“So, you can take the girl out of academia, but you can’t take the academia out of the girl, eh?” Those were the words of a friend of mine after I announced the news. Well, guess who can has PhD scholarship? Last year I applied for Oxford PhD scholarships for …
Category: travel
beyond the twitter: italian’s twitterati act of kindness
Five days ago I experienced really nice act of kindness by Twitterer on my followers/following list. Five minutes or so before leaving my working station I twittered about free hugs, to test the power of Facebook and Twitter in foreign city and country as well as the radius of my …
In Rome: i’m back!
Hello everyone! Finally I’m trying to get back to blogging as I’ve been lazy blogger in the last three weeks, with a good excuse: I am in Rome, Italy for now the fourth week running around, working, settling, apartment searching, adjusting, non-learning Italian yet, trying to keep up with emails. …
I am joining the UN in March!
I have been keeping this great news for about two weeks to myself and was trying not to burst it out in the online public, but now officially: from March 1st I am joining the UN (KCEW department at FAO) and moving to Rome, Italy! w00000t!!!!! I am so ecstatic …
reflections on ScienceOnline09
Hello from the other side of the pond! I am overwhelmed with positive energy. Finally found a bit of time to blog as the previous days and weeks were hectic, super adventurous and busy. Conference/unconference ScienceOnline09 is finished and my thoughts and feelings are extremely positive, warm and fuzzy at …