Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

September: 'back to school' and yet more trips

I’m starting to write this with 4 days of September left. This month has also flown by. Well, I did fly to Canada, which took a bunch of days. Have been back in Wellington for a week and a bit. Also two weekend trips in September: camping on Matiu/Somes Island and a trip that was meant to be mountaineering but diverted to Taupō due to the weather.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, October 1, 2023

August: more trips

Lots of trips, not much work. August is OK to be a quiet month. August outdoors activities in NZ need to be winter-ish, i.e. you have to be aware of avalanches (or someone does; we went to ski resorts).

Posted by Patrick Lam on Saturday, September 16, 2023

July: some small trips

Another usual non-teaching term month, with trips to Auckland, Turoa, and Wye Creek (Queenstown). New activity: ice climbing (to be used in the mountains). Paper submission and jury duty.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, August 13, 2023

No zombies here: motions to postpone indefinitely are silver bullets

‘Postpone indefinitely’ is, as it turns out, a euphemism for ‘kill’.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Monday, July 17, 2023

June: back to normal non-teaching term, writing paper after paper

A quieter month all around. Short visit to Gold Coast for Australian nationals, and just working on papers.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Saturday, July 1, 2023

May: another big month

Much travel, especially on the West Coast of North America. Really did finish teaching.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Wednesday, June 14, 2023

April: finally done with Winter term

Whew! Finished teaching for Spring term. Western Newfoundland; around Montreal; and Brampton. Home repair.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Monday, May 8, 2023

March: lots of good news

Reasonable success this month, professionally (awarded grant, major revisions on a paper) and for refereeing (selected for Canadian nationals). Lots of work and also weekend trips.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Friday, April 14, 2023

February: COVID, teaching, and a trip to Japan

COVID didn’t throw too much of a wrench into things, thankfully. Second month of teaching for Winter 2023, including reading week and a trip to Japan.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Tuesday, March 7, 2023

January: teaching and extracurriculars

Back to the classroom (teaching two courses), plus judo tournaments and some skiing. Before that, we hiked Around the Mountain (Taranaki) in New Zealand.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, February 5, 2023

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

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