The F-Diaries:
Food, Film & Fotography.
Food, Film & Fotography.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
School is starting soon. In around a month's time. Boy am I excited. No mood to blog much lately coz after work feel too tired to blog. Some updates about me. Yes, it's true. My trip to ***** in August is confirmed. Will be missing around a week of school. Hope it is all worth it.
And I finalized my Hons proj oso. Really feel it's interesting now and hopefully the enthusiasm will be enduring. The title is unconjured yet but its something along the lines of atom interferometry and quantum gravity.
One more thing I realized is that out of the many project groups I've worked with over my years in uni, I find that the latest group, aka the nano-group is the one which I feel the closest too. Mabbe becoz one of them is a joker and another one I knew since JC.
And I finalized my Hons proj oso. Really feel it's interesting now and hopefully the enthusiasm will be enduring. The title is unconjured yet but its something along the lines of atom interferometry and quantum gravity.
One more thing I realized is that out of the many project groups I've worked with over my years in uni, I find that the latest group, aka the nano-group is the one which I feel the closest too. Mabbe becoz one of them is a joker and another one I knew since JC.
Friday, June 17, 2005
- The Quantum Theory of Fields, 3 volume set - Steven Weinberg
(A complete intuitive introduction to quantum fields, its applications and supersymmetry.) - String Theory, 2 volume set - J Polchinski
(Arguably the definitive text for strings.) - Course of Theoretical Physics, 10 volume set - Landau & Lifshitz
(The encylopedia of physics.)
- Safe In A Crazy World - Corrinne May
Cafe Lumiere - Hou Hsiao Hsien
Batman Begins- A Lot Like Love
Initial DGreen Chair- In My Father's Den
Be With YouWar of the Worlds
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
5 songs I listen to alot or mean alot to me:
- 伤痕 - Sandy Lam - My favourite song in my secondary school days.
- 约定 - Faye Wong - A song that accompanied me when I was lost.
- 安静 - Jay Chou - The song that followed me when I wanted to be strong again.
- Let It Be - Beatles - Remembered it from a last episode of a SBC drama in my childhood. Still love it.
- All My True Love - Speed - The song that introduced me to the world of JPop.
Last book I bought: My Kiasu Teenage Life in Singapore - See Ee Lin
Last book I read/am currently reading: Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
5 books that mean alot to me:
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl - A book that entered my (primary school) life via a twist of fate and forever changed my life.
- The Lexus and the Olive Tree - Thomas Friedman - The book that made me change my interest to non-fiction.
- A First Course in String Theory - Barton Zwiebach - The first book I bought from Amazon and my favourite physics textbook (and my most expensive one).
- My Shanghai - Sandy Lam - An autographed copy of a pictorial cookbook by the author. Thanks ZY!
- Yet Untitled - Jia Tong - My future book.
- SW
- WH
- RH
- LT
- SY
Monday, June 13, 2005
- Quantum Mechanics 3
(Compulsory module and one of my fave topic in physics.) - Electrodynamics
(Another of my fave topic in physics. The prof is solidly good oso.) - Statistical Mechanics
(Yet another of my fave topic in physics.) - Quantum Optics
(Got to know this field in more detail lately and it seems very interesting.) - Basic Financial Math
(This is to prepare for the higher level Financial Math 1.)
Same like last sem, the upcoming sem seems like a physics + finance combo. All in all it seems like a good sem ahead!
Then for the final sem, perhaps I would take:
- Particle Physics
(This is what made me take physics last time. I wanna learn about the particles that make up our universe. How ironic that it has taken 3.5 years to prepare me for this.) - Econometrics 1
(The last module for me to complete my minor in Econs. Previously I would have chosen Intl Econs but I guess this is more useful for financial research.) - Financial Math 1
(Hopefully analytical math would be useful.) - Either a Finance module from BizAd or a Stats module from Sci.
(Dunno which one more useful for a career or research in Finance leh... Anyone has any idea?)
Seems like quite a heavy workload considerin I have to juggle the honours project too. WH oni took 1 module in his final sem...
The True You |
| You want your girlfriend or boyfriend to be more open with you. |
| With respect to money, you spend whatever you have. |
| You think good luck is something you won't attain - you expect bad luck. |
| The hidden side of your personality tends to be satisfied to care for things with a minimal amount of effort. |
| You are tend to think about others' feelings a lot, perhaps because you are so eager to be liked. |
| When it comes to finding a romantic partner, you base your search on information from your friends. |
Thursday, June 09, 2005
This was my 2nd experience with digital projection. The first was at Cine watching The Incredibles. That didn't blow me away becoz it was animation but this time I was speechless. The image was so crisp and almost threatened to jump out of the screen! I wouldn't mind paying more if they are spending the money on such technology but in reality not all movies come in digital format. So you are basically paying the price hike for non-digital movie oso. So that sux! Anyway I am a convert now.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Interested in the following universities for a MA/PhD in Financial Economics or Financial Engineering:
- Uni of Chicago
- Columbia
- UPenn
- UC Berkeley
- Uni of Toronto
- Uni of Melbourne
If I don't get in any one of those, I will work here and keep any plans for graduate studies at bay.
Monday, June 06, 2005
A lot of time I think about my future. Of coz many ppl think about it too, but I really feel that I worry too much about it. It's like I am scared I make the wrong decision and have to live my life that way until I die. I am very worried about the irreversibility of life. Wat's done cannot be undone. Guess I am a perfectionist. I always want to make the "correct" decision. Hopefully as I grow older, I can learn to let go of things and just accept fate.
Friday, June 03, 2005
Experimental Physics 2 =
(Wah this is indeed a pleasant surprise!)
Financial Economics 1 =
(Would have done better if I wasnt disadvantaged for the midterm.)
Nanoscale Sci & Tech =
(First time I got this grade for USP. What a fitting ending to my 8 USP first-tiers.)
Special Probs in Undergrad Phy 2 =
(I deserved this considering the effort I put in)
UROPS =
(Not very good but I can't complain since the amount of work I put in was miniscule.)
Wah impressive grades hor? ;)
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
