Oh, this has been a busy week, Radioligand binding assay experiment on monday, so boring, i HATE serial dilutions with a vengeance. Tomorrow ive got my Japanese listening exam, shouldnt be too hard, as long as i practice tonight.
Todays cultural insight is based on todays lecture on Japanese Religion.
The word in japanese for religion is 宗教 (shukyou) the first character meaning a doctrine, the second, teachings, so altogether making a doctrine or set of teachings followed by a lot of people. 80% of Japanese people when asked would say they were Shinto or Buddhist, yet only about 20% would say they were religious. WHY? Its mainly because people follow the traditions of these religions and their implications like the 初詣 (the first visit to a shrine of the year) due to situational reasons, a common phrase is 「苦しい時の神だのみ」 which means "turn to the gods in time of trouble (lit. painful times)"
Also Shrines are Shinto and temples are buddhist, just for differentiation.
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