Berkeleyでの最後の二日間も知人宅(かずき君の家)にお世話になりました.かずき君のパパさんママさんには,家族5人で押しかけ,大変お騒がせしましたが,night game 観戦とヨセミテ公園を含め,楽しく過ごすことが出来ました.有り難うございました.いただき持ち帰ったDVDデッキ,昨日は子供達がマダガスカルを久々に観たようです.本当に山のような夏休みの宿題,彼らはいつになったら手をつけ始めるのやら・・・(笑).
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Play dates:
長男坊: with ケリー,ブランダン,まさと君,トリ君,ジロウ君,Aiden,かずき君(sleep over)
長女: with Niki,りのちゃん,ルーチー,ゆかちゃん(sleep over).
次女: with Eva(sleep over),りのちゃん,ゆかちゃん(sleep over).
Dinner: with りのちゃんご家族,トリ君ご家族,Evaご家族BBQ,かずき君ご家族BBQ
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最終日にH先生のアメリカ生活立ち上げに,少しだけお付き合い.Bank of America(銀行)とBest buy(家電店),Elcerrito Plaza(近くのモール),Ranch99(中国系食料品店),等々に行きました.
ユニクロで買った青いポロシャツを着ていたのですが,これがBest buyでは店員さんが着ているポロシャツと同じ青い色.周りのお客さんに4回ほど「ここで働いているのか?」と捕まえられました(笑).店員さんにも,「You should work here」 とからかわれたりして・・・.
赤いポロシャツはTargetの店員さんが着ているし,原色のポロシャツ,気をつけましょう(笑).
]]>Play date & Sleep over in Kyotohttp://hesse60.exblog.jp/5166381/2006-07-02T18:10:00+09:002023-09-09T20:27:25+09:002006-07-02T18:12:48+09:00hesse60家の中での独り言
唐突ですが,次女のアメリカでのクラスメート,EvaちゃんがPlay dateで我が家にやってきました.3ヶ月ぶりの再会です.
Evaちゃんのご家族は夏休みを利用して19日に初めての日本入り.
計画では東京→大阪→京都を巡る3週間の旅で,東京の旅行を終え,今は大阪滞在の途中.金曜日の電話で,1日の土曜日に大阪の滞在先で会いましょうという話になったらしく,今朝,家内は次女を連れて大阪に会いに出かけたのでありました.話がはずめばSleep over できると良いね,なんて頭の中で突然ひらめいて,ダメもとで出かける前に僕から家内に話しかけてみたのですが,作戦成功.うまい具合にママのお許しを頂戴したようです.てっきりママも一緒に付いてくるのかと思いきや,Evaちゃん,堂々と一人で我が家に遊びに来てくれました.Evaのママ,初の日本をとても興奮して過ごしているようで,判断力が狂ったのか?それとも日本はよほど安全な国だと思ったのか・・・(笑).とにかく,興奮大サービス,我が家の全員喜びました.
子供達はまだ学校があるので,月ー金は会えません.また次の日曜日,今度はご家族揃って我が家に来てもらう手筈なのですが,その時には奈良の大仏でも見に行きましょうかね.さて,うまく楽しめると良いのだけれど・・・.]]>Long time no talkhttp://hesse60.exblog.jp/4656489/2006-05-13T15:01:00+09:002023-09-09T20:27:25+09:002006-05-13T15:01:15+09:00hesse60小学校の出来事
差出人はクラスの担任のStu先生.中を開けてみると,クラスメートからのお手紙がたくさん.
Long time no talk .... とは,あるクラスメートからの手紙の書き出しなのでした.
Outcome of my stay in USA
<Research work>
1. Be familiar with the Berkeley laboratory systems and obtain many young friends.
2. Development of the thermal analysis coupling with both of the steady and the time-dependent signals. Especially, the feature of this work is to validate the convection loss of the small engine.
3. Heat balance of the Berkeley mini engine was roughly estimated based on the developed method.
4. More time-dependent data should be otrained to revise the acurracy of this analysis. Basic analytical euqation should be introduced to clarify the heat loss rate.
5. Utilization of the heat loss should be further investigated. More uniform temp. platform should be the key to develop such kind of the small-scale engine. It shoud be done in Japan in the next semester.
<Family activities>
1. get to know elementary school
2. make many friends(classmates, teachers, families) at elementary school
3. English development
Son, elder daugher, younger daughter, wife, me
4. Trips
32 states + Washington D.C.
Son shares some of his activity 6 times at his class.
5. Birthday parties Son at park, daughers at home 1,2
6. School events
Spelling test, Homework(reading), Share, Pajama party, Field trips, Halloween party, Thanksgiving, Photos, Music, Dancing, Birthday, School lunch, Ice cream, Spirit day, Conference
<New experience>
Car license at California, AAA
BBQ
yammy foods (grapes, ...)
