Exodus.

Interesting. I didn't know anything remained!

http://www.dawn.com/news/1110497. 

Afreen Afreen

Happiness: link.

It is impossible to praise enough her beauty.
Oh beloved, oh beloved.
If you saw her, you'd be spellbound too!

Language.

``Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter,
or friendly milk will countermand my trousers."

Cute article recognizes the beautiful genius of Stephen Fry in conjuring up this never-before but now oft-repeated sentence in the English language: link

As does my thesis.

And the most amazing skit ever: link. What would I give to have the eloquence of Stephen Fry!

Princeton, NJ and office.

I must admit I was not very comfortable initially with the suburban-ness of the campus and my housing situation. The Princeton campus feels at times like an exclusivist haven that is surrounded by golf courses, and a lake named after one of the richest industrialists in the history of America, while a few dozen miles away lies the filth and mirk of Newark and Jersey city and worse Trenton, which has one of the highest crime-rates of any city in America. 

It's all very different from Harvard, with its seamless integration into the city of Boston. I know its a strange thing to say esp. concerning Harvard, but there's an egalitarian quality to this. It always felt to me as if the university and its intellectualism spread outwards into the city, that the average Bostonian benefited from this resource, and it reflected in the way you could talk with them about so many things in science and the arts, and I grew extremely fond of this in my time there. I will miss Boston. Boston is a rich, rich place.

Nevertheless, Princeton is growing on me. There's undeniably a serene magnificence in doing research in the quiet of a secluded forestal area. I like it. It reminds me a little of my undergraduate days. I can walk around the campus and not have my thoughts be disturbed by hordes of tourists. I don't have to worry about the morning bus and finding a seat somewhere amidst the crowd of early travelers. I can again admire nature. I don't have to rush or be rushed anywhere. And I can again ask those kinds of questions that drew me into physics in the first place---questions that are `basal'. And that is a beautiful feeling. Hopefully it comes to good things.

The campus is certainly beautiful. It's a strange mix of both old stone buildings and ultra-modern buildings that somehow work well together. Here are some random pics I took today. 

An undergraduate dorm.

Whitman College

No idea.

Engineering and Science Building area.

Woodrow Wilson building for Public Policy

Strange chromatic purple building.

There's a lot of wooded area, lots of trees. It's almost like you're working in the middle of a forest. 

I spotted a black squirrel! Not for the first time though. I did see one in the Harvard Athletics center once.

Jewish Center

I like my office space. A personal room with a window and a nice blackboard cannot be beat.

View from office

View from office window. A squirrel raises its hand to make way for its hind leg to tickle its ear 

View from office window. Another time, same place. This strange bird appears to be responsible for chipping away the outer skin of the tree in that whole area.

Lots of ideas. Lots to do. 

And I'm finally settling into our home. Although Alone :/

View from home porch.