My last and final semester at UNLV as an undergraduate started off with dealing with humid climate in a desert! I am not kidding, for claiming to be a dry desert, Las Vegas has been cloudy and humid for roughly 3 weeks with occasional rain here and there! FYI the following paragraphs are being written as I recollect what has occurred they may or may not be in chronological order.
First week was filled with the hassle of finding where the classes are located, getting to know new professors, calculating how much effort to put into each class and organizing my time for each.
The prof for compilers was in Scotland attending a conference so we had a sub for the first week. Analysis of algorithms is being taught by a prof I know and he is REALLY good! Tennis is located at the end of the campus so walking there and back is not an option.... Logic Design lab started with safety lab.... Biometrics is a small class of 7 people - 4 graduate students and 3 undergrads. And my final physics class - the dreaded Physics Senior Project. And top this off, working at Slickdeals!!! Oh... also deal with ACM club... since being a Treasurer aka an officer means I need to be present at meetings and do stuff! And my brother didn't get to drive because of the rain and cloudy weather >__> Also the week-long lent that is part of celebrating the birth of St. Mary started on Sunday.
Second week started off with Monday being a holiday and was more or less hunting for parking spot at various hours of the day.... It is literally Hunger Games at the parking lot!!! You fight with horns and lights to get a parking spot from others. Not to mention, Wednesday when my brother decided to finally drive to campus by himself, it started pouring like no end. Prof for the compilers showed up finally, and started assigning phases for building a Java 1.2? compiler in Java.... No, this is not like the - which came first, the chicken or the egg? - problem. And getting together to layout the club meetings and plans. Oh! Also the Friday, the research group along with the prof got together and had 4-5hr long meetings. Then again on Saturday afternoon, and then attending the wedding reception of the ex-PhD member of our group who moved to Arizona for his postdoc. That wedding reception was really fun - food, drinks (I did try Captain Coke... just because the groom insisted that it was his first drink and that how he got into drinking... And by the end of 3rd hour... I still had half the drink with me... and while rum has a unique taste, I didn't like the drink and decided to remain a non-alcoholic drinker), dance, and fireworks. Friday evening ended with a prayer meeting and Saturday morning started with a mass to celebrate the birth of St. Mary. Also I got the ball rolling for my graduation on Friday... papers were signed and the checkbox was clicked on Friday!
Third week was when things got really crazy! Latter half the week I had to deal with a family emergency on top of working and taking classes. I did get to spend time at a hospital in town... and let me say... the service provided wasn't all that great there. And thanks to my good teammate, I didn't have to worry about the phase 1 of the compilers. Oh Tuesday, my brother decided to drive again, but Mother Nature decided to throw another tantrum and flood the streets, so I had to drive him home after classes, leaving behind his car in the garage (and for the whole trip he was weeping about his precious (his car) being left behind). Wednesday was the start of the family emergency, and Mother Nature threw another fit, flooding the streets really bad this time. Saturday was spend on campus working on research and project. Aside from that, my schedule for the semester is now fixed.
Fourth week was more or less working at work, on class assignments, my project, club stuff, etc.... Far too occupied that I managed to watch all aired seasons of the Big Bang Theory. And Bones started airing their 9th season... which means the Fall seasons are coming!!! First exam of the semester - did bad... 75th percentile... yuck! Another 6 day week with Sunday spending on working on my research.... Officially I am totally occupied, no time for breaks or social events or to myself. Oh! I also started posting in the Lounge at SD (as the impossible moderator) :P and met CC... my target for next foreseeable future - hehehe.
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