Having finished with Sapporo for the time being, we set off the next morning to pass through the southern mountains towards Hakodate, the famous port city of Hokkaido. Along the way we became acquainted with many staples of Hokkaido life, such as logging, potato cuisine, and the gorgeous green backdrop of mountains everywhere. Just as […]
Last year I had the fortunate experience to visit Sapporo briefly as part of a study tour with my classmates. Although we did not have much time to explore, I knew immediately that I wanted to return and become better antiquated with the northern isle. Finally this month I had that chance to return, with […]
It has become apparent that a PhD leaves me far too occupied to even explore the island of Okinawa around me. Fortunately the occasional external force comes along to encourage me to really get out of the lab, and campus. In this case my friend Shalmalee had come to visit me in Okinawa, so naturally […]
The last few months have been tremendously busy, as I was rushing to finish my thesis proposal before my only trip home for the year. As such I was taking very few breaks, even on weekends, until my friend Neil decides to inform me that he’s visiting Tokyo for the weekend. Since I’ve left home, […]
As many of my solo adventures begin, I heard back in the fall through Reddit that a One Piece themed 5k race was being held in Okinawa. Of course none of my friends seemed interested, so I signed up alone and left it at that. One week before the race I was reminded of this […]
After a restful trip in Pune, I returned to Delhi to stay with my uncle in Gurgaon, though not for long. Wanting to take a vacation himself, we set out with his family to the western frontier city of Jaisalmer. With no close airport, we embarked to take an 18 hour train ride through the […]
Following my stay in Delhi, I set off to Pune in the south-west to visit my family stationed there. Since my uncle is in the military, they frequently move around India from base to base. As such I was quite excited to finally see them after so much time. Now residing in Pune, they decided to […]
These posts are long over due, but finally I can recount for you my most recent adventure, a three week trip back to India. As for my absence for the past few months, I have been busy looking for a thesis idea due to the ample freedom my supervisor has given me. Needless to say […]
Just a short post, for many of you may have about North Korea launching a missile today. Thankfully the missile fell apart and cleared Okinawa airspace with no incident, so everyone is fine.
With my first year of PhD complete, the time came to finally decide what my thesis would focus on. To help with this, I decided to take my conference leave early and travel to the Italian island of Elba for a workshop on accelerators. Although I have never worked with accelerators, it was the one […]