30th Nov 2005 
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Since I have started writting my thesis, or merely the M.Eng project, I have to think about my defense. The faculty has just imposed a 2+2 weeks rule, that is the paper has to ciruculate two weeks before the defense and the defense has to be at least… [...]
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In my department, we used to have a quarter status update hosted by the VP. We found that session is very useful, keep us posted with the lastest project related news in department. When the VP was transfered to another department, the acting… [...] Vancouver doesn’t snow much, usually it just rain all winter long. This year, the first snow fall comes quite early. I don’t mind snow at all, since I am already used to it back east. The problem here in Vancouver other people who… [...] In the Catholic church, when a person baptise and join the church, he has to find a god-parent to sponsor him. The idea of god-parent is to give spiritual guidance to the god-child. Pat has recently become a god-mother. The odd thing is her god-daughter… [...] I rarely go to shopping, I actually feel a bit uncomfortable going to the mall. I always prefer to know exactly what to buy, the price I want to pay before I go into a shop. Buy things base soley on the limited information available in the store and… [...] Today at lunch, Edwin showed me the Gundam game on his PSP. You all might already know that I am a long time Gundam fans. The new game is very attractive, so I played in car and while waiting for food. The game play itself is similiar to the old Gundam… [...] I have listened to a very inspiring speech on procrastination, which I found is one of my biggest problem. There are three types of procrastination in general. The first type is the prefectionist. They won’t start working unless everything… [...] Mui Garden is finally reopened. This resturant is the default place to have lunch. When we are out of ideas, we can simply pick it with no objection from anyone. It was closed for a couple of months already. The resturant has posted a notice on the… [...] When I went to T&T in Metrotown for glocery shopping today, I found out that the chinese bookstores next to the supermarket is closed. There used to be two chinese bookstores next to T&T, one is Taiwan based, and the other one is China/Hong… [...] I went to Cellar Jazz at Boardway and Almo on friday. This is the first time I go to a jazz lounge, and I found that place is pretty comfortable. Listening to jazz is more for the life style it represent than the appreciation of the music itself. Jazz… [...] Finally, I have discovered the correct way to eat the seaweed side dish come with the meal in Korean resturant. I went to the $5 cheap Korean place for lunch. Verona had learnt how to eat the seaweed from observing people from other table. She is… [...] I have been working on my thesis full throttle these past weeks. After sorting out all the bugs in the simulator, I have made quite some major progress. Tomorrow I am going to have my regular research meeting with professor Hardy. This is the first… [...] I hosted the toastmaster meeting today. This is the first time I take up the role of the meeting chairman. The main task of the chairman is to introduce the speakers and bridge the transition between different sections. I don’t think I… [...] I was reading the news today about the failed sucide bomber in Jordan. The bomber is an iraqi woman, she, her husband and two other man bombed a wedding in Jordan. Her husband’s bomb detonated and killed 57 people in the hotel ballroom.… [...] I have promised to help Pat wash Charlie this weekend. Due to different reasons, this task is procastinated until the last day of the long weekend. We started the battle after dinner. With a hind sight, we made the right decision having dinner… [...] The winter has finally came to Vancouver. In a cold winter morning, it is very hard to me to get up from my warm bed. When I woke up, I just want to stay in the bed for another moment. Sometimes I will even fall back into sleep for a little longer. The… [...] I came across a very funny page today. Everyone knows Hello Kitty, and here it comes the latest cute toys for kids, Hello Jesus. Among all the items, I like the Hello Caesar wallet most. It is an in-joke of Mark 12:17: And Jesus answering said unto… [...] I have been spending endless nights in debugging the UMTS extension to ns2, which the simulator for my thesis work. Ns2 is an open source freeware, one of the two most used simulation softwares for analyzing network preformence. The only other… [...] Ping pong, also known as table tennis, is a common game played among children in Hong Kong. I remember there was a ping pong table in my primary school. Kids play ping pong during recess. The most common format of game is winner stays, each game… [...] Guacamole is the green sause usually come with fajitas. Usually I perfer salsa, the red sause, more over guacamole, with one exception at the Stone Frog. Stone Frog seems to become the default resturant of choice for our subsystem team lunch.… [...] |
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