1st week almost to an end

it seemed like ive been back in school for ages. but that's how much classes ive had to go and equal amount of time spent studying for them i guess.

nevertheless, im still glad to be back. ive dropped from 20 to 19, since i can't attend the sustainability class due to it clashing with english, but that's alright. now i have to make the grave decision of dropping either economics or english, or not dropping any at all and go ahead with 19 hours. i think, with enough time committed, its not an impossible feat.

the japanese class translation didnt seem that difficult as i thought. we actually went through some other page in the class and if you just read slowly, the computer actually makes very interesting errors. for example, the web page was about lithium-on batteries on laptops and it had a section that offered 'hot tips' and that translated as hot (as in temperature) elongated corner. and the thing about keeping the battery cool and not overheated became 'keeping the battery cool (as in, stylish cool instead of hot/cold) the funniest part was where it advised calibration of battery, meaning exercizing the machine every now and then, and it translated as 'don't let your machine do physical exercize.'

so the class aims to exploit the errors in computational translation and find out how we as humans can improve on it. so with a topic like that, im not going to drop it, right?

if i read early, stop wasting time doing useless things, then i think this particular set of 19 hours isnt too much. there's no final for econs, no finals for japanese. i have to make a decision by end of today, among settling so many other things.

on the other hand, i received a certain invitation from lambda sigma. i initially thought it was fraternity asking me to rush at their place next week, but as i found out later, its actually a honor sophomore society for leaders in campus. supposedly some upperclassman recommened me as an outstanding freshman who has made contribution to the campus. for all i know, i cant come up with anything that ive done last semester that has made an impact on campus, so i was really surprised to be given such an invitation. there's going to be a banquet in 2 weeks time, im just gonna attend and see what this is all about before having to do anything with it.

ive set up a co-op meeting with Mr. Simmons next week, so i should start working on the intern position pretty early.

im gonna get some of the guys living in my section to participate in intramural indoor soccer. im not sure if to go for C or B division, i dont want it to be competitive and just a recreation, but i want at least a playoffs instead of just playing couple of games and then finishing the season.

well, its pretty clear im very well back in school.