Swimming
You can win a race before you take your first stroke. It's that simple. The first 15 meters of your race is so important, because even a slight advantage gives you that mental assurance and power to finish. Also it is easy and free speed, with very little
Random Quips
When I microwave stuff, I'm usually not sure how long I should microwave it for. There's really no "perfect" solution, but rather estimations based off of water content, size and weight -- Well kind of just guess. Sometimes when I'm thinking about
Events
Watching the Swimming Olympic Trials made my heart go crazy. It is as if I was there, competing in lane 0. It's really intense, and it's one of the few sports where I can empathize with the swimmers before, during and right after their races. During
Thoughts
Death is one of the few unknown subjects that we all know about. Yet it is one of the perfect analogies with communication. Once dead, communication to this universe ends, never again able to interact with the environment. Never again able to talk with other people. So that means when
Thoughts
I love YouTube. But I know I watch way too much of it. YouTube has trained my brain to want YouTube anytime I have free time, and after I watch my first video, more follow. Soon an hour passes before I even realize how much time passed. The ‘nice’ features
Drawing
So a few months back, I attempted to make my own animation based off of the other videos that I watched for so long on YouTube. The animations I saw (Dave C., Stick figure Animation) were so beautiful and elegant and seemed so simple to do. As a child I
Events
Everybody says that junior year is the hardest year. However, I really don't think it was to the proportion all the upperclassmen blew it up to. (except for the last few months-- they were so right) Sure, there were more AP classes to take, and the homework load
Events
Every year passes more and more quickly. Looking back, I was surprised that summer has come so quickly, and in a blink of an eye, a month of summer vacation has already passed. It is not surprising that the older you get, the more quickly you feel time pass. However,
Rants
This rant makes a lot more sense for people familiar with text-editors in general (especially in the terminal window). I'm a very graphical computer user. I dislike the black glow of the terminal screen and instead like the warm colors of a UI application. However graphical text-editors can
Reference
Have trouble memorizing Java Operator Precedence? Fear no more! I have one for you! Parents After Pre-Algebra Shifts (and) Compares Equations (and) answers, (eat) carrots, or (simply) bite logs if (a teacher gives an) assignment. Mnemonic Operator Type Direction of Evaluation Parents () [] · Parentheses Array subscript Member selection → After ++ – Unary post-increment
Thoughts
What apps are on my iPad? More than 10 I know for sure. But here are the top 10 list that I like and use (for school). Organizational: QuickHW - Okay I’m a bit biased here. I made my own Homework app for students that just need a quick
Writing
Here's my take on Tim O'Brien's book The Things They Carried: When we look at Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried, we delve into a very deeply thoughtful book about metafiction. However sometimes we need to take a step back from