I went to the physics colloquium at Pomona today. The topic was "Gravitational Waves from Nascent Black Hole." (hmm.. what the heck is it?) Well, I didn't get what on earth the speaker was talking about. It's literally as though he's talking in a different language; which is actually true. (hyper-accreting black hole? failure of neutrino-
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I asked my dad to scan my IB certificate -- I really wanted to see what it's like. Grr... It's not as 'grand' as I thought it would be! What a waste of 2 years of lack of sleep...
first class today! physics, humanities, math, and compsci. They're really cool. I wasn't really sure whether to place out of the first quarter of math or not, but i figure that i'd rather take it and get good grades
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okay, i have been writing about mudd in so many times already today. I won't write anymore. but one thing i can say, it's awesome (!). I don't regret choosing Harvey Mudd over Imperial :)
on second thought... I will write about it, later :D
i saw a bunch of agatha christie books in the bookstore yesterday!!! i got 'the ABC murder', and succesfully induced the agatha-christie-craze to adhira and margaret. they bought 'murder in the orient express' and 'murder of roger ackroyd' which are |absolutely| awesome.
hercule poirot was about the sole reason i took french :D
hhh... Mudd has started giving 'homeworks' way before classes start! whyy???? I was thinking not to start the calculus online tutorials + quizes until i got there (it's supposed to be optional to start early, right?? right??), but a very freaky email says 'many of you are off to a terrific start on the web quizzes. This is an excellent way to
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