Sunday, 16 June 2019

Why So Hot Already?!

Here we go with my monthly report of what happened to my life so far. I don't know where to start actually. Ah, it is still May-June. Technically it should be warm and cozy days regarding that April was still somewhat cold. But you know, it reached 28C most of the times during daytime and the sun rises at 4.30. It totally feels like summer already.

There was nothing much happened in term of my research. Honestly, because I had 2 classes with all their assignments and another 4 that are still going on until early August this year. I also recently appointed to be in charge of recording, converting, and uploading all the seminar and book reading session (I hope for this term only) and to blast reminder email to the lab members for any guest talks.

That doesn't really burden me though. The thing is that this term I might be chosen to present for book reading session. TWICE. Next week will be the turn of my group and the next one will be on 5th August. 

Last month, my research time was mostly spent on debugging the new experimental design. It went unresponsive at the end of the task-set and I also found out that several stimuli were presented multiple times. The classes that I took were only 2, but somehow I felt like I don't have much time and energy to do anything left. During these classes, I also happen to meet my classmate from last year's Data Science PBL I&II courses whose BF's dad just passed away in early June.

I will talk about this in detail for next month's post since it happened in June, not May. Another thing is my high school friend got a scholarship for master degree in Italy. How cool is that! He has been working in Japan since 2016 and now he is going to continue his journey to Europe! Dude, my best wishes to you. See you on top! He also planned to come to my place on June 13th but canceled due to his sudden deadline from the office. Honestly speaking, my schedule in June is no good.

I also registered for the cycling event again that will be held on August 25th. Hopefully this time I can keep up with the team. However, This year, my lab summer camp will be held at the end of September, while the last class/lab meeting will be on August 5th. Hence, I can go back to my hometown for almost 2 months! The ticket for the round-trip is also cheap! Damn. It is a hard choice. Moreover, I hate summer in Japan. I think I should cancel my registration for the cycling event.

Apparently, two people dreamt about me in the past 2 days (12 May and 13 May). The first one was my friend who I never met directly before. She told me that in her dream I was coming to her place in my hometown. The second one was my mom, this one had a little detail on it. She said that I had 2 weeks of holiday and we were planning to go to my mom's hometown after that.

Tough choice, eh? However, in term of timing, I'd prefer to go back in December-January rather than August-September. Christmas, my parents birthday, and somehow it is more festive than any other time of the year. u.u

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