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Tooting My Own Horn
Posted on December 19, 2007 by Ching under Flickr, School.
By the way, I got all As in my three classes this sem. Go me! That bumps me up to a 3.9 — woo hoo!
I wish I didn’t get a B in DS. I’d have a nice, even 4.0 right now. Ugh.
Anyway, we were able to witness Mo’s hooding on Sunday. It was pretty neat. Erin preceeded Mo in the procession so I got picture of her also. Brent followd Mo. You can actually see both of them in this picture.
I can’t wait until it is my turn to get hooded! One more semester to go!
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Not Off the Hook Yet
Posted on December 10, 2007 by Ching under Life, Movies, School.
I was really looking forward to today. Today was the day that I would finally be free from school. At least for this semester. Bad weather had to ruin my plans.
WSU shut down at 5p today. That meant postponing final exams originally scheduled for tonight until next Monday, December 17. That meant one more week of class before I am officially off the hook this sem.
The nice thing about not having to take my Marketing Management final until next Monday is that I will have the weekend to study. The bad thing is that studying is probably all I’ll be doing. I hope Thim doesn’t cancel his post-sem celebration. I was really looking forward to checking out his new house.
Anyway, since I didn’t have to go class I got to stay home and watch TV. Too bad there is no more Heroes. 🙁 The one night that I am actually home to watch it (instead of having to watch it on DVR), there is no Heroes. Brian had to remind me that we watched the final episode of the season last week.
Thank God for OnDemand! Brian browsed through several movies before settling on The Last Kiss
I think they should split up. That’s the only logical thing for them to do. I can’t picture them staying together after what had happened. If they split up, then I’m giving it one more star. If they stay together, it stays as a three. LOL. I have a lot more to say about the movie/story but I’ll keep my mouth shut.
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Hairspray
Posted on December 5, 2007 by Ching under Life, Movies, School.
I should really be studying. Instead I am watching Hairspray
It was a nice break from the craziness that is this week..
- Monday, I had to turn in book review number two for Marketing Management. The due date was December 3, but we could have turned it in without penaltry through noon on December 10. I didn’t want to do that, though, becuase I had other deadlines.
- Tuesday, I took Part I of the final exam in FIN 860: Cases in Finance. It only took 30 minutes, but looking back I really should have spent an extra couple of minutes to double-check my math. I think I made some really stupid calculation errors because my WACC is whack! Pun intended! Tee hee! I am a nerd. Not as nerdy as Chad, though. =P
- Wednesday, would be tonight. I just watched Hairspray and we are now watching Superbad (another movie that we did not get to see in theaters because of my busy schedule). I am taking a much-need break from school work. I really should be studying, though.
- Thursday, I have to take Part II of the Cases final. Then after that Brett, Chad, Anna, and I turn in our group project in FIN 620: Investments. Tomorrow night is the final class night in for my Thursday classes.
- Friday, is poker night. Naturally.
- Saturday, I have my regular every-other-week waxing (now at Beau Monde, previously at Individually Yours but Patricia moved so I moved with her) and then Brian and I are getting an hour-and-a-half couples massage (also at Beau Monde). This is our Christmas to each other. There will be no presents this year. We need a massage more. Stress is bad for your back. At least, it is bad for mine.
Saturday afternoon we are playing in the $1500 poker tourney for BCPT. Brian and I both qualified! Hurrah for us! Brian barely made it. He didn’t qualify until November 30 when he took 8th. It was the last possible day for him to qualify. LOL.
- Sunday, this will be my day to work on my individual project for Investments. Hopefully, I can get a lot of it done. Otherwise the rest of the coming week will be spent working on it until the due date. I would really hate to be working on this project all of next week. Ugh. Miserable.
- Monday, I take the final in Marketing Management. I need to find some time between now and then and squeeze some studying time in my busy schedule so I don’t completely bomb the exam. I really want to get an A.
Life is pretty boring. Mainly it’s just work, school, homework, poker. That’s pretty much it, with a few movies squeezed in. Hopefully, we can find time on Saturday night or Sunday night to celebrate my 3.875 GPA before it comes crashing down. Just kidding. If I don’t get any Bs this sem, it will actually go up to a 3.90 so cross your fingers for me. I am so looking forward to the end of this sem already!
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What a Joke!
Posted on December 4, 2007 by Ching under Flickr, School.
I attended the OMA Academic Achievement Recognition Celebration yesterday and it was a bust. I can’t believe I invited anyone to go with me. In a way, I’m glad mom and dad didn’t make it because it they would have just been mad.
I had confirmed through the email address provided in the invitation but when I arrived they didn’t have a name tag printed for me. I figured something must have gone wrong with the RSVP but I didn’t think anything more of it because women at the check-in desk found me on the list and wrote my name on a blank name tag. She told me to pick up a program and sit in the appropriate section (according to academic distinction).
After I picked up the program, I went right back to her to ask if there was a separate section for graduate students. She told me that there are rows reserved for graduate students separate from the undergrads and then she goes, “Have you already checked in?” I should’ve known right then that there was a problem.
Anyway, it was one huge fiasco after another. Several key people were late. Dr. Beggs didn’t even show up, I don’t think. Speakers weren’t prepared. At least, it didn’t seem like it. If that was a prepared speech, I would hate to sit through an unprepared one. The very least you could do is pronounce “success” right, if you are going to say it several times. It’s “suCCess” (suk-‘ses) not “suSSess” — the last time I checked there were Cs in there. LOL. Several people didn’t get recognized, myself included. It was a waste of time really. I never should’ve gone.
I think the tardiness and the lack of attendance of key university officials was discouraging (if not altogether disrespectful). It seemed to send a message like you guys aren’t important enough. This isn’t important. But I can understand why people didn’t want to attend. It seemed like something that was thrown together at the last minute. To call it disorganized would be an understatement.
I really hope they are not using the academic achievement of the individuals honored last night to justify the so-called mentoring program. From what I saw, only two people out of everyone that attended last night used their services. If the mentoring program is anything like the event, then it is probably a huge waste of funding.
Actually, they probably could have saved the money spent on the event. I don’t quite understand why they even have it. I’m guessing it is to encourage minorities to continue to do well because if their goal was to give recognition, they failed miserably. The encouragement area is completely unnecessary. I think people who do well and excel academically are going to anyway.
One last thing… How come there isn’t a celebration like this for white people? If there is one, then why have separate ones? Why not just have one big one that includes everyone? It seems very separatist to me.
I guess it’s just one of those things… I’m glad I’m graduating in May so I won’t have to endure these things any longer. I really hope it improves, though, for the sake of all the students who have sit through it year after year. Then again, if it doesn’t improve then people will just quit going and then it will go away on its own. Maybe it is for the best as it is completely unnecessary anyway.
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Astronomical Zoo at LAPO
Posted on December 3, 2007 by Ching under School.
I received this information via the Wichita State University news digest. I thought it might be relevant to some of our readers. If anything, it is at least a good cheap date idea.
Lake Afton Public Observatory will feature the program “Astronomical Zoo” from 7:30-10:00 PM on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7-8. Explore the strange and wonderful as we view clouds of gas, star clusters, galaxies and other amazing objects that make up our universe. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for children ages 6-12 and free for children under the age of 6. LAPO is located 20 miles southwest of downtown Wichita at MacArthur Road (39th Street South) and 247th Street West in Lake Afton County Park. It is immediately North of the lake, just off MacArthur Road.
For more information, call (316) 978-3191 or email observatory@wichita.edu.
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