Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Two things:
(1) On nights when I spoon out sherbert, while I'm walking back to my room, I always try to lick the spoon. The funny part is that my tongue always gets stuck to the bottom of the spoon like that kid Flick's tongue does to the pole when he's dared to lick it in A Christmas Story. I always end up ripping the spoon off my tongue like velcro. Luckily, no damage has been done as of yet.
(2) I forgot the other thing.
Monday, July 20, 2009
UCF: Day 62
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
We went to Disney World today. I had a blast. Disney World seems much more fun as an adult. It truly is the happiest place on Earth. I found myself dancing around and marching to the music all day long, and I never tired in the 11 hours that we spent in the park. The funniest part by far was when we went to the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor show, and Peter Martin was picked out of the audience to play "Sully" as part of a joke. We all figured he was picked because of his bushy beard. He made some faces on the screen that everyone in the theater could see, and I laughed so hard that tears came streaming down my face. I wiped my eyes so much that I got a little sunscreen in them, but it didn't burn all that bad. I was just too ecstatic about the laugh floor show.
We went to Disney World today. I had a blast. Disney World seems much more fun as an adult. It truly is the happiest place on Earth. I found myself dancing around and marching to the music all day long, and I never tired in the 11 hours that we spent in the park. The funniest part by far was when we went to the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor show, and Peter Martin was picked out of the audience to play "Sully" as part of a joke. We all figured he was picked because of his bushy beard. He made some faces on the screen that everyone in the theater could see, and I laughed so hard that tears came streaming down my face. I wiped my eyes so much that I got a little sunscreen in them, but it didn't burn all that bad. I was just too ecstatic about the laugh floor show.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
UCF: Days 60-61
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Craig and Maria V invited me to a crazy BBQ at Craig's place last night. It was fun to hang out with all the Gauss program people outside of the MAP building as well as some other people that I've come to meet since my stay here. It's kind of sad that I'm finally getting to the point where I feel like friendships are budding and knowing that I will be leaving in two weeks. I will miss them.
I didn't do too much today except some cardio and yoga and then a bike ride to Moe's for some protein. After an afternoon nap, Melissa took me to Target so I could buy a duffle bag for some stuff I need to take back and some blankets for the parents-to-be - Dr. Tamasan and his wife. I have put off doing laundry today, and I shouldn't have. We are going to Disney World tomorrow and I should be resting. I think I will go very soon so that I can make sure to get a good night's rest tonight.
Craig and Maria V invited me to a crazy BBQ at Craig's place last night. It was fun to hang out with all the Gauss program people outside of the MAP building as well as some other people that I've come to meet since my stay here. It's kind of sad that I'm finally getting to the point where I feel like friendships are budding and knowing that I will be leaving in two weeks. I will miss them.
I didn't do too much today except some cardio and yoga and then a bike ride to Moe's for some protein. After an afternoon nap, Melissa took me to Target so I could buy a duffle bag for some stuff I need to take back and some blankets for the parents-to-be - Dr. Tamasan and his wife. I have put off doing laundry today, and I shouldn't have. We are going to Disney World tomorrow and I should be resting. I think I will go very soon so that I can make sure to get a good night's rest tonight.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
UCF: Day 57-59
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Well somehow I missed a few days and I can't figure out where. Unfortunate. It has been really difficult to keep up this blog because I work all day and then come back to the apartment dead beat. All I want to do in the evening is relax while eating a meal before heading to bed.
Today felt like a rather productive day, though I did not work on my research one bit. We came to some depressing conclusions yesterday. Our analysis of the family of linear ODE's is not applicable to the family of non-linear ODE's. So we will only be reporting on the first half. Dr. Tamasan didn't have time to meet today so he said we will meet tomorrow to wrap up some theoretical work from way back. Then I will be responsible for typing up more work in LaTeX. The productive part of my day was that I spent time studying for the GRE. I worked examples all day long - well, about 6 hours total.
Stephanie, Melissa, and Vicky bought their Disney World tickets today so I am more relieved about going now. I bought mine last week because we had decided to go this past weekend, but when they tried to purchase their tickets, the ticket center was sold out. Now all we have to do is decide a day to go. I want to go on Sunday so I can still do yoga on Saturday.
