Reflections

Saman filled me with a lot of details about the projects under him, and I learnt about the PhD programmes and all. He seemed to be quite interested in getting me as a PhD student here, even in the Mechanical Department. He stressed on how staying in Australia is better than staying in the US. In terms of research, well, I got the feeling that the people here are a bit prone to publishing papers irrespective of the fact whether they do substantial research or not. And people generally live in ‘peace’. Things tend to go slightly slow here. The facilities are quite good however. And if someone has a plan and motivation, this is the right place. As for my future, I will have to see how my next 3 years shape up……

It is almost time. And I came here to study, to learn. Well, I did learn quite a lot of things. They were mostly technical stuff about serial port communication. And starting from zero knowledge about VB (I mean Visual Basic, not Victoria Bitter), I did a satisfactory job. Allison was extremely satisfied. She said that my program would be extremely helpful not only for the present work, but also for future students. She gifted me a camera, -better than the one I lost. The university too decided to compensate me, and I tried my best to refuse, but the gift voucher of 400 dollars was already bought by the Uni. It was kind of awkward, and as undeserving and unjust as the tram ticket fine.