The Godfather

Out of respect, I have no other choice but to entitle this post The Godfather, even though it's a pretty plain name.

Some of you might have heard about the legend of The Godfather in Waterloo. For those of you who have not, The Godfather is a... how would I put it... a burger made out of.... wait for it.... BURGERS.

This hexaburger is comprised of, well, six big burger patties (not those small V1 burger patties), three hugeass buns (and when I say hugeass, it's huger than your ass), melted cheese, many slices of bacon (cuz I didn't bother to count), and, last but not least, some healthy tomatoes. The patties were so oily and bloodclotting that the bacon on the burger looked pretty healthy. The tomatoes kinda added a touch of irony to this. Apparently, 3 pounds. But by the look of it, I'd give it 5. 2 of which is pure fat. The height of this megaburger measured more than the palm of my hand. Total to 20$, served with fries (or a salad if I remember correctly).

Located at Mel's Dinner, somewhere in the plaza, next to the HMV, The Godfather has triumphed over many macho guys. In fact, only 40 people have been able to finish The Godfather.

I was interested.

Diran, some of you might know, is quite an avid eater. So when he said he was hungry today, I proposed the Godfather challenge to him. Neither of us had seen this famous hexaburger earlier this day. So we, Diran, Yang (my roomie <3), Qiao (still single, ladies?), and I walked to the plaza.

As we got there, sat down, ordered it, the waitress seemed quite amused. When that 3 pounds of meat (I think the meat itself was 3 pounds) appeared on the counter, people looked at it in awe. The senior couple sitting next to us wished Diran luck.

And the adventure started:

and as the sun set...

Diran finished a third of the burger. If you think you can do better... go. try.

I don't think it was the sheer amount of food. I tasted it afterwards, and noticed how incredibly fat the patties were. I squeezed the meat, and abominable amounts of trans fat poured out.

Though Diran did not make the Hall of Fame of The Godfather, he has made the Hall of Fame inside every one of us, remembered for the rest of our lives, with a story to be told to our grand-children as an example of what not to do.

God bless Diran.

$31.65

Ricky! I need THE video. I can't post a new post without THE video.

To D or not to D

On my mind for quite a while,

ideas stack up and pile.

So I decided to reach out (pronounce oot)

for your opinions about (pronounce aboot)

dropping double degree

and being much more free,

or staying five years

with my peers.

If I think about it,

Operations, HR, Marketing,

to me, that's pretty shit

I'd rather be speculating,

and modelling our world,

wtf rhymes with world... hurled...

I'm looking towards economics

and financial mathematics

Anyways, I'm giving it a bit more time,

staying in DD for one more semester.

This was inserted to make things rhyme

Time will probably tell faster,

than trying to figure it out myself.

Look at what Jennifer the... elf

drew for us during Econ.

I'm not too sure what she was on.

ECON

MS Paint, Laptop touchpad

By Jennifer Huynh, fellow DD.

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Untitled

Yeah I bet you we're curious to see what this post is about..

First, I would like to thank everybody who has been reading my blog and clicking an ad from time to time. Think of it as... well.. making money for yourself.. since I'm giving it out back anyways.

Thanks to your clicks, (and at the beginning me pushing you to click them), we've reached $19.38!! I might even reach $100 before the end of the term. And then I can invite you for a pomaberrybooster at William's. Or alcohol if you're a drunken bastard. I'm 19.

Pomaberry Booster review at William's:

I forgot how much it costs.. but probably less than 5$.

Anyways, I think for that price, it's pretty good. Compared to the usual Bubble Tea, the flavour is much more lasting. This is probably because bubble teas are just artificial flavour powder, in which they add some black balls that look like frog eggs. No offense, but its kinda true. It's still good from time to time. The Pomaberry Booster, however, is made from real.. Pomaberries. It still has the seeds and stuff in the juice. You might think that a juice like that might be pretty thick, kinda like those protein shakes. But it's NOT.

Pretty impressive I'd say..

I'll give it a 8.5/10, cuz it's good but nothing extremely special. (credits to Lisa, for showing this drink to me)

We math students are proud to be. Virgin. (and wtf CS?)

