July 06 Newsletter: Yumi's Monthly Note
The rainy season started in Japan. Since then, temperature has gone up to
over 30C in Kyoto, which is slightly odd in June. Of course, humidity started
to rise and has stayed high. This unusual hot weather arrived like an
unwelcome guest. Geeeez, it is really bugging me.Talking about influenza, initially I was going to visit Thailand to attend a conference at the beginning of June. However, the conference has been postponed due to the global spread of influenza. Seemingly the flu outbreak has forced the cancellation not only of our activities, but also of public events across the world. The good news is - influenza seems to be now under control in Japan. In early May, nearly everyone was wearing surgical masks both in Osaka and Kyoto, but recently I have seen very few people wearing them. And then, bad news once again... I just received the news from Sarawak, Malaysia: it also has reached Sarawak, so that our upcoming activity scheduled for late June was canceled. Sigh... I am getting worried about our July Webcam Activity connecting between Malaysia and Kyoto. Hope the webcam activity will be held on schedule.
Well, our new term began in Mie, Japan, with support from Tsu City Board of
Education and Mie University. On June 13, we got 10 brand-new facilitators at
Mie University. Those facilitators were recruited by Mr. Hitoshi Susono,
professor at Mie University. He is not only a new liaison between Mie
University and Pangaea, but also an enthusiastic promoter of Pangaea.
I remember the first day he visited our activity site at Mie University - in
spite of heavy snow. It was Saturday and he showed his warm feelings toward
our children during our activity.
Every year around this time, we arrange and provide our training sessions at our activity sites. I used to go visit every activity site to train our facilitators. Now I have been handing over the task to our chief administrative officer, aka Hanapooh. This is because we reassigned our tasks in order to create positive changes for Pangaea. Expectedly, Hanapooh became a dependable trainer and goes to our activity sites to offer training sessions. Meanwhile, I am spending my extra time on planning our financial strategies.
This is our announcement regarding "The Pangaea Seminar and Workshop 2009." It will take place on August 22- 23 in Tokyo. Last year we held our summer camp near Mt. Fuji so as to exchange our ideas to improve the Pangaea Project. This year our "retreat" aims at letting more people know our project as well as at recruiting new members. We have invited three guest speakers: Mr. Inoue, Ishida, and Sanada.
Mr. Inoue joined NTT and supervised the department of research and development. Currently, he is the president of the Telecommunication Technology Committee and has been actively working with Asian countries. That is why he could be a bridge between Sarawak and Pangaea to launch the Pangaea Project in Malaysia. Actually, I was introduced to Mr. Inoue at the luncheon meeting held in Thailand last year. The meeting was organized by the CyberBrain Project, started by the Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) to support farming communities in Thailand. Representatives of those communities were also invited to the meeting. Perhaps I might have lost my mind..., during the meeting, Mr. Inoue and I went up on stage to sing and dance together. I can easily share my thoughts with him because he is very approachable, plus, we have many things in common. For instance, basically we are both inquisitive, and things that make my blood boil are similar to his. Most importantly, we care about children! He applied for our membership on the day we met at the meeting in Thailand.
Prof. Ishida is a pioneer of the Language Grid. Prof. Sanada is an economist and has been serving as our board member. Those three specialists will share their perspectives on what's happening in the world. Please come join our Seminar and Workshop.
Ms. Ayako Edahiro is the Pangaea Ring writer for this month. She is a multitasking volunteer for Pangaea. She designed our original website and blog. In addition, she has been helping us as a volunteer translator as well.
Thanks a trillion!
Yumi
Every year around this time, we arrange and provide our training sessions at our activity sites. I used to go visit every activity site to train our facilitators. Now I have been handing over the task to our chief administrative officer, aka Hanapooh. This is because we reassigned our tasks in order to create positive changes for Pangaea. Expectedly, Hanapooh became a dependable trainer and goes to our activity sites to offer training sessions. Meanwhile, I am spending my extra time on planning our financial strategies.
This is our announcement regarding "The Pangaea Seminar and Workshop 2009." It will take place on August 22- 23 in Tokyo. Last year we held our summer camp near Mt. Fuji so as to exchange our ideas to improve the Pangaea Project. This year our "retreat" aims at letting more people know our project as well as at recruiting new members. We have invited three guest speakers: Mr. Inoue, Ishida, and Sanada.
Mr. Inoue joined NTT and supervised the department of research and development. Currently, he is the president of the Telecommunication Technology Committee and has been actively working with Asian countries. That is why he could be a bridge between Sarawak and Pangaea to launch the Pangaea Project in Malaysia. Actually, I was introduced to Mr. Inoue at the luncheon meeting held in Thailand last year. The meeting was organized by the CyberBrain Project, started by the Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) to support farming communities in Thailand. Representatives of those communities were also invited to the meeting. Perhaps I might have lost my mind..., during the meeting, Mr. Inoue and I went up on stage to sing and dance together. I can easily share my thoughts with him because he is very approachable, plus, we have many things in common. For instance, basically we are both inquisitive, and things that make my blood boil are similar to his. Most importantly, we care about children! He applied for our membership on the day we met at the meeting in Thailand.
Prof. Ishida is a pioneer of the Language Grid. Prof. Sanada is an economist and has been serving as our board member. Those three specialists will share their perspectives on what's happening in the world. Please come join our Seminar and Workshop.
Ms. Ayako Edahiro is the Pangaea Ring writer for this month. She is a multitasking volunteer for Pangaea. She designed our original website and blog. In addition, she has been helping us as a volunteer translator as well.
Thanks a trillion!
Yumi
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