|
| Howdy,
Haven't updated in a while. Bad boy I know. Sorry about that. Have been pretty busy with stuff, as in with school and proposals. I have also been trying to figure out getting credit for the classes I took in Edinburgh.
I got a couple of grades back from Edinburgh and even though I passed those classes, am upset at one of them, LFD. I know I did better than the grade I got. I can swear to everything that I aced that class.
As for everything else, have just been getting back into the groove of Caltech. Problem sets every week, midterm, finals, baseball, life in America ... Oh yeah, baseball is gonna be great this year! We have lots of good frosh who will definitely lead the pack into the season. Has been good seeing Iram as well. I'm really glad to have her back, to have someone to talk to and relax with. To sit and have chai with.
Are watching RIZE now, about a hiphop clown. It's pretty interesting, about taking the world by storm via the influence of hip hop dancing.
Anyway, got to go to bed. See you guys in the AM. Later. | | |
| Hey guys,
Am now at the Las Vegas airport. Am actually sitting across from a pretty hot chick! :-p Anyway, am coming back from Texas and I am headed back to LA to finish off school and hopefully end up graduating in June.  That would be fantastic to do. I can't wait to graduate. I need to find a job and everything still but that's gonna be in the works right when I get back to school. I am going to start throwing my resume out there for companies to see and acknowledge. Hopefully at least one company will recognize the skills.
Big Ives is gonna be picking me up at the airport in LA. Thankfully someone was free to pick me up. I'm glad I have friends. I helped out with the cooking class at school with Tom but I think I'm going to be taking a break from that this term. They had enough people for that and so I figured I wouldn't push it even though it would be nice to have that extra money. However, I am grateful because seeing as it is was scheduled to be on Wednesday nights, I can no attend salsa lessons and I will be able to learn and develop new skills and moves along the way. I am truly excited about that.
Man, when I was dancing in Lubbock, I went out to salsa nights. It was soooo worth it. I actually met a few girls with whom I think I am going to be keeping in touch. It was pretty intense man. There were three girls especially who were actually really chill. I really felt like I got to know them very well. I will definitely be keeping in touch with them and they said that if and when they come out to Cali they would hit me up.
The best news though is that meri jaan and I will be able to start afresh with no long distance interruptions in our relationship. I can not wait for that. It's going to be normal for us for one of the first times that I can remember. Hang on .... She actually just called me. Imagine that! Haha. She is waiting for her plane to leave and she will soon be on her way as well. I will be there to pick her up at the airport when she returns as I always am. I can't wait for her to be in my arms again. Lots of love.
All the best and take care of yourselves. | | |
| Howdy! Ok so this song isn't really new but it really makes me
nostalgic for home. Regardless of where you are from, it's always
going to be your home and give you the nice warm fuzzy feeling
inside. There are not many things in life which do that to a
person, which make them feel that way inside, which is good. If
everything gave us a sublime feeling, then how would we be able to cope
with breakdowns and misfortunes. In order for us to survive, we
have conditioned ourselves to experience both pain and happiness.
For one the human body does not learn without pain. That is,
unless you put yourself through it and tough it out, it would not be as
valuable as if you had.
Anyway, home is where the heart is and I totally agree with that.
(Now Iram don't read anything into that, it's just a cliche).
Regardless of where you are from you have a subconscious acceptance of
it. You know that it's home and you have spent most of your life
there so why shouldn't you?
Just felt like bringing that up. Anyway, have a big exam
tomorrow, then am going up to Inverness and on Friday, guess
what! I am going to Loch Ness to find Nessie!!! How cool is
that??!?!? I get back on Friday night to Edinburgh and then leave
on Sunday, spend a few hours in LA then hop on a plane to go back
home. If anyone asks I'll be somewhere down in Texas.
Can't wait! Love you all.
| | |
| - Safest Place to Hide Alright. I am done with 3 of my classes now. After Monday I should be done with 4. It's almost over and I can't wait to go visit my family back home.
The other day, I was thinking about the deeper aspects of religion, about the effects on your common sense and ideology. Why is it that when one is extremely spiritual they seem to lose sense of why things actually happen? Coming from Tech, I have been laundered into believing that this belief isn't very prevalent, however it is actually held by many. At least here in Scotland and also back home in Texas. I am assuming that it happens in places where the majority of the population swing to staunch conservatism.
Now, when something bad happens any normal person would say something to the effect of, "Damn, what bad luck!" or "Fuck!" or "Why the hell did I do that!?!?". However, it seems that conservatism (in terms of religion) is a tool to brainswash the masses into following religion in a cult like manner. To live your life in a extremely conservatively religious blocking out all reason for anything occuring other than God. I am not saying that if you are one of these conservative religious individuals and you believe that God is just a being overseeing the world, then that is fine. I am trying to understand more of those people that believe that God is behind each and every event happening in their own little bubble and in the world.
I can just imagine the religious leaders getting together, very similarly to that of the Continental Congress in 1776. I can see them getting together and discussing using their respective religions as vehicles for socialization and how they should use them to inculcate subordination and acceptance of authority. The less fortunate and less educated people who only depend on God as their answer without finding anything out on their own, or don't try to understand something microscopically, on a much smaller scale. I'm all for the belief that something is there, looking over us but I don't think he has direct control over everything in our lives. We can make our own choices and I believe that we determine where we are going in life, not an outside entity. I just can't seem to find the logic behind those people that can only think of something happening because 'God was angry or God was happy!'
Just thought I would get that off my chest. It's been bugging me for a while now. Hope you all have a good break. Take care and let me know what you think? Back to finding the minimizers of linear systems of equations .... eheheheheeheheh.
Later. | | |
| I just found out that you could put a title up in front of your
entry. That's really cool. I've seen it on other blogs but
I didn't think that it would work on Xanga.
Khair, update is here. It's been a long time, at least a week or so.
A riddle for you:
I'm here, sitting down in the lab, in front of a Linux machine. I have been here all day.
What on earth could I be doing?
You guessed it, I'm being really lame! I have been here in front
of the computer all day, working on a stupid assignment that's due
tomorrow. Thank God it's the final assignment. Then I have
to go back and study for exams. What fun!
One thing I really hate. When you get an assignment and the
wording of the assignment sheet is so bad that you second guess and
question what the question is asking. It's pretty annoying when
you can't even understand what the professor is asking; something you
need to do in order to answer the problems correctly.
Thankfully, I'll be done with exams on the 15th of December and I will
then be going home on the 21st. It'll be really nice to go back
home to see my family and hang out with old friends. I'm gonna
have a good time back home.
I haven't been sleeping much, just been studying a lot, gearing up for
exams. However, last night I took the night off, and went out
dancing. I went salsa dancing at the monthly Fiesta Latina.
Some other friends of mine came and we all had a good time. The
night was fun because my friends came but it did not seem as good as
the last Fiesta Latina. Maybe it's because everyone is studying
and getting ready for exams, or maybe it's because there weren't as
many people there. I dunno what it was but there was something
that didn't seem to match up. Speaking of which, for all you
friends from back home, we have to go out dancing some salsa when I get
back. Rosa, Marissa, I know you guys would be down.
Anyway, I'm probably going to get a little food then go back and study. Take care and I'll see most of you in a few weeks.
Later!
| | |
|
