ALL POSTS

It all comes to an end.

I am finally confronted with the first goodbyes and farewells. They will not be the last.

Becoming increasingly at home...

Turning the corner for the final stretch at Purdue.

Quick on the heels of Spring Break, another weekend and another state to add to the collection - Kentucky.

Exploring the chaotic madness yet undeniable beauty of Lisbon.

Three exchange students explore some of the country's greatest national parks in Arizona and Utah.

Recollections from a 10-day retreat back in December, 2022.

Published on 19/03/2023. Written on the road from the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas.

A much quieter week as the campus essentially went into shutdown mode ahead of the upcoming Spring Break next week.

Published on 12/03/2023. Written in West Lafayette, IN.

A final trip to Mackey Arena and other fun times as Spring Break draws ever nearer

Published on 05/03/2023. Written in West Lafayette, IN.

What I've learnt about exposure and the three variables of photography: aperture, shutter speed and iso.

Weeks 6 and 7 bring with them a rivalry game and explorations of an entirely new discipline...

Published on 26/02/2023, written in West Lafayette, IN.

After many years, a return to New York City. In a post-pandemic world, is it still the city that never sleeps?

Published on 02/19/2023.

A fresh suite of athletic opportunities to explore this week, both as spectator and participant

A snowstorm looms on the horizon, whilst new opportunities reveal themselves in places I wouldn't have expected.

Newsletter #3: Published on 05/02/2023.

The depths of Winter are well and truly here, and with the colder weather comes a similarly dreary cloud of first assignments, homework and tests.

Newsletter #2: Published on 29/01/2023.

Impressions formed on the city of Chicago during a whirlwind, 2-night trip over the Martin Luther King Jr. long weekend. Experienced with fellow exchangees and avid travelers.

Classes start, which means being pulled out from the holiday-like feel of the previous week. New friends are met and the possibility of great discoveries begins to linger.

Newsletter #1: Published on 22/01/2023.

Recounting my trip over to America and the few days on campus prior to classes commencing

An attempt to get some clarity on why I am even wanting in the first place to document my travels abroad

Covering the basics of walks and paths, before exploring the implication of Hamiltonian vs. Eulerian graphs in the topic of genome sequencing

A brief introduction to the field of electrolysis ⚗🧪

A short survey of flow cells and some general design considerations for optimal performance

Going over some interview questions I received when applying for hardware engineer internships at some Australian-based trading companies.

An introduction to the motivation and decision-making process involved in creating my personal site. Technical specs to follow.

On the notion that the the “thundercloud of a common crisis” in which the characters find themselves is a product of their self-denial.

On the proposition that in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", Williams exposes the destructive impact of repressed feeling in a climate of social conservatism

This essay explores the twin threads of trauma and creation that for Plath seem inexplicably bound to her own poetic journey, and to that of women in her society.

On the idea that in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", lies are therapeutic.

On the proposition that it is an obsession with materialism that produces the play’s mendacity.

“I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage.” Reflections on the idea that none of the characters in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ are free.

Moments within 'The Great Gatsby' unveil that for someone like Gatsby, both "inside and out", the sordid system he occupies, with all its abuse, only leaves him wanting more.

This triumvirate captures Plath's poetic license running the gamut of paradoxes and conflicting imagery to precipitate a femininity that is torn between oppression and liberation.

One offers a searing condemnation of gendered stereotypes, yet in this pairing, it makes the mesmerising, violent rebirth of the latter all the more breath-taking.

"Heart of Darkness" extends not just a critique of colonialist thought, but the psychological struggle it endows on the individual when its immorality is exposed.

Marlow's struggle to reconcile his narrated experiences give insight into the turmoil left in the wake of a Western, colonial ideology.

Marlow's journey up the Congo River unearths far more when abstracted out of a post-colonial lens and gleaned as a tale of self-introspection.

Conrad challenges traditional ways of ‘seeing’, yet his own vision is undermined by cultural blind spots. Is this necessarily true?