Catch My Disease!!

Thanks to 'Ibu V' who introduced me to this song by Ben Lee. You feel like shakin' when you listen to this cheery piece. I think 'Ibu V' can sympathize my agony of being an SMA student haha that's why she gave me this song. Of course she can. She is an SMA-MST alumna. Check here if you want to see the video.

Anyway, it's quite heartwarming (and motivated me to write even more) to have people contacting when you (at last) go back on track updating your blog. But one commented, recently not only that my entries are getting less and less, it's all about misery. What to do, c'est la vie.

Anyway, this week is the first "official" Fall Term 2006. Which means full day in school. My classes end at 11 pm (yup, it's already dark out there) every Monday-Thursday. Three assignments are out this week (to my dismay). One of the subject is legendary (to be a killer) and I haven't got the courage to even read the question (and it is not an understatement).

It's quite fun to have a 'live beaming' classes with MIT. But can hardly wait until we are really in MIT next year. My friend saw his friend's face in the monitor when he (in MIT) asked question. My other friend told him "quickly ask question!! so the camera will zoom in to your face and he will also recognize you". We got slightly more (crappily) imaginative afterwards. Like, how if we are involved in a Long Distance Relationship and can see each other's face through the beaming? I've told you it's crappy.

Monday and Wednesday are the scariest (the legendary Partial Differential Equation and Optimization Method). Tuesday and Thursday are better (Intro to Numerical Method and Intro to Numerical Simulation). On the latter, the professors are much younger (read: more human). One of them is an Italian tenor and dancer (ehm).

Oh, and we have four different origins for four professors: Italian, Argentinian, Swedish and Spanish. It's quite fun as they have different accent. My favorite is the Argentinian. When he pronounces "Stellar" it's "Stel" (in tenor) and "Laarrrrr" (in heavy bass).

We are seated in an auditorium with an individual microphone for each student. When we switch it on the camera will automatically zoom mercilessly to your face. So yeah, a live telecast.

One time, an MIT student forgot to switch it off after she finished asking a question. Then we could still hear her whisper "I hate this notes!!". I wonder whether it reached the professor's ears. It's quite amusing to us. And no, we don't hate the notes. It's the most 'digestible' compared to others.

OK, that's all a quick update from me. I have to study again *hiks*.

Enjoy your weekend!!

Catch my disease!! (read: ayok belajar bareng!!!)