received in a week. Today, I noticed that I got an e-mail to inform the result. It was sent a…

I was researching the mechanism of mileage system of ANA and JAL midnight. I spent a lot of time for that, but I thought it was important since I will be able to save much money if I have much mileage. Mileage point is usually obtained whe…

In my office, a man who leaves the office at last, have to bring the key of the office to the security area. Today I left the office at last. When I left the office, I noticed that there was not the key. My office has three doors and there…

When I was programming for some Japanese text processing, I encountered a problem which is caused by treating a Japanese text in the program. English texts are sometimes called single byte strings since each character is represented by a s…

I have been tackling a difficult problem. Two months ago, I came up a new idea for a famous problem. I didn't know whether the idea is valid or not. When I considered that, and I found the problem was not so easy that it could not be solve…

I jogged this early afternoon. During that, I also played Pokemon GO. Since I did two things at the same time, I could not concentrate both. However, I don't think it was the problem. Because jogging with Pokemon GO was able to reduce the …

I went to an aquarium with my wife and daughter. I had thought aquarium in Tokyo is not good since it does not have sufficient space. However, the aquarium we went was very good than I expected. The best point is the dolphin show. Many dol…

I will write about an auction trouble I suffered. Two weeks ago, I was looking for a smartphone in an auction site since my old one was broken. I found one which is nexus5 and got a right to buy it. I paid the money quickly within the day,…

Two weeks ago, I broke my smartphone since I failed to upgrade the firmware. I tried to fix it, but I couldn't. So I needed a new smartphone. I searched one in an internet auction. I found a good one and bought it. I also found a good tabl…

I worked overtime today until midnight. I didn't have important tasks to do until today, but I wanted to write a research paper. I usually have many short tasks, so it is difficult to concentrate writing a paper during the core working tim…

I was looking for a birthday present in Amazon since my wife will have her birthday at the end of this month. She does not like popular one, so I want to choice special one which is useful or liked for her, not other people. I found a good…

I went to a shopping center to buy new glasses with my wife and a daughter. My current ones are not bad, but I cannot see something which is far clearly. So, I want ones to be able to see more clearly. I found good ones, which have a black…

I went to a grocery store near by the station with my wife and daughter. On the way to there, I was playing Pokemon GO. When I was looking for some items, I found Hakuryu, a very rare Pokemon, was near here. My wife and I were very excited…

I started a new research. There are many situations which need mathematics. I am not good at mathematics, so I am really struggling. Particularly linear algebra makes me confused. I cannot imagine vector and matrix and the relation between…

I went to drink with my colleagues after the work. Many people who research for Natural Language Processing attended the party. I started to research NLP from April, so it is valuable for me to be in the party. We give several topics to co…

I have had a fever since last weekend. The temperature of my body decreased, but my throat got hurt. I felt bad, and I couldn't concentrate the work today. I ate foods which have energy so that I recover as soon as possible.

I watched very popular youtube video "bilingirl". In the video, a girl who is bilingual of Japanese and English teaches English. She uploaded many videos. The video I watched this time was to interview to the editor of English paper publis…