Absence

Oops. I've been gone for almost a week. I was too lazy to update during the weekend.
Good news is that my original instructor was back on Monday. He is much better and more entertainment than the sub. He has really nice about teaching and staightforward, too. I was falling asleep anymore.
Learning material is starting to get tougher but I am handling it and understanding it. That's a good start. Building and testing circuits are fun. The fun part is that my partner and I burned a resistor, haha. We used the wrong resistor and the current was too high and burned the resistor. Other than that, this way of learning is better than UBC's first year physics.
Canada Day tomorrow. I'll probably stay home and study for a simple Series circuit test.


Our burned resistor. Supposed to be 1000 Ohms but we used 100 Ohms. Oops.


Paul's Stewie ping pong ball.


Quit smoking, you smokers.

Work!

Back-to-back post because I was too tired yesterday.
This morning class is still bleh but I have food to keep me awake. It was raining for the first time since... I don't remember. I am happy with the rain caz it's not too heavy and light enough to feel cool. Construction on No.2 and Railway at the same way pissed me off caz those two roads are the quickest and construction traffic directors are dumb. They can't read traffic. But now Railway is done, I can just take that.

Oops, I went off a tangent there. In the afternoon, we finally get to WORK! I was excited for that caz I won't be bored. Soldering is quite fun if you can handle the fumes. Some idiot kept complaining about the fumes stink. SHUT THE **** UP! We know it bugs you. Frankly, I don't care. I am actually doing a decent job thanks to watching my dad when I was young and I was used to the smell while watching tv, hahaha. I hope I can sneak in a shot of my work tomorrow during break time.


I have no idea what this is yet.


Looks like some kind of solenoid inside with a trigger if circuit is closed?


My motivation: Choco-Banana Pocky.

*ZZZZzzzzz*

That's how I felt yesterday and actually did for couple minutes in class. I can't help it. The setting of the room is not very motivating. I try to keep myself awake so I start playing with LED lights and testing them.


The multimeter: volt, amp, ohmmmmmmm.


The variable output power source. I am testing LEDs like Christmas light.


My big big desk all by myself. Pretty spacious.

(Ohm) does not equal (Lululemon)

AC/DC

*Dun Dun Dun*
The beginning of the infamous course = Electricity!
First day was boooooorrrrring. The sub spent 1.5 hours talking about what we WILL be learning on a 3 pages piece of paper. He has a Portuguese accent and he is extremely slow but he explains things well. It was so slow to a point where we spent the full day listening about what an atom is, electron flow vs. convention flow, resistance, ion, and how to calculate a simple battery, resistance circuit. We learned that already. A quick refresh lesson would help but not a 3 hours lesson. He said we are already behind already... no really? You think so? On the first day? Almost everybody was so bored they wanted to find something to do. Sleep, spin around on the spinnable chair, adjust the height of the chair, playing with leftover resistors, re-organize their little toolbox, etc. I hope things will pick it tomorrow. I can't sit in class and listen to Grade 9-11 stuff for 6 hours any longer.

Trying to keep myself entertain... so...


Another one:


Last one:

Big Papi

Happy Father's Day!

加油

加油 for the both of us.

Rock On!

Rockband was fun. Spent last night rocking on with variety of songs. I still hope I can play real drums. $$$

Coma

Hmmm... I slept for 14 hours today. Went to bed around 10:30pm. You do the math. I don't get to that often. I think I deserved it after grinning unexpected tests and 6 practicals for two weeks.

Anyways, Telus is pissing me off again. That will be another new rant/blog.
A happy note, it'll be FRIDAY! Bye!

Terminated

Level 3 is done!!!

The bad news is 2 of our crew got terminated temporarily. They didn't pass a course so we have to say goodbye to them when we get to Level 5. Level 4 is famous for huge failure rate so I'll have to do my very very very best to stay alive.

