Journeys for Knowledge

Global Travels of a Graduate Student

Tag: Building

Ragnarok

For those who are unaware, today is Shivratri, a Hindu holiday celebrating the god of destruction Shiva, who is very important to my family. In the past I would celebrate this holiday with good food and reciting prayers with my family in front of our altar, but this time I will have make do with […]

Gundam Style

Continuing the theme of building, I present another example of my passion for construction, Gundam models, or Gunpla for short. Gundams are giant robotic suits from a popular Japanese  cartoon series, which I’m quite fond of. These models are the main merchandise from the show, and are quite complex to assemble. I built a few models […]

Muse of Necessity

I like to build things. Most of my family is well aware of this given how much I used to play with Legos when I was younger, and how I traveled to Australia to race a solar powered car I helped build in college. In both cases it was not the final product that appealed […]