Meeting with Chief of Vice-President
In the morning we went to Alkot Ata Kyzylorda University again. It became our base camp and liason office due to its excellent computer facilities (of course, you have to think about Kyzylorda where you cannot find internet café!) and good foods with cheap price. The meeting with the Chief Vice President was arranged by the Vice-President in International Relations. When we had a meeting with him, he impressed us by pulling off his business card, and surely it demands our respect. In fact he was the first human being with business card we had ever met in Kyzylorda!! We gave him our gifts from Japan, as usual Hakata Dorimon and he gave us university T-shirt and other artifacts.
Interview with Kyzylorda Oblast Gaggett
On the way back to our hotel, we had to drop by museum again to have an interview with the local newspaper, Kyzylorda Oblast Gaggett. Probably it must have been the first time in history that the reporter had an interview with people from Japanese University. And it was the first time for me to have an interview with a reporter whose official language is Kazakh. We were quite honoured but we did not know the influence and power of the newspaper yet. It turned out when we were in Aralsk several days later.
Invited to the Dinner of Pastor Kim
Pastor Kim invited us to his small apartment for a dinner. It was quite old apartment located not very far from our hotel. His daughter recently had a great interest in Japanese because of the manga and Prof. Inaba was a main guest. We used three languages, but we did not any difficulty in understanding their hospitality.
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