29th November 2024, 7:13 AM
I just got back from my 2 week trip to Victoria. It was SO good! The MATRIX workshop was awesome, there were lots of great talks and I got to meet a lot of people I'd wanted to talk to for a while (as well as some people I'd never heard of before who were super nice). I also got to discuss some potential side projects in knot theory and fusion categories. It was really fancy too: on top of providing free accommodation, MATRIX provided free all-you-can-eat buffets for breakfast and dinner, with the food provided for dinner changing each night (I got to try kangaroo for the first time - I also saw a lot of wild kangaroos in rural Victoria, as well as an emu). Honestly, the food was somehow a really strong highlight.
On Friday, I got to go to MIKU EXPO!! Here are some videos I recorded. Honestly it was such an incredible time, I desperately want to go to the next one. I hope they hold one in Australia again soon!
Words just can't express how cool this was, I felt the adrenaline for the rest of the night. What I totally didn't expect, but should have in retrospect, was being able to actually feel the music: it reverberated throughout the arena, you could really feel the vibrations of the sound waves hitting you, I've never felt anything like it before. It was just insanely exciting.
Over the weekend, I went caving with a friend (the forest we went to was really cool, huge amount of biodiversity, and we got to see some glowworms), and then we went to Fortress. For those outside of Australia, Fortress is a bar / arcade where you can hire game consoles and play while eating. It's underground and has the interior of a fantasy tavern, very reminiscent of D&D. Super cool, we got to play some Smash Bros. and Mario Party.
Overall, an amazing two weeks, from both a professional and a personal perspective. I'm a bit sad that it's over, I really hope I'll have an excuse to return to Victoria again soon.
On Friday, I got to go to MIKU EXPO!! Here are some videos I recorded. Honestly it was such an incredible time, I desperately want to go to the next one. I hope they hold one in Australia again soon!
Words just can't express how cool this was, I felt the adrenaline for the rest of the night. What I totally didn't expect, but should have in retrospect, was being able to actually feel the music: it reverberated throughout the arena, you could really feel the vibrations of the sound waves hitting you, I've never felt anything like it before. It was just insanely exciting.
Over the weekend, I went caving with a friend (the forest we went to was really cool, huge amount of biodiversity, and we got to see some glowworms), and then we went to Fortress. For those outside of Australia, Fortress is a bar / arcade where you can hire game consoles and play while eating. It's underground and has the interior of a fantasy tavern, very reminiscent of D&D. Super cool, we got to play some Smash Bros. and Mario Party.
Overall, an amazing two weeks, from both a professional and a personal perspective. I'm a bit sad that it's over, I really hope I'll have an excuse to return to Victoria again soon.
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