Novel Prize in Physics 2007: This was the answer to the question "why can we carry 20GB of musics and photos in such a small iPod!?"

Some time has been passed after I updated weblog last time! It ws unbelievably busy these days...
However, Winter vacation is coming soon! so I don't complain..
This year I will go for skiing to Alps so!!

I still have some topic about Brazil Series, but I will write about something else this time.

The Novel Prizer in 2007 was announced and ceremony was done!
This year, the prize in Physics was awarded to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg, for their discovery of Giant MagnetoResistance (GMR).

In fact, this was the one of the topic in the course where I attended this Spring.
This phenomena was about the large (Giant) effect of external magnetic field on electric-resistance of certain nanoscaled materials.

This property was applied for reading head heads of harddisk drives. By following the changing of electric-resistance of this materials (which is at manufactured at the top of read heads in the case of hard disk drives), it is possible to read out the magnetically "written" information. Since read heads based on GMR realized more sensitive reading out of magnetic recording at the smaller area (than traditional Electromagnetic induction). Density of information per are of hard disks have been dramatically incresed!

This was the answer to my question why we can carrying a 20GB of musics and photos in your small iPod! (Surely there's many other developments of technology are contributing!)

I can remind that a hard disk of 120MB which I did use at my house 15 years ago was much bigger than iPod!

When I hear this kind of story, I feel science is not only interesting but also cool!

Today's song: "Heater" by Samim.
(comment on the song: the catchy melody of harmonica(?) with tricky rhythm makes you move body without noticing!)

Brasil 9. Café da manhã -Brazilian Breakfast-

It has been a while after I haven't write about "Series Brazil", actually I still have something I would like to add!

Breakfast = Café da manhã in Brazilian Porutoguese (literaly, coffee in the morning).

There if someone ask you "Café?" and if you say "Sim"(= yes),
they will not serve you just a coffee,
but with bread and all the breakfast menu! (well, I was surprised several times, since I was usually the sleepy and forgot about this fact each time...)

At hostel in Foz do Iguasu, 2007, August.

Also I would say the breakfast in Brazil is quite unique. As similar to other country which carries western custom, there's a coffee, bread cheese, ham and small amount of fresh vegetables,
but the special thing is there is always some sweet cake and fruits are coming together! e.g. watermelon, papiya.

One quote from a groupin facebook "You know you're Brazilian when..."

"Your breakfast consists of milk and coffee, bread with butter and a piece of cake."

Today's song: "Shadow of the day" by Linkin park

Brasil 8. "Capoera"

Brazilian Martial art!!

Dynamic and acrobatic! The "Capoerist's" iron body but flexible muscles are really art!
And it was funny surprise that our tour guide suddenly started to join the Capoera and act there!

Btw there's one thai movie "Tom Yum Goong", where you can enjoy the action between
Capoera vs. Mue Thai(Thai Boxing)

It's funny and action is great, Check it out!!!

Brasil 7. "Coco"

Something you can't forget in Brazil is "Coco" (coconuts). At the small shops at the every corner, we can buy fresh "coco" with 2 reals (7 SEK, 0.8 euro, 120 en)!? Crash and open up the top of hard shell and drink a juice with straws. After finishing to drink juice, you may ask to chop out all the shell! You might say "Why?" It's because the white layer of inside of coconuts is also very sweet fruit to taste!!



Left, In Rio, I was focusing to take picture of "Quiosque" (= Coco stand(!?), the small food store just on the beach line), then the funky guy in the shop was running out to get in the photo, :D.

I like Brazilian people, hahaha!

Today's song: "Love is wicked" by Brick And Lace.
(comment on the song: the sounds of clapping hand in a rhythmical tempo is very cool!)

Brasil 6. Parque Nacional do Iguaçu / Parque Nacional Iguazú

One of the most famous waterfalls, Iguacu waterfalls are located at the border of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
The main touristic points are located on Brazilian side and Argentinian side, namely, ParqueNacional do Iguaçu(Brazilian side name in Portuguese) and Parque Nacional Iguazú(Argentine side name in Spanish)

Brazilan side offers the best view of the largest water fall.
After a walk to on the catwalk under continuously falling splay of water,
I could see the magnificient view in the middle of huge amount water flows!
Around the waterfalls, we can see "permanent" rainbow in many places!


