Time flies. It's been already a week since I got here. I'm in a better status than last week, but still don't know what exactly I'll be doing this summer. At least, I was given some papers to start off and read them and am catching up the studies. I'm still in tense as nothing really happened so far. Feels like walking on thin ice? A calm before the storm?
A good thing is I'm a beginner's status of mind without mannerism or something. Changing working environment and meeting new smart people is very stimulating. I meet other students whose interests are not far from mine, and see their footprints and sometimes get impressed. Yesterday, I met a girl Rimma. She said it's her third visit to MSR. I went to her website to read her name correctly, and found that she have four publications this year. What a productive year! One of the papers was written by herself, which was even more impressive. Hope to have such a productive year :)
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Day Three
Wherever I move to a new site, I collect the memory of its first sight. Two days ago, I was walking into the DMX group section following my mentor and a glassy, modern interior of Microsoft Research building 99 was collected. It wasn't flamboyant or splendor yet was stylish. Possibly, that's because I knew world class researches are performed in the building. I wish I could post pictures, but after a long orientation, I figure that could be a bad idea with all the legal and confidentiality issues.
Today, I had my first lunch in the cafeteria of building 117 (I think) with fei, arnob and eckel (?). While chatting, arnob and I realized that we were in the same session at the VLDB 2007. Meeting new friends is always pleasant especially when you can share your interests.
Today, I had my first lunch in the cafeteria of building 117 (I think) with fei, arnob and eckel (?). While chatting, arnob and I realized that we were in the same session at the VLDB 2007. Meeting new friends is always pleasant especially when you can share your interests.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Damage control
Wasn't able to do much for two days.
Friday
My supervisor didn't show up on the weekly meeting scheduled for the morning. What happened? He sometimes postpones it, but cancellation without any notice is the first time. Anyways, I find it hard to work effectively on Fridays. I had a social gathering in the evening, which ended almost at the midnight. There is a movie called 'Girls night out'. That evening might have been called 'Unmarried, desperate bachelor's night out'. Only I, out of 5, was married, and the others are at their early or mid thirty. The main topic was how to get married in this dire situation of lack of elligible "Miss" in Vancouver.
Saturday,
Morning was gone with the shopping excursion to the Costco. Afternoon was gone with the two consecutive piano lessons of my wife and me at the gorgious house of David's teacher's. The multi million dollar house is located in Dunbar ans it took 20 ~ 30 minutes by bike. Somehow, we got exhausted from the biking and we fell asleep soon after dinner.
Sunday,
Now, I'm sitting in a small table in the Beanery cafe realizing that nothing has been done for two days. I find it hard to start work right away in this case. In generally, I have to spend as much time as I spent doing nothing to regain the inertia needed. The pressure of having to catch up on the work frustrates me. A good damage control ability is badly needed.
Friday
My supervisor didn't show up on the weekly meeting scheduled for the morning. What happened? He sometimes postpones it, but cancellation without any notice is the first time. Anyways, I find it hard to work effectively on Fridays. I had a social gathering in the evening, which ended almost at the midnight. There is a movie called 'Girls night out'. That evening might have been called 'Unmarried, desperate bachelor's night out'. Only I, out of 5, was married, and the others are at their early or mid thirty. The main topic was how to get married in this dire situation of lack of elligible "Miss" in Vancouver.
Saturday,
Morning was gone with the shopping excursion to the Costco. Afternoon was gone with the two consecutive piano lessons of my wife and me at the gorgious house of David's teacher's. The multi million dollar house is located in Dunbar ans it took 20 ~ 30 minutes by bike. Somehow, we got exhausted from the biking and we fell asleep soon after dinner.
Sunday,
Now, I'm sitting in a small table in the Beanery cafe realizing that nothing has been done for two days. I find it hard to start work right away in this case. In generally, I have to spend as much time as I spent doing nothing to regain the inertia needed. The pressure of having to catch up on the work frustrates me. A good damage control ability is badly needed.
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