I also meet up with colleagues to play board games, and after the Graduate Seminar Series (which I help organize), I drag everyone out for a pint to socialize and share our work.
Remember, life is multifaceted, and your academic pursuits are just one aspect of it.
I also really like to travel – I want to visit every country in the world. My dream job is to be a traveling mathematician!
I like to visit new places and have a long list of them. Next on my list is Orlando, Florida!
I like to boulder, lead climb, and do silly challenges with my friends.
I am an avid mountain climber, although unfortunately they are a bit hard to come by in this part of Ontario.
I absolutely love being able to make something by hand. I also love the designing aspect – there’s a lot of math involved.
My main hobby and recreative passion is the sport of fencing!
Every season is a good outdoors season, and almost anywhere can be a picnic spot if you’re determined enough!
I’ve travelled to many interesting places such as Hong Kong, Fiji and Nepal, and even though I’ve never been to Europe, I want to go there.
I really like playing strategy board games, often with other math students.
I made sure, however, to take frequent 5-15 minute dance breaks, where I would literally just hop around and dance for a little bit of movement for the body and the mind!
The university is also well-connected to some of the best insurance companies, which is the industry I will be pursuing a career in.
I have a project to find as many bird species in Ontario (and other places) as I can, and to take a decent photograph of a lot of them.
There are many items on my bucket list: traveling to every province in Canada before I finish my PhD, mountain hiking, snow skiing, paragliding, volunteering with the Waterloo Regional Police Service, and learning how to drive a bus!