and i spent some 60 years there studying biewdism, biewdism, culture, and we had to depend on each other for six years and that was really nice. after that, i enrolled at the doctoral program in buddhist studies at the university of wisconsin in madison. after graduating -- i'm sorry. i received a full ride scholarship, grant to go back to finish my dissertation, which i d for a while, i taught japanese at the university of hawaii. then i landed a job as a translator with the federal government and made my way back to san jose. not sure when it was, to work as a minister at the san jose buddhist church on jackson street. then i went back to harvard for a year as a post doc. upon returning, i believe it was 1987, i joined the faculty of the buddhist studies and i left there, i'm not sure when, and then i've been at the gtu ever since. >>> and that's -- so the bay area's home really, and you live in fremont, is that right? >> yes, i do. >>> and we're going to talk about some of the relationship, particularly within asian cultures and the idea of aging and some particulars there. so not tha