LOG 4.2: The beginning of the End

 Posted on December 20, 2014  |  3 minutes  |  615 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

20th December 2013 Hello everyone, So, it’s been a long silence. Three months and no word. How are you? As some of you may have seen on fb, my first first-author paper got accepteda few weeks ago and published this week. [Read More]
christmas  defense  frontiers  furniture sale  german  ia  masters thesis  nostalgia  paper publication  PhD  published  sleep cycle  stress  winter  yoga 

LOG 3.6: Five Months

 Posted on April 8, 2014  |  4 minutes  |  761 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

8th April 2013 Hi! Yes, it’s been a long time. Nearly 5 months since I last wrote an update email. In November I went to Berlin for my UK visa, and spent whatever hours I was not at work or sleeping on writing a novel. [Read More]
50000 words  acapella abend  Arthur's seat  Berlin  campus  challenge  choir  choir concert  cousin  Edinburgh  equinox  equinox party  german  identity  jazz  jazz bar  london  long winter  munich  nanowrimo  nostalgia  slough  uk visa  unhealthy mode of work  winter  work  writathon 

LOG 1.17: Oh wow, Barcelona!

 Posted on November 10, 2012  |  9 minutes  |  1785 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

11th May, 2011 Ola everyone 🙂 I have successfully recovered to a state of normalcy after the most amazing and exhausting weekend I can ever remember having! [Read More]
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LOG 1.16: Barcelona on my mind

 Posted on November 3, 2012  |  2 minutes  |  406 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

5th May, 2011 Hello, Tonight I sleep in Bremen Airport to be on time for a very early morning flight to Barcelona where I will meet two of my close friends from my year in Edinburgh … it will be one of their birthdays during the weekend when we will be there and we will be staying with the kind hospitality of the other’s brother. [Read More]
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LOG 1.15: Rise and Fall

 Posted on October 27, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  485 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

22nd April, 2011 Janani’s log; Solar date: 220411.12 Last week I had crammed too many activities into my schedule; attending multiple classes, working on the programming, in aerobics, music group and a Greenpeace meeting. [Read More]
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LOG 1.11: Light jackets and Programing

 Posted on September 29, 2012  |  2 minutes  |  347 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

13th March, 2011 Hi Everyone 🙂 We are halfway through March and temperatures are now ranging between 7-13! Quite warm (relatively) and it is now ok to venture out with either a light jacket with a heavy-ish sweater or with only one heavy jacket on. [Read More]
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LOG 1.8: Missing English and The Tree of Gondor

 Posted on September 8, 2012  |  2 minutes  |  376 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

11th February, 2011 Hello all, I got a mobile and landline connection. From my home number I can call landlines all over europe for free! So if you are in Europe, let me know your number and we can have a little phone chat 🙂 [Read More]
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LOG 1.6: Speaking German

 Posted on August 25, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  549 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

25th January, 2011 Hallo everyone 🙂 Hope you are all well and happy as you read this. Here is the latest news from me: The girl I live with got a new cat. [Read More]
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LOG 1.4: Beauty and the Beasts

 Posted on August 11, 2012  |  4 minutes  |  850 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

30th December, 2010 Hello everyone, Another ‘Old Year’ has gone by … well I hope it was as happy as it could’ve been for everyone. So many things have happened, so many new things have been learnt! [Read More]
2010  cancer  cat toilets  cats  christmas  german  germans  growth  indian complexity  indian diversity  indoor plants  job  learning  marriage  multiculturalism  new job  new year  new years party  PET  pets  research  stink  tricking cats  wilhelmshaven  winter beauty 

An unfeeling mouth

 Posted on July 24, 2012  |  4 minutes  |  712 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

I can´t feel most of my mouth. My tongue can move but can´t taste or feel touch. My bottom lip feels like my tongue sticking out of my mouth in a constant pout. [Read More]
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