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Friday, May 19, 2006

Geology Field Trip & Rutherford Lab BBQ

On the spur of the moment, we decided to skip the boring nutrition lecture (oops hope my mum doesn't read this haha) and crash the Geology field trip to Discovery Park. Actually we're not supposed to go since we didn't take the course but lots of the other GIP people have crashed their field trips already so I thought, why not? =P

The weather was kind of miserable though and Seattle was back to its old rainy self. Our van got lost on the way but it was still kind of enjoyable as the driver was cracking jokes all the way. When we got to the beach at the park, the TA told us to look for metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks. I was momentarily stunned because I remember having learnt these terms during geography class eons ago but I just couldn't recall them. (Sorry Mrs Chua. Haha.) The field trip was quite fun and I regret not having gone on the earlier field trips...I've been here for 5 months and I haven't even gone to Mt Rainier, Mt St Helen, Cascade mountains, Mt Baker...arghh! I'm missing out on the good stuff!

The beach at Discovery Park

Rocks Galore!

Sheila is happy to be on the field trip.

A cliff formed by glacier erosion (I think - the TA was talking about glaciers)

After that we went to my prof's house for a bbq. Her house is in a really expensive neighbourhood and it's so pretty inside! It had a patio, wine cabinet, fireplace, back porch and a few levels I think. It's exactly the kind of house my mother would like to live in in her retirement. Haha.

It was still raining (pouring, in fact) when we got there, so the bbq had to be held under cover in the back porch. And although it was a bbq, we didn't actually get to do any bbq-ing ourselves; her husband Carlos did it all, and he actually prepared the hamburger patties from scratch by grinding beef with onion and some unknown green vegetable. It was really yummy and I ate till I almost burst. I also got to meet my post-doc's wife and son for the first time. His wife is sweet and gentle, while his son is absolutely adorable and has chubby cheeks that I want to pinch. Haha. A real picture-perfect family, I would say.

My post-doc Yoshi with his wife Hitomi and son Ryotaro. Ryo looks a bit 'dao' but he's actually just shy. Don't you just feel like pinching his cheeks? =)

Members of the lab - Kevin (undergrad), my prof Suzannah, me, Jennifer (another post-doc), Yoshi, and Chuck.

Everybody who came for the bbq!

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