Rochester Bochester

It's funny how Rochester became the first of our Northeast city tour. While my friends were packing their bags for NYC, Boston, Chicago, LA, and SF, we were making our way to this small city tucked away somewhere along the fringes of freezing lake Ontario. Don't get me wrong. It was all good and we're very proud of going there. Rochester is absolutely not the "place to be" if you are a tourist. The only reason why one would go up there is to either apply for a job at Kodak or to check out the university (which we did). But places near the university and around their ArtWalk district are absolutely nice to visit, not just for locals but for tourists as well.





They say fall and spring are the best seasons to take photos in Rochester. I agree, specially after seeing this photo taken from the admissions prospectus of UoR.


But here's another photo taken from the exact spot in the university, just in case you're curious how it looks like during winter. Well, it's not so bad...


Visit my flickr account (www.flickr.com/photos/marvjfm) for more photos of our Rochester trip. Yas and I are in New Jersey and will be traveling to Boston and New York city soon. So stay tuned for more photos :)

What Saturday afternoons have turned into ... (Guest blogging by the wife)

Life as a PhD student has become a little different for Marvin since his wife came to town.

Suddenly, he finds himself having to make space for her things, her habits, and required drug intake (sugar and caffeine).

Suddenly, he finds his sleek winter coat suffocated by her 4-year-old comforter-like monstrosity from a time when "thinsulate" wasn't invented yet.

He finds himself talking about Martha Stewart recipes because like any other culinary-challenged modern woman, she likes to plan lunch like she plans her homework.

He finds it harder to buy things like books from Amazon, a Warren Kimble cow mug, or a vegetable peeler because his wife is, how should we say it, kuripot.

He finds himself trekking to the local organic store to buy coffee in -9C weather. Wife goes through a severe withdrawal syndrome when the flow of caffeine is delayed.

However, he finds comfort in the fact that the store sells other cool stuff like organic lettuce. Bad thing is that they discourage customers from using plastic bags so he had to protect the lettuce all the way home.

So while the changes remain small, they are worrying symptoms of what the future may bring.