Frank Teunisse

Ok, I realize it’s  a long time since I’ve posted something on my blog. If you are a frequent reader, you know that this is partly due to my study tour through Asia. But this only explains half of my absence here.

On November 19^th my plane to Being left, as I was participating on the Study Tour my study association organized (see reis.etv.tudelft.nl ).  During the Study Tour, we visited universities, like the best University in China (the Tsinghua University), cool companies, like State Grid, Samsung and Panasonic, and unbelievable cultural stuff, like the Great Wall, the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea and the Golden Temple in Kyoto. With a group of 22 students and 1 professor we had the 30 days of our lives in four different countries (China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan).

At the moments we had free time, according to our tight schedule, we took a change of getting to know the local culture for ourselves. We explored the shops and markets, and – of course – we thoroughly explored the nightlife. The most amazing party I enjoyed was on the thirtieth floor, in the middle of the Hong Kong skyline (impression). While we were having a great party with an excellent view, we were also “owning” the party. Everyone their liked our way of partying, and as soon as we introduced a new dance move, everyone was doing this move. We let them know the Delft way of partying!

This study tour is just one example of the many great things students in Delft accomplish on their own, just for other students.

When I got back from Asia, I got a tremendous amount of work waiting for me. Not only did I miss 30 days of lectures, and time to study at home, but the company I was going to start my graduation project at, already wanted me to start in January!  So the last weeks of December, although there was a Holiday break, I was working my ass off on my projects.

On January the 2^nd I started my internship at Scarabee Systems & Technology. I’m working on a really cool project: With the help of a camera of my choice (I’ll probably choose a Depth of Field camera, like the Kinect), I have to determine whether or not baggage on a conveyer belt is actually “conveyable”. If I succeed this will actually be used at Schiphol Airport (12^th biggest airport in the world). These few first weeks were really busy, as I was still working on my projects in the evenings and in the weekends, and afterwards the exams.

Fortunately now, after finishing my last exam – ever (!) - , I’m going to have more time for myself and for updating my blog. I’ve started to go to the gym again and I’ll probably even have time to get bored again. There is a chance that I’ll get involved with some medical research in Togo, but I’ll tell you more about this next time!