Branching Point
Today, I finished up cleaning up my desk in the lab. All I had to take home was my coffee equipment, my lava lamp1, and some papers and files that I needed...
First Night
Today was an early start. I barely got any sleep last night since I had to wake up anyway at 3am to get to YVR in time to catch my 6am flight. Turns out,...
How Do I Do This?
My weekly routine almost invariably consists of me waking up, getting ready, and going into the lab. I usually arrive between 8 and 9 (toward 9 more recently...
The Postgame
Back when I was a kid, I remember playing a Harry Potter game on a console. If I remember correctly, it was the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the...
Paper Writing
For the last two (2) weeks, I’ve been pretty deep into writing. For me, that means sitting around in the lab for most of the day, while writing a paragraph...
So Much for Consistency
It looks like my last one of these was nearly a month ago. There isn’t a real reason why I’ve neglected to write every week beyond the fact that I got lazy...
Return to Form
I came back from ICSE a week ago, and I've been spending the last week at home since I didn't want to give whatever I was carrying back from ICSE to my lab...
ICSE Day 4: Prehistoric Planet
No matter what people might say or think, the subtitle of tonight’s newsletter (Prehistoric Planet) does not refer to the senior researchers I met at ICSE. I...
ICSE Day 2: Gail Murphy Edition
Today ended a bit earlier, mostly because I was too tired from an early start and generally just walking around and taking photos all day. In the morning, I...
Ick Sea Day 1
I'm going to admit, it took me a few times to correctly navigate to this website where I do my blog/newsletter posting. But hey, I made it. It's been quite a...
ICSE Day 0
It’s been a while since I wrote one of these, but I will use the excuse for a family visit for the one I missed two weeks ago. I have no excuse for not...
Clothes
Last week, I got a stain on my favourite shirt. Folks in the lab or who spend some amount of time with me probably know the shirt I’m talking about; the...
Taking a Breather
I didn't write anything last Sunday because I felt pretty tired. I assumed that I would have a week to recalibrate and perhaps feel a bit more refreshed, but...
Long (Long) Weekend
This weekend, I was taking care of Gary and Peeka, who are the cats of one of my coworkers from an internship long ago. This usually means I pack up my bags...
Back at the Cafe
I spent part of yesterday at the cafe that I used to frequent on weekends before the pandemic and through most of my undergrad. I’m writing this newsletter...
Dim Sum
Last week, I helped organize a dim sum lunch (brunch?) with some folks from the lab. “Helped organize” might be a bit of a stretch, since I basically took on...
Pachinko
On Friday, I gave myself the task of not looking at any code on the weekend. Unfortunately, by Saturday afternoon, I had already failed to achieve this. That...
Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life
This weekend was a bit more eventful than the others. I went to the lab yesterday, and found a cardboard box on my desk. The sender's address was from the...
Daylight Savings
It's 6:20pm as I write this, and it's still light outside. People generally seem to like the extra few hours of daylight in the day, but I've always had no...
Normalcy?
Before the events of the past two years, my weekends would basically consist of me packing up my bag and heading downtown. I had a specific spot in a...