Lethargy
Last night I fell asleep while resting my eyes for a bit, and tonight I'm feeling quite low on energy, too. I wonder why this is. I haven't been doing any more work than usual. I hope I'm not not eating right, or not getting enough sleep...
Hmm. I hope I haven't become dependent on coffee, either. I think I haven't had proper coffee, these past few days...
Again, for the record
(Processing to come eventually but not right now, so feel free to skip the raw transcript below, thanks.)
Monday. No classes, stayed at home to not get much done, as usual (although I did prepare for the lecture I was to give on Wednesday, and cut a hole in a plastic soda bottle for our Physics 191 demo (total internal reflection)). Tuesday. Philo 11 midterms, did well enough, I suppose. Found out that the bottle I made worked fine! Went with Jyan and Vilma to Bubble Tea in the afternoon. Finished one out of two problem sets due Thursday in the evening. Wednesday. 191 workshop in the morning, progress reports (no lecture!) in the afternoon. Hung out in the food court: coffee, a mini baguette and a tuna turnover from French Baker, capped off by "Manila Fries" (small chicharon bits) from R.Lapid's. In the evening rewrote problem set and attempted to finish the other one to no avail. Thursday. Tried to make bubble mixtures in Theory out of detergent, starch, glycerin and water. Made bubbles, but the differences between solutions that we wanted to show weren't that evident. Finished the problem set during the long break. Dinner at Sbarro: cheese pizza extra cheese, half baked ziti, and a sighting of a German exchange student. Friday, i.e., today. Classes as per usual. Lunch at Wok Dis Way: sisig with cheese! Proceeded to do CWTS, i.e., hang out at the NIP Lib. Jeanne came over to watch us play Hangaroo and the slapping game. Chocolat: Bailey's cake, English scone (something like a cross between pancakes and muffins and cookies, which are apparently actually biscuits?). At the food court we almost sat next to the twins (should write them up sometime, or something, and, no, you probably don't know them, unless you spend the same amount of time that we do at the SM North food court, didn't think so, i.e., in short, not *those* twins), but wussed out. They later moved to a table next to ours, which was kind of weird. Dinner: Binalot, tapadobo/tocidobo. Bow.
Now what?
Well all the typing seems to have woken me up a little. I guess I'll go see what I can do. Oh, the exciting life I lead!
Friday, August 31, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Journal Entry Number Six
Another lazy weekend
It's been a lazy weekend again, echoes of the monster weekend that just passed? In any case I managed not to get much of anything done. Dabbled a bit in some online RPGs, did some articles, bummed around some.
Well, okay, fine, for the record:
Saturday I met up with Jeanne in the morning so we could spend some time together before my 2 pm make up class. Chanced upon Yas and Abby who were at the AS steps for the Book Fair volunteers' meeting. Wandered around UP a bit.
Had lunch at Mashitta, where we met Frau Lenz, one of Jeanne's German professors, and got to talk about higher education in Germany. She's a member of DAAD, Germany's academic exchange organization, which handles foreign students from the undergraduate to the Ph.D. level. Short version: it'd be hard to get a scholarship for a master's degree; easier for a Ph.D., but only if I had taken my master's here. Master's degrees are aimed more for practical courses like engineering, while doctorate courses are intended to help other countries' academes.
While eating I found out that the make up class was canceled (our professor got sick), so we had the rest of the day to ourselves. Proceeded to SM to while away the afternoon. Tried out the new Bubble Tea place. Had cold Almond Milk Tea, which was fine, and hot Royal Milk Tea, which was better. They have this cool sort of second floor that's nice for hanging out in. I tried to write, to no avail.
Then it was to the food court, our usual haunt (we're cheap, really, sometimes). Talked, hung out, etc. Had lugaw, and, well, fries. Haha. Stayed there until going home.
Okay, now what?
Well, I've been thinking thoughts again.
Having never satisfactorily finished a short story, I still do not know what sort of approach I should take. I've been telling myself to just pick one to go ahead and try, but it doesn't seem to work that way, either.
I've been thinking of going through my blog archives to see what sort of things I always end up talking about. I'm supposing it'd be easier to write something revolving around those things, since I'd be sure that I'd have something to say, eh?
Speaking of recurrence, well, it's happening again. Aha. That feeling of ending up in the same ruts, the same patterns and routines. I suppose that's part of what's called 'identity'?
It's been a lazy weekend again, echoes of the monster weekend that just passed? In any case I managed not to get much of anything done. Dabbled a bit in some online RPGs, did some articles, bummed around some.
Well, okay, fine, for the record:
Saturday I met up with Jeanne in the morning so we could spend some time together before my 2 pm make up class. Chanced upon Yas and Abby who were at the AS steps for the Book Fair volunteers' meeting. Wandered around UP a bit.
Had lunch at Mashitta, where we met Frau Lenz, one of Jeanne's German professors, and got to talk about higher education in Germany. She's a member of DAAD, Germany's academic exchange organization, which handles foreign students from the undergraduate to the Ph.D. level. Short version: it'd be hard to get a scholarship for a master's degree; easier for a Ph.D., but only if I had taken my master's here. Master's degrees are aimed more for practical courses like engineering, while doctorate courses are intended to help other countries' academes.
While eating I found out that the make up class was canceled (our professor got sick), so we had the rest of the day to ourselves. Proceeded to SM to while away the afternoon. Tried out the new Bubble Tea place. Had cold Almond Milk Tea, which was fine, and hot Royal Milk Tea, which was better. They have this cool sort of second floor that's nice for hanging out in. I tried to write, to no avail.
Then it was to the food court, our usual haunt (we're cheap, really, sometimes). Talked, hung out, etc. Had lugaw, and, well, fries. Haha. Stayed there until going home.
Okay, now what?
Well, I've been thinking thoughts again.
Having never satisfactorily finished a short story, I still do not know what sort of approach I should take. I've been telling myself to just pick one to go ahead and try, but it doesn't seem to work that way, either.
I've been thinking of going through my blog archives to see what sort of things I always end up talking about. I'm supposing it'd be easier to write something revolving around those things, since I'd be sure that I'd have something to say, eh?
Speaking of recurrence, well, it's happening again. Aha. That feeling of ending up in the same ruts, the same patterns and routines. I suppose that's part of what's called 'identity'?
Friday, August 24, 2007
Journal Entry Number Five
Sociable-ness (or, okay, read this first)
I just realized that it might seem weird to people that I'm rather... inconsistent about how sociable I'm willing to be. I always get the feeling that people are surprised whenever I seem willing to talk for more than a few words at a time.
Introverts like me sometimes just need to withdraw from the world for a while, but we'll be ready again eventually. We have some fun times together, right? So if the quiet spots begin to disturb you, hang on to the fun times. There could be more fun times in store for everyone, including (especially) you and me!
We are all friends. Even if I seem a bit out of it sometimes, I know, it's (I'm) kind of awkward, sorry. If you're my friend, you should know how awkward I can get, haha.
(Okay, I'll go withdraw for a bit now. Stay available, friends. But first, the rest of this entry!)
Expenses, coffee
It's been a bit of a spendy week, haha. Over the span of a few days, we had lunch at Sbarro, dinner at A Veneto, coffee and cake at Chocolat, coffee and donuts at Dunkin Donuts, coffee at Mister Donut (twice, once with donuts). Hah.
Well, Dunkin Donuts does have (surprisingly) good coffee, and pretty cheap too, at thirty pesos for a big cup. Mister Donut also has good coffe. (at least the one at Trinoma) at twenty five pesos (regular size), and an option to add vanilla, choco mint, or hazelnut syrup for ten pesos more. We've only tried the French vanilla, and it seemed to be worth it, more or less; it basically neutralized that slightly bitter coffee aftertaste without masking the coffee flavor.
We've been drinking our coffee without sugar or creamer or anything else, and Zafra's right, that's the only way you can really taste your coffee. (Although I admit I sometimes am partial to Nescafe's 3-in-1, haha. Great for rainy days.)
Coffee tends to make us more talkative, at least sometimes. But, for me at least, after the initial burst of energy, eventually I get sleepier than I would've been without the coffee. Also, coffee is no good when it's not hot anymore. Ick.
Anyway, yes, coffee: I love the smell, the heat, the taste... how it feels against the insides of my body. MMMMM
ANYWAY, now let's talk about something else
Hmm, well, I've been reading Murakami again. I guess I'm just not used to reading him in shorter forms than novels, but at times I find myself looking for something more than just these brief excursions into different (yet familiar) lives. (i.e., minsan, nakakabitin!)
Perhaps it's the deceptive simplicity of his stories (and his writing style in general), but reading him I feel as if it wouldn't be that hard to get writing again. Hah. Right.
In any case I've been meaning to try my hand at writing something again, but nothing's actually been happening yet. Either I'm too busy, or too lazy, or too, I don't know, dull, like an unused knife (that was never the sharpest in the drawer in the first place, although it did manage to cut those tomatoes from time to time).
Plans
Well, it's only a year and a half or so to graduation. Like I said before, someone's already told me to start making plans if I want to pursue my studies elsewhere immediately after graduating.
And it does seem to make sense. So far, I've been looking at universities in Germany, for reasons that should be obvious. (Sausages and beer, mmm-mmm.) It seems that higher education in Germany is generally good, and that it would be easy to get into the country as a student.
But, well, I have no idea yet how to start preparing. Except for, perhaps, starting on the paperwork for a passport? I do not have one yet.
I'm not sure if my parents'll trust me enough to let me go off on my own yet, anyway. Perhaps I should prove myself independent and capable of taking care of myself?
(Now how am I supposed to do that?)
I just realized that it might seem weird to people that I'm rather... inconsistent about how sociable I'm willing to be. I always get the feeling that people are surprised whenever I seem willing to talk for more than a few words at a time.
Introverts like me sometimes just need to withdraw from the world for a while, but we'll be ready again eventually. We have some fun times together, right? So if the quiet spots begin to disturb you, hang on to the fun times. There could be more fun times in store for everyone, including (especially) you and me!
We are all friends. Even if I seem a bit out of it sometimes, I know, it's (I'm) kind of awkward, sorry. If you're my friend, you should know how awkward I can get, haha.
(Okay, I'll go withdraw for a bit now. Stay available, friends. But first, the rest of this entry!)
Expenses, coffee
It's been a bit of a spendy week, haha. Over the span of a few days, we had lunch at Sbarro, dinner at A Veneto, coffee and cake at Chocolat, coffee and donuts at Dunkin Donuts, coffee at Mister Donut (twice, once with donuts). Hah.
Well, Dunkin Donuts does have (surprisingly) good coffee, and pretty cheap too, at thirty pesos for a big cup. Mister Donut also has good coffe. (at least the one at Trinoma) at twenty five pesos (regular size), and an option to add vanilla, choco mint, or hazelnut syrup for ten pesos more. We've only tried the French vanilla, and it seemed to be worth it, more or less; it basically neutralized that slightly bitter coffee aftertaste without masking the coffee flavor.
We've been drinking our coffee without sugar or creamer or anything else, and Zafra's right, that's the only way you can really taste your coffee. (Although I admit I sometimes am partial to Nescafe's 3-in-1, haha. Great for rainy days.)
Coffee tends to make us more talkative, at least sometimes. But, for me at least, after the initial burst of energy, eventually I get sleepier than I would've been without the coffee. Also, coffee is no good when it's not hot anymore. Ick.
Anyway, yes, coffee: I love the smell, the heat, the taste... how it feels against the insides of my body. MMMMM
ANYWAY, now let's talk about something else
Hmm, well, I've been reading Murakami again. I guess I'm just not used to reading him in shorter forms than novels, but at times I find myself looking for something more than just these brief excursions into different (yet familiar) lives. (i.e., minsan, nakakabitin!)
Perhaps it's the deceptive simplicity of his stories (and his writing style in general), but reading him I feel as if it wouldn't be that hard to get writing again. Hah. Right.
In any case I've been meaning to try my hand at writing something again, but nothing's actually been happening yet. Either I'm too busy, or too lazy, or too, I don't know, dull, like an unused knife (that was never the sharpest in the drawer in the first place, although it did manage to cut those tomatoes from time to time).
Plans
Well, it's only a year and a half or so to graduation. Like I said before, someone's already told me to start making plans if I want to pursue my studies elsewhere immediately after graduating.
And it does seem to make sense. So far, I've been looking at universities in Germany, for reasons that should be obvious. (Sausages and beer, mmm-mmm.) It seems that higher education in Germany is generally good, and that it would be easy to get into the country as a student.
