Has anyone ever watched the movie "Saw"? If you haven't, you should! It's one of the sickest and most twisted movie I have ever seen in my life. I can still feel the chills down my spine as I speak about it. Imagine waking up in a bathroom, chained to a pipe with another stranger chained at the other corner of the pipe, and a dead man who shot himself in between the both of you. Your kidnapper leaves clues for you to escape and that's how the game begins. One of the given tools is that both men are expected to saw their ankles off so that they can escape from the chain. How sick is that? I leave the other sicker and more twisted things for you guys to find out. Saw II is coming out on October 28th 2005. So go watch the first part before you visit the cinemas this Halloween.
On another note, a continuation from the previous blog, the goals are set. All I have to do now is carry them out. I am falling far behind in Real Analysis Challenge problems. I dedicate this week's free time to clearing up some of the challenge problems. Back to work I go. Signing off...
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
On A Mission
Well, I have finally come to my senses. After obtaining a B in my Real Analysis exam, I have finally decided to sit down and get my priorities straight. I have been relaxing too much, and distracting myself, procrastinating and postponing my work, all because I know that I will still get them done when I want to. This overconfidence/cocky-ness has to STOP! I have finally deleted all my computer games, except Warcraft, which is my mental gymnasium, and I have decided to get ahead in my studies, finish all homework at least 2 days before they are due. The most important step I feel in my evolution is that, I have classified my group of friends in my MSN Messenger. It is getting too distracting when I keep seeing people appear online and the temptation is really strong to message them especially when I haven't spoken to them for a long time. I decided to split them into three groups. The first group consists of people whom I need to survive, therefore essential to keep in touch with them, and the second group are the people whom I say hi to from time to time, but not vital to my survival, and of course, the third group are my very special fair-weathered friends. It's the "I don't need you, and have never spoken to you, but you sure as hell know how to find me when you need me" kinda people. So I hide the latter two groups of friends so that I have no idea who is online and hence am not able to message them unnecessarily. Such simple moves create such big differences. With that said, I am off to work. Signing out...
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Storm before the calm...
It's been two months since my last post.
Rule No. 1, never make promises you can't keep.
Rule No. 2, If you have to break promises, try not to do it too often.
Rule No. 3, If you have to break promises often, well, it's like how they say it, "Promises are meant to be broken".
What am I talking about? Well, I promised to update my blog really often and well, I kinda laid off for two months already. Life hasn't been going easy for me. If anyone of you ever consider taking Real Analysis (What the heck is that?), be prepared for a tonne of work, seriously, a tonne! For those of you who are wondering what the heck is Real Analysis, it's a mathematics course, you dumbo! Basically, it's a study of real numbers. We deal with functions and limits and stuff like that in the world of real numbers. "What is this guy talking about? Real numbers? As opposed to fake numbers?" No, once again, you dumbo, the converse is IMAGINARY NUMBERS! Gosh!
Anyways, I just had the worse day of my life this year followed by the best day on the next day. Funny how life works out ain't it? On Sunday (October 2, 2005) I managed to piss 2 people off (OK, maybe not piss, but break their hearts, disappoint, irritate, you name it, I did something bad, that's the bottom line) and one of them is someone who is very dear to me. My best friend, maybe not anymore. Well, that led to a horrible day because I could not concentrate on my homework at all. Being a Sunday, concentration was vital because the next day was a school dat and that means I HAVE to complete my homework. So I decided to take a nap and let my thoughts go to rest, but I still woke up with the same bothering thoughts. So what can I do? The obvious answer is to knock me head on the wall. NO! You silly! You actually thought I knocked my head on the wall.
