Ok I don't know how it happen but I suddenly got sick yesterday... I woke up in the morning feeling terrible, body aching and my throat was a bit sore...
At first I thought it was just from the snowboarding but it was worse than the day before and by the end of the day I was about to die.
I'm extremely touched by Mingfei, Ei Ei, and Vidit actually... Mingfei dragged me home and cooked noodles for me and gave me medicine. Ei Ei helped bring porridge to me this morning, Mingfei made it... I'm very very grateful >_< thanks!
Vidit made some hot water for me last night when I told him I as sick, awesome guy.
Today I still feel terrible even when I slept for over 12 hours. It wasn't good sleep though, got up many times... it was uncomfortable... I need to get some more rest...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Boarding + Skiing Frenzie
HOLY CRAP, OMG WTF LOL BBQ! ITZ AWESUMZ!
Ok, I guess I have to calm down a little bit (just a tiny bit) but LYKE I WENT SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING! It was so goooood, (fell a lot but totally worth it.)
So how this happened was that we're lucky enough that CMU has a snowboarding and skiing club
which organized this trip for JUST $15 (includes bus there, packed lunch, AND SKII and BOARD RENTAL) It's sooooo cheap! And since the tickets are so cheap it sells out within 10-20 minutes of the start of the sale, SO I have to thank Andy, Hui Ting, and Kevin (the brave souls) who braved the trail and lined up for it for me when I couldn't go (forgot).
That's how I got such a great deal for this trip! AND The best part is that we got there around 11:30. Started around 12:00 noon, and ended at 7:00pm SO it was SHERE 7 HOURS of Snowboarding and Skiing for the people who went!
Since this is the first time I ski or snowboard I chose to snowboard cuz I wanna kill myself (wad... it just looks cooler....... :P ) So I thank all my friends for all the best wishes and kind farewells before we started... I'm sure I'll miss you guys too if I ram my head into a tree or a cable car pole.
Anyways, snowboarding is really tiring and hard on me (butt and face) cuz I fall a lot and the only way to fall on the snowboard is the front... and the back... no side cushions for me. I manage to learn to stop and go quite well, the only part is turning.... always trips me.
I stayed with the board for about 5.5 hours of the trip, super fun. This was until my thigh started cramping... (it's just super tiring on the thigh.) So I complained to Mr. Choi AND since he wanted to try out boarding as well and his shoe happen to be my size, we swap equipment! So I got to try out skis for 1.5 hours!
Now I actually love skiing cuz I actually fall 1/10 of the amount as I do on the snowboard and it's like ice skating, I got the hang of it quite fast :D very very fun. I think next time I will just ski, spend less time on the ground, bwahahahaha. THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFE-TIME (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
I'll definitely go again next week (the last time they're going to do it this year.) So I'm gonna get ready to queue up for the tickets this time!
I'll update with photos later as it's on Mr. Choi's camera :D
This got me thinking of my list of things to do before I die.... and I have a few things checked:
1. Visit the Taj Mahal
2. Ride camels into the dessert
3. Learn to Ski
4. Learn to Snowboard
5. Learn to Ice Skate
6. Learn to Roller Blade
There are probably more, but can't recall right not haha. I should work on this list a bit more :P
Ok, I guess I have to calm down a little bit (just a tiny bit) but LYKE I WENT SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING! It was so goooood, (fell a lot but totally worth it.)
So how this happened was that we're lucky enough that CMU has a snowboarding and skiing club
which organized this trip for JUST $15 (includes bus there, packed lunch, AND SKII and BOARD RENTAL) It's sooooo cheap! And since the tickets are so cheap it sells out within 10-20 minutes of the start of the sale, SO I have to thank Andy, Hui Ting, and Kevin (the brave souls) who braved the trail and lined up for it for me when I couldn't go (forgot).
That's how I got such a great deal for this trip! AND The best part is that we got there around 11:30. Started around 12:00 noon, and ended at 7:00pm SO it was SHERE 7 HOURS of Snowboarding and Skiing for the people who went!
