lenny kravitz concert in atlanta on april 9th!
fuck yeah, im SO going!
Friday, February 11, 2005
the midnight atlanta high speed chase on interstate 75/85
we went for our supper on thursday night at waffle house like we do every week. its a good load of fun and some good food for a reasonable price, and we come back feeling great.
but tonight was different. in fact, it was awesome!
as we were heading back in our beloved housing van, and heading back into the interstate 75/85 back to tech, this old buick wizzed past us at such speed, i was surprised. we werent even in the interstate yet, we were just about to connect into it. so my initial reaction was that maybe he was pissed that we could have been driving too slow, i mean, its a housing van afterall. just about 2 seconds later, we see two cop cars wizzing past us with lights flashing, and we immediately knew that the buick was speeding away from them. i never encountered that right infront of my eyes, so i was excited.
what do you know, few seconds later, we see a stream of cop cars wizzing past us. this wasnt just a normal chase, this was serious. everynow and then, there were 2 cop cars driving past us in full speed. i was counting, there must have been like 16 or 18 cars we came across.
instead of heading back to tech, we all encouraged scott to keep driving, hoping that the chase will end sometime soon and we witness the cops beating the shit out of that dumbass driver. we ended up driving for 10-15 minutes further away, and our hopes of witnessing the end was dashing, until we came across a flash of bright lights. guess what, they fishtailed the bugger.
interstate 75/85 is a major highway, with 5, 6 lanes heading to each direction. i always wanted to take a picture of the interstate from the tech square bridge, i guess i will do that over the weekend. and that swarm of cops surrounding the fishtailed buick took up like 3, 4 lanes, that we had to maneuver around it to get past the traffic. they had the guy up in cuffs and up against one of the cars.
it was a neat surprise night out for the 9 of us in the van, and provided great entertainment. sad to say, this must be the single exciting event that took place this semester... ive been studying way too much. but this probably wont happen anytime soon.
but tonight was different. in fact, it was awesome!
as we were heading back in our beloved housing van, and heading back into the interstate 75/85 back to tech, this old buick wizzed past us at such speed, i was surprised. we werent even in the interstate yet, we were just about to connect into it. so my initial reaction was that maybe he was pissed that we could have been driving too slow, i mean, its a housing van afterall. just about 2 seconds later, we see two cop cars wizzing past us with lights flashing, and we immediately knew that the buick was speeding away from them. i never encountered that right infront of my eyes, so i was excited.
what do you know, few seconds later, we see a stream of cop cars wizzing past us. this wasnt just a normal chase, this was serious. everynow and then, there were 2 cop cars driving past us in full speed. i was counting, there must have been like 16 or 18 cars we came across.
instead of heading back to tech, we all encouraged scott to keep driving, hoping that the chase will end sometime soon and we witness the cops beating the shit out of that dumbass driver. we ended up driving for 10-15 minutes further away, and our hopes of witnessing the end was dashing, until we came across a flash of bright lights. guess what, they fishtailed the bugger.
interstate 75/85 is a major highway, with 5, 6 lanes heading to each direction. i always wanted to take a picture of the interstate from the tech square bridge, i guess i will do that over the weekend. and that swarm of cops surrounding the fishtailed buick took up like 3, 4 lanes, that we had to maneuver around it to get past the traffic. they had the guy up in cuffs and up against one of the cars.
it was a neat surprise night out for the 9 of us in the van, and provided great entertainment. sad to say, this must be the single exciting event that took place this semester... ive been studying way too much. but this probably wont happen anytime soon.
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
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.
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.
