That's right Snow Leopard, the next operating system by Apple, is launching this Friday! I will be going down to the local Apple Store and get amazed.
I know have been dormant for the last 8 months, but now I am back and starting weekly updates with pictures, videos, tweets, and everything in between on how my life at CMU is going.
Happy New Year!
As I started to work in the Hunt Library, I looked outside the window and CMU's Boss, the winner of DARPA Grand Challenge 2007, for the first time.
It is currently parked in front of Doherty Hall (look at the picture below from the Hunt Library).
"There’s been a water main break on Forbes Avenue at the bus stop in front of Hamburg Hall on the Pittsburgh campus. Forbes Avenue is flooded and is currently closed between Morewood Avenue and Craig Street. The PWSA is responding to shut off the main water valve. The water supply to Hamburg Hall has been temporarily shut down."
If you go down right now on Morewood Avenue (between Forbes and Fifth Avenues), there is a big traffic jam.
WPXI Coverage. This had also happened last year.
It was not just a Yes We Can chant next door, it was an entire Obama riot that headed towards Pittsburgh downtown until the cops stopped it. Around 12:40 p.m. I went outside to see what was going, and soon found 100s of people walking up on Forbes Avenue. And there were 3 or 4 polics cars. I decided to join the group and we rushed towards the Hunt Library, but then decided to come back towards Morewood Avenue. By now I realized there probably couple of hundred people in the crowd. We went to Geek Quad and stopped for few minutes. I thought it was over, but we did not stop and continued to towards Oakland on Forbes Avenue. By now, I think there were 1000 - 2000 people in the riot and we all walked on Forbes towards S. Craig street. We turned on S. Craig street, I thought then we will turn back on Fifth Avenue, but no and we continued on Fifth towards Oakland. By then I realized that this was something big. We gathered more people (some from UPitt joined us), and we had a small stop at Mellon Institute and Soldiers and Sailors. Soon more and more cops started to come.
Sitting in my room and listening to the loud chant, "Yes We Can!" next door in the Morewood Parking lot.
Early this morning, I got to paint the Fence at the cut for the first time!. Around 11 p.m. last night, I gathered with 20 to 30 other Barack Obama enthusiastic students (both from CMU and New York colleges) to cover the entire CMU campus with Obama stuff. From sliding Obama door hangers with polling locations in dorms (we cannot technically hang them on door knobs) to chalking sidewalks to covering billboards with Obama posters, I helped the Students for Barack Obama (SFBO) Obamafied CMU. But the best part came when I got to paint the Fence light blue. In the end, the fence looked great. On the front it said OBAMA! (with the Obama campaign logo replacing the O's), and on the back it said VOTE 'O8.
After more than 2 months of inactiveness, I will be returning to posting on this blog.
The first day of classes is over. All four of my classes seemed interesting, but I have got some HW to do and have to go.
In just 45 minutes, my first class (03-121 Modern Biology) starts. I officially begin my CMU academic year at 8:30.
PURPLE MUDGE WINS THE HOUSEWARS 2008 AT CLASS OF 2012 ORIENTATION!!!
"With "Move-In Day" madness behind them, first-year Carnegie Mellon students recently sat down in small groups with faculty and staff to share their reflections on "The Last Lecture."
Prior to their arrival on campus, all incoming students were sent a copy of the New York Times bestselling book based on Randy Pausch's now-famous talk. Reading the book was a first assignment of sorts — aimed at inspiring them to live the life of their dreams. .... "
More at CMU website.
On the fifth day of CMU Orientation, the Convocation was held. For the last time until Graduation, the 1440+ CMU Class of 2012 members were officially welcomed by the CMU President Dr. Jared Cohen. On this 80+ Fahrenheit day, I sat and just thought about the words of Dr. Randy Pausch (who wanted to be the Keynote Speaker today, instead The Last Lecture co-author CMU alumnus Jeffrey Zaslow (H&SS, 1980) delivered the keynote) and how fortunate I am to be in CMU. And where else do you have the bagpiping band welcoming you to college!
Today's orientation revolved around houses. We played more icebreaker games (getting tired of them) and went around Pittsburgh (there is nothing fun at Southside). But the day ended with all of the CMU Class of 2012 (2013+ for some) in the largest, fun, and long icebreaker (the best one yet, obviously!) with all of the 1400+ freshmen.
There are only 7 days to my first class! I am excited to attend them, but at the same time looking for probable sleepless nights and hours of studying.
I graduated today (not from CMU) from high school at 2:58 am. This day is not only special because I graduated from Barrington High School, but also that in exactly two days I will be on CMU's campus. But now more about my graduation. Though the rain had stopped about two hours before my graduation and the day outside was cool and perfect for pictures, my graduation was still held inside. However, I still enjoyed the service today and see 235 of my peers graduate. In the end my graduation turned out be perfect (especially the last part when a student stripped to his boxers upon receiving his diploma), and I could not have asked for anything else.
Now I am on my way to Boston and have to go.
P.S. This is the first post in this blog from an iPhone.
I finally saw Carnegie Mellon University's Dr. Randy Pausch's "The Last Lecture" last night. I heard about Dr. Pausch and his last lecture last year (that was delivered on September 18, 2007), even before I applied to Carnegie Mellon University and wanted to see it since a lot of publicity was involved around it. Last night I finally got the time to sit down and see it. His lecture divided into his childhood dreams, enabling others' dreams, and lessons learned from all of this was touching and motivational. In less than 90 minutes, Dr. Pausch brought out the ways to live and lead your life. His lecture was moving and I am glad that I am going to a place like CMU where great professors like Dr. Pausch teach. Hopefully I will also get a chance to meet him and maybe enroll in the pioneering course, Building Virtual Worlds, he started there.
Commencement '08 - Carnegie Mellon University
Congrats to the CMU Class of 2008! Yeah Al Gore is giving the keynote, and there is even a live webcast!
So if this is the 111th commencement, then mine will be 115th (cannot wait).
Yes, only 15 days are left of my Senior Year! And is less than 92 days I will be on the CMU campus, which I cannot wait for!
Over the last few days at high school, I have three main things that I have to accomplish (and APs is not one of them). First I have to finish building my prosthetic hand (which is being built now right next to me) for my Senior Project and then give a great presentation on it. Second, for my AP Statistics class, I am holding a mock primary at my high school. The best part about this is that I get to write JAVA based program that will collect and analyze data from the polling. Third, I hoping to come up with and execute a great Senior Prank. Any ideas?
I got my I-20 form today! I am done with three APs and three more to go. I have 20 more days left of high school. And less than 100 days till I arrive on the CMU campus. I cannot wait!
Yes, I GOT INTO Carnegie Mellon University!!! So welcome to my blog as I take you into my journey at CMU.