But, well, I have no idea yet how to start preparing. Except for, perhaps, starting on the paperwork for a passport? I do not have one yet.
I'm not sure if my parents'll trust me enough to let me go off on my own yet, anyway. Perhaps I should prove myself independent and capable of taking care of myself?
(Now how am I supposed to do that?)
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Not exactly a journal entry.
I don't feel like going into details today, but today was fine. (No Philo 11 in the morning, 1 hour CWTS, class, 2 hours CWTS, wandering around Trinoma with Jyaan and Vimmy, coffee, home, a batch of articles, blog, bow.)
Monday, August 20, 2007
Journal Entry Number Four
Today's notes
Today, I applied for Bayantel DSL, but apparently I have to wait and see if they'll be able to allocate facilities for me. Something to do with the area my house is in not yet being heavily covered by their services, I suppose. PLDT DSL is always possible, but I'd rather make that the last, fall-back option.
Lunch was at Sbarro. We seem to be frequenting this restaurant more than any other at SM North. We seem to think that it has a good balance between quality, price, and portion size.
Then we had coffee and cake at Chocolat. Pretty nice. Business seems to be picking up for them - the five or so tables they had were all occupied when we left. I suppose it's partly because it is a holiday today.
Then wandered around a bit at Trinoma. I remarked that I hadn't bought a book in a while, and fortuitously when we passed by Powerbooks they had a sale going on: 20% off on most items! Got Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Murakami. I would've gotten a graphic novel or something equally more expensive (to increase the discount, of course), but their graphic novel section was sadly lacking. (Fully Booked nearby (at SM) has a much better comics and graphic novel section.)
Realized that we indeed do spend quite a lot, when we hang out at malls. Considered cutting back a bit, but rationalized, hey, we were each earning a bit extra on side jobs, anyway, so what the heck. (And, well, we have begun saving up monthly for no particular reason. So why deny ourselves these little consumer comforts?)
Late hate
I hate being late. This is why I've stopped hitching a ride in the mornings with my brother, haha. They're too easily delayed, and a few minutes in the morning counts for a lot in terms of avoiding the morning rush.
I was going to meet Jeanne at 11 am, and by 10:30 I was set to leave, but then it seemed that my family was also going out anyway, so I waited, and so I did, and it stretched out until it was 11:30 and I ended up being an hour late. Aha.
If ever I somehow become in charge of a family, I'll be sure to instill in them a respect for punctuality. (Although I suppose it's naturally harder to get a group of people ready to leave than it is to get ready by myself, but still I think I do still have a point. Yes.)
Requisite rambling section
So it's back to the normal daily grind tomorrow. (Well, not exactly, as it so happens that our lab class tomorrow won't be meeting. But still.)
I don't know. I haven't been able to use the sudden many days of no classes properly, but neither has anyone else, I'd expect. Yay all of us!
I think I'm ready to try my hand at creative writing again. Blogging is well and good, but all this journaling is getting too much. But I don't know what to try to write - after all this time, I still don't know how my creative process really works. (Aha, as if it does, cue sting - i.e., *badum TSH*!)
Today, I applied for Bayantel DSL, but apparently I have to wait and see if they'll be able to allocate facilities for me. Something to do with the area my house is in not yet being heavily covered by their services, I suppose. PLDT DSL is always possible, but I'd rather make that the last, fall-back option.
Lunch was at Sbarro. We seem to be frequenting this restaurant more than any other at SM North. We seem to think that it has a good balance between quality, price, and portion size.
Then we had coffee and cake at Chocolat. Pretty nice. Business seems to be picking up for them - the five or so tables they had were all occupied when we left. I suppose it's partly because it is a holiday today.
Then wandered around a bit at Trinoma. I remarked that I hadn't bought a book in a while, and fortuitously when we passed by Powerbooks they had a sale going on: 20% off on most items! Got Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Murakami. I would've gotten a graphic novel or something equally more expensive (to increase the discount, of course), but their graphic novel section was sadly lacking. (Fully Booked nearby (at SM) has a much better comics and graphic novel section.)
Realized that we indeed do spend quite a lot, when we hang out at malls. Considered cutting back a bit, but rationalized, hey, we were each earning a bit extra on side jobs, anyway, so what the heck. (And, well, we have begun saving up monthly for no particular reason. So why deny ourselves these little consumer comforts?)
Late hate
I hate being late. This is why I've stopped hitching a ride in the mornings with my brother, haha. They're too easily delayed, and a few minutes in the morning counts for a lot in terms of avoiding the morning rush.
I was going to meet Jeanne at 11 am, and by 10:30 I was set to leave, but then it seemed that my family was also going out anyway, so I waited, and so I did, and it stretched out until it was 11:30 and I ended up being an hour late. Aha.
If ever I somehow become in charge of a family, I'll be sure to instill in them a respect for punctuality. (Although I suppose it's naturally harder to get a group of people ready to leave than it is to get ready by myself, but still I think I do still have a point. Yes.)
Requisite rambling section
So it's back to the normal daily grind tomorrow. (Well, not exactly, as it so happens that our lab class tomorrow won't be meeting. But still.)
I don't know. I haven't been able to use the sudden many days of no classes properly, but neither has anyone else, I'd expect. Yay all of us!
I think I'm ready to try my hand at creative writing again. Blogging is well and good, but all this journaling is getting too much. But I don't know what to try to write - after all this time, I still don't know how my creative process really works. (Aha, as if it does, cue sting - i.e., *badum TSH*!)
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Things to do:
1. Study for upcoming Optics exam this week. (It's been postponed too many times, never got around to reviewing for it. This is on top of the subject being, well, quite boring, at least the way it's being taught at the moment.)
2. Get around to applying for a DSL connection. (I don't know how long I've been planning to do this already. Since the summer vacation, I think?)
3. Get around to fixing the password mishap that led to me not being able to access my Unionbank EON account online. (This is not serious, but might turn out to be a real hassle someday.)
4. Get out of the loooong-weekend-induced slump. I'm not in high school anymore!
2. Get around to applying for a DSL connection. (I don't know how long I've been planning to do this already. Since the summer vacation, I think?)
3. Get around to fixing the password mishap that led to me not being able to access my Unionbank EON account online. (This is not serious, but might turn out to be a real hassle someday.)