Friday, February 04, 2005
I am the highway
"I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky
I am not your blowing wind
I am the lightning
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night"
--- 'I Am The Highway' by Audioslave
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky
I am not your blowing wind
I am the lightning
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night"
--- 'I Am The Highway' by Audioslave
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
bad timing
i was initially very pleased that my material science test was delayed, obviously, due to students feeling that they were not prepared enough with the main professor not being to class for a week and a half. someone had the guts to propose the idea to the faculty, thankfully.
but that didnt come in helpful. i would have been screwed if i had taken the test on monday, but im left no better off, coz i have so much work to do for the other subjects, that im not getting to study for it at all. damn it. im tryin to finish off the stuff by tonight, and then somehow spend tomorrow revising, but i have a feeling i will take the test in the same condition as i was on monday.
dang.
not much update for the last couple of days, there hasnt been much going on.
but that didnt come in helpful. i would have been screwed if i had taken the test on monday, but im left no better off, coz i have so much work to do for the other subjects, that im not getting to study for it at all. damn it. im tryin to finish off the stuff by tonight, and then somehow spend tomorrow revising, but i have a feeling i will take the test in the same condition as i was on monday.
dang.
not much update for the last couple of days, there hasnt been much going on.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
frozen atlanta
i woke up today, getting ready for the housing staff interview and witnessed a sight i didnt quite expect to see in atlanta.
field full of whiteness. i thought it was snow. to many, it is. technically, it isnt.
georgians tell me it hardly snows, maybe once or twice a year if they're lucky. but usually they melt away fast. never settled down like this. well, the thing was, it was raining last night, and due to the cold, everything just froze. i mean, everything. the leaves, branches are all covered in ice layer, so much that when u brush past it, it cracks like glass. its a sight to see big trees hunching down coz of the extra weight its carrying. and its not pretty sight when i was walking to skiles and saw a bunch of ice fall from the top of the atheltic building. wouldnt wanna be the guy standing there when it falls. luckily no one was hurt. and as i was walking back from brittain just now, i witnessed bunch of ice pieces falling from the small sitting area just outside of towers. just imagine if all that pieces fell on your head.
well, i woke up thinking that the interview was still on, since the last email i received last night said that the interview will go on as scheduled. i dont check my email until after my caculus class on weekdays and i thought of checking the mail before i left, and i probably should have done that.
because, as you would have guessed by now, it was cancelled due to what they called 'inclement' weather. if you ask me, it was way colder yesterday. our section was having a steak cookout in the freezing weather (which i found out later was 0 degrees celcius) where i had gloves on but my hands still went numb. the steak was excellent though.
so you can imagine how pissed off i was when i saw a piece of paper stuck on the door outside of skiles 1st floor. i was cursing to myself, because, i noticed that when you have ice or snow, the temperature does not feel as cold. i swear it felt much colder when i went for breakfast and subsequently to calculus lecture last morning. and given the same temperature range, today felt rather pleasant.
so i wasted my friday night for this cancelled interview. i could have stayed up longer, catching another movie (we watched 21 grams last night) and going on with my usual weekend lifestyle. but it wasnt to be.
as i was walking back, i saw gopi, shardul, satya and their friends walking up, so since i thought im already up and awake, dressed up, why not just go along and walk around with them? we played with snow for a while before we headed back for a late breakfast. i had lost about 4 hours of sleep i badly needed from the week's rigour, so i went back to sleep after that.
most people were happy that the ice settled and didnt melt away, which i guess is good for them. someone even made a snowman, well, snow-woman to be exact, complete with tits and bush right outside glenn lounge, which i thought was a work of art.
i should be studying for material science test thats on monday. i have yet to go through chapter 3, and cant help but procastinate. i better start once im done blogging.
as i was waiting to get into my material science class, i noticed a flyer that mentioned something about a minor in material science. i considered material science as a major, but wasnt too keen on it due to chemistry. i even thought of doing a double major once i was done with industrial engineering, which would have taken 3 additional semesters. but with a minor, i might not need to do that. and what was really interesting on that flyer was that we could use our free electives to complete part of the 18 hours. i initially wanted to get a minor in management or japanese but for them, the 18 hours was completely separate from the ones required from the major, which means 18 additional hours that would have taken quite a bit of time. i sent an email to dr. carter, asking him if engineering electives could be used together with free electives. if that is the case, then im going to minor in material science engineering. i have 6 hours left in my engineering elective and 4 more in free electives, and the current material science class that i am taking counts towards the minor, which could mean that i just need to take 6 additional classes to complete the minor, if what i suspect is correct. why not do it then? i wish i had known this earlier, then i would not have taken the japanese class, and then i would have been left with just 3 extra hours for the minor and still do 9 extra hours to complete my finance certificate.
