Essentially, I spent the entire week, including and especially at the social occasions (which ran every night after hours), networking and socialising. I worked from the time I woke up until I went to sleep.The keynote speakers all started at 8:30am. Thursday was poster day and I had met a few people and invited them to see my poster by then. I was ( Read more... )

The colour conference is not like other conferences. There are engineering conferences, design conferences, psychology conferences, but at a colour conference there are a different brand of people: those who love colour! The unique thing about AIC is that it covers the whole spectrum of colour. From fashion to physics, and everything in between: ( Read more... )

I woke up really tired, and missed most of the opening ceremony (as per usual) but managed to make it in time to see some traditional Irish folk music ( Read more... )

I had poor expectations of Gateshead, based on my supervisor's comments. So far though, I really like it. There are some nice bridges and cute little nooks and crannies with gardens hidden down them. There are also a lot of musicians walking around ( Read more... )

Flying into Scotland was like nothing I've ever seen. All these three story pointy houses lined up in a row. It reminded me of the song from the Weeds starting credits. They looked like little doll houses, and, there were just so many of them.

The international DMF 10 year reunion trivia event - Eurovision style, awaited me. I didn't need to worry ( Read more... )

I imagined England to be the sort of place where people were painfully polite-- with a strong emphasis on order and queuing. Nothing could be further from the truth. I would find myself saying "hi how are ya", as i walk up to greet a shop attendant, to which i am greeted with a cold silence,  and a stare, as if I have deeply insulted someone. Jerks ( Read more... )

The following day we went to Tate Modern. Wow! The galleries in London are just amazing! I didn't realise that Vlad studied art as part of his design course, either. He was pretty excited ( Read more... )

The next day Vlad took me to Buckingham palace. Vlad said that you should go to see how boring it is, and I guess he was right. There were so many people standing around the gates, just hanging around. What the hell were they all doing there? Don't they realise there are fun things to do in London ( Read more... )

Vlad and I took a bus to Abbey Road studios


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My first castle was the Tower of London. It was like being inside sky rim and I wanted to yell “Fus Ro Dah!” just to see if anyone got it. It was ok, but nothing exceptional. The armour and arms reminded me again of Skyrim. My mace is was better though. There was a weapons museum and on the way out i spied this extremely camp unicorn and horse.


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