4. Get out of the loooong-weekend-induced slump. I'm not in high school anymore!
The Machine Crusade
See previous post. More of the same, although things are starting to pick up. Being the second book in a trilogy, The Machine Crusade basically just set things up for the concluding book in the series.
I'm definitely going to read the last book to find out how everything ends up. (Then afterwards I think I'm going to reread the original series, just to reassure myself that these particular excursions to the Dune universe could indeed have been much better.)
I'm definitely going to read the last book to find out how everything ends up. (Then afterwards I think I'm going to reread the original series, just to reassure myself that these particular excursions to the Dune universe could indeed have been much better.)
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Jens Lekman!
I'm excited to get to listen to Jens Lekman's [wiki] new album, Night Falls Over Kortedala. It's about to be released soon, and already a few tracks can be found online.
Jens Lekman is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter, known for his charming, witty, and sometimes wistful songs. His voice has, apart from an altogether endearing Swedish accent, this earnest quality that I really like. From his lyrics there emerges a persona that seems to fit perfectly with his voice: carefree but sincere, put-upon but determined, the geeky guy who always seems to be unlucky in love.
Regardless of whether he's singing about a happy relationship or a not-so-happy one, good memories or painful ones, there's no argument - he means it. Oddly enough, this sincerity doesn't exactly make his songs sappy (even with his penchant for soft pop tunes), although you might expect it to. His lyrics are original and inventive enough, in their own way, to render his take on these old sentiments unique.
I'd post illustrative excerpts, but it just wouldn't be the same, divorced from the music and his wonderful voice. So, yeah.
Anyway, his songs should speak for themselves. (I say this mostly because I'm finding out that I don't much yet know how to express opinions on concrete things such as music, or even books. Not to a wide audience, at least. It's actually pretty hard to convey enthusiasm without seeming childish or too biased. Haha. Took me a while to get this far, even. Anyway the rambling belongs to a different post. Yes. Jens Lekman, people.)
Jens Lekman is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter, known for his charming, witty, and sometimes wistful songs. His voice has, apart from an altogether endearing Swedish accent, this earnest quality that I really like. From his lyrics there emerges a persona that seems to fit perfectly with his voice: carefree but sincere, put-upon but determined, the geeky guy who always seems to be unlucky in love.
Regardless of whether he's singing about a happy relationship or a not-so-happy one, good memories or painful ones, there's no argument - he means it. Oddly enough, this sincerity doesn't exactly make his songs sappy (even with his penchant for soft pop tunes), although you might expect it to. His lyrics are original and inventive enough, in their own way, to render his take on these old sentiments unique.
I'd post illustrative excerpts, but it just wouldn't be the same, divorced from the music and his wonderful voice. So, yeah.
Anyway, his songs should speak for themselves. (I say this mostly because I'm finding out that I don't much yet know how to express opinions on concrete things such as music, or even books. Not to a wide audience, at least. It's actually pretty hard to convey enthusiasm without seeming childish or too biased. Haha. Took me a while to get this far, even. Anyway the rambling belongs to a different post. Yes. Jens Lekman, people.)
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Journal Entry Number Three
Replay
So these past two days have been eerily like last week's Wednesday and Thursday. Heavy rains on Wednesday, class suspension on Thursday. Normally this would be a good thing, but I don't know.
Our classes that are scheduled to meet on Mondays and Thursdays are falling behind. And there are two more Mondays of no classes scheduled this August alone: 20 and 27, I think. This is bad. This is just going to mean that we'll be scrambling to finish the topics when the end of the semester nears.
Also we were supposed to have an exam last Monday, which was moved to today, then to tomorrow, and now it's scheduled next week. I haven't studied yet, I suppose I should. It's actually a bit uncomfortable when exams are postponed, sometimes. Coupled with the no classes today. It seems like today should not have been a break, but it turned out to be one (with me just reading Butlerian Jihad almost all this afternoon). So, it's a bit odd.
(Well, despite it being a far cry from the original Dune series, I'm still reading the next book in this prequel series: The Machine Crusade. I don't know, I guess I just want to find out what happens. And they aren't really horrible books, once you take them for what they are: action-packed space opera masquerading under the Dune name for greater sales.)
No News
Well, nothing much of interest happened today, future self. Tried to study for the Optics exam (that was supposed to be tomorrow), but when somebody told me it was postponed, well...
I should really resist the temptation to go back to bed after getting up in the morning. I end up taking naps, and basically just lazing around almost all day, thinking that I really should get up and do something else, but not doing so.
Blogging
I have 570 entries on my Tabulas. (Link leads to the monthly archives.) I've kept it up for more than three years already, which seems like quite a long and, well, varied time, in retrospect.
It's quite fun to go back and consider that length of time, that period of my life that I've sporadically blogged about. I guess looking at my archives is one of the best ways for me to realize that I really do think that blogging is worthwhile.
I always get a renewed motivation to blog, just realizing that I already have a relatively extensive archive of the previous years. I can just imagine having an even greater archive, in the future. Wouldn't it be fun (or, at least, instructive) to be able to get into your past self's mind? Shoddy memory will not completely defeat me.
Even if I don't always remember exactly what I was thinking when I wrote all those past blog entries, just the feeling of resonance (for lack of a better term) is a bit nostalgic, a bit comforting, a sort of reminder that life goes on, that I'm still here.
I guess looking back would always make one curious about what the future is going to be like.
Journalling, Three!
So, I suppose "journalling" doesn't really have to be that much different from how I've been blogging, all this time. I suppose what's different is that I'm becoming more conscious about what things, exactly, I want to make a record of. It's becoming more intentionally a record of things that I think my future self would find interesting.
So the compromise is, I suppose, a bit of making these entries more... presentable? Although I'm not always conscious of doing so, I think that in these years of keeping a public blog my blogging "voice" has adjusted to take into account that, hey, other people actually read what I write here.
I've actually tried to keep a pen and paper journal, and, yeah, it's much different from writing something here. Sometimes I feel that I'm lazier, there, about being correct or precise or not redundant or not obscure. Which is to be expected, I suppose.
It's Getting a Bit Longer than Usual
I wonder if I should just split these sections into separate entries. It'd seem weird to me, but maybe eventually I'll get used to it? Or, hmm. Delay posting about things until I have something more significant or thought-out to say about them. Decisions, decisions. (Probably I'll just end up being too lazy to do anything different from what I've been used to doing, anyway.)
