Bonjour!
Sorry I didn't get a chance to post a blog yesterday. Our free time is limited these days and I have lost all internet connection in my room. So, I'm going on memory now when I post about the previous day's happenings.
Yesterday, we listened to a lecture on a mechanical engineering prof here at UBC talk about a new design he made to purify DNA. I forget what it was called...I'll have to check my notes. Anyways, the physics nerds here really really enjoyed it. They said it was the best lecture we've had so far. We toured the lab in which they come up with and manufacture their product. We played capture the flag for rec and it was awesome! I had sooo much fun. We played around the campus. I ran though the forest and have bad scrapes all around the fronts of the bottoms of my legs. They still sting! After dinner (which I must say is lacking in variety, only consisting of pasta, rice, and the same sauces everyday), we had ANOTHER lecture. It was really good though. We were exhausted however. It was more of a panel of 4 presidents/CEOs. There were some huge head honchos there from various big companies. One of the guys had a meeting earlier that day with the BC premier, and another had his own handler there sitting in listening. Our PAs couldn't get over who these people were and kept stressing how important these people are.
This morning I got up at 6am to go for a run, getting up 1.5 hrs earlier than I usually do! It was really nice out, I went running with 5 other Shads. We had more lectures today. We had a conferency type lecture over Skype with these people who are doing this study called Pavillion Lake. And then we talked to CHRIS HADFIELD, CANADA'S FIRST ASTRONAUT to go to space!!! We got to ask him questions and another astronaut who has been to space 4 times! And we also received a lecture from an astrophysics prof at UBC who is an officer of the Order of Canada! He was really quarky, but sooooo good. I actually listened. We played dodgeball later for Rec. We had another lecture from a Shad alumnus. He talked about privacy. Oh!! and I have to tell you something really weird that happened to me yesterday, but I don't have time, my battery is running out. I'll fix this post up later. G2g to bed. BYEEEE!!
-Carolyn
Hey Carolyn, real nice to hear from you. What do you think of my French. Bon n'est-ce pas? I can see you are now getting progressively busier because likely your project BOOMER is growing in demands.
ReplyDeleteMom, Nick, Pat and I just spent Wednesday and Thursday with Greg, Jane and Family at their cottage at Sauble Beach. It was HOT and the break was relaxing. Wished you could have been here as well. I'll post some pics on MVPfoto soon.
Love Dad
Carolyn, so happy to see that you finally posted a picture that was added to your last post. I decided to celebrate that with one of my own. See http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9053009877035318473&postID=7109966592525288403.
ReplyDeleteI see that brother Morgan and sweet sister-in-law Frances is having some fun of my French at my expense.
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