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things I've never done before
Jul. 19th, 2006 03:59 pmThe last week has been quite hectic.
Wednesday to Friday I was in Zurich for a workshop for my new experiment (LHCb). I'm slowly picking up enough to understand what they discussed, and they seemed keen for me to take on what I'd volunteered for (tracking-code integration), as well as the thing I'd already started to implement (HyperNews).
On Friday I visited my great aunt who lives in Zurich, right next to the University. I'd only met her a few times before and never visited, so was quite nervous (how good is her English? will I have anything to talk to her about?). In the end it went fine and was fun (her English is excellent and we had plenty to talk about). I was a little put off by her repeatedly telling me (and my Uncle when she rang him later) what an "honour" my visit was for her. I'd normally interpret that as humour or even sarcasm, but I think she just meant she was pleased to see me.
On Saturday I was doctored (proof). My mum, dad, and uncle came up to watch the ceremony. I'd lost my old white bow tie, so my dad brought his up. As you can see it was quite small and very starched, so it took many many attempts to tie! We had a very good Lincoln lunch afterwards, and an interesting discussion about couterfactual history with the Dean who sat with us.
I wonder whether I should ask for my money back: my thesis title is misspelled on the certificate (
printed as "J/4"). Hopefully I am still now officially Dr Tim (Timothy John ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
e_pepys MA DPhil).
And today I'm starting a week's holiday. I plan to spend it lazing around mostly, though may visit my sister and nieblings. OK, I've done that once or twice before, but usually I take my holiday a day or two at a time.
Wednesday to Friday I was in Zurich for a workshop for my new experiment (LHCb). I'm slowly picking up enough to understand what they discussed, and they seemed keen for me to take on what I'd volunteered for (tracking-code integration), as well as the thing I'd already started to implement (HyperNews).
On Friday I visited my great aunt who lives in Zurich, right next to the University. I'd only met her a few times before and never visited, so was quite nervous (how good is her English? will I have anything to talk to her about?). In the end it went fine and was fun (her English is excellent and we had plenty to talk about). I was a little put off by her repeatedly telling me (and my Uncle when she rang him later) what an "honour" my visit was for her. I'd normally interpret that as humour or even sarcasm, but I think she just meant she was pleased to see me.
On Saturday I was doctored (proof). My mum, dad, and uncle came up to watch the ceremony. I'd lost my old white bow tie, so my dad brought his up. As you can see it was quite small and very starched, so it took many many attempts to tie! We had a very good Lincoln lunch afterwards, and an interesting discussion about couterfactual history with the Dean who sat with us.
I wonder whether I should ask for my money back: my thesis title is misspelled on the certificate (
printed as "J/4"). Hopefully I am still now officially Dr Tim (Timothy John e_pepys MA DPhil).And today I'm starting a week's holiday. I plan to spend it lazing around mostly, though may visit my sister and nieblings. OK, I've done that once or twice before, but usually I take my holiday a day or two at a time.
