Ah, I see you’ve played knifey-spoony before
by admin - September 15th, 2009.Filed under: Uncategorized.
Tomorrow I leave for Dubai for a week.
Life at KAUST can be very cool, even though it is very hot here. I love my classes. My research seems like it will be really awesome. The team I am on seems to be a fun group doing some awesome things with crystals. Dissatisfaction with certain standard of living issues among the students, faculty, and staff still fall of deaf ears. I did find out that Saudi Aramco is running things at the moment. But all in all, I like being here. Many of our problems are part of the newness and the speed at which KAUST was brought together. Our student council is slowly coming together. Protest is officially banned on campus, with the punishment of expulsion, so our power is limited.
Ironically, in a very coincidental way, there are no knifes in anybody’s apartment. There is also no first floor in any building on the main campus. I imagine it is like Being John Malkovich where you just need to stop the elevator at the right time.