Since this is the first time I ski or snowboard I chose to snowboard cuz I wanna kill myself (wad... it just looks cooler....... :P ) So I thank all my friends for all the best wishes and kind farewells before we started... I'm sure I'll miss you guys too if I ram my head into a tree or a cable car pole.
Anyways, snowboarding is really tiring and hard on me (butt and face) cuz I fall a lot and the only way to fall on the snowboard is the front... and the back... no side cushions for me. I manage to learn to stop and go quite well, the only part is turning.... always trips me.
I stayed with the board for about 5.5 hours of the trip, super fun. This was until my thigh started cramping... (it's just super tiring on the thigh.) So I complained to Mr. Choi AND since he wanted to try out boarding as well and his shoe happen to be my size, we swap equipment! So I got to try out skis for 1.5 hours!
Now I actually love skiing cuz I actually fall 1/10 of the amount as I do on the snowboard and it's like ice skating, I got the hang of it quite fast :D very very fun. I think next time I will just ski, spend less time on the ground, bwahahahaha. THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFE-TIME (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
I'll definitely go again next week (the last time they're going to do it this year.) So I'm gonna get ready to queue up for the tickets this time!
I'll update with photos later as it's on Mr. Choi's camera :D
This got me thinking of my list of things to do before I die.... and I have a few things checked:
1. Visit the Taj Mahal
2. Ride camels into the dessert
3. Learn to Ski
4. Learn to Snowboard
5. Learn to Ice Skate
6. Learn to Roller Blade
There are probably more, but can't recall right not haha. I should work on this list a bit more :P
Thursday, February 14, 2008
DROP IT!
Haha, I guess you're wondering what made me get off my ass and blog today. There isn't anything special thing about today (except that it's Valentine's day... and that's not the reason I'm blogging, lol.)
This is actually a blog to announce that I'm going to drop 15-211!!!!
This is the course that's been torturing me since I got to CMU. I couldn't understand ANYTHING being taught in class and assignments practically kill my brain. It also makes me feel like a piece of shit when people in the class seems to find this stuff EASY! The thing is I thought this course would be fun, I mean a course named "Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithm" MUST be AWESOMELY INTERESTING right? (Please understand that this is sarcasm.)
Well I actually added this course because (1) my professor in SMU wants me to try it out (he thought I might like it... boy is he crazy) and (2) two of my friends are taking it and (3) it can count for an IS elective back in SMU. Now... my two friends are dying too, but the thing is their grades count while mine DOESN'T.... and even THEN! I don't think I'd even PASS! That's how hard it is...
So for some time I've been thinking that I should just pull through and bare with it, I can't possibly fail if I work hard at it. BUT I've also been thinking that this is impossible! Stacks, Queues, Binary Trees, CFolding, Bubble Sort, Merge Sort, Select Sort, Recursion, Hash Tables, Algorithmic Runtime Analysis, Big-Oh, Little-Oh, Big-Theta, Big-Omega, etc..... YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!? (Actually... you probably never heard of half of those things I just listed... Guess what? That's what I thought too when I heard those.)
Ok so one of the reason was that it can count for an IS Tech Depth elective... and guess what... it turns out I ALREADY have enough credits that I don't need this one! I found that out today while checking back on my documents from SMU! SO THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO SHOVE THE ASSIGNMENT AND THE COURSE UP THE PROFESSOR'S @$$ and tell him to go stuff it.
Anyways, so now I'm laughing at my friends who are still in the course. I can finally relax more and act like what other exchange students do on exchange.... RELAX AND HAVE FUN!
On a lighter note, I'm going to go ski this Saturday, I'll try to get pictures back for you guys to look at :)
P.S. - I hope I don't break my hip or something.................... >.>
This is actually a blog to announce that I'm going to drop 15-211!!!!
This is the course that's been torturing me since I got to CMU. I couldn't understand ANYTHING being taught in class and assignments practically kill my brain. It also makes me feel like a piece of shit when people in the class seems to find this stuff EASY! The thing is I thought this course would be fun, I mean a course named "Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithm" MUST be AWESOMELY INTERESTING right? (Please understand that this is sarcasm.)
