It might be because I was away from home for 3.5 weeks that when I returned and spent two days with Hannah, lots of little things are now apparent that are either new to me, or that I haven’t noticed
My last day in Cambridge, Massachusetts was on Friday, and the morning went almost slowly. All the bags had been packed the night before, so I took my time for breakfast, and pictures around the house and with Blue: The
MIT isn’t a small University. There are 10,000 students on campus – but what’s very different is that there are more postgraduate than undergraduate students of about 3:2 ratio. Compared to NTU whose ratio is 2:5, and I’m thinking that
The center I’ve been working from for the last three works is MIT’s Media Lab Complex, a futuristic looking glass-paned building that almost directly faces Charles River, Prudential Center and the Boston skyline. I didn’t do a lot of exploration
The second day of the trip – Sunday – saw us getting up bright and early, and heading from our hotel in Buffalo City to the Falls again. The first item on the itinerary was a 45 minute IMAX movie
Well, that’s another item checked off the “to do list” in my visit to Massachusetts. Just about every person who visits Niagara Falls take the Maid of the Mist boat ride, as there’s really no other way to experience the
My work place everyday is actually in a large common lounge area in MIT’s Media Lab. While I do have an office space in the research center, I actually enjoy working in a common area. There’s a scenic view of
Thankfully, Matt and myself weren’t always gouging ourselves with food. On most occasions – the lunches at least anyway – we ate more modestly. The first night I hooked up with Matt was on Thursday last week – this was
Last post in the series. Several more random pictures taken. Rich guy on a convertible. Think it’s an Audi A5, registered in New York from the car plate registration: Golden Retrievers are popular about this part. Saw many of them.:)
Matt was pretty sure he’d come over from Missouri when I was in the country, but we were largely undecided as to what to do when we hooked up in Boston. We initially toyed with the idea of visiting Niagara
The home I’m putting up is in Cambridge, a college town that’s dominated by Harvard University, MIT and other college campuses. The home is an about 8 minute walk to the subway station (which itself is 4 stops away from
While statistics continually show that flying is the safest way to travel, it still remains a mode of transportation where I still can’t say I’m totally at ease with when I’m using it. I can even remember a time when
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