Research Presentation at a Wedding

 I attended my junior fellow Ph.D student's wedding on last Sunday. I enjoyed his wedding; it was one of the best wedding I've ever had. Every one seems to be very happy, celebrating young couple's brand new start in their life.

The groom invited a very famous journalist, Takashi Tachibana. Takashi is a big-name in Japan and every students in my university knows him from his books. Takashi organized a seminar lecture for undergrad, which the groom attended and was one of the best students of Takashi.

Of course, I read his books when I was an under grad student and respect him; letting him know about me is kind of my dream. So after the wedding ceremony, I approached Takashi and introduced myself. He seemed to be interesting in my research topic and ask me for detail explanation. I carried my Mac with me in a bag. I showed several videos of my studies. The video works nicely, he seems to understand the study immediately.

"Be prepared" is a motto of boyscout, but it certainly holds true also for Ph.D student.  Even in a wedding ceremony, I may have a chance to introduce my research for influential people.