LfE 19: Work and Tea

 Posted on November 5, 2011  |  4 minutes  |  781 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

22/02/2010 Hello everyone, It’s been a long time since I last wrote, partly because I’ve not been doing too much of new things – the project develops, and software glitches occur daily that I patiently overcome. [Read More]
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LfE 18: Activities and work place

 Posted on October 28, 2011  |  3 minutes  |  526 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

07/02/2010 Hello 🙂 It snowed one morning unexpectedly. It is Feb so I thought all that weather is over. But it lasted an hour and melted within the next two days. [Read More]
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LfE 17: Brain Scan

 Posted on October 24, 2011  |  3 minutes  |  510 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

26/01/2010 Hello, It feels like a long time since I wrote. My project is now developing and I have a better clue about what it is about. [Read More]
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LfE 16: Back in Edinburgh

 Posted on October 23, 2011  |  2 minutes  |  300 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

12/01/2010 Hi everyone, Hope you all had a good holiday. I’m back in Edinburgh, this familiar and beautiful city. I actually have developed a kind of loyalty to it. [Read More]
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LfE 15: A visit to Oxford and Thoughts in Slough

 Posted on October 22, 2011  |  5 minutes  |  857 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

29/12/2009 Hello 🙂 I have been in Slough, a town near London, for around two weeks now. It has been restful to spend time with family, watch movies, go shopping etc. [Read More]
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LfE 14: Traveling to Slough

 Posted on October 20, 2011  |  4 minutes  |  746 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

15/12/2009 Hello everyone! Hope this letter finds you all in good health. My adventures are more mobile now. I’m on the train to Slough to visit family for the holidays. [Read More]
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LfE 13: The last day and the Bicycle story

 Posted on October 19, 2011  |  6 minutes  |  1184 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

06/12/2009 Hello! It’s nearly noon on this bright sunshiny Sunday. The temperature is 8 Degrees Celsius. Last night it hit an unusual 9 degrees! I had planned to pull out my gloves only after December started but I remember November days being colder than this! [Read More]
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LfE 12: Weekend activities

 Posted on October 16, 2011  |  2 minutes  |  280 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

29/11/2009 Hello everyone 🙂 It’s a Sunday. Four degrees celsius as I write, and cloudy. A bunch of us friends are going to the German market today on Princes Street. [Read More]
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LfE 11: Glasgow and Animal Handling

 Posted on October 15, 2011  |  5 minutes  |  913 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

18/11/2009 Hello everyone! This time I have more to say 🙂 I have a laptop now. Acer Aspire…metallic midnight blue…it’s my first ever so I’m very attached, and loving to it. [Read More]
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LfE 10: Enormous Work Load and Frost

 Posted on October 9, 2011  |  1 minutes  |  118 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

09/11/20009 Hi! It’s me again 🙂 All is well with me and I hope you are all equally well. The pressure in Uni to get work done has suddenly risen exponentially and the weather is getting colder by the day. [Read More]
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