On another note, I had Cheese Ramen at Kintaro in downtown. It's super super good and filling. It's not salty as people had commented. Try the Cheese Ramen when you have a chance.

Classical Comedy

I've discovered this duo while surfing for a musical version for "I Will Survive". Igudesman and Joo are two talented violinist and pianist, respectively. They put a spin on classical music or music in general. They incorporate comedy in their routine. They have make instrumental music even more interesting. They are performing in September in Vancouver. I would love to see them play in person. A little classical music along with comedy skits. They are very popular in Europe and they are touring around North America and Asia. I would love to see them even more with Gidon Kremer and his orchestra. They played excellently with each other.

The following is a clip from their performance with Gidon Kremer (Older person), watch it in HD, it has a better resolution:

Truth Be Told...

I miss you.

If I Am Rich...

If you are rich, what would you do?

If I am rich, I would like to travel around to see the world. Learn different languages and cultures. Taste different food. See the different side of a country.

If I am rich, I would buy cars just to sit and look at them. I would not drive them. No. I would get someone to drive me.

If I am rich, I would adopt animals from shelters and give them a good life. They deserve better than a needle in the leg to put them to sleep forever. I would never put them to sleep unless they are in horrible pain.

If I am rich, I would donate my money to charities so they can help other people or animals in need.

If I am rich, I would not be writing this blog about "If I am rich..."

If I stop dreaming about being rich, I can get back to reality and get back to work.

Deep inside of us, we are all full of riches. It may not be money but our hearts are full of wonderful thoughts about the world. Those thoughts are something that cannot be bought.

Oooops

I forgot to write an entry yesterday. What was I doing? Hmm.. I don't remember.
Nothing much happened just a relaxing day to rest.

FRIDAY!!!

I like Fridays because it's the beginning of weekend and catching up with sleep days. Usually, I don't feel like working on Friday but I already experienced that on Wednesday and Thursday so I decided to put an effort on working. I got a fairly good mark on my practical assignment that worths 40%. Jason and I did a pretty good job despite we finish last.
We are so friendly with Mr. J now after two consecutive days of getting yelled at and lectured about being logical, hahaha. He sure is a hard person to deal with sometimes, now I know why 7 people failed in the afternoon class while he was teaching level 1. I am glad Mr. E is back. He got a great sense of humour.

Anyways, do you believe a car will send you email monthly to tell you how the status of your car system? You'd think that's crazy right? From what I heard, Mr. J said his car can do that. His car can even shut off 3 cylinders when not needed from a V6 engine. I don't know if anything of it is true but here is his "high-tech" car.


Chevy Impala

Time to enjoy my weekend. Bah-bye!

Watch Your Back

Sometimes, it's very tempting to talk behind people's back. I try not to do it but lately, I can't help it. Maybe it's the fact that I've dealt with these bunch of people for too long. I see them everyday. I do get sick of them sometimes. It's funny how the instructor said we'll get on people's nerve when we are a year later. Well, we are a special class. We are doing this since we started. It could only get worse. I feel very moody going to school everyday. Different people piss me off everyday. It sure makes it more interesting. It's easier to vent with among ourselves. Well, I can't wait to actually go into the workforce. I'll be learning more things while getting paid to do so. Should I apply for work study to earn some cash? My bank account is diminishing and I want to buy junks, hahahaha.

iDiary

I am tempted to write a short, brief diary everyday like I saw on some Japanese artists' blogs.
It's short and concise with a picture attached to every blog. Interesting, indeed. This will keep my mind off FB. I should start one tomorrow to see if I can maintain it for a month as trial.

NoBook

Hmm... I wonder how many people read this. I have deactivated FaceBook for a short while because school has been surprisingly busy and I tend to click on FB unconsciously during those busy time. That is not a good thing so I've deactivated my account for now. I'll be back in two weeks-ish. Anybody needs me, just email me or find me online. I should write more on here. I have too many thoughts lately. Hmm...