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My thesis is. Will it ever end?
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Huntherx17 says X-2 is already available in English in the States… I wonder if copies have made it here. And when is that VII movie ever going to come out I wonder?
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It’s been cold summer nights since we drifted apart.. cold summer nights since you walked out that door, cold summer nights oooh here on my own, I miss you babe but I need ya heeeeere…

Weng is back from Fukuoka and Tokyo!!!
Time to practice reading…

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan, Watsuki Nobuhiru
Kan no ni ju hachi Aratanarusedai

tou jou jin butsu shou kai
(Cast of Characters)

hi mura ken shin (hito ki ri battou sai)
shi no mori ao shi
sai tou hajime
miyou jin ya hiko
sa gara sa no suke

kami ya kaoru
yuki shiro enishi

taka ni megumi
maki machi misao

(What happened at the end of Volume 27)

Sakabatou o koshi ni sage, korosazu o chikau rurouni. Himura Kenshin —- kare koso wa shinjitai. Meiji o kiri hirai taishin shishi no naka de saikiyou muhi no densetsu o motsu [hitokiri battousai] deatta. Battousai ni urami o motsumonotachi ga shuuketsu, jinchuu no na no moto, fukushuu o kaishishita. Fukushuu shiyatachi no shiyuboushiya ga, katsuteso no tede Zansa shitatsuma. Tomoe no yatotsuto. Enishi to wakari, Kenshin wa kunousuruga, ima no Genjitsu o mamoru tameni tatakau koto o ketsui. Tomoe, Enishi to no kako no innen o Kaorutachi ni katatsuta.

27 kan made no arasuji

Enishitachi rokunin wa kikyuu ni nori, kamiya doujou ni sou kou geki o shi kakete kita. Tatakai no naka, Enishi ga Kaoru o satsugai. Kenshin wa jiseki no mendejinsei o sute tamonotachi no shuuraku [rakuninmura] niso no mi otosu. Shikashi, Kaoru no shitai wa kabanenin gou to honmei. Kaoru wa Enishi no soshiki ga tookyotsuwan no chuu kei ten nio tsukatte iru kotou ni tsure sarare teitanoda. Jibun no naka no suteru COTO no dekinai yui itsu bi shinjitsu ni tsui ni kisuki, futsukatsu shita Kenshin wa Sanosuketachi rokunin no nakama to Kaoru kiyuu shiyutsu ni mukau. Kotoushi ni jiyotsu rikushita Kenshintachi no mae ni soshiki no NANBA TSU (No. 2) datsuta. WA-HEISHIN to BODEIKA-DO. SU-SHIN ga arawa re, tatakai o idondekita. Saitou taisei riyuu, Aoshi taisugiku, zaku, sano suketai biyatsu ko Yahiko taisen bu… yotsu tsu no tatakaiyo subete Kenshin kawa no shiyouri ni owaru. Soshite, Kaoru, Sanosuketachi ga mi mamoru naka, futatabi, Kenshin tai Enishi no shitou ga hajimatta. Enishi wa too jiyou shiyou geki ji i jiyou no tsuyo sa o miseru ga, kotae o mii dashita Kenshin wa taorenai. Kiri futa “kiyotsu kei miyaku” o dashitekita Enishi ni tai ni tai shi, Kenshin ga hanatsu Ryuu Mei Sen to wa…!?

mokuji
(Page 1:)

Kenshin:(text near Megumi) Hiten mitsurugi ryuu,
(text near Misao) Ryuu mei sen!?

Hajimete no wazada!!!

Enishi: Kozakashii!! Donna wazada rouga kono ken de subete hajiki tobasu!!

(at bottom of page)Dai ni hiyaku roku ju hachi maku [ikai]

(2 hundred sixty eight)

Hiten mitsurugi ryuu, ryuu mei sen!?

Pinakamamahal.

Thesis results that I have yet to verify:

Closed-form expressions of the velocity distributions of fluid flow past a flat plate:

I need to write a program to generate values I can compare with the f-values in the Blasius “exact” solution.

Obviously, I’m getting the hang of typing in LaTeX. Now I feel I have to redo my equations in my slides. In fact, I have to redo all of my slides in time for Friday. Wonder if I can finish if I start tomorrow afternoon.

as of 3 am: finally able to graph the velocity profiles against a “correct” axis.

Time to pack up.
A perfect end of work breathing-room read. I simply love your art, Choc.

