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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Indeed it has been some time since my last post, and quite a bit has happened. In the period between then and now, I’ve returned home, started a new project, and begun to contemplate my future thesis. So let’s dive in shall we? My three week visit home will be the only time I return […]
Sakura is the Japanese name for the cherry blossom, one of the most famous natural occurrences in Japan. Thousands of people turn out for the cherry blossoms blooming, especially because the blossoms last so very briefly. Although cherry blossom season is usually in February and March, down in Okinawa it hits as soon as January. […]