Journey to the Motherland

This is an online account of my three year DPhil undertaken at Oxford University from October 2006 to mid 2009. I will try to remain in email contact with people personally - this is so that I can attach large pictures, movies and anecdotes of the trip. Enjoy!

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From Brisbane to Canberra, from Canberra to Oxford... the temperature is on a downhill run. I hope to be a visiting fellow in Mawson Ice Base next. The programme wouldn’t let me use the Interest categories – what a character. Interests: Cricket(I look forward to seeing the Ashes [from England] in November and [in England] in 2008); writing the great Australian play - the antipodean pinnacle... take that Barry Dickins; Music J.S. Bach - 'Mass in B Minor' without a doubt. Certainly the organ works and concertos for harpsichord form fond favourites. I finally managed to convert all of my Bach CDs to MP3s on my external hardrive (rather than lug the 170 disc set around Oxford - I'll get that money to you later Ross... when Hilary Clinton becomes President and I get a mobile phone.) Anyway, anything by Haydn (I think he cops the rough end of the stick - good symphony times.) Books Hornblower and Captain Blood (there's nothing like adventure on the high seas), Certainly anything by Matthew Riley (7 Ancient Wonders... what a rip snorter), Oh and that book by Dan Brown: Digital Fortress... I will keep people posted as to whether I meet brilliant, young, sexy female code breakers.

Sunday, September 10, 2006

ANU is all done and dusted. Term at Oxford begins on Monday the 9th of October, and this garb is required for Matriculation: a ceremony where everyone gets officially admitted into the University. Apparently everyone has to wear sub fusc clothing, which 'for gentlemen is a dark suit, white shirt with white collar, white bow tie, academic robe and cap.' They are sold for bargain prices too... just 220 pounds for a suit... that's fine.

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tim, was just looking at your photo there... Are you sure you're not Eurasian??

6:19 am GMT  
Blogger Tim Trudgian said...

That means... you are from Europe or Asia... thank you for all of your help

5:39 pm GMT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tim sounds as though you are in your element...good for you!!

2:13 am GMT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ah Tim its good to see you have embraced the technology bull by the horns and created this blog of yours. I look forward to reading of your escapades throughout the oxford journey.

Oh, hope you get a computer setup soon, poker collusion just isn't the same without you.

9:25 am GMT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hello Tim,

Look forward to hearing more about life in old brighty as Packman would say. Be sure to let us know of your cricketing heroics as they unfold. How are you on the Baliol-B&G Intervarsity football extravaganza front? Seen Sir Isaac yet?

4:54 am GMT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cheers for the update. I screeched in horror at your trivia antics. Another vin diesel moment for the record books. Your stubborness will be your downfall as JJ Dore might say...

3:26 am GMT  

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