The history of the lazy frog

Sabato 14 Novembre 2015, 14:15

My name in katakana, thanks to Sato-san!
My name in katakana, thanks to Sato-san!

I learned that there's a way of saying in Japanese that is 井の中の蛙大海を知らず。 (I no naka no kawazu taikai wo shirazu); more or less it does mean literally that a frog in a well does not know the great sea. The meaning could be that people judge things by their own little experience, never knowing of the boundless world outside.

Here I came just like that frog, leaping out of the well to reach a wider place. For the first time, in Japan I experienced how different cultures can be amazing and how they should be respected and respectful of others. That is why I find completely unacceptable what happened in Beirut and Paris these days.

 

The way of the 外人 (Gaijin)

Mercoledì 11 Novembre 2015, 06:35

Tokyo is an amazing city and Japanese people are lovely. Despite I had a very little time to visit the city (my schedule at Keio is very tight), what I saw so far is very nice. Shibuya and Shinjuku were such an experience for me, with their chaotic scenario.

 

Konichiwa from Tokyo!

Domenica 08 Novembre 2015, 10:11

Good afternoon from Tokyo, eight hours ahead in the future! :) !

I decided to write down some notes just like I did in 2012 when I was Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley in California, so my blog is the right place again to share this wonderful experience.

Only a few lines, hopefully a short note per day, during my business trip in Tokyo, invited by Prof. Radovich to join the Architecture and Urban Design Laboratory Co+Labo Radovich at the eminent Keio University.

Following this link you can find news about the first of my lectures here. Tomorrow I'll start my activities, even if I am still a little bit numb due to the jet lag. But hey, we are in Tokyo now and nobody sleeps here!

 

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Dal 2004 questo piccolo angolo di rete raccoglie gli interessi di ricerca e i lavori di sperimentazione digitale di Simone Garagnani in materia di cultura geek, ma soprattutto di Building Information Modeling, rilievi digitali ad alta risoluzione e computer graphics legata al mondo dell'architettura, dell'ingegneria e delle costruzioni. TC Project, è presente anche sul social network Facebook.

 

Welcome to these pages that host since 2004 Simone Garagnani's personal blog, a collection of nerd notes and geek experiences focused sometimes on Building Information Modeling, terrestrial laser scanning, digital photogrammetry and computer graphics applied to the AEC world. The TC Project is also available on Facebook.


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