CASS Business School

Cass Business School ( http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/ ) is one of the City university, and high ranked business school in the UK.  The campus is near old street, and close to Bank area.  Therefore, there are strongly related with financial institutions and students also comes from there.  The campus building is modern, and facilitated bloomberg and equipments.  Today, I joined the Information session for MBA full-time course and Executive MBA.  Therefore, those kind of session looks one of business communication places.  the session was progressed professors and alumni or current students.  Some students asked the difference from other MBA school, but certainly, they argued their strength such as environments and connection with companies.  Some candidates were for EMBA course, so some executive like managing companies were in the session. 

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Royal Opera House

While living in London, we would not suffer from the lack of fine arts.  We can visit the plenty number of museums, galleries, and theatres in the central London.  I visited the Royal Opera House ( http://www.roh.org.uk/ ) which is in the Covent garden in order to watch the ballet, title "The Dream" and " Song of the Earth".  The Dream is Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  Today, I booked the upper slips which sheet is quite far from the stage and close to the ceiling, and cost at 4 pounds!  I could have a wonderful atmosphere, then we can enjoy food and drink ( of course, champagne and wines as well! ) at the restaurant and bar before or the middle of the stages.  I suppose that the London provided the significant number of arts to the wide range people such as from upper class people to students and low income people, so everyone who wants to enjoy arts can touch them easily.  It is important for children to educate accomplishments.

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David Hockney RA

The exhibition of David Hockney ( http://www.hockneypictures.com/home.php ) is held at Royal Academy of Arts from 21 January to 9 April.  He was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire in 1937 and attended at the Royal College Of Art, London.  I suppose that his paintings are natural and colourful.  When I had watched his paintings and select my favourites paintings among his large number of arts, I wondered which paintings he prefer or all of them, or his favourites may change by depending on his feelings.  Extended road to the forest is strong and attract my sight.   By the way, when I went to museum at 10:00 in the morning, people had already had a queue to enter the museum, so I recommend you to bring your favourite book....

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The specialty for tea utensils and their names

I had joined the study group of the Japanese tea tradition which title was "The speciality for tea utensils and their names'".  Artists tend to name tea utensils, in particular, for tea scoops and tea bowls.  For example, a tea bowl named "DOJOJI" which means the name of temple.  In addition, that temple is famous for a Japanese classic story, and sometimes performed by Kabuki ( http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%98%E9%81%93%E6%88%90%E5%AF%BA ).  The named tea bowl is formatted a character, i.e. a tea bowl becomes the tea bowl.  This conception would not be seen at any other cultures.  Another example, a pair of tea spoons is named "FUTARISIZUKA".  The based story are expressed by NOH which is traditional masked dance-drama as well.  Those expressions are very sensitive and difficult to convey to foreigners, because those way of thinking is made from atmospheres and timing, and foreigners are not likely to have such a sense.  Even the Japanese may have a difficulty to understand such a thing.  (Of course, including me)

When we invite guest to the Japanese Tea, hosts try to choose suitable utilities for guests.  Each instruments have different colours, touch, weight, size, texture and other factors.  Those combinations are a sense of host, whereas understanding the host mind is a manner of guest.  Therefore, both host and guest need considerations each other.  

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H.R.Higgins

 

H.R. Higgins ( http://www.hrhiggins.co.uk/ ) established in central London in 1942, is a special supplier of fine coffees and teas.  They are famous for a purveyor of tea and coffee to the British royal family.  We can test teas and coffee at the underground. 

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