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Jul 17, 2012

Rainbow

I enjoyed a very huge scenic rainbow which covered the entire north-east and south-west mountains of Hsinchu city. I enjoyed this view from the balcony of my dormitory. These days my dormitory has become perfect heaven to observe most celestial wonders. This is one good example. Every morning I could see Jupiter and Mercury in the morning  followed by Vibrant Sun rise and the warmth of the moon every night. I love my dormitory for the scenic views it offers to me all the time. I couldn't capture the whole rainbow with Hemanth's camera. Only part of the vast rainbow is shown. Enjoy this rainbow by singing a rainbow fairy with me.

Rainbow Fairies                  

Two little clouds, one summer.s day,
Went  flying through the sky;
They went so fast they bumped their heads,
And both began to cry.
Old Father Sun looked out and said:

.Oh, never mind, my dears,
I.ll send my little fairy folk
To dry your falling tears..
One fairy came in violet,
And one wore indigo;

In blue, green, yellow, orange, red,
They made a pretty row.
They wiped the cloud-tears all away,
And then from out the sky,
Upon a line the sunbeams made,
They hung their gowns to dry.



                                                             - L. M. Hadley










Jul 16, 2012

July 14 Weekend

After many days I stepped out of Hsinchu for spending a real weekend. I went to Wulai waterfall and visited Taipei 101 observatory. Wuali is a very good place to visit. There are many interesting things to watch there. Unfortunately we couldn't see everything because we started little late. Going there during Cherry blossom season may be a right time. We can enjoy hot springs, waterfalls, watch cherry blossoms and do trekking as well. I wish I can be there again next spring. Here are some pics of my trip.

At Xindian stationwaiting for 849 bus and discussing the map of Wulai

She was the one who stood just before me in 849 bus (sorry for the snap!)

I couldn't believe my friend Chandu who just stood beside me could capture this!

Wuali water fall

Hemanth drinking water from the fall




Landscape of Wulai


Me receiving my fortune (Unfortunately it is in Chinese) Translation from my junior revealed me that I received a very bad fortune from that leaflet.  The chances of succeeding in the work I am doing are quite low. So he asked me to just sleep and not to do anything! :-p

Cool Pal chatting with her bf may be @ City hall

Inside 101

Hemanth got his pic animated inside 101

Raghu and his family@ 101

Pics credit: Chandu & Hemanth (names represented in alphabetical order)

Jul 8, 2012

Summer Camp

I enjoyed participating in the summer camp and conference organized by our lab. I want to share glimpse of the events through pics.
Our registration desk at conference
My senior presenting his work

Day1 Lunch

During lab tour

Gathering to begin poster session

Dinner Buffet

Big guys in front of my poster. I wonder what they are talking 

Closing gathering

Hemanth with his poster which gave him best poster award

Summer camp begins

Relaxing for a while before dinner

Our russian post doc. relaxing with his family


Dinner Buffet

I disturbed their casual chat


Professors having casual chat with beer

Poster session 

Students relaxing by having beer and friendly chat with professor

Late night party in my room

Me with professors

Scenic view

Closing pic

walking down hill



Jul 2, 2012

My Midsummer Madness

A few weeks earlier(around midsummer day I guess) I couldn't get along with sleep, so I got up from my bed and went for a stroll in the balcony of my dormitory which faces Eastern horizon. The time was around 4:15am. I saw two bright stars in the eastern sky just above the horizon. At first I thought they are some flights based on the brightness but they are not moving. I asked google to give me information about sky on that particular day. Then I came to know what I watched were Mercury and Venus. I was pretty excited to know that and I gazed at them for a long time. FYI, Mercury is the brighter than Jupiter(of course nothing strange).  Then I got this madness and kept reading about sky watching and spotting planets and stars with naked eye. At one point of time I felt like purchasing a telescope itself to trace them. But after a while I felt like I need some experience and technique to gaze skies first before investing huge amount on  a telescope. From then I started to watch skies whenever possible with the assistance of online sky charts.

If any one of you are interested in spotting Venus and Jupiter for yourself you guys can just wakeup at around 4:15am and just look towards horizon. You can spot them this July fluently. I bet you enjoy gazing at them. I can say this is a best way to wake up early and start your day with a positive energy. Have an energetic day friends!
Before Dawn, ENE Sky

Pic Courtesy: SKy& Telescope
Url:http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance