Today was an unforgettable day because we had our Presidents' Luncheon. All the heads of faculty in McMaster University came, including Barry Bisson, President of Shad Valley International and Peter George, President of McMaster University.

Shad Valley is always keeping me on my toes and especially today since we had two tours and a couple of lectures. Doug Boreham gave us a lecture on Nuclear Reactors and as he gave this lecture "The Nature of Things" (CBC Program) videotaped his lecture.

After the luncheon I went to visit McMaster University's new Planetarium. The planetarium gave me an impression of what the size of space in on a 360 view. Once the tour of space was over I went on a tour to the Nuclear Reactor building. The tour with Doug Boreham was very impressive since this is a one of a kind Nuclear Reactor built in 1959.

After the tour of the Nuclear Reactor I realized that Northern Lights are cosmic rays coming from the sky. All of us do not need to be afraid of nuclear radiation because we are exposed to it everyday!

My day was fantastic and I hope every other day at Shad will be the same!!

Aloka Wijesooriya
Shad Valley McMaster
Hometown: Iqaluit, Nunavut