Since I'm about to move out of the apartment on Monday, I have to clean up, and this means eating all the food I've been stockpiling for the last 2 months. As a result, I've come up with interesting combinations.
I just threw together some pasta, marinara sauce, corn, chili powder, and olive oil, just to see what it would taste like, and also to start finishing up on my food. Not too bad actually (one must be careful when eating corn). Even if it did taste bad, the taste (along with everything else i.e. life) would get drowned out when I started watching some dramas/Korean movies. Another ingredient that must be finished: milk.
Later today, I will probably have oatmeal, and then again tomorrow morning, just to start finishing off the milk. Oh and there's cereal too. Free breakfast to anyone that shows up. Also, if anyone has any more ideas on how to combine pasta, marinara sauce, and corn, please post them.
Another thing that must happen is cleaning of the room/bathtub. Cleaning the room is pretty easy- throw everything into 2-3 suitcases and vacuum. Cleaning the bathtub looks to be troublesome. Perhaps I can invite some of my lower Asian friends over to help. I'm going to have big problems when I actually move out of college (and dorms) since I can't live by myself very healthily. Oh well. I have 2 years to clean up my act and/or acquire a butler.
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I got out of CVS today and I noticed a very distinctive smell in the air. It's said that smell is the most nostalgic, and only one word came to mind with this smell: Calcutta. O Shitz. yes. Instantly, the hippie biker that passed me by was held suspect of trying to steal my wallet. Damn that city.
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Finals (or finaL) are coming up. Here's the schedule for Monday, pretty much set in stone.
9-12pm: Japanese 412L Final.
12-6pm: Cleanup, straighten things out, eat the rest of the food (seriously).
7pm: Departure to Plano. This makes me very happy. Yay. Plano. Bubble. Hippie-less. Can avoid anyone at will.
Again, I'm taking 2 hooligans, but I have room for 2 more, probably lots of trunk space too.
$20 a pop.
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Normally, I would be sad Japanese is ending (usually I'm sad that classes are ending, since I tend to like the ones I take), but this overwhelming feeling of awesomeness in anticipation of return to Plano kills the sadness. But I bet you, in one week, I'll start missing it.
Strangely enough, I don't miss Physics so much. Probably because it tries to own me all the time, so I'm in hiding.
Wa, uhala po, meme. Rofl.
09 August 2006
07 August 2006
Like drinking chewing gum
A couple of days ago when I went to HEB, I bought this Sweet Tea "Honey and Mint" flavor, and it's been wreaking havoc on my throat ever since. It's mint flavor, which explains the feeling of drinking chewing gum everytime I sip it.
Yet, I, like an Alzheimer's patient, continually forget it. After taking a sip from my nearly full glass, I must drink the rest, with hopes that I'll acquire a taste sometime before bottoms up. Unlikely.
But that's not the point of today's post. I've lived in a lot of cities - Lucknow, Montreal, Ottawa, Plano, and finally I'm temporarily existing in Austin. Note, I "live" in Plano, but "exist" in Austin, simply to get an education.
I will now compare Austin... and Singapore. Of course, one may complain that there is no comparison, but you mustn't jump the correct conclusion so quickly.
Quick Facts:
Area:
Austin: 669.3km²
Singapore: 699km²
Singapore is only marginally bigger! (~4% bigger). To be fair and faithful to being a quantitative sciences disciple, I could normalize the values, but that will prove useless, as you will see in a moment.
Poverty Line:
Austin: 14.4%
Singapore: Not Reported, simply because it's probably not significant enough to measure. Hence, I will be conservative and place it at 2x the unemployment rate: ~6%
"GDP"
Austin: 15947580000
Singapore: 123000000000
Best Education Institution:
Austin: UT
Singapore: NUS.
For the record, UT is probably better. Probably. Except everytime I see that "Time Warner Cable.. it's a winner" commercial, I want to retract that statement, then go on a shooting spree.
If you want to act like a bunch of savages on your own time, whatever. In fact, up the ante and remove those shields, you pussies. Remove each other from the gene pool. But every once in a while, someone says (or implies) when asked "Why'd you come here?".. "UT Football is good".
At that point, the council explodes, and the emergency supression technicians start pumping norepinephrine.
Claim To Fame:
Austin: Leslie, the transvestite running for mayor. (それはちょっと...困りますね.)
Singapore: Changi Airport. Hot. Singapore Airlines. Hot. Singapore Airlines Stewardesses... Hot.
GITRDON Scale (0-10):
Austin: 7
Singapore: N/A. (At this point, even 0 has a value. Asian countries are exempt from this scale.)
Number of Idiots:
Austin: Plenty.
Singapore: N/A
I hate this place. When am I going to leave.. (in a week, then back for 2 weeks). Although I'm very glad I can escape to the Internet, where everything is as civilized as one would like.
