Monday, September 29th 2003, 21:56
Checkmate!
Sunday, September 28th 2003, 22:34
Although cold showers are supposedly healthy for you, the cold weather suggests that I have to stop taking them. It's getting too painful - before you laugh at me, try one yourself when it's 6C.
Been talking to people about a moral dilemma that concerns me. Got some interesting points for both sides of the argument.
Calculus is still killing me - badly. Falling behind my plans to self-studying the calculus series: MATH 120, MATH 130 and MATH 242. Limits are annoying, and I haven't even got to the multi-variable killers yet!
Saturday, September 27th 2003, 22:55
- Everytime I eat pizza, I think of my cheesy friends.
- Everytime I eat vegetables, I think of my healthy friends,
- Everytime I eat bread, I think of my boring friends.
- Everytime I drink water, I think of my best friends.
- Everytime I eat ice-cream, I think of my sweet, sweet friend.
- Everytime I eat beef, I think of my beefy friends.
- Everytime I drink milk, I constipate and think of my shitty friends.
- Everytime I eat apples, I think of my thoughtful friends.
- Everytime I eat cookies, I think of my fun-loving friends.
- Everytime I think of my friends, I gain lots of weight. Damn!!
Friday, September 26th 2003, 21:23
More updates!
- Lost another 10$ in poker. I never win games involving luck.
- Saw my professor for extra math help. Shows how much trouble I'm in.
- Oatmeal raisin cookies and New York Cheese cakes are absolutely delicious, and will definitely go into my list of favorite foods. Actually, cafeteria food is not too bad, the key is to be highly selective. If you don't like it, leave it on the plate. It's unhealthy otherwise.
- My digital camera suffer grievous damage today, and really don't know why it's still working. No seriously - it's been a year, and about 15 drops on the ground now. If it suddenly malfunctions one day, well, it was worth every cent.
- I've finally learnt that although the human will is powerful, it's not unbreakable. Some things transcend our will, and goes right into your spirit, and you can't even do anything about it. And the funny thing is, fate doesn't care what happens.
Alright see ya later!
Tuesday, September 23rd 2003, 22:25
I stayed AS FAR AS POSSIBLE from the fake orgasm contest, but I did learn a lot about sex toys, which was the actual focus of their seminar (yes it was a seminar, and a very serious one too).
Monday, September 22nd 2003, 23:44
Shit... how am I ever going to do my homework tomorrow?
Sunday, September 21st 2003, 21:30
Working harder than ever. Still not to the astute level of concentration during A-level exams, but getting there. But that's not really the trouble. The problem is that the grading system here is very strict, and that you need insane GPA and extra-curriculars to get internships here. This spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E!!!!!
But anyway...
- I could squeeze a nice shape with the ice-cream cones now, but I gave up on making nice shapes with small scoops. Given the radius of the squeezer's opening, I would become extremely fat before I succeed.
- My roommate showed me http://mysticalball.com yesterday, and the sad thing is, we cracked the trick in 2 minutes. Can't believe some people still believe it has psychic powers. *sigh*
- Some things you don't realise is very important to you until you lose it.
- Our Hong Kong Student Association has a mentoring program for academic support and, my mentor's so cool!!! I could talk about that person, but that person might prefer me not to...
- Still trying to find cheap tickets back to Hong Kong. Time is running out, so I better be quick.
People with msn/icq: Please talk to me, I'm bored!!!!
Wednesday, September 17th 2003, 23:58
Feeling weird today. So I'll play a love song. I really like it, so I might keep it for a long time.
Tuesday, September 16th 2003, 21:51
So I'm knocked down to the bottom of the blogring just because I haven't updated for 5 days? Fine...
Went to a very interesting talk today. One thing I've learnt is that dedication and commitment doesn't just mean trying your best. It also means taking risks, making millions of sacrifices, devouting as much time as you possibly can, knowing full well that you might end up with nothing but disappointment and sorrow. That's life, but if it's really hard to get, and you really want it, then you must take the RISK as well as the pain.
Also, for the first time I managed to make a good-looking ice-cream cone! Now I just need practice, so I could replicate the result, but that might take months. Any experts around here?
Thursday, September 11th 2003, 21:10
What do you do when you have to make many choices, all of which its effects will last a lifetime, in a short span of time? That's the kind of situation I'm in right now. Anyone that has went through this problem please share your experience?
Tuesday, September 9th 2003, 23:11
I've finally thought of some rather unconventional methods of saving a lot of money. Not that I need to, but it's just fun to challange yourself to get as much out of your money as possible, that's all.