A Final Note, Promise!
I seem to have slipped back into my old blogging voice. Most interesting.
So these past two days have been eerily like last week's Wednesday and Thursday. Heavy rains on Wednesday, class suspension on Thursday. Normally this would be a good thing, but I don't know.
Our classes that are scheduled to meet on Mondays and Thursdays are falling behind. And there are two more Mondays of no classes scheduled this August alone: 20 and 27, I think. This is bad. This is just going to mean that we'll be scrambling to finish the topics when the end of the semester nears.
Also we were supposed to have an exam last Monday, which was moved to today, then to tomorrow, and now it's scheduled next week. I haven't studied yet, I suppose I should. It's actually a bit uncomfortable when exams are postponed, sometimes. Coupled with the no classes today. It seems like today should not have been a break, but it turned out to be one (with me just reading Butlerian Jihad almost all this afternoon). So, it's a bit odd.
(Well, despite it being a far cry from the original Dune series, I'm still reading the next book in this prequel series: The Machine Crusade. I don't know, I guess I just want to find out what happens. And they aren't really horrible books, once you take them for what they are: action-packed space opera masquerading under the Dune name for greater sales.)
No News
Well, nothing much of interest happened today, future self. Tried to study for the Optics exam (that was supposed to be tomorrow), but when somebody told me it was postponed, well...
I should really resist the temptation to go back to bed after getting up in the morning. I end up taking naps, and basically just lazing around almost all day, thinking that I really should get up and do something else, but not doing so.
Blogging
I have 570 entries on my Tabulas. (Link leads to the monthly archives.) I've kept it up for more than three years already, which seems like quite a long and, well, varied time, in retrospect.
It's quite fun to go back and consider that length of time, that period of my life that I've sporadically blogged about. I guess looking at my archives is one of the best ways for me to realize that I really do think that blogging is worthwhile.
I always get a renewed motivation to blog, just realizing that I already have a relatively extensive archive of the previous years. I can just imagine having an even greater archive, in the future. Wouldn't it be fun (or, at least, instructive) to be able to get into your past self's mind? Shoddy memory will not completely defeat me.
Even if I don't always remember exactly what I was thinking when I wrote all those past blog entries, just the feeling of resonance (for lack of a better term) is a bit nostalgic, a bit comforting, a sort of reminder that life goes on, that I'm still here.
I guess looking back would always make one curious about what the future is going to be like.
Journalling, Three!
So, I suppose "journalling" doesn't really have to be that much different from how I've been blogging, all this time. I suppose what's different is that I'm becoming more conscious about what things, exactly, I want to make a record of. It's becoming more intentionally a record of things that I think my future self would find interesting.
So the compromise is, I suppose, a bit of making these entries more... presentable? Although I'm not always conscious of doing so, I think that in these years of keeping a public blog my blogging "voice" has adjusted to take into account that, hey, other people actually read what I write here.
I've actually tried to keep a pen and paper journal, and, yeah, it's much different from writing something here. Sometimes I feel that I'm lazier, there, about being correct or precise or not redundant or not obscure. Which is to be expected, I suppose.
It's Getting a Bit Longer than Usual
I wonder if I should just split these sections into separate entries. It'd seem weird to me, but maybe eventually I'll get used to it? Or, hmm. Delay posting about things until I have something more significant or thought-out to say about them. Decisions, decisions. (Probably I'll just end up being too lazy to do anything different from what I've been used to doing, anyway.)
A Final Note, Promise!
I seem to have slipped back into my old blogging voice. Most interesting.
The Butlerian Jihad
Just finished Butlerian Jihad. Mildly entertaining, if more than a bit disappointing. Makes me want to reread the original Dune series instead. Much better, those books. Actually made history quite interesting, and made for very stimulating reading. This book (and from what I hear, all the other B. Herbert and Anderson "Dune" books), not so. Reviews are right: they are made for today's TV audiences. Cymeks? Come on! Haha.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Journal Entry Number Two
SPP
Otherwise known as the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas. But perhaps what is more relevant here is the 25th SPP Physics Congress about to be held soon.
Yay my paper is done. (Also, it's a bit odd, writing a journal here. Who am I writing for, myself, or yous guys? Can't... reconcile...)
So last night I began writing the paper in LaTeX, and finished most of the first draft before going to sleep. This morning I went to UP, to eventually meet Sir Perry at about 12 pm and ask for his comments on what I'd finished so far. Spent a few hours incorporating his suggestions and making other minor changes to the manuscript. By 3, I'd printed out a revised copy, and had Sir review it. He gave it the go signal and we submitted it using the online service at the SPP website.
Yay. My first actual original research paper. It isn't a particularly exciting or novel one, but it is my first. And having gone through the experience of writing one paper makes me a bit more comfortable about thinking of writing the (inevitable) next ones. (The thesis, though, is still a bit large in the future of my mind. That is, in the future, in my mind.)
If the manuscript gets approved, I'll get to go to the 3-day Congress! It should be an interesting experience.
Dragon fruit
I wasn't sure if this deserved its own heading, but there we are. My dad brought home some dragon fruits. They look like this (pictures are not mine, and plenty more could actually be Googled up, but hey here they are):
The rind can be peeled off by hand to reveal a round mass of fruit flesh dotted with small seeds, like those of a strawberry or kiwi. Tastewise, those are also the closest comparisons I can think of. Although dragon fruit flesh does seem a bit firmer than either, but I can't be sure. For some reason I am also reminded of pears.
It'd actually be good to use in shakes, and online sources say that it also makes for a good alcoholic drink. But apparently they are pretty rare, as the flower blooms only for one night, and hence has to be pollinated within that night in order to form the fruit. This translates to a cost of about thirty five pesos per fruit, which is a bit much, really. But once in a while, perhaps the novelty of the experience would be worth getting a few pieces.
This reminds me of that scene from some Miyazaki movie with the young girl and the pineapple. Her dad had bought the exotic (for them) fruit as a treat, but I think the particular fruit they get was not that sweet, or else they didn't find the taste much to their liking. So the girl (the protagonist, actually) goes and finishes everybody's servings, in a strange sort of maturity.
Journalling, Two
It still feels odd. I have the feeling that I could let myself go on in greater detail about things, but somehow I won't, out of respect for my readers, and, I don't know. Just because it doesn't seem like the kind of thing that I would actually do.
