On the way..

I would like to thank Chris, who volunteered to drive Evelyn and I down to the Greyhound station despite the chaos on the streets. Evelyn and I couldn't get any sleep the night prior to the move - who could, knowing that there is no way to tell whether we have a truck to move, or even if there is power in MI, where we were staying overnight. Calling U-Haul yielded no result - the customer service rep hung up on me! Finally catching a bus into Waterloo, we found a truck that we could use, picked up all the boxes from storage, and off we go.

We got stuck at the border for about an hour and a half because of Evelyn's student visa, but everything was smooth afterwards. After checking in at the hotel near East Lansing, we hurried off to T.G.I. Friday's for dinner. Little did we realize, we haven't eaten all day! (it was 10pm) I suppose I would be a bit worried about eating out after the blackout - who knows if the food is safe to eat or not.

After the blackout, I realize that as a society, we rely on technology. Are we still the master of the machines, or have the machines taken over control? (Oh no, this is starting to sound like the Matrix)

Farewell Party (Part 2) [AKA the Blackout Party]

Okay, so there was the big blackout on Thursday - on the day of Evelyn's farewell party at Lisa's place. Many people could not have made the party because they were stuck in traffic, but thanks to those who actually showed up and bid Evelyn farewell, we made the best out of a bad situation. Luckily enough, we decided to do a bit of BBQing that night so at least we had FOOD to eat. (something that a lot of people can't say on Thursday night)

Unfortunately, the lights didn't seem to want to come back on anytime soon, so we left shortly after 8:00pm because we fear that with no street lights, the chances of an accident is very high. Everybody seemed a bit teary-eyed when Evelyn said goodbye. Trekking an hour home with NO traffic lights was not fun at all. We saw a lot of regular civillians directing traffic, even in the heat wave that stroke the city around the same time as the blackout.

At least it was memorable :) We will always remember Evelyn's farewell by the blackout of Summer '03..

Farewell Dinner (Part 1)

More driving today - from Toronto to Waterloo for Evelyn's farewell dinner with her friends in psychology. We had dinner at Marbles, which in my opinion is overpriced and next-to-nothing selection of entre�s. Should have gone to somewhere decent if I were to pay that much for a chicken club sandwich. Ah well, at least it was good times for Evelyn, saying farewell to all her friends that are going to different places when the new school year begins.

I wonder, in a year, how many of them will still be talking to each other?

Shopping.. ugh.

Today I drove three ladies to shop in Buffalo - most blokes would consider this extremely lucky on my part, since I get to accompany three gorgeous ladies trying on clothes. Other than the fact that I really enjoyed seeing Evelyn try out different pieces of clothing for me (no, not at Vicoria's Secrets), the drive was exhausting and I didn't buy anything. The girls talked from the way down all the way to the Walden Galleria, then talked all the way back. It's so true that when girls gather, they talk and talk and sekInDgly have no end to their conversation - I can attest to that!

DONE!

Although my performance on the last exam was sub-par, but I just couldn't care less when I walked out of the exam. It's all over :P (well, at least for four months)

Still here..

Barely though. I've been here since early morning, and I will probably be here until early morning. I promise, this will be my last bitching entry for this semester, but I just need to get it out of my system before I explode.

Wish me luck for tomorrow.. 9am.. *sigh*

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And so, the battle continues

Three more days (including today, unfortunately) until I'm free - well, at least for another four months. Lately I have been increasing the amount I procrastinate, like right now. It's good that it's finally over, I fear if this were to drag on for another week, I would have lost all motivation to study and just fail out or something.

Another final this afternoon, hope it goes well.. after that, it's the final stretch (and seemingly, always the longest). Sometimes I wish I could just wake it and it'd be Friday, but then I worry how I would have done given the amount of stuff I know right now. :P

Consistency

Consistency can either be good or bad. Being consistently bad at something means you're not improving at all, but being consistently good means you are always good at what you're doing. I don't know whether I can accept the fact that I will continue to improve - there is an upper bound on everything. (yes, I just wrote my Digital Control Applications final this afternoon) To draw an analogy from the exam today, a stable system (referring to us), given a bounded input (finite amount of effort and time), the output is always bounded. This agrees with what I believe in - there is a certain 'plateau' I hit, sorta like my 'talent bound'.. I simply cannot achieve more than my upper bound.

So I would have to say that my performance on the exam today was.. consistent.

Sorry for the rambling. I have been stuck in the library from 8am-3am everyday for past week, and sometimes when I procrastinate I think too much. :P

Another one bites to dust

Well there goes another final exam that I don't think I did very well on. Ah well, I have learned over the years that the feeling when walking out of the exam has virtually zero correlation with the final mark of that course. Even if I walk out of there feeling soreness in my behind, I learn not to feel so bad anymore. It's just another exam - how many challenges will one face in one's lifetime? Probably more than what my final is worth. There's some food for thought.

Oh and some people are complaining that I am distancing from them. Great. Refer to my July 29th entry please.