Well somehow I missed a few days and I can't figure out where. Unfortunate. It has been really difficult to keep up this blog because I work all day and then come back to the apartment dead beat. All I want to do in the evening is relax while eating a meal before heading to bed.
Today felt like a rather productive day, though I did not work on my research one bit. We came to some depressing conclusions yesterday. Our analysis of the family of linear ODE's is not applicable to the family of non-linear ODE's. So we will only be reporting on the first half. Dr. Tamasan didn't have time to meet today so he said we will meet tomorrow to wrap up some theoretical work from way back. Then I will be responsible for typing up more work in LaTeX. The productive part of my day was that I spent time studying for the GRE. I worked examples all day long - well, about 6 hours total.
Stephanie, Melissa, and Vicky bought their Disney World tickets today so I am more relieved about going now. I bought mine last week because we had decided to go this past weekend, but when they tried to purchase their tickets, the ticket center was sold out. Now all we have to do is decide a day to go. I want to go on Sunday so I can still do yoga on Saturday.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
UCF: Day 56
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Today has been an alright day that has ended fantastic. I struggled a bit earlier today trying to make it through all the muddled math, but OMG the 6th Harry Potter movie (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) was released tonight at midnight, and it was amazing and a bit sad. As a Harry Potter fan, I have to say that the director did a better job with keeping most of what was in the book for this movie than previous ones, though some was left out and even then some was added (odd). The ending was a shock, mainly because it ended so abruptly. There was no coming to terms with the final scene. The most shocking event of tonight was finding out that John Mark had gone to see this movie on opening night and that he was dressed as a wizard. He hasn't shown much interest in it to me. I wonder who got him to go... I wish it had been me. I am going to see the movie again on Saturday. Ha.
Today has been an alright day that has ended fantastic. I struggled a bit earlier today trying to make it through all the muddled math, but OMG the 6th Harry Potter movie (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) was released tonight at midnight, and it was amazing and a bit sad. As a Harry Potter fan, I have to say that the director did a better job with keeping most of what was in the book for this movie than previous ones, though some was left out and even then some was added (odd). The ending was a shock, mainly because it ended so abruptly. There was no coming to terms with the final scene. The most shocking event of tonight was finding out that John Mark had gone to see this movie on opening night and that he was dressed as a wizard. He hasn't shown much interest in it to me. I wonder who got him to go... I wish it had been me. I am going to see the movie again on Saturday. Ha.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
UCF: Day 55
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Today was another long day of work. I began studying for the GRE. It was a little more difficult than I expected, and at the same time, studying is irksome because I feel like I am more intelligent than the practice tests tells me I am. My scores are pitiful.
Today was another long day of work. I began studying for the GRE. It was a little more difficult than I expected, and at the same time, studying is irksome because I feel like I am more intelligent than the practice tests tells me I am. My scores are pitiful.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
UCF: Day 54
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
*trumpets* Another day has come to an end at UCF in this small eighth of an apartment (not a "quarter", as my friend Laura Norena says.) Today, Vicky, Melissa, Stephanie, Ben, Eddy, and myself went to Universal Studios. It wasn't what I expected. It was both better and worse than my expectations. That sounds contradicting, but it's the truth. The park was actually two parks: one mostly for entertainment in the visual sense, and the other for thrill-seekers. I had a good day though. We had some good laughs and captured some great pictures. Next weekend we are going to Disney World. I can't wait.
What I really can't wait for is to go home... only 19 full more days to go. I thought this would never come. =)
Oh, and I bought John and myself a pair of shirts at Universal Studios.. His says "Thing 1" and mine says "Thing 2."
*trumpets* Another day has come to an end at UCF in this small eighth of an apartment (not a "quarter", as my friend Laura Norena says.) Today, Vicky, Melissa, Stephanie, Ben, Eddy, and myself went to Universal Studios. It wasn't what I expected. It was both better and worse than my expectations. That sounds contradicting, but it's the truth. The park was actually two parks: one mostly for entertainment in the visual sense, and the other for thrill-seekers. I had a good day though. We had some good laughs and captured some great pictures. Next weekend we are going to Disney World. I can't wait.