The next day, however, proved to be the best day yet this academic year. I cannot say it's the best day this year in terms of a Gregorian year (Why doesn't this idiot speak proper English? What the heck is a Gregorian year? A Gregorian year is a calendar year, i.e. from January to December) because on many occasions during the summer (prior to the academic year) I had a number of great days with my beloved girlfriend, but that's another story. Anyways, why is Monday so good? Well, for starters, I got this surprise letter in the mail. No, my girlfriend did not write me, hmm... my day would have been better if she did, but I digress. What actually happened was I received a letter from the Office of Provost (What the heck is Provost? Sounds like a kind of cheese... NO! Dumbo! That's Provolone!). Well, they said I am the recipient of The Professor George Morris Phillips Prize for the student with highest standing in mathematics during the first year. The weird part about this letter was that it sounds so weird! Hahaha... Lemme explain. The sentence after they congratulated me reads "You can be very proud of your fine accomplishments, and I hope you will enjoy the good feeling that comes from knowing you have accomplished much". What the heck does that mean? It sounds as if, "Oh you CAN be proud, but I recommend you not to be, and I HOPE you enjoy the good feeling, because it won't last long... gosh... Doesn't even sound like a letter from the Provost. Haha...
Anyways, the second piece of good news is that the Intercollegiate chess tournament is back after being off for a few years because some universities cheated by offering "temporary scholarships" to Grandmasters. It will be held in Miami, Florida and I will definitely try my best to form a team to play in such a huge event. This is just so exciting!
Well, that's pretty much the good news for now. Rule No. 1, never make promises you can't keep. I promise to post again, soon.
Rule No. 1, never make promises you can't keep.
Rule No. 2, If you have to break promises, try not to do it too often.
Rule No. 3, If you have to break promises often, well, it's like how they say it, "Promises are meant to be broken".
What am I talking about? Well, I promised to update my blog really often and well, I kinda laid off for two months already. Life hasn't been going easy for me. If anyone of you ever consider taking Real Analysis (What the heck is that?), be prepared for a tonne of work, seriously, a tonne! For those of you who are wondering what the heck is Real Analysis, it's a mathematics course, you dumbo! Basically, it's a study of real numbers. We deal with functions and limits and stuff like that in the world of real numbers. "What is this guy talking about? Real numbers? As opposed to fake numbers?" No, once again, you dumbo, the converse is IMAGINARY NUMBERS! Gosh!
Anyways, I just had the worse day of my life this year followed by the best day on the next day. Funny how life works out ain't it? On Sunday (October 2, 2005) I managed to piss 2 people off (OK, maybe not piss, but break their hearts, disappoint, irritate, you name it, I did something bad, that's the bottom line) and one of them is someone who is very dear to me. My best friend, maybe not anymore. Well, that led to a horrible day because I could not concentrate on my homework at all. Being a Sunday, concentration was vital because the next day was a school dat and that means I HAVE to complete my homework. So I decided to take a nap and let my thoughts go to rest, but I still woke up with the same bothering thoughts. So what can I do? The obvious answer is to knock me head on the wall. NO! You silly! You actually thought I knocked my head on the wall.
The next day, however, proved to be the best day yet this academic year. I cannot say it's the best day this year in terms of a Gregorian year (Why doesn't this idiot speak proper English? What the heck is a Gregorian year? A Gregorian year is a calendar year, i.e. from January to December) because on many occasions during the summer (prior to the academic year) I had a number of great days with my beloved girlfriend, but that's another story. Anyways, why is Monday so good? Well, for starters, I got this surprise letter in the mail. No, my girlfriend did not write me, hmm... my day would have been better if she did, but I digress. What actually happened was I received a letter from the Office of Provost (What the heck is Provost? Sounds like a kind of cheese... NO! Dumbo! That's Provolone!). Well, they said I am the recipient of The Professor George Morris Phillips Prize for the student with highest standing in mathematics during the first year. The weird part about this letter was that it sounds so weird! Hahaha... Lemme explain. The sentence after they congratulated me reads "You can be very proud of your fine accomplishments, and I hope you will enjoy the good feeling that comes from knowing you have accomplished much". What the heck does that mean? It sounds as if, "Oh you CAN be proud, but I recommend you not to be, and I HOPE you enjoy the good feeling, because it won't last long... gosh... Doesn't even sound like a letter from the Provost. Haha...
Anyways, the second piece of good news is that the Intercollegiate chess tournament is back after being off for a few years because some universities cheated by offering "temporary scholarships" to Grandmasters. It will be held in Miami, Florida and I will definitely try my best to form a team to play in such a huge event. This is just so exciting!
Well, that's pretty much the good news for now. Rule No. 1, never make promises you can't keep. I promise to post again, soon.
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