As mentioned in the earlier post, my life in the past one year took an eventful turn.Things, both good and bad just kept happening to me, it felt like I just couldn’t avoid the drama..I was, as Vindi put it a drama magnet. Amongst some of the better things that happened in the last 15 months was that I got to travel quite a bit more than usual and amongst them, I visited both Austria and Australia in a space of 7 months…

Austria will come in a separate post, because the trip did take place in January, a lot was going at the time and I need to sort out my memories and get my facts and figures straightened before I post about it, but Australia was less than 2 months ago and my memories are rather fresh and trouble free..

My reason for visiting the land down under was (fortunately or unfortunately) an internship. It was that period of time that I had to apply for internships, thought to hell with Britain,lets go somewhere I haven’t been before, applied to CSPA and was offered an internship. The mother said, ‘what? you are running from one random part of the world to the other??’, the father said,’just go for it’. So off I ran off to Aus on the 14th of June to look into new horizons and to start a research internship on helioseismology and solar observations (more on that later).

Now, I have always been one of those who have been a tad biit weary of Australia.I had a serious prejudice against it. When I was applying to university, Australia was the one place I did not want to go,i didn’t have much respect for the place for some in comprehensive, irrational reason and I didn’t care much about the hoards of sri lankans who kept on migrating there..What I didn’t know however was that the place had it’s charm, it had it’s way of growing into you and clinging onto even though you try really hard to shake it off, what I didn’t know was that it was a developed yet relaxed country where the pace of life was just right,at least in most cases..it is a country that is a leader in research and you do, yes you do get to know other people, other than Sri Lankans, in Melbourne..despite the fact that everyone ranging from the boss’s neighbour to the woman at the post office to the guy at the gas station is Sri Lankan.

Don’t get me wrong here, Australia does have it’s faults. A terrible public transport system for one. If you are going to Australia, esp Melbourne, in the long term..get a car…seriously! There is one bus, every hour after 6 pm and trains are random and expensive and the stations are set rather far apart in a fashion that walking to one, like the way you walk to the tube stations in london isn’t really possible unless you like walking for like an hour, which I really don’t mind in a sunny day, but yeah, moving on…the closest supermarket is also like an half hour walk…so yeah you get the picture…

It also still has a few issues with multi culturalism, a serious problem with indigenous australians and serious political incorrectness, but then again it still was a great experience and it is indeed a good place to live in…I still don’t see myself going there long term, but I’d definitely go there again

ps: I know the posts are random, I’m still finding my footing here…

more to come soon………..

Due to numerous demands and nagglings from T,(she does have this annoying way of bringing it up everytime you talk to her you know, which is quite often) I have decided to open this up, clear away the dust and try scribble something here again.. It’s been almost an year since I last wrote and a lot has happened since then and ideals and perceptions have changed. Anyway I digress….

Final year has finally dawned and very soon I would be done and dusted and gone..my lack of passion in causes that I’d have otherwise been passionate in, sometimes manages to amaze my own self.Maybe I have finally become a dispassionate mathematician..I don’t know..maybe i have just grown to be indifferent or maybe i HAVE matured and learnt to accept the ways of the world.

I digress again……..I think somewhere along this very confused ramble RD deserves a very special thank you…when i logged 30 minutes ago, a majority of the incoming links were from RD, amongst them were dedicated posts…Thanks RD, you are a very flattering fan