Today I had a meeting with my supervisor, where we spent a long time discussing research ideas (among other things). It was nice that I think I managed to impress them with my progress on the study tasks assigned to me last week. It was bad because since they were impressed with my progress on […]
Today I continued my Labirynth Lord game with my 12yo brother. This time he invited his same-aged neighbor to play. His friend decided to create a cleric. A cleric of hades, who had a scythe as a weapon, and seemed set into killing everything that moved in front of him. Ooookay. Our first game was […]
Yesterday I finally had my first “normal” work day. While I’ll probably stay without a desk, one of the lab members offered to share his locker with me! Now I don’t need to keep lugging my books back and forth when I go to the university. The people whom I share the laboratory with are […]
Today I went to meet my new supervisor and visit the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). First things first: Riding a Bus in Rio is as exciting as riding the roller coaster! It is a 40 min ride from my apartment to the university, and I was hoping to play sudoku on my […]
Moving out of Tokyo, I suddenly have a lot to write about in my Blog. Many times my Japanese (and sometime international) acquittances made questions about life in Brazil that I dismissed as “not so different from the rest of the world”. However, after 6 years living in Japan and 2 weeks back in Brazil, […]