I know I said I wouldn’t blog til next week. I need to distract myself form the fact that I am in fact, alone, in this glum dark Mathematics building. The security guards are here on my floor after all but still, I’m turning up the volume of Silverh’s speakers so as not to bust up my own speakers while I do my work.

This afternoon after the assembly at Science I had a long (semi-serious, casual) talk with Ma’am Cayen about possible options after I get my degree this April (hopefully). She told me how it was for her and her family while they were starting, and how it would be if I should decide to stay for a Ph.D. right here. I keep wondering if I am still enthused to go on. I want to study, I like to study, I love to study. But does UP love me? Silverh remarked to me sometime last week that I had a lot to complain of recently. Though often I would say “Ayoko na… alis na talaga ako sa May.” a mysterious force seems to make me stay. I look around and I see people who I want and don’t want to be like. And the sad part is, most of them I’m not too fond of emulating. Sure, I should think of what’s good for myself, instead of paying attention on what others are doing. But in some way, looking at possible workmates and studymates has not been too appealing for me the past few months. The job of teaching is a joy, and seems to come naturally. Ma’am Cayen asked “Ayaw mo na ba talaga magturo?” and I realized, no, I still want to teach. So, the defect really must be the environment.

Plus, like Ma’am Cayen was saying, I don’t have much to look forward to the future (in terms of sustaining myself and my hypothetical own kids) if I stay in UP. True. If I were to consider self-satisfaction alone, I would have no doubt but pursue the post-graduate direction. Maybe here (though I have to fight the fact that people around me are not too favorable), maybe not. In the big picture, it isn’t just myself I’m thinking about, which tears me apart. So in other words, I’m letting my nature get in the way. I want to earn more so I can give more. I don’t see my dream for my parents materializing any soon since there’s so little left on what I live on.

It’s the season for check and balance. It’s time to weigh the possibilities. It’s hard to give up idealism, and I know I won’t be likely to do so. But there is such a thing as compromise. And pay-offs.

But which to trash out?

1. To earn more fulfillment/distinction in your field. = pursue a Ph.D. PAYOFF: Earn less. Set aside plans for a family.
2. To simply earn more. = accept a job offer that pays 3-4 times as much. PAYOFF: Sever long-established academe connections. If still decided on studying, less hours for it and pay for it in full. Which makes not much difference when you earn more.

An ideal option I have yet to be considered for:
3. Pursue studies abroad under a scholarship. PAYOFF: Forget(for a considerable period) about plans for starting a family.

I ordered another bunch of kids’ books from the dealer. I have to start listing down the names of the kids I’m giving books to this Christmas.. hmmm lesseee…

5 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 12

Your soul is bound to the Glass Rose: The
Fragile.

“My heart lies somewhere between perfection
and dust. And while my soul is a sight to
behold, I shatter at the blink of an
eye.”

The Glass Rose is associated with perfection,
beauty, and frailty. It is governed by the
goddess Aphrodit
e and its sign is the Looking
Glass, or Tenuous Love.

As a Glass Rose, you have a beautiful soul and
naturally attract people to you. Love comes
naturally to you, but it hardly ever lasts.
Though you embody the perfect form of love,
your own faults are your own undoing.

What Rose Is Your Soul Bound To?
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major thesis work ongoing… might not be able to blog til this week is over.

What am I up to right now? I’m having a hard time trying to backtrack on my thesis notes. Anyhow….

I’m blessed to have a partner who overflows with support and enthusiasm. I was very depressed thursday night… hard to explain why. Last Friday, a single statement of “Why not go bowling?” brought us to SM Megamall with Gerald and Don. Was my first time to down in tenpin bowling. Wanna see our scores?

Bowling friday night, to greenhills sunday morning. I found Simba, Zasu, Pumbaa and Timon!

Not that you care, but… you’re Takumi.

Which Initial D Character Are You?
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I’m getting busy! I’m retyping my thesis notes in LaTeX. Unfortunately, I can’t locate the 9-page TeX file I typed up last August. Bad juju!!!! Grrr.
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Tonight is Bowling night. Hopefully, I can learn how to make those swings.
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I was showing Kaz (online friend) a couple of my Chii figurines. Here are some shots:

Isn’t she cute? Silverh and I have not finished watching Chobits yet. We didn’t get too hooked, but maybe we can watch it one of these days.