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Welcome to my pages.

     As I develop this site, I hope to produce some pages of interest on the biological stuff (e.g. genetics/cloning/GM etc...), have some pretty pictures in the gallery, and some useful pages for other chess players (and of course any other flights of fancy that take me at the time). I hope you find something worth reading on the site. The rest of this page is the obligatory about myself section, providing pointless information such as how old I am, and deep insights into my soul (or not as the case may be).

Usual Stuff

Name: Aidan Rawlinson     Age: 23     Nationality: British

Current living in: Hereford, England     Occupation: 'Job-Seeker'


Education

Degree: Masters in Biochemstry (2:1) University of Bath (1997-2001)

A-Levels: Maths, Chemistry, Biology, Physics   (very boring I know)

For further details see my C.V.


Hobbies

Playing Chess:   Socially and competitively. I have been playing for six years, have captained school, University and city teams and have played tournaments in the UK, America and Brunei. My highlights so far have been winning $337 in an American tournament and drawing my only tournament game so far with an International Master.

Juggling:   For the sake of honesty, I should have probably put 'dropping juggling balls' instead. I took up juggling during my time in Houston (Texas) during my degree and I'm slowly getting better at various three ball patterns. One of these days I will manage to juggle four.

Swimming, Running and Cycling:   Completely uncompetitively. I love these exercises as they are so relaxing and such a great way to destress. Undoubtably the best thing about being a 'job-seeker' has been having the time to run and swim on a daily basis. This has enabled me to almost keep my sanity despite having to live with my parents again.


Important Experiences

Gap Year:   This year has left me with five special memories:
  1. Working as a lab technician for six months in Harrogate
  2. The sad beauty of the commonwealth war cemetery in Bayeux, France (The Tapestry was boring)
  3. Sitting in a room full of Cambridge University students watching 'Telly Tubbies'
  4. Watching the Sun rise from a sea of cloud at Mt. Bromo (a volcano) in Indonesia
  5. Snorkelling on a coral reef, just off Lombok (an Island close to Bali)

Placement in Houston (six months):

    It is almost impossible to describe how much this six months means to me. Whilst I still remain fasicinated by how animals, plants (and even bacteria) work, after two and a half years of learning vast amounts of information and regurgitating it in timed essays I was becoming pretty jaded.

    In Houston I worked in a very international genetics lab with lots of wonderful people. I really enjoyed the research I was doing, I had a superb boss, I met some fantastic friends, and the sun shone (arguable too much, it was pretty hot!). When I arrived back at University I felt refreshed, happy and was able to enjoy my final year, get better marks and feel full of confidence.


...The Future?      

    Whilst Biochemistry is fascinating and remains very imporant to me, biochemical research is not a field in which I feel I can use my strengths. At school my best subject was Maths. Applying logic, rules and understanding are something I enjoy far more than increasing my knowledge. For this reason I'm hoping to move towards computing, where I hope to be able to use those skills more. Ideally I would like to keep in touch with the biological sciences and use computer skills in a biological context, however the immediate priority is to gain useful computing skills.