I think System Optimization is now my
favorite class this semester. The professor in this class, David
Simchi-Levi promotes active discussions during his lectures. The
material also relates very well to the nature of my professional work,
which is operations management and decision support. Regretfully, I
didn't pay too much attention in his class today since I only got less
than 3 hours of sleep last night. I didn't get to sleep till 5am last
night as I tried to finish the assignment for this class, which was due
at the end of the class. I made some irreversible revisions to the
model that I needed to optimize, consequently screwing my entire model.
Anyway, thanks to Uday who gracefully helped me to rectify the problem,
I was able to complete the homework by the end of the lecture.
Yahoo! I actually got the homework for Engineering Risk & Benefit Analysis (ERBA) done before 4pm today. With the free time that I got, which doesn't come often these days, I went to the Zesiger
center to workout. Since coming to MIT, I have lost count of the number
times I came here to work out. This is a beautiful fitness facility,
which I thought was 10 times better than the health gym that I was with
before coming to MIT. I did some running, lifting, and stretching at
the Z tonight. My ankle is doing much better now than a month ago and I
slowly ramping up my running to prepare for some races in spring and
summer. In my desire todo a triathlon this summer, I just joined the
MIT triathlon yesterday to participate in their training programs.
Right now, I handling my studies, work, sports, and social activities
quite well but I don't how long I can hold up. We'll see, stay tuned...