Busy Life ends (for now)

In my last post I said I had been busy, and then I become even busier so I never have time to come here to write something. Now finally I got a few things done and take a break, so the update is here.

In short, the things that kept me busy was work, school (Topology) and research.

At work, our group have several releases to do and we have pretty tight schedule, so we need to work pretty hard to get things out. Luckily the Christmas is approaching so the pace become slower as we are all in the holiday mood now :)

At school, Topology is indeed a tough course. It is not uncommon to spend several hours on a single proof. One homework question even cost our professor 6 hours to solve it.. So it has been very time-consuming. On the other hand, topology is also an intriguing subject, showing the power of abstraction. I learned quite a bit from this course and I hope I can continue this exploration in Real Analysis next semester.

And for research, first there was nothing, then the professor I worked for last summer emailed me, telling me that we have a deadline for the paper at Dec 20, which is the same day for Topology final exam. So in December I need to work a lot on it, to improve the math, finish up the numerical analysis and do simulation, plus some data gathering and plotting.

During December 1 and December 19, I worked much more than 8 hours a day, with a schedule like this: get up at 9, go to work, leave work at about 6pm, dinner, then continue to work on either topology or the research project until 10pm. Then I go home and start to work on the research project again, sometimes until 3am in the morning. We mailed the paper out on Dec 18 and the professor and I worked on it until 5:50am that day to get it done...

So the life, as you can see, is pretty hectic recently. Luckily I also have achievement from this, such as got my first journal paper (even though I am just a third author). In retrospect, all my efforts pay off and I am happy.

Anyways, as the paper is submitted and my topology final is done this morning, now I am feel much less pressure and will take a good rest during this Christmas, as there will be new challenges coming next year.

Wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


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Life is an opportunity to do something.