back from the silence

i deleted my earlier post, as it clearly was unnecessary. i was thinking since it is my blog and the reason for me cotinuing to blog is to keep an account of what is going on, i might as well put an entry, so that when i look back at it one day, i can recall what a stupid incidence this was.

the office of information technology stepped in to suspend internet access to those who replied to the thread with explicit words, and two of my friends were victims of it. pending further investion. i think the whole affair was rather stupid, especially since it was all down to just one person's ignorance of his surroundings.

anyway...

i initially expected this week to be a horror, but apparantly, it has not been so. my co-op interview with constructions giant John Deere was postponed to two weeks later, for reasons i do not know, but its a big welcome, since i can focus primarily on preparing for my first CS test and making the webpage for my japanese project. i initially intended to focus more on the emergence of japanese baseball as a major force in the last decade, but i decide to widen the scope by doing it on the emergence of japanese sports as a key player in world sports, since, then, i can talk about the glory days of the olympic swimming, baseball, and most importantly, soccer.
the professor was saying that it does not have to be in great detail, so i am somewhat comforted by that remark.

i did alright on the econs test, i will tell myself to follow gut feeling from next time, as this time, i changed an answer to one of the question in the last minute, since the answer did not tally when i approached the question from a purely economical point of view. i did this on the last test too and that cost me a mark too. had it not been for that, my average would have been flat on 90. i hope there's a curve of at least a point, then i'll be in the safe zone.

i seriously did not expect to be in this situation on week 5, as im doing pretty well in all subjects. i might even surpass my expectations this semester, but its only a third of the way, i shouldnt get carried away. but im happy to know that most of my subjects now lie on the A mark, and hopefully, this trend will continue. hopefully i will get enough determination to get this going on and graduate between a 3.5 and 3.6 GPA. i guess that will be good enough to get me to a relatively good biz school in the future, but the GMAT is whats gonna matter more. i have considered doing it in singapore, since INSEAD is there conveniently, but that might not be feasible in terms of relocating, but this is regarding something that's probably a good 6, 7 years ahead so i shouldnt really concern myself with it too much. just keeping it at the back of my mind.

georgia tech basketball fell out of the rankings at the start of this week. needless to say, everyone's disgruntled, but it was well expected, with a recent streak of losses. this was clearly not well welcomed, since we were ranked no. 3 at the start of the season, you dont expect a team like that to fall out of top 25. elsewhere, boston college has emerged as the surprise team in running, coming from nowhere and steadily climbing to 4th. ACC is going to be tighter than ever when they join us next season.

i was at the super bowl screening, but wasnt really watching it, i was there more because of the east campus hall councils providing food to the people present. honestly, i couldnt care who won, football is still one sport i have yet to warm up to, and though i will admit i wanted the patriots to win (i support whatever bostonian teams, ever since my first visit back in '97) this was a super bowl that, although many people will disagree strongly with me on this, was just another game. it just cant compare to the FIFA world cup. but its amazing that the 30 seconds advertisement spot during the breaks go for US$2.4 million. and that's not considering all the additional sponsorships and whatnot. in terms of television rights, all aspects of finance, i agree that this is one single biggest event in the american calendar. i was reading CNN last night and this internet domain company, whose second ad was pulled off air for mild reference to last year's 'wardrobe disfunction' fiasco, experienced a 400% surge in visits after the initial ad. imagine how much more it would have been after the 2nd ad.

HP's CEO is ousted... interesting.... buying Compaq wasnt a good investment, i kinda anticipated that, but not the ousting.

alright, material science class will start soon, better go.