i had a pretty lenghty talk with sandesh after class, and as we were discussing, if we really work at it, it is easily obtainable. and for me, since im skipping a whole semester, i can probably afford to spill into the extra summer semester if i feel like i need to spread it out, if thats necessary. i think that would be a plan. a degree, a minor to top that off and a certificate. im re-considering the certificate bit, since thats something i can learn later on, if i really go on to do my MBA. it will probably just help me out a little then, but not significantly. but material science is not something that can be earned later on. plus, i think it will really complement my industrial engineering degree, and specialize in materials selection or manufacturing.
and from the career advising, if i am really catered for international trade specialist, then i think i found the right MBA school - Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, located in arizona. it seems clearly the best in its field, much like how georgia tech is for industrial engineering.
i know im thinking so much far ahead, but when you're presented with massive opportunities that you can turn your way, how can you not be excited? its early planning that always gets you through.
but every big step starts with numerous small steps. and right now, one of those small steps will be to start studying for my material science test on monday.
field full of whiteness. i thought it was snow. to many, it is. technically, it isnt.
georgians tell me it hardly snows, maybe once or twice a year if they're lucky. but usually they melt away fast. never settled down like this. well, the thing was, it was raining last night, and due to the cold, everything just froze. i mean, everything. the leaves, branches are all covered in ice layer, so much that when u brush past it, it cracks like glass. its a sight to see big trees hunching down coz of the extra weight its carrying. and its not pretty sight when i was walking to skiles and saw a bunch of ice fall from the top of the atheltic building. wouldnt wanna be the guy standing there when it falls. luckily no one was hurt. and as i was walking back from brittain just now, i witnessed bunch of ice pieces falling from the small sitting area just outside of towers. just imagine if all that pieces fell on your head.
well, i woke up thinking that the interview was still on, since the last email i received last night said that the interview will go on as scheduled. i dont check my email until after my caculus class on weekdays and i thought of checking the mail before i left, and i probably should have done that.
because, as you would have guessed by now, it was cancelled due to what they called 'inclement' weather. if you ask me, it was way colder yesterday. our section was having a steak cookout in the freezing weather (which i found out later was 0 degrees celcius) where i had gloves on but my hands still went numb. the steak was excellent though.
so you can imagine how pissed off i was when i saw a piece of paper stuck on the door outside of skiles 1st floor. i was cursing to myself, because, i noticed that when you have ice or snow, the temperature does not feel as cold. i swear it felt much colder when i went for breakfast and subsequently to calculus lecture last morning. and given the same temperature range, today felt rather pleasant.
so i wasted my friday night for this cancelled interview. i could have stayed up longer, catching another movie (we watched 21 grams last night) and going on with my usual weekend lifestyle. but it wasnt to be.
as i was walking back, i saw gopi, shardul, satya and their friends walking up, so since i thought im already up and awake, dressed up, why not just go along and walk around with them? we played with snow for a while before we headed back for a late breakfast. i had lost about 4 hours of sleep i badly needed from the week's rigour, so i went back to sleep after that.
most people were happy that the ice settled and didnt melt away, which i guess is good for them. someone even made a snowman, well, snow-woman to be exact, complete with tits and bush right outside glenn lounge, which i thought was a work of art.
i should be studying for material science test thats on monday. i have yet to go through chapter 3, and cant help but procastinate. i better start once im done blogging.
as i was waiting to get into my material science class, i noticed a flyer that mentioned something about a minor in material science. i considered material science as a major, but wasnt too keen on it due to chemistry. i even thought of doing a double major once i was done with industrial engineering, which would have taken 3 additional semesters. but with a minor, i might not need to do that. and what was really interesting on that flyer was that we could use our free electives to complete part of the 18 hours. i initially wanted to get a minor in management or japanese but for them, the 18 hours was completely separate from the ones required from the major, which means 18 additional hours that would have taken quite a bit of time. i sent an email to dr. carter, asking him if engineering electives could be used together with free electives. if that is the case, then im going to minor in material science engineering. i have 6 hours left in my engineering elective and 4 more in free electives, and the current material science class that i am taking counts towards the minor, which could mean that i just need to take 6 additional classes to complete the minor, if what i suspect is correct. why not do it then? i wish i had known this earlier, then i would not have taken the japanese class, and then i would have been left with just 3 extra hours for the minor and still do 9 extra hours to complete my finance certificate.
