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I spent last summer (summer 2006) in New York working as a programmer (Java, some scripting, a cool templating language called Velocity, HTML, CSS) for a big investment bank. It was a very good experience: the work was interesting, I love New York, I met some very interesting people, and the monies were pretty decent. […]

I usually prefer cold weather to hot weather; my usual argument is that while there is a limit to how much you can take off, there is no limit to how much you can put on (well, maybe there is a practical limit, but most of the time, it’s beyond what is sufficient). Besides, I […]

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Last Thursday (May 5), bestselling writer Broughton Coburn came to Carleton to give a very popular picture-accompanied lecture on his book Aama in America: A Pilgrimage of the Heart. The book is about how Mr. Coburn brought an 84-year-old Gurung woman (”Aama”) to America in 1992 as what she called a “pilgrimage”—a woman that he […]

midterm blues

This past week was the 5th week of Carleton’s 10-week spring term, infamous as the “midterm” time when exams and papers reign supreme. For me, it actually started during 4th week, and was made worse by a toothache. Here’s a sampling of what I had to do and suffer:

21 April: Presentation for History of […]

As of 8th April 2005, I am officially a CS major. The Buddha, however, said that change is the only unchanging thing, so who knows what tomorrow will bring?

Earlier this afternoon, I participated in a fundraiser spelling bee held by the Carleton Equestrian team held with its member Emily Stagg, a former national spelling bee contestant. By the end of only two rounds (there were seven contestants in total), only Emily and I remained, when I misspelled bergschrund (I had no idea either…). […]

After months of hard work, Carleton sophomores George Kachergis, Jamie Olson, AJ Reiter and freshman Adam Steege of the Carleton Robotics Club are traveling today to Connecticut to participate in the 12th Annual International Fire Fighting Robot Contest with their trusty robot, tentatively called Warren Peace for various internal reasons. I wish them all the […]

From 15th to 27th March, I went on a Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge trip to Greeley, Colorado. Although the break was 10 days long, we actually spent only 4 days working on site. We spent 3 days at the beginning of the break travelling to and staying at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and 3 […]

On March 7th, I performed a short piece, Andante in Am by Matteo Carcassi, at the Carleton students guitar recital.
Student Guitar Recital
There were around 30 people present, including other performers, and though the atmosphere was very relaxed, I was slightly nervous, it being the first time I performed anything on stage. I think it went […]