Boot
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The big buzz of course is the release of the movie "The Da Vinci Code" by Ron Howard and yes I'm definitely going to see it. Especially since Opus Dei made such a stink about it. I saw the trailer and it's awesome (sugoi 凄い as they say here). Ian McKellen is in it plus Tom Hanks so it can't go wrong.
Latest news from our Department of Japanese Studies in Leiden is that Prof. Boot wil definitely leave the department as per the 1st June and will continue to do research and publish but for another section of the University and as such will also vacate his office at "the Arsenaal". He will, however, still assist PhD students.
What a way to go........ Whatever you may think about him he is an absolute treasure trove of information and the bad thing about it is that we now have lost both Prof. Boot and Prof. Kersten, who has returned to Australia.
In academic struggles like this there are just never winners but only losers. Not only the parties concerned both also the students who will have to do without the expertise of these people.
It's still pouring down ....... got totally drenched last night coming home despite carrying an umbrella. I heard the rainy season will last till the end of June... Bummer...
Talking about professors.. I had lunch with Saul on Wednesday in a fabulous Chinese restaurant near Sakamoto Campus (his treat) and afterwards a tour of the new Institute for Tropical Medicine of Nagasaki University. It's a new "State of the Art" building, situated next to the old one and even connected to it but that only shows how decrepid the old building is.
I was quite impressed and they even have a museum full of animals and parasytes (dead of course) plus tons of photographs depicting the multitude of ailments one can succumb to when visiting foreign tropical lands. It doesn't make you a happy camper.. it could even give you nightmares.
The big buzz of course is the release of the movie "The Da Vinci Code" by Ron Howard and yes I'm definitely going to see it. Especially since Opus Dei made such a stink about it. I saw the trailer and it's awesome (sugoi 凄い as they say here). Ian McKellen is in it plus Tom Hanks so it can't go wrong.
Latest news from our Department of Japanese Studies in Leiden is that Prof. Boot wil definitely leave the department as per the 1st June and will continue to do research and publish but for another section of the University and as such will also vacate his office at "the Arsenaal". He will, however, still assist PhD students.What a way to go........ Whatever you may think about him he is an absolute treasure trove of information and the bad thing about it is that we now have lost both Prof. Boot and Prof. Kersten, who has returned to Australia.
In academic struggles like this there are just never winners but only losers. Not only the parties concerned both also the students who will have to do without the expertise of these people.
It's still pouring down ....... got totally drenched last night coming home despite carrying an umbrella. I heard the rainy season will last till the end of June... Bummer...
Talking about professors.. I had lunch with Saul on Wednesday in a fabulous Chinese restaurant near Sakamoto Campus (his treat) and afterwards a tour of the new Institute for Tropical Medicine of Nagasaki University. It's a new "State of the Art" building, situated next to the old one and even connected to it but that only shows how decrepid the old building is.
I was quite impressed and they even have a museum full of animals and parasytes (dead of course) plus tons of photographs depicting the multitude of ailments one can succumb to when visiting foreign tropical lands. It doesn't make you a happy camper.. it could even give you nightmares.
posted by 狩人 (Hunter in Japanese) @ 5/19/2006 10:46:00 am
2 Comments:
At 5:47 pm,
Anonymous said…
Drenched!! You are so lucky. As I said before, we have a drought in SOuth East England. Apparently we have less water per person than they do in parts of Sudan. Does this qualify us for international aid relief I wonder. When can I expect the Sikorskys hovering overhead dropping in supplies of Evian? ( A hunky soldier to help open the bottles would also be very welcome) As you would expect the government have been swift to act and are thinking about appointing a Minister for Drought. The last time they did this, 1976 I think, it rained for the next two months. Nice to know there's a plan. Thames Water lose 30% of all water through leaks and they're asking us not to leave the tap running when we brush our teeth!!
Right enough about drought.
I hope all these changes in the faculty don't affect your education. Sounds as though you could do with getting rid of a few of the Japanese ones. This is a personal opinion and is not necessarily that of the owner of this blog (that's just in case any of them read this.)
I think I told you I'm off to Birmingham for the day on Saturday to help Dean's brother get sorted out. We're driving up together and David is picking up his car with some of his bits and bobs and bringing them back. He'll be staying at our place for about 4 weeks, I think, untill we get everything arranged for him. He's doing very well so far.
Right! Back to work. Keep having fun and get a better umbrella
Cheers
Chris
xxx
At 7:22 pm,
Anonymous said…
Professor Boot staat al ingeroosterd voor zo'n vijf colleges volgend jaar. Alsof er vervanging beschikbaar is voor zijn focuscolleges.
Rianne
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