Does title has to be related to the content? I am so tired of figuring out a proper title while I even do not know what I will write before actually writing it down, so let's make it "ultra filter". They sound like a good thing, very absolute about their decisions. In some sense, that is a good personality.
The exam week is completely out of order. Being distracted and tortured by the process of program extension and panic about exams and the recital and also affected by bad mood of people around me. However, these times, when everything and everyone is leaving and I need to walk through and figure things out all by myself (which is actually not a rare thing for me), I feel, on the contrary, more clear about what means more to me.
I do not know what a real math major will feel, but for me it seems review time is never enough, especially when being distracted by other stuff. For the whole week, whenever I am done with those distractions, I will simply sneak into an empty classroom in Doherty Hall and go over notes with the chalk board. Writing things out on the chalk board clears my thoughts and also clears out those stressful feelings. Back from my junior middle school, painting starts to act as an efficient activity that clears out my mind, now there is other activities. No doubt mathematicians like chalk boards. Back in last spring, we are at the point of discussing chicken McNuggets (linear Diophantine equations) problems and Russel's Paradox and this semester I am exposed to way more math. I could have chosen another path such as either taking the Machine Learning course or the programming language, but I am happy about my current choice. Anyway it might be the first and last chance that I am so close to this more abstract aspect of math (although Set Theory is still fundamentally rooted in many concrete problems and has many concrete applications). Just as Nodame suggested, shouldn't we try talking to significantly different pieces rather than only working within our comfort zone?
Also in the same week, I met my client, an old gentleman from England. We are going to start working on a modified design of a garage apartment. The original design is conducted by one of his friends of over 50 years time (will I live long enough to have a 50 years' friendship ... ), but sadly he passed away and cannot continue working on it. It has been a while before I participated in such a solid architectural project, but I am excited about this brand new start.
About the recital, I guess I just messed up every possible spot I could. At the very beginning I played about 4 to 5 measures and I played a chord wrong and I forgot what should come next ... when I remember the following part I found there was already a big gap, I figured that I'd better start all over again ... This might be the scariest thing that can happen in a recital and I managed to make it happen. Later I missed the top note of an octave and then a 2 vs 3 match went weird and finally that double jump also bugged. The overall tempo is a bit slower than the optimal tempo I decided to use ... But anyway many thanks to Logan who let me play his piano for two years and taught me many useful tips and came to see the show, thanks to Bryce who accompanied me on the back stage and thanks to Snigdha who came to see the show, also thanks to Ronald who showed me the secret practicing rooms in School of Drama, where I went a lot for the first half of the week. Playing on a real piano before recital should be a good thing to do and also it seems my practice bothers one of my other room mates so I'd better practice at school and only go home at bed time. However non of these and other things bothers me or I pretend they do not because I am determined to neglect them and work on thing that are more important to me.
I have tried my best in the current me, although maybe not the best of me, for Set Theory and recital and I enjoy the entire journey.
This morning I handed in a group report for the course of Zero Energy Housing and can maybe officially start the new round of project and self-exploration. Apart from that I would like to pick up the score-tidying work and also continue tidying my Set Theory note which I cannot finish during the semester.
The exam week is completely out of order. Being distracted and tortured by the process of program extension and panic about exams and the recital and also affected by bad mood of people around me. However, these times, when everything and everyone is leaving and I need to walk through and figure things out all by myself (which is actually not a rare thing for me), I feel, on the contrary, more clear about what means more to me.
I do not know what a real math major will feel, but for me it seems review time is never enough, especially when being distracted by other stuff. For the whole week, whenever I am done with those distractions, I will simply sneak into an empty classroom in Doherty Hall and go over notes with the chalk board. Writing things out on the chalk board clears my thoughts and also clears out those stressful feelings. Back from my junior middle school, painting starts to act as an efficient activity that clears out my mind, now there is other activities. No doubt mathematicians like chalk boards. Back in last spring, we are at the point of discussing chicken McNuggets (linear Diophantine equations) problems and Russel's Paradox and this semester I am exposed to way more math. I could have chosen another path such as either taking the Machine Learning course or the programming language, but I am happy about my current choice. Anyway it might be the first and last chance that I am so close to this more abstract aspect of math (although Set Theory is still fundamentally rooted in many concrete problems and has many concrete applications). Just as Nodame suggested, shouldn't we try talking to significantly different pieces rather than only working within our comfort zone?
Also in the same week, I met my client, an old gentleman from England. We are going to start working on a modified design of a garage apartment. The original design is conducted by one of his friends of over 50 years time (will I live long enough to have a 50 years' friendship ... ), but sadly he passed away and cannot continue working on it. It has been a while before I participated in such a solid architectural project, but I am excited about this brand new start.
About the recital, I guess I just messed up every possible spot I could. At the very beginning I played about 4 to 5 measures and I played a chord wrong and I forgot what should come next ... when I remember the following part I found there was already a big gap, I figured that I'd better start all over again ... This might be the scariest thing that can happen in a recital and I managed to make it happen. Later I missed the top note of an octave and then a 2 vs 3 match went weird and finally that double jump also bugged. The overall tempo is a bit slower than the optimal tempo I decided to use ... But anyway many thanks to Logan who let me play his piano for two years and taught me many useful tips and came to see the show, thanks to Bryce who accompanied me on the back stage and thanks to Snigdha who came to see the show, also thanks to Ronald who showed me the secret practicing rooms in School of Drama, where I went a lot for the first half of the week. Playing on a real piano before recital should be a good thing to do and also it seems my practice bothers one of my other room mates so I'd better practice at school and only go home at bed time. However non of these and other things bothers me or I pretend they do not because I am determined to neglect them and work on thing that are more important to me.
I have tried my best in the current me, although maybe not the best of me, for Set Theory and recital and I enjoy the entire journey.
This morning I handed in a group report for the course of Zero Energy Housing and can maybe officially start the new round of project and self-exploration. Apart from that I would like to pick up the score-tidying work and also continue tidying my Set Theory note which I cannot finish during the semester.
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