Category: Personal
Hello from Sydney
Hello all, I am back!! So where to start on all the crazy things that have happened since January... Well, I am now blogging from Sydney, Australia. Since March, I am a research astronomer at the AAO (which stands for Anglo-Australian Observatory, ...
Belated New Year wishes
First of all wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2010. Hope everyone had a good vacation. I am officially still on vacation in Melbourne. We have been enjoying many sunny days here (some days bit too hot). We ...
Auf Wiedersehen Deutschland
This will be my last post from Germany as we are just about to leave the country... My ESO fellowship is finishing early next year and given the unused leave I have, we decided to end my fellowship with a holiday ...
Jobs!
As the title says this post is about getting a job as an astronomer, and my current job hunt. Most of the time before landing a permanent job in astronomy research, you would need to get a university degree in ...
Not in Rio
As most of you know the International Astronomical Union (IAU) general assembly (GA) started this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For both work and family reasons I had earlier decided not to attend. The only IAU GA I have attended ...
Back in Munich
Back from visiting AIP and Lund. As promised here are some photos. However it was raining for most of the trip and almost every day in Lund, so didnt get to take many pics there. The visits were good in ...
Traveling
Since my last post I was sick for over two weeks. Not the swine flu, but something pretty tough. I still have a bit of the cough but the worst is over. The rest of the family had cold symptoms ...
Visitors
The weather is getting warmer and the days are beautiful. Last week we had a couple visit us from Melbourne. We all enjoyed their visit, with much discussion about Education for Sustainable development. Its was a very interesting topic and ...
He is crawling
He is 7 months old and crawling already! Such a nice surprise to come home today and see this skinny little baby - who was wiggling about on his tummy - has now figured how to pull his knees and ...
No sleep
Finally I have time for a quick post. The last week was really tough - the little one was awake almost every night. He is protesting against sleep and I think it has something to with his developmental stage. He ...