Category: Travel
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The Seven Gods of Happiness New Year Temple Tour
Seven Lucky Gods Stamps Fukurokujyu Ebisu, God of Wealth Bishtyamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Benzaiten Shinagawa Temple The Tokai Seven: like Ocean’s Eleven, but much older. And less criminal. They are both pretty lucky though. The Seven Gods of Happiness represent different types of good fortune, and for some reason in Shinagawa there are seven temples, each […]
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Bad Omens
Today started off with a bad omen: I slept in for an entire hour. Usually I’m very good about getting up on time, but I was up a bit late last night. Even though I went home early (home by about 7:45pm) I logged on to some machines at work, and (slowly, while watching House) […]
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Overheard at the bar
When she said priori probability, I think she meant a-priori probability … Of course, I have to admit that this bar is the one in the hotel where many attendees of the TREC conference are staying, but still, I think it is a very funny bit of overheard conversation. I kind of like the idea […]
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A Quick Trip to the MoMA
I came to New York for a few days for a friends wedding, and while here I stopped by for a brief visit at the Museum of Modern Art. I really enjoy the MoMA, and have visited there often. For the wedding of my friends Ron and Michelle my sisters and I got them a […]
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Sable-Koo Wedding
Sable-Koo Wedding Photos On Sunday, July 15th, 2007 my good friend Carl Sable married the beautiful Cha-Eun Koo in New Jersey. While I was a grad students at Columbia University, one of my first and best friends I made there was Carl Sable. I think the story about how we met is completely indicative of […]
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Ishiyama-dera
Dragon’s Hole Pond Entire Ishiyama-dera photo set on Flickr.com After the Japanese Natural Language Processing Conference, I had a few hours before returning to Tokyo, so I went to the nearby Ishiyama temple, which is said to be where the Japanese author Murasaki began writing the Tale of Genji. It is a really beautiful temple, […]
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Eating too much in Korea: a wedding tradition?
My pictures of Dave Han’s wedding in Korea. Han family at Han Park wedding. Jiseon Park and David Han Drying Fish Table full of plates On Friday January 5th I got on a plane and went to Korea for Dave Han’s wedding. He married Jiseon Park, and the ceremony took place in Gangneung Korea, on […]
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Salk Institute in San Diego
Salk Institute pictures on Flickr.com On August 17th, 2006, Ron deVilla, Michelle VanNoy, and I went to the Salk Institute for a tour. The Salk Institute was designed by Louis Kahn in consultation with Dr. Salk, who developed a vaccine for Polio. It is a really beautiful and flexible building for lab spaces.
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Wednesday, 2007-07-19 Part II: Seasickness, food poisoning, or a heart attack?!?
We headed back to the boat, and I think the next stop was a two hour cruise with drinks. I decided that I wasn’t too comfortable on the boat for two hours, so wouldn’t have any alcohol. After a few minutes on the boat, we hit some choppy water, and I started to feel unwell. […]
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Wednesday, 2007-07-19
At Coling, traditionally one day is reserved for an excursion to see the sites in the area. I think this is a nice idea. I’m fairly bad at planning sightseeing when I’m on my own, so it is nice to have a large group to go with. Part I: The Zoo and Manly Beach The […]