Shanghai isn’t just like Houston. It isn’t just like San Francisco. It isn’t just like Toronto. But it is a big city, and it does have the feel of Western influence. Yesterday, my family took a bus out to the Super Brand Mall, directly across from the Pearl Tower (which I think is our target […]
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One Down, Bunch More to Go
Finished my last final Thursday morning, and have since been very grateful to have all that done. Finals were surprisingly doable. As of the Saturday before finals, I had barely began one of two projects, and not truly began studying for either of my two finals. It’s awfully difficult to begin to tackle a big […]
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"Overtoasted" Part 2
A secretary dashed into the doorway, took one look at the body, and screamed. “Yes,” I responded, feeling around for a non-existent pulse. “The burning smell is going to linger for days.” The secretary continued to look in horror. “Well don’t just stand there.” I gestured down the hall. “Go find some help. And an […]
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"Overtoasted" Part 1
It was a slow day. Like most days. Slow and sweaty. I had read the news many times. “Roosevelt’s Health Deteriorates.” “Hitler increases pressure on Neighbors.” “Vodka-powered Russian Army to Defend.” Nothing new. I looked out my window at the stores. Matt’s Laundromat. Kent’s Electronics. The Finer Diner. Same view as for the last fifteen […]
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"Overtoasted" Part 1
So I realize I haven’t stuck much to my weekly plan for updating my blog. I could write a real post, but I think I’m going to punt until after finals finish in 2 days. For my “Humans & Machines” final, I had to create some creative product and do a write-up on how it […]
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Stanford 20, Cal 13
Last week of regular season college football, and for many college students, it’s huge. At Stanford, it’s Big Game week. We play our rival, Cal (UC Berkeley), in a crazy game for possession of “The Axe.” The most famous game was played exactly 25 years ago, where Stanford took the lead with 4 seconds on […]
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Return of the Jet-lagged
How natural this feels. Old chair, old desk, old room, old life, old people (err, bad parallelism there). I arrived back in Houston on a red-eye flight last Friday night and have had a great time since. Everything is more familiar than I thought it would be. I’ve only been gone for 9 weeks, but […]
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It Never Stopped Spinning
Before I came here for college, I went back to my high school several times to practice. I got the most uncanny feeling whenever I saw the cars there, or the teachers walking out the building, or the band equipment scattered in the hallways. It didn’t seem right that kids were waking up at 6, […]
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A Little Diversion
I was arduously working on my CS program here at my desk for awhile. Suddenly, everything on my desk started to vibrate. Oh, how typical. Probably someone with really loud bass. But I can’t hear anything. And everything keeps vibrating. And then it’s gone. Such is the super-exciting life of an earthquake. Apparently a decent […]
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More Rubbish
Life at college is great. Tons of stuff to do around campus. Just last week, I listened to Jeff Katzenberg, CEO of Dreamworks, talk to us about what’s going on in the world of film and animation production. And past the spectacular events going on, there’s the school work. But it’s a lot different. In […]