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My friend RK enjoys pulling my leg on account of my "non-IT" area (in the traditional sense). Of course, I give it right back at him saying he spends too much time typing in Word or Powerpoint (kaeyta, saaptware requirements specification nu solluvaan).

Anyway, one of the benefits of being in research are these occasional conferences which we get to attend. The conference venues are selected by keeping the time of the year and likely weather at the place. Canada, Jappaan pakkathula irukura Seattle lerundhu yenga ponaalum better thaan! So, when the venue was Long Beach, CA, it was an added bonus.

The conference was The 5th HUPO World Congress - Human Proteome Organization. I had to take 4 posters from my lab and had a presentation to make on the final day. One of my colleagues also came to the conference.


We had to carry these rocket-launcher kind of tubes in the plane. Had a nice time watching people scampering away in horror!
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LBC: The airport ended as soon as it started. Never seen such a small airport. But the sun! the beautiful bright sunshine! I did not mind the over-exposure (of this picture, that is)
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The conference was at the Long Beach Convention Center. Nice to see wiiiide roads and palm trees of the west-coast again
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Light blocked by the light house
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Congregation of birds with the Queen Mary in the backdrop. The conference banquet was held in the ship. But we had to leave on an earlier flight
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A real beach, at last!
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The downtown area had a lot of places to eat and hang out. Haloween night was pretty interesting. I was looking forward to this trip for another reason too; hometown of Snoop Dogg!

I also attended the conference in between(!). Actually, it was a pretty productive 4 days. There were quite a few nice talks and presentations - certainly learnt a lot. A welcome break after joining the new job and a nice chance to recharge.