[This image was provided by Qiao, single, hot guy. Girls, feel free to contact me.]

Ok. Last but not least, apparently, I enticed someone to make a blog themselves :)

So I'll promote her blog, because I'm so nice.

http://asaingurl06.blogspot.com/

Nice.. 4 things completely unrelated in the same post.

$19.38

Rejected.

Yesterday was Friday.

Friday is usually a good day because the two next days are Saturday and Sunday.

But not this Friday.

I'll tell you the story of how I wanted to extend my friendship to a newly met person, and got slapped back to reality which is this cruel cruel world of self-isolation.

I first met this person in my floormate Arush's room, early in the semester of Fall 08. Nothing really, just quick introductions, the kind of introduction you make when you know you'll never see that person again. And I never really did.. I think.

But then, five or six months later, I was making my way into MC, waiting to get screwed over by Prabhakar Ragde's sadist CS exam, the one that made me start the blog (refer to 1st post). As I was walking around and looking at the other students, I faintly recognized that person. Usually, I wouldn't do anything, but sometimes, one feels unexplicably different from their usual self. So, I put my ego on the side for a moment and talked to this quasi-stranger. After 10-15 minutes, it was time to get mentally raped by PR.

After the exam, we obviously exchanged a few words about how crazy that exam was, the usual hate-spiel. And that was it.

(Entr'acte: Oh yeah.. after adjustments, I got 94 in that exam. Adjusted avg was 62-63. It's weird how I sometimes totally underestimate my mark and sometimes I totally overestimate. eg. First semester BU111W midterm, I expected high 80s low 90s, got 66. ye.)

This time, not too long after, I re-encountered this person while rushing to my Econ class. I recalled the person's name this time, but it wasn't reciprocated. Oh well, shit happens.

So this brings me to yesterday, Friday. Once again, I was at Arush's with Hao, just chillin'. At one point, they came to an argument of how Yao Ming, if pronounced differently, can yield a weird meaning in Chinese, so they resolved in asking another Mandarin speaker. As they called that person, I asked Arush to say hi for me. He then passed me the phone. As I was keen on building upon a new friendship, or so I thought, I asked, d'une manière relativement boiteuse, "Would you like to go have lunch sometimes?"

And the person said, "Noo..."

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Communism

lol no, my article is not really about communism...

So, on Wednesday, I put up a mini-ad from Google on the right toolbar. I made it pretty small so it wouldn't be intrusive. Because my blog is an exclusive high-quality good.

Apparently, each time you click on it, I can make some money. However, with my acute sense of observation, it seems that some ads pay more than others. Some pay so few, that it still 0.00$ gained when ppl click on that ad. How cheap is that?

Anyways, I asked a few people to click the ads and it seemed to give a good return sometimes if I'm lucky...

Now, since I believe in sharing, I will invite all my readers for a drink when I reach 100$ (the threshold of payment). And each time, I reach 100$, I will somehow share it with you (COMMUNISM!).

So get cracking and click an ad every time you come read my blog. I will post the accumulated amount at the end of each subsequent article.

PS: fuck newventure. damn capitalists.

PPS: It's interesting how they put academic related ads on my blog. I wonder if I get communism related stuff after this article... That would be pretty awesome.

$5.35

My own identity

Today was a harsh day. Spent all of my time debugging a fucking CS assignment. In the end, I went to see the teacher, and with a combined effort of many profs and tutors, they found the bug after a few  hours. How was I supposed to do something like that if even they took that long?

After that, I worked on the Linear 2 Adv assignment for a few hours and still didn't finish. I was then close to a mini-burnout. Took a nap after and I was ok...

Anyways, onto the good stuff. While doing my linear assignment, I discovered my own mathematical identity:

I find this structurally neat. It's probably a known trivial identity in combinatorics, but I don't care. I found it and I'm awesome.

Alice and Bob

That is SO how I'm gonna do it.

(credits to Prof A. Menezes giving credits to Vitaly Ditman)

A+, WILF's, and a shower

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I just added a counter... I don't really know how it works... I just know that if you visit multiple times, it counts for 1... And for the sake of objectivity, I made it so it doesn't count my own visits.

