The
moments in Kanda Lab
From
Ratthachat Chatpatanasiri, i.e. Jung.
Fig 1. Chulalongkorn University, the
place where I worked before going to Tokyo Tech. I hope you come here someday
too!
Eri-chan asked me to write something for the lab’s web page.
Therefore, I write this article which is about my memorable moments staying
with members of Kanda Lab. It is written in a semi-random order.
How could I and Kanda
lab meet?
In May 2009, while I was waiting
for journal publications in order to graduate from
Fig 2. You can see that they look so happy!
(at this time Alvin and I were not in the page)
In July 2009, I received a
piece of good news from Prof. Kumiko Yokoi that my
application was passed and my life at Kanda lab would begin from September
2009. I was so grateful to know that!
A Search for Dinner
I had a little difficulty
eating various kinds of Japanese food; this is because they are too plain for
me as in
My top 5 favorite food (and
drink) in
Fig 3. Examples of my
happy dinner.
After dinner, Makoto and Eri-chan sometimes started a series of funny gossips about each
member in the lab. Please ask them for details if you want to know!
The SET Course
The JENESYS program asked
me to enroll the SET (Sustainable Engineering Technology) course. The course
taught me a lot of new and exciting stuffs which previously unknown to me; more
importantly, the course gave me a chance to meet a great number of friends. Specifically,
three members of Kanda lab took the course: me, Alvin and Eri-chan.
It was extremely fortunate that we were in the same group and responsible in
the same project, the eco-house for
Fig 4. Due to everyone’s efforts, our team got the best presentation prize,
yeah!
Thesis Defend for B4 and
M2 students
Min-min, Rai-rai, Ken-ken, Shimoju and
Yamashita-san (or Yoshimi-chan) had a very hard time completing
their theses. About 2 months before their thesis defends, they always came to
the lab before me and went back to their homes after me (note that my usual lab
time is about 11:00 – 21:30, and Min-min house is in
Fig 5. In the first picture, at Rai-rai presentation, there are five lab’s members, in this
picture. Can you find them all?
Shopping @ Akihabara and
Shibuya
The place I often visit the
most in
I also enjoyed shopping at
Shibuya. There, I bought my iPod nano, the
Panasonic’s GF-1 46mm filter and my gf’s DHC stuffs.
Shibuya was indeed the last resort for having dinner with any friends who came
to visit me.
Fig 6. Akihabara and Shibuya!
Other Stories
I had many great times talking
and hanging out with the lab’s members. The memorable moments were too many to
put here. For examples, my first IMAX experiences with Mackt,
singing with Rai-rai and Alvin, discussing about
stock markets with Ken-ken and Shimoju, talking about
politics and religions with Mini-min, Takky and Onomin; Most importantly, gossiping about some members with
some members (this is actually a secret ^___^). The welcome party, Christmas
party and farewell party were so impressive as you can see in the Japanese
pages.
In any cases, I will stop
here with a single sentence, that is, I
miss you all!