xhuwin

xhuwin @ 2009-10-20T17:19:00

2009-10-20T21:22:13Z

Not really an update on my life, just some thoughts

2)Autumn.
A few things about this: I rarely notice how pretty autumn is. Today was 60 degrees (much better than the snow) with a beautiful blue sky. I was walking down science hill leisurely (something I haven't done since Friday labs last semester) -- I've been pretty stressed out the past .75 week or so. So instead of power walking and timing myself and route optimizing and cutting corners and taking hypotneuses, I was in my photo mindset where I look at things and make sense of angles and shapes and composition and colors.
I think at TJ I was always too busy to appreciate autumn afternoons. Get off the bus (or get back from practice) -- walk on long driveway path to the house -- get on computer -- start home work / waste time -- sleep. Not a lot of pretty foliage. It's different here.

2a) I've had this idea of doing a 4 seasons shot of Old Campus from the third floor of Durfee for a while now. I have the spring and winter shots already. I'm still awaiting Old Campus to turn all golden so I can add another season!
2b) April incorrectly insisted that Princeton was prettier than Yale. It's not true. I used to wonder whether I would ever get used to living in a place with all the beautiful gothic architecture and just wake up one morning and not see the magic. It's been a year, I still see it. and Sometimes, I'm too busy, too tired, too sleep deprived to stop and look. But on 60 degree autumn afternoon, when the weather matches my mood, I can't help but notice.

1) CSL / StarCraft / TL
Recently, a TL blogpost asked whether writing about StarCraft (and the mindset of a good player -- exploiting opportunities, being attentive, efficient, methodical, etc) would be an acceptable college essay.
--will talk about this more after I sleep.

xhuwin @ 2009-09-25T02:01:00

2009-09-25T06:05:40Z

Looking at

http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m5a.html

student.mit.edu/catalog/m6a.html

student.mit.edu/catalog/m18a.html

student.mit.edu/catalog/m7a.html

just makes me sad, knowing that I won't get the opportunity to learn half of this.

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2009-09-22T02:22:39Z

(22:19:13) Sherwin: you know what really bothers me
(22:19:20) Sherwin: non monotonic heat gradients in my food
(22:19:22) Sherwin: resulting from like
(22:19:47) Sherwin: stealing food from dining hall -> putting it in the fridge -> then coming home at night and heating it, but not before it's all cooled by the fridge
(22:19:50) Jeff Chen: did u really need to describe its monotonicity

My Second Greatest Fear Is Failure

2009-08-30T16:53:33Z

This was something I found in "sdf.txt" which was my txt journal file before I turned to an actual diary.

Context: end of sophomore year (June 2006), AP Chemistry with Jones.

6/12 – 95% on Chem final. That made me happy.

We received our final exam grades, with an intricate curving system (5 differnt cuves, max of them). I looked at the thin slip of pink paper, wondered whether I wanted to know how I did, and then proceeded to simply flip it over. 95.83. Certainly not bad, almost a 96, pretty good. Until I heard of the others. Jack, Jesse: 99. Francis: 100.53. Haitao : "not so well", but probably better than me. I'm defeated once again. Even though my grade is a secure A, I did not gain the satisfaction of being amongst the elite

I wonder if I was just being pompous at the time, or if I sincerely held myself to 96% standards. I can't imagine myself being disappointed with a 96, especially in Jones ... even as early as junior year. I also can't believe I wrote "I did not gain the satisfaction of being amongst the elite"

-_-

Good night

2009-08-07T07:16:05Z

STARS ended today. I just had one of the best 24 hours of my life, with some people I've really grown to appreciate. I'll will write more on the train tomorrow.

Looking forward to another amazing 24 hours.... well, at the very least, 24 and 43 minutes.

an observation

2009-07-10T23:37:45Z

Most of my close friendships with guys are built on mutual respect or competition.
Most of my close friendships with girls are built on mutual sacrifice or compassion.

µblog

2009-07-06T17:19:39Z

I need to write more. The idea of a microblog dawned on me partly because I was thinking how I could overcome the mental inertia that prevents me from writing -- by tracking ideas as they come to I can .

It's kind of ridiculous how much I avoid writing. While writing this entry, I've uneasily alt tabbed to firefox, checked nonexistent new messages in pidgin, gotten up and did a babyfreeze... all despite consciously trying to force myself to write. This coincides with the realization that I much rather take in data and informatino than produce it -- I read forums, watch talks, listen to music whenever I encounter the slightest challenge in coding or experimental logging.

I've tried allocating time each day (or weekend) to write but that does not work effectively because I"m not particularly disciplined about schedules to begin with.

My dedication toward writing needs to improve so I can maintain correspondence with people who are only contacted through email (i.e. china people).

This was a good start.
I will write more TONIGHT. And I'm holding myself to that.

whoops! I forgot to write tonight (lastnight) >>

µblog

2009-06-19T16:45:44Z

I keep a list of handwritten notes and a running vim edited text file of ideas that come to mind. If I get an idea when I cannot write it down, I store it temporarily using my journey memory system. I've created a separate journey solely for storing ideas.

2009 06 19 @ 12:43:25 - walking up the Saybrook entry way for summer session students
I saw the weekly calendar filled with events that YSS plans for us - movie outings, trips to parks, etc. I realized I haven't been to much, save for the strawberry picking trip last weekend. I would like to go to more, but I feel like I need to spend more of my free time working on my project. People in the gerstein lab work so hard, and maybe that will rub off on me.

I'll keep updating this, or something.

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2007-09-15T22:35:05Z

So yesterday, I was walking down the hall in the middle of seventh period, having just reclaimed my USB from some dickhead in optics. Then I ran into Dr Dell. He glared at me, and I shifted to the left side of the hall three feet away from him. I don't know if he recognized me. I walked away as briskly as possible.

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2005-08-06T22:11:45Z

An update just for Sammy.

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2005-04-26T03:28:50Z

HI GUYSH
PROP MEh

I do not use LiveJournal; several friends do. Fancy that. I prefer to leave comments on others' journals with a definite and associatable name. It is left as an excercise to the reader to determine why this LiveJournal exists.

Take care~
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