So it's been a while since my last post, so I figure I should get back in the swing of things. Looking at my previous post, I just realized it's been about 8 months. So let's see, since July last summer.....
Sophomore year started. Molecules & Cells was pretty bad, the lectures were so boring. Linear Algebra consisted of not going to lecture to learn more. Thermo was irritatingly difficult. Chinese was, well, Chinese, and Intro to Business was something of a joke.
Moving on. Winter break was rather unproductive. Ate plenty of good ice cream. Ran some. Skiied some.
Intersession consisted of a BS matlab course and a course on "pursing sustainable happiness." Yeah that's what the course is actually called. Ran some more than I did first semester.
Second semester started off fairly well, with the 2 killer BME courses lined up and ready to fire. Convolutions, Fourier Transforms, lots of DiffEQs and physics. Chinese was still chinese. I'm taking Orgo 2, so that's been interesting. Intro to VLSI is rather slow but at least it's interesting.
First half of 2nd semester is over; spring break involved going home, hanging out, running, eating ice cream, watching Wall-E in 1080p and the first season of gossip girl. Interesting stuff.
Last few days of spring break: went to philly to hang with my high school friend maulik down at upenn. Met up with some other Hershey folk, namely the 2 Nancys. Had some interesting dinners and got some work done. Went to an Asian party and hung out with the two white girls there (...figures), Hanna and Emily. They are roommates. Total opposites; Emily is a raging alcoholic and crazy while Hannah is quiet and dry, and runs for UPenn. Hannah's mom is an olympic race walker. Pretty sweet stuff. Went rock climbing @ penn. That was fun, left my wrists in shambles.
So for some reason, my trip to Upenn has ignited in me the desire to be constructive and efficient and do the things I want in life and not get run down by the day-to-day homework, grades, and testing of college. So that's really sweet. I've been running way more than before, and still impervious to injury, which is great. And I've been applying to internships for the summer left and right. I still need to figure out how to get set up in china for this summer hopefully, and get the school to pay for it.
This blog might end up being transformed into a runner's blog at some point, I'll see where things go.
So today is the day after a track workout, and though I was pretty sore, I felt inclined to do a tempo run since it was time to wear my newer Brooks Defyance shoes, which are comfy. So I hit up Druid Hill for some laps around the lake at 6:40 pace. Did 30min total at 6:40 pace, hit it right on the money, 50sec per 200m. Good thing the distances are well labeled there. Got into a really nice rythm after the first mile, didn't look back. So it seems like things are coming along nicely.
However, I have 2 exams on Thursday and another on Friday, along with a homework set due on Friday in the same class as the test, so I don't know when I'll get to update again. Hopefully soon. We have a 58 page reading for tomorrow's lecture that I'm 15pgs through, so I need to get on that at some point, and sleep.
Happy April Fools! May all your tricks be merry?
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