Attending a talk

As I blog this I'm sitting at the back of a LT with a cup of free coffee, waiting for a talk to begin.

'Recent developments in measurement-based quantum computation', by Hans J. Briegel of the University of Innsbruck and IQOQI (Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information), Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooookay.

Lets see how much I can 'catch'..

Gosh half my profs are here..

Glad tidings

Hello everyone..

A nice update... of the 3 midterms I've had so far, two were quite good, and 1 not so good.

And the essay I handed in I got a B+.

All glory to the Most High...

Onward.

The Return of the IBMac

Heyhey, my laptop is back! and yes they changed the motherboard..

So I should be able to abuse it anew.. But I take good care of it, I leave it on all week and subject it to a full antivirus test every weekday night at 2am. Not to mention its always nice and hot since my laptop cooler is at home. Okay maybe thats why its dying haha..

Anyhow its back to assignments and homework and tutorials and whatnot..

Oh yes. Plan for holidays, zhng the room (again). This time, mega-table under the bed. People like Mandia should know what I'm talking about.
Then I can rearrange the books and stuff..
Then, I can install the symbol that represents all of academia.



The one.
The only.
The White Board.



And all will fear me!


Maybe the laptop withdrawal has taken its toll..

What the pok...

Haha i finally happened everyone... My laptop fan went nuts with a really angry growling sound today, so I shut it down and started it up again.. But then it went BEEEEPBEEEEPBEEEEP!!! and the screen was black and said two words

Fan Error.

And then the thing shut down.. So I brought it to the service centre.. and it will be back in a few days I think... On a good note, my friend had the same problem and they changed his entire motherboard! woohoo..So lets see what happens.. I doubt that they will clean all the gunk inside.. So they should change it!

Muahahahahaha.

One of my USB ports is loose anyway..

Hopefully it comes back soon.. I might have stuff to print..

Thank you all for your support

Lunchtime post

Well its not exactly lunchtime.. Those of us in uni will know that lunchtime isn't really a constant.. Its more like a function of (homework/assignment due dates, time-you-wake-up, what time you had breakfast)

So I'll just define this lunchtime thing as the time I feel awake..

The past two days have been insane.. Not in the sense that I had a million assignments.. Its just that I had an extremely heavy burden on my shoulders.. I'll get to work on handling the situation.

This is just a shout-out to show that I'm somewhat still in control.. Although I sense that I stoned a bit this morning, and I was very desensitised to external events right after the email.. Not as bad as what I experienced before, but still detectable.

Onward.

Alarms

Okay I think I'm starting to get hit by a wave of depression..

Will take steps.

I see now

Maybe knowing what the Bible says doesn't mean you can apply it.

1Co 13:1-13 MKJV
(1) Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I have become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.
(2) And though I have prophecies, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so as to move mountains, and do not have charity, I am nothing.
(3) And though I give out all my goods to feed the poor, and though I deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, I am profited nothing.
(4) Charity has patience, is kind; charity is not envious, is not vain, is not puffed up;
(5) does not behave indecently, does not seek her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil.
(6) Charity does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth,
(7) quietly covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
(8) Charity never fails. But if there are prophecies, they will be abolished; if tongues, they shall cease; if knowledge, it will be abolished.
(9) For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
(10) But when the perfect thing comes, then that which is in part will be caused to cease.
(11) When I was an infant, I spoke as an infant, I thought as an infant, I reasoned as an infant. But when I became a man, I did away with the things of an infant.
(12) For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall fully know even as I also am fully known.
(13) And now faith, hope, charity, these three remain; but the greatest of these is charity.

What do gifts do, if not used in love?

What the.

I will now fume and rant. So I'd appreciate no tags regarding this. Prayers are definitely appreciated...

Why does cold hard logic seem so inadequate when you deal with people..
Every time I apply my mind to something I seem to leave out the most obvious and the most trivial.

How come it is so easy to hurt the very people you don't want to hurt.
How come it is so easy to destroy something you want to repair.

How come I have to receive that mail tonight, when I have a test tomorrow.

Does trying to do the right thing, in an emotionless way imply a fresh wave of pain? Or is it simply impossible to shut out the emotions in doing things right, such that the pain was simply the thing I was trying to avoid?

Lord please change me. Let me do things right. Please. Please. Please.

Accident

Ooops I broke a cuvette today in the biophysics lab... I had to wear latex gloves, and i made the mistake of trying to wash two at the same time, and when i turned them over to drain the fluid one dropped into the sink with a sickening crash.. They're not very big, but it just shattered...















The moment I dropped it i went 'oh crap..' and my lab partner was quite surprised i dropped something two inches and it shattered..

The lab demonstrator went 'what happened???'

'Er I dropped one.. Does it cost a lot?'

She was quite wide eyed, then went to get another one, and told me 'try to be careful, they are expensive..'

No other incidents occured, but when i came back to my room and told my roommate he was quite O_O. 'er mel the ones in the biophysics lab aren't made of glass or plastic.. they're made of pure quartz cause some glass and plastics interfere with fluorescence spectroscopy.. one cuvette costs like 300 bucks.'

O_O

Good thing they didn't charge me for that...

I think I'll stick to pendulum bobs..

Forgiveness

In Tenderness He Sought Me

In tenderness He sought me,
Weary and sick with sin,
And on His shoulders brought me
Back to His fold again.
While angels in His presence sang
Until the courts of heaven rang.

Refrain:
Oh, the love that sought me!
Oh, the blood that bought me!
Oh, the grace that brought me to the fold,
Wondrous grace that brought me to the fold!

He washed the bleeding sin-wounds,
And poured in oil and wine;
He whispered to assure me,
"I've found thee; thou art Mine";
I never heard a sweeter voice;
It made my aching heart rejoice!

He pointed to the nailprints;
For me His blood was shed;
A mocking crown so thorny
Was placed upon His head:
I wondered what He saw in me
To suffer such deep agony.

I'm sitting in His presence,
The sunshine of His face,
While with adoring wonder
His blessings I retrace.
It seems as if eternal days
Are far too short to sound His praise.

So, while the hours are passing,
All now is perfect rest;
I'm waiting for the morning,
The brightest and the best,
When He will call us to His side,
To be with Him, His spotless bride.