Also, I've had another person on campus asking whether actuarial science is the same as accounting. Well, if actuaries and accountants are similar since they deal with numbers, then both nuclear and sanitary engineers are the same, since they both deal with engineering, right?
Monday, September 8th 2003, 20:16
For the next few weeks, I'll be posting the "Mists of Avalon" TV soundtracks, some admittedly not so good, but hey I don't have time to find anything better, do I? Last week's was "The mystic's dream", and this week will be "Morgaine's journey". Some crap ones I'll ignore, but if you want them then I'll send them to you.
Major sleep debt, so I'll talk later.
Sunday, September 7th 2003, 23:43
Some people requested to see my room:
As you can see, less is more. Why do people achieve more in their last 15 years than their first 55? Because he concentrates on what's important, and leaves his schedule empty. He never has an appointment to go to, so he's always available anytime for the part of the community that needs him the most. For me, it's phone calls to my family, ICQ and msn time with friends, updating my homepage to everyone that cares about me, and what I dofor others that counts. Homework and lessons are merely a necessary evil waste of time.
The point I'm trying to make is, sometimes you have to purposely sacrifice seemingly essential things for spare time, or sacrifice the things you like to make space for your dorm. The more insubstantial things are, the more potential it has. The void has unlimited potential for the unforeseen future. I almost worship the pure darkness and endless void. Time management can only take you so far, and the rest is all about sacrifice.
Saturday, September 6th 2003, 21:30
Paintball! Yey!
Dinner with HKSA members! Yey!
Known a lot of ppl during the past few days! Happy!
Over 200 pages to read, 6 hardcore homeworks, and 3 quizzes by Monday! FUCKED!
Wednesday, September 3rd 2003, 21:12
Since I miss you all, I'm going to try to comment on everyone's Xangas and update my "homepage" as often as I could.
You know what? I'm doing these time-consuming, useless activities again. I thought the ones I did in my secondary school could get me into a good college, but I was wrong. In the end they didn't count, and who cares about what you did in secondary school when you find your first job (my A-levels weren't that great either)?
Now I am committing the same mistake again. But what else could I do? I'm stuck in a position with no opportunities! This really sucks. Why am I always the one that does a lot for no reward, at least relative to those around me? Does fate believe that my time is worth less than some others, so she can go wasting them on my behalf?
Still trying hard to catch up with the calculus. Even with 4 hours a day, it's still tremendously difficult. I'm basically going on a pace where I'm self-studying a whole A-level in six days, and even then I'm not sure whether I could finish by this semester!
Tuesday, September 2nd 2003, 23:15
The cafeteria food was actually good today omg!
I have a serious decision to make. Please give advice.
The lyrics to the song is a little hard to get just by listening, so they are here.
Monday, September 1st 2003, 21:44
Labour day. Whether you labour or party, have fun.
Fortunecity seems to ban audio files that are beyond a certain size. So you'll have to download it yourself. Sorry everyone. I'll try to find something else next month.
Now I know everyone's fighting an uphill battle right now, for you because everyone's so smart there, and for me because I must get a very high GPA in order for my degree in UIUC to be worth anything.
But that's not the point. The point is, I have some careful reminders for everyone:
It's really dry here, so take cold showers.
Hot showers will dry your skin very quickly. When I was in Canada, I learnt that the hard way.
Watch what you eat.
It's buffet style I know, and you want to try everything, don't you? Meatloaves, French fries, ice-cream, salad-dressing, scrambled eggs, coffee or cereal with a lot of sugar. Just avoid them, or limit yourself to one unhealthy food item on your plate a day.
Besides, if you become victim to the freshmen-15 syndrome, then your high-school friends might walk past you without recognizing you, and nobody's going to say hi to you, which sucks. Remember how beautiful you looked when you're sweet-16? Don't let it go away when your just 18!
And if that doesn't convince you, just look at your parents now, and look at how slim they were when they were young.
Stay away from HK people
Tough, isn't it? You're in a foreign land, all lost and alone, and suddenly someone says hi to you in your own language! While they make you comfortable, one of the main purposes of studying abroad is to know friends from the local culture, and to absorb from them. If you're just studying, why pay so much instead of staying in Hong Kong?
Pay attention to internship opportunities in your college
Obvious, isn't it? No amount of GPA will do anything for you if you don't have work experience, will it?
Alright I'll stop the rambling now!