Camping
Digital camera
4WD car dodge durango
Halloween (trick or treat)
Baseball
Basketball
Trails
Ships, Ferry
AMtrack
Ocean (Pacific, Atrantic, Gulf of Mexico)
Caves 1, 2
Wild animals (Squirrels 1,2 deer, mountain goats, big horn sheeps, elk, bison, Alligator, Pelicane, Seals, Otters, ...)
Separate seat on Air
Pools
High mountains (The Sierra Nevada, White mountain, The Rocky mountains, Mt. Shasta, St. Herena, ...)
National parks and monuments
Rivers (Missisippi, Colorado, Virsin, Mckenzy)
Lakes (Tahoe, Clear, Donner, Lily)
Light houses 1,2
Famous bridges 1,2
Skylines
Universities
Wind farms
Malls
Amusement area (The Sea world at S.D., The Disney land, The Kennedy space center)
The capitol, state captols
Shops (Target, Costco, Safeway, K mart, Albertsons, ...)
Book shops (Barns & noble, Amazon)
Domestic wines (California wines), beer
Cell (pre-paid)
Motels (63nights?) + 1 Hotel(St. Westin at San Francisco)
Churches
Indian cultures
Trafic violation (including Driving school)
Shots
Dentist (new cavities)
Class help
Bolgs (Berkeley diary, from Berkeley)
Some parts of our activity were described on three photo homepages]]>家の外での独り言http://hesse60.exblog.jp/4282058/2006-03-19T21:00:00+09:002023-09-09T20:27:25+09:002006-03-20T17:32:29+09:00hesse60家の中での独り言
夕方の5時前,ようやく自宅を片づけ,出発することが出来ました.
小学校は3学期あります.report cardには3学期の最後に到達すべき内容が各科目ごとに記載してあって,その到達度を先生が1から4までの数値で埋めていきます.3学期末での目標値の数値は”4”. 1学期,2学期で4に満たない2,3の数値を貰っても,3学期末までに4を貰えると良い,という塩梅です.
1:Below standard
2:Making progress/Below standard
3:Approaching standard
4:Meeting standard - Goal is to reach this level by Period 3
<4th gradeの長男坊> attached file (別紙)でした.
XXXX has been making great progress! He is hardworking, honest, and it has been a treat to have him in the classroom. XXXX is a joy to work with in that while caring and gentle, he never shies away from academic challenges. His presence in the classroom will be sorely missed.
XXXX continues to show strong growth as a reader. While his strength lies in his ability comprehension text, he has made remarkable progress with his decoding skills. In fact, he can often be found looking up words in the dictionary in an effort to increase his vocabulary. I would like to thank you for taking the time and effort to support your son in this area! Your positive influence certainly shows! In reading, I would like XXXX to continue to work on making text-to-text and text-toself connections. This ability to gain inferential meaning from text will serve XXXX well in the coming years.
It has been wonderful to see XXXX take more chances as a writer. I have been particularly impressed with his editing skills.
XXXX has shown tremendous skill in mathematics. He routinely performs well on his daily problems and excelled throughout our study of multiplication and our recent exploration of division. However, I feel it is very important for XXXX to continue practicing these facts as it will serve him well in the coming years.
I consider myself lucky to work with such a wonderfully kind student. Although I am sad to see XXXX leave, I am eager to hear of the positive contributions he makes when he returns to school in Japan!
Sincerely,
Mr. Stu
<2nd gradeの長女>
XXXX continues to excel in all academic areas. She writes fluently and seems to enjoy journal writing where she has the opportunity to write about school activities, friends, and special school events. Her reading is at an advanced level and her analysis of story content is very accurate. She is kind, curing and well liked and respected by her classmates.
By Barbara
<1st gradeの次女>
XXXX has had a wonderful year. She has grown as a reader and writer. She has strong skills in both areas. She has a strong number sense as well. She is a hard worker and shows responsibility in the classroom. The whole class well miss her as she is a friend to all. We wish you the best of luck always.
By Sally
そして銘々の最後に,Good luck! By Julie (Principal)]]>The last day of schoolhttp://hesse60.exblog.jp/4276879/2006-03-17T20:20:00+09:002023-09-09T20:27:25+09:002006-03-19T02:13:38+09:00hesse60小学校の出来事
セントパトリックスデー.緑の服が無~い,の次女の声で目が覚める.
今日は大学&子供達の小学校の最終日.
僕の方は研究室でBennet, Sang, David(R), Mark に最後の挨拶.
秘書のMaryanneには,CarlosとDaveにヨロシク伝えるようお願いして,鍵を返却.
Bennettが就職が決まったら欧州に発表旅行に出かけると言うので,日本でもプレゼンして欲しい旨伝える.帰国後,Carlosを通して改めて依頼する積もり.
それから昨晩,Utah州に居るDaveからメイルが届く.熱解析,継続して進めて欲しいとのこと.Sure,了解.残りの熱解析をもう少し自分なりに進めてみる予定.最後の挨拶とともに,成果をまとめて送ると返信.また次回会う日までGood luck.