Here’s another favourite city for you. Someone once described Oxford to me as a “toy town”, and the metaphor is apt. The city is quite small, built around the castle-like buildings of the university. It’s quaint yet majestic, historic yet home to ideas of the future. And boy, is Oxford ever pretty!
Sneaking a peek of one of Oxford’s colleges.
Richard Dawkins, his snazzy tie, and me!
On Wednesday, May 26, 2010, I was in the presence of greatness. And no, I’m not only referring to Anand, Claire, and Danica, my companions for the evening; I’m talking about being in attendance at the Science Museum Lates presentation of Genius of Britain, based on the Channel4 documentary series of the same name. Both the show and the event involved prominent scientists talking about their heroes, fathers of British science from yesteryear. And who were these scientists? Well, as you can probably guess by the title and photo above, the panel included Richard Dawkins and James Dyson, alongside Lord Robert Winston and Jim Al-Khalili. As for Stephen Hawking, he provided both the opening and closing remarks for the evening, and more importantly, he sat right in front of me!
It has been noted that my photos, both on my camera and posted to this blog, rarely feature any people. This is true, and yet strange, because I really do enjoy taking photographs of humans. Any number of my friends can describe the “chaos that is Anubha as art director/photographer” (Awad 2010), and if I was to buy a DSLR, it would be primarily to capture that beauty in motion that is a European woman on a bike. Anyway, I actually have loads of shots of my friends, some that I really like (I’m referring to the photos here; I like all my friends), and I’m quite excited to share them. Get ready to feast your eyes on some really, really, really attractive people!
View of Pont Jacques Cartier from La Ronde amusement park.
Montréal is my favourite city to visit in (what I’ve seen of) Canada, and after spending four more days there last week, it’s quite possibly one of my favourite places to visit anywhere. Though I’ve visited the largest city in French-Canada numerous times before, Montréal never feels boring or passé. I used to call it “weekend Europe” because I’ve often felt like I was somewhere new and really different, all while enjoying the comforting familiarity of being in your own country. Combine this setting with amazing friends, both old and new, glorious sunshine, and way too much delicious food, and you’ve yourself the makings of a très bon week-end. Continue reading