In Argentine side offers long hiking path and many other view from different angles!
After a walk to on the catwalk under continuously falling splay of water,
I could see the magnificient view in the middle of huge amount water flows!
Around the waterfalls, we can see "permanent" rainbow in many places!
And view of waterfall from the top is just impressive and I'm just astonished by the power of the waters!! It was so pity that I couldn't stay there too long time, because I and my travel mate arrived there about the closing time of the park....

Brasil 5. ônibus e Kombi

As you know, Rio de Janeiro is very huge city.
It is not strange even it takes 2 hours to move from one side to the other side of the city. It is really huge city. In the morning and in the evening, there's a rush hour to have a heavy traffic jam. It's quite similar to Tokyo in some way.

However, there's one thing it make two city very very different. that is public transportation "ônibus" and "Kombi".

ônibus

ônibus is a so to say ordinary bus, but there's a so many different lines and it is quite tough for new comers to know which bus goes to which place.
(I heard even local people can't know if it is the place not familiar, therefore it's nessecary to ask the route etc.)

Kombi

Kombi is a small wagon for rather short distance, and there's a incredibly huge different lines!
I felt like a if you know the proper "Kombi route" you can arrive exactly in front of everywhere!
And this in the case of Kombi, they are rather running by private bussinesses, therefore, probably nobody in the Rio knows how many lines do they have! lol!

I was just impressed to see my friend jumps from one bus to another bus and changes the lines from one after another and manage to arrive the exactly the place where she want to go!

The last funny thing(at least for me) was the fee of "ônibus" and "Kombi" was always fixed, regardless to how long you will travel(costs 1.5-4 reals, 0.5-2 euro, 80-300 JPY, usually).
Therefore I travel for 1 hour from center to outside and I paid 2 reals, sometimes I paid 1.5 reals for 5 minutes...

Today's song: "Glamurosa Rainha Do Funk" by Mc Marcinho

Yves Larock

"Yves Larock"
is My recent highly recommend artist. Music is sort of party music (house?).

As well as swinging and catchy sounds, he produces nice music videos!
Check it out!

Rise up! the scenery and the acrobatic and comical performance are quite cool!

http://www.yveslarock.com/

Today's song: "Rise up" by Yves Larock

Brasil 4. a description by a famous businessperson

"Brazil has an aspect which strongly attracts young people. This country has been keeping on changing but still it is in a changing"
"Brazil has a huge country, rich nature and resources. In that meaning it has large a potential."
"but when anybody tries to start things, they do recognize that it is very difficult to proceed the things there"
"then they ask "Why it is like?" with disappointing, but in the end they are attracted to the fascination the country"

by Carlos Ghosn, present President of Japanese car industrial company "Nissan".

カルロス・ゴーン経営を語る (日経ビジネス人文庫) (文庫)

The reason why he has words to Brasil is because he was born in Brazil until 6 years old and also he worked in Brazil for a few years.

He is one of the most prized bussinessperson, because of his outstanding achievement in reconstruction of "Nissan" since 1999. (at that time, Nissan stayed mired in the red, 7 times for the previous 8 years...)

PS.
He has a very interesting history in his life, so I just listed a part of it (ref. book above)
He was born in Brazil as a sun of the family
whose grandparents (of Carlos Ghosn) are from Levant.
However, he and his family moved to Levant when he was 6 years old and went to a school where education was carried out by a method from France. After highschool he left Levant and entered the one of the most famous school in Paris, "École polytechnique" and "Ecole des Mines".

After school he started work in the huge tyre company "michelin" in France as an elite candidate,
Assigned a the president of the branch in Brazil of "michelin".
Assigned a the president of the branch in USA of "michelin".

Headhunted by the French car industrial company "Renault"
Due to affiliation of "Renault" and "Nissan", Carlos Ghosn came to Japan! for a reconstruction of management.