You see, this place is.. testing me. To put up with this place and not be changed by it (for the worse) is 133tness.
Today seems like a very unproductive day.
Yet, I, like an Alzheimer's patient, continually forget it. After taking a sip from my nearly full glass, I must drink the rest, with hopes that I'll acquire a taste sometime before bottoms up. Unlikely.
But that's not the point of today's post. I've lived in a lot of cities - Lucknow, Montreal, Ottawa, Plano, and finally I'm temporarily existing in Austin. Note, I "live" in Plano, but "exist" in Austin, simply to get an education.
I will now compare Austin... and Singapore. Of course, one may complain that there is no comparison, but you mustn't jump the correct conclusion so quickly.
Quick Facts:
Area:
Austin: 669.3km²
Singapore: 699km²
Singapore is only marginally bigger! (~4% bigger). To be fair and faithful to being a quantitative sciences disciple, I could normalize the values, but that will prove useless, as you will see in a moment.
Poverty Line:
Austin: 14.4%
Singapore: Not Reported, simply because it's probably not significant enough to measure. Hence, I will be conservative and place it at 2x the unemployment rate: ~6%
"GDP"
Austin: 15947580000
Singapore: 123000000000
Best Education Institution:
Austin: UT
Singapore: NUS.
For the record, UT is probably better. Probably. Except everytime I see that "Time Warner Cable.. it's a winner" commercial, I want to retract that statement, then go on a shooting spree.
If you want to act like a bunch of savages on your own time, whatever. In fact, up the ante and remove those shields, you pussies. Remove each other from the gene pool. But every once in a while, someone says (or implies) when asked "Why'd you come here?".. "UT Football is good".
At that point, the council explodes, and the emergency supression technicians start pumping norepinephrine.
Claim To Fame:
Austin: Leslie, the transvestite running for mayor. (それはちょっと...困りますね.)
Singapore: Changi Airport. Hot. Singapore Airlines. Hot. Singapore Airlines Stewardesses... Hot.
GITRDON Scale (0-10):
Austin: 7
Singapore: N/A. (At this point, even 0 has a value. Asian countries are exempt from this scale.)
Number of Idiots:
Austin: Plenty.
Singapore: N/A
I hate this place. When am I going to leave.. (in a week, then back for 2 weeks). Although I'm very glad I can escape to the Internet, where everything is as civilized as one would like.
You see, this place is.. testing me. To put up with this place and not be changed by it (for the worse) is 133tness.
Today seems like a very unproductive day.
06 August 2006
Twice in a month.
This is the second time someone has cut me off this month. The first time, someone sped into my lane, and I had to brake pretty hardly. The second time.. about a couple of hours ago.. I had to go from 40mph to 0 in 10 feet. I think it was the hardest braking episode I've ever done.
This town blows. And the hippies piss me off. Jeez. My leg is still shaking from that moment. Plano is so much better. So what if they're all Republican. It's probably better to live in a city full of Republicans than get rammed into every other corner here.
And all these hippies are just Democratic to be different; they probably have no idea what stem cells are.
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I've taken up reading the Molecular Biology textbook again, after printing some more color pages out at ME lab. haha. Mooch. Yes. Also, probably a documentary or so every day. Come join the fun.
Posting has been scant because internet has been scant.
This town blows. And the hippies piss me off. Jeez. My leg is still shaking from that moment. Plano is so much better. So what if they're all Republican. It's probably better to live in a city full of Republicans than get rammed into every other corner here.
And all these hippies are just Democratic to be different; they probably have no idea what stem cells are.
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I've taken up reading the Molecular Biology textbook again, after printing some more color pages out at ME lab. haha. Mooch. Yes. Also, probably a documentary or so every day. Come join the fun.
Posting has been scant because internet has been scant.
03 August 2006
作文。
Today, when I got on the RR/CR bus, I was forced into conversation. I was reading my oral performance handout, when the bus driver "Jose" comes and sits across me and says:
Jose: Whatcha reading?
Me: [Hands him handout]
Jose: What's this? Chineez?
Me: Japanese.
Jose: Are you Chineez?
Me: No...[wtf]
Jose: Do you believe in Cheezus?
Me: No..[lol]
Jose: So.. what.. no god? No Cheezus?
Me: I guess not.
Jose: I, you know, I don't need no churches. I just think of him. Cheezus. You know what Jose means? Jose is the father of Cheezus. Jose and Mary. Parents. of Cheezus.
Me: [o jeebus.]
Oh well. We probably need all kinds of people.
I had a job interview today- for the UTLC. It was a group interview, where they split us into 3 groups (and afterwards, groups of 2 for a mock tutoring seesion). The first session had to do with offering prioritized advice to a student on academic probabtion.
Let me tangent- Do you guys remember Cloud? More specifically- his bigass sword? Remember in FF:VII, he had an attack move where he ran up and dished out some pwnage?
