My last week was quite stressful and I was rather exhausted by Friday night. Of course, that’s understandable, given that I hadn’t been doing any real work since… oi… April. Anyway, this weekend proved to be the perfect relax’n’unwind time I needed.

( Yay, a fair! Rollercoaster! Fast food! And lotsa pics! )

... from under the pile of stuff?

So, here I am, as of now living in the Netherlands for the next three years (provided I survive the probationary period). :)

I had my first day at work on Friday and, lucky for me, it was an all-day welcome meeting for this year's cohort of PhD students. I met lots of really nice people, some very cool scientists and ( Read more... )

In less than a week, I'll be on my way to the Netherlands, starting my job in 9 days. O.o
It just struck me a couple of days ago that I will never have this much free time again before retirement. I know it's normal and that's what real life is all about but it seems spooky and unreal because I'm the first of my friends who will start a real job ( Read more... )

Montreal makes Top 10 list of the world's happiest places

Well, of course, I'm not surprised (well, actually, I am because pretty much anybody I know is annoyed by /fed up with it) but it's nice to have it in writing. (Especially coming from such a reliable source... :P)

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... 'cause I'd use it right now ( Read more... )

... besides: Welcome to end of April in Canada. ;)


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 I should tell you about all the amazing things I've seen in Singapore (and *oooh* Malaysia for one day) during these lest couple of days. And I will, with pics and all, once I get back home. And, ah, there's the rub. Home.

I got an e-mail from my proposed supervisor for next year, telling me that she does not get funding for me. Sadly, department ( Read more... )

It feels like ages that I’ve posted here for the last time. I “stopped” in mid-July which was, to be honest, a conscious and deliberate decision. My life became overwhelmed with school, so that I felt like I had to stop my social life, which not only includes real life friends (most of whom were on vacation anyway) but unfortunately also my cyber ( Read more... )

... mainly to distract myself although I'm pretty sure that come next Wednesday, I'll be stalking LJ again.
But I'm pretty lonely right now, sitting in a friend's apartment, so I figured I could just as well post a tiny bit.

• This past week including the weekend has just been extremely amazing. I really wish I had taken pictures of all the cool things ( Read more... )