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Saturday, December 17th, 2005
Out of the 23.98 years of my life, I know I have finished at least one thing; my education by the sages of current society. We all feel, at one point or another, the end of the beginning and the beginning of something new. This is merely a fraction of what I felt today. As excited as I was to have found out that I have successfully completed all my Bachelor of Science degree requirements for Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, I could not help feel that this is not even close to the climax of my life. In perspective, I hope this is even a tiniest of bumps on the open road as I know there will be gargantuan hills and mountains I will have to climb in the future. I wishfully hope that the stress and pressure I have faced at Georgia Tech have me well prepared for the real world.
There are some things you expect as you keep stepping up the ladder of knowledge; however, the interrogation I have faced against my own expectations of a collegiate environment here in Atlanta has given me a brand new perspective and I will never forget it.
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2005
So some freshmen decided to it would be rather funny to make things explode. That’s fine; we’ve all made things explode or make loud sounds before. That’s really not the point though. What bothers me is not the fact that this person created these explosives. What bothers me is the fact that these explosives were placed in locations for others to find. It’s one thing to create something potentially dangerous for yourself as the handler; it’s completely different to leave them in places where someone could (obviously unknowingly) find them.
Related Links:
NBC: 11alive.com
CBS46.com
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2005
My first and last Summer semester at Georgia Tech will come to a close after two weeks and this day.
For a brief period, I though the Summer would be easy-going and lax compared to Fall and Spring semester. By the time the second week was over, I had to let go of such optimistic expectations. I could not have picked any other schedule for the Summer. As so it happened, the two classes I am taking has complemented each other in terms of how they fit into my weekly routine. There was only one time where things that were required for those two classes conflicted with each other. Other times, major things were always at least a week apart.
Yesterday, I’ve jumped over the last big hurdle for one of my classes. I feel relaxed now but I know starting next week, I’ll start stressing over the two final exams coming up.
Anyway, I’ve strengthened my friendship with a select few while being driven from some others. As some theorize, humans are compelled to understand and befriend those who know about what you’re going through better than anyone else. I don’t think there is a better example of this than to just point at me when I am emotionally and mentally stressed; I find it that I have a difficult time communicating with people outside of the paradigm that I’m currently in. I suppose it’s really a shame but it’s something I have noticed more and more this Summer and semester out of all others.
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2005
I've finally added another photo gallery to my site, I thought it was about time. I just went through all the photos I've collected from my digital camera and from friends to find all the pictures that would fit in the gallery theme. I might be doing a 'Goldfellas' theme for the next photo gallery. I have over a 100MB of collected Goldfellas photos from my experience with the organizations and photos submitted to me from other Goldfellas. Then I might do a 'Friends' gallery; I seemed to have taken ALOT of photos of my friends from different stuff we used to do when we weren't all so busy trying to graduate. Related Links: – Georgia Tech Campus Photo Gallery
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Sunday, July 10th, 2005
Books >> Textbooks.
I do not have a single clue what the deal is with textbooks; all textbooks I’ve held in my hand tend to over-complicate matters to the point of being absolutely intellectually fussy. I’m just referring to all the textbooks I was forced to buy high and sell low for; every single textbook made perhaps-interesting subjects into hazardous objects of boredom. It certainly does not help that most of the textbooks that my professors require are usually written by other PhDs who all seem to love their own personal style and diction when it comes down to writing a textbook. I can never seem to read one sentence without having run into the period at the end to think: “What in the world is this person trying to tell me?”
On the other hand, I love a good technical book I can buy for less than $49.99 minus tax, at my local regular bookstore. Now, those authors, they get to the point and they get to the point well. If I wanted to read about “How to do something” then all I have to do is flip through the Chapter X titled “Something” and start reading from the first paragraph to the last. In a textbook, I would probably be able to find a Chapter XX on page 689 entitled “Profoundly Abstract Something.” Then, I’d have to search for the first paragraph that actually explains what I wanted to find out since the first few pages will have some intellectual rant about the subject and how the reader should be aware of major assumptions that the chapter makes in order to explain the subject.
In reality, in all the technical writing classes that I was/am forced to take as a Computer Engineering major (about five total), our technical writing advisors always reminds us that simplicity is key. Well, I have to wonder where in time this advice turns from useful to something so petty that the high intellects of our society ignore it completely. Don’t they know that their work is being read by students? If not, then what is the deal with those problems at the end of every section and chapter? If so, then why write it as if it were to be read as a substitute to Unisom thirty-something minutes before you need to call it a night?
On a side note… personally, I think that the egos of upper-echelon intellects have fed themselves long enough. Unless you are Einstein, Newton, or any one of the intellectuals from earlier centuries, conceit should be bottled by a cork of modesty and stowed away in the cellar until maturity hits.
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
Last week, I spent a little less than 16 hours in lab for one lab course. We have two 3-hour labs per week; each lab is always due a week after the assigned laboratory time and each lab takes at least 5 hours to finish. On top of that, we have homework assignments for each lab which take anywhere around 3 hours outside of lab.
The kicker? This is supposed to be a 2-hour laboratory course.
In the end, I am glad that I will get this course over during the Summer instead of in the fall because 1) I’m taking one other class that is not as strenuous as other ECE courses I’ve taken so I’ll have more time to focus on this lab class and 2) Summer semesters are really never relaxed as I’ve heard but this lab kind of packs 4 months of material into 2.5 months so better to get it over within a shorter period of time instead of for 4 months.
Anyway, I’m taking a bit of time adjusting into this whole Summer semester thing. I haven’t really been too efficient with my schedule outside of getting my school work completed, I need to try to find a part-time job somewhere while starting to prepare for finding a full-time position for after Graduation.
Anyway, for all my friends not in the ATL this Summer, feel free to email or give my cell a ring! 
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