Brasil 3. Rio Scenarium - One of the Top 10 bars of the world -

In one week end, my friend took me and other friend from Russia to the Bar "Rio Scenarium".
It locate in a area called Lapa. "Lapa at night pounds to infectuois Brazilian rhythms, its night clubs and bars teeming with locals and tourist alike (by The rough guide to Brazil)"

The place my friend took me was very cool place, indeed the place. Indeed, Rio Scenarium is listed in between the top 10 bars in the world ;)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2006/nov/28/bars (information by Ayla)
Although we didn't know it was written in many articles etc... when decided to go!

Very nice atmosphere was there with live music and building decorated with antique things.
It's very interesting and funny that even old TVs or bicycles etc are used as a decoration and it is not at all strange!


Today's song: "Weather with You" by Crowded House

Brasil 2. Praia -Beach in Trancoso-

In fact, August in Brazil is not in Summer. It should be a winter but such a kind of things a nothing to do with NorthEast of Brazil. Water is more than warm enough to swim and weather was great to take a sun! It is always the best place to relax.

Pictue, Beach in Trancoso, Bahia, Brazil

Some more pictures are uploaded in Flickr as well!

Today's song: "Tesouro Do Pirata (Onda Onda)" by Axe Bahia

Brasil 1. River of January - Rio de janeiro -

The trip to Brazil (Brasil in Portuguese) was just great experience.

but on the top of everything, I really really like the city of Rio de janeiro.
As it is seen any big city, it is very lively atmosphere; noisy and very cloudy traffics, so many numbers of buildings and people, and also possessing certain problems such as crimes etc. The scale of city is just huge.

However, the one of the most biggest things which differs the city of Rio de janeiro from other city is on its unique topography. Rio de janeiro consists of the mosaic patchworks of the modern buildings and beautiful coasts and steep rock shaped mountains. All those amazing things are in the one place!

The high building is standing even in front of the long straight beach, but it doesn't lose the energy emitted from the active city, but that cloudy and rushed city doesn't lose the cheerful and swinging atmosphere of the coast side. I could never imagine such a kind of things can be mixed and melted into one place and each atmosphere can still brilliantly remain there.

It is not only beautiful, not only lively, not only chaotic and not only swinging. I had just impressed that this city make such a impossibly fusion of the everything.
I have also nothing to say the mood and landscape in the coasts in the time of sunset.
It was more than beautiful or picturesome and I even can not find the expression for it.

Pictures. all in Rio de janeiro

Today's song: "Aquarela do Brasil"

2 weeks Vacation in Brazil!

I'm leaving for vacation in a few minutes.
This time desitination is Brazil!

I will nearly finish all my holiday for this..! but who cares!

See you everybody and have a nice Summer time!

Conference in Torino, 2007

I have just come back from a conference "IUPAC Chemistry Congress" in Torino, Italy.

There were presentations and discussions about "typical" chemistry.
but also some special themes

"Chemistry Protecting Health, Natural Environment, and Cultural Heritage"
were featured.

It was probably because, the place, Italy is a country which has uncountable historical heritages. It is actually very far away from what I am doing but a few of presentations I saw were interesting (Although I was more listening to the other themes...)

The view of Torino, Italy

Lingotto Conference Centre (August 5-12, 2007)
*Formerly the building was a factory of Italian automobile industry"FIAT"

The main venue "Audiｔorium"

There were several famous scientists and there were many things I can learn from them the way to present or talk the works as well as scientific knowledges. It was interesting to see that one famous professor was even showing a magic during presentations! :)
Overall, it was a eventful time and I enjoyed the congress together with the every day's Italain Pizza and Pastas!

PS. Friends and everybody! hosted me in Rimini and Torino, it was really nice time and I'd like to say thanks here again!! Hope to see you again somewhere!!

Today's song: "Gli Ostacoli del Cuore" by Elisa feat Ligabue

"Sprit of the Wild"

Today I was talking with my friend and
We recognized that three of us are independently saw the same photograph exhibition!
http://www.stevebloom.com/

The one all of us were amazed were the photo of "swimming elephant"
http://www.stevebloom.com/pages/animals/2.html

A Monkey in a Japanese hot spring is my another favorite.

