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ReadingWeek starts from February 19th. Add the two weekends before and after that week and thats a total of 9 days. Nine days of no classes. But that dont mean no assignments. The UNIX course midterm is right after the holiday. And there will be other assignments to work on to.I’m planning on leaving TO on the 16th, after jummah, around 230pm. Its a 4-5 hour drive and i should be in ottawa by 8 pm. Most probably i’ll goto dooh’s first. Maybe get ed, andvari, zolt, and goto a movie. or maybe just rest. cuz theres a ski trip on the next day. And i really really wanna goto that. ed’s trying to get a ticket for me. It’s arranged by the BioChem department [in Carleton]. Last time it was arranged by the same dept. Oh, and we’re also going to the same ski resort.

you know whats really annoying ? Not being able to get the right water temperature when taking a bath. I swear it can get soooo frustrating.. turning the knobs again and again, testing the water to see if its not too hot and not too cold. aaaahh. Sometimes its take me 5 minutes just to adjust the temp. ‘damn too hot.. okay turn it down.. ahh !! too cold too cold.. go back go back.. shiet too warm now.. skin’s burning.. oh for the love of.. ‘

I went to bed at 430 pm.. wanted to take a nap. when i woke up it was 1130 !!! what a waste.. i was supposed to work on an assignment.. and just wanted to take max 3 hrs rest.. but no one woke me up :(

now, at 439 am, i’m almost done.. it’s due on wednesday. tomorrow, or rather today, have to start working on the report. Apparently, the report is worth lots.. even if your code isnt as good as it should be, and if it doesnt do what it should, your report shud be topnotch.

Have to watch the following..

• O Brother, Where Art Thou :: [i heard its very good]
• Quills :: [very very good. watch it if u get the chance]
• Heathers :: [no idea about this one]
• Snatch :: [actually, gonna watch this in theatres]
• The Crew :: [no idea again]
• Shadow Of The Vampire :: [malkovic is usually very good]
• Interview With The Vampire :: [one of my fav movies]
• The Wedding Planner :: [lopez… nuff said]
• Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon :: [wowo]
• Legend Of The Drunken Master :: [seen this one, yet another wow movie from jackie chan]
• Kentucky Fried Movie :: [spozedly *very* funny]
• Silence Of The Lambs :: [yep .. i havent seen this one yet]
• Survivor 2 – Episode 1 :: [just to see what its like]
• Macross 7 – Galaxy is Calling Me :: [@Nime]
• Violinist of Hamelin Movie :: [@Nime]

so today, math assgn, tomorrow csc228 assgn, thursday training at WIS, friday csc209 assgn.. weekend math midterm. still, its much better than ed’s schedule. “i have a quiz tomorrow, and 3 labs with their prelabs, one assignment, 1 midterm, and a lab exam this week, hehe. oh, and also next week, 3 labs with their prelabs, and one assignment, to hand in at the end of the lab.” welcome to university !!

my csc209 professor used that term in his lecture on the 24th. His words were something like, “but when it comes to accessing huge files, UNIX degrades gracefully”. Does the period go after the double comma ? or before it ? i cant remember. back in carleton’s library’s pc lab, when ed_mistress was proofreading my essay, he told me that i had it backwards.. but now i cant remember if this is the correct way or the wrong one.

my timetable for this term is very good. just three courses [finally some rest] this time. mon, wed, and fri i have classes from 9-1 and then on tue and thursday, from 2-4. the professors this term are pretty good. most defnitely better than last term’s. 228’s prof is female.. and her early morning cheerfulness can get obnoxious sometimes.. but not always. 209’s prof has a strong personality that screams show-some-respect-u-fool.. but not in any arrogant or disrespectful way. i think its his voice.. heavy, deep, and powerful. 344 prof.. heh.. hes needs to find a way to connect to the students.. but i guess thats understandable since he was a visiting researcher in Kobe University, Japan for the past few years. His communication skills must have gracefully degraded. currently he’d be talking about a theorem and then say, and i quote, “so i mean.. this is.. ok.. i mean.. yes.. so the theorem really means…. “.

remember my new years resoultion ? “try not to kill the retard who takes my official seat in the lecture halls.” heh.. well i kinda have official seats by now.. no one has, deliberately, taken them yet.. and thus no mysterious deaths have been reported to the campus police:o)

i finished Ender’s saga [Orson Scott Card] this month. There are four books in the series.. so that makes it a quartet ? [i think thats what they call a series that has four novels..] Personally, i loved the first two novels in the series. The rest had a different style and theme. Near the end of the series, the last few chapters of Children of the Mind, you have to keep track of, and understand, some very weird concepts and theories to make sense of whats going on. Ofcourse this is science fiction so there are going to be weird manifestations of physical and/or metaphysical concepts. But when an author conjures up a universe based on these concepts and theories and complicates them more than necessary, his/her writing tends to get boring. Asimov mastered the art of keeping his writing simple. It didnt matter how wacky or complicated his ideas were since they flowed like a river when he presentedthem in his writings.

I havent played any adventure games in ages. skid gave me The Longest Journey a few months ago and i installed it yesterday. The visuals are stunning. Apparently it’s a very very good game. But its lonnnnnng. 4 cds !! And thats why, subconciously, i dont want to play it.. cuz i know i’ll get hooked.. games like these scare me.

thrawn’s having eXams these days. ReadingWeek is coming up soon. Its getting cold again. Car’s front-left door’s lock is borked. Still looking for a decent part-time job. Have to reply to some emails..