Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

Replacement of Projecter

　　I replaced my projector today in spite of it working well. I installed it fifteen years ago when my house was built. The recorder which I set in the newly built house was a video recorder. It was replaced with a DVD recorder several years later. Then now, it broke down and it was replaced with a Blu-ray recorder. Its connection with other appliances became digital. The 15-year-old projector wasn't able to take digital connections and it meant its end of use.
　　The following pictures show how the replacement was done. The person dispatched from the maker was the person who had set the former projector 15 years ago. Thereby, he knew the back side of the ceiling and walls. It was very handy. The replacement work was successfully done.

壊れていないのにプロジェクターの交換をすることになった。１５年前に買ったものだが、ブルーレイレコーダーやらアンプやら軒並みデジタル化され、アナログ接続しかできないプロジェクターが使えなくなったため。残念だが仕方ない。近所の電気屋に頼むと来てくれた技術者は１５年前にも来てくれた人だった。天井裏や、壁の中を知っている人だったので話は早い。

Matsuyama Freiburg Friendship Meeting

　The sister city treaty between my hometown of Matsuyama City and Freiburg City in Germany turns 30 years. As one of the memorial events, the Freiburgers visited Matsuyama City and the Matsuyama side held a reception party for them. The following pictures were taken at that time. The two men who are holding each other's hands in the center of one of the pictures are the mayors of each city. The model house under their hands was the model of the city office of Freiburg. The rice-pounding entertainment excited all the people there. Next year, if I could take a week's leave, I'd like to join the tour to Freiburg.

　
愛媛県松山市とドイツのフライブルク市は今年で姉妹都市提携３０周年を迎える。それを記念してフライブルク市民団が松山市を訪問した。写真はその歓迎会で撮られたもの。来年には松山市からフライブルク市へ向けて市民訪問団が結成されることになっている。写真では二人の市長が手を繋いでいるが、その下にある模型はフライブルク市庁舎である。余興が盛り上がって大変楽しい歓迎会となった。