Today's song: "Longing/love" by George Winston

Colors of the sky at dusk

It was a very nostalgic? sky on Thursday.
I pick up my new camera and went to the top of a hill near the house.

I've never seen this color of the sky in Japan and I guess it's more typical in high-latitude areas.
It is very impressive, although we have a very strong red sky typical in Summer.

It's a nice scene for practicing of photographing.


Today's song: "America" by Razorlight

Ramen : with Cha-shu- (boiled pork) and vegetable

We had guests so I cooked a Ramen (a Japanese food : noodle) today.
It was good than I expected so I wanna write here not to for get the recipe.

Recipt: Noodle with cha-shu- and vegetable

1. Cha-Shu-
a. Tighten pork meat (block) 1 kg with strings.
b. Fly the surface of meat on a pan (strong heat 5/6)
c. Put Green part of Green-onion(1 stick), Garlic(half piece) and Ginger(one piece) in a cold
water and warm up until it starts boiling.
d. Put the meat into. c. and boil together for 40 min

e. Prepare sauce by mixing 2 cups of Sake and 2 cups of Soy Sauce and boil until alcohol
will evaporate.
f. Transfer meat from d. to e. and boil for 1 hour with a weak heat.

g. Cool down in a refriege with the sauce.

2. Boil a egg and soak in the same sauce as Meat.

3. Cut the white part of green onion into long-thin slices and brief ly cook it by passing the
boiling water

4. Vegetable
a. Cut cabbage (half of large), Carrot (large, one), Paprika (yellow or Red) into block the size
of one bite and Green onion(white part into small pieces)
b. Fly green onion on a pan with oil
c. Add and fly vegetable in the order of carrot, Paprika andCabbage.
d. Season with Salt and pepper

5. Cook the noodle and put them together and eat!!

Ingredient for 4 portions,

Noodle and Soup
Pork meat (block) 1 kg
Green onion, 1 stick
Gerlic, half piece
Ginger, 1 piece

Cabbage half large, or 1 small piece,
Carrot, 1 stick
Paprike, 1

Today's song: "Believe Me" by Fort Minor.

Video from you tube : guitar

I heard this from friend!
This is amazing !!

Midsommar i Falsterbo!

If you live in Sweden, everyone should know that Midsommar (Midsummer) is a very very big day to celebrate. It means drink and get drunk.
It was raining in the morning but afternoon was very nice wather!

We went to beach in Falsterbo (South of Skane!) volleyball, Frisby, BBQ and camping.
Was it funny?? Of course!!

Falsterbo information
http://www.falsterbohorseshow.se/

White Sand beach in Falsterbo

Still bright at midnight....half moon was in the sky

Must Item: superMusicBox!

Today's song: "D.A.N.C.E." by Justice.

Season of Good bye - See you my friends! -

In Lund, Christmas time, Spring and Summer is a time to say good bye to many many friends every year.

Lund is very international city and you can meet not only Swedish friend but also people from all over the world! but They are typically exchange student, diploma student, guest researcher/student for collaboration project and have to say good bye after being nice friends for a while...

However, that's a actually very real life of a researcher. It's sad to say good bye to friends but that's the life meet and separate.

Keep in touch my friends!! hope to See you again!

Picture. Table of the good-bye party.....

Today's song: "Painted By Numbers" by The Sounds.

New Camera!

I finally bought Nikon D-40, a single-lens reflex type digital camera, with zoom and standard two lens.
I still don't understand functions so I have to learn a bit. but anyway pictures I tried so far look very cool!


For a while I may take picture everywhere! Pls give me nice place with a beautiful scene,
and give me also ideas for nice/funny/tricked pictures!

NIKON D-4o websites
http://nikonimaging.com/global/products/digitalcamera/slr/d40x/sp/index.htm

Have a nice weekend!!

Today's song: "Don't stop" by ATB.

Recent biggest discovery!

Recently I found I can buy very very fresh and delicious Tuna fish in Lund!

I cooked Sushi with that it was nice.
And the day after I cooked another dish called

"Maguro no zuke don" = "Seasoned Tuna on Rice"
This was also great taste. It was unexpected happiness!

