St. Patrick’s Day

I’m posting this diary after field work at Waikiki area on Saturday (and also after watching JPN’s win at world baseball classics! The third time was charm!). It was really concentrated day, today. I went to the sea 7:00 am, and deployed data logger and clod cards. After Thomas joined me, we conducted spatial sampling of several chemical and physical parameters. Though I mainly took charge of processing of the samples on kayak, it was fun to handle kayak against intermittent big waves. If I missed it, kayak would be easily turned over by big waves and samples and stuffs would be spoiled.
By the way, it was St. Patrick’s Day, yesterday. It was first time for me to hear about this holiday. When I saw the flyer of small party celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at our courtyard, and read through it, I could not understand what they were saying.

Is St. Patrick former Irish faculty in Botany Dept.? What’s green pupu? Carrot is not allowed? What does “be greener” mean? To become vegetarian? With some anxieties, I joined the party with “Wasabi taste green pea” and “green shirts”. It was really enjoyable event. It’s good chance to talk with many people-.

A bunch of Irish beer!

Green food, green food and green food…..

Irish style drinking??
In Japan, we have “Green day” at the end of April (It was birthday of former Emperor, but after his death, it’s turned to the day celebrating bud and sprout in spring) , here “Green day” is just different day. Later, Chris told me that St. Patrick's Day is an Irish holiday. It's a very religious holiday in Ireland, celebrating an Irish missionary man, but, here in the US, it's mostly about drinking lots of beer that's been dyed green. Oh really? Was the green one beer? I thought that’s soft drinks. I should have tasted it!