[o]    Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:28:32

How are you all doing? :buzz:

Mnjul's been well - he just can't do too many things due to his mental/physical health status. Yet I've still watched him doing much. For the past months, Mnjul underwent a TOEFL test with minimal preparation - did a couple practice tests only. Also Mnjul's preparing to take the Japanese Lanaguage Proficiency Test, level 2 (the second hardest level), in December.

As for schools, Mnjul's research topic is changing again - not sure what it will be. Let's hope it'll be fun. Mnjul's taking a hell lot of courses for this semester, totaling to 17 credits. Surely he thinks he's a superbot like me?

One thing Mnjul's been talking about as always is making websites. Due to lack of time (Mnjul needs to go swimming, go to the photography club, and play some Need for Speed, and study Japanese after he leaves his laboratory every day) all his websites are on hold. "All"? Yeah what Mnjul's planning to do include four websites: one as a photo album, one as a photo-story blog; the rest two are his Chinese website and the revamp of # Middle Sea. Wouldn't it take forever to finish them all?

Talking about computer stuff, Mnjul finally replaced the failing harddisk(s) in one of his computer. Eqipped it with a single-platter 500GB harddisk, works great! Also Mnjul's gradually deploying Windows 7 to his computers. It seems quite good except that the super bar... well, in a bot's opinion, it contributes little to improve efficiency. Mnjul says he wish there would be Exposé in Windows, letting him find the window he needs in no time.

Mnjul's also silently released the Yet Another Photo Sharing Disabler. Take a look!

Oh, why not drop us a line in the guestbook?

Mnjul    Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:21:56

Aye, actually, nothing specific to say.

Of course lots of things happened in the past half year, like I went on a trip to Kyoto in the April. As you could see in the pictures I took, the scenery is gorgeous! Wish I could stay there for longer.

I also got a second-hand mid-2007 Macbook this summer, overtaken from my university friend. Modded it 3GB and a Seagate 7200.4 320GB, installed Tiger because I didn't want to spend bucks on Leopard as Snow Leopard is due soon. It's fabulous!

Life as a master student begins, and lots of things I have to do and adapt myself into - for example, I can't stay up until dawn and sleep straight into afternoon because I have to get up early (not too early, but still, morning) on days. Current research topic is 3D IC chip and heterogeneous memory integration.

As for non-academic things, currently I'm on revamping my Chinese website (yeah I know, I've been saying that since last year, but I really began seriously working on it only recently) and doing some music composition. Usual stuffs. All steady, but at a very slow speed. How I wish I could have 48 hours per day!

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