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Groceries, Delivered

I’m always hungry. I satisfy my hunger only to find myself feeling hungry again an hour later. No, I’m not obese; I’m just a student with a fast metabolism. In a perfect world, I’d be able to eat at any time of the day. Since it’s not a perfect world and I’m a student trapped [...]

Erratic Sleep Patterns

It happens to me every semester. My sleep patterns get totally out of control. For the past two weeks, I’ve slept at nearly 5 or 6 AM and woken up at 7 AM, when I decide to go to classes, and 1 PM, when I decide to not go to classes. You can guess which [...]

Official UC Berkeley Pizza

According to the Cal Dining website, the dorm dining commons will begin offering pizzas on week nights after the regular meal hours. Students will be able to “call-in” their orders, pick them up in person, and pay with their dining points or plain cash.
While I’m not a fan of Cal Dining’s pizza, this will certainly [...]

Chem 4B Midterm #3

So, I didn’t completely fail my chemistry midterm. Out of 100 possible points, the mean was approximately 57 points and the standard deviation was approximately 18 points. The lowest score was 11 points, and the highest score was 98 points.
Originally, when I saw the score distribution, I was pretty sure that I had managed to [...]

Cinema Therapy

I know I haven’t been posting my normal supply of updates. After studying for countless hours for my organic chemistry midterm and failing miserably, I haven’t been in the mood to post updates. Thankfully, I’m feeling much better now after much inner reflection.
I decided to try escape Berkeley yesterday. I needed an outlet for my [...]

Insomnia

This is bad. I can’t sleep.
I just finished watching Donnie Darko. It was an interesting movie; the plot was pretty twisted. I’ll be watching it again some time soon.
But now, its 4 AM, and I’m not tired or sleepy. I have a problem. I guess I’ll set my alarm clock for 11 AM and start [...]

Four Midterms Down

Whoa! I just got back from my EECS 20N midterm. It was pretty straightforward; there seemed to be no major traps, and it was pretty similar to the past exams. Pulling an all-nighter last night REALLY helped, since I read most of the textbook, which covers EVERYTHING. I expect the mean to be high though…

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RAM and Midterms

Wow! crucial.com just cut the price of 1GB of notebook DDR PC2100 to $295.99 from $330. I’m waiting for the price to reach $200 so I can load up my ThinkPad T40. I’m seriously in need of more memory!

Just under 12 hours till my EECS 20N midterm. I haven’t started studying yet (#)($#($ MATH HW), [...]

Never Fear, I Is Still Here

If you think I mistyped the title of this post, go watch Hackers sometime soon.
I’ve survived an all-nighter + an 8-5 day. However, I have to do physics now. ::sigh:: 3 hours and counting…

Concentrated HCl burns. Immediately rinse in case of exposure. Cytosine + uracil can be a new way to get high.

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Back In Berkeley

So, I’ve been back. Three days in fact.
Returning to college life is a somewhat welcome experience. I had lots of fun back home and in Europe (pictures will go up soon), but Berkeley has a certain, exclusive, addictive, atmosphere that you can’t get anywhere else. Nevertheless, I do miss home a bit, and I’m looking [...]