{"id":9300,"date":"2010-05-25T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=9300"},"modified":"2010-05-26T11:23:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T03:23:13","slug":"mit-boston-june-%e2%80%93-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/05\/25\/mit-boston-june-%e2%80%93-preparations\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT, Boston, June \u2013 Preparations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Follow-up on my post a month ago<\/a>.:)<\/p>\n

Decisions got finalized late last week, and it was quite a rush yesterday to work out all the travel and accommodation arrangements. A good part of it has been in planning for weeks now, but as these things go, you don\u2019t click on \u2018APPLY\u2019 until you\u2019re sure the appropriate agencies and persons have all signed in the right places.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be flying off on a very early morning flight on the 10 June, with a first stop at Narita after 7 hrs in the air, then another 12 hrs to Detroit, and finally a shorter 2 hr hop to Boston and arriving in the early evening on the same day (hooray for crossing international datelines). Just over 21 hours in the air, and \u2013 nicely \u2013 very little time wasted between flights. Not quite like if I\u2019d flown westwards and transiting via Heathrow \u2013 the latter involved a 13 hour wait between flights\u2026ugh.<\/p>\n

Return journey wise: leaving Boston on 2 July early afternoon, traveling the same way back but slightly longer journey in terms of flight time, and arriving in Singapore on the 4 July Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

\"blog-boston\"<\/p>\n

The accommodation arrangements were real tricky though. The research center I\u2019ll be at is very close to the central business district itself which makes nearby suitable hotel accommodation terrifically expensive, even with the hefty discounts MIT has secured for staff visitations. I was lucky enough to find though a lovely Bed n\u2019 Breakfast homestay situated well-away from the city itself and right next to Harvard University<\/a> (oh yes \u2013 museums!!!), which is about 15 minutes travel from the MIT. The house was built in 1910, and owned by a member of the Harvard alumnus and who now works at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.<\/p>\n

And our family Ang Mo friend Matt will be visiting during one of the weekends, and we\u2019re thinking of driving around and exploring the state a bit.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, I\u2019m looking forward to the trip. It\u2019s a historically-rich city, pleasant weather (summer but cooler than Singapore by any measure), and I don\u2019t have to deliver lectures at all unlike last December\u2019s Kumamoto<\/a> trip. That said, it\u2019s still a 23 day trip in all. Shorter than originally planned, but I\u2019m still gonna miss Hannah and Ling when I\u2019m away.<\/p>\n

Still, that\u2019s what video conferencing is for. More details to come.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Follow-up on my post a month ago.:) Decisions got finalized late last week, and it was quite a rush yesterday to work out all the travel and accommodation arrangements. A good part of it has been in planning for weeks<\/p>\n

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