Although, I admit, the idea of having a relatively comprehensive record of life is appealing. Perhaps I should just look into getting a recorder? Haha. Naaah.
Otherwise known as the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas. But perhaps what is more relevant here is the 25th SPP Physics Congress about to be held soon.
Yay my paper is done. (Also, it's a bit odd, writing a journal here. Who am I writing for, myself, or yous guys? Can't... reconcile...)
So last night I began writing the paper in LaTeX, and finished most of the first draft before going to sleep. This morning I went to UP, to eventually meet Sir Perry at about 12 pm and ask for his comments on what I'd finished so far. Spent a few hours incorporating his suggestions and making other minor changes to the manuscript. By 3, I'd printed out a revised copy, and had Sir review it. He gave it the go signal and we submitted it using the online service at the SPP website.
Yay. My first actual original research paper. It isn't a particularly exciting or novel one, but it is my first. And having gone through the experience of writing one paper makes me a bit more comfortable about thinking of writing the (inevitable) next ones. (The thesis, though, is still a bit large in the future of my mind. That is, in the future, in my mind.)
If the manuscript gets approved, I'll get to go to the 3-day Congress! It should be an interesting experience.
Dragon fruit
I wasn't sure if this deserved its own heading, but there we are. My dad brought home some dragon fruits. They look like this (pictures are not mine, and plenty more could actually be Googled up, but hey here they are):
The rind can be peeled off by hand to reveal a round mass of fruit flesh dotted with small seeds, like those of a strawberry or kiwi. Tastewise, those are also the closest comparisons I can think of. Although dragon fruit flesh does seem a bit firmer than either, but I can't be sure. For some reason I am also reminded of pears.
It'd actually be good to use in shakes, and online sources say that it also makes for a good alcoholic drink. But apparently they are pretty rare, as the flower blooms only for one night, and hence has to be pollinated within that night in order to form the fruit. This translates to a cost of about thirty five pesos per fruit, which is a bit much, really. But once in a while, perhaps the novelty of the experience would be worth getting a few pieces.
This reminds me of that scene from some Miyazaki movie with the young girl and the pineapple. Her dad had bought the exotic (for them) fruit as a treat, but I think the particular fruit they get was not that sweet, or else they didn't find the taste much to their liking. So the girl (the protagonist, actually) goes and finishes everybody's servings, in a strange sort of maturity.
Journalling, Two
It still feels odd. I have the feeling that I could let myself go on in greater detail about things, but somehow I won't, out of respect for my readers, and, I don't know. Just because it doesn't seem like the kind of thing that I would actually do.
Although, I admit, the idea of having a relatively comprehensive record of life is appealing. Perhaps I should just look into getting a recorder? Haha. Naaah.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Journal Entry Number One
The Altoids Case
I got some more work done on the Altoids tin today. The square is now clearly visible from the other side, and the hole should be done in a few days at the latest. Pretty soon, I will have my own Altoids case for my new Creative Zen Micro player! Yay. (I still haven't finished the mints that were in the tin, haha. Following some sort of symmetry, they are now in the pouch that was bundled with the player. They are dark chocolate covered mints, and are pretty good, if pricey.)
We looked everywhere in SM North for those Altoids. They're not sold in the Hypermarket, or the candy section at the department store, or at the Pick & Mix stalls in the main building, or either of the Watson's outlets, or at the drugstore near the supermarket. We found them at last at the candy stall that used to be near Goldilocks, but is now at the Block near... Fully Booked? (Shoddy memory. I can't even remember for sure which floor it was on.)
In any case, we've been carving out a hole for the headphone jack to fit through since then. Using an exacto knife. It's going okay, but there are lots of scratches around the hole itself. We hope that they can be sanded away.
The carving out has actually been sort of fun. It takes a lot of your attention, but it's rather simple. And it's going to be pretty satisfying once the hole is finished. Makes me want to take up a craft, almost. (Knitting? Making chain mail?)
At least the foam inlay is done, and fits snugly without needing to be glued to the tin or anything. (Yay thanks Jeanne.) Hats off to the first person who thought of making a Zen Micro case out of an Altoids tin. But, really, the dimensions of the thing are quite suspicious, as if tailor made to fit into the mint tin. Can't wait for the case to be done.
Someone's Birthday
It's someone's birthday today. I think Ate Anne's. There was cake and I partook of it and I hadn't even greeted her yet. Shame on me. *sobs*
Also I don't know how old she is exactly. Thirty-something, to be sure. Also I am not a hundred percent sure that it's her birthday, but the evidence is overwhelming, i.e., there's birthday cake and I'm pretty sure no one else is having a birthday today. Haha.
LaTex
I encoded another problem set in LaTex [wiki] today. I really like how neat the documents look, once they're done. (Hint: It puts MathType, or Microsoft's Equation Editor, to shame.) But it does take quite some time to encode things; I'm far from an expert yet, and I've only used it for a few problem set solutions and such.
It's got a few things going for it, though. One, it's pretty neat, and I like seeing the final solutions laid out so prettily. Two, if I begin to use it regularly, I'd have digital copies of my solutions, which could prove invaluable someday. (Not the fact that they're digital, especially, but the fact that they're problems that I've already solved. Being digital just makes them easier to keep track of, I suppose.) And three, it's probably going to be what I write my thesis on, so it'd be good to get comfortable with it already.
Journalling
I'm not used to it, I find. I sound too chatty to myself. Why am I telling you these things, anyway?
I got some more work done on the Altoids tin today. The square is now clearly visible from the other side, and the hole should be done in a few days at the latest. Pretty soon, I will have my own Altoids case for my new Creative Zen Micro player! Yay. (I still haven't finished the mints that were in the tin, haha. Following some sort of symmetry, they are now in the pouch that was bundled with the player. They are dark chocolate covered mints, and are pretty good, if pricey.)
We looked everywhere in SM North for those Altoids. They're not sold in the Hypermarket, or the candy section at the department store, or at the Pick & Mix stalls in the main building, or either of the Watson's outlets, or at the drugstore near the supermarket. We found them at last at the candy stall that used to be near Goldilocks, but is now at the Block near... Fully Booked? (Shoddy memory. I can't even remember for sure which floor it was on.)
