http://www.cyeungrun.com My tiny corner of the Internet for me to voice off on various topics. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:31:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's a thought: We all know the song "Santa's Comin' To Town."  Suppose you make it to the "good" list.  What happens if you were "naughty" between the time he leaves The North Pole and arrives at your place? This semester was a brand-new start for me.  For starters, I started ... http://www.cyeungrun.com/2008/12/23/home-again In the midst of everybody losing their composure, I am, once again, perfectly calm.  After I finish this entry, I'm writing my paper on wind power (it blows... har har har) and continuing with my studying. History?! During the semester, I have been doing all my reading and I can recall a ... http://www.cyeungrun.com/2008/12/07/pre-finals-entertainment I pulled one of those rare all-nighters last night.  A good bit of my family accompanied my cousin to San Marcos for some midnight shopping.  Although we arrived at around 12, it was (obviously) a madhouse at the mall and about a quarter-mile radius.  As we looked for parking, we ... http://www.cyeungrun.com/2008/11/29/black-friday I received an ad for this in the mail today along with my weekly grocery store ads.  When I saw this, I wondered, "Is the manufacturer seriously desperate for some revenue or something?"  After all, it is pretty obvious when someone is over the age of 65.  Nevertheless, I do ... http://www.cyeungrun.com/2008/11/26/gimme-my-senior-discount While my job search has not turned up much, I am still hopeful as I still have one semester left and I had a spectacular interview with a company.  For every question he had, I had an answer and an experience to share.  The interviewer also had a few things ... http://www.cyeungrun.com/2008/11/23/for-the-record-i-voted-once As some of y'all may know, I had a pretty uneventful 21st birthday.  This time around, I made up for it somewhat.  I started off the day working with the solar car team for some community outreach.  I proceeded to rest up during the afternoon and have dinner in the ... http://www.cyeungrun.com/2008/11/01/happy-22 My job search has begun in earnest.  Thus far, I've had interviews with National Instruments and Oncor Electric Delivery.  I found the interview with Oncor more two-way in that they were able to relate to some of the things I talked about, like reducing email overhead and wishing that I ... http://www.cyeungrun.com/2008/10/26/pulse-october-2008 For today's state of the economy, "The Difficult Financial Times" seems quite viable as a publication title.  Ever since I started watching Wall Street, I have never seen such a drop as I've seen today: 777.68 whoppin' points!  This, apparently, was because the House of Representatives rejected the bailout deal ... http://www.cyeungrun.com/2008/09/30/the-difficult-financial-times Monday: a restaurant's message sign said, "We're so cheap, Lehman Brothers shareholders can eat here!" Friday: Apparently, someone had a little bit too much fun with a label maker: http://www.cyeungrun.com/2008/09/21/sightings While presenting the car at NIWeek, some members in the press spoke to us about the Samsung Solorean, UT Solar Vehicles Team's latest solar car.  An online video program for engineers called Engineering TV did a full-blown interview with me. Part 1: http://engineeringtv.com/blogs/etv/archive/2008/09/08/university-of-texas-solar-vehicle-team.aspx Part 2:http://engineeringtv.com/blogs/etv/archive/2008/09/09/samsung-solorean-solar-car.aspx To some extent, I wish that the people ... http://www.cyeungrun.com/2008/09/08/ut-solar-vehicles-team-on-engineering-tv