Thursday, February 22, 2007

Nutcracker + John Harvard



My ex collegue, HY, mentioned that my blogs are kinda depressing. Hmm.. okok.. I shall put some happy stuff on my blog then.



Hehe, this picture was taken in November last year when Joanne and I went to the opera house in Boston to watch the Nutcracker. The Nutcracker is Boston most famous ballet during Christmas session and it was kinda meant for kids. Haha.. but it is sooooooo good!! Makes me wanna learn ballet. =P

After that we went to John Harvard Restaurant for dinner... Too bad that my pic was very ugly or else I will upload it. Hehe.. but the food at John Harvard was fantastic!!

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Updates for week of Feb 5th

This is the second week of classes. And it is a generally good week. =) Went to talk to a professor about doing a third rotation and people in his lab seem to enjoy working in his lab. =) I also talked to the professor that I am currently doing rotation with and we set up a ending time for this rotation. hehe.. if everything works out. I can start looking for tix to come back to Singapore!

And hopefully i can find a lab to go into before summer.

Statistical mechanics course was very interesting this week. The derivation for canonical ensemble is different from the one that I learnt in Cornell. But I think this derivation is much more meaningful. The Ergodic hypothesis is introduced and I finally understand why there is the need to construct the ensemble.

Oh well, that is it for now.
Hmm.. I am starting to feel that I am married to work. Haha.. everytime someone asks me what is going on with my life, I feel that I have nothing to say other than.. what I did in lab and whether classes are interesting. Hmm...

Monday, February 05, 2007

The most important ingredient in a conversation

Today I realized that it is empathy, which is defined as
Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives.

It is what brings about connection.