Many assume that orchids are rather rare and precious plants. I must admit that it is largely true. Here is a notable exception, Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena. They are so common in Japan that you can find them even on lawn patches between skyscrapers.
Today, I'm finally done with the anatomy work. I don't have to fool around with cadavers any more. It is supposed to be good... But, somehow someway, I just feel like that something is missing. I might have enjoyed dissecting the body more than I thought. Very unlikely to get involved in cadaver works again. I'd say that it was a significant experience for me. Quite smelly, though.
This is the first aquamarine I found in my life. I marveled at it when I found it in the dirt. As a matter of course, the pic doesn't exactly reproduce its color, luster and transparency.
My crappy camera can't really show the gem-quality of the mineral. It is topaz, a semi-precious stone found usually in granite. My father has been intensely involved in collecting the gem. He spends all weekends in the mountains on topaz hunting. It is a good hobby for him. But, he always urges me to join to get me to carry heavy mining tools like shovel. I seem to have to stay in the mine over this weekend, although a fairly intense typhoon is approaching (it's raining heavily now...).
It rains most in June. Now that the month has gone, it seems to be rainy up until mid July. This means that the pic is of my school.
The first post since I started medicine this April. I'll be snowed under with school until late July. Thanks to tons of minuscule things to memorize, I can't even remember when I took the flower pic. My memory is now being crowded out of the brain by medical trivia.