Picture : Maguro no Zuke (seasoned Tuna) & Smoke sarmon Donburi (on rice)

Recipt:
1. Cut Fresh tuna into thin slices
2. Mix soy sauce(tbs 1+1/2), sake(tbs 1), and mirin(tbs 1/2) in a bowl and soke tuna and keep it friege for a while
3. Cut naganegi (green onion) to long and thin pieces and rince and cold water and drain.
4. Put rice into "Donburi" (deep bowl shaped) Place drained tuna and sprinkle sesame and sliced
naganegi.
5. Eat! By your taste, more soy sauce and wasabi may be added (optionally)!

Ingredient: (2 portion)
1. Tuna 150g
2. Rice
3. Naganegi
4. Sesame
5. Soy sauce
6. Sake
7. Mirin
(8. Wasabi)

Today's song: "Nothing in my way" by Keane.

Pictures of Poland Uploaded!

After a weekend trip to Poland, I came back to Lund on Monday morning and started work agiain! (of course).
It was great trip to nice cities with nice companies. I did perfectly refresh myself and (perhaps because of that?), my experiments starts to work as well. :)

Tasty food, nice drinks and friendly peoples, I like Poland!

Pictures from the trip were uploaded on my picture storage at Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38613202@N00/

So far I placed 88 photos and 285 views were recoreded. (= Impact factor 3.25??)
I'd like to say thank you to everybody who visited my page!


Today's song: "Nice Weather For Ducks" by Lemon Jerry.

Going to Trip!

We are heading to Poland, since this weekend is long weekend again!

I worked busy for while but it saw some nice news as well, great!

I will update everything after come back!!

Today's song: "POPEYE THEME" by Me first and the Gimme Gimmies.

Reformers of big companies "TOYOTA" & "Panasonic" - 1

I read a two books which I bought in Japan.

One is a book about former company chairman, president of "TOYOTA motor corporation"
”奥田イズムがトヨタを変えた”

The other is a book about former company president (present company chairman) of "Panasonic"
”中村邦夫　「幸之助神話」を壊した男”
Mr.Okuda and Mr.Nakamura, both managers are called as a leader who reformed ”a flagging big company” in this past decade. In fact, TOYOTA and Panasonic, both recorded quite good profitabilities of the companies in 2007 and their management expertise are more and more drawing attention.

At least until recently, famous "heroes" of Japanese bussiness world were always entrepreneur manager, who founded a company and succeeded as a company manager. In contrast, Mr.Okuda and Mr.Nakamura are, so to speak, reformers. It might be one of the reason that those books gave me very new and interesting impressions about "contemporary" company managements.

The situation and methodology of two are common in some part and different in other parts.
For example, management's rationalization, adaptation of "Japanese company" toward globalization, speed up of decision making and implementation etc are noticed in both.

I'd like to write a little bit more about each details in following posts.

Today's song: "Knock 'Em Out" by Lily Allen.

Marine Biotechnology!

There was very fascinating and interesting presentation in my department today!
One professor from Denmark, presented his project in "Marine Biotechnology".


He joined a project organized by Danish government and there many researchs from a broad range of fields and sailer's had sailed a oceans for total more than 6 months period.
He said "he was diving to collect many samples and study in the small lab in the boat day and night!"

and "the experience there cruise sounds very very great! (both scientifically and also personally)"

And it was actually his dream when he was child to sail away to the ocean to study biology there!
(Since he is actually the expert of protein science, and it was the first time for him to ride a boat and stay for a long time on the sea.)

His message the ending were,
"Biotechnology is not only the things in the lab, but also there's a lot of things outside to be found!"
And also "Never give up your dream"

It sounds very fascinating, doesn't it?

A package from Japan!

Yesterday a package from Japan has arrived!
It left Japan on 18th of January and have been traveling far way up to Sweden after 4 months !!!

(Well, it's very very and too long time even though it's by sea way to save the cost....)

The reason it was sent by sea was because conponents are heavy. Mainly they books which I couldn't carry with me.... because I have too many things to carry to Sweden back..


