Chicago

Went to chicago for thxgiving, in spite of all the hw i have piled up... Pulled a rare all nighter to try to get all my things done, but i still din manage to do it... N now there is really a rush for me to finish everything... All my projs... Sighs... N it dxn help tt i have not much mood to do it...

Spent quite a lot in chicago, ate a darn ex thxgiving meal @ $50... Spent like $300 + on shopping alone... N i endured like tonnes of cold wind and rain... N i actually woke up darn early everyday! Imagine me waking up at 7 am... There has only been a few reasons tt i have been able to do that at all... But yeah, i did it everyday...

N something happened to my car while i was away... Car kena towed... Was in a state of shock when i heard tt my car was missing while i was in chic... Seriously shocked... Turned out to be some stupid shit from the caretaker in catman who ordered a tow on my car, cos i blocked the driveway... Even though i did make sure that the car there would be able to get out when i parked my car there...

Anyways, been mixing ard abit more these days... Getting to know more ppl, etc... But i still prefer the beginning of this sem...

Waiting for my sleep...

First time writing at 6 am... Normally i'd be deep asleep on my bed... Managed to clear some work yday, which is good... Finally gng to chicago, n i really dunno if i shd be excited or not... I've so much stuff to do, i'd rather just stay here... But i think i really deserve a good break too, be it sleeping, shopping, or eating... N since i've paid the money, i shd just go n enjoy myself...

N talking bt this thxgiving trip, i just realised tt i have to start planning for my winter trip also... I've got me n mich... + wl... Need 1 more to make the critical 4! Then everything will be cheaper also... Haha... But who to find? The whole world like either gng off, or gng back sg... N being the picky me, i also dun ask ppl to travel wif me unless i know them well enuff... Hmm... This remains a tuff choice... Who else is left???

I juz realised tt i am bringing so little stuff to chicago... But i really very lz to bring more... Hmm...

My lab partners

Here's a description of my 3 ece courses... N of course, my "love-em or hate-em" lab partners...

349: Tot its easy but turned out to be the most time consuming... N the course im currently heading for a B in...

My lab partners... The best out of the 3 courses... N the farniest too...
While eating one day...
Partner A: Wo3 jue2 de2 wo3 gen1 (Partner B) gou1 bu4 tong1...
Partner B: Yeah, i think we have a communication problem...

Lolz...

848: xiong... Its fun playing with the motes, only if u haf time... Debugging is a pain... N i hate the fact that the ave for quizzes remain at 90+%...

N my 2 lab partners... Both are ying du ren... 1 is good in programming, but forever busy... Went home for like 4 days for midsem break, go back home again 2 weeks after, n gng home again tmr... The other one... Simply useless... does nothing, cant do anything, n dxn want to do anything...

739: I understand shit bt the course... My brain stopped absorbing material after lecture 3, n from then on, i know nuts bt it... The only consolation is that its a project based course, so i only need to know the proj material, which i know some n am doing stuff...

N my 3 lab partners... 1 of them is really good, think he knows stuff, n does stuff... But he's disillusioned with the team... I mean i know i know nuts bt the course... the only worse thing is my other 2 partners dun even know nuts... Gg...

Home on sat...

After all the sat nights spent at jm's place or some other place, i've finally spent a sat night at home... Not that i wished too... Jm n xj went to a party, the rest were at jm's place chilling, but i juz din feel like joining them... Maybe its obvious tt i wanted to go to the party (since there wasnt anything better to do) , but there was a certain reason y i din wanna go... N then when i realized that the reason wasnt valid anymore, it was too late to go... Oh well, its always good to sleep a bit more...

Felt stressed over my projects...
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I've spent a lot of time on my 349 proj, but it wasnt gng well at all... I tot i knew wad needed to be done, but juz dunno y sometimes things dun work... N worst of all, i cant do the thing alone... Lappie cant connect to the darn device, so need to wait for project partners to be available before i can do it...

848 wasnt gng well too... Proj partners kindaf heck care bt the proj, no emails, no replies... N it was a huge project... .Building a sensor network... I really hate working with project members who juz din reply or say anything... Really wtf...

739 was the worst of all... We had a gd concept to start with... We meaning "me and the phd student", 2 out of the 4... Did some work... Mainly the phd student did it... But i understood the reasoning n stuff, juz wasnt tt familiar with the code... But we got thru the 1st meeting with the prof... But after that, i jsut din have time to even look at the code n stuff... N the other 2 members... Well, lets juz say they arent even existent...

There is a reason y i preferred individual work... Not that i am a soloist, but i really needed good partners, ppl whom i can click wif... Junwei, mingyang were my 2 fav partners... (i think they complement me well... ) but 1 was gone n the other wasnt in my field... I am not a good coder i know, i think i am more of a concept person, someone who understands what needs to be done, and how the overall picture should be... But i always miss out things when i code, so its always good to have someone else who understands my thinking n wad my code is all about...
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But nevertheless, a good cup of coffee never fails to make my day... Felt much less stressed after the long brunch today... 2 more days of hard work, before i go on my thxgiving trip...

6 weeks n counting... I wonder when this will ever end...

If only i could turn back time...

What would i have done?

I would have done many things differently... But that does not matter anymore does it? Since everything's a thing of the past... What only matters now is what i can do to make things better... If there is anything i can actually do...

5 weeks have passed... 5 weeks remain... Will anything change?

my weekend

Juz realised tt ia ctually wrote a post on friday, n forgot to post it... But well, now tt the weekend is almost over, no pt showign tt post anymore... So i decided to write another post-weekend post... :p
Hmm, the weekend was alright i guess... I really wanted to go watch american gangster, but due to conflicts here n there, din manage to catch it at all... Nvm, i'll get it next friday! Cfm...

The weekend wasnt too bad... Hung out wif some old frens... Haven seen them in a while, but real glad tt we caught up... Went to play poker too, n as usual i had crappy hands... Only that this time the flops were crappy too... Think i really like poker a lot, cos at least it stimulates the brain to think n stuff... As compared to drinking... which only makes the sad me sadder... -_-

Went to a gay bar yday... No, i have not turned gay... N no, i did not go in to pick up guys... or get picked up... Truth is, i din know... Was juz looking for a nice bar wif some frens, n that bar seems really nice... NO SMOKING!!! Nice ambience, nice chairs, nice martinis... Oh, did i mention that they play 90s pop music? Reminds me of middle school n high school... Ahhhh, those were the days... =p

N so we juz went in lorz... Only realised that something was wrong when the only girls in the bar were my frens... >.< N then we noticed guys talking close to each other's ears... N them hugging each other.... Hmmm... But truth in all, it was a nice place... N i dun mind gng again... At least it has a nice feel, N no smoking... Which is darn rare in US...

N i guess its really true tt girls are attracted to "bad boys"...