I've always been kind of lazy to go skiing because I don't want to deal with all the hassles associated with it. But it's still very fun once I get on the slope.
One of my friends sprained her ankle pretty badly today. Finally, someone's gonna take over my crutches. Being such a environmental friendly person, I don't want to see it go into waste. (assuming that that someone is going to get hurt someday anyway).
Hmm.....seems like a lot of people, me included, don't know how dangerous this sports can be without a certain level of knowledge. It's never a pleasant thing to see other people get hurt. I wouldn't mind spending a few bucks to take a lesson to learn the basics.
Feb 21, 2010
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Feb 13, 2010
Job Search
According to an article I read on yahoo finance, on average, there are 6.1 people per 1 available job opening in Dec. 2009, compared with 3.4 people in Dec. 2008.
This number is quite astounding, even after hearing so many stories from my friend about how hard it is to get a job. Some of them are hard to believe. For me, I got a 2nd round offer from one firm but later on having it rescinded a couple weeks later. I emailed back asking for at least a reason. Didn't hear back from her again.
This reminds me of a funny reply to a rejection letter.
http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/humor/reject.html
hahaha, maybe one day I would send out something like this, preferably on April 1st.
The other day I was telling myself it's time that I watched some TV shows and relaxed a bit. So I turned on the TV and started watching Seinfeld.
Whoa, it turns out that it's such a funny show. I like it a lot. Kramer's hilarious, he shakes when he talks and then he glides into the apartment as if that's how one should enter an apartment. hahaha. I wonder why young people don't talk about this show.
This number is quite astounding, even after hearing so many stories from my friend about how hard it is to get a job. Some of them are hard to believe. For me, I got a 2nd round offer from one firm but later on having it rescinded a couple weeks later. I emailed back asking for at least a reason. Didn't hear back from her again.
This reminds me of a funny reply to a rejection letter.
http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/humor/reject.html
hahaha, maybe one day I would send out something like this, preferably on April 1st.
The other day I was telling myself it's time that I watched some TV shows and relaxed a bit. So I turned on the TV and started watching Seinfeld.
Whoa, it turns out that it's such a funny show. I like it a lot. Kramer's hilarious, he shakes when he talks and then he glides into the apartment as if that's how one should enter an apartment. hahaha. I wonder why young people don't talk about this show.
Feb 11, 2010
2009 年下半到現在
先記一下張博威的一個好笑事蹟：「來來來我唱一首Albee 好可憐給你聽。」 hahaha, 這故事很有流傳價值！隔天早上還跟我去了DC，買了兩雙 Georgetown 襪子回去跟小Daniel磕頭。
12/1 是個大日子，我去 New York interview. This is the 2nd round, if I pass I'm in.
12/11 是個大日子，早上十一點左右，我接到電話──I finally got an offer.
12/9 Bruce 來 Philly 玩，我們去看 Allen Iverson. 天啊！他就站在離我不到十公尺的地方。
10月底的某一個星期三，我那位難以相處的室友終於搬出去了。
要叫他搬出去也不是件容易的事，他總是說好好好，過一陣子又沒動靜。等到期限快到了，他就嘗試找我們聊天，然後企圖跟我們和好。我們當時很怕他就這樣一直賴著不走，畢竟他有繼續繳房租。後來我還打電話給他媽媽確認一下，還好他媽是個明事理的人，有她保證我們就放心了。
這真的是一件很大的挑戰。我不但不願意跟他住在同一個屋簷下，我甚至完全不想跟他有認何瓜葛。截至目前為止，他還是三不五時傳簡訊來想找我玩。
10/25 去 Saint Louis 參加我表姊的婚禮，我們這輩的第一個。
12/17 Calculus Review Session 來了六十個人有吧，我一個人在那邊解題解了三小時，後來腳很痠。這算是我的 Final.
