meebo languages: english...blah blah..... lolcat.
yayness.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Friday, February 9, 2007
Summer
Ok, so I'm browsing the web (one guess for which site. meh. I'm desperate) and I come across a whole bunch of links to summer programs.
Yay.
Then, there actually are a bunch that seem ok, and are open to sophomores. All fine and well. I look through the sites, read about it, download the application forms. Pretty fun math problems for SUMaC, really. Typical stuff, but still pretty fun. (I wonder if anyone's posted the solutions online. Forget about dogs or diamonds. Google is (wo)man's kind best friend) I think I could actually like these programs.
Plus, they're at Stanford. My dad (probably the only person who ever reads this blog besides me) has friends in that area, so he'll still be watching me. Knowing him, my luggage, clothes, books, and room will be completely bugged. But sometimes it is nice having a *very* involved father. For example, I get to go to things like this (*if* i get admitted). But I digress.
No mention of a deadline anywhere. Strange. Whatever.
Two days later. Still curious about deadlines. It's around 11 pm. Oki, so the offices should be open. And there's a toll-free number. Even better. I call them, ask when is this stuff due.
February 14th. And it's the 9th today. Lovely.
I'd better light some midnight oil at the altar of the god of procrastination.
Yay.
Then, there actually are a bunch that seem ok, and are open to sophomores. All fine and well. I look through the sites, read about it, download the application forms. Pretty fun math problems for SUMaC, really. Typical stuff, but still pretty fun. (I wonder if anyone's posted the solutions online. Forget about dogs or diamonds. Google is (wo)man's kind best friend) I think I could actually like these programs.
Plus, they're at Stanford. My dad (probably the only person who ever reads this blog besides me) has friends in that area, so he'll still be watching me. Knowing him, my luggage, clothes, books, and room will be completely bugged. But sometimes it is nice having a *very* involved father. For example, I get to go to things like this (*if* i get admitted). But I digress.
No mention of a deadline anywhere. Strange. Whatever.
Two days later. Still curious about deadlines. It's around 11 pm. Oki, so the offices should be open. And there's a toll-free number. Even better. I call them, ask when is this stuff due.
February 14th. And it's the 9th today. Lovely.
I'd better light some midnight oil at the altar of the god of procrastination.
Friday, February 2, 2007
Why?
Is there a Why?
Is there a Reason why people cry?
(dang...that rhymes...)
What's the whole point? Joining the rat race? Just being a mindless code monkey? Tinkering around in a lab so that students can curse you for having an impossible name? Or even worse, not being remembered?
I'm just dumb. Bad with people, not very bright, painfully shy, all that jazz. meh. (meh is not a goat sound)
Iono, where the heck am i going to end up? A smart ass would now insert heaven or hell, but is there one? I think too much about random idiotic things, don't I?
Is there a Reason why people cry?
(dang...that rhymes...)
What's the whole point? Joining the rat race? Just being a mindless code monkey? Tinkering around in a lab so that students can curse you for having an impossible name? Or even worse, not being remembered?
I'm just dumb. Bad with people, not very bright, painfully shy, all that jazz. meh. (meh is not a goat sound)
Iono, where the heck am i going to end up? A smart ass would now insert heaven or hell, but is there one? I think too much about random idiotic things, don't I?
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
College?
"What do global positioning systems and gene splicing, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and
The Grapes of Wrath, the football huddle and the T-formation, Yahoo! and Google have in common? All bear the mark of a Stanford individual."
--from the Stanford viewbook
And, Stanford, i've been to. I've lived in there for most of my life, i know the places, the culture. Plus, the Bay Area is the place to be for a geek. Apple, Google, whatnot. and it'll be a home coming of sorts...
But then there are the hacks, the IAP, and, especially, the UROP at MIT. Besides, whenever you watch a movie, the genius with a triple Ph.D. who saves the world--he's from MIT. Mit is the hottest place for any degree at all in science, not to mention the fact that they accept a lot of "pointy" people. The culture is pretty cool; it seems like I could fit in there. And it snows in boston....
