Life under the microscope
It’s always interesting to go on vacation: the list-making, packing and unpacking, rushing to the airport, meeting relatives and friends and so on. Personally, I love the first two parts.
It’s even more interesting when you have epilepsy. You have to start your list with counting how many pills you need throughout the vacation, for the trip…and then add 10% to be safe. Continue reading “Epilepsy on vacation”
Back in 2014, I attended a series of meetings in China at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). This was doing for multiple reasons in which I will not go right now.
I had an excruciating long flight departing from Brussels with a stopover in Turkey and onwards to Beijing. Overall, with the stopover included, it took about 15 hours. I slept a little in the plane, but the space between the seats was minuscule. Out of the 9 hours it took to reach Beijing, I slept, perhaps, 1 hour.
Going forward, I reached my hotel (the Friendship Hotel) at around 6 am and had a meeting with my friend Bi at 9 am (see photo below: she’s the one in the middle). In between, I took a shower and opened up my laptop for a quick chat with my wife to tell her that I’m ok. Everything went smoothly: chat, meeting, the entire day in fact. Continue reading “My Chinese seizure”
August 5th was an “interesting” day. I went on vacation with the family back home in Romania for about 1 month. You can take a month off when you are unemployed.
The first thing that we had to do is a passport for the baby. With some help from friends and family, we had a quick appointment at the passports service.
Immediately after this, I had a feeling. I started shivering, getting dizzy and it was difficult to stay on my feet. I took control back and avoided a seizure. I mentioned this in another article. It was a simple breathing and relaxation exercise. Continue reading “How I avoided seizures”
A few days ago, I followed Lance Fogan on Twitter (@lance_fogan) and he followed back.
For those that don’t know the name yet, Lance is a neurology professor at UCLA and, most importantly, one of the only authors who publish a novel focusing on epilepsy. The novel is called “Dings“.
I admit, I didn’t read the book. It is a little out of my reach today ($15 on Amazon.com or 15 £) and I don’t use a Kindle. I have an iPad instead.
But going through the excerpts found of Lance Fogan’s website, I have to say that it captures life with epilepsy, but only from the point of view of the parents. It’s still missing that “je ne sais quoi” of an epileptic’s life, but I’m sure that either Dr. Fogan or someone else will capture it more precisely.
Until then, enjoy the read if you decide to buy the book.
P.S.: NO, this is not paid content. I’m expressing my point of view.
I moved a lot between the private and the public sector, going from research to policy and consulting. This made my CV to look like it was bombarded.
After applying to a few research jobs and a discussion with a recruiter friend, I drew one conclusion: your CV doesn’t really matter.
By this, I mean that no recruiter (in a broad sense) will read your CV if you do not have those 2, 5 or more years of experience precisely in the field that he/she is looking for. For example, for a research job, if you didn’t work just in research, you don’t stand a chance. Continue reading “Irrelevant professional experience”
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