September 16, 2004
A Blog for Joy
Keeping a blog made my days in San Francisco more joyful. That did so in three ways.
First, the blog actually helped me to find new joys. Such joys can be discovered by tasting new things. But I used to feel hesitations to the new. It was my friends who helped me to overcome. But the blog was also helpful. Explaining why is not easy. But it seems that I was controlled by a feeling. I felt as if I were acting a role in blog. That conception made my mind more open to the new.
Second, the blog helped me to discover what I enjoy. By writing explicitly what I was happy about, an unconscious joy became a conscious one. This enabled me to create a plan to maximize my joy in the stay.
Finally, the blog helped me to initiate a joyful communication. I heard from people such as my friends, my Hawaii host family, and staffs, an alumnus, and a future student of JAIMS. A new comment and a new e-mail message made my day. But I have more to say. Some of those also helped me to write better. T, Funa, and Daiji gave me their impressions on logs, enabling me to review those logs with their point of view. Furthermore, Funa offered useful techniques. He has been using them in his own home page. Lance helped me to solve spelling problems, too.
When I started the blog, I imagined that I would have a day when I had nothing to write any more. But actually, I encountered something new everyday. Believe it or not, writing on discoveries is fun. I wonder if some future students would start blog about their internships, too.
In my workplace, I finalized my projects. Then, I spent some time on the internship final report. But in fact, I was only groaning in front of a white paper. Keeping a blog seemed not to ease my agony over reports. Maybe, I wrote too much on funs.
After work, I went to Japantown to enjoy the last bite of Japanese-American crape. I found their crapes delicious recently. Here is a picture. I wanted to write more on it, if I had more days.
By the way, a design exhibition is being held in the lobby of my workplace. Here are pictures. I wanted to write more on it, if I had more days.
