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Red Sox weekend

Just a random note.

I pushed myself so much doing semi-allnighters during this week, 

I had a little bit of time to be relaxed over this weekend.

watched the first game of the American League Championship at a bar in South End

although the game was disappointing one.

This morning, I went to Museum of Fine Art with my husband to see a rich series of collections 

of a water-color painter, John Sargent. 

His works were really remarkable in a sense that a painting shows two different faces. 

His touches seem to be very rough when we look them in a close distance, 

but once we step back away from the painting, like a couple of meters,

those touches start becoming very delicate. This was like a super magic  

and I really enjoyed his art.

One of the coolest things of the US is that we can approach historical masterpieces 

as close as we want. We can even take photos of Gogh's, Monet's, and many other 

famous painters in the history, which we only usually see in textbooks for art classes..

In addition, students can get free admission.

I don't think I will go to any museums back in Japan after exposing myself to such a 

wonderful environment regarding art: I don't wanna see paintings exhibited behind a grass after 

waiting hours in a long line. 

Then, I studied in the whole afternoon and went for running with my friend.

The reservoir was beautiful as always.

Then we concluded this Sunday with a heavy American style dinner at a restaurant,

watching Red Sox's second game.

Now I'm watching the remaining of the game at home,

preparing for another upcoming intense week.

Red Sox, Yes, we are so behind.  

Petit Robert, South End

One of the best restaurants in Boston.

This will be the final weekend in that we can enjoy dinner outside.

  

A slave of Starbucks

When I was in Tokyo, Starbucks was always the last cafe for us to stop by

since there were tons of much nicer cafes than the franchised  "OK" brand.

But now, I really cannot imagine how I could live without it simply because 

nothing better than this mediocre cafe is available in Boston, at least in my area. 

One of the challenges that happened to me today was that 

when I ordered a tall coffee, again, as always I do, 

a store clerk asked me about my preference in the degree of brew.

I think what he said was

Pike Place (light), Bold (strong), and something else (medium)?

 

I think I need to just stick to medium, whatever it is. 

There are still a lot of things that I need to learn from my routine life.

 

 

wanna keep your tab open??

The first run along the Charles of this semester




The first girls night-out of the semester with my friends at Beehive








When I ordered a glass of Mojito, just as I always do,

a bartender asked me if I want to keep my tab open.

I was like "what?"


Since all I could catch was something sounds "tap",

I thought he was asking me if I need a glass of tap water as a chaser for the mojito.


Tons of misunderstandings have been still happening in my life.

spreading myself too thin

After an overwhelmingly busy summer, I've been having an extremely rough fall.


don't know how to survive in this situation where so many things are going on and

so many deadlines are coming up.

This is typically how a grad school life in the U.S. goes.




An apple pie from my friend for condolence.

interesting to see our cultures are sharing the same concept for treating

a loss of our loved one.