It was like that. Anyway, I actually legitimately think I won't get the job, since he inquired about my research hours I put into Mueller Lab. Of course, I said 9, when it's probably closer to 19.
Now for a brief list of annoyances:
Many a times, I'll make the analogy of say.. cooking. People aren't done "cooking" yet. They still have a long way to go. Yet some people are already at the bottom of the pan, where the oil is hot, and they're burnt and roasted, even when the ones on top are still raw.
Everyday, it's some BS about this or that. Listen. You. I don't ever EVER want to hear about your relationship issues. I don't care. If you're having problems, then you were probably too stupid to see it coming. When you do have problems, because, inevitably, relationships are doomed to failure, think of what I just said. I'll repeat it. If you're having problems, then you were probably too stupid to see it coming.
Enjoy.
On a sidenote, I love how some people want to know my grades, and have all these shifty ways of asking ("How did your semester go?", "Did you do ok?", "You did ok, right?"). A couple of days ago, some guy asked a similar question, and I said.. "Yeah.. It was ok.", then he made a feeble attempt at academic terrorism- "You should sleep more."
"What. Like you?" Rofl.
Jose: Whatcha reading?
Me: [Hands him handout]
Jose: What's this? Chineez?
Me: Japanese.
Jose: Are you Chineez?
Me: No...[wtf]
Jose: Do you believe in Cheezus?
Me: No..[lol]
Jose: So.. what.. no god? No Cheezus?
Me: I guess not.
Jose: I, you know, I don't need no churches. I just think of him. Cheezus. You know what Jose means? Jose is the father of Cheezus. Jose and Mary. Parents. of Cheezus.
Me: [o jeebus.]
Oh well. We probably need all kinds of people.
I had a job interview today- for the UTLC. It was a group interview, where they split us into 3 groups (and afterwards, groups of 2 for a mock tutoring seesion). The first session had to do with offering prioritized advice to a student on academic probabtion.
Let me tangent- Do you guys remember Cloud? More specifically- his bigass sword? Remember in FF:VII, he had an attack move where he ran up and dished out some pwnage?
It was like that. Anyway, I actually legitimately think I won't get the job, since he inquired about my research hours I put into Mueller Lab. Of course, I said 9, when it's probably closer to 19.
Now for a brief list of annoyances:
- Media pleas for "understanding": E.g. Why all the Arab states hate us. Every once in a while, incompetence and savagery will be sidestepped, and someone will make a plea to "understand" where they're coming from, as if understanding will help you join (or sympathize) with their cause. Who cares? I'm not God, I don't need to see both sides and be a judge or something. It's probably bad journalism too, to try to cover both sides, and fail miserably. Stick to one side and do it well, there are plenty of idiots on the other side.
- Hypocrits: Through the semester, you'll meet them. Actually, you'll meet a lot of them. They'll make some comment about your life-style (e.g. Oh, it's nice that you do ____), but fail to follow the comment through in terms of implementation. They're usually mouth-breathing premeds. The UTLC interview was full of them. It's very easy to spot one- the conceited tone in the voice, the defensive stance, etc. Yet, all is destroyed when they say "Human Biology". Chutzpah! This one poses no threat.
- Night Showers: I knew I always hated them, I just could never put a finger on it.. until now. Taking a shower in the night, and then sleeping for 8 hours is like taking a trans-oceanic flight. Yes, the air is clean, but who feels clean after a 10 hour flight? No one. That's right- you're actually dirty when you wake up. And don't deny it, just take a shower in the morning, sick fuck. Actually a lot of people I know do this. It's pretty retarded.
- Relationships: They never work. Ever.
Many a times, I'll make the analogy of say.. cooking. People aren't done "cooking" yet. They still have a long way to go. Yet some people are already at the bottom of the pan, where the oil is hot, and they're burnt and roasted, even when the ones on top are still raw.
Everyday, it's some BS about this or that. Listen. You. I don't ever EVER want to hear about your relationship issues. I don't care. If you're having problems, then you were probably too stupid to see it coming. When you do have problems, because, inevitably, relationships are doomed to failure, think of what I just said. I'll repeat it. If you're having problems, then you were probably too stupid to see it coming.
Enjoy.
On a sidenote, I love how some people want to know my grades, and have all these shifty ways of asking ("How did your semester go?", "Did you do ok?", "You did ok, right?"). A couple of days ago, some guy asked a similar question, and I said.. "Yeah.. It was ok.", then he made a feeble attempt at academic terrorism- "You should sleep more."
"What. Like you?" Rofl.
02 August 2006
SSDD
Ever hear of the phrase- same shit, different day. Well, it's just like that around here. Same thing, over and over. It's a good thing its happening now and not earlier (assuming it was inevitable) since there's only 2 weeks of school left. Just.. two... weeks. Then two weeks of totally bugging out, then Fall semester starts again.
