Monday, April 30, 2007

Top 10 reasons to date an engineer.

TEN TOP REASONS TO DATE AN ENGINEER

10.- The world does revolve around us... we choose the coordinate system
9.- No "couple" enjoy a better "moment"
8.- We know how to handle stress
and strain in a relationship
7.- We have significant figures
6.- EK301: The motion of rigid bodies
5.- Projectile motion: Do we need to say more?
4.- Engineers do it to specification
3.- According to Newton, if two bodies interact, their forces are equal
and opposite
2.- We know it's not the length of the vector that counts, but how you
apply the force
1.- WE KNOW THE RIGHT HAND RULE


Top 10 reasons to Date an Engineer

10. They are used to all nighters
9. They are always willing to experiment
8. They know how to increase and decrease friction
7. They know all about heat transfer
6. They do it with more torque
5. Engineering couples have better moments
4. They know how to deal with stress and strain
3. They know how to test their rigid cantilevers
2. "Lubrication, friction, and wear" is a class
1. They design and build large erections

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Sunrise from Campus 2

It's almost 5 am as I write this. We have been studying ODEs (Math 263 - Ordinary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra) since last afternoon. I went home in the evening for a few hours nap.

As the night grew older, the pace of work decreased (perhaps exponentially). We (Nasser and I) went to Tim Horton's for a coffee break. Had quite some fun there with random blabbering and whacked out humour. This hyperactivity brought about by the prospects of flunking an exam is quite extraordinary. Nasser, after tiring himself out with incessant politically incorrect (often biologically negative) jokes, has now passed out. He has collected four chairs in this computer lab, put his backpack on one end, and hence made a bed for himself. As of now, he has snored 230947 times. 230948 now!

So...the exam is at 2 pm...and I am still trying to figure out how we solve systems of differential equations using eigen values and vectors. It would have been most fascinating if I wasn't doing this for an exam. Le sadness.

I also realised that I can post to both my MSN Space and blogspot page at the same time...so I am much pleased by the discovery.

Ok. Back to work...30 minutes till I wake Nasser up and reassure him that we are positively screwed for this exam. Cheers!

Monday, April 23, 2007

Sunrise on campus.

I kinda overslept last day because my body couldn't really function otherwise. I needed the sleep badly. Unfortunately though, with just a day left before my two exams on consecutive days, that marathon sleep was a big loss of time. To make up for it, I have decided to run a marathon study session. And of course, to keep me from falling asleep, I have decided to do that here on campus. Currently, it has been just about 9 hours since I have come here. I am going to be here till around 10 pm in the night I think. Have an exam tomorrow on Properties (of materials in Electrical Eng).

What prompted me to write this, taking a break from my studies, is the sight that I am beholding out of the windows of this computer lab. It's about 5 30 am in the morning and the light of day will be here soon enough. This is definitely not the first time I am witnessing the sunrise in the morning. In fact, I probably see the sunrise more often than I see the sun set these days. What makes it kind of special is the fact that I am on campus as this is happening. And unfortunately, I seem to be the only one still here on this side of the campus at least. I wish I didn't have to struggle so much while others fared better. Sigh^infinity.

Another reason for writing this blog is to warm up this new blogspot page and also, it's an excuse for getting away from the academics for a while. Heh.

So..I am looking forward to a breakfast at Tim Horton's soon.. and then it's back to the work as usual. Oh crap. I just yawned. Not a good thing to be sleepy so early in my scheduled day of work. Arrite..I better head back to my work then. Good day to you all!

Cheers!

Birth of the cranium.

And so begins the journey on blogspot. Will update as I can. No promises regarding frequency of posts. No promises regarding worthiness of content. This page might be empty forever.