Friday

Day Nine, 12th of May, 2006, Sabah Poverty Research

Writing Log at the Hotel Coffee Shop


In the morning, having a breakfast with Prof. Ogata. He left for Banggi with Dr Iguchi at 9 oclock after breakfast. This is a kind of day-off for me but I did not know how to spend my time in Kota Kinabalu. My flight is at 7:15 PM and I decided to go for shopping some souveniours for my friends. I bought several traditioanl goods and magnets Sunyoung is collecting. I came back to the hotel coffee shop, had cool iced coffee, wathced the match of the Man United and Charton Athletics. Park Ji Sung did not play until 35 minutes of the second half. Now I am working on my work log. It was a very much meaningful research trip to me. I saw so many things I have read only in book and found the importance of the relationship between the economy and the social. I vaguely understood it from various books, particularly, Karl Polanyi:s the Great Transformation, but this trip gave me more insights than did Karl Polanyi`s. I really appreciate the help, the support, and the encouragement of Dr Iguchi, Prof. Itagaki and Prof. Ogata. I owed a lot to them.
I will arrive in KL around 9:15 and take the flight to Fukuoka 00:15, 13th of May, 2006. I will be back home tomorrow. I miss Sun and friends.

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