Tuesday, July 24, 2007;

I'm not ever be gonna able to put down everything that has happened to me, everything ive experienced here. There'll just be too much to write and words would just feel inadequate. These experiences would be imprinted in my memories and captured in the stories I have to tell.

Anyways, apart from the slight melacholy, here's a list of things I've encountered / experienced / learnt / did in the past 4 weeks. Gee, boy does time fly past fast.

15 Happenings:
1) Visited the birthplace of Scientology
2) Had the best ice cream ive ever had at J.P. Licks (maple butter walnut)
3) Jogged along the beautiful Charles' River
4) Went to a huge candy store along Newbury St.
5) Taken a picture lying down on the bridge between a smoot (unit of measurement)
6) Learnt how to calculate logarithms (base 10) mentally
7) Went to the Museum of Science
8) Strolled down Boston public garden
9) Eaten a quesadilla
10) Overslept my nap and missed an evening lecture
11) Clocked 3 hours in the lab (today)
12) Play pool almost daily
13) Hiked at the White Mountains in New Hampshire
14) Wrote a paper in linux using emacs
15) Played soccer, yes, played soccer in fair America

Great times apart, the workload sure aint light, with the first draft of the final paper due this saturday and the final copy on monday. Besides these there are things called milestone papers which are pretty much intermediates to the final paper. All these has of course equated to late nights over here (of course fun has and will never be sacrificed). Slept at 3 much of the past week. :/

Finally, I can say that I have lived overseas independantly. Eat, sleep, work, fun, throw that all in. And the fact that there isnt really a hard programme here at RSI means that much of your time is how you choose to spend it. In other words, just live your own life and hopefully produce something at the end of the summer.

For those who might be considering studying overseas and wondering how life would be like, whether it'll be difficult and all, trust me in this. The chance to live overseas is an amazing opportunity. Of course it'll be pretty different initially, but what you get out of it, greater independance, broadened perspectives, heightened exposure, all adds up to a truly wonderful time. To put it simply, if the opportunity arises, jump on it!

Justin,
Living abroad.

12:26 PM