i had a pretty lenghty talk with sandesh after class, and as we were discussing, if we really work at it, it is easily obtainable. and for me, since im skipping a whole semester, i can probably afford to spill into the extra summer semester if i feel like i need to spread it out, if thats necessary. i think that would be a plan. a degree, a minor to top that off and a certificate. im re-considering the certificate bit, since thats something i can learn later on, if i really go on to do my MBA. it will probably just help me out a little then, but not significantly. but material science is not something that can be earned later on. plus, i think it will really complement my industrial engineering degree, and specialize in materials selection or manufacturing.
and from the career advising, if i am really catered for international trade specialist, then i think i found the right MBA school - Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, located in arizona. it seems clearly the best in its field, much like how georgia tech is for industrial engineering.
i know im thinking so much far ahead, but when you're presented with massive opportunities that you can turn your way, how can you not be excited? its early planning that always gets you through.
but every big step starts with numerous small steps. and right now, one of those small steps will be to start studying for my material science test on monday.
Friday, January 28, 2005
did you witness the 'wake' of wake forest?
i thought that our basketball team was gonna get stuffed by national 5th ranked wake forest, so much that i came up with the joke that attending the game would be like attending a wake. but it turned out, after losing 3 straight matches which brought us down from 8th to 22nd in the national rankings, we were game for a big upset. i really wish i was there, it was even tighter than the kansas game and the better thing obviously was that we won, which the students present there celebrated by running down to the court and swarming the players. final score after over time, 102-101. tight tight game, very tense, til the last second!
but it was a great game, even on tv.
anyway, my econs test as well as calc went pretty alright, i think. i know i was only one question away from an A in econs, and there may be a curve, so im doting on it, and im not exactly sure if i did my calc right, i thought the questions were very straight forward, but when it seems really simple, thats when i get caught off guard, so im being weary.
i got my citibank card yesterday. what i never understood about these credit card activiations are that they send you the card to your campus post office box, but expect you to call from your permanent home phone. i mean, its like, im all the way down south in atlanta, do you really expect me to fly back to chicago to activate my card when the card has been mailed to my campus? but we managed to work out that little complication and got it activated.
i was pretty pissed on tuesday, coz the GE Aircraft Engines intern position 'disappeared' from the webpage that tech uses to get its students internships and co-ops. i thought that would have been a perfect opportunity, and you could imagine my horror and disappointment when i found out that the deadline for application was the previous day, which i never took note, nor even crossed my mind. deadlines arent supposed to be that early. but then, it came back last night, with more work details and a fixed location (in ohio) so i guess they were just updating the info. thank god. i'll be meeting my advisor later on today, so i'll book my interview schedule then. there was another job posted by GE, for manufacturing i think, which i will sign up for as well.
there was another bad news, which was that i didnt get the toyota job. its gone for good now. they sent an email saying i didnt have the experience does not meet the work requirements. i wasnt even told there were requirements during the phone interview. they could have asked me then or at least told me about it. i guess its coz when i submitted that resume, i was still an undecided engineer in my first semester.
well, i have more tools to look for the jobs through campus service, so i guess i'll depend on that then.
as weird as it may sound, i actually went for a 'career counselling' yesterday. since they have such services in school, i thought, why not take advantage of it, i mean, choosing a career is a huge decision. it seems i dont have much problem, so i decided to take some tests to cross reference some advises to what i really think i should do. ideally, you should do something you like, but theres no guarantee that you'll be good at it. im not gonna stick by the results, but just to see what it says. i took a simple one yesterday, and the 4 results that came up most often, if not, everytime was the following;
Family and Consumer Scientist (i dont even know what that is)
Industrial Engineer (i guess i made the right choice?)
