on a full life
I've had such a full week that I don't quite know where I should start.
Starting on Wednesday, a group of American and Canadian local administrators came as a part of the CLAIR Fellowship Program to Tottori Prefecture. I have been accompanying the group and serving as interpreter for a full three days.
I have learned a lot.
I am really inspired by Tottori, and by our guests. There were countless discussion sessions, and while it was really freaking hard to interpret questions on like patented glass recycling technology and research on marine debris, just listening to the conversation and the questions made me feel like I had gotten smarter. I think I have, actually.
We visited the Tottori University of Environmental Studies, heard a talk from the project team in Tottori Prefecture in charge of planning what they call the Green New Deal, the Inaba Eco Recycling Center, and the Tottori Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science (among other sites). There is really cool research and development going on in the environmental sector. REALLY COOL. If every administrative body in the world had this kind of perspective and commitment, global warming would be toast.
Of course I have enough complaints to fill up at least another full entry and my brain is friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiied, but these people that I met were really friendly and cool despite their very important roles. I was talking to one man today who served in the US Air Force during the Vietnam and Cold War eras, just about his job and his travels, but he was humble and open-minded and great. I wish I had been more mature and capable of appreciating my grandfather before he passed away. I bet he would have had great stories to tell, too.
I have no illusions or no ambitions of being some high-power careerperson or officer, but it would be nice to get to some equilibrium point and become someone who has interesting stories to tell.
Starting on Wednesday, a group of American and Canadian local administrators came as a part of the CLAIR Fellowship Program to Tottori Prefecture. I have been accompanying the group and serving as interpreter for a full three days.
I have learned a lot.
I am really inspired by Tottori, and by our guests. There were countless discussion sessions, and while it was really freaking hard to interpret questions on like patented glass recycling technology and research on marine debris, just listening to the conversation and the questions made me feel like I had gotten smarter. I think I have, actually.
We visited the Tottori University of Environmental Studies, heard a talk from the project team in Tottori Prefecture in charge of planning what they call the Green New Deal, the Inaba Eco Recycling Center, and the Tottori Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science (among other sites). There is really cool research and development going on in the environmental sector. REALLY COOL. If every administrative body in the world had this kind of perspective and commitment, global warming would be toast.
Of course I have enough complaints to fill up at least another full entry and my brain is friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiied, but these people that I met were really friendly and cool despite their very important roles. I was talking to one man today who served in the US Air Force during the Vietnam and Cold War eras, just about his job and his travels, but he was humble and open-minded and great. I wish I had been more mature and capable of appreciating my grandfather before he passed away. I bet he would have had great stories to tell, too.
I have no illusions or no ambitions of being some high-power careerperson or officer, but it would be nice to get to some equilibrium point and become someone who has interesting stories to tell.