Summer 2008 internship in DC is better than the lousy weather

Carbon finance could well be the future. Is Carbon priced right? I don't believe it is, and a correction should happen in the next 2 years with a jump to the sky.

Jim Henson's Fantastic World at the Smithsonian Institution

I visited the exhibition today with some friends. A rather small exhbition for my liking, but what i will take with me is not memories of one of the first-ever Kermit the Frog created, but what Jim Henson said before saying farewell: "Life is a like a movie. The only difference is that you create your own ending. So, never stop pretending and believing that things will turn out fine."

The Space Museum in DC is great

Movie WATCH: best movie of the summer

Just tried it, and now a big fan of Mr. Yagoto (though i hate yogurts usuallY)

Finally graduated (alas, my sister will still be starting her second year studying Law there this fall - tough luck sis)

More energy options for the future are almost here

water-powered fuel cell vehicle

Blast from the PAST

Looking through my old emails, i found this picture and email exchange with Professor Phelps on the day he won the Nobel Prize in Economics, and how wonderfully we had a seminar in the afternoon on the same day. Then after the above picture was taken, i walked with him back to his office in the SIPA building (good 10 min walk) during which i can recall talking about the US Depression in the 30's and how growing up then affected his life's academic work.


Oh, there was just 5 students taking the seminar that term. Maybe this was because of the 15 page reading list.


Professor Phelps conveniently finished the fall seminar two weeks earlier before end of term and left us to receive his prize. Our small seminar group were a bit upset initially, but an easy final exam made us forgive him immediately .


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I know you would be flooded with emails right now, but i am never been so excited with some one winning the Nobel prize ever before, and who is currently teaching me this term.
World Economic Problems course will surely have more students whenever you offer it again.


This course has not only been very interesting but your deep insights and great "memory" from past experiences really makes it great.

I hope you will keep teaching this course this term. See you in class tomorrow.

Best,
Gaurav (the person who lives in Austria)

(This message is associated with World Economic Problems)

Professor Phelp's quick reply:

Thanks, Gaurav. See you this afternoon. (Conceivably I will be a few minutes late.)