So apparently the Emerson String Quartet came to JHU and I missed them. I could have gotten in very cheaply too. I remember seeing a flyer advertising the event and I remember making a mental note of it. Of course, I didn’t have anything with which to make a more concrete note. Oh well.
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I finished my internship at Northern Trust. I found it to be a very rewarding experience. We drove home on Saturday. We left early in the afternoon, but with traffic and the weather, what should have been a six to seven hour drive from Chicago to Pittsburgh took about ten. Then we woke up early [...] I met Madonna last night! I walked into a café then proceeded to pay an exorbitant sum for a double espresso and a mocha. I carried the drinks to a table and then I noticed Madonna was sitting at the table next to me. I approached her and asked her if she was really Madonna [...] The weirdest thing happened last night. I woke up at about 02:30 and I thought it was time to get up for work. So I gathered my things and groggily walked to the bathroom. My recollection of the event is a bit hazy, but for some reason, I walked back to my room, at which [...] A funny thing happened at work last week. I left for an afternoon meeting and when I cam back, my desk phone was missing. I found this quite odd. However, I did not mind too much because it just meant that I would not be able to receive any complaints for some time. But then, [...] I am now finally an official employee of Northern Trust. I got a newID/access card. It’s green as opposed to the red ones that consultants/contractors wear. Unfortunately, the new card does not complement my Bata shoes as well as the red one. On an unrelated note, Zsh rocks. It’s everything one could want in a [...] Finally the stress-filled semester has come to an end. After moving my stuff out of my apartment back to my home in Pittsburgh, I flew to Germany for vacation. I spent a week touring various cities in the Bayern region as well as Innsbruck and Salzburg in Austria. It was a very pleasant trip. [...] The following is an excerpt from an article on the use of quantum computing which I found in the online edition of The Economist: [...] After a delayed, then delayed some more then cancelled flight, we finally made it to Toscana, Italia a day and a half later than planned. Once we arrived, however, the experience proved to be quite enjoyable. [...] Synchronicity all papers, projects, midterms one week, then spring break. In other news, I competed at a Soo Bahk Do tournament last weekend and won first place in the forms competition. Also this week, I was promoted to 2nd gup. As for the synchronicity mentioned above, I am priveleged to have a midterm today and [...] |
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