International Trade Specialist (sounds like a very cool job)
Job Analyst (huh? they have people do that kind of thing?)
so you can see industrial engineering is probably the way to go for now, at least until i graduate. then maybe MBA in international business or something to go along the line of international trade specialist. my decisions arent affected at all, coz i had already made the decision to be an IE, as well as continue to do an MBA later on (though speciality not selected)
its a pretty interesting study, and i'll be taking two more tests so that my advisor can relay me to the relevent resources and guide me accordingly. i guess these things do come in handy, i used to think these were junks.
19 hours isnt as bad as i thought. im starting to lose sleep and feel the fatigue as the week goes on, but its not something new to me, so im fine with it. somehow i wake up every morning feeling like i didnt have enough sleep and wanting to stay in bed for just an extra hour, but i know i cant do that. but im managing my time pretty well, im still managing to cram in time to take short naps, surf about, and just take an hour or two off to talk to friends time to time.
if theres anything to encourage me, week 3 is done, 13 more weeks to go.
im having the housing staff interview tomorrow. theres a lot of conflicting interest in my part. as the RHA cabinet is opening up, the idea of taking up a position (i've kind of decided on being either the chief justice for the judicial board or vice-president of communications) seems very enticing. however, if i do get a housing position, then i cant be in RHA cabinet. i have to weigh the benefits of each position, i guess. and theres also the question of co-op, which will be detrimental to both RHA as well as the housing position. the only way out is if i get a co-op in atlanta, which i dont really want to do, as it will limit opportunities, as if it isnt tight enough.
and there's the fraternity thing next fall. im going to check back on delta sigma phi, chi phi and take a look at pi kappa phi and see how they go. i might be taking on a lot on that semester, but at least i would have known how to handle time after this semester, shouldnt be so bad.
the best way out will be to get the vice-president or community advisor role and get a co-op position with a big company in atlanta. but what are the chances? i guess i will see, theres only about 2 months til i find that out.
but it was a great game, even on tv.
anyway, my econs test as well as calc went pretty alright, i think. i know i was only one question away from an A in econs, and there may be a curve, so im doting on it, and im not exactly sure if i did my calc right, i thought the questions were very straight forward, but when it seems really simple, thats when i get caught off guard, so im being weary.
i got my citibank card yesterday. what i never understood about these credit card activiations are that they send you the card to your campus post office box, but expect you to call from your permanent home phone. i mean, its like, im all the way down south in atlanta, do you really expect me to fly back to chicago to activate my card when the card has been mailed to my campus? but we managed to work out that little complication and got it activated.
i was pretty pissed on tuesday, coz the GE Aircraft Engines intern position 'disappeared' from the webpage that tech uses to get its students internships and co-ops. i thought that would have been a perfect opportunity, and you could imagine my horror and disappointment when i found out that the deadline for application was the previous day, which i never took note, nor even crossed my mind. deadlines arent supposed to be that early. but then, it came back last night, with more work details and a fixed location (in ohio) so i guess they were just updating the info. thank god. i'll be meeting my advisor later on today, so i'll book my interview schedule then. there was another job posted by GE, for manufacturing i think, which i will sign up for as well.
there was another bad news, which was that i didnt get the toyota job. its gone for good now. they sent an email saying i didnt have the experience does not meet the work requirements. i wasnt even told there were requirements during the phone interview. they could have asked me then or at least told me about it. i guess its coz when i submitted that resume, i was still an undecided engineer in my first semester.
well, i have more tools to look for the jobs through campus service, so i guess i'll depend on that then.
as weird as it may sound, i actually went for a 'career counselling' yesterday. since they have such services in school, i thought, why not take advantage of it, i mean, choosing a career is a huge decision. it seems i dont have much problem, so i decided to take some tests to cross reference some advises to what i really think i should do. ideally, you should do something you like, but theres no guarantee that you'll be good at it. im not gonna stick by the results, but just to see what it says. i took a simple one yesterday, and the 4 results that came up most often, if not, everytime was the following;
Family and Consumer Scientist (i dont even know what that is)
Industrial Engineer (i guess i made the right choice?)