Oh well. At least I have an interesting physics book to read.
Oh well. At least I have an interesting physics book to read.
01 August 2006
Chutzpah.
If anyone has been around me, and listened for long enough, they must very well know of my opinion of the Dark Ages. It's because of those times, and idiots (namely, Europeans) running wild and fighting wars instead of innovating, that we don't have warp propulsion, instead, combustion engines (how weak is that?).
It seems we've hit another one of those times. 1980s, 1990s were freaking awesome, but now, nothing is changing. The Internet has come and changed, cell phones are ubiquitous, but what revolutionary innovation is poised to change our lives once again? Absolutely nothing teems on the horizon. That's lamentable, as I was expecting commercially viable fusion reactors by the early 2020s, and FTL propulsion by the early 2070s.
Of course, with my current lifestyle, I probably won't live to see 2070, but it would be nice to see things progress.
The great American empire is now slowing down; not only are blue collar factory jobs being outsourced, but advanced medical techniques as well, and with Bush yet again affirming his committment against increasing funding for stem cell research, and adherence to backward ways, the only thing this country has left is the infrastructure and military. Infrastructure only goes so far without proper academic funding, and a military is useless when competing against legitimate competitors. So what do the next two decades hold?
Energy. The relics of the past, clinging on to memories of Chernobyl are slowly dying off, and it seems that a peaceful nuclear age is about to start (but things have gone skew before as well), greatly helped by Asia's abundant Thorium deposits. In fact, as an extremely viable alternative, Thorium deposits in India will definitely enter world politics, although I would like to believe that this resource will be better managed than Middle Eastern oil. In 20 years, the Middle East will be one big hole, and either Israel (rightfully) or Iran (wrongfully, but still viable) will have created this. In 20 years, I see Europe and Asia controlling biotech, America(s) still retaining premier educational institutions (although at that time, I think education, more than a job, will be the driving factor for immigration), and Africa finally joining the picture, replacing Mexico's role as providing cheap labor. Somehow, this goes against instinct, but some African countries are finally showing signs of stability- elections in Congo, and increased legitimacy of Somalia's transitional government through Ethiopian peacekeepers. But I think ultimately, Europe (and the Americas, to a lesser extent), have provided means for their own demise. By introducing English as the foremost and lingua franca of modern times, they've forced the stubborn Chinese, the backward Vietnamese, the nationalist Japanese, and lethargic (but still mentally adept) Indians together to usher in the next phase in the World's development: efficiency, spearheaded by the Asian century.
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I'm now going to read my book- The New Quantum Universe, and then study some for Japanese.
It seems we've hit another one of those times. 1980s, 1990s were freaking awesome, but now, nothing is changing. The Internet has come and changed, cell phones are ubiquitous, but what revolutionary innovation is poised to change our lives once again? Absolutely nothing teems on the horizon. That's lamentable, as I was expecting commercially viable fusion reactors by the early 2020s, and FTL propulsion by the early 2070s.
Of course, with my current lifestyle, I probably won't live to see 2070, but it would be nice to see things progress.
The great American empire is now slowing down; not only are blue collar factory jobs being outsourced, but advanced medical techniques as well, and with Bush yet again affirming his committment against increasing funding for stem cell research, and adherence to backward ways, the only thing this country has left is the infrastructure and military. Infrastructure only goes so far without proper academic funding, and a military is useless when competing against legitimate competitors. So what do the next two decades hold?
Energy. The relics of the past, clinging on to memories of Chernobyl are slowly dying off, and it seems that a peaceful nuclear age is about to start (but things have gone skew before as well), greatly helped by Asia's abundant Thorium deposits. In fact, as an extremely viable alternative, Thorium deposits in India will definitely enter world politics, although I would like to believe that this resource will be better managed than Middle Eastern oil. In 20 years, the Middle East will be one big hole, and either Israel (rightfully) or Iran (wrongfully, but still viable) will have created this. In 20 years, I see Europe and Asia controlling biotech, America(s) still retaining premier educational institutions (although at that time, I think education, more than a job, will be the driving factor for immigration), and Africa finally joining the picture, replacing Mexico's role as providing cheap labor. Somehow, this goes against instinct, but some African countries are finally showing signs of stability- elections in Congo, and increased legitimacy of Somalia's transitional government through Ethiopian peacekeepers. But I think ultimately, Europe (and the Americas, to a lesser extent), have provided means for their own demise. By introducing English as the foremost and lingua franca of modern times, they've forced the stubborn Chinese, the backward Vietnamese, the nationalist Japanese, and lethargic (but still mentally adept) Indians together to usher in the next phase in the World's development: efficiency, spearheaded by the Asian century.
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I'm now going to read my book- The New Quantum Universe, and then study some for Japanese.
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