And now, a referate of my actual weekend!
Friday was the most busy day and physically exhausting... at least for a person as immobile as me. A few friends and me took part in a sort of conference, or inspirational meeting, where we had a few lectures at university from a bunch of various scientists and researchers. You know how things can be quite boring in the moment, but very interesting in retrospect? This was it.
We left at four in the afternoon to join our school prom. The evening was a fine one, not particularly special but I had my fun. And it was wonderful to wear such a dress. And to see everybody all dressed up. Actually I wish people had been a bit more serious and less..haha, slutty, but generally just a bit more grown up about their choices, but well. I guess we'll go there next year, when it's our last prom.
Saturday we returned to the city for a lecture on research in general, and the process you go through. This was probably the most intense day. It was heavy stuff! We discussed the means of "knowledge" and "academia", how to find a disharmony between theories or between theory and practice, and the importance of research even in the smallest areas. Learning about "the explorative process" was also extremely relevant and interesting.
I was most impressed by the theories of Nanoka and Andrew van der Ven. Also Sarah Sarasvathy. Oh, man. Our heads were stuffed with new information and by the end of the day, I was so (mentally) exhasted I just went home to lie on the sofa and do Math. Haha. I have a love/hate-relationship with Math. It's a wonderful thing when you're want something not to complex. The theories of mathematical proofs is sort of what we're supposed to transfer to every other research project in the future. I like that idea a lot.
Yeah, I like Math. When it works.
Ha.
The following morning I wished it had been possible to sleep throughout Sunday, but now I'm quite happy I got up. We went to the Sakura festival, a traditional Japanese festival when the cherry trees blossom. The weather was so-so but at least it didn't rain, it wasn't too windy and there were lots of cute outfits and not so many sweaters. Lulu and I had yakiniku and had brought watermelon, strawberries, grapes and chocolate muffins which we had afterwards, then matcha icecream and green tea, and finally dorayaki... a lot of people joined our little blanket under the trees and we ended up being 10-12 persons of whom I knew maybe four. Fun times! I got to see old friends again and got to know a few people a lot better, which is always great. I love when an acquaintanceship turns into a friendship.
We ended the day with traditional bon-odori which was, of course, awesome as usual.
And I got home and realised I hadn't done any real schoolwork in three days though I'd been more than engaged in academic stuff, and I finished a Physics paper in two hours which is a new record, and then read 25 pages of Social science and History. Which took twice as long because I have awesome friends, but unfortunately they're very funny to be around. So it goes.
