Thank you for being my friends. I am happy with you here in this world. I want to review my 2013. I would love to keep in touch with you guys. Tell me your story too.
Physics
- Published 2 papers in the Physics journals.
- Made presentation at American Physical society meeting at Baltimore.
- Survived 1 year as a professional physicist.
- I learned PDF analysis and Magnetic structural analysis,
Running
- Ran without injuries.
- Ran with group every Tue and Thu at 6 a.m., Sat and Sun at 7 a.m.
- Ran one marathon, one half marathon, one 10K, one 4 miler, and one 5K marathon.
Reading
- Read average 18 books a month in English (My record says May 14, June 13, July 21, August 22, September 16, October 14, November 10, December 16) I did not keep record throughout 2013 though.
- Started my own book club.
English
- Practiced the pronunciation 8000 words at least 424 times.
- Read aloud 130 hours (I started October).
- Wrote 109 blog articles those are at least 300 words length.
- Practiced writing with a tutor every week.
- Attended 3 ESL classes and got “Satisfied”.
Music
- Started reading pieces.
- Practiced with professional guitarist once a week.
The other
- Called my parents once a week.
- Traveled 6 cities in the U.S.
- Made a lot of lovely friends.
- Tried to catch up with my friends.
Happy New Year!!
Shinichiro Yano at Charlottesville, Virginia, the U.S. 2014/1/1