I am already enjoying the atmosphere in Hirota Lab at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokodai) The major reason I opted for Hirota Lab was because of the world class research that Hirota-sensei has been doing over the years. But besides that, the other major attribute that made me settle for his lab is the international atmosphere in this lab.There are more than 25 students from more than 10 countries.
Apart from Malawi, my nation and Japan, the host nation, other nations represented in this lab include Vietnam, China, Croatia, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Canada, Cuba, Brazil and Peru. I am so far the only member from Sub-Saharan Africa. But I have been informed that a Nigerian student will be joining us in October 2008. This is globalization at its best!
I have so far attended one seminar, where Hirota-sensei was giving general research guidelines for this academic year. On Friday evening, I attended a journal artcle reading session, where one student led the session. We discussed a Robotics paper. After this session, we went for a welcome party organized by the lab where there was a lot of eating and drinking. I was surprised to see that only three of us were not taking alcohol.
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Dear Clement,
Glad to hear you are doing well, and enjoying your time in Japan.How long will you be there?
Regards,
Czecho
Hey Clement, I hope you enjoy your stay at Japan. I ever flied to Japan once but only for vacation. I was quite impressed with how advanced the life in there. I really want to attend this kind of seminar, actually.
Czecho
Having a good time here but feeling home sick at times. God willing I will be here uptoSeptember 2011
@Czecho: Having a good time here but feeling home sick at times. God willing I will be here uptoSeptember 2011
@BestLaptopz:Spot on. Just is really very advanced.
Hi,
It seems that you are in the the most globalized lab in the global.
I am quite interested when you guys are taken a photo, what will it be since the different nations of your friends.
well, well, hopefully, the number of those not partaking in the hard stuff will not dwindle even further to below the current 3!! thanks for taking time to look at my blog and the suggestion to include stat tracker. will do that immediately. Boni
man, ive always wanted to visit tokyo for a week or two… they are so advanced in the technological world. it would be awesome to see all their latest gadgetry!
-Ryan
Wow. That sounds amazing! I regret not having many “international experiences” in my life. I think it would be great to be paired with so many different students from different countries. And…”I was surprised to observe that only three of us were not taking alcohol.” Me too. I can’t believe how many people drink nowadays.
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