In any case, we've been carving out a hole for the headphone jack to fit through since then. Using an exacto knife. It's going okay, but there are lots of scratches around the hole itself. We hope that they can be sanded away.
The carving out has actually been sort of fun. It takes a lot of your attention, but it's rather simple. And it's going to be pretty satisfying once the hole is finished. Makes me want to take up a craft, almost. (Knitting? Making chain mail?)
At least the foam inlay is done, and fits snugly without needing to be glued to the tin or anything. (Yay thanks Jeanne.) Hats off to the first person who thought of making a Zen Micro case out of an Altoids tin. But, really, the dimensions of the thing are quite suspicious, as if tailor made to fit into the mint tin. Can't wait for the case to be done.
Someone's Birthday
It's someone's birthday today. I think Ate Anne's. There was cake and I partook of it and I hadn't even greeted her yet. Shame on me. *sobs*
Also I don't know how old she is exactly. Thirty-something, to be sure. Also I am not a hundred percent sure that it's her birthday, but the evidence is overwhelming, i.e., there's birthday cake and I'm pretty sure no one else is having a birthday today. Haha.
LaTex
I encoded another problem set in LaTex [wiki] today. I really like how neat the documents look, once they're done. (Hint: It puts MathType, or Microsoft's Equation Editor, to shame.) But it does take quite some time to encode things; I'm far from an expert yet, and I've only used it for a few problem set solutions and such.
It's got a few things going for it, though. One, it's pretty neat, and I like seeing the final solutions laid out so prettily. Two, if I begin to use it regularly, I'd have digital copies of my solutions, which could prove invaluable someday. (Not the fact that they're digital, especially, but the fact that they're problems that I've already solved. Being digital just makes them easier to keep track of, I suppose.) And three, it's probably going to be what I write my thesis on, so it'd be good to get comfortable with it already.
Journalling
I'm not used to it, I find. I sound too chatty to myself. Why am I telling you these things, anyway?
No I will not look over this entry and edit it. (P.S. I couldn't resist putting in that space.)
I don't seem to feel the same drive to blog as I used to. Now, I mostly have to force myself to go and write something here. I wonder why.
Partly, I suppose, it's because I've been busier lately. And also I'd stopped blogging regularly for quite a while.
Mostly I have a shoddy memory. I can't remember my childhood that clearly, except for some isolated instances and images. Like this yellow plastic truck that I used to play with. I can't visualize it exactly, but I can sort of summon up some vague sensory impressions: how it must've looked like, how big it felt under my fingers back then, how it felt to be pushing it along. Also when I was a kid I think I was not as hairy.
So to help my memory a little I really should develop the habit of journaling.
[start TV commercial person voice]
Because every life, even yours, is worth chronicling.
[/end TV commercial person voice]
I might as well start now. But not in this entry. For purposes of, I don't know, neatness, I'm going to separate the journal-type entries from the, er, others. Like this one and most of the recent ones.
Yes, I think I will go do that now.
Partly, I suppose, it's because I've been busier lately. And also I'd stopped blogging regularly for quite a while.
Mostly I have a shoddy memory. I can't remember my childhood that clearly, except for some isolated instances and images. Like this yellow plastic truck that I used to play with. I can't visualize it exactly, but I can sort of summon up some vague sensory impressions: how it must've looked like, how big it felt under my fingers back then, how it felt to be pushing it along. Also when I was a kid I think I was not as hairy.
So to help my memory a little I really should develop the habit of journaling.
[start TV commercial person voice]
Because every life, even yours, is worth chronicling.
[/end TV commercial person voice]
I might as well start now. But not in this entry. For purposes of, I don't know, neatness, I'm going to separate the journal-type entries from the, er, others. Like this one and most of the recent ones.
Yes, I think I will go do that now.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
This title refuses to be helpful.
I'm out of practice at this. Let's see.
I have yet to decide whether I really want to pursue this physics thing. I've been advised by this graduate student I know that I should begin planning if I intend to continue studying abroad right after finishing my undergraduate degree here. (He spoke to me with the conviction of experience.)
On one hand, I'm not doing so bad at this. Well, I manage to stay somewhere in the upper half of my batch, at least (a bit of false modesty, hem hem). But, well, on the other hand, I'm not doing spectacularly. Perhaps I'm expecting too much, or, that is, looking for too obvious a confirmation of my life decisions.
I don't know.
In any case, it's not my place to be complaining about anything, really, but sometimes I just wish I could be someone more... effectual. Or, for that matter, someone who knew what he wants to affect. BUT ANYWAY.
I've recently upgraded to a 5 gig player, and I'm not used to having almost all of my music in my pocket yet. (Yeah, pretty small collection, I suppose, relatively.) No idea how to create playlists, but it should be fun to learn how to put songs together for greater effect.
So far, having an actual screen, and being able to browse through the songs easily, are the main novelties. Also the nifty touch pad.
I must not let the lazy defeat meeee
I have yet to decide whether I really want to pursue this physics thing. I've been advised by this graduate student I know that I should begin planning if I intend to continue studying abroad right after finishing my undergraduate degree here. (He spoke to me with the conviction of experience.)
On one hand, I'm not doing so bad at this. Well, I manage to stay somewhere in the upper half of my batch, at least (a bit of false modesty, hem hem). But, well, on the other hand, I'm not doing spectacularly. Perhaps I'm expecting too much, or, that is, looking for too obvious a confirmation of my life decisions.
I don't know.
In any case, it's not my place to be complaining about anything, really, but sometimes I just wish I could be someone more... effectual. Or, for that matter, someone who knew what he wants to affect. BUT ANYWAY.
I've recently upgraded to a 5 gig player, and I'm not used to having almost all of my music in my pocket yet. (Yeah, pretty small collection, I suppose, relatively.) No idea how to create playlists, but it should be fun to learn how to put songs together for greater effect.
So far, having an actual screen, and being able to browse through the songs easily, are the main novelties. Also the nifty touch pad.
I must not let the lazy defeat meeee
Monday, August 06, 2007
CWTS and other matters
This semester is the first of the two semesters that we'll be having CWTS. So far, it's been pretty easy, if time-consuming. Right now I am at the NIP Library, taking a break from inputting the undergraduate theses into the catalog.
Actually, I don't really need to work. We've asked Kuya Felix, the guy in charge, and it seems that it's okay to just log in and sit here to earn our required hours. And he doesn't really check on what I'm doing, so I could pretend to be editing the catalog while actually just poking about on the Internet. But, well.
