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July 19 Secret Chinese Military BaseOK... I'm bored at work. The guy I'm supposed to be working with on the project came in at 10, made some coffee, and left at 12 to go to a doctor's appointment, and thus took the whole afternoon off. Both my boses came in to work at 10 (and I was there from 9!), and now they've supposedly gone off to the hospital to see patients.
Browsing around sites that I haven't visited for ages, I spotted this article on The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/19/huangyangtan_mystery/
Some guy has been scouring Google Maps, and found a picture of an military base:
 As you can see, the area on the left has been landscaped, complete with mini lakes, snow capped peaks, and rivers. Now, some other jobless guy decided to find out which area the Chinese government decided to make a model of, and came up with this:
 Looks familiar? The area on the bottom is the border between China and India!
A closer look reveals the meticuluous attention to detail:
 Pretty bizzarre eh? One theory is that the Chinese government is using the model as a training area for their troops and helicopters. At least now we know if China goes to war with India, they'll have the upper hand in navigating those mountains on the border... June 17 HolidaysAhh... I now know why almost every household has a TV. Granted, it serves very little educational purpose, but its useful to fill in those times when you're waiting for your day-old pizza to reheat in the microwave, when you're waiting for the bathroom to be empty, or just when you have nothing else to do. Although I must say some programs are just wierd... like Big Brother. But you do learn some useless bits of information through TV... like it was reported just now that 60 sheep were herded across the Millenium Bridge yesterday. Why? Don't ask...
World cup is finally upon us, and the atmosphere here in London is pretty upbeat. Everyone seems to believe that England have a chance to win or at least make it to the finals... my opinion: "only if unicorms exist" (which we all know do exist in the woods behind Hogwarts). I must give credit to where it is due however... England do have a decent team, although why Ericsson does not play Walcott having gambled his reputation and the public's opinion of his sanity on it is beyong my comprehension. Brazil seem the favorites... although with Ronaldo playing, there is now the possibility that they won't make it very far. The weather has been decent.. nice and warm! Plan for the week coming up... see the BodyWorks exhibition, go for a concert and a musical, spend a whole day at the o2 Wireless Festival at Hyde Park, and unfortunately, spending 2 days for the union officer training. And all throughout that... wathcing the odd smattering of world cup! June 04 Short Entry I know I have been neglecting updating my blog, but the combination of exams and FaceBook is a lethal one to The Cookie Jar.
Anyways, for those of you who are wondering what's taking up 23 out of the 24 hours of my day (with the last hour dedicated to FaceBook, or course :D), the following is a picture of what I have to learn to draw for my exam:
For those of you who don't personally know me: No, I'm not a primary school kid who just happens to know how to code HTML. Rather, its an image from my Software Engineering course, and the diagram is apparently one used in software companies all over the world to plan their software design. The stickman is... the user of the program. The bubble shows how the user is meant to interact with the software. If this is what managers in IT companies do 9 to 5, I am so applying for a job at a software company when I graduate. But then, I might end up having a boss who's still in kindergarten, cuz noone draws stickmen better than those lil brats.
May 16 Facebook!!Can't believe it took so long for Facebook to come to Imperial College!! and at the worst time too, just before we have exams.
Anyways, now that there's facebook... I don't have enough time to keep posting blog entries on a regular basis. But its not like I can write really long rambling stuff on facebook either. So at some point in the near future, I will be returning to my blog to write more stuff, but at the moment.... everyone head over to facebook!! And leave something on my wall for me :D May 03 Hamster rabiesARGGHH!!! The hamster bit me!!! That evil creature... with its shiny round black eyes that just stare into nothingness. Now i know why people want to keep dogs or cats instead of hamsters. At least with a dog, he/she (it?) knows who has the food and thus who not to bite. Just for that, I'm going to purposely NOT feed the hamster any corn in his food mix. Serves his right... he can have pine nuts for the next few days!
Anyways, I've just realized that I hadn't updated my blog in a long long time. I guess some of you are getting fedup with reading about waffles and waffling... so there's a whole lot of catching up to do!
First off, exams went better than I expected. Medical Science was a breeze as I'd predicted 4 out of the 5 questions coming up, and had memorized 2 page answers for each of them. Signals & Systems was a bit challenging... made a really stupid mistake on the first question, but I think overall I should be fine. Next exams are in early June.
Its funny how things can change over the course of a year. Just last spring around this time, I was so adament about not going to the library that I did not set foot in it once during my exams. I had borrowed and hoarded all the textbooks I needed back then before the easter holidays. But now, all I can ever think about is the library. I might be having lunch, and I would be wondering if my usual spot on level 4 has been taken. Or I would be having dinner at home, and thinking I could be having dinner in the library (don't tell the security guards what I just said!). Anyways, I think I've grown... fond... of the library. I'e noticed that because I keep sitting in the same table, other library hardcore wannabes know where to seek me out to raid my food stores. Without fail, I always seem to have pringles, kitkat, chocolate, mandarins, and "snack of the day" hidden in the depths of my bag.
The other day, while taking a break from studying (and subconsciously feeling guilty about it), I went with a friend down to covent garden and leicester square to bum around and do some shopping. One tip for guys who are going shopping with girls: if they wish to stop by Accessorize, make sure its the one in Trocadero. That way, when you get bored of tying the scarves into knots, you can pop by next door to the candy shop and load up on cola chewies. And make sure she doesn't see Claire's next door either! :D OK, fine, I will admit.. I was just kidding. I actually enjoyed the experience at Accessorize. Got myself a string that goes round the neck with a piece of metal at the end (can't quite seem to get myself to type the N word), and tried on some really cool scarves. A pity winter's another 7 months away!
Anyways, here are some pics from my trip to Covent Garden:
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