International Trade Specialist (sounds like a very cool job)
Job Analyst (huh? they have people do that kind of thing?)
so you can see industrial engineering is probably the way to go for now, at least until i graduate. then maybe MBA in international business or something to go along the line of international trade specialist. my decisions arent affected at all, coz i had already made the decision to be an IE, as well as continue to do an MBA later on (though speciality not selected)
its a pretty interesting study, and i'll be taking two more tests so that my advisor can relay me to the relevent resources and guide me accordingly. i guess these things do come in handy, i used to think these were junks.
19 hours isnt as bad as i thought. im starting to lose sleep and feel the fatigue as the week goes on, but its not something new to me, so im fine with it. somehow i wake up every morning feeling like i didnt have enough sleep and wanting to stay in bed for just an extra hour, but i know i cant do that. but im managing my time pretty well, im still managing to cram in time to take short naps, surf about, and just take an hour or two off to talk to friends time to time.
if theres anything to encourage me, week 3 is done, 13 more weeks to go.
im having the housing staff interview tomorrow. theres a lot of conflicting interest in my part. as the RHA cabinet is opening up, the idea of taking up a position (i've kind of decided on being either the chief justice for the judicial board or vice-president of communications) seems very enticing. however, if i do get a housing position, then i cant be in RHA cabinet. i have to weigh the benefits of each position, i guess. and theres also the question of co-op, which will be detrimental to both RHA as well as the housing position. the only way out is if i get a co-op in atlanta, which i dont really want to do, as it will limit opportunities, as if it isnt tight enough.
and there's the fraternity thing next fall. im going to check back on delta sigma phi, chi phi and take a look at pi kappa phi and see how they go. i might be taking on a lot on that semester, but at least i would have known how to handle time after this semester, shouldnt be so bad.
the best way out will be to get the vice-president or community advisor role and get a co-op position with a big company in atlanta. but what are the chances? i guess i will see, theres only about 2 months til i find that out.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
the lambda sigma banquet
the banquet went better than i expected. i assume it was really my involvement in RHA that got me there. i was in the company of nate, chris, kevin and the keynote speaker, so the night was alright.
according to the president of lambda sigma, the bunch of us were specially selected as the top 50 leaders/individuals of the freshman class who will most probably continue to be involved on campus and hold bigger office in time to come.
i obviously didnt think my efforts were that significant, but when you're told something like that, you can't help but think that you're on the right track. i mean, i'm one of the top 50 leaders among thousands of freshman, that's gotta be something.
most of the people present were from the more well known and reputable organizations such as FAB, Freshman Council and i assume FreshGA. only 4 of us were from RHA.
i dont think i will be joing lambda sigma though. i have my hands full this semester, and the organization seems to cater more on community service and im not really a community service guy, im not really comfortable with doing one every other week.
well, at least my efforts are recognized. this should be an incentive to continue building on what ive been doing.
the academic rigor starts today with the economics test. ive been doing a lot of diagnostic tests and i hope that pays off. im not a multiple choice question kind of guy either. let's see how it goes.
according to the president of lambda sigma, the bunch of us were specially selected as the top 50 leaders/individuals of the freshman class who will most probably continue to be involved on campus and hold bigger office in time to come.
i obviously didnt think my efforts were that significant, but when you're told something like that, you can't help but think that you're on the right track. i mean, i'm one of the top 50 leaders among thousands of freshman, that's gotta be something.
most of the people present were from the more well known and reputable organizations such as FAB, Freshman Council and i assume FreshGA. only 4 of us were from RHA.
i dont think i will be joing lambda sigma though. i have my hands full this semester, and the organization seems to cater more on community service and im not really a community service guy, im not really comfortable with doing one every other week.
well, at least my efforts are recognized. this should be an incentive to continue building on what ive been doing.
the academic rigor starts today with the economics test. ive been doing a lot of diagnostic tests and i hope that pays off. im not a multiple choice question kind of guy either. let's see how it goes.