這是我見過最花時間的 calculus course, especially for TAs. 不但班大 (160人) 還有七班同樣的課要一起 coordinate. 要給 common midterm 要另外找時間，每次考試都從晚上七點改改改改到凌晨一點才回家。又有非常難的 supplementary practice problems 要解釋，出題的教授還不給解答。光是改作業、出小考 + 登記成績每個禮拜至少五小時跑不掉，。$5000塊一學期，真是血汗錢。
但我還是非常慶幸當初有找到這份工作。想當初 summer 先是去了 DC 的活動兩星期，接下來 一邊搬家一邊要念精算考試，中間還跑去 Vegas，搬玩家新家還要找人來住剩下的兩個房屋，加上要買車，看似時間很充裕的暑假，也是這樣就過了，根本沒辦法專心找 fall 的工作。這已經是我這輩子最窮最窮的一段時間了，當時是無論如何一定要找到一份可以糊口的工作的。
還好有申請上 TA, 而且教 math，這算是最棒的工作吧。讓我教喜歡的數學，又可以練習上臺說話，而且讓我這個沒在上課的人有一種還是待在學校裡的歸屬感。嗯，真舒服。
帶我的這個講師人很好，我也認識了很多同樣是TA Math 104 的人，其中有一些是 Penn undergrad 就當 TA 的頂尖學生，他們四年就拿到 B.S. + M.S.，真省時間。
12/1 是個大日子，我去 New York interview. This is the 2nd round, if I pass I'm in.
12/11 是個大日子，早上十一點左右，我接到電話──I finally got an offer.
12/9 Bruce 來 Philly 玩，我們去看 Allen Iverson. 天啊！他就站在離我不到十公尺的地方。
10月底的某一個星期三，我那位難以相處的室友終於搬出去了。
要叫他搬出去也不是件容易的事，他總是說好好好，過一陣子又沒動靜。等到期限快到了，他就嘗試找我們聊天，然後企圖跟我們和好。我們當時很怕他就這樣一直賴著不走，畢竟他有繼續繳房租。後來我還打電話給他媽媽確認一下，還好他媽是個明事理的人，有她保證我們就放心了。
這真的是一件很大的挑戰。我不但不願意跟他住在同一個屋簷下，我甚至完全不想跟他有認何瓜葛。截至目前為止，他還是三不五時傳簡訊來想找我玩。
10/25 去 Saint Louis 參加我表姊的婚禮，我們這輩的第一個。
12/17 Calculus Review Session 來了六十個人有吧，我一個人在那邊解題解了三小時，後來腳很痠。這算是我的 Final.
這是我見過最花時間的 calculus course, especially for TAs. 不但班大 (160人) 還有七班同樣的課要一起 coordinate. 要給 common midterm 要另外找時間，每次考試都從晚上七點改改改改到凌晨一點才回家。又有非常難的 supplementary practice problems 要解釋，出題的教授還不給解答。光是改作業、出小考 + 登記成績每個禮拜至少五小時跑不掉，。$5000塊一學期，真是血汗錢。
但我還是非常慶幸當初有找到這份工作。想當初 summer 先是去了 DC 的活動兩星期，接下來 一邊搬家一邊要念精算考試，中間還跑去 Vegas，搬玩家新家還要找人來住剩下的兩個房屋，加上要買車，看似時間很充裕的暑假，也是這樣就過了，根本沒辦法專心找 fall 的工作。這已經是我這輩子最窮最窮的一段時間了，當時是無論如何一定要找到一份可以糊口的工作的。
還好有申請上 TA, 而且教 math，這算是最棒的工作吧。讓我教喜歡的數學，又可以練習上臺說話，而且讓我這個沒在上課的人有一種還是待在學校裡的歸屬感。嗯，真舒服。
帶我的這個講師人很好，我也認識了很多同樣是TA Math 104 的人，其中有一些是 Penn undergrad 就當 TA 的頂尖學生，他們四年就拿到 B.S. + M.S.，真省時間。
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