Well I actually added this course because (1) my professor in SMU wants me to try it out (he thought I might like it... boy is he crazy) and (2) two of my friends are taking it and (3) it can count for an IS elective back in SMU. Now... my two friends are dying too, but the thing is their grades count while mine DOESN'T.... and even THEN! I don't think I'd even PASS! That's how hard it is...
So for some time I've been thinking that I should just pull through and bare with it, I can't possibly fail if I work hard at it. BUT I've also been thinking that this is impossible! Stacks, Queues, Binary Trees, CFolding, Bubble Sort, Merge Sort, Select Sort, Recursion, Hash Tables, Algorithmic Runtime Analysis, Big-Oh, Little-Oh, Big-Theta, Big-Omega, etc..... YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!? (Actually... you probably never heard of half of those things I just listed... Guess what? That's what I thought too when I heard those.)
Ok so one of the reason was that it can count for an IS Tech Depth elective... and guess what... it turns out I ALREADY have enough credits that I don't need this one! I found that out today while checking back on my documents from SMU! SO THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO SHOVE THE ASSIGNMENT AND THE COURSE UP THE PROFESSOR'S @$$ and tell him to go stuff it.
*****I'm actually nice in person, really.******
Anyways, so now I'm laughing at my friends who are still in the course. I can finally relax more and act like what other exchange students do on exchange.... RELAX AND HAVE FUN!
On a lighter note, I'm going to go ski this Saturday, I'll try to get pictures back for you guys to look at :)
P.S. - I hope I don't break my hip or something.................... >.>
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Photo Updates
Hey! Haha, it's been quite a while after I've last updated the blog. Well this time, I won't disappoint!
I took lots of pictures and have just got the chance (the cable) to upload the photos from the camera to the computer so I'm uploading them now.
Yesterday I got attend a live concert at CMU to see Andy McKee!!! He brought 2 other amazing guitarists with him as well: Antoine Dufour and Craig D'Andrea. It was AWESOME! The room was packed such that some people were not allowed in because it was more than the allowed capacity of the building. Some people drove all the way from D.C. just to see them! Just to show you how great they are I'll post samples video of each person's songs from YouTube:
Andy McKee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Igb5Yors4
Antoine Defour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlExaU0WOhY
Craig D'Andrea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAGyWkSWlfg
Check them out! They are great! The best thing is: my friend was the organizer so I got to help them clear up afterwards and went for a drink with the 3 guys! It was awesome! Here are some of the pictures from the event!
http://smusg.facebook.com/album.php?aid=41004&l=2cda7&id=529632068
A few weeks ago I also went around campus to take pictures of the buildings here at CMU so I could share it with everybody, and here's the link to all the pictures. The most beautiful building on campus is the College of Fine Arts, due to the art works they have inside the building, mostly.
Here's the link to the gallery!
http://smusg.facebook.com/album.php?aid=41006&l=be361&id=529632068
I took lots of pictures and have just got the chance (the cable) to upload the photos from the camera to the computer so I'm uploading them now.
Yesterday I got attend a live concert at CMU to see Andy McKee!!! He brought 2 other amazing guitarists with him as well: Antoine Dufour and Craig D'Andrea. It was AWESOME! The room was packed such that some people were not allowed in because it was more than the allowed capacity of the building. Some people drove all the way from D.C. just to see them! Just to show you how great they are I'll post samples video of each person's songs from YouTube:
Andy McKee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Igb5Yors4
Antoine Defour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlExaU0WOhY
Craig D'Andrea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAGyWkSWlfg
Check them out! They are great! The best thing is: my friend was the organizer so I got to help them clear up afterwards and went for a drink with the 3 guys! It was awesome! Here are some of the pictures from the event!
http://smusg.facebook.com/album.php?aid=41004&l=2cda7&id=529632068
A few weeks ago I also went around campus to take pictures of the buildings here at CMU so I could share it with everybody, and here's the link to all the pictures. The most beautiful building on campus is the College of Fine Arts, due to the art works they have inside the building, mostly.
Here's the link to the gallery!
http://smusg.facebook.com/album.php?aid=41006&l=be361&id=529632068
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