10/18/2002
* A photo shop printed postcard size pictures
for me from a memory card. I brought the memory, on which some
of good pictures taken by my digital camera were copied. That
is all things I did myself. The pictures were printed less than
twenty minutes. I was surprised by their fast works. If I make
a contract with a shop, I can send digital pictures to them by
e-mail. If I do all these things at my home, it takes hours of
works and furthermore, its finish is not necessarily good. This
is a very good service for digital cameras fans.
* Originally I thought I could listen to a NHK's
radio English course without having its textbook. But I found
it would be better for me to have it because of my poor English
ability. So I went to a book store in Shinagawa to get it. I was
surprised to find that the store kept a big inventory of its back
numbers. Because they are the hidden best seller, I thought.
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* A dinner was held for Mrs. Yoko Koshida (widow
of late Mr. Hikoshiro Koshida, one of my best colleagues while
I was working for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry)
at Apicius, a French food restaurant located at the basement
of Sanshi Hall in Yurakusho. Mr. and Mrs. Shin Oyama and Mr.
Ryozo Koshida (adopted as the husband for Mrs.Koshida's daughter)
attended the dinner. It started from six o'clock and was filled
with the cheerful voices. On the walls of this restaurant, many
precious paintings which the owner has collected are exhibitediart
works of Maric Chagall, August Renoir, Maurice Utrillo, etc.) |
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Each person ordered her/his choice of green
asparagus or mushroom as hors d'oeuvre, and sea buss, duck, lamb
or veal as entry. Wines were white and red burgundy.
Mrs. Oyama told her one-day-a-week baby sitter
life for her daughter. She and her husband have two boys and a
girl. She told humorously it is quite a fan for their grand mother
to take care of them. Promising to see again, the meeting was
dissolved past nine o'clock.
A few customers were coming in rather late in
evening, at seven or eight o'clock. Japanese are becoming late
comers to dinner while I am unaware of it. I do not think it is
not good for their health.
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