Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

October: photos post

In October I was working on my NSERC Discovery proposal, so I may have procrastinated sometimes by processing pictures. I selected about as many pictures as I did in July (887 versus 846), but the total number of pictures processed was 27% higher in July (3354 versus 2642). July did include a large collection of Estonian bird photos (710) and a walk up to Apostolidis (528). This month, on the other hand, I had lots of tiny sets, including in-transit days. Still, there were 13 over-100-picture days.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, November 2, 2025

September: South Island and Auckland, as well as Wellington

Some domestic NZ travel (more skiing than usual) and then just work (research and service) as normal.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Saturday, October 11, 2025

September: photos post

September was down again in terms of number of pictures processed, but I was not at a computer for many days in September. (I wonder if I could correlate the number of travel days with the number of pictures processed). There are only 9GB of new pictures from September, so maybe not adding too much to the backlog. Desperately trying to have less than a two-year picture backlog. Looking at the chronological order, there are some big trips in the backlog, like New Caledonia in November 2023 and the Travers Sabine in February 2024. It is challenging when there is a set of 400 pictures from a day.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Friday, October 3, 2025

August: Europe, Canada, then back to New Zealand despite an Air Canada strike

Grenoble, Montreal, Beaver Valley, stuck in Ontario, and then Auckland. Master’s graduates +1. Lots of service and volunteering.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Tuesday, September 23, 2025

August: photos post

I took some more pictures in August, but not as many as July. I also somehow had less time to process pictures. Plus, there are a couple of sets that I’m not posting here. I don’t know if I dug myself deeper into a hole. Caught up a bit with some May and July photos, as well as some August phohtos. Anyway, less than July but more than June.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Thursday, September 11, 2025

More flight shenanigans: late August / early September with Air New Zealand

Not out of the woods yet. Weather and other issues (but mostly weather) causing flight issues in New Zealand.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Wednesday, September 10, 2025

July: more travels and some scholarly outputs

Mount Olympus (Greece), the Tour du Mont Blanc, and a VSTTE submission.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Monday, August 25, 2025

Trip report: Tour du Mont Blanc, July 21 to August 1, 2025

The Tour du Mont Blanc, 170km of walking around Mont Blanc (and some cable cars).

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, August 24, 2025

Trip report: Seven Summits Project, Mount Olympus, July 9 to 13, 2025

Attempted some summits on Mount Olympus. Got the big two: Stefani and Mytikas. But not the whole set.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Saturday, August 23, 2025

Me and the Air Canada Flight Attendant Strike

How I managed to fly to New Zealand as soon as possible after the Air Canada Flight Attendant strike, oof.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Friday, August 22, 2025

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Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo; patrick.lam@uwaterloo.ca

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