January 2010
Learning Erlang
I’m learning Standard ML in Principles of Programming (15-212). I didn’t think I would like the functional programming paradigm but it’s starting to grow on me. Having functions as first class values allows you to do some pretty neat things that would be a pain in other languages and some of the programming idioms are [...]
December 2008
One Semester Down
I’m sitting on my bed waiting for 6am to come around. I leave for home in the morning so I probably should get some shuteye, but I can’t sleep. Not sure if its because I’m excited to go home or if I’m just too used to going to bed at 3am. Either way, here I [...]
June 2008
Finem Respice
I have a policy when it comes to rating experiences: never rate experiences until they’re over, only in retrospect, because you’ll most certainly hate it at the time if you’re rating it in the first place. I remember the councilors saying that high school is going to be some of the best four years of [...]
April 2008
Deciding College
I had been having a bit of trouble deciding where I want to go for college as some of you may know. I was torn between UCLA and Carnegie Mellon. I had been researching each school for sometime and trying to figure out what mattered to me the most. UCLA is on the west coast [...]
March 2008
FIRST Robotics Retrospect
I don’t think I have mentioned on here that I have been participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition this year. We had talked about doing it last year when we finished InvenTeams and I was asked to join drafted. I had no intention of participating at the beginning of the year because I would be [...]
December 2007
How to Survive IB
You should be proud of yourself if you’ve decided to take on IB. All those upperclassmen weren’t kidding when they were complaining about all the homework they had, or how little sleep they got that night. However, going through IB supposedly prepares you for college where it gets even worse. In the mean time, here [...]
November 2007
I Had to Write a Poem
I had to write a poem about poetry for IB English. It turned out alright in my opinion. This might be my first piece of poetry worth reading so I’m posting it. Hope you like it. Critique if you wish.
Natural Chorus
With my pen in hand,
I sit down to write my prose.
I scribble the first line,
But crumple [...]