Mm, it's a new library, and pretty small at the moment - hardly anyone goes here. But there are already computers here that are just waiting to be fixed and made ready for use. And it'd be a nice place to sleep, if only it weren't located all the way out here in the new Physics building: it's nice and cold and quiet, and there are no people.
Even if it's fairly easy, CWTS is still going to take a lot of time: fifty six hours during this first semester alone. (I think the second sem of CWTS is going to take that long, as well?) That's already the equivalent of a sem's worth of class time of a 3-unit subject, roughly. And I've garnered only about 17 hours, including this (yet to end) three hour session.
And I think our CWTS group is about to be transferred from our cushy spot here in the library to either administrative work (secretary's office), or student assistant work at the SPP (Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas). This is the best assignment, by far. We hardly do any work (well, relatively: we have already arranged a lot of the books by call number, and updated the catalog quite a bit, etc etc), and we can pretty much go here whenever we're available, as long as Kuya Felix is around (which he is, every weekday, 8 am to 5 pm).
So, am taking advantage of the long break that I have, MTh. I've done four hours all in all, today (since we didn't meet for our first class and some of us stayed here for an hour this morning). So, in short, CWTS = minor hassle, but a hassle nonetheless.
Other matters: I've been sleepy a lot lately. Yes, I am doing a lot of things for school and such, but I'm just worried if I'm not getting enough sleep, or if I'm not eating properly. Lately (read: a few days ago) I've been getting to exercise regularly again, maybe that'll help with the lethargy.
Anyway, I've only thirty minutes to go, I suppose I might as well finish up the rest of the undergraduate theses. Zoooom.
Actually, I don't really need to work. We've asked Kuya Felix, the guy in charge, and it seems that it's okay to just log in and sit here to earn our required hours. And he doesn't really check on what I'm doing, so I could pretend to be editing the catalog while actually just poking about on the Internet. But, well.
Mm, it's a new library, and pretty small at the moment - hardly anyone goes here. But there are already computers here that are just waiting to be fixed and made ready for use. And it'd be a nice place to sleep, if only it weren't located all the way out here in the new Physics building: it's nice and cold and quiet, and there are no people.
Even if it's fairly easy, CWTS is still going to take a lot of time: fifty six hours during this first semester alone. (I think the second sem of CWTS is going to take that long, as well?) That's already the equivalent of a sem's worth of class time of a 3-unit subject, roughly. And I've garnered only about 17 hours, including this (yet to end) three hour session.
And I think our CWTS group is about to be transferred from our cushy spot here in the library to either administrative work (secretary's office), or student assistant work at the SPP (Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas). This is the best assignment, by far. We hardly do any work (well, relatively: we have already arranged a lot of the books by call number, and updated the catalog quite a bit, etc etc), and we can pretty much go here whenever we're available, as long as Kuya Felix is around (which he is, every weekday, 8 am to 5 pm).
So, am taking advantage of the long break that I have, MTh. I've done four hours all in all, today (since we didn't meet for our first class and some of us stayed here for an hour this morning). So, in short, CWTS = minor hassle, but a hassle nonetheless.
Other matters: I've been sleepy a lot lately. Yes, I am doing a lot of things for school and such, but I'm just worried if I'm not getting enough sleep, or if I'm not eating properly. Lately (read: a few days ago) I've been getting to exercise regularly again, maybe that'll help with the lethargy.
Anyway, I've only thirty minutes to go, I suppose I might as well finish up the rest of the undergraduate theses. Zoooom.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Science writing
...seems like an interesting enough option. I would still get to be geeky, without having to dig too deep into the technical stuff. Not that I hate the technical stuff, exactly, just that sometimes, well, I feel lazy about it. Eheh.
Although I suppose being a science writer would still take work, if only of a different kind. But somehow, it doesn't seem like it would not be as tedious as research can be. But I really don't know yet.
I mean, sure I've been technically a member of the Theoretical Physics Group for over a year now, but it's only been recently that we've been starting on the actual research. And I suppose it's a bit overwhelming, finding out that I don't know nearly enough yet to be able to go into any worthwhile research yet. (Yes, I don't even have an undergraduate degree yet, but that's beside the point. I think.)
In any case, I'll have to get used to research work in time for my thesis next year. It's not been so bad, so far, except that I don't know how to gauge if I'm working at a slow pace or not. I feel like I'm not doing enough, but coursework should still come first, at this point, shouldn't it?
Anyway. Enough about me.
Although I suppose being a science writer would still take work, if only of a different kind. But somehow, it doesn't seem like it would not be as tedious as research can be. But I really don't know yet.
I mean, sure I've been technically a member of the Theoretical Physics Group for over a year now, but it's only been recently that we've been starting on the actual research. And I suppose it's a bit overwhelming, finding out that I don't know nearly enough yet to be able to go into any worthwhile research yet. (Yes, I don't even have an undergraduate degree yet, but that's beside the point. I think.)
In any case, I'll have to get used to research work in time for my thesis next year. It's not been so bad, so far, except that I don't know how to gauge if I'm working at a slow pace or not. I feel like I'm not doing enough, but coursework should still come first, at this point, shouldn't it?
Anyway. Enough about me.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Idea dump.
I will begin jotting down thoughts and ideas that I'd been meaning to blog about but haven't had the time to. Now.
I like how having a blog makes it more likely for me to actually think about how to express things, i.e. observations, realizations, perceptions, possible insights. Since there is now a possible venue for talking about these things, I become justified in thinking about them? That seems about right.
The only problem is that, well, I'm still in a bit of a time management mess. Like right now. I was all set on doing this blog post, but I got distracted by this other blog, Cosmic Variance. This led to some other mostly clueless pokings about in the physics section of the intarwubs.
And now I'm too sleepy to continue, good night. Yawns.
I like how having a blog makes it more likely for me to actually think about how to express things, i.e. observations, realizations, perceptions, possible insights. Since there is now a possible venue for talking about these things, I become justified in thinking about them? That seems about right.
The only problem is that, well, I'm still in a bit of a time management mess. Like right now. I was all set on doing this blog post, but I got distracted by this other blog, Cosmic Variance. This led to some other mostly clueless pokings about in the physics section of the intarwubs.
And now I'm too sleepy to continue, good night. Yawns.
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