Apimondia 2023 Day 2
Sep. 6th, 2023 10:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aggienautSo starting last night actually, just after i got in bed i received a text from the biosecurity department of New South Wales asking if I was still interested in working for them and if so to please fill out the application linked in an email they sent me August 21st -- I'd been anxiously awaiting that email amd had missed it! But the application wants me to upload a resume amd cover letter amd i didn't bring my laptop. I'm going to have to see if i can find a copy of my resume I've perhaps emailed somewhere amd i guess type a cover letter on my phone which sounds really tedious to me but i suppose is doable.
Wednesday September 6th - i feel like i already don't remember this morning very well. More interesting talks. I take a lot of pictures of interesting slides, i put them all in a google album for some interested friends, if you want to have a look, they're here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ikvMDsSFTXVsktRM7
The poster session was actually kind of interesting, like dozens of mini presentations, usually the person behind the poster was standing next to it to answer questions.
I found the food for lunch, there's only like three food carts, not many options.
At 18:10 I started looking for Doug so we could leave before the rush at 18:30. Couldn't find him until 18:30 anyway though. Took half an hour on both uber amd didi before the latter found us a driver. It was raining heavily which is probably why it was extra hard today. Taking pity on all the other people still waiting we asked around if anyone else needed a ride to the same neighborhood amd found a Brazilian couple.
With the bad traffic it took an hour to get to our hotel. The Brazilian couple was very nice AND I feel like i had a brush with a celebrity:
You've heard of the Africanized ("killer") bees right? They were accidentally released by Dr Warwick Kerr in 1956 in Brazil. This Brazilian man said his father worked for Dr Kerr at the time!
I've heard conflicting reports how it exactly happened so i was eager to ask. I asked if it was true someone accidentally removed the queen excluder that released the queens amd he confirmed it was. But he said even though it quite probably wasn't Dr Kerr himself, Dr Kerr would never tell who actually did it, taking all responsibility himself.
For dinner i talked Doug into accompanying me to the same restaurant i went to yesterday. Once again the very friendly staff eagerly welcomed us in. The same waiter who spoke some English helped us amd we found out he's Venezuelan!
Once again food came quickly, was delicious, amd was more than enough. Doug will have more than half a sandwich for lunch tomorrow.
Wednesday September 6th - i feel like i already don't remember this morning very well. More interesting talks. I take a lot of pictures of interesting slides, i put them all in a google album for some interested friends, if you want to have a look, they're here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ikvMDsSFTXVsktRM7
The poster session was actually kind of interesting, like dozens of mini presentations, usually the person behind the poster was standing next to it to answer questions.
I found the food for lunch, there's only like three food carts, not many options.
At 18:10 I started looking for Doug so we could leave before the rush at 18:30. Couldn't find him until 18:30 anyway though. Took half an hour on both uber amd didi before the latter found us a driver. It was raining heavily which is probably why it was extra hard today. Taking pity on all the other people still waiting we asked around if anyone else needed a ride to the same neighborhood amd found a Brazilian couple.
With the bad traffic it took an hour to get to our hotel. The Brazilian couple was very nice AND I feel like i had a brush with a celebrity:
You've heard of the Africanized ("killer") bees right? They were accidentally released by Dr Warwick Kerr in 1956 in Brazil. This Brazilian man said his father worked for Dr Kerr at the time!
I've heard conflicting reports how it exactly happened so i was eager to ask. I asked if it was true someone accidentally removed the queen excluder that released the queens amd he confirmed it was. But he said even though it quite probably wasn't Dr Kerr himself, Dr Kerr would never tell who actually did it, taking all responsibility himself.
For dinner i talked Doug into accompanying me to the same restaurant i went to yesterday. Once again the very friendly staff eagerly welcomed us in. The same waiter who spoke some English helped us amd we found out he's Venezuelan!
Once again food came quickly, was delicious, amd was more than enough. Doug will have more than half a sandwich for lunch tomorrow.
