SVL 1.5: A weekend in Michigan

 Posted on August 11, 2015  |  3 minutes  |  464 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

<p> <img class="aligncenter" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bc3f134ea3&view=att&th=147c738735f746ac&attid=0.3&disp=emb&realattid=ii_hyqcavj23_147c7125b21f0304&zw&atsh=1" alt="" width="342" height="456" /> </div> <p> <img class="aligncenter" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bc3f134ea3&view=att&th=147c738735f746ac&attid=0.6&disp=emb&realattid=ii_hyqcavdy2_147c7125b21f0304&zw&atsh=1" alt="" width="342" height="456" /> </div> <p> <img class="aligncenter" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bc3f134ea3&view=att&th=147c738735f746ac&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_hyqcav8a1_147c7125b21f0304&zw&atsh=1" alt="" width="342" height="456" /> </div> </div> <div class="gmail_default"> This was between meeting a group of Santosh&#8217;s friends for Philz coffee and a walk around the Infinite Loop and meeting more of his friends in Zenny, an Ethiopian restaurant in San Jose. [Read More]
ABCD  advaitam  ann arbor  apple headquarters  Apple's Mothership  avatar: the last airbender  bhakti  Bharatnatyam  boating  california  canoe  chinmaya mission  culture  devotion  dvaitam  english  Ethiopian restaurant  faith  Germany  kayak  language  Michigan  Phoenix  raft  regional language  storm  USA  zenny 

SVL 1.3: Independence

 Posted on July 18, 2015  |  8 minutes  |  1576 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

18th July 2014 Dear family and friends 🙂 How are you? I’ve been happy to hear from more of you recently. Life has taken on more of a normal rhythm now that it’s been ~a month since I landed. [Read More]
4th july  american independence  BART  buddha  Buddhist Monastery  carrom  Embarcadero  fireworks  fremont  Germany  hanuman temple  indian food  library  lombard  mount madonna  pav bhaji  pier 39  public transport  san francisco  vietnamese monastery  world cup 

LOG 4.4: Defense on Monday

 Posted on April 11, 2015  |  3 minutes  |  445 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

11th April 2014 Hello, I submitted my thesis on the 7th of March and my defense is on 14th April, the coming Monday at 11am. I present my studies for half an hour and then face questions from the committee and audience for the next half an hour or so. [Read More]
cat  Germany  Oldenburg  PhD  thesis  travel  wedding 

Kindness in Oldenburg

 Posted on March 13, 2014  |  16 minutes  |  3349 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

When you live for long enough in different places kindness becomes one of the most things you look for. And kindness seems to be the theme of this small town where I have spent the last ~three and half years. [Read More]
friends  Germany  kindness  Oldenburg 

LOG 1.18: A friend visits

 Posted on November 17, 2012  |  4 minutes  |  697 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

31st May, 2011 Hello, Hope this finds all of you in good health and happiness. Today I had the first day of a MATLAB workshop which will last all week except Thursday which is a holiday for us. [Read More]
60s  baby  BBQ  belgium  cat  child-cat interactions  chinese culture  cultural expectations  cute  Edinburgh  friend from edinburgh  gandhim buddha  german class  Germany  Indian social expectations  matlab  park  party  salt  salt documentary  scenic  travel  valhalla rising  vegetarian BBQ  vegetarian grill  wind chimes 

Letters from Oldenburg, Germany (LOG) 1.3: Holiday season…'A Freeze is coming'

 Posted on August 4, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  596 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

22nd December, 2010 Happy Winter Solstice to everyone 🙂 Most of Europe is experiencing an intense winter with temperatures hardly ever peeking above 0*C. The roads are icy and footpaths in front of those away on holidays are slippery. [Read More]
baby jesus  barbie  blue sky  cats  christmas  christmas party  cinnamon  colleagues  german books  Germany  Oldenburg  party  pasta  post-doc  snow  telepathy  winter solistice 

Letters from Oldenburg, Germany 1.1: And so it Begins!

 Posted on July 21, 2012  |  2 minutes  |  307 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

6th December, 2010 Hello All!! Winter is a strange season to start a new thing anywhere. Mainly because places seem most uninhabitable in this season. But here I am, sitting in mz new office, struggling with ? [Read More]
bank  cats  contract  Euros  german  german keyboard  Germany  GPB  library card  moving to a new city  new office  Oldenburg  PhD  sick cat