Monthly Archives: May 2007

I was going to write about the Memorial Day picnic, but really there’s not much to say. It was fun. On Saturday my mother’s cousin Kenny died from a protracted illness. Today was the memorial service, essentially a funeral. It … Continue reading →

I got a visit on Saturday from a very attractive couple, both about my age. They rang our front doorbell. It was boiling hot out, and I was damp with sweat. The man was wearing a long-sleeve gray shirt and … Continue reading →

It’s time for our annual barbeque, so I came home. Today we went sailing (I wore a hat and sunblock). Due to a long chain of events that started with my mom trading her Insignia NS-DV4G audio player (which doesn’t … Continue reading →

Without any classes, I’m a little bit hazy as to what my obligations are, so I decided to just enjoy today and not worry about it. In the morning I went in search of the Harvard gym, which I’ve had … Continue reading →

I’ve spent the last five days working nonstop on my class project for my PDEs class. Literally, from 4:30 PM on Friday until 11 AM today, I did not leave my house except to buy food or use Harvard’s computer … Continue reading →

I have successfully implemented the Tikhonov Regularization. It’s a system for improving the error-resilience of sensitive ill-posed problems. Bottom line: it might just be the most advanced mathematical technique I’ve ever employed, and it’s working beautifully.

The Chorallaries got hired to perform at the Chemistry department’s annual dinner thing at the MIT Museum, which was today. Thanks to my sunburn, I showed up looking like I was disfigured by some kind of deadly contagious flesh-eating disease. … Continue reading →

My face is kind of flaking off. Stupid sunburn. It’s not very pretty. Also my code has an infinite loop, and I don’t know where it is. My project report is due Friday. But in a week, the whole semester … Continue reading →

We went sailing today, and by we, I mean I, my parents, and our four Chinese friends. It was a beautiful, clear, crisp day, with an incredible amount of wind. It would’ve been a great day for a race. It … Continue reading →

This morning was my second-cousin Gabriel’s Bar Mitzvah, which was very nice, and very classy, but also quite standard; there’s kind of nothing to describe. This evening we had our Chinese friends over again; we watched “The Wedding Banquet”, which … Continue reading →