No, no, I am not talking about rapture. A few months ago, I talked about my research proposal purgatory. I have done five major revisions. Then, I met with my supervisor today and he said, “Aside from this one small item you left out, I think you are done.” I was sure I misheard or he was talking about just a subsection or something like that. But, no, he was talking about my entire research proposal! Alas, something in which he deems acceptable. You don’t know how ecstatic I am! :)
Tags: Dissertation
One of the things I absolutely love about England is her countryside, the gentle rolling green hills and the striking occasional tree that stands alone on a slope. Dotted along with white sheep and lambs at this time, and the puffs of white cloud in the blue sky (a rarity sometimes, but I have seen it). Sometimes I wish I can paint because the countryside would be what I’d want to paint. And my photo attempts at capturing the beauty of the countryside just do no justice to the real thing.
So my friend Christina and I went off to the Peak District for two days this week, visiting historic homes like Chatsworth and staying in a quaint village hotel called The Maynard. As we finally made it to our first stop, Chatsworth, we were both quite in awe of the beauty that surrounded us. When we drove upon the estate, we spot this rather large herd of deer! I had never seen so many deer together. It was too bad my camera couldn’t capture them very well, but that truly was a scene of British countryside that I shall not forget easily.
Over the past three decades, I have lived for extended periods of time in three different countries. Each, however, have been English speaking. The first being my beloved U. S. of A. — my homeland and my place of birth. The second being Canada, where I found my beloved Betty. And now, I find myself in the third, England, where I have lost my beloved sanity in pursuit of a PhD. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Canada, Dissertation, United Kingdom, USA
Okay, just to warn, this a 100% geek post.
I was reading my RSS feeds today to catch up on the news and I came across this really interesting program called Weather Cal that puts the weather forecast on your iCal with these cool little icons that show what the weather is.
Neat huh? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Apple, Geek Post, Technology
Yup. I didn’t believe it. But when Bert told me you could get the ESV Bible for free on the iPod Touch or iPhone with Kindle, I went online today to check it out. And yes, it is true. It is not the prettiest interface for the Bible, but hey, it is free and it is the full version of a solid, present-day translation.
So here’s what you do:
- Download and install Kindle from the iTunes App Store.
- Launch the app and login with your Amazon account (I hear it is only doable with a US account).
- Go to the ESV page on Amazon.com, and you will see a buy option (for the low low price of $0.00) allowing it to send directly to your iPod Touch or iPhone.
- Relaunch the Kindle app and it should be in your book list.
That’s it! Enjoy. :)
Tags: Apple, Christianity, Geek Post, Technology
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