Then there's CalTech. If you can survive a month there, you can survive anywhere...
And the rest of HYPSM. And UC-Berkeley--where all the smart asian nerds go.
Last, but not least, there's IIT. Only reason it's good is the sheer amount of competition. I mean, dang! only 4,200 people accepted? that's about a 2% admission rate! and that hanging on one single test. unheard of. purely la creme de la creme go there. but once you get in....iono. not my kinda place, really. i wanna go home....
The Grapes of Wrath, the football huddle and the T-formation, Yahoo! and Google have in common? All bear the mark of a Stanford individual."
--from the Stanford viewbook
And, Stanford, i've been to. I've lived in there for most of my life, i know the places, the culture. Plus, the Bay Area is the place to be for a geek. Apple, Google, whatnot. and it'll be a home coming of sorts...
But then there are the hacks, the IAP, and, especially, the UROP at MIT. Besides, whenever you watch a movie, the genius with a triple Ph.D. who saves the world--he's from MIT. Mit is the hottest place for any degree at all in science, not to mention the fact that they accept a lot of "pointy" people. The culture is pretty cool; it seems like I could fit in there. And it snows in boston....
Then there's CalTech. If you can survive a month there, you can survive anywhere...
And the rest of HYPSM. And UC-Berkeley--where all the smart asian nerds go.
Last, but not least, there's IIT. Only reason it's good is the sheer amount of competition. I mean, dang! only 4,200 people accepted? that's about a 2% admission rate! and that hanging on one single test. unheard of. purely la creme de la creme go there. but once you get in....iono. not my kinda place, really. i wanna go home....
the iPhone's out!
It's a nano + a phone. Cool. it's slimmer than the razr. hot. and a 3.5" touch screen, safari, and a whole bunch of other goodies--it almost almost justifies the price. but.... the ipod was expensive when that came out, and it only catered to people with macs. and see where it is now!What's even cooler is apple's stock. it's at a record $92.57... it's made me 74% since i "bought" it for $53.20....
right now, the portfolio i have has made 53.86%... hot hot hot! if only that money was real...
aaaaaaaaaaaand...i got my psat scores. finally. the school didn't mail it, my dad went and got it. uh... the scores were:
crit reading: 74, 99th percentile
math: 73, 99th percentile (just two dumb questions wrong....)
writing skills: 66 (blah), 99th percentile
total: 213, 99th percentile
better than most ppl i know, but still pretty crappy.
i've decided that i'm having too much fun. not enough work. so, cuz i'm crazy, i've decided to write AP Calculus AB, AP Physics C, and AP Chemistry this year. On my own. no coaching, no classes, whatev. fun! (no sarcasm intended, i'm crazy like that)
Thursday, January 4, 2007
meh.
I'm starting to think that my PSAT scores got lost in the mail....
What's the point in going all the way to school if I'm not going to do anything there? Just sit there all day long..... I could do so much more at home.
About 2 years of school left, and I'm not really sure if I'll be too unhappy when it's over. CBSE is completely stifling. The one commandment of CBSE--
1. Thou shalt not think.
Original thinking is the original sin here. Deviate from the textbook by a single word, and watch little red marks blossom all over your answer paper, slashing left and right, opening oozing red wounds....
If I were rich....
What's the point in going all the way to school if I'm not going to do anything there? Just sit there all day long..... I could do so much more at home.
About 2 years of school left, and I'm not really sure if I'll be too unhappy when it's over. CBSE is completely stifling. The one commandment of CBSE--
1. Thou shalt not think.
Original thinking is the original sin here. Deviate from the textbook by a single word, and watch little red marks blossom all over your answer paper, slashing left and right, opening oozing red wounds....
If I were rich....
Monday, January 1, 2007
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