1. "World soccer digest", a magazine about world fooball, a full of articles with deep insight!
2-3. "Number", a sports graphic magazine X2, magazine about sports pictures and articles are very cool! (more emphasizing on artistic part than world soccer digest?)

I think those are already out of dated... although they have cool pictures and articles...

4. "Brutus",trend magazine? Topic was "attracting culture of Japan, the new spots we do find on abroad"
5. "Title", art culture magazine? Topic is best selection of DVD 595 titles!



+ 2 textbook for my study.

So problem is I have to find a time to read them..... Let me start memorizing slides of presentation for course...

Today's song: "Take me back to your house" by Basement jaxx.

Egypt! Cairo-Luxor

Since last Friday and Monday were extra Holiday for Easter (Påsk),
I made a trip to Egypt with my colleague! We visited Cairo, the neighborhood Giza and Luxor.

The pyramids were so huge and just surprising when we stand in front of it.
Temples in Luxor were magnificient as well.
Many old painting in tombs in Kings' velley were another impressive things.

People are very friendly and also kind when we need a help.
However when they are on business they are very very cheeky sometimes.
It's a sort of adventure when you go shopping.
You always have to be tough negotiator because you don't know how many times more expensive money you are paying.

It's very nice adventure to the many new culture, things and atmospheres.
Some other pictures are on picture storage so please have a look too!

Today's song: "How to Save a Life" by The Fray.

Running days!

Friday : BBQ at friends house
Saturday : Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst (art) /Kronborg Slot (Castle) in Denmark
Sunday : Trip to Ven Island
Monday : Booking hotels etc for Egypt travel, and last minutes ecperiments

> The exhibition in Louisiana was marvelous. I was pity it's not allowed to take pictures insides.
Landscape of garden there is beautiful as well!

Louisiana

> In Ven Island, Walking in the fields under Sunshine.
After eating, taking a nap a while.
Playing football "Italia vs All world (Japan, Brazil and France)"
we managed to win the match in 4-3!

Nap on the beach.

>Surpringly we could find a private room in hotel with 40 SEK for one night.
(4 euro, 600円 in Japan)
The cheapest domitory was 9 SEK.
(90 cents, 140円 in Japan)

> It was very power holiday. Tired and bad shape on muscle on Monday....
however, we have to fix the things for a trip and complate some experiments in the same
time....
I was running a experimet so it was until midnight...
but I don't complain since it is before vacation to Egypt!

Trevlig Påsdagen!/Happy Easter!

Today's song: "Certe Notti" by Ligabue.

+ 15 degree C !!

Time is changed to Summer time on this Sunday.
Above all! it seems to be really Spring has come to Lund now!

The sun is shining and the temperature today is + 15 degree C!
That's the thing we were waiting for!

Today's song: "Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head" by Burt Bacharach.

Picture gallary of presents

I have got so many presents and message cards for my birthday! and also several cakes and a lot of wines and drinks!
There were all nice presents! Some are fashion! Some others are practical! Some others are funny....!?

As you can see below, what a fantastic creativity is behind of them!
Thanks every body. I'd really like to say this here again!
I'm really happy and really enjoyed :)

Today's Sicilian sentence: "Ti taglio la faccia a parabola"

I forgot to take a picture but first one I got, was Chocolate sweets, "Brigadero"!
It was very tasty!! Thanks!

Shoes dryer! The very big surprise I would say. I even didn't imagine such a kind of machine exist...

Book of "Brazilian Cooking" from my friends who know that I'm gonna finish all the recipes in my old cooking book. I like it! (maybe this is another pressure to cook for them??)

T-shirt from Adidas, nice border line and color!

Beer opener with sculpture disign from China!

Now I drink tea with it. However, socks is of funny design....

A book written by Dan Brown, the author of "Da Vinch Code". I heard about this before but I haven't read yet. Let me read!


This one was another suprise!
T-shirt with Sicilian words, "Ti taglio la faccia a parabola"
What does it mean? It means "I cut you like a parabora".....
Yes, as you see, it's very bad slang....

However I guess it can be a nice joke. If I go to Sicily in the future, I will ware this for sure.
I hope it's not dangerous to do so.