This blog actually pertains to Teresa’s page, so I’m very excited about writing this. I dropped off a take-home exam with my professor this evening, and I actually found him at the office. I handed him the final and we got into a conversation. (This guy likes to talk — he talks about his family, his clients, the news, but rarely about the class, even in class!) I mentioned to him that I used to attend CMU and that I took my financial accounting (intro to) class at CMU. He is my managerial accounting professor. He asked which professor I had, and I answered Ijiri, who is Teresa’s professor too. It turns out my professor had lunch with Ijiri back in 1990 when he was visiting my university. My professor (who I have kept nameless and will continue to) had some interesting things to say about him. Ijiri is fairly well known for his triple-entry accounting technique and even wrote a book on it. My professor, who was a working CPA at the time, felt that this technique was purely academic and had no pertinence to real-world accounting — ouch! In addition, he has not used it once in the 11 years following the lecture. During the lunch, he was impressed by the meal that Ijiri and the other CMU professor got; apparently, it was a big lunch. He said that Ijiri eats his soup very loudly! He makes loud slurping noises as did the other CMU professor. I can’t decide if this is a CMU thing or a Japanese thing — but you gotta love those noodles, right Teresa? hahaha