- I planned to go to my research room today but apparently the whole building is closed for the next 2 days because students are taking entrance exams. These are exams for grad students which comprise of a written exam and an interview. From what I hear, most of the exams (which differ by subject/department) have you writing two essays in an hour or so, one on your area of specialization and one on another area. Hard to say what I feel about this way of entering grad school but I can say all of the testees I have talked to are very nervous. Maybe the GREs are better for my nerves? Still undecided about grad school though.
- We had a mandatory physical for all new foreign students yesterday. It was the usual height, weight, blood pressure, urine analysis stuff but interestingly, they had us all do a chest X-Ray as well. I think it may have been my first time having a chest X-Ray. I think they were checking us for TB (that is what a chest X-Ray is for, right?). Realized I gained some weight since summer but not too much. More exercise for me!
- Which reminds me, one of my goals this year is to run (and finish) a full marathon. Been running outdoors lately, not as much as junior year but still maybe 3 times a week. I have come to appreciate running outdoors but I still miss certain aspects of treadmill-running. I hate how I have no idea how far I actually ran so I am planning to get a Nike+ sensor. Don't have an I-Pod but will be borrowing one from Reed, who doesn't need his Touch because he has an iPhone. Also, I can't multitask anymore. No more TV shows or studying while running, sigh.
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dude, if you get serious about running, next time we are both in taiwan--we should do a little mini tour around taiwan on foot or around hualien. :P
ReplyDeleteI was doing a good 5 miles everyday but I slipped up these days. Is the weather good in Japan to run these days?