研究室カップルが近所に引っ越すと聞いてその場所を見に行ったらマジ近い。その近くにもう1人前から住んでいるOBもいて, 知り合いコロニー形成中。なんとなく和む。

When I heard that a couple in the laboratory would move to the neighborhood and went to see the place this morning, it was really close. There is another alumnus who has lived near there, and a colony of our friends is being formed. Somehow it calms me down.

ニューヨークジャパンソサエティの芸術監督をしているSは中学の同級生で２人とも音楽、運動をやっていたので、話しが広がる親友である。彼女は浜野安宏商品研究所で働き、ある時、そろそろやめようと思うと言う。修羅場を3回潜り抜けたからと言うのが自分に課した独立の条件だそうだ。修羅場とは？と聞くと、トラブル解決に誰にも聞けず、頼れず、理論的に判断つかず、そして間違えれば大きな損害や迷惑をかける事態だと言う。つまり直感で切り抜ける肝試しである。それを聞いて僕もそんなことが起こるだろうかと待っていたら程なく起こった。大変だった。仕事をして涙が出たのは後にも先にもその時だけである。あの経験のおかげでその後仕事か大変だと思う事はない。

S, who is the artistic director of the New York Japan Society, is a junior high school classmate who played music and exercise like me, so she is a close friend who can talk about them. She worked at Yasuhiro Hamano Commodity Research Institute, and at one point she said she’s about to quit. She says she sneaked through the shuraba (extremely tough time) three times, which is a condition of independence she imposed on her. What is Shuraba? She says she can’t ask anyone to solve the problem, can’t rely on anybody, can’t make a theoretical judgment, and if she makes a mistake, it can cause great damage and inconvenience. In other words, it is a test of courage that can be overcome intuitively. When I heard that and waited for that to happen, it happened soon. that was so hard. It was only that time that I cried when I worked. Thanks to that experience, I never think it’s hard to work after that.

出張帰りにタワレコでBuddy Guy のCDを買って帰り食後アルファスペースで聞く。教え子から心暖まるメールが届き酒がうまい。

I bought a Buddy Guy CD at Tower Records on my way home from a business trip and listened to it in Alpha Space after a meal. I received a heartwarming email from my student and the whisky tastes well.

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リサイクル業界のリーディングカンパニーであり、クライアントでもある株式会社リーテムが自社の業務を絵本にした。僕らが設計したリサイクル工場やフリーアドレスのオフィスなどが漫画になった。

Retem Co., Ltd., a leading company in the recycling industry and a client, made its business a picture book. Children visiting the recycling factories and workers wiring in free-address offices we designed have become cartoons.

コンペプレゼン終わり、２年前に設計したFujihimuroにたちよる。写真展開催中。設計した建物が意図通りに使われているのを見るのは嬉しい。

After the competition presentation, I went to Fujihimuro gallery designed by us two years ago. A photo exhibition is being held. It’s nice to see the designed building being used as intended.

今日はいざコンペのプレゼンである。勝てば今頃完成していたであろうコンペがコロナで１年遅れた。負けられ無い。神様！
Today is the presentation of the competition. The competition, which would have been completed by this time if it won, was delayed by one year in Corona. I can’t lose. God!

神頼み

先日所用で下田に行った。この路線にはさまざまな豪華列車が走っているのでその一つに乗ってみた。サフィール(サファイアの仏語)という名前。先頭車は一例に二席しかないゆとりプランである。値段は新幹線普通車両とあまり変もかわらない。

I went to Shimoda for business the other day. There are various luxury trains running on this line, so I took one of them. The name Saphir (French for sapphire). The first car is a spacious plan with only two seats in one row. The price is not much different from that of ordinary Shinkansen trains.

池田菊苗は東大教授となりうま味の研究の結果グルタミン酸を発見して味の素で一財を築き理化学研究所を創設した。なんていう話がいろいろ載っているこの本は、大阪大学の初年度学生の五月病対策の楽しい理科の講義ノートだそうです。

Kikunae Ikeda became a professor at the University of Tokyo and discovered glutamic acid as a result of his research on umami, and made a fortune with Ajinomoto and founded RIKGAKUKENKYUJYO. This book, which contains many stories like this, is said to be a fun science lecture note for the first year students of Osaka University to prevent May sickness.

理科大の卒業式は数回に分けて武道館。そして神楽坂校舎で学科毎の学位授与式。それで解散もちょっと寂しいので研究室で記念撮影（瞬間的にマスクを外しました）。たまに晴れがましい姿を見るのもいいもの。

They divided the graduation ceremonies of Tokyo University of Science into several sessions at the Budokan. And then, at the Kagurazaka campus building, we gave the diploma to students in each department. It’s a bit sad to see them go right after the ceremony, so we took a photo of them of the laboratory (we took off our mask momentarily). It’s nice to see them looking so happy sometimes.