FULL ACTIVITY…
Temperature is the most important thing to be
more paid attention when we live in Sapporo. Actually Sapporo is not crowded
city like Tokyo or Osaka however it is nice city for studying. Like me an
Indonesian the weather is very different, so the first thing to do is to protect
my body from the cold temperature. The minimum temperature can reach 3 degrees
Celsius in the autumn and minus 19 in the winter. Some second hand equipment
like jacket is easily to get in second hand store, of course with the cheaper
price and suitable for my scholarship.
1st day on the campus, in the
morning I came to OIA for attending opening ceremony of PARE program for
semester and yearlong student. I met
some PARE Student from Indonesia (UGM,
ITB and IPB), Thailand (Kasetsart University)
and also the exchange student from Hokkaido University. I came to faculty of
agriculture building to meet Hatano Sensei (my professor) at noon and told
about my research plan to him. He told me that I would be involved in an existing
research in soil laboratory; therefore I can learn some methods related to my
research thesis.
Every PARE student has a supporter that will
help them to get residence card, bank account, insurance and etc. My supporter
is Shinya Iwasaki; he is a 2nd year master student in soil science
and also a kindly person. Shinya introduce me another international students in soil science
laboratory and some of them are Indonesian….:)
From left :
Zameera, Li Xi (China), Ikabongo
(Zambia), Rina, Tedy, Priyo (Indonesia)
The weather forecasting in Sapporo is very
reliable, therefore Japanese people too believe about that. The 2nd
day when I was on the way to campus, it was rain. I decided to buy an umbrella.
Unfortunately a little accident happened with my umbrella. It disappeared in
the next 8 hours when I came to immigration office for getting residence
card…..”oh my 600 Yen”….. x_x
One habit in Soil laboratory for a new comer
student is a “welcome party”. All students and sensei
usually join on the party. Because I am a Muslim, for this time it was held on
restaurant that provide seafood menu. Lift your glass and please say “Kanpai”. This
is a Japanese word for toast in a party.
Lift your
glass and please say “Kanpai”
My first weekend was spent in experimental
garden of Hokkaido university in Shizunai, a city in southern Hokkaido. I went
with some students that are doing research in there. I got many experiences
during in Shizunai such as: how to install lysimeter, gasses sampling use
chamber and etc. Using laboratory apparatus like NOx gas analyzer
also include.
This weekend some courses are already started,
I take 3 credits to fulfill PARE requirement and for completing my credits in
IPB. Field lecture to observe soil profile is an annual activity in Soil
Science laboratory; it is always held twice a year on summer and autumn. In
this year for autumn it was hold in last week. We went to Kitami, 4.5 hours by
vehicle from Sapporo.
Field lecture in Kitami with
Hatano Sensei
Thank you
very much for your attention and see you on the next posting..…….Ganbate ….
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