What I really can't wait for is to go home... only 19 full more days to go. I thought this would never come. =)
Oh, and I bought John and myself a pair of shirts at Universal Studios.. His says "Thing 1" and mine says "Thing 2."
Saturday, July 11, 2009
UCF: Day 53
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Today was an interesting day. Dr. Tamasan told me to not go to my meeting today because he was taking Johann and I out to lunch with his wife. We went to Panera. After I got back, I spent the afternoon wrapping up the step functions/piecewise work. Then I came back to the apartment. I had planned on doing laundry tonight, but a few of the REU students talked about going to TGIF's. I had already eaten, but I wanted to get out, so I drank a few beers and ate some mac and cheese. After dinner, most people wanted to go see a movie, but Stephanie, Vicky, and myself did not. Trey drove us back to the apartment and then drove back to the theater. I didn't want to stay up late because yoga is at 1030 tomorrow morning, and I want to get some cardio in beforehand.
Today was an interesting day. Dr. Tamasan told me to not go to my meeting today because he was taking Johann and I out to lunch with his wife. We went to Panera. After I got back, I spent the afternoon wrapping up the step functions/piecewise work. Then I came back to the apartment. I had planned on doing laundry tonight, but a few of the REU students talked about going to TGIF's. I had already eaten, but I wanted to get out, so I drank a few beers and ate some mac and cheese. After dinner, most people wanted to go see a movie, but Stephanie, Vicky, and myself did not. Trey drove us back to the apartment and then drove back to the theater. I didn't want to stay up late because yoga is at 1030 tomorrow morning, and I want to get some cardio in beforehand.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
UCF: Day 52
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Today has been a slow day. I spent most of the morning re-working experiments that I conducted yesterday, and the afternoon I spent making some corrections to documents that I have already typed up for the paper. I have finally come to nearly fully understanding what my research is about this summer, and sadly, the REU is nearing to an end. It is unfortunate that it has taken me this long to comprehend. I struggled previously with feeling like I contributed to the team, but today made a big difference.
Dr. Tamasan bought my lunch today at the Student Union. He really is the nicest adviser I could ask for. Cardio and yoga tonight!
Today has been a slow day. I spent most of the morning re-working experiments that I conducted yesterday, and the afternoon I spent making some corrections to documents that I have already typed up for the paper. I have finally come to nearly fully understanding what my research is about this summer, and sadly, the REU is nearing to an end. It is unfortunate that it has taken me this long to comprehend. I struggled previously with feeling like I contributed to the team, but today made a big difference.
Dr. Tamasan bought my lunch today at the Student Union. He really is the nicest adviser I could ask for. Cardio and yoga tonight!
UCF: Day 51
Location: Lake Claire Apartments, Building 69, Room 213
Nothing really exciting happened today except that John and I finally made it to the 4th Season of Star Trek. Seven of Nine is finally on board Voyager.
Nothing really exciting happened today except that John and I finally made it to the 4th Season of Star Trek. Seven of Nine is finally on board Voyager.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
UCF: Day 50
Location: patio outside Student Union
Not many days left at UCF. Crunch time is setting in. I have been working longer days, and results are looking okay, though not perfectly acceptable. I'm not sure if we are going to come to a conclusion before I have to begin writing my paper and making the poster to present. I wrote my abstract tonight and sent it to Dr. Tamasan. Hopefully, he will look over it and give me some insight. I could only get 72 words in it. Perhaps that is enough.
I haven't felt like doing much of anything with my free time. I considered going to the gym today, but I watched Star Trek instead. I may try to go to the gym tomorrow. I need to work out some more.
Not many days left at UCF. Crunch time is setting in. I have been working longer days, and results are looking okay, though not perfectly acceptable. I'm not sure if we are going to come to a conclusion before I have to begin writing my paper and making the poster to present. I wrote my abstract tonight and sent it to Dr. Tamasan. Hopefully, he will look over it and give me some insight. I could only get 72 words in it. Perhaps that is enough.
I haven't felt like doing much of anything with my free time. I considered going to the gym today, but I watched Star Trek instead. I may try to go to the gym tomorrow. I need to work out some more.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
UCF: Day 49
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Today was a busy and productive day. I spent the morning double checking a theory for the piecewise continuous refraction polynomial. Then I went to a lecture for a few hours, and afterward, I began to debug the Van program I wrote to calculate the Vandermonde matrix for our piecewise continuous matrices so that we can recover the refraction polynomial. I worked until 7pm and then I went to the gym for a couple of hours for cardio and yoga.
Not a bad day. The roommates are talking about going to Disney World this weekend.
Today was a busy and productive day. I spent the morning double checking a theory for the piecewise continuous refraction polynomial. Then I went to a lecture for a few hours, and afterward, I began to debug the Van program I wrote to calculate the Vandermonde matrix for our piecewise continuous matrices so that we can recover the refraction polynomial. I worked until 7pm and then I went to the gym for a couple of hours for cardio and yoga.
Not a bad day. The roommates are talking about going to Disney World this weekend.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
UCF: Day 48
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
I stayed up late last night so I woke up late. I didn't get started on my work until around 2 pm. and I worked until about 7 pm. It wasn't so bad. After that Melissa and I went for ice cream at Maggie Moo's and then we all (minus Stephanie) went to the grocery store. Then I came back and watched The Cable Guy with John.
I stayed up late last night so I woke up late. I didn't get started on my work until around 2 pm. and I worked until about 7 pm. It wasn't so bad. After that Melissa and I went for ice cream at Maggie Moo's and then we all (minus Stephanie) went to the grocery store. Then I came back and watched The Cable Guy with John.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
UCF: Day 47
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Today is the 4th of July. Costas threw an organic BBQ. He made homemade fries, veggie salad with olives, onions, peppers, tomatoes, and oil, homemade bread, cheese, rice wrapped in grapes leaves that had been cooked in vinegar. He served organic lemonade, limeade, and strawberry lemonade. He also cooked meat on the grill, although I didn't eat any. For dessert, he had made baklava with which he served organic mint chocolate and chocolate ice cream. I ate so much in the course of 4 hours I didn't think I would eat the rest of the day. All of the thoughts we had of Costas before this day were not pleasant, but his gesture of cooking for us on a holiday made up for all of his previous actions.
We left Costas' house and rested at the apartment for a while. Later on, we decided to go to downtown Orlando to see the fireworks. It was beautiful. We stood among skyscrapers no more than 10 stories tall, and we noticed the fireworks gave a reflection off the buildings. I had hoped that after the fireworks we would walk to a bar, but some of the others wanted to go back to the apartments so we left. The others then decided to watch Dr. Strangelove. I decided to listen to Harry Potter. =)
Today is the 4th of July. Costas threw an organic BBQ. He made homemade fries, veggie salad with olives, onions, peppers, tomatoes, and oil, homemade bread, cheese, rice wrapped in grapes leaves that had been cooked in vinegar. He served organic lemonade, limeade, and strawberry lemonade. He also cooked meat on the grill, although I didn't eat any. For dessert, he had made baklava with which he served organic mint chocolate and chocolate ice cream. I ate so much in the course of 4 hours I didn't think I would eat the rest of the day. All of the thoughts we had of Costas before this day were not pleasant, but his gesture of cooking for us on a holiday made up for all of his previous actions.
We left Costas' house and rested at the apartment for a while. Later on, we decided to go to downtown Orlando to see the fireworks. It was beautiful. We stood among skyscrapers no more than 10 stories tall, and we noticed the fireworks gave a reflection off the buildings. I had hoped that after the fireworks we would walk to a bar, but some of the others wanted to go back to the apartments so we left. The others then decided to watch Dr. Strangelove. I decided to listen to Harry Potter. =)
Friday, July 3, 2009
UCF: Day 46
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Laziness. That's what today was. I didn't do much of anything. I didn't FEEL like doing much of anything. I listened to the 6th Harry Potter book most of the morning, then went to the laundry facility for the weekly load. Afterward, I came back for lunch and watched Harry Potter 3 and took a nap. I woke up and rode my bike over to Moe's for dinner. I was supposed to go to I-bar tonight, but Laura's friends bailed on her. The other REU students were trying to get a plan together to go out, and they decided to go to a Thai restaurant and then out to some bar where 18 and up were allowed since we had underage babies with us. I didn't find out until after dinner that the REU group had decided to go to I-bar, and I called Laura to invite her. She was already at her parents house for the holiday and said she would not come. I felt bad.
We made it to the bar okay... found parking, but one of the babies didn't have an ID... only a student ID with a birthdate on it and the bouncer would not accept it. So we left and decided to hit up a bar near the campus. Instead of taking back the way we came, Mel said we should take the highway because she knew where we were. After a while, I could feel that we were not going the right direction... I repeatedly stated that something didn't feel right. I was right. We were about 30 miles outside of Daytona Beach before we turned around. By the time we got back, the local bars would close in an hour. I still wanted to go out, but getting others to go out was like pulling teeth. I just wanted to have a beer... one freaking beer. I forgot how difficult it is to go out with people that are not old enough to drink. When I was their age, I was just left behind. Yep, one day you'll be there. Wait your turn. But Mel kept wanting to include everyone. I was so tired and fed up from getting lost, I just decided to go back to my apartment to watch Star Trek. That's the one thing I know would make me feel better about the whole mess of a night.
Laziness. That's what today was. I didn't do much of anything. I didn't FEEL like doing much of anything. I listened to the 6th Harry Potter book most of the morning, then went to the laundry facility for the weekly load. Afterward, I came back for lunch and watched Harry Potter 3 and took a nap. I woke up and rode my bike over to Moe's for dinner. I was supposed to go to I-bar tonight, but Laura's friends bailed on her. The other REU students were trying to get a plan together to go out, and they decided to go to a Thai restaurant and then out to some bar where 18 and up were allowed since we had underage babies with us. I didn't find out until after dinner that the REU group had decided to go to I-bar, and I called Laura to invite her. She was already at her parents house for the holiday and said she would not come. I felt bad.
We made it to the bar okay... found parking, but one of the babies didn't have an ID... only a student ID with a birthdate on it and the bouncer would not accept it. So we left and decided to hit up a bar near the campus. Instead of taking back the way we came, Mel said we should take the highway because she knew where we were. After a while, I could feel that we were not going the right direction... I repeatedly stated that something didn't feel right. I was right. We were about 30 miles outside of Daytona Beach before we turned around. By the time we got back, the local bars would close in an hour. I still wanted to go out, but getting others to go out was like pulling teeth. I just wanted to have a beer... one freaking beer. I forgot how difficult it is to go out with people that are not old enough to drink. When I was their age, I was just left behind. Yep, one day you'll be there. Wait your turn. But Mel kept wanting to include everyone. I was so tired and fed up from getting lost, I just decided to go back to my apartment to watch Star Trek. That's the one thing I know would make me feel better about the whole mess of a night.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
UCF: Day 45
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Dr. Tamasan reviewed some new ideas with me today and asked me to type them in LaTex. I also worked towards programming the new matrices into Matlab. Johan and I tried to test them, but we weren't recovering the data very well. We are going to work on it again tomorrow.
Other than that, I went to the gym for cardio and yoga and enjoyed myself.
Dr. Tamasan reviewed some new ideas with me today and asked me to type them in LaTex. I also worked towards programming the new matrices into Matlab. Johan and I tried to test them, but we weren't recovering the data very well. We are going to work on it again tomorrow.
Other than that, I went to the gym for cardio and yoga and enjoyed myself.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
UCF: Day 44
Location: Lake Claire Apartments
Today was a lame day. I didn't do anything. Honestly, I met with Dr. Tamasan and Johan for about an hour and Dr. Tamasan said he wanted to meet this afternoon, but he never came. Lame.
I took a nap and then watched a little Harry Potter. Now onto Star Trek.
Today was a lame day. I didn't do anything. Honestly, I met with Dr. Tamasan and Johan for about an hour and Dr. Tamasan said he wanted to meet this afternoon, but he never came. Lame.
I took a nap and then watched a little Harry Potter. Now onto Star Trek.
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