Yesterday was a most exciting day: I was inducted into the Bodleian library! Now I have access to the online system, the physical library (which is enormous), and today I gained access to Christ Church’s library as well. This evening I have been locating all of my assigned readings and tomorrow morning I will check … More Almost time to get down to business

It is the end of my second weekend at Oxford and I have been rather busy. Nothing serious (yet) and it has been nice to enjoy the days guilt-free. Okay well I do have a reading list already, so there was a little guilt but not much. Everything will be taken care of in due time. … More Another Sunday Evening

Orientation continues to stretch on in a not-unpleasant fashion, leaving us OSAP with plenty of free time. The quiet before the storm, as it were. For example, today we only had to attend a brief lecture about how to use the library system. That’s it. Beyond that we are free. It is a cloudy day … More Punting, Peasant food, and Pianos

One week and roughly 6000 miles later, I find myself a world away from the sweaty wanderings in Asia. I am now in Oxford, England about to begin a rigorous but rewarding semester of study in the subjects of ethnomusicology and immigration. Term doesn’t begin for another week or so, so at the moment I … More Beginnings: The Bike Ballet