Fun filled Saturday and a quantum of advice
The Saturday was a lot of fun. I got up really late because I was exasperated with all the things that happened on Friday. Besides, I worked an additional 5 hours at the machine shop too. So, I woke up after a long good sleep at 10 AM. I went ahead and checked my planner and realized that the books I took from the library were to be returned yesterday. I ran to the Library and reissued the three books.
At the library, the thought struck me that I didn’t had MS Office because I had formatted my hard drive this week and was working with Open Office. So, I got a free copy of MS Office 2007 from the Library. Then, I made a sprint to check my mailbox. It was 11.30 AM by then, so I decided to stop by Chartwells to have my breakfast and lunch combo By that time I reached back to the dorms, I got a call from Ram, a senior from India, asking if I could tag along with him, Praful and Sreyes, all upperclassmen from India, to Barnes & Noble’s. We ended up roaming around the Gateway Mall and making a stop at Walmart and got back to our dorms at 4.30 PM. Then, I decided to finally utilize my weekend by studying a bit for the MATLAB Exam this Monday. It’s Saturday and thus it’s a great day for a game of pool. I closed my MATLAB book and went along with Payton and Eric for a couple of games. I then came back to Chartwells at 6.30 PM for my dinner. I had a quick dinner and was at my room when Praful came in and asked me to go with them to Taj Mahal, an Indian Restaurant in town. I had been missing some good Indian food for a long time. I got along with them for a fun filled dinner at the Taj Mahal. I did get Indian food but it was not as good as I expected.
I am back at my dorms now. Today was Kevin’s last training day for Arnold Air Society, an elite society for the Air Force. He was very happy, excited, relived and enthusiastic that he is now a part of the Arnold Air Society. 14 hour training exasperated him but his enthusiasm kept him up. I am right now going through the notes for my MATLAB Exam and writing a blog because it has been a long time since I blogged.
I remember this time of the previous year as a time filled with confusions and impending decisions. I had almost wrote every single college application essay and was having a hard time getting all financial and transcript related documents ready. Just a suggestion: Apply to as many colleges as you can and never rate a college according to the Ranks available online. It is much better to talk to a student and get a feel of what school emphasizes. For example, if you are an engineering student, you have to make sure what engineering means to you. Does it mean designing things/machines with the assistance of the knowledge you acquire or does it mean to you a job that requires you to be involved with research and science topics throughout your life. Or does it mean both of those to you? There is a subtle difference and that is everything.