Sunday, January 23, 2005
movies
i pinpointed the location of some arts theatre in atlanta. i knew there was at least one. one is located near lindbergh, and another right here in midtown. and it seems that the one near lindburg is the same theatre as the one that dr. tryon caught 'hotel rwanda.' i found out that they're screening 'a very long engagement' which i was intending to catch this weekend, but that didnt happen, maybe next week.
im ahead of work, which takes off some pressure. i have ample time to revise for my first econs as well as my calc 2 test coming up this week.
we caught couple more films over the weekend. we watched the full version of 'the professional' yet again, and that remains to be my favorite movie of all time. then we watched 'house of sand and fog' which was amazingly filled with very strong acting by both jennifer connely as well as ben kingsley. it was very sad at how things turned out in the end though. my dad had recommended the movie to me some time ago and never got to catch it til last night, but it turned out to be a terrific film.
have i mentioned dining at moe's is great? whenever i go there, i order the homewrecker and that, to me, is equivalent of 2 meals. what happens to us in the weekend is that we wake up really late. like 12, 1, sometimes 2 pm on saturdays. and sundays. so we technically have two meals; a light brunch and dinner. and boy, that dinner last night filled me up so good i couldnt stuff any more things into my stomach except for the root beer i had during the movie.
paul took dan and me to blockbuster videos and i was really surprised to see a shelf full of foreign movies which got me really excited (obviously) coz they included some that i really wanted to catch, as well as other audrey tautou films i never had the priviledge of coming across before. if i can get to go down there more frequently, i'd be renting tons of foreign films for my pleasure. since we only had the night to watch, we rented 'love actually,' '21 grams' and 'maria full of grace.' since the only one i didnt watch was 'maria full of grace' i paid for it.
'maria full of grace' was a subtle look at how people in the lower class are lured to making quick money through drugs. the movie was predominantly based in columbia, and it also highlighted the difficulty of foreigners adjusting to life in the states and i could not help but relate that to ben kingsley's character in 'the house of sand and fog.' 'maria' wasnt spectacular, but it was interesting enough.
i remember when i watched 'love actually' 2 years ago. i remember really liking it and it also brought me memories of the times when i would just go out with my high school friends and catch movies. and somehow, this time round, i liked the movie more than that time. it might be a comedy, but to me, it was somewhat wholesome, i dont see any reason why people wouldn't like it. and i had completely forgotten that one of the wisconsin chicks was elisha cuthbert. right on, sir colin!
tech basketball was horrible last night. we had numerous chance to nick it in the last couple of minutes and we just gave it away. it was horrible. we have reasons to hate virginia tech, coz so far this season, they've beaten us in both football and basketball. i remember that night coz i was out for the jamie cullum concert and i had learnt that we were up comfortably, but we got beaten in the end. for basketball, it wasnt even supposed to be a question. but we got owned, and suffered the first loss at home. next game is against mighty no. 3 wake forest. we're so gonna get fucked.
i guess thats enough blogging for today, i better get back to my economics and CS.
im ahead of work, which takes off some pressure. i have ample time to revise for my first econs as well as my calc 2 test coming up this week.
we caught couple more films over the weekend. we watched the full version of 'the professional' yet again, and that remains to be my favorite movie of all time. then we watched 'house of sand and fog' which was amazingly filled with very strong acting by both jennifer connely as well as ben kingsley. it was very sad at how things turned out in the end though. my dad had recommended the movie to me some time ago and never got to catch it til last night, but it turned out to be a terrific film.
have i mentioned dining at moe's is great? whenever i go there, i order the homewrecker and that, to me, is equivalent of 2 meals. what happens to us in the weekend is that we wake up really late. like 12, 1, sometimes 2 pm on saturdays. and sundays. so we technically have two meals; a light brunch and dinner. and boy, that dinner last night filled me up so good i couldnt stuff any more things into my stomach except for the root beer i had during the movie.
paul took dan and me to blockbuster videos and i was really surprised to see a shelf full of foreign movies which got me really excited (obviously) coz they included some that i really wanted to catch, as well as other audrey tautou films i never had the priviledge of coming across before. if i can get to go down there more frequently, i'd be renting tons of foreign films for my pleasure. since we only had the night to watch, we rented 'love actually,' '21 grams' and 'maria full of grace.' since the only one i didnt watch was 'maria full of grace' i paid for it.
'maria full of grace' was a subtle look at how people in the lower class are lured to making quick money through drugs. the movie was predominantly based in columbia, and it also highlighted the difficulty of foreigners adjusting to life in the states and i could not help but relate that to ben kingsley's character in 'the house of sand and fog.' 'maria' wasnt spectacular, but it was interesting enough.
i remember when i watched 'love actually' 2 years ago. i remember really liking it and it also brought me memories of the times when i would just go out with my high school friends and catch movies. and somehow, this time round, i liked the movie more than that time. it might be a comedy, but to me, it was somewhat wholesome, i dont see any reason why people wouldn't like it. and i had completely forgotten that one of the wisconsin chicks was elisha cuthbert. right on, sir colin!
tech basketball was horrible last night. we had numerous chance to nick it in the last couple of minutes and we just gave it away. it was horrible. we have reasons to hate virginia tech, coz so far this season, they've beaten us in both football and basketball. i remember that night coz i was out for the jamie cullum concert and i had learnt that we were up comfortably, but we got beaten in the end. for basketball, it wasnt even supposed to be a question. but we got owned, and suffered the first loss at home. next game is against mighty no. 3 wake forest. we're so gonna get fucked.
i guess thats enough blogging for today, i better get back to my economics and CS.
Friday, January 21, 2005
meetings, majors and more
by the end of today, i would have submitted my major declaration form and will officially become an industrial & systems engineer. well, it'll take the school 2 business days to process it, so i'll have to wait til tueday, but the thing is, the form will be submitted. then the job hunt will start too.
its been a very tiring week. i decided to make tuesdays and thursdays my rest day since those two days are mainly high intensive classes, except for economics lecture. other than that, ive been scheduling appointments and meetings to settle things. today, for example, i'll have to drop by the ISyE office to get approval for my change of major, and then rush to meet my calculus professor from last semester to see if i can spot any errors in the grading of my calculus 1 final paper, and then rush again to class, and then back to meet my co-op advisor.
its been busy, and work is piling up, but ive managed somehow. im almost done with CS, and that leaves me only calculus and japanese to deal with before i start revising for the upcoming economics and calculus tests.
i didnt know that being on the dean's list was a per semester thing. i assumed it was an annual thing, which is the system i am used to. so i can put that down in my resume, along with the fact that i take the translation class.
i was going through the student loan option and it doesnt seem as bad as i thought it will be. repayment is somewhat manageable and it starts 6 months after i graduate, so theres plenty time. i was somewhat surprised that i was given such an amount considering i was forced to apply so late into the academic year.
if anything at all, theres the weekend to rest and catch up with work.
i wonder how that lambda sigma banquet will turn out on monday.
its been a very tiring week. i decided to make tuesdays and thursdays my rest day since those two days are mainly high intensive classes, except for economics lecture. other than that, ive been scheduling appointments and meetings to settle things. today, for example, i'll have to drop by the ISyE office to get approval for my change of major, and then rush to meet my calculus professor from last semester to see if i can spot any errors in the grading of my calculus 1 final paper, and then rush again to class, and then back to meet my co-op advisor.
its been busy, and work is piling up, but ive managed somehow. im almost done with CS, and that leaves me only calculus and japanese to deal with before i start revising for the upcoming economics and calculus tests.
i didnt know that being on the dean's list was a per semester thing. i assumed it was an annual thing, which is the system i am used to. so i can put that down in my resume, along with the fact that i take the translation class.
i was going through the student loan option and it doesnt seem as bad as i thought it will be. repayment is somewhat manageable and it starts 6 months after i graduate, so theres plenty time. i was somewhat surprised that i was given such an amount considering i was forced to apply so late into the academic year.
if anything at all, theres the weekend to rest and catch up with work.
i wonder how that lambda sigma banquet will turn out on monday.
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