{"id":102,"date":"2015-09-06T18:31:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T01:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2015-11-24T13:48:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T20:48:45","slug":"misc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/misc\/","title":{"rendered":"misc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019ve been very lucky to be a student of UBC and a resident of beautiful Vancouver since 2010. In my free time, I try to get away from the city and take in as much as I can of the breathtaking natural scenery of BC. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/trails\/\">Here<\/a> is a great list of well-marked hikes around Vancouver with lots of useful details. For more adventurous options, check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubtread.com\/Routes\/\">this one<\/a> out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/mega.mech.ubc.ca\/\">MEGA<\/a>) of UBC provides a matchless platform for graduate students across the department to meet up, make friends, share their experience and learn and grow together. It also provides a valuable opportunity for the students to communicate more effectively with the department. I have learned a lot and made great friends serving as an executive member of MEGA.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/\">TED<\/a>! It&#8217;s mind-blowing how easily one can learn about such a diverse spectrum of technological innovations, scientific ideas, personal and social experiences&#8230; here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/153-2\/\">list<\/a> of some interesting talks.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t pinpoint when exactly I got into science. I remember being amazed by the idea that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucmp.berkeley.edu\/glossary\/gloss8\/monocotdicot.html\">whether a plant is a Dicot or a Monocot determines the pattern of its veins<\/a>. I was also mind-blown when I learned about <a href=\"http:\/\/thesmarthappyproject.com\/fibonacci-numbers-in-nature\/\">the relation between Fibonacci numbers and cabbage<\/a>! And in high school I thought few hobbies are as cool as making and flying your own model airplane\u2026 I\u2019ve come to believe all science is cool! Check out a few examples I\u2019ve listed <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/science-is-cool\/\">here<\/a> to support this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been very lucky to be a student of UBC and a resident of beautiful Vancouver since 2010. In my free time, I try to get away from the city and take in as much as I can of the breathtaking natural scenery of BC. Here is a great list of well-marked hikes around Vancouver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33699,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33699"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}