Journeys for Knowledge

Global Travels of a Graduate Student

Month: August, 2015

Under the Sea

Having finally found time on a weekend, my friends and I decided to return to the Ocean Expo Park to visit the Churami Aquarium we were unable to visit during the fireworks trip. The aquarium is world famous for having the largest single aquarium window in the world, connected to a tank holding 3 whale […]

Fireworks at the Ocean Expo

Recently the Resource Center at OIST organized another outing for researchers, to attend Okinawa’s largest fireworks show at the Ocean Expo Park. I signed up immediately, having never been there myself and spending most of my recent weekends inside. Thankfully we arrived with plenty of time to spare, giving us a chance to explore the […]

Culinary Experimentation

Over the last few weeks I have been able to take more time to properly cook dinner. I have also been looking into recipes I can make in bulk with the limited produce I have access to during the seasons. This resulted in some rather interesting results, including a variant of jambalaya and polenta that […]