Saturday, February 9, 2013

CMB course in Australia DAY 6

Today is Saturday, and we can do whatever we want for the weekend. Most of them were out until really late last night, so there was no one awake until nearly 12pm! I was up at 8am, and already I am writing my endolithic microbial paper. I have to give two sections of the paper to my colleagues in Taiwan by the end of this weekend. It was really nice to be the only one awake in the morning, and there are some peace and quiet. I need a quiet environment in order to think and write, and it is kinda hard with all 8 people talking at the same time!

The gang decided to head to Manly Beach for the day.I decided to stay back and work on my paper because I want to go to the aquarium tomorrow. The gang was out of the door by 2pm, catching the bus to the beach. I was glad to have the place all to myself, and the chance to chat with Hannah for a while. I also went for a walk from Chowder Bay (where we are) to the Taronga Zoo. The walk was about 3km, through the bushes, up and down the hills, along the rocky beach. There were lot of boats out in the bay, and there were plenty of people partying on the boats. After the walk, I am refreshed and back to work. Interestingly, I also gained an insight on what changes I need to do for my PhD research experimental design.

Gang is back, the place is noisy again, and people start using the word "like" as conversational fillers :(

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