Sunday morning, in the country. Well, in a roadside business hotel in a Tokyo satellite city counting down the minutes until I present this paper I've been working on.
Today we have all the individual research presentations, as opposed to yesterday's special panel.
There is a part of me that knows it is important to get and present my work at conferences such as this. There is a bigger part of me that wonders why I still do it--the nerves, the angst, the constant feelings of being unprepared...
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| The view from the window |
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| Staircase or art? |
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| Mossy |
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| Azalea time here |
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| Baby hydrangea |
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| Intense |
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| In the distance |
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| A few raindrops |
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| Busy bee |
Anyway, done. And a little time in between sessions to take in the surrounds.
Until next year.
[Camera : iPhone8, 5.58am, 1.37pm-1.43pm; 10 June 2018]








