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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
This weekend I finally got to go out and really see Hanoi! Saturday consisted of me taking an hour long walk to Skype my family (so they could show me my dogs) and I showed them around where I am living. As I have probably mentioned before, I have never left the continent of Europe ...
Oy vey, what a week it has been! Like my eyebrows, EXACT and SECTOR are sisters not twins and will never give me identical results… But they get pretty close. (Edit: As it turns out the tools are not sisters but in fact EX-ACT is essentially the mother to SECTOR; as it is to many ...