Study Tips

Many of you wonder how I get A+ in Economics. Today, I will finally reveal my secret.

The secret:

Great time management and solid study plan that would even give blond cheerleaders a shot at A+ if they followed it rigorously.

So here is how I studied for tomorrow's test.

7 days before the midterm: Ask someone in your class about when the exam is held. If you don't get a answer that is precise enough, don't worry, this solid study plan has all the contingencies planned out.

5 days before the midterm: If you still don't know when the exam is held (what time and what place), ask someone else. (Notice how you gave two chances for this. Imagine you did not know where the exam was held DURING the exam. You have to manage risks in life.)

3 days before the midterm: Ok, you probably did not get a precise answer. Face-it, your classmates are douchebags and want you to fail. Hence, check the time and location of your exam on WEBCT, and write it in ink on your forearm. Absolutely do NOT take a shower until the exam. You cannot risk forgetting where and when your exam is.

2 days before the midterm: Print out the sample exam from last year. You're done for the day. (You don't want to overwork your mind and body. It would actually be unconstructive.)

1 day before the midterm: GO TO CLASS for a review. This should tell you what you don't know, so you don't have to spend time on the things you already know. (Time optimization)

The night before: Go over 2-3 powerpoints until someone calls you to go play poker. Go play poker for 2 hours.

Ok here is where I advertize the UW Poker Club. Although there is no money involved, I had a great time today, meet new people, laugh, mingle, take my mind off the Econ midterm. You should come by sometimes.

Contact the execs: Minwoo, Arush, Madison, Hao

So after playing poker, your mind is all fresh, ready to take in more information. (Balance between study and breaks is the road to success.) Study some more, go write a blog, and go to sleep early in order to get at least 8 hours of sleep. Seriously... this advice is actually a real advice.

The day of the exam: Take a look at your forearm (always. even if you think you remember), and go own that exam of yours.

The night of the exam: Go take a shower. (nothing is left behind in this amazing plan.)

Now go and ace every exam, young grasshopper.

Today I learned a chinese expression:

zhanzhe maokeng bu lashi

The slap bet

Today, we got our business midterms back.

Before we got the tests back, Fred hedged his grade by making a slap-bet with me, going as follows:

If he gets a lower grade than Lisa, he gets to slap me.

Otherwise, I get to slap him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slap_Bet

Ricky, the slapbet commissioner, ordered this to be a one anytime-slap-with-commissioner-presence.

Given historical data and assuming it is a good predictor, the risk vs return seemed to be favourable to me. Hence, I accepted the bet.

It turned out to be qutie close, with Fred's grade slightly higher, meaning I have the upper hand (pun non-intended). However, there are still a bit or remarks to be done.

Tune-in for the final result. If I do win, expect a slap-date countdown on the right toolbar of this blog.

Cheers,

Oh my gawd, shoes <3

A few minutes ago, I noticed tha my roommate has a lot of shoes. 7 pairs actually. So we had a discussion about if this was a lot or not.

Being a math student, I relied on scientific methods. So, I made a test sample from girls.

Reponses given were:

11-12

15

"Good question, ALOT"

7 \\ Comment: that should be a data anomaly

9 and most of them are at home

13 (15 with soccer shoes)

11

Explanations giving for the unexpected high amount of shoes revolve around having multiple pairs (to match outfits), for multiple events.

Hence, I developped a mathematical model

Number of pairs of shoes = k * (# contrasting outfits) * (# of contrasting events)

where k is called the girliness coefficient, also known as pickiness.

My conclusion is that I was wrong about my roommate. I think he had a normal, maybe slightly above average number of shoes.

I have 4...

(If you feel your privacy has been breached,.... I'm not doing anything about it)

Prabhakar says: gg noobs

Today, I just had an incredibly hard CS136 midterm.

It was so hard, I had to start a blog to tell people how hard it was.. and long...

The CS midterm was hard and long too. (This sentence was dedicated to Fred Yin)

Anyways, I can't wait for tomorrow's class, and see how the class and Prabhakar will react.

I really have nothing to say... blogging is hard.. and long...

(insert Fred's comment here)