And by 5 I mean 5 more large things.
1. Edit and Resubmit part 2 of senior Thesis
2. Try and do the large stack of math homework due on Monday
3. Psych Final Thursday
4. Econ 24 hour final Monday
5. Math Final 18th May.
Friday, April 29, 2005
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
So I have a thesis presentation on friday and sometime soon I'm supposed to finish up my revision of the second part of my thesis and hand it in. *heh*
I have neglected the rest of my classes in an attempt to do this so I really hope I can catch up. Ah well, at this point, I suspect unless I fail drastically I'm still graduating.
I have neglected the rest of my classes in an attempt to do this so I really hope I can catch up. Ah well, at this point, I suspect unless I fail drastically I'm still graduating.
Monday, April 25, 2005
Apartment hunting.
I'm feeling guilty about only seeing one apartment in my hunt and then deciding on it.
To be fair I've scanned and called dozens of possibilities on the lists before I went to see this one. Having already put down the first months deposit with the application, I find myself reviewing the pros and cons of this apartment.
Pros:
Location. Literally cross two streets and I'm at the T (subway for non boston people). Which means if I ever want to get anywhere it should be easy. In addition, the supermarket is a block or two away which means easy access to groceries. Oh and the place I work should be a 20 min or so walk. (1.2 km away or so). In addition there are two great streets just down the road with plenty of shops, cafes, restaurants and what not.
Security: 24 hour guy at desk so no one can just waltz in or out. Add that to near the T so I don't have to walk alone at night. A single girl in boston can not be too careful.
Mail: gets accepted. Yay for not having to wait at home for packages
Full kitchen: nice fridge, counter, sink, cabinets. Not sure if there'll be space for all my stuff but nice anyway
Closet space: seems ample. although i'm going to have to make up some of that with storage space since the apartment is so small
Cons:
TINY. How can an apartment be smaller than the one I had in tokyo. I mean the sq feet area is the same and the bath room is tineier so where did all the space go? I won't have to get any furniture... none of it will fit!
Rent: extremely high. well, i've been told that's nowhere near extreme and that its actually pretty good for what i get but still, cheaper would have been nicer. At this rate i'm not sure i'll have any savings.
*sigh* decisions decisions
To be fair I've scanned and called dozens of possibilities on the lists before I went to see this one. Having already put down the first months deposit with the application, I find myself reviewing the pros and cons of this apartment.
Pros:
Location. Literally cross two streets and I'm at the T (subway for non boston people). Which means if I ever want to get anywhere it should be easy. In addition, the supermarket is a block or two away which means easy access to groceries. Oh and the place I work should be a 20 min or so walk. (1.2 km away or so). In addition there are two great streets just down the road with plenty of shops, cafes, restaurants and what not.
Security: 24 hour guy at desk so no one can just waltz in or out. Add that to near the T so I don't have to walk alone at night. A single girl in boston can not be too careful.
Mail: gets accepted. Yay for not having to wait at home for packages
Full kitchen: nice fridge, counter, sink, cabinets. Not sure if there'll be space for all my stuff but nice anyway
Closet space: seems ample. although i'm going to have to make up some of that with storage space since the apartment is so small
Cons:
TINY. How can an apartment be smaller than the one I had in tokyo. I mean the sq feet area is the same and the bath room is tineier so where did all the space go? I won't have to get any furniture... none of it will fit!
Rent: extremely high. well, i've been told that's nowhere near extreme and that its actually pretty good for what i get but still, cheaper would have been nicer. At this rate i'm not sure i'll have any savings.
*sigh* decisions decisions
Sunday, April 24, 2005
New beginnings?
I was originally going to do this mass change in format and everything thing when I started work next year but as I'm procrastinating my thesis yet again decided to try out new things and feels on the blog thing.
When I first started this blog, it was a private diary, created because I type faster than I write. Eventually, as people found me and I found them, it became a way for friends to keep tabs on my life. Since then, all the private entries have gone elsewhere. I guess in a funny way, I'm still very much a private introvert and prefer to not have my life on display. Having said that however, I realize that its not really very much point having a blog if I don't update it, and interact with the rest of my friends using it.
As such, I have formed a new resolution to blog often, and blog about everything.
A couple of things I guess come with that, the largest of which is to stop hiding every traceable detail of myself online. I can't properly blog if I'm forever trying to remember not to type anything about where I am or what I am doing or where I come from.
As for the rest, I'm just going to see where this takes me.
When I first started this blog, it was a private diary, created because I type faster than I write. Eventually, as people found me and I found them, it became a way for friends to keep tabs on my life. Since then, all the private entries have gone elsewhere. I guess in a funny way, I'm still very much a private introvert and prefer to not have my life on display. Having said that however, I realize that its not really very much point having a blog if I don't update it, and interact with the rest of my friends using it.
As such, I have formed a new resolution to blog often, and blog about everything.
A couple of things I guess come with that, the largest of which is to stop hiding every traceable detail of myself online. I can't properly blog if I'm forever trying to remember not to type anything about where I am or what I am doing or where I come from.
As for the rest, I'm just going to see where this takes me.
Friday, April 15, 2005
Singapore becomes a real police state?
News story
Does anyone else feel increasingly like 1984? I mean i'm uncomfortable enough with the US army troops walking around with huge machine guns at the airports. If you think the NS guys in Changi are scary, wait till you run into two taller than 6 foot burly guys carrying machine guns with no smile on their face. Actually i think the machine like soldiers are scarier than the machine guns.
Sorry for the long absence. Am currently pulling an all-nighter over my thesis. I think I've skipped classes for 2 weeks.
Does anyone else feel increasingly like 1984? I mean i'm uncomfortable enough with the US army troops walking around with huge machine guns at the airports. If you think the NS guys in Changi are scary, wait till you run into two taller than 6 foot burly guys carrying machine guns with no smile on their face. Actually i think the machine like soldiers are scarier than the machine guns.
Sorry for the long absence. Am currently pulling an all-nighter over my thesis. I think I've skipped classes for 2 weeks.