I’m on a boat!
The wildly inappropriate song I could not stop humming all day in Halong Bay!
Released into the Wild
This week marks the week I was finally set free from the office for a few days to visit some AWD sites! While tipping away at the data I have been given so far I began to think it was a bit daft of me to come in an talk about rice while never having ...
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Today marks the half way point of my internship here at IRRI with CCAFS-SEA! (I think my heart actually skipped a beat just now when I realized that…) Judging by what you have seen so far in my posts you may think it is going to be a rushed job to get everything done. But ...
Methane… T’is gas altogether
A gas that flies under the radar in mainstream media often, as CO2 is the well known greenhouse gas by everyone. So let’s talk about my ‘favourite‘ greenhouse gas, methane! It is one of the big hitter greenhouse gases with a global warming potential (GWP) 25 times greater than that of CO2; while it can ...
Calling out for a Nero
In Galway I discovered a love for going to cafes with a book or to do some college work! The cafe of choice there for me was always Nero. Now since arriving in Hanoi I am on a quest to find my new Cafe Nero! I’ve had Vietnamese coffee under the watchful eye of a ...
“Torture numbers, and they’ll confess to anything.”
Yes I am still dissecting my data to death… But hey, persistence is key in this situation, right? The technique of work smart, not hard is also good to have in the tool box as there are lots of numbers to get through along with another set of data coming my way! So safe to ...
Viet-Noms
Let me tell you about the food in Vietnam… It is incredible! Being the only carnivorous creature of our group is interesting to say the least. I’m out-numbered three to one here, and my initial idea of going veggie myself for the summer here was left in the dust when I discovered Vietnamese cuisine is ...