| Beyond Astronomy |
Sitting at a desk all day long is not very inspiring. To be more productive, it is necessary to be away from the work and refresh yourself once in a while. Not to get burnt out by the work, I have been making extra effort to do other activities. Through my undergrad years, I joined the Yonsei University Amateur Orchestra, Euphonia, playing the flute. I still practice sometimes on the roof of Pupin - inside of the dome, it sounds great no matter how you play ^^. When the weather is beautiful, I go to the Riverside Park with my yellow mountain bike. I also go to Ken-Zen dojo twice every week to practice Iaido, which helps me to develope concentration. |
| Travel | I love traveling.
Learning about different cultures and meeting new people...It is fun!
The following is a small collection from my THICK travel log. Puerto Rico, February 2005: 30, A Special Celebration of my own Rio, Brazil, November 2003: Adventure with (then) officemates Australia, October 2003: The first trip to Southern hemisphere Roadtrip, August 2003: Driving from NYC to College Station, Texas The Netherlands, Germany, June 2003: A spring after a long and cold winter Korea (selected), Summer 2002: How can I show all the beauties of Korea...! |
| Family & Friends |
How lucky I am to have known these people. The people who I trust and love..., meet my family and friends. |
| Etc |
Pupin Botanical Garden - One summer, I had to babysit two plants of
Tzu-Ching's, four of Andreea's, one of my own and seamonkeys. One desk was full of greens and little
creatures. Unfortunately (?) though, one of Tzu's plants blossomed while she was gone. I took pictures
of her flowers and set up this a website for Tzu, who missed it. Nevis Picnic 2002 - Kaya and Carl, good friends of mine, love not only to drink beers while they are watching their favorite TV show, "IronChef" but also to organize social events. This time, I joined their picnic to Nevis with their other friends. AstroChef 2004 - Antara and Jen (both grad students) came up with this genius idea of setting a cooking battle between two great cooks in the department, Prof. David Helfand and a grad student, Andrei Mesinger. I happily served as the head judge in the panel of five people, also I painted the apron which was given to the winner, "AstroChef" of the year. Guess who is wearing this apron now? Green Dog - Words of wisdom from a good friend of mine, Jake... |