November 2005 – Windsor, ON. It was that summer of that year in which I first broached the topic about considering a career in academia. Discussions with 2 of my professors whom I had worked closely with and served as their respective teaching assistants during my tenure as an undergraduate student were both encouraging and motivating. Both felt I had what it took to be an academic. Both had...
A few weeks back I knew when I started off with the whole day-1 and day-2 thingy in my post as I hoped to cover during my North America trip, that I would eventually lapse and not be able to continue. Well of course I have good reason for that. I was tied up! What else? Traveling around really wears you down and by the time you are done traveling, the last thing that would occur to you is to...
While Day 2 started probably better than Day 1, it sorta almost ended in utter tragedy before some final redeeming hours toward the tail end of the night. We started the day at around 10 am heading out to get coffee first followed by a 1-hour commute to Columbus Avenue. It was nice to walk by Central Park although the weather was a little moody in the morning with the dark skies looming across...
I wasn’t plan on writing anything about my first day in New York, but since I had some time to kill while I wait for my brother to get ready, I thought I would just pen a few thoughts down. We arrived safely yesterday in JFK and we had no issues at all with Customs and Immigration. Thank God for that. We then made our way via cab to brooklyn and arrived with no issues at all. In fact it was...
I was supposed to write this piece before my journey started – however as I write all these thoughts down, I am about 2000 miles away from the comforts of my home. I am currently in transit in Guangzhou and due to the long transit time (9 hour wait), the airline was kind enough to offer us accommodation. Gotta say I am really impressed with the generosity and hospitality of Southern China...