10 abstract algebra proofs = our third take home midterm in the abstract algebra class. on the test it stated you are allowed to use your notes, the course textbook, and old homework. you are also allowed to talk to the instructor. you are not allowed to use other books, or to talk to anyone… Continue reading take home exam

my professor said the department has decided to accept me to the graduate school even tho i haven’t taken GRE yet. i can take the test as late as the fall semester. but i do want to take it this summer. not too much can go wrong now. starting the fall semester i will be… Continue reading i'm accepted to the graduate school

another shocking policy set up by the chinese. i just read on hailey’s blog that her school is banning all students from owning computers in their dorms. i just don’t get what is the point of that. esp. for college students, how they should treat their academic studies is their own damn business. the school… Continue reading shocking policy

i was picking up an application form from a building in my university. while waiting for the lady to get me the form, i saw this basket of candies sitting in the waiting room. i was planning to take some but then i saw mixed with them were condoms. i just wasn’t sure any more.… Continue reading interesting combination

more to what i wrote previously (which i find now extremely boring), i’m searching for advice on how to write a good personal statement for my graduate school application. some tips on this page just make me laugh so hard. i can not believe that apparently people have made the mistakes before. * DO NOT… Continue reading personal statement

there’s a lot more to say about this wacky visiting asso. professor from HongKong. he teaches my asian humanities: china class. he believes in too many superstitions (fengshui, yijing etc). for example, he puts a budda on his office window so the female ghosts won’t come and corrupt him (since he’s a scholar). he’s also… Continue reading wacky professor

can you believe this small 500 page book costs $100 – well that is the book i need to buy for my required abstract algebra course for my math major. good thing i ordered the cheapest used one from amazon. with shipping it’s $72, still cheaper than the used book price at my university book… Continue reading expensive book

so my research project for the next semester has started early. i had a couple of options. i chose to learn c# and help building this IE addtion component like google toolbar for a specialized search engine for my professor. he warned me it’s gonna be hard. yes it will be challenging since i have… Continue reading dig into COM

WEB PROGRAMMING A ADV INFO/KNWLDG A CIV OF ASIA: CHINA A PROGRAM LANG CONCEP A- Hrs GPA 12 3.92 so i guess i got A- in that class i hate. not that i hate the material. i just hate the grading. oh whatever, it could have been worse. at least my over all GPA is… Continue reading grades are out

delightful – i finished my last 7:30am final. i was struggling with one of the haskell problem on the exam but i think i nailed it at the end. 10 minutes before the end of the exam. the exam is two hour long. i finished everything except problem 4 by 8:30am. then i dived into… Continue reading last final