This December I completed my research tenure at Harvard, which also marked the end of five years in the US. I thought I should document this moment, to cherish it and to also look back. But, it is a hard thing to do, summing up five years of life and career in a foreign country, which is not so foreign any more. I came here having completed my Ph.D not wholly knowing what to expect. This naivety both shielded and surprised me in my trials and adventures that followed. This has definitely been the most difficult phase of my life so far, but also the most enriching. I still remember that first week after I landed in Baltimore. I was so clearly not mentally prepared for the kind of cold weather that would welcome me. I remember how smugly I had decided that I would go around looking for a mobile phone shop in just my winter jacket but without any scarf or winter cap or a good pair of gloves. I had no idea that the cold would just punch me in the face. Obviously it is no surprise tha...
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