As a final part of my first year at OIST, the graduate school organized a tour of Japan, where we would visit other major Japanese universities and network with them to see how the rest of Japan runs their PhD programs. Naturally these classical universities would run things a little differently from us, so it […]
It has been far too long since I last posted here. Unfortunately there was not much time to compose a proper post in the last few weeks due to my involvement organizing a campus wide Diwali event. You can find several official pictures of the various events we organized here and here, though you will not see me […]
As many of you may know, a massive typhoon just passed through Okinawa on its way to Japan. As such I was forced to spend the entire weekend locked in my apartment, listening to the powerful winds lash against the outer walls. Needless to say I remained unharmed through the ordeal, and even made some […]
It’s been a while since I updated about my life in Japan, so there will be a lot to cover today. To start with, research has become a lot more interesting. The simulations I was given to complete have given me a much better understanding of the electron microscope I’m working on, so I’ve been […]
I apologize for the delay in this blog post, a lot has happened in the last few weeks since moving to Japan, but I did not have internet access at home until recently. In short, my adjustment to life in Japan has not been as easy as I expected, but certainly not difficult. The first […]
Though my adventures in Japan do not start until September, I decided it would be wise to start preparing early with some language classes. Luckily my lab in Cambridge will pay for these classes since their use is professionally motivated, so bit by bit I am learning Japanese like I have always wanted. The class […]
My apologies for the delay between posts, I have been quite occupied each evening and have continued to put off writing this post until I had a good amount of time. Starting from last Wednesday life has been rather hectic, with research during the day and events in the evening. I shall start with the […]
While the past weekend was mostly spent at home or running errands around town, a few events did occur that will have lasting repercussions. The most important of these was matriculation on Saturday, which is a rather sophisticated way of describing orientation. Apart from a rainy class photo and sitting through talks on administrative affairs, […]
Now that I’ve taken care of the major concerns with setting into a new school, I can finally get around to working on my thesis here. Monday was my first full day in the lab, though safety interrupted the middle of week so very little progress was made until Thursday. Now would be an appropriate time […]
As I said in my first post, I do not intend to post on a regular basis given the irregular nature of my time abroad, in case anyone was confused by the gap between posts. I have now just about settled into my house in Cambridge, after a few days of orientation and welcome events. […]