What's Been and What's Ben

in Saudi Arabia

Archive for October 16th, 2009

The Ballad of Future Ben

Friday, October 16th, 2009

My plan is to graduate KAUST inside of one academic year (as in next May). After that I need to do something. If I want to apply to a PhD program then I must take the GREs, and deadlines are very close. They are like SAT/ACT tests for graduate school. I thought I had dodged [...]

getting off the island / 40 and 40

Friday, October 16th, 2009

I spent the last month stranded out on the Island, but am back in my old apartment – the fifth closest to campus. My walk has been shorted from twenty minutes to seven. Everything works. No more mold. I get to take a shower instead of sponge bath things! My apartment overlooks the town square. [...]