2009 starts
A professor didn't show up for his lecture this morning. For his first lecture of the semester. He must be a highly motivated teacher for sure.
I'm going throgh a big-time reverse culture shock these days. It's amazing how much a half-year long traineeship abroad can change you. The difference between Georgia Tech and universities I visited in Romania is vast, in terms of EVERYTHING. I was so shocked when I went into my Senior Design class and saw that the classroom was filled with 30+ students, and only two were females. Then we introduced ourselves in front of class by saying one thing we like to do other than studying, and I was shocked again that quite many of them said playing video games for what they like to do. Welcome back to Georgia Tech.
I also saw so many people jogging/running on campus or in Piedmont Park yesterday when I was on my run. I guess they are dong their best to stick to their new year's resolution. I don't make resolutions, I just make goals. So here are my short term goals for the semester:
1. Win the design contest for my senior design
2. Win Pi Mile road race in April
3. Get back into boxing and start sparring again
4. Add at least 2 songs to my piano repertoire
And of course, I need to figure out what I'm going to do after graduation. I don't want to just "get a job" because I don't want to just join the workforce without set direction and purpose. I'm looking into pursuing Biomedcal Engineering, so most likely I'll apply for graduate school. I'm planning on talking my advisor and some professors about this in the next few days.
I really miss Romania and the people I met, but I need to move on. Now is the time to work hard, so that I can make them proud.
I'm going throgh a big-time reverse culture shock these days. It's amazing how much a half-year long traineeship abroad can change you. The difference between Georgia Tech and universities I visited in Romania is vast, in terms of EVERYTHING. I was so shocked when I went into my Senior Design class and saw that the classroom was filled with 30+ students, and only two were females. Then we introduced ourselves in front of class by saying one thing we like to do other than studying, and I was shocked again that quite many of them said playing video games for what they like to do. Welcome back to Georgia Tech.
I also saw so many people jogging/running on campus or in Piedmont Park yesterday when I was on my run. I guess they are dong their best to stick to their new year's resolution. I don't make resolutions, I just make goals. So here are my short term goals for the semester:
1. Win the design contest for my senior design
2. Win Pi Mile road race in April
3. Get back into boxing and start sparring again
4. Add at least 2 songs to my piano repertoire
And of course, I need to figure out what I'm going to do after graduation. I don't want to just "get a job" because I don't want to just join the workforce without set direction and purpose. I'm looking into pursuing Biomedcal Engineering, so most likely I'll apply for graduate school. I'm planning on talking my advisor and some professors about this in the next few days.
I really miss Romania and the people I met, but I need to move on. Now is the time to work hard, so that I can make them proud.



