Ideon

Collection of ions inspiring you…

Option

The option here means choice. On the job, everyone will be mentally cornered many times. Sometimes it’s not clear what’s pushing you. Then try to identify the root of the problem. No, it doesn’t mean you can solve it if you have successfully identified it. Still, by making “invisible” anxiety visible, you can think about […]

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If this isn’t nice, what is?

As introduced in “Never ending story?” I supported a research team for a large-size grant application, and we had an interview. Three people gathered at the office of the principal investigator (PI) of the proposed research project and participated in the online interview. The interview took about 30 minutes, and I felt it finished quickly.

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Not my day

There are days when unlucky things happen several times, from morning till night. But, even if it isn’t that bad, there are days when I open the door of my house, saying, “It wasn’t my day.” On such occasions, I often speak to the cat. But, unfortunately, the cat seems annoying. Although he pretends to

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I know it!

I often exchange emails at work. Sometimes the text from the other person looks very critical, and sometimes you want to say, “I know that even if you don’t say it!” Don’t reply that way ^^; You may think you know what they said in emails, but it’s NOT right to complain about their message

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Never ending story?

Until recently, I supported the application of large-scale research funds. Then, without a break, the funding agency contacted me to prepare presentation materials for the interview at the review board. It came right after the researcher preparing the documents with me proposed that we should take a break and go to a pub. As we

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To get it done

Well, it’s been about a month since my last post. I was busy planning a large subsidy project and compiling an application. In fact, I have been involved in this project for three months. Therefore, it is significant that this application was completed this time. Even during this time, support for the “Hot Meter” has

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Friends will be friends (6)

He broached the subject like this. “Do you like hot food?”“I’m not as tolerant with hot (=spicy) food as my wife, but I like hot food.”“Yeah! Well, the degree of hot food is displayed in various stores. For example, this food is labeled with two chili marks. But two-chili marks do not mean that customers

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