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 1.20: Chickens and Seals

 Posted on December 1, 2012  |  4 minutes  |  659 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

13th June, 2011 Hello everyone, It’s been half a year since I left home the second time and luckily I will be back home for some time without as much gap as last time. [Read More]
birds  cats  chickens  chickens aren't smart  crabs  exams  feeding chickens  fish  fluffy feathery chickens  german classes  going to india  hay fever  jelly fish  lullaby  Oldenburg  pilot data  punk rock stars  seals  shrimps  star fish  storms  sunny  wilhelmshaven 

LOG 1.14: A Trip to Göttingen

 Posted on October 20, 2012  |  7 minutes  |  1327 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

10th April, 2011 Hello everyone 🙂 I just returned from a trip to Göttingen where my flatmates and I celebrated an old flatmate’s birthday. We took a train yesterday morning and I was quite taken in by the beauty of the countryside. [Read More]
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LOG 1.10: The first signs

 Posted on September 22, 2012  |  2 minutes  |  404 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

28th February, 2011 Hello, It is now possible to see the first signs of Spring. The trees are bearing buds that will leaf and flower forth. [Read More]
books  buds  byrin  ediburgh  english books  fantasy  flowers  grey's anatomy  heavy metal  idiocracy  leaves  library  Light  Oldenburg  sci-fi  shakespeare  singing  spring  star trek  tennyson